Rangers have lost 6 out of their last 7 games. What would you do if you were Dolan (the owner of the team) or Drury (the GM)?

[kerrabria]

Zibanejad is 1 game off of one of the worst turnovers you'll ever see. Him scoring a PP goal and actually getting a couple of shots on goal instead of missing the net is a positive step, sure. But he still singlehandedly killed several forechecks and was the worst center in xGF% at 5v5. The 5v5 goal his linemates scored happened without him on the ice. He didn't have a good game.

He scored, got several good shots on goal, caused turnovers by backchecking hard, and got the puck in the zone several times. Idk, I thought he had a decent game.

And I'd put zero value in the xGF% at 5v5 stat. Half of the NYR forwards were reflexively forcing passes into traffic, skating half speed through the neutral zone, and lazy on the boards. Zib was not among them.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

*The Anaheim Ducks have entered the chat*

Lucky you

 

[Leonardo87]

Lucky you

Yeah which is why I've been in a bad mood the past week or so. lol.

Like the Rangers jettisoned Tuba only to have him land on my other team. Like WTF???

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yeah which is why I've been in a bad mood the past week or so. lol.

Like the Rangers jettisoned Tuba only to land on my other team. Like WTF???

Lmao I didn’t even think about that. You poor bastard

 

[Tawnos]

He scored, got several good shots on goal, caused turnovers by backchecking hard, and got the puck in the zone several times. Idk, I thought he had a decent game.

And I'd put zero value in the xGF% at 5v5 stat. Half of the NYR forwards were reflexively forcing passes into traffic, skating half speed through the neutral zone, and lazy on the boards. Zib was not among them.

Zibanejad was not only among them, he was the leader of them.

 

[kerrabria]

Zibanejad was not only among them, he was the leader of them.

No he was not. You can't possibly think that last night Zibanejad was on par with Smith, Kakko, Edstrom, and Berard.

 

[Tawnos]

No he was not. You can't possibly think that last night Zibanejad was on par with Smith, Kakko, Edstrom, and Berard.

We watch the game completely differently then. I don't think he was on par with those guys. I think he was worse, especially after the 1st period. Kakko didn't have his best game, but he was still better than Zibanejad was. The Edstrom-Carrick-Berard line was able to establish the forecheck and drew all 4 penalties the Sabres took in the game.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Yeah which is why I've been in a bad mood the past week or so. lol.

Like the Rangers jettisoned Tuba only to have him land on my other team. Like WTF???

Real monkey's paw moment.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Wait, these are the 2023 Presidents Trophy winner Rangers? They have sure regressed hard this season.