Will Girardi pass to the wrong guys tonight?

[Werewolf]

I'm curious to see what the ranger fans see tonight. Girardi has been very good back there. I have 0 issues with his play.

 

[JadedLeaf]

I did it by mistake on my phone and couldn't be arsed to fix it.

How wonder how many people tried clicking your comment because they were stupid enough to think it was a link? Certainly not I, and certainly not multiple times.

 

[RalphyDanger]

 

[RalphyDanger]

Girardi may not have been the most talented player, but he was always willing to lay it on the line for the team.

 

[Iceman]

Even if anyone could've scored that goal, it's hilarious that it's Ovechkin which means that if it would have been a tough angle with 5 people in front, he would still score.

 

[aufheben]

I'm curious to see what the ranger fans see tonight. Girardi has been very good back there. I have 0 issues with his play.

He is going to be the least of our concerns tonight. This is gonna be ugly.

 

[haveandare]

Nice thread

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I'm curious to see what the ranger fans see tonight. Girardi has been very good back there. I have 0 issues with his play.

Im hoping we see Nieves, Fast and Grabner blow by him, but this hasn’t really been a season for optimism so far.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Stamkos is probably better than Gretzky if we ask you though

bruh

hes not even the 2nd best player in tampa, and the best player in tampa isn't top 2 in the NHL, and the best player in the NHL isn't near Wayne. come on man.

 

[Chimpradamus]

We all know the deal here. Girardi is fine positionally and will do anything to help his team. The problems are he's a brutal skater and he can't handle a puck to save his life.
If Girardi would've been paid $2.5-3m as a third pairing defenseman in New York in a zone defense, no problems. The problem was, he had Vigneault as a coach, hell bent on playing a man to man defense in a league where no one else does it for a goddamn good reason, while sticking Girardi on the 1st pairing with a $5.5m NMC contract (christmas present from one of the most overrated GMs ever, Glen $ather).

So if Tampa fans want to brag about how fine Girardi has been on the third pairing with minimal responsibility in a zone defense, sure. Try sticking him on the first pairing in a defensive system that demands high mobility and great puck mobility and see how he looks.

Not so much a knack on Girardi, but the idiot behind the bench and the bozo GM that has finally retired. As long as the clown with a chewing gum is behind the bench, sure, Girardi had to be bought out (to stop the idiot from playing him on the top pairing if anything else). In a sane system with a fair contract, not so much.

I'm just surprised Vigneault hasn't resurrected Tanner Glass to play him 30 minutes a night.