Paul Ranger

[redbull]

lets give him some more games to see if he can find his game..

he'll find his game, no doubt about it. He missed so much time and the speed of the NHL games is not something you can pick-up quickly. I watched him a lot in the AHL and he's going to be fantastic, in time.

His mistakes are due to misreading the quickness of the opposing forwards, the anticipation. It's the hardest part for any defenseman, especially a guy who's been out of the league for so long.

Ranger's a good one on a great contract.

Gardiner's been disappointing but he too needs time.

 

[russ4king]

At what point do they send Ranger down or to the press box? So far, and I know it's early, he has looked out of place and a step behind.

 

[I Am The Stig]

At what point do they send Ranger down or to the press box? So far, and I know it's early, he has looked out of place and a step behind.

When Rielly excels and Fraser comes back.

 

[Kingstonian84*]

At what point do they send Ranger down or to the press box? So far, and I know it's early, he has looked out of place and a step behind.

See I hate this "its early comment" at what point is the right moment... the 10 game mark? 20-30 game mark? Ranger has had all of training camp, all of preseason (9 full games) and 4 (counting tonight) regular season games to get his act together and so far he's shown he's a big POS, sorry but it's true.

If you want to be a successful team you play your best players and you get rid of your weak links, right now Phaneuf/Gunnar/Gardiner/Franson/Rielly are all ahead of him, Fraser is too but he's injured, so right now he's #7 which means he sits when Fraser is back.

 

[Ace88*]

Ranger was by far our worst defenseman tonight. Phaneuf was excellent, rielly was excellent, Gardiner was ok, Franson was ok, Gunnarsson was fairly bad and Ranger was just awful. Terrible. Really disappointed.

 

[TonsofPuppies*]

Ranger has been our worst defenseman in every game so far. Send this plug to the AHL, asap.

 

[Erdinger]

Ranger has been our worst defenseman in every game so far. Send this plug to the AHL, asap.

You can't say that. He's still adjusting.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

but guys, he's dealt with emotional issues in the past, lets not be mean to Paul...who cares if he's costing us wins.

 

[Ace88*]

Erdinger is delicious. just saying

 

[Anth93]

The guy is absolutely atrocious.

 

[false bobo]

Thought he played excellent to start up the game. Mistakes piled on in the latter half. However he's been improving each game.

 

[Erdinger]

Thought he played excellent to start up the game. Mistakes piled on in the latter half. However he's been improving each game.

Good that he's improving. It would be almost impossible to be worse.

 

[mt99808]

Is there a negative cap implication of playing Liles over Ranger?

 

[Einzakin]

Terrible. Going to give him 10 games maybe before the rust excuse is over. He is the worst Dman at going back for a puck. He's also pretty useless at first passes. Hopefully that is just from the layoff.

 

[weems]

He's looked sluggish.
He's handling the puck like a grenade.
His hockeysense has been atrocious so far.
Throwing the puck into dangerous areas and making low % plays.

It honestly looks like hes out there playing shinny with some buddies after getting just hammered the previous night. If he has one more game like the previous 4, I see no way they can throw him out again.

 

[Bomber0104]

Why is it we always have a revolving door of idiots on defence?

Finger...Komisarek...now Ranger.

 

[The Hockey Life]

Lets hope Fraser comes back soon so we can put this guy in the press box. Brutal every single game so far.

 

[Diatomic]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... Mike Kostka 2.0

Get yours for a limited time offer of 1mil! Fresh off the Ahl!

 

[false bobo]

Good that he's improving. It would be almost impossible to be worse.

Bit of an exaggeration. I'll chalk it up to your post-game emotions. Ranger played an excellent first half, whether you noticed it or not.

 

[William Hylander]

He's obviously not used to playing in the NHL. We can't discount him yet and it's not like the alternatives are anything special. Wait until at least Fraser comes back to scapegoat him.

 

[Sonofamitch]

Give the guy a break, it's only been 4 games he's still adjusting to the speed of the nhl.

 

[Erdinger]

Bit of an exaggeration. I'll chalk it up to your post-game emotions. Ranger played an excellent first half, whether you noticed it or not.

I think excellent is a bit of an exaggeration. Or have our standards slipped that much? The guy is not even a #4 d-man at this point. He's useful as a #7.

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

He needs to sit, but do the Leafs even have cap space to bring anyone up? The only solution is to send him down, but I'm sure Nonis would rather keep him as a 7th D at least.

 

[Duke Silver]

Doesn't make any sense, he was so good in the preseason.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Free Liles

The guy's much better than Ranger and it could help having another veteran presence in the room.