Post-Game Talk: #7 - Sharks @ Rangers

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Klein looks like a different player this year, it's pretty incredible. Last year he was shooting well but he was never playing like this IMO.

Agreed, he looks very good. Maybe he started hearing McIlrath footsteps and it motivated him to be even better this season.



Nash also looked amazing tonight.

 

[TheTakedown]

10/19/2014: Sharks @ Rangers. Rangers win 0-4
10/19/2015: Sharks @ Rangers. Rangers win 0-4

Prophetic

 

[TheTakedown]

Lmao the bread picture

 

[NYR]

Connor McBlockIt...hed probably run McDavid out of town like Marian Gaborik

Disagree.. They got all the talent in the world and they don't know how to play defense. He'd teach them that as well as light a fire under their ass.

It won't be a long term solution but he'd do wonders for them. Like he did with the Rangers.

 

[Ori]

Agreed, he looks very good. Maybe he started hearing McIlrath footsteps and it motivated him to be even better this season.

Nash also looked amazing tonight.

Yeah, he deserved two goals tonight.
I`m not too eager to trade him to be honest.

 

[darko]

Raanta had a good game, glad he got the shutout.

Honestly, everyone played well tonight there were very few mistakes all game. All 6 defensemen looked good, all 4 lines were rolling. I liked what I saw.

Not sure what that 3rd line was doing but definitely not rolling. They were putrid.

They'll be fine.

 

[Machinehead]

Not sure what that 3rd line was doing but definitely not rolling. They were putrid.

They'll be fine.

Hayes needs to just not

 

[Levitate]

Hayes needs to just not

someone needs to check to see if Hayes is playing with the right sized stick

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Hayes needs to just not

Yeah, Hayes looks bad. Has he accepted a pass cleanly all season?

I'm assuming he had a lazy offseason. Hopefully he rounds into form soon and then learns from his start to work harder in off seasons in the future.

 

[aufheben]

Nash took 8 shots tonight.

 

[TheTakedown]

Really didn't think Staal played well... Got out-raced on numerous backcheck occassions, took a bad penalty to make the 5 v 3 (which his team had to bail him out on), wasn't really making too many solid plays with the puck...

This isn't to say he was bad--he was worlds better than Girardi

I'll put the rest of this in the roster building thread

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Rangers were good. Sharks didn't bring much to the table. Good set up for the shutout.

4 years ago, the Rangers turned around their season with a 5-2 win at home against the Sharks early in the year.

I was thinking about that and last year the Rangers were really not doing much and had a good game against the Sharks that they also won 4-0. I wouldn't say though that that game was the turning point, but it showed what the team is capable of.

 

[CDiablo]

I feel the team played a lot better on average when Cam was in net last year. In that tradition they play their best game this year in front of Raanta. I feel bad for Hank.

 

[Zats Muccarello]

Girardi simply cannot stay on this team.

 

[GOAT AINEC]

I feel the team played a lot better on average when Cam was in net last year. In that tradition they play their best game this year in front of Raanta. I feel bad for Hank.

That's pretty concerning that the Rangers don't try most of the time then.

 

[Khelvan]

So I assume I'm going to finally read about how the Rangers are good again here?

 

[Alwalys]

Sharks were missing two huge pieces in Martin and Couture

Do take note of this. Without them the Sharks are a lesser team than the one that missed the playoffs last season. On paper at least.

We are actually missing the top line LW from last season as well, and the guy who replaced him at the start of this season.

 

[Machinehead]

That's pretty concerning that the Rangers don't try most of the time then.

It's not about not trying. The Rangers may try to "keep teams to the outside" against Hank which long-term doesn't work.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions yet. It's seven games, maybe this just happened to be one we played the best. But it's something to keep an eye on.

 

[Placid]

Girardi simply cannot stay on this team.

Girardi's NMC says hello

He signed his new 6 year contract in 2014 (so just before the start of last season ?), and has a full NMC in the first 3 years, and a modified NMC in his final 3 years. So if my math is solid (it rarely is), he should have a full NMC this season and next, then a modified one the following 3 years.

So he cannot be traded unless he agrees to move.

Edit : The same goes for Staal btw, he has a full NMC through the 2017 season, and a modified one the following 3 years. Basically the same contract as Girardi, just signed a year later (early this year).

 

[fredrikstad]

Great effort here guys . And yeah , strong Nordic influence in this game. Even Victor Stålhberg scored for Rangers, according a Norwegian reporter

 

[Siamese Dream]

This game was won in the neutral zone, so many 3 on 2 and 2 on 1 rushes the Sharks couldn't cope with

 

[Bluenote13]

Can't wait for the "Prince Antti" thread.

The Antii King

 

[Mac n Gs]

To play Devil's Advocate with that Yandle-Girardi pairing, their CF-CA in that first period was 2-10 (Yandle) and 3-9 (G).

They finished the game 13-21 (Yandle) and 10-19 (G). They were much better in the second and third period. Our worst defenseman last night was Dan Boyle who made a bunch of bad reads in the defensive zone and missed his coverage around the net a bunch of times because he was out of position. Hell, even he still finished 19-12 overall in CF-CA, albeit he literally had 100% offensive-zone starts.

Our defense was fantastic from 11 minutes into the first until the rest of the game.

 

[eco's bones]

Really didn't think Staal played well... Got out-raced on numerous backcheck occassions, took a bad penalty to make the 5 v 3 (which his team had to bail him out on), wasn't really making too many solid plays with the puck...

This isn't to say he was bad--he was worlds better than Girardi

I'll put the rest of this in the roster building thread

IMO if anyone took a bad penalty it was Dan Boyle. Apart from that I had no real problems with anything any of the D did last night.

 

[eco's bones]

Klein had an excellent season last year--at least until Ovie broke his arm. When he finally came back in the playoffs he just wasn't the same--obvious in retrospect he wasn't fully recovered---and then this preseason when he was struggling we were hearing he sucks at this and he sucks at that. And now he's the greatest thing ever. Klein is a very good d-man. He's looked good with McDonagh. Like most players he has his limitations.

As far as last season with all the goals and the points the discussion was whether it was an outlier of a season for him and this is the year we find out if he can match or better last season.

Anyway again Klein's chances of being a Ranger in 16-17 IMO greatly depend on what happens with Yandle. This doesn't mean anyone hates either player--it's a realistic assessment of the Rangers and their ongoing cap issues. Somethings going to have to give and either way I don't think Boyle's coming back either--at least not at $4.5 mil a year.

And then there's McIlrath and Skjei and you want both of them playing as much as possible at whatever level they're at. It's an eternal cycle of players replacing other players.