RussianGuyovich
Hella Ennui
- Jan 2, 2007
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wow, just dunked on all you guys.
reeeeallly embarrassing for you guys right now.
wow, just dunked on all you guys.
reeeeallly embarrassing for you guys right now.
Can't skate, can't block shots, can't produce, can't play in the NHL. It amazes me the rosters that SY can put together at times on offense, yet year after year the defensive choices are just baffling. Coburn was a decent pickup that was about two years too late, Garrison would have been better a year prior, Stralman was a homerun, handling of prospects... man, I don't know.
you dont necessarily have to be in the top-4 to get "top-4 time".
if he's playing PP and/or PK, and if cooper plays the second pairing with a shorter leash, he could still remain in the ~18:00/night category.
he aint getting power play time WTH
he aint getting power play time WTH
i dont buy it myself but worse case scenario gets carle treatment and we had the money so is a whatever at this point not buying into how bad he might be right now cause its offensive stats and a system he didnt fit into at all in ny.
can he play up to gudas level before injury I say yes with more blocks a little less hits.
I think hes gonna be fine myself. He is good at the short quick pass to get to a forward to get out of zone. Our guys have the speed and usually handle that well some better then others.
His weakness is passing someone deeper etc.. and he mainly when does that just winds up icing it
which is something we shouldnt be asking him to do. Use his few strengths dont over play him and should be fine.
If people think he plays with kucherov and that kucherov will stop scoring because of it your outta your damned minds
kucherov scores just fine with sustr who just wow I got nothing good to say on sustr lmfao
Can't skate, can't block shots, can't produce, can't play in the NHL. It amazes me the rosters that SY can put together at times on offense, yet year after year the defensive choices are just baffling. Coburn was a decent pickup that was about two years too late, Garrison would have been better a year prior, Stralman was a homerun, handling of prospects... man, I don't know.
I've read a lot of criticism(s) of Girardi over the past few years but "can't block shots" might be the dumbest one I've ever read.
166 BS last year, 9th in the league, "can't block shots". Routinely among the league leaders every year.
Good grief. Let the guy play a game or two for you guys before this "AHL" stuff overtakes your board like it did ours. 3rd pair, PK, leadership in the room. The money might be a little high, but this isn't a net loss for TB if he's used the right way.
I'm holding out hope. I do think he will be very good on the PK where his lack of speed is less of an issue and he can block shots. That let's a guy like Stralman rest. The problem a lot fear here is we will see Girardi misused with a lot of offensive zone draws, or worse yet, he gets the offensive zone starts because he becomes a liability defensively.
I read somewhere that his head wasn't in it in NY. Maybe he rebounds with a fresh start.
The Rangers were a bottom 5 CF% (Corsi For %) team in the entire NHL last season. Only one of the NYR defenders (that played over 200 minutes TOI) had a positive CF last year. The only one that did was Clendening and he had a 48% OZFO percentage.
They are not a puck possession team. Not sure why measure/grade Girardi on his possession metrics when they didn't play a possession game. They were a top 5 scoring team in the NHL and a bottom 5 in possession metrics. Girardi also took 28% of his draws in the offensive zone which is one of the lowest on the NYR squad, didn't help that the Rangers were one of the worst FO% teams in the NHL last year as well.
What are the Lightning looking at? Controlled D-Zone Exits For and Controlled D-Zone Exits Against. Guess who was pretty good at that ... even with a bum ankle. Yep Girardi. Girardi was definitely the whipping boy for NYR fans and media...this guy brings the workman's lunch and pail and hardhat to work every day. He is a decent addition to the team and there is data that supports a healthy level of hope that Girardi could play better in our system than he did last year with the Rags.
Girardi is a defensive defenseman...you can play him on a third pairing sheltered role with Koekkoek for example. You can let Koekkoek display a bit more of his two way game while allowing Girardi to be the safety valve. That allows, for example, Coburn to move up to the second pairing with a guy like Stralman. Allowing Stralman to take more risks and be a bit more offensive minded which he can definitely do.
I'm reserving my judgement for the start of the season...but there is enough there for me to like this signing at that cap and term level.
I've read a lot of criticism(s) of Girardi over the past few years but "can't block shots" might be the dumbest one I've ever read.
166 BS last year, 9th in the league, "can't block shots". Routinely among the league leaders every year.
Good grief. Let the guy play a game or two for you guys before this "AHL" stuff overtakes your board like it did ours. 3rd pair, PK, leadership in the room. The money might be a little high, but this isn't a net loss for TB if he's used the right way.
Dan hasn't been the same player the past few seasons, but he's certainly an asset if used properly. Also, one of the nicest and most well-liked athletes I've seen come through NY. I really hope he bounces back with you guys. If the Rangers don't win, I'm definitely pulling for Tampa with Cally and Girardi.
I think hes gonna be fine myself. He is good at the short quick pass to get to a forward to get out of zone. Our guys have the speed and usually handle that well some better then others.
His weakness is passing someone deeper etc.. and he mainly when does that just winds up icing it
that is rangers system pass around boards
I read somewhere that his head wasn't in it in NY. Maybe he rebounds with a fresh start.
The Rangers were a bottom 5 CF% (Corsi For %) team in the entire NHL last season. Only one of the NYR defenders (that played over 200 minutes TOI) had a positive CF last year. The only one that did was Clendening and he had a 48% OZFO percentage.
They are not a puck possession team. Not sure why measure/grade Girardi on his possession metrics when they didn't play a possession game. They were a top 5 scoring team in the NHL and a bottom 5 in possession metrics. Girardi also took 28% of his draws in the offensive zone which is one of the lowest on the NYR squad, didn't help that the Rangers were one of the worst FO% teams in the NHL last year as well.
No he's not. If he was his analytics wouldn't be so terrible. He's bad at moving the puck at any time unless he has un-pressured time to look up and make a play. Under pressure he immediately just throws the puck up the boards.
But yes he can block shots but it might end up injuring him again with another broken foot or knee cap or whatever that will limit his mobility even more.