Well, for starters, we traded away two players who tended to play on different lines and therefore they aided in the forechecking of two different lines.
Did I not qualify my statement saying “despite the goals allowed”?You can be “sharp” and allow 5 goals with an 83% save percentage???
Our standards are so low for Jarry as of late.
Success is the team playing in such a way that it brings them a better chance of winning than any other way.
Because even though the team's likelihood of winning anything now is lower than it was before the trade deadline, it is still higher than it would be with any other system. There is no feasible system or group of players that is going to allow a nearly-35-year-old Sidney Crosby as a 1C and a 35-year-old Evgeni Malkin as a 2C to outscore all of its problems.
No. Kapanen's shooting percentage last season was unsustainably high. It was always going to regress, and regress hard.
No, not unless he's telling them that they've won enough and can rest on their laurels now.
Yes, you either see that Sullivan is making this group of players into more than the sum of its parts, or you don't.
The two long bombs from the blueline and the Helm (yes, Helm, not MacKinnon) breakaway …he got sloppy (tired?) himself at the end, just like the rest of the team
We really have entered the twilight zone. You can't be serious with this post.
Do you agree with the premise that the "Forecheck has been kind of nonexistent for a few weeks"? If you think the forecheck is the same as it's always been, then that would explain your confusion.
Forecheck hasnt been as good, but if you watched ZAR and Simon, they weren’t our entire forecheck…everyone else can do it well, they’re just not playing that way for 60 min…also, forecheck had been trending down long before they left…witness the previous Rangers games they were there for
I fully realize I'm feeding the favorite player troll but this is the kind of stuff people use when they are bullshitting about a topic they know little about and are hoping you know even less. ZAR was a factor on the boards? In what year and in what universe? The most vanilla 'hits' that barely impacted opposing players, he was very small and not particularly strong, had a short stick and no special ability on the boards to keep the puck alive and had very little impact in any situation. When ZAR was on the ice nothing happened. If you can imagine a hockey player without a pulse you'd be describing ZAR. You can insert Simon there too. He once had some chemistry with Crosby and that died with whatever shoulder injury he had and time apparently.
The forecheck has its moments but the struggles have nothing to do with the run of the mill players that were traded. Changing 3 of the 4 lines every three seconds might have something to do with the lack of chemistry and unified play we've seen. Only one line on this team stays together. I'll wait for you to post the Cup or deep run we have ever made while changing lines so much from game to game for everyone line but the first.
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he was average at best, when Steigy has issues with his gioaltending and Bourque, than its a pretty good sign that its not all that good. His save percentage and especially HDCS percentage dropped significantly...
I don't think the trap would work against Rangers. They know our weak link and thats our defense behind and around our goal. They have fast guys that can dump behind, get to the puck first and their defense move to the blue line and pinch...our only chnace against Rangers is bring it to their side, need young fresh legs for that...It’s tough and you feel icky when you have to agree with Mark Madden….
Mark Madden: With playoff series looming, Penguins-Rangers matchup has extra importance
Thursday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and host New York Rangers isn’t a playoff game. But it’s got implications beyond a mere regular-season contest. The Penguins and Rangers are a good bet to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers have beaten the Penguins two straight...
“The Penguins’ style is based on speed. But the Rangers are faster. When the teams play, the Penguins are too often chasing the game.
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan won’t pursue a Plan B. Live by speed, die by speed. Perhaps the Penguins can find another gear.”
Goes on to raise the Lemieux anecdote where they switched up to play the trap to win the PO series against the Caps
Malkin is still playing center in the offensive zone. He just hasn't been taking faceoffs, and that's because Carter is better.
Sure, other players can do it well, also.
Why not? What's your theory?
The two most recent Rangers games were both after the trade deadline.
NZ clog would slow their transition game and if we could generate some turnovers we would some good chances to plop in a goal…I think that’s a better strategy than play them straight up…in case you haven’t noticed, we’re icing a lot of mid-30s players and the reason for that is that we don’t have better replacements for them…no young fresh skilled legs are coming lol…
