TheTakedown
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Yeah because half of our defense corps is not capable of playing on a contender.
Girardi must have gotten us pinned like 8 different times last night. One led to a near-goal...
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Yeah because half of our defense corps is not capable of playing on a contender.
Girardi must have gotten us pinned like 8 different times last night. One led to a near-goal...
eco's bones
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Lundqvist's long bomb was fumbled by Stalberg and here's Tarasenko--a world class bull of a player with the puck in a completely empty neutral zone coming back on the attack at full speed with loads of space. Girardi IMO did what he could--got in his way and didn't let him get between himself and the goal. I'm not sure what you'd expect from any other D. Klein might have been able to do about the same as Girardi. Boyle--absolutely not. The optimal player for us would have been McDonagh. I have serious doubts that Yandle or Staal would have been able to do more than Girardi did there either.
So IMO your gripe on this play is just crap.
TheTakedown
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Mcdonagh did great shutting off tarasenko in the 3rd period which I was quite happy about. That whole line was neutralized.
I think they've been doing a better job at it this year...maybe not amazing at it but they seem to be doing a better job getting the puck to the net and creating some chances off the cycle.
They also set McDonagh up to be able to step into the shot in the middle of the ice, instead of being flat footed for the one timer. I think that helps him a lot. You can see him kind of circle out a little bit and be able to drift to towards the circles and step into the shot.
Yeah I think it's clear AV isn't totally happy with his D and pairings but I'm not sure what his end goal is going to be
Zuccarello had the lowest corsi last night?!
Yup.
“@NYP_Brooksie: The folly of single-game Corsi: By that measure, Zuccarello was Rangers' worst player last night v. Blues.â€
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say 'play the puck not the man.' But I have heard the opposite countless times.
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No actually that's the folly of someone too intellectually lazy to form a complete opinion.
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Yeah but isn't that 1 singular event confirmation that Corsi is the single worst stat ever?
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It's become a "must read" for me after our games.
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I guess if you only use one stat in one specific instance, you can "prove" anything. Of course what you end up "proving" is complete ********* and everyone who knows anything about the purpose of that stat laughs at you, but hey, at least Brooksie can feel morally superior to people who look at advanced stats in hockey. So he has that going for him.
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TheTakedown
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no, I agree, you play the man... that's the right move as a dman...
The thing is, Tarasenko is not your standard player. If Tarasenko is coming at you, you do ANYTHING possible to cut off his shot, even if it's just a little bit. you saw how awesome that snipe was. Girardi was trying to play Tarasenko's body positioning--against Tarasenko, that's the wrong move. Girardi would know this if he was an actual top pairing defender, but he's not.
Don't get me wrong, I am not putting the blame for the goal on Girardi... it's actually mostly on Stalberg for choking it up at the opposing blue line.
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Lundqvist was awesome last night. Yes he gave up three goals but that could have easily been 7 wihout some of the ridiculous saves he made.
Watching the Tarasenko goal from last night, it boggles my mind that some members here thought Lundqvist was to blame on this one.
Hank tries to catch the blues on a change, and quickly plays the puck directly to Stalberg who should easily be able to handle it, and turns it over in the neutral zone. The rest is history.
What a sick shot though. Tarasenko is an animal. No wonder Hank compared him to Ovi in terms of shot velocity and placement in the postgame.
Hank tries to catch the blues on a change, and quickly plays the puck directly to Stalberg who should easily be able to handle it, and turns it over in the neutral zone. The rest is history.
What a sick shot though. Tarasenko is an animal. No wonder Hank compared him to Ovi in terms of shot velocity and placement in the postgame.
Boyle still in with starters as per line combos today. How he still is starting is beyond me. Totally beyond me.
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Stalberg should have handled it but the second he did he would been in traffic, you can see the Blues players a step away from him. He might have lost the puck anyway.
Not putting any blame on Hank, but in the 80's that would have been called a "hospital pass".
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Cuz he ain't actually so bad.
He was a turnstile on defense. I counted 2 posts and 4 other prime chances, at least, while he was a defender.
And he's not providing offense. Isn't that what he was brought in for.
Boyle has not been nearly as bad as people are making him out to be. I personally would prefer to see a little more of McIlrath, but it's not like Boyle is killing us.
I also don't understand why people are looking for someone to blame on that Tarasenko goal. Sometimes the shooter makes a hell of play, and this was one of them. Tarasenko is a top 5 winger in the game at the moment. He's so much fun to watch.
I also don't understand why people are looking for someone to blame on that Tarasenko goal. Sometimes the shooter makes a hell of play, and this was one of them. Tarasenko is a top 5 winger in the game at the moment. He's so much fun to watch.
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Why would you expect them to be a dominant offensive team against one of the leagues better defensive teams?
If anything we should look like we did last night, mediocre
Good in the 1st, decent in the 3rd but the Blues, as any good team will do, put the pressure on in the 2nd.
More often than not, against other good teams, both teams end up looking less than they truly are.
The age old adage is beat the teams below you, play .500 with the teams that you are on the same level with and if you do that, you will have a great season.
Rangers are doing that in spades.
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