This is a Bad Hockey Team: Part 2

[Sparksrus3]

I think we all know that Sather is just watching things right now and knows that he will have to get a D man sooner or later and he is probably already chatting with other GM's as to who is available and for what . We seriously lack a quick thinking offensive dynamo that can shoot one timers on the PP . It is depressing watching our guys on the PP from the point !!! With the right guy that could lead to an easy 30 or more goals a year on the PP . Those guys I guess are just hard to come by...how much contract does Markov have left ???

The Trade deadline is not that far off and something will go down to improve the club before the playoffs begin . I don't expect him to not make any deals unless he actually thinks this team ,as it is , can do it...and if he thinks that , then we have a very serious off ice problem in upper management !

2 words LUBIMIR VIZNOVSKI .

 

[Florida Ranger]

no schenn or hartnell. shut down giroux and you shut down the flyers

No Briere either. Throw pucks at the net.

 

[94now]

Sometimes success reinforces the importance of hard work. Sometimes it makes you forget that hard work got you there in the first place. This is a talented hockey club. The effort and focus hasn't be there. That can be fixed quickly. I'm not concerned.

Lack of hard work is often used as an excuse to poor management (not just in hockey).

Hard work + Talent = Skills.
Skills + Management = Promice
Success = Promice + Luck

Therefore

Success = Hard Work + Talent + Luck + Management

You miss one of the 4 components - good buy! There is absolutely no way to substitute Talent or Management with hard work.

IMO, we won last nite not just because players played harder. But rather because of better Management (Coach matched lines and offered updated playbook) and also Luck.

 

[Kershaw]

Captain Teflon has been garbage for the last 20 games. Zero accountability by the media/fans since he's a media darling.

 

[qwertyaas]

4 games, they show up for half a period. They aren't necessarily bad. They just don't care.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

4 games, they show up for half a period. They aren't necessarily bad. They just don't care.

This is the worst effort I've seen on a team since the 04-05 lockout. However those teams before that were legitimately bad. The team doesn't give a ****. Torts' message has clearly has been lost. Either need to blow this team up or get rid of Torts. I can't think of a team that I've ever watched that had so little effort for talent. The team has betrayed its fan base. Until they start caring I'm done with them.

 

[Capitain Midnight]

Lack of hard work is often used as an excuse to poor management (not just in hockey).

Hard work + Talent = Skills.
Skills + Management = Promice
Success = Promice + Luck

Therefore

Success = Hard Work + Talent + Luck + Management

You miss one of the 4 components - good buy! There is absolutely no way to substitute Talent or Management with hard work.

IMO, we won last nite not just because players played harder. But rather because of better Management (Coach matched lines and offered updated playbook) and also Luck.

There is absolutely no way to substitute for proper grammar and spelling. Man, that was difficult to read through...

 

[Tawnos]

Anyway, every concern I voiced over this past offseason has been borne out so far early in the year. No chemistry. No depth. We don't even have a second line right now.

That being said, it's still crazy early. The Rangers were 3-3-3 in the first 9 last year. I'm not worried yet.

 

[DeadPuck]

2011-2012

 

[McSauer]

Embarrassing

 

[Chaels Arms]

Richards has looked old to me this season. He's still got the skill as we saw on that pass last night but he just doesn't look good physically. The way he got dominated by Giroux in the circle at the end there was embarrassing.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Worst hockey team to play in Manhattan.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

I think Stepan has reached his ceiling IMO. He's maxed out. He's not a good skater, doesn't have a great shot, lousy on face offs, gets knocked off the puck easily. Look, I think if you can find the right deal you do it down the road.

 

[Callagraves]

Captain Teflon has been garbage for the last 20 games. Zero accountability by the media/fans since he's a media darling.

You're known on the boards as a Cally hater, but seriously, you're wrong. You're reaching back to the Devils series, which he was one of our best forwards at the end of, and he was one of our best in the first 3 games.

He played a **** game tonight. Everyone did.

And Captain Teflon? I don't get it.

 

[Callagraves]

This is the worst effort I've seen on a team since the 04-05 lockout. However those teams before that were legitimately bad. The team doesn't give a ****. Torts' message has clearly has been lost. Either need to blow this team up or get rid of Torts. I can't think of a team that I've ever watched that had so little effort for talent. The team has betrayed its fan base. Until they start caring I'm done with them.

