Buchnevich: A-. He's 1 or 2 in like every important offensive or possession category. He's been worse recently, but top players shouldn't be relegated to lower lines anywhere near as much as he is.
Carey: B. He's done okay. I expected he'd be in Hartford, he hasn't got himself sent back yet, so job well done, I guess.
Desharnais: B+. Produces points, doesn't do much else. He has his uses, but always AV over-uses him or under-uses him. In a 3rd line wing role, he's a good point producer.
Fast: B. He's fine.
Grabner: B+. Produces goals, not a whole lot else. Stats are extremely fluky, but goals are goals.
Hayes: B-. Playing well defensively, points aren't there. Should be on the PP.
Kreider: B+. He didn't start great, but was playing well before he got injured. Always good, and always one of our best players.
Lettieri: Played two games. Can't give an evaluation.
Miller: B+. He's scoring points. I remember after last season people were worried because he had a bad stretch of scoring, he's shown that he can score at a first line rate. His defense is so hit or miss though. Sometimes, he's great, other times he turns the puck over 5 times in a game.
Nash: C. He's paid a lot and he doesn't score points. He's good besides that. Not good enough.
Nieves: B+. He's done fine. Playing his role well. He didn't deserve the scratch the coach gave him earlier in the season.
Vesey: C+. He's been scoring more recently, but still not good enough. Possession, defense are brutal. Overused a lot at times. There are worse NHL'ers than him, but he's not a good NHL'er.
Zibanejad: A-. Started out great. He was our best player early in the season, then he got injured. I blame the coach's lines for most of his recent struggles. He's not being put in a position to succeed. This is a very similar situation to Buchnevich.
Zuccarello: B+. Started out very bad, then he had a great stretch. He's been average the last number of games. His habits this season are not great, in my opinion. Taking a lot of bad penalties, overextending shifts, but he's one of our best players.
Holden: C. Way overused, he routinely is one of the biggest problems with our defense. Probably would do okay in a 6th D role, certainly isn't good enough to face the best forwards in the league.
Kampfer: C. Sucked when he played, but he doesn't play much. Shouldn't be on the team.
McDonagh: B-. He's been very inconsistent so far this season. Some terrible play, some great play. I think he's playing injured. He's one of our best players, so his play isn't among the worst on the team, but not good enough.
Shattenkirk: B-. Copy and paste from McDonagh, except I don't think he's injured.
Skjei: A-. I think he's been pretty good. He's been our most consistent defenseman. He's not doing great, and there are times where he struggles. He's not putting up much offense this season, but he's made big defensive improvements from last season. Every other defensemen has many games per month where they are at fault for a few goals.
Smith: C-. Brutal, bad in every zone. Terrible contract. Lucky he's not in the press box.
Staal: C. Started okay, been bad since. He's not a good NHL defenseman, he has his uses in a 6D role, but he plays too much, and often is one of the worst players on the ice.
Lundqvist: A. Best player on the team. Wins games by himself. The team would likely be embarrassed most games giving up 5+ goals with bad goaltending.
Pavelec: A-. Pretty good. Didn't start great and gets sporadic games, but he's done well when he's played.
Gorton: C. I continue to think he's not a good GM. Offseason didn't fix the defense, its only gotten worse. Why are all our young NHL ready defensemen in the AHL when our defense is so bad?
Vigneault: F. F. F.
Other Coaches: Don't know enough about their contributions, but this is a bad team, so I'd hope they aren't contributing much, otherwise they probably aren't doing good job.
Power Play: C. Great early in the season, bad since. First unit is fine, second unit personnel is a big problem.
Penalty Kill: B. Been okay this season. Didn't start great, but done well since.
TV Coverage: They work for the team, so they say what the team wants them to say. Valiquette might do well in a National TV role where he didn't have to toe the company line.