silverfish
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Goals are the premium metric in the NHL.
Pirri can score goals.
Pirri should be playing every game.
Pirri can score goals.
Pirri should be playing every game.
Post-Game Talk: PS #5 - 10/04/16 | RANGERS @ islanders | 7:00 PM - MSG2
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Yup
It's one thing if he didn't produce goals and was weak in other areas of the game. But if he scores goals and is meh in other areas, screw it I want the goals. Goals win games.
Hunter Gathers
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Right. But he should be playing on the 3rd or 4th lines with boatloads of PP time.
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Hunter Gathers
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Yeah, no. Pirri is awful in about every category other than goalscoring. I like Pirri here quite a bit, but he should not be seeing a regular shift in the top 6. He should be a bottom 6 player getting tons of PP time. He's a liability defensively.
Hunter Gathers
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Inferno
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hes ok defensively..not good, not horribad...just ok.
what hes terrible at are board battles...loses them way more than he wins them.
thats not his game...if you want a strong board player, go get one...rangers need shooters...its the thing we need more than anything...2 guys on the PP who will shoot it all the time...mika on one side, pirri on the other.
NYR Viper
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Why is Pirri even being considered for center? It boggles my mind. His skills translate so much better on the wing and his defensive responsibilities are diminished.
Inferno
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They just don't have a spot for him in the top 9 with buchnevich on the team.
So AV is actually doing th smart thing here. He realizes he needs this kid in the lineup for the pp so nowhere else to put him but on the 4th line with two defensive wingers. It's not ideal but unless they can move zuccarello he rather have him on the ice than in the press box
So AV is actually doing th smart thing here. He realizes he needs this kid in the lineup for the pp so nowhere else to put him but on the 4th line with two defensive wingers. It's not ideal but unless they can move zuccarello he rather have him on the ice than in the press box
NYRFAN218
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It's just a matter of how the roster shapes out. If you're having both Buch and Vesey on the team and in the top 9, there's just flat out no room for him on the wing unless you plan on scratching one of Fast (never happening with AV) or Grabner and having him play the 4th line wing with one of Gerbe/Jooris centering.
offdacrossbar
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if you are great at something, that doesnt mean you are awful at everything else. it may just mean you do the other stuff less great.
pirri may well be weak away from the puck, but he still makes the effort and his upside with that shot negates whatever weaknesses he has away from the puck.
in other words, i can live with the holes in his 2 way game if he scores goals.
I've been surprised by Clendening's play also and will be interested to see if he can keep it up against the better players once the season starts. I don't see any world besides AV's that Girardi would be ahead of mcilrath
You almost forget how young clendening is....only 23 years old. Could be on his way to figuring things out?
He was better than I expected last night.
If they want to commit to clendening in the lineup and return skjei to Hartford for the time being they could keep another forward longer. Could see that happening.
He was better than I expected last night.
If they want to commit to clendening in the lineup and return skjei to Hartford for the time being they could keep another forward longer. Could see that happening.
offdacrossbar
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correct.
at this point, they want him on the roster.
keep in this in mind, this kid isn't a total waste of space as some her might have you believe.
pirris numbers 5v5 are very strong. he's NOT just a pp shooter. he can score at even strength.
a top 9 spot is ideal. the 4c is better than hartford.
i continue to hope that av plays pirri and sits jesper fast.
NYR Viper
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So if we all agree Pirri is better on the wing, why not play him on the wing? Play Gerbe at center.
Tawnos
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Gerbe is LESS of a center than Pirri. He's taken something like 20 faceoffs in his whole NHL career.
I would not mind giving him a shot on the 3rd line. Especially if Busch starts in the minors.
I do worry about how he is along the boards. The Rangers were especially weak and unwilling in that area of the ice last year.
So true AV didn't really do gerbe any favors playing him at center that's just not something he's capable of. Guy is a winger.
Pirri can actually play center.
I'm starting to lean more to AV keeping 14 forwards and screwing around for 20 games while sending skjei to Hartford.
He can keep pirri Jooris and gerbe if he does that.
Still don't believe he keeps Glass
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