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What did everyone think of Georgiev (sp)?
Kind of hard to get a read on goalies in these games but he seemed fairly solid to me.
Kind of hard to get a read on goalies in these games but he seemed fairly solid to me.
What did everyone think of Georgiev (sp)?
Kind of hard to get a read on goalies in these games but he seemed fairly solid to me.
What did everyone think of Georgiev (sp)?
Kind of hard to get a read on goalies in these games but he seemed fairly solid to me.
He looked good, had some trouble tracking the puck though, could be because he's not used to the amount of traffic and speed in NA, some of it because of the rink size.
He seemed fine. He has some exaggerated movements but I am not a goalie so I am not quite sure what to make of that. Anyway, it's pretty difficult to gauge a goalie that played a period and a half of a boring preseason game.
What did everyone think of Georgiev (sp)?
Kind of hard to get a read on goalies in these games but he seemed fairly solid to me.
Yeah, very hard to tell and wasn't especially tested, however he has a fairly aggressive, fast style. Kinda the opposite of Halverson who is more calm, and efficient in his movements a la Carey Price.
Hank looked solid in the first half, good to see he lost some weight and will definitely help in his overall speed.
Goalie gear has gotten so light over the years, this helps tremendously as you age and start to slow a bit. This plus the weight loss bodes well for this season.
When Marc Staal is on the ice though....none of it will matter.
Just saw the replays of the 1st two preseason games, and damn do Anderrson and Chytil look great.
You guys are going to hate me but neither kid looked great in my opinion. They looked solid to good with some nice positives. That could be considered great when you factor in their age but neither guy looked great if just judging them as NHL players and not thinking of them as 18 year old draft picks. I think of a great rookie Ranger as a guy that is going to be like a Donnie Murdoch rookie. I hope I'm wrong. I'm not putting either guy down. I'm very hopeful for our young guys but this hype train has seemed to leave the station and may soon turn in to an airplane.
I don't know if you could have expected more from Chytil in his first ever game on the small ice. He was not just good, he was actually exciting. He looked dangerous on more than a handful of shifts. I stopped regarding him in the group of "meh, that's Gropp, Cattenaci, Puempel, Gilmour, Pedrie, Desjardins, Staal, Smith" when he touched the puck and had him in the "here we go Chytil, Zucc, Kreids, Hayes, Shatty" group by the end of the first. I totally was able to forget he was 18 and just regard him as one of our threats. When you then factor in that he was still 17 two weeks ago, I am as impressed as I could be.
Sarcasm monitor broken?
You guys are going to hate me but neither kid looked great in my opinion. They looked solid to good with some nice positives. That could be considered great when you factor in their age but neither guy looked great if just judging them as NHL players and not thinking of them as 18 year old draft picks. I think of a great rookie Ranger as a guy that is going to be like a Donnie Murdoch rookie. I hope I'm wrong. I'm not putting either guy down. I'm very hopeful for our young guys but this hype train has seemed to leave the station and may soon turn in to an airplane.
Chytil, played with the 2 best forwards on the ice last night against a team that might not win the Calder Cup. That said, I thought he looked about as good as an 18 year old player could look. He was exciting with the puck, looked dynamic and looked like he belonged. Was he Connor McDavid, take over the game, good? No, but he sure looked as good as any Rangers rookie looked in the last 15 years. I would say he even looked better than Duclair 3 preseasons ago, especially when he has the puck.
That said, my first sentence stands, he was put in fantsic position to succeed last night and by all accounts did so, be it the eye or advanced stats tests. Lets see how he does with less skilled players or in less of a position to succeed. He won't be going against any of the numerous AHL players once the season starts but it really is looking good for a 9 game tryout. I loved what I saw and it made me excited for the future more so than any recent player I can recall.
That is a legit observation. We all want them to be great. I'm not bashing them in any way. I hope they turn out to be great. I'm just saying as fans lets not retire their numbers just yet after a preseason game or two. My comments are more a comment on us a fans than the players ability. I'm probably doing a poor job expressing my point.
That is a legit observation. We all want them to be great. I'm not bashing them in any way. I hope they turn out to be great. I'm just saying as fans lets not retire their numbers just yet after a preseason game or two. My comments are more a comment on us a fans than the players ability. I'm probably doing a poor job expressing my point.
I never get the "pump the break" posts that people have when it comes to players or teams. It's always framed as saving us poor souls from disappointment in the future. But what do people care?
I'm just expressing my opinion that we should not set our expectations at a near unreachable level because I do not know if that is fair to the players. Great is a very high level in my vocabulary. Great is Crosby. Great is McDavid. Great last season as rookies were Mathews and Laine. It is just my opinion. It is not worth any more or any less than anyone else's opinion. If Chytil can come in and be a 2017 version of Donnie Murdoch (different positions) I would be thrilled because Donnie was one of my favorite players ever in Rangers history.
Minus the nose candy.
LOL I knew that was coming from somebody.
That was a wild era. Murdoch and Don Maloney had a good time as young single guys. Still as a rookie Murdoch was awesome. We never had a Mike Bossy but he was as close as we got for a year or two.