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GDT: Rangers vs Caps - "FUUUUUTUUUUUUUUURRREEEE" Edition - 3-26-18 - 7:30pm ET

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Off Sides said:
Some teams will just take their 12 most talented forwards and make 4 lines out of them.
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I would argue that those teams probably have something to play for, and at this point in our season some things are more important than winning.

Obviously AV not playing his 12 most talented forwards at any competitive point in any season is asinine, and I want him fired as much as anyone else. Just making an argument for why playing McLeod tonight sort of makes sense to me.
 
Whatever. Buch and Vesey should be switched, and I wouldn't mind switching Hayes and Names; Hayes is a terrible winger and has found a groove as a centre that I wouldn't want to disrupt.

If Lettieri was in the lineup in place of McLeod, these lines would look a lot better.

As for switching the kids to wing for their first real kick at the NHL can? f*** that.

Edit - actually, after looking at it again, I think I'd switch Buch and Spooner. Just glanced right over him for some reason. It's almost like he barely impacts games or something.
 
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Thirty One said:
Not to ruin your day, but he actually makes $2 million this season and $4 million next season.
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Don Chytil said:
I'm going to get heat for this but I'm going to make the devil's advocate argument for why I'm okay with dressing McLeod... here's the thing, maybe having to potentially fight someone deters only 0.03% of bad behavior on the ice. But all things else being equal (and honestly not caring if we win or lose the game) that's better than 0%. At this late stage of the season, all that matters is keeping players safe and healthy for the future. And also developing young guys like Andersson and Chytil (who aren't playing with McLeod). Maybe deterring that slight, slight, slight amount of bad behavior is more important than playing a guy who has zero future with the team (like Carey or Holland).
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My real problem with the whole principle of it though is that guys like McLeod are dressed as a precautionary against other guys like McLeod who themselves are a precautionary against McLeod. It’s like this self fufilling prophecy. :laugh:

Our tough guy fought their tough guy because their tough guy roughed one of our players but their tough guy was only in the game because our tough guy was in too.
 
McRanger said:
AV can be a doofus with lines but I dont really see a solution that makes everyone happy.

Its impossible to keep the KZF line intact, keep Hayes at center, have Buch in the top 6, put Andersson and Chytil in the top 9, with Chtyil at center and not demote Vesey to the 4th line after scoring 2 goals.
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Any solution that scratches McLeod is cool with me.
 
Zib, Hayes, Andersson, Chytil should all be playing center 15 minutes a night each the rest of the season. McLeod in the lineup is a travesty.
 
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There is no harm in giving the kids as many minutes as possible. Maybe they will put up points, or maybe they will cause 15 turnovers and a 10-0 loss. Who cares? Play them! It's only going to help them in the long-run. There is no need to dress Glass 2.0.
 
Bob Richards said:
My real problem with the whole principle of it though is that guys like McLeod are dressed as a precautionary against other guys like McLeod who themselves are a precautionary against McLeod. It’s like this self fufilling prophecy. :laugh:

Our tough guy fought their tough guy because their tough guy roughed one of our players but their tough guy was only in the game because our tough guy was in too.
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The tipping point for me with tough guys was Detroit during Datsyuk and Zetterberg's primes. They just won games, and done so while nullifying like 90% of the fourth lines in the league because they had nobody who was gonna reciprocate the tuffness.
 
Don Chytil said:
I would argue that those teams probably have something to play for, and at this point in our season some things are more important than winning.

Obviously AV not playing his 12 most talented forwards at any competitive point in any season is asinine, and I want him fired as much as anyone else. Just making an argument for why playing McLeod tonight sort of makes sense to me.
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I get what you are trying to say but I just can not get past McLeod-Namestnikov-Buchnevich making sense.

But more to the point, which you and I likely agree on, even if AV had 12 forwards who were all more talented than the level of Carey/Holland, and the games were important, like in the playoffs, he would still find a way to play a McLeod/Glass level player.

If the point to roster building is to have 12 forwards who are better than the ones we are talking about, it's sort of a exercise in futility if coaching is just not going to play them all at the same time.
 
It is an absolute joke that Mcleod is playing

I hate seeing him on the ice, I despise watching him play and espically depise watching him fight

He drops the gloves tonight it might make me turn it off

Sickening. Truly is.
 
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I really want to see...

Kreider Chytil Zibanejad
Fast Andersson Buchnevich
Spooner Hayes MZA
Vesey Names McLuLz
 
Well McLeod shouldn't play and tossing Buchnevich on the 4th line is dumb, but this team isn't really playing for anything so I don't care.

Whining about fighting is silly though. It's part of the game until the rules change and again, I'd love to see someone beat Wilson into a bloody mess.
 
Harbour Dog said:
Whatever. Buch and Vesey should be switched, and I wouldn't mind switching Hayes and Names; Hayes is a terrible winger and has found a groove as a centre that I wouldn't want to disrupt.

If Lettieri was in the lineup in place of McLeod, these lines would look a lot better.

As for switching the kids to wing for their first real kick at the NHL can? **** that.

Edit - actually, after looking at it again, I think I'd switch Buch and Spooner. Just glanced right over him for some reason. It's almost like he barely impacts games or something.
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Yes, all this. :)

Anyway, I`m really excited for this game - I`ll be here later sure while watching morning skate now!
Nam is a much better winger compare to Hayes, but we will see later this evening! ;)
 
Go Away Staal said:
Yeah this is just a wee bit extreme.

Personally, I'd love to watch him kick the **** out of Wilson.
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Probably this. Don't want him or anyone else on the Caps running the kids. His presence is a bit of deterrent, I guess. Whether he actually can stick up for his teammates is another matter
 
will1066 said:
Probably this. Don't want him or anyone else on the Caps running the kids. His presence is a bit of deterrent, I guess. Whether he actually can stick up for his teammates is another matter
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If Tom Wilson gets a chance to take a run at Chytil or Andersson (or any other Ranger for that matter) he will take it, whether McLeod is in the lineup or not.
 
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