That is not too bad...definitely sit Howden out . I might go with Gauthier and if plays a vanilla game...he sits out the next one for PDG . Maybe he gets the message then he needs to play to his size with and without the puck ...he was good last night.
No he isn’t. But all of a sudden you turn around and look at the goal and points that he is trending. Maybe he isn’t Panarin’s creation? Or is he Kreider s and Lafreniere’s creation? Still takes some dumb ass penalties , but is winning more face offs and there is a defensive improvement. On a reasonable deal, are we still going to wish him out of the lineup? Who out there is going to to do better right now?
Are you still going to deny what he has been producing since he has been a Ranger? Are you still going to try to excuse it away as playing with Panarin?
I know we're traditionally not used to players coming here and playing their best hockey, but Strome has been a terrific find. And while people seem to be more than happy to dismiss him, he is filling a role that this team really didn't have anyone else to fill. He has produced and even seems to have taken a leadership role. Or they could have kept Ryan Spooner.
Even if we extrapolate his points outwards it isn't a mind blowing statline.
Not only that, but who else out there would have done as well and for the price ? Considering the alternatives, this is as bang for the buck as it gets.
Also let’s forecast for a second. Let’s say Chytil comes back and is inserted into 2C
I just think its a little hard to just look at his points or even his ppg as @Tawnos pointed out and see the whole picture. Traktor is just not a good offensive team. They had no ppg players. They lacked talent. I think what we saw in highlights and heard from our posters who have been watching him is that his all around game is much improved and there were multiple occasions where his teammates could not finish a nice setup he created.
Strome frustrates me bc he can be lazy defensively and he makes some boneheaded plays offensively (turnovers and passing when he should shoot) but there’s really no argument that he’s been very good for the majority of his time here.
Well that's another thing: there's really nobody that Strome is blocking right now. There's no young guy that isn't getting ice time because of him.
Ryan Strome has been good since he got here for Ryan Spooner.
Zibanejad is terrible defensively at ES too, can't win faceoffs and fumbles pucks in the offensive zone and turns them over a lot this year. So what makes him any better besides shooting one timers on the PP?
Yeah I mean like, I'm not saying he's been some gamechanger but I don't know how people think he's still been absolutely awful. Doesn't win faceoffs lmao, neither does any other center on the team besides f***ing Howden. Not good defensively, well none of their centers really excel defensively at ES anyway and he's been way more impactful offensively then our other C's this season besides Chytil who has hardly played.
If you kept up with my posts in particular at all last season, you'd see that I didn't even like Ryan Strome and thought he was being completely carried. But I think it's fair to say he's been doing something right this season. 2 year deal is definitely fine.
Cmon man, please dont compare Ryan Strome to Mika Zibanejad.
