BlueshirtBlitz
Foolish Samurai
Yeah, Klein is not looking too hot and I'm afraid he won't return to how he looked earlier in the season.
Yeah, Klein is not looking too hot and I'm afraid he won't return to how he looked earlier in the season.
He struggled last year returning from an injury. I'd give it some time, but this might just be the player he is.
Plays well, gets injured, doesn't play well when he returns. Eventually regains his form, gets injured, doesn't play well when he returns.
That's a highly specific kind of player
I don't know how he suffered the last injury, but the first one was a broken bone ala OV. There's a lot of forearm manipulation while playing hockey, so I have no issues with how long it took him to return and the fact that he was not 100% for the playoffs.
Klein was spec-tac-ular tonight.
Klein was spec-tac-ular tonight.
I can't believe the advanced stats. They're ridiculous.
He had a 73.5 CF% 5v5 with only 30% ZSO tonight. That's amazing. It's actually disgusting ... considering he had almost 19 minutes of 5v5 time (most on the team tonight). That's not a small sample size for a game. Legit first pairing minutes. Also had 85.7% HSCF%. ****ing unreal.
Basically... when Klein was on the ice, we were blitzing the Islanders.
McD had nice numbers, too. Only a 58.1 Corsi, though.
Klein and McDonagh are straight monsters together. McDonagh has looked better than any time in recent memory over the last few games.
KK was on the ice for 25 Ranger shot attempts and 9 Isles attempts
keep these 2 together.
keep McIlrath & Yandle together (despite a so-so game from them last night)... and then the other 3 defenseman can have fun on the 3rd pair.
I wish we could swap Klein's contract and Girardi's contract. Klein lives up to the dollar value, no question.Those possession stats are insanity... It's crazy how good McDonagh plays when he's with a competent partner...
I remember saying back in the day that Klein was viewed like a poor mans Stralman, and he's clearly coming around into that.
McDonagh-Klein and Yandle-McIlrath should be the top 4--hands down. the bottom pairings should be rotated games--there's no excuse at this point if this team (read, this clown of a coach) wants to win...
With these performances, they are running out of excuses for Girardi, there's no other words for it.
I wish we could swap Klein's contract and Girardi's contract. Klein lives up to the dollar value, no question.
WASHINGTON — Coincidence or not, the Rangers are now 3-7-2 when Kevin Klein is out of the lineup, as the right defenseman was for Sunday’s 5-2 defeat to the Caps.
there was a time when I said Diaz would be a better option than Klein
kinda happy I wasn't running the team that day.
there was a time when I said Diaz would be a better option than Klein
kinda happy I wasn't running the team that day.
Half the board wanted to trade KK and now he's the a #2 Dman? Yeah..right up until he has a bad game or gets injured, then it's send out the lynch mob..Brilliant!