A big reason as to why he's here is because Mash didn't fight enough. If Mash isn't going to embrace that role, and do what he has to, to play in the big leagues then you aren't getting much out of him. Mash not obliging as much probably keeps him in the minors.
wha?
Mash had 2 fights in 6GP.....and considering the minutes he got, thats a lot.
Mashinter was dealt because HE SUCKS.
period. He does pretty much nothing out there. He's Aaron Voros without the ability to get his face pulverized. Except AV had some offensive talent.
Mashinter brings nothign to the team. At least Dorsett is annoying, Boyle is good on the PK and on faceoffs, etc.
Rangers have way too many players who are doing nothing, night in and night out.
Pyatt, Pouliot, Moore, Mashinter, and really as of late, Hagelin, Callahan, Falk, Moore, Staal, Girardi, and MDZ....
but at least those guys have a track record of doing stuff here and there.
Pyatt, Pouliot, Moore, and Mashinter have been more or less abominations in their short time here. Get rid of them.
I'm not as down on Boyle as the rest of you are, I think he's a pretty useful role player. Moore too I suppose, as a 4th liner, but much less so than Boyle.
Ideally I'd like to see our team be something like this....
Kreider - Stepan - Nash (Good top line)
Richards - Brassard - MZA (though not enough shooters on this line, and too much defensive "mehness"...this is our weakness...our 2nd line is such a mishmash)
Hagelin - Miller - Callahan (True 3rd line)
Dorsett - Boyle - Beach/Haley/Sean Avery type pest. (energy/forechecking/annoying line)
I want my 4th line to get the other team off their game. I want them to be able to make the other team so focused on them, that Nash can do his thing because theyre not even paying attention to him.
That's what Sean Avery, and to a lesser extent Ryan Hollweg were able to do. We're really missing that, PARTICULARLY since Ryan Callahan has been so un-Callahan-like.
Sounds promising.