No you're not. You'll stay here and scream about how you're done with them. All day.

 

[Holocene]

You're known on the boards as a Cally hater, but seriously, you're wrong. You're reaching back to the Devils series, which he was one of our best forwards at the end of, and he was one of our best in the first 3 games.

He played a **** game tonight. Everyone did.

And Captain Teflon? I don't get it.

Lol what?! Callahan has been invisible and when he is visible it's usually because he just made a horrible pass, no look or right to the other team. No way he's even close to one of our best forwards so far. He played better tonight but first 3 games? No way.

 

[BroadwayBlues]

I think Stepan has reached his ceiling IMO. He's maxed out. He's not a good skater, doesn't have a great shot, lousy on face offs, gets knocked off the puck easily. Look, I think if you can find the right deal you do it down the road.

Well that sucks if true.

 

[Callagraves]

Lol what?! Callahan has been invisible and when he is visible it's usually because he just made a horrible pass, no look or right to the other team. No way he's even close to one of our best forwards so far. He played better tonight but first 3 games? No way.

Wait, are you saying Cally played better tonight than he did in the past 3 games? I'm a huge fan, but he was terribad tonight. He was much better in the past 3 games.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Wait, are you saying Cally played better tonight than he did in the past 3 games? I'm a huge fan, but he was terribad tonight. He was much better in the past 3 games.

Agreed. Cally had a good first game, meh second game, meh third game, bad this game.

 

[KingWantsCup]

I'm getting so tired of seeing a terrible offense every year. We'll never have a good offense under Tortorella. It's just awful watching this team try to score goals during his time as head coach.

 

[Callagraves]

Torts was just named a Jack Adams finalist. He's not about to be fired.

Something is off. The pieces are there, the leadership is there, the scoring is there, the toughness is there, the goaltending is there, the fighting, this team HAS IT ALL. Except it looks like they're trying to ice skate up hill.

At this point, I think it's mental. I think they expected it would be easier to win games than it was last year, and when it wasn't they started gripping the stick too tight, lost focus, and we're floundering.

This team was put together with no time to become a team. Dubi Prust and Anisimov were 3 core members who were replaced, fine. But their replacements aren't acclimated to Rangers hockey just yet. And they weren't 2-3 year vets of the Whale, where the teach Tort's style, they came from the other conference, and in the case of Asham, well we haven't seen enough to comment.

If Torts gets time with his team, I think we'll pull out of it. I DON'T want to hear about a scheduled day off tomorrow. This team in particular needs time together, time on the ice, and time with the Coach.

But do we have that time? Can Torts, in the few days he has between games, teach Nash, Pyatt, Halpern and the others how his system works? Can he get back that defensive prowess from last season?

The players are shaken, they're frustrated, and they're all waiting for the engine to start, because when it does, it's going to take off. You can see them try to create that spark. Nash has tried to be that spark, Cally has tried, trying too much even.

We may have stole Nash on paper, but the trade may have cost us more than Dubi and Artie. You have to make that trade, you have to make it every time. Sather did his job, but he upset chemistry. Now it's Tort's turn to fix it, it's Staal, Girardi, McD and MDZ's job to stop the bleeding, and sadly, yet again, It's going to fall on Hank to steal some games while the forwards get their **** together.

Look for Richie and Cally to look very, very different in the next game. Hopefully, Nash uses his "me against the world routine" to open up some ice, and use his very, very skilled teammates. Expect Stepan to be invisible until that one take away, and where he makes a real simple pass for a goal.

Kreider, Hags, they're a linchpin in all this. One of them needs to step up, beacuse while Pyatt is hot right now, most of us know that probably won't hold out. It'd be incredible if it does, but I wouldn't bet on it. I'm going to say Hags takes a deep breath, simplifies his game, goes back to what he does best, and builds from there.

CK? He could go either way at this point. An entire slumping team is not a good environment, and he's not Landeskog where he can do his thing anyways.

2 days practice should help. The powerplay will get better. They've had no time to set plays. 1 or 2 days at the most.

