Long live the King

https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/sports/kandre-miller-back-at-rangers-practice-after-mystery-absence/ Reading the quotes I'd guess he had a death in the family.

Here's the whole play. Zub didn't even do anything.

I'm not picking out the shutouts and focusing on the 5 goal game. See above. Shesty's had 2 stinkers in a row. Prior to that his HDSV% was .821 on the season. There's a lot of recency bias because of the OTT and WSH games. During the 10 starts prior to those 2 stinkers (10/24 to 12/2), Igor was 8-2 with a .926 SV%. His HDSV% was .864. Quick had 6 starts during that time with a HDSV% of .818.

That's not what I mean. Yes he earned them. My argument is against the notion that Quick has been a million times better. Sample size matters a lot here in terms of overall SV%. Quick has 4 lights-out starts. Those go a long way to boosting the overall SV%. He stopped 55 of the first 57 shots he faced on the season. Going into last night he was 5-0-1 with a .898 SV% in the previous 6 starts. If not for the goal support he's gotten, he could just as easily be 5-3-1 on the season and this thread is never even started.

If you don't care then why post his SV%? Shesty was on an 8-2 stretch with a .926 SV% before the team played 2 shit games front of him.

Quick's SV% is below .900 in 5 of 9 starts. He was lucky to get goal support to win those games. He happened to get 2 shutouts to boost his overall SV%.

Yes, Igor can and needs to play better. Yes, Quick has played well. No, there isn't a goalie controversy.

Quick has 9 starts. Gave up 3 goals twice, 4 goals twice, and 5 goals once. He's simply lucky to get goal support in those games where Shesty hasn't.

At this point I'd try... Cuylle - Zib - Vesey Panarin - Goodrow - Laf Kreider - Trocheck - Brodzinski Pitlick - Bonino - Wheeler Then find a RW to bump Vesey to the 3rd line.

Well yea teams don't generally store top 6 players in the AHL. 2 long term injuries in the top of your forward group are gonna hurt any team. Drury needs to work the phones.

Need a C and RW. Can't wait for Chytil and Kakko. Gonna be rough having Nash, JBrod, Wheeler, and Pitlick all in the lineup.

Drury has to figure something out. Can't keep going with Pitlick, JBrod, Nash, and Wheeler all in the lineup. Goodrow-Bonino-Vesey should be the 4th line. Gotta find answers for the gaps in the top 9. Can't sit around waiting for Chytil and Kakko to come back.

Isn't that's what's being said? Not paying too much for goalies?

Vasi only made $3.5 during the 1st cup.

Laf was a LW too. Getting a young RW blocks Perreault weather he's 1, 2, or 3 years away. There is no fill in long term for Miller. Gus is a rental. So you're making a trade that blocks your best prospects and have nothing on D to replace Miller. A rental RW fills a need right now. You trade Miller and your D is trash the next time Lindgren breaks something so you're renting a D now anyway. Just rent the RW and don't bring in a long term road block for your best prospects.

The issue is there's no one to replace Miller. A long term RW blocks Othmann and Perreault. The hole that needs a long term fix is 3C. Miller is an overpayment for a 3C. The play is rentals again for this year's run.

How do we not have a mayo emoiji yet?

Brod now has 20 points in 105 games over 8 years. Yay.

No Gauthier on your list?

Fox could have both arms tied behind his back and play better D than Jones.

I do too, that's why I'd be willing to trade Miller for a young center and resign Gus to play with Trouba.

10 games with Fox 12 for 37, 32.4%, 9 games with Gus 6 for 23, 26.1% Gus had 1 point on PP2's only goal before Fox got hurt. Fox had 9 points on PP1, Gus has 4. Gus has been great filling in. Fox is much better on the PP.

Except they aren't. October (9 GP): GF - 12 (tied 26th) November (10 GP): GF - 25 (tied 13th) VAN is 5th this month with 29 in 3 more GP. With the Rangers scoring 2.5 5v5 GPG you'd expect they'd be top 5 in the league if they played the same amount of games.

I'm talking this summer. Not making that trade now. I'm more comfortable with a rookie centering Panarin and Laf, than a rookie with Kreider and Zib based on the defensive assignments each team gets. Additionally, I'm not looking to add cap in the deal, I'm looking for a center on an ELC. That's the only way I move Miller.

He's now 60+ minutes into being centered by Bonino and we're expecting an offensive breakout? Again the biggest whole on the roster is Chytil's status.