Machinehead
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The Lindgren-Fox pair sucked wind last night and we really need to not have our top pair suck.
Post-Game Talk: Light Flurry
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Miller and Schneider were good. Schneider had some jump as soon as the game started. Both on for the least expected goals against. Although they have nothing on Kakko who quietly had a non-productive, great game.
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It's the Rangers way. I'd love to see them play Jones more. But it looks like they've already made up their mind. Ah well...
Miller had a very good game yesterday. Still not a fan of him overall, but if he plays consistently like he did yesterday it would be huge for the team.
And the little mean streak body slam of rantaanan was great. Kid needs to have that edge.
And yes i still like jones.
And Pp1 needs to be broken up. Switch Laf and Zibs. Let zib rip shots on Pp2.
Laf needs the PP time.
And the little mean streak body slam of rantaanan was great. Kid needs to have that edge.
And yes i still like jones.
And Pp1 needs to be broken up. Switch Laf and Zibs. Let zib rip shots on Pp2.
Laf needs the PP time.
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In some instances I understand why veterans are playing over young guys (its not really happening in a detrimental way anymore to be fair), but Gus is on the league minimum and was signed as a 7D. Its not like we owe him anything. Give jones a couple weeks of games before the deadline. There is only a benefit to it.
Avs were calling him soft all game and it got him mad. Good. The Rangers dont play with any anger and its to their detriment.
Rantanen was calling him a baby from the box the entire time
I wished miller came out of the box and challenged him to a fight, but as was happy he at least had passion tonight and some anger
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The only notable thing Rantanen did all night, before getting robbed by Quick in the final minute, was get chokeslammed by K'Andre after that crosscheck.
This is what I mean when I say the team needs more grit. Protect the netfront and make them pay if they want to get there. It drags your team into the fight when guys are backing each other up after the whistle. Even Kreider jawing with MacKinnon at the same time. As long as you dont take needless penalties, I want to see more of it down the stretch.
Schneider should be a top-4 by next season.
Miller has too many assets to give up on him.
Miller has too many assets to give up on him.
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It seems Miller benefits from a faster partner (Schneider). Everything about his game just seems more engaged and alert.
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Im not a scout or anything but Miller and Trouba play together and it seems like Miller is the young brother. Letting Trouba make the hits and pinch down the wall and behind the net. Trouba is a actually good at that part of his game in a vacuum. Unfortunately, it seems to leave Miller unsure of himself and he is constantly making bad reads and turnovers because of it. When he plays with Schneider there seems to be less deference to the veteran and more of him just playing. If I am Laviolette Im giving Trouba a new partner to mentor (Jones) and letting Schneider and Miller run for a bit. The coaching staff should have enough on tape to know that Miller and Trouba aint it. Any further pairing of those two is a coaching issue over a personnel issue imo.
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Sounds eerily familiar to how Kakko acts when he plays with Panarin or the Wonder Twins.
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Schneider has vastly outplayed Trouba this year and has gotten significantly better at basically everything. He's getting underrated almost.
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Miller has a long reach and often that pokecheck will kill you when players avoid it. By the time you even bring your long reach back, you're out of position on the rush. I think we would all like to see him use his body more. I don't think we need Trouba-big-hits from him, but a simple putting your body in the way goes a long way.
Last night, Miller went for the long-reaching-pokecheck on MacKinnon and that was over as soon as Mac stepped around. Instead, it could have been a big hit. (which on the downside would have 100% created chaos hitting a player like MacKinnon). He could have simply bumped MacKinnon. I mean, It's MacKinnon, so it's hard to fault Miller when an elite player is coming down like a bull, but I think just stopping the 1st line of defense being the long reach while stepping forward would really help him.
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I attribute it more to the pace of Schneider-Miller. The passes, at least last night, were crisp. Schneider can do dumb things too, but at least he doesn't plod like Trouba.
It's not really a secret guys.
It's much easier to defend in this league when your partner isn't a free entry against.
It's much easier to defend in this league when your partner isn't a free entry against.
Been saying this for months if not years. Miller needs to "head" his own pair to let him grow. That's why putting him with Fox was always a bad idea. He'll defer to Fox the same way he defers to Trouba. Schneider is the perfect partner for Miller.
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Last year around this time Lafreniere scored an OT winner in a spirited game against Calgary and Drury added Tarasenko and Mikkola right after. Hoping for history to repeat itself for a 3C.
If Lavi is going to insist on boat anchoring Fox the least he can do is play Trouba with Gus for a bit to see how that works.
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More insane (I guess not) was the fact that the refs got a chance to clearly see that there was no trip, discuss it among themselves and still stick with the call when there’ve been precedents in the league of refs correcting their wrong calls in real time.
I'd rather the league spend time on reviewing shit like this than the plays that are like 1/10000000th of a centimeter offsides, especially when it seems like they just make up the rules as they go along.
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Miller was absolutely embarrassed by Nathan M on the Avs goal, but who hasn't been at one point this year.
Guy is in a league with McDavid and Hughes as far as being able to do things with the puck at 100% speed.
Guy is in a league with McDavid and Hughes as far as being able to do things with the puck at 100% speed.
Long term, I don’t there’s a place for him on this team. Like the player, hate the fit.
May have had the least goals expected but both waved at MacKinnon as he went by.
The team gave up one goal versus an explosive team, what are you talking about?
Machinehead
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I'm mostly referring to the fact that we generated absolutely nothing for 40 minutes.
Machinehead
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Everyone waves at MacKinnon as he goes by.
You can't just completely stop great players from getting chances.
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