GDT: #1 - 10/07/15 | RANGERS @ BLACKHAWKS | 8:00 - NBC Sports Part II

[xChrisTilDeathx]

Stall and Girardi look terrible so far

 

[Mikos87]

Rangers D really soft on the puck, making passes while standing still, not paying attention.

Girardi, Staal, Boyle were bad that period.

Quenville one of the best in the biz in terms of getting matchups and taking advantage of the long change.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

And for the love of Christ, something needs to be done about McD-G and Staal-Boyle. They've looked AWFUL.

We need the Wraaath!! *throwingtantrums

 

[Hunter Gathers]

No regretzkies.

 

[Cassano]

Boyle was average at best last year. He's likely going to be average at best again this year. I don't mind Boyle and don't want him gone, but the fawning over him in the offseason was sort of lulzy. Especially after the hate he got during it at times. Sometimes from the same people.

Agree with the bold.

He should be a fine bottom pair guy this season, but he seems to have lost his legs. Is this what the Rangers wanted when signing him to that contract?

 

[The Undertaker]

AV's solution to this game will be to give Yandle less minutes, insert Glass for Fast, and break up the only good D pairing to reunite the great Staal-Klein combo.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Don't we always suck in the second period? Make the adjustments and win the period.

 

[pjr378]

TOI for Rangers centers:

Brassard 10:47
Stepan 10:06
Lindberg 9:57
Moore 9:19

 

[aufheben]

Intermission...apparently Matt Hunwick has an 'A' for Toronto?

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

If Kreids can hit the net, he could be a legit 35-40 goal scorer every year.. Needs to be more consistent.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Agree with the bold.

He should be a fine bottom pair guy this season, but he seems to have lost his legs. Is this what the Rangers wanted when signing him to that contract?

Ehhhhhhhh, his legs look similar. He was skating in mud the second half of last season it looked like. More of a continuance if you ask me.

I think the team had to know it would look like this.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

I think I saw about 5 absolutely moronic plays in the D zone, with 3 of them by Girardi alone. This is just what I recall.


McD-G and Staal-Boyle have absolutely zero poise with the puck. Any sort of pressure on them and they just fling the puck wherever like it's a hot potato They're ****ing garbage and really hurting the team. Because once we get in the O-zone, we've been pretty solid. But our defensive game has been atrocious to say the least.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Intermission...apparently Matt Hunwick has an 'A' for Toronto?

Toronto should give out gold stars instead of letters.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Ugly period. Rangers cannot handle Chicago's puck movement, their coverages are all over the place, and there's not much of a forecheck.

Yeah bud its called moment shift.

 

[SA16]

Doc has no idea how to tell Moore/Stoll apart.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Doc has no idea how to tell Moore/Stoll apart.

Hell, half the casual fans will have no idea how to tell Stoll and Staal apart.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Intermission...apparently Matt Hunwick has an 'A' for Toronto?

Hey don't make fun of someone who can actually move the puck and skate.. Unlike a certain 2 d-men.

 

[Levitate]

Rangers D looks sloppy but that's generally how they've been to start the last couple of seasons...just not quite in sync, passes not working out and being too quick to just throw the puck away. Need to do a better job

Nash's line needs to stop gettin gdominated

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Yeah bud its called moment shift.

Yeah, I don't get why some don't believe that teams counter us a bit in the second. It's momentum + gameplay changes. It happens. You don't normally dominate all three periods in most games.

 

[Mikos87]

Intermission...apparently Matt Hunwick has an 'A' for Toronto?

Yeah and he's on their top pair.

I get that people harp on how bad the Ranger defense is, but that guy was the 7th D on this team last year.

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Thank you Jesus Christ for choosing to stay home tonight otherwise I'd be watching AHS with my girlfriend.

 

[Mikos87]

Rangers D looks sloppy but that's generally how they've been to start the last couple of seasons...just not quite in sync, passes not working out and being too quick to just throw the puck away. Need to do a better job

Nash's line needs to stop gettin gdominated

Legs... they're just not skating enough, some forwards not going either. This team needs more dynamic breakout plays.

 

[Tawnos]

Just as a thing. Pierre said that Girardi needs to be harder on the puck on the play where the Hawks scored. Maybe. But Stepan needs
to be providing board support and not floating towards the middle like he was. If Stepan is in the right position, then Girardi banks it up the boards and everything is fine. Moving it harder wasn't going to solve that problem.

AV will point that out in video, but it rubs me the wrong way that people will look at that and put it all on G.

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Yeah, I don't get why some don't believe that teams counter us a bit in the second. It's momentum + gameplay changes. It happens. You don't normally dominate all three periods in most games.

To much parity in the NHL to be able to do that. Now it's all about who can make the most adjustments.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Yeah and he's on their top pair.

I get that people harp on how bad the Ranger defense is, but that guy was the 7th D on this team last year.

It's mind boggling that they're playing Hunwick on the top pair. I like the guy a lot, but c'mon now.