Its not quite panic mode yet. But the Rangers need to get on track real quick. Zuc should help big time on friday.
Its not quite panic mode yet. But the Rangers need to get on track real quick. Zuc should help big time on friday.
NYRFANMANI
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Hunter Gathers
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I'd really like AV to shuffle up the defensive pairs a bit. I'd like to see it look like this:
Staal---Girardi
McDonagh---Klein
Moore----Stralman
Falk/Diaz
Staal---Girardi
McDonagh---Klein
Moore----Stralman
Falk/Diaz
OverTheCap
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The Rangers defensive coverage has been horribly inconsistent all year. Every time it looks like they have finally mastered man-on-man, they put up a few stinkers with defensive lapses left and right.
St. Louis looked good, can't say the same for others. He can't fix everything. Nash looks lost and Hagelin needs to be in the bottom 6 where he belongs. McDonagh had a bad game, he hasn't looked as good since the Olympic break.
And the lack of finish was frustrating once again. Thanks Dion and Dom Moore for the point.
St. Louis looked good, can't say the same for others. He can't fix everything. Nash looks lost and Hagelin needs to be in the bottom 6 where he belongs. McDonagh had a bad game, he hasn't looked as good since the Olympic break.
And the lack of finish was frustrating once again. Thanks Dion and Dom Moore for the point.
Just a poorly played game. One that really highlighted some depth issues down the middle and on defense.
Can you recall one dynamic play from the top 3 centers tonight? Just one?
Whats worse is the d-zone coverage. Stralman and Moore looked like they were playing with blindfolds on. Girardi and McDonagh were a mess on the last shift, but they were leaned on heavily all game.
Can you recall one dynamic play from the top 3 centers tonight? Just one?
Whats worse is the d-zone coverage. Stralman and Moore looked like they were playing with blindfolds on. Girardi and McDonagh were a mess on the last shift, but they were leaned on heavily all game.
CHGoalie27
Don't blame the goalie!
He is gutless. He is a huge man and cowers at the hint of physicality. He's fat, out of shape, lazy, and indiferent.
It's a problem. Little by little Sather has gutted this team of it's fortitude.
aufheben
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He's had a rough season. This is not new this season; it was just more obvious tonight.
Compared to what we've been used to from him in prior seasons, he has been - way too often this season - getting caught out of position, flat footed, and watching the play go by him. I was hoping it was just a transition period to AV's system at the beginning of the season. But that is no longer an excuse. I don't get it.
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Completely disagree. I thought they both played very well tonight. Moreso Stralman.
The game really wasn't played badly. Just didn't bury chances. And had some breakdowns.
Ghost of jas
Unsatisfied
Exactly...the Kreider penalty, the refs were letting that crap go all game, and then that gets called.
Terrible performance by this teams defense. Our offense can't score all of a sudden. Lundqvist has been shaky in net since his return from Sochi.
Huh?
I'm usually the first one to blame the refs, but they weren't all that bad.
However, it certainly seemed like Toronto could come into the zone off-sides any time they wanted to.
Nash wasn't - by far - at fault for that last goal. But his play tonight was pretty pathetic.
Definitely. Must've been why their minutes got cut as the game went on...because they were playing well.
That whole line stinks, and has for a while.
Stepan and Kreider need to wake up too.
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If it were a close game with must have points up for grabs I'd shorten my bench too. I really didn't think they played bad.
