NY Rangers General Thread

It's a coaching issue.

 

It's possible that's the case but really I think it is a GM issue.

The guys GG has wanted to bring in and play have been workers.

Drury is fascinated by star power and he has neglected the roster in terms of bringing in grinders in the top 9.

Trocheck is the one grinder that has been brought in and he is saddled with a star who does not work hard on defense.

 

Even the greatest goaltenders in the sport need some semblance of defensive depth in front of them.

 

Gallant lives in the 1980s. He’s the definition of old hockey, guys a fossil.

They have one of the most talented top 9s hockey, figure it out.

 

How many of that top 9 are ready to work hard and how many are divas past their prime and coasting?

 

The Rangers aren't going anywhere in the playoffs. Don't get too emotionally invested. Good players, bad team.

 

They want to win. Tarasenko wants to win. Kane wants to win. We all know the the rest of the top 7 wants to win.

The team isn’t built to forecheck and grind, it never has been. They didn’t have the team speed to do it when the season started, and they don’t have the speed now.

Hard work and grit isn’t winning this team a championship, imo.

 

We need to see a lot more of that from Kane.

 

This is how this team should look. Just put up so many goals that it crushes the other teams will to play.

 

This team has no defensive depth. What the hell was Trouba doing on THAT goal?!?!

 

Miko Mikkola should be cut today. That’s how bad he is.

 

If you were the GM, we'd have 2 defenseman on the roster.

Relax. Mikkola is playing 1st pair minutes when he's a 3rd pair defenseman because Lindgren is out.

 

OK, I'll take your challenge. I admit this: If I was the HEAD COACH, I would be playing some of our scratched forwards in place of some of our current defensemen. I say that without any hesitation. They would absolutely do better than Harpur of Mikkola.

 

sorry, I replied instead of editing. Ignore this post..

 

Mikkola is fine as a 3rd pair defenseman. He’s not supposed to be playing with Adam Fox.

Harpur on the other hand, sucks, but he’s supposed to be scratched every night.

We also don’t have any scratched towards, we have a 23 man roster, the 23rd man is Harpur.

 

Did anyone catch this last night? I'm usually not a fan of silliness, but the fact that they were able to animate a hockey game in real time is impressive:

 

Unbelievably cool technology. I think it’s an awesome way to get younger fans into the sport.

 

This guy is pretty important, huh?

 

Particularly given the way the Rangers are built. Having somebody with his head in the defensive half of the ice is really important when most of your guys play downhill a lot.

 

The forwards learned to play defense.