Player Discussion Jeff Gorton

[Harbour Dog]

Does anyone recall if he said anything about Allaire?

I tried to think of something absurd that had a better chance of happening. There is nothing absurd enough.

- then letting Allaire go I mean -

 

[NYR]

I tried to think of something absurd that had a better chance of happening. There is nothing absurd enough.

- then letting Allaire go I mean -

No doubt but crazier things have happened.
The question had to be asked lol

 

[RangerBlues]

No mention of what kind of rebuild this is going to be.

 

[NYR]

No mention of what kind of rebuild this is going to be.

Once JG figure that out himself, he'll let ya know.
#Transparency lol

 

[Irishguy42]

RE Gorton saying he wants toughness and grit: Pretty confident he doesn't mean McLeod/Glass/Beleskey/etc. and he means more like Andersson/Lindgren/etc. Again, goes into the "character" aspect he's looking for in players along with skill and speed. Also means more about the complacency on the team like when Cody Eakin nailed Lundqvist behind the net.

LMAO Adam Herman got instantly butthurt about that quote at face value and was comparing Gorton to Dundon and Bergevin.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I want toughness and grit too. Not in the place of talent, but it should definatley be an element on this team moving forward.

If there is a team that JG should look to mold the next generation of Rangers after, I'd rather be more like Winnipeg/Nashville than Toronto/NJ.

Your guys are fast? Great, our guys are fast, big and some of them play very angry.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Seems like a lot of people keep focusing on the character part, but every time it's brought up it's always with skill and speed

 

[RangerBlues]

Ovi and Crosby are plenty tuff and gritty.
Picking players purely on toughness or grittiness at the top of the draft is a bad way to build a team
Just saying

 

[Pizza]

I want toughness and grit too. Not in the place of talent, but it should definatley be an element on this team moving forward.

If there is a team that JG should look to mold the next generation of Rangers after, I'd rather be more like Winnipeg/Nashville than Toronto/NJ.

Your guys are fast? Great, our guys are fast, big and some of them play very angry.

I'm with ya on this. I expect a deluge of "tuffness" comments to follow your post, but the plain fact is that is part and parcel of the Rangers decline. A definite lack thereof.

Everybody gets that the days of a Derek Boogard playing in the NHL are over. Speed and Skill are the order of the day. But I suspect that you will now begin to see guys that have the speed, some size and of the skill and are just a mortal pain the ass to play against becoming more visible.

The Rangers became increasingly easy to play against on many levels. JG sees that and knows it needs to be rolled back. The players need to know they have each others back and that they will stick up for each other.

 

[RangerBlues]

Remember.
Mike Bossy was picked 15th.
As was Erik Karlson

 

[DanielBrassard]

RE Gorton saying he wants toughness and grit: Pretty confident he doesn't mean McLeod/Glass/Beleskey/etc. and he means more like Andersson/Lindgren/etc. Again, goes into the "character" aspect he's looking for in players along with skill and speed. Also means more about the complacency on the team like when Cody Eakin nailed Lundqvist behind the net.

LMAO Adam Herman got instantly ******** about that quote at face value and was comparing Gorton to Dundon and Bergevin.

He was comparing Gorton to the Hurricanes' owner? LOL. Anyway, I don't have a problem with wanting more toughness, or the team being tougher to play against. Like Go Away Staal said, as long as it's not in place of talent, but as an added element that other teams have to be wary of. I think Herman and people like him who at the sight of the word go insane are comical. Of course we don't want more Glass and Mcleod types, but I would assume that Gorton wasn't speaking to that.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Remember.
Mike Bossy was picked 15th.
As was Erik Karlson

Kopitar 11th
Barzal 16th
Scheifele 7th
McAvoy 14th
Giroux 22nd

And the list goes on.

 

[RangerBlues]

Does Gorts have delusions of Tchuck?

 

[FireGerardGallant]

RE Gorton saying he wants toughness and grit: Pretty confident he doesn't mean McLeod/Glass/Beleskey/etc. and he means more like Andersson/Lindgren/etc. Again, goes into the "character" aspect he's looking for in players along with skill and speed. Also means more about the complacency on the team like when Cody Eakin nailed Lundqvist behind the net.

LMAO Adam Herman got instantly ******** about that quote at face value and was comparing Gorton to Dundon and Bergevin.

What doesnt Herman get upset about?

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Kopitar 11th
Barzal 16th
Scheifele 7th
McAvoy 14th
Giroux 22nd

And the list goes on.

But trading up always gets you the more elite player

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Does Gorts have delusions of Tchuck?

If Tkachuk is there at 8 he’d be a very nice pick.

Moving up for him would be a red flag.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

I bet the guys in here shitting on Gorton were oohing and ahhing when Bergevin traded for Shaw and Weber.

For those acting like Gorton is some heathen, take a look at a guy like Bergevin. You don’t know how good we have it right now.

 

[GregSirico]

Does Gorts have delusions of Tchuck?

If he took him at 8 I wouldn't be against it, moving up ... NO WAY!

 

[GregSirico]

I bet the guys in here ****ting on Gorton were oohing and ahhing when Bergevin traded for Shaw and Weber.

For those acting like Gorton is some heathen, take a look at a guy like Bergevin. You don’t know how good we have it right now.

or ...

 

[GregSirico]

Seems like a lot of people keep focusing on the character part, but every time it's brought up it's always with skill and speed

He is looking for both. I think the character part has to do with a players work ethic, he mentioned how he was disappointed with players effort.

 

[Ghost of jas]

If Tkachuk is there at 8 he’d be a very nice pick.

Moving up for him would be a red flag.

My preference is an RHD with 1st pairing upside. If Tkachuk and Dobson are there, I’d prefer Dobson.

 

[NYR]

I bet the guys in here ****ting on Gorton were oohing and ahhing when Bergevin traded for Shaw and Weber.

For those acting like Gorton is some heathen, take a look at a guy like Bergevin. You don’t know how good we have it right now.

Who gives a f*** about Bergevin.
He's not running our team where our so called mastermind of a GM is about to sign an overaged UFA rather than the only players that have actually acomplished anything since 94..SMH

 

[Kovalev27]

Bouchard or Dobson hell even Wilde who’s rising fast would all be great choices

 

[YoSoyLalo]

My preference is an RHD with 1st pairing upside. If Tkachuk and Dobson are there, I’d prefer Dobson.

Tkachuk isn’t my first choice but if they choose him at 8, so be it.

I mean, aside from Dahlin, I’d say my “guy” is Boqvist. I’d be happy with any of the top 10 guys at 8, though.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Bouchard or Dobson hell even Wilde who’s rising fast would all be great choices

Yeah, I was going to add that if the Rangers could move up for Wilde, I’d be okay with Tkachuk at 8 (unless Boqvist falls to 8.)