What I'm more concerned about is the PK, an opinion I expressed as soon as Dubi and Artie were gone. As the Penalty kill goes, so goes the New York Rangers, and even if Cally the best shot blocking forward in the league, that doesn't seem to be cutting it right now. Hank can't do it all.


Despite all the fights, there has been no rallying call for this team. There has been no moment where you saw pure solidarity. Asham fighting, Bickle fighting, Nash driving the net, Gaborik Hat trick, Cally blocking 3 straight Chara shots, none of it. Part of me almost wishes someone would try to run into Hank, because that's the only thing left I can think of that would fire them up!

We saw this last year. Before the San Jose game, we gutted out a few wins, ugly wins, but it didn't feel right. We need the San Jose game again, the turning point. I just hope it comes before it's too late.

 

[Kershaw]

You're known on the boards as a Cally hater, but seriously, you're wrong. You're reaching back to the Devils series, which he was one of our best forwards at the end of, and he was one of our best in the first 3 games.

Best forward? That's quite a stretch. He had a game tying goal in game 6, props to him, but he's been a blackhole offensively. I really hope he isn't re-signed because the money he's earning can be invested for an upgrade.

He played a **** game tonight. Everyone did.

And Captain Teflon? I don't get it.

Zero accountability, like I said. Everyone ***** on Gaborik and Richards not playing, even Lundqvist, but Callahan gets away scotch free. It's ridiculous, he can do no wrong it seems.

 

[CharlestownChiefsESC]

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We saw this last year. Before the San Jose game, we gutted out a few wins, ugly wins, but it didn't feel right. We need the San Jose game again, the turning point. I just hope it comes before it's too late.

100 % agreed. Its 4 games in. We had the same problem last year. Even Lucien Deblois said on the radio that teams wont find their grove till at least 10 games in.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Best forward? That's quite a stretch. He had a game tying goal in game 6, props to him, but he's been a blackhole offensively. I really hope he isn't re-signed because the money he's earning can be invested for an upgrade.



Zero accountability, like I said. Everyone ***** on Gaborik and Richards not playing, even Lundqvist, but Callahan gets away scotch free. It's ridiculous, he can do no wrong it seems.

Get out of here with that crap man. You're usually a really good poster (besides your Mitchell love ) but your ridiculous Cally hate is just that, ridiculous.

You're blind if you don't think people have been hating on Cally.

Hell, he was great the first game and people STILL hated on him.

 

[Callagraves]

Best forward? That's quite a stretch. He had a game tying goal in game 6, props to him, but he's been a blackhole offensively. I really hope he isn't re-signed because the money he's earning can be invested for an upgrade.



Zero accountability, like I said. Everyone ***** on Gaborik and Richards not playing, even Lundqvist, but Callahan gets away scotch free. It's ridiculous, he can do no wrong it seems.

Teflon, as in nothing sticks to him?

Not trying to nitpick, phrase is Scot free, refers to taxes.

And to your point, he hasn't had much offense in the first 4 games, and struggled some in the playoffs. Not many people ever blame hank, and with good reason. Gaborik got **** until we discovered his shoulder, and Richards really did seem to disappear in NJ.

I think a good amount of why Cally doesn't get **** on is because his scoring isn't his primary attribute. His forechecking, physical play, shot blocking and penalty killing is. It's how he made the NHL, it's how he got his start here, and for the most part, it very rarely wavers. When he isn't scoring, he's still solid in the other areas, as opposed to Gaborik and Richards, who don't seem to do much if not notching points. More so with Gabby than Richie.

It just so happens in the past 2 seasons he's begun scoring at a 30 goal, 60 point pace. I expect that to dip as he's with out his most complimenting partner in Dubinsky, and likely won't be playing with Richards, so unless Stepan and he click, he probably won't keep up a 60 point pace, but I expect he'll stay close.

He's my favorite player for a reason, he's everywhere. Last season, Callahan was 73rd in points, tied for 31st in goals, 5th in powerplay goals, 4th in game winning goals, 3rd among forwards in blocked shots, and 5th in hits, all in 76 games. Throw in a tendency to pick up overtime goals, and last year even scoring in the shootout(!), you've got a pretty damn good second liner, ontop of being Captain material. So when you tell me you hope he isn't resigned, all I can do is scratch my head.