Player Discussion John Gilmour

[Boruto]

Nothing excites me more than seeing all these kids trying their best to impress.

 

[nevesis]

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

This post, then realizing your user name = hahahaha

I'd like it if he went away with his health.

 

[LeetchisGod]

A 6'5" 220lb blue line defenseman is super quick and has the agility as a DeAngelo, or Gilmour? Cmon man, it's clear as day when watching him, he's not that.

I have nothing against Graves, and his shot from the blue line is lethal, but management is moving with the rest of the league to stack up and play a fast game which means the defenseman need to be agile, and puck moving.

You also need to have some guys with the ability to clear the front of the net, which has been one of our biggest problems defensively.

 

[NYR Viper]

Well hopefully AV allows these young guys to play to their strengths. All (3) guys like to join the rush and move the puck up quickly.

 

[will1066]

Staal to IR so that solves that mystery.

As much as I can't stand watching him play, I hope this isn't the end for him. Don't want to see him go out this way.

Go Away Staal But Not Like This?

 

[Gardner McKay]

Watch these young guys start kicking ass, taking names and sparks us on a run that gets us in a playoff spot. That would be vintage NYR.

 

[will1066]

Same here. Didn't seem like he had trouble keeping up in the preseason.

I think we still need a prototypical big Dman to complement the smaller and faster Dmen.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Let him play against Calgary, the team that drafted him but didn't offer him a contract

 

[will1066]

Youngest D corps in the NHL now?

 

[Harbour Dog]

The '93' on the end of John Gilmour's Twitter tag took me back in time there for a bit.

 

[E-Train]

Same here. Didn't seem like he had trouble keeping up in the preseason.

He looked fine in the preseason. Needs to get some NHL games in before the end of the season. He might be a better fit for the system of the next coach hopefully starting in September.

 

[E-Train]

Watch these young guys start kicking ass, taking names and sparks us on a run that gets us in a playoff spot. That would be vintage NYR.

Almost happened with the 2016 Yankees.

 

[nyr2k2]

Let him play against Calgary, the team that drafted him but didn't offer him a contract

He'll score tonight. He eats pieces of shit like Calgary for breakfast.

 

[nyr2k2]

He's #58, by the way. Pionk is #44.

 

[RGY]

Almost happened with the 2016 Yankees.

What’s going on with this team reminds me of the 2016-2017 results.

 

[Riche16]

You also need to have some guys with the ability to clear the front of the net, which has been one of our biggest problems defensively.

Need to have defensemen who actually patrol the crease 1st... not chasing guys into corners and behind the net.

But we play a "pressure" game... i.e. our goalies feel ALLLLLLLLLLLL of the pressure

 

[will1066]

Any chance he can get in tonight and force Kampfer off?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

A 6'5" 220lb blue line defenseman is super quick and has the agility as a DeAngelo, or Gilmour? Cmon man, it's clear as day when watching him, he's not that.

I have nothing against Graves, and his shot from the blue line is lethal, but management is moving with the rest of the league to stack up and play a fast game which means the defenseman need to be agile, and puck moving.

Thats not what you said. You said he's slow, I think thats different than comparing his agility to guys who are like 5 inches shorter than him.

Management so far has sucked at evaluating defensemen, in my opinion. This is my biggest worry with this management group. Look at the moves they've made. They blame the defensive struggles from the last few seasons on terrible corsi player Girardi, and to a lesser extent Klein. Those two go, Girardi's playing better than nearly all of our defense this season. Who have they brought in? Big contract to Shattenkirk, one of the premier OFD in the league who the advanced stats insist can defend well. Big contract to Smith who the corsi stats thought was very underrated and deserved a bigger role. They waived him less than a year into his contract because they watched him play, and saw what Detroit fans have been claiming for years that the corsi numbers didn't properly evaluate his play. Trade for DeAngelo who's another who's pretty much offense only. 5'11 PMD Pionk, 5'11 OFD Gilmour get recalled instead of a better hockey player in Graves. Big defenseman Bereglazov got absolutely no chance in preseason with this awful defensive core we are throwing out there.

Its one thing to diversify what was a pretty old, slow and poor offensive blue line. I think everyone would agree that needed to happen. Its completely dumb in my opinion to go so polar opposite that you leave yourself without players who can defend. Our biggest problem this season is ability to defend from the defenseman. I have little faith in Gorton's ability to reconstruct a good defense. This call up is not that big of a deal, we are tanking anyway, but I think the last three defensive call ups are a symptom of the problem with Gorton's inability to reconstruct a defense. I should probably make this larger point in another thread, but I think we are seeing how he wants to construct a defense.

 

[kovazub94]

He'll score tonight. He eats pieces of **** like Calgary for breakfast.

There’re better allegories to get this point across.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Thats not what you said. You said he's slow, I think thats different than comparing his agility to guys who are like 5 inches shorter than him.

Management so far has sucked at evaluating defensemen, in my opinion. This is my biggest worry with this management group. Look at the moves they've made. They blame the defensive struggles from the last few seasons on terrible corsi player Girardi, and to a lesser extent Klein. Those two go, Girardi's playing better than nearly all of our defense this season. Who have they brought in? Big contract to Shattenkirk, one of the premier OFD in the league who the advanced stats insist can defend well. Big contract to Smith who the corsi stats thought was very underrated and deserved a bigger role. They waived him less than a year into his contract because they watched him play, and saw what Detroit fans have been claiming for years that the corsi numbers didn't properly evaluate his play. Trade for DeAngelo who's another who's pretty much offense only. Small PMD defenseman Pionk is a big priority, Gilmour gets recalled instead of a better hockey player in Graves. Big defenseman Bereglazov got absolutely no chance in preseason with this awful defensive core we are throwing out there.

Its one thing to diversify what was a pretty old, slow and poor offensive blue line. I think everyone would agree that needed to happen. Its completely dumb in my opinion to go so polar opposite that you leave yourself without players who can defend. Our biggest problem this season is ability to defend from the defenseman. I have little faith in Gorton's ability to reconstruct a good defense. This call up is not that big of a deal, we are tanking anyway, but I think the last three defensive call ups are a symptom of the problem with Gorton's inability to reconstruct a defense. I should probably make this larger point in another thread, but I think we are seeing how he wants to construct a defense.

I'm anticipating a Gilmour-Kampfer shutdown pairing.

 

[Kaapodonna]

Can't wait for the first time a forechecker takes the puck off him so I can say "I believe that's Mr. Gilmour's."

Underrated post right there. I thought the same exact thing! Lmao

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Almost happened with the 2016 Yankees.

Yeah well Gary Sanchez came up and almost carried the team by himself. I don't think the Rangers have that level of talent in the system.

 

[E-Train]

Yeah well Gary Sanchez came up and almost carried the team by himself. I don't think the Rangers have that level of talent in the system.

No, not quite. The thought was though, that they'd collapse and be under .500 for the first time since 1992. That didn't happen.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

Interesting. I could have sworn Gilmour sucked.

It was funny how quickly that reputation spread on here, even though like 4 posters have actually watched him outside of the preseason.