As do I. I was very high on Robertson when he was drafted but he has struggled and hasn't really blossomed into what everyone was hoping / projecting when he was drafted. Defenseman have historically taken more time to develop - at least those that don't have all world skating abilities - but I'm not sure if / what he'll become.
To me, arranged fighting at the beginning of the game is as stupid as the “we have to fight the guy who just laid a big hit on a teammate, even if it was clean”
Going big, (I don’t have the time to figure out the $$ or exactly I’m what pieces from each side would make it fair) a package from the Rangers that includes Miller and the first (but doesn’t include Othmann or Perreault) to Ottawa for Pinto and Chychrun.
Zibanejad better have the big March he usually has, or people are going to start noticing he has been playing like a** for quite a while.
trouba is awful. zib doesnt look like he wants to be out there half the time.
it was comical how many consecutive one timers he smashed wide in the final two minutes. It'd be nice if his massively overrated shot could at least offset his terrible 200 foot play.
I’m not saying the guy is the 2nd coming of Mark Messier - far, far from it. But if every player had his GF/GA differential per 60 at ES, this NYR team would be the 77 Habs (side note Larry Robinson was an insane +120! that year).
The price would be huge for Othmann, because most of the league would want him if they could get him.
Theyd probably want a mix of nhl guys and prospects/picks.
I watched Perreault at BC’s two games at Maine, and he really stood out. His skating has been questioned, and he’s am not qualified to know whether that is something that will catch up to him at the NHL level, but his puck handling and vision are elite.
Can Tkachuk play RW? If not, getting him would involve a permanent move for Kreider then.
That whole shift felt like it was in slow motion knowing that a TML goal was coming. Just can’t get the puck out of the zone.
I like how all of the media talk is always about the Rangers needing to find a RW that can play with Mika and Kreider, and never that those two are so bad at 5v5 at this point that no RW looks good playing with them.
Yeah but Mika & Kreider hug after every home win, so they’re obviously awesome.
For some reason I like Lindbergh while I still recognize his toughness covers up a lot of bad play that is only getting worse. It is starting to get creepy how much his career is mirroring Girardi’s. I hope that doesn’t continue with the Rangers giving him a too big contract with too much term.
The analytics people say his numbers are pretty similar to the guy he would be replacing (Brodzinski).
Or play Brodz on 4th line.
