4EverRangerFrank Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 7-5 Isles prevail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 No Skjei after that Brady Skjei special? Nice. Tough game, deserved a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 what a wild finish! has been a good stretch of games, and they almost came back from this stinker on defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 You'll know when this team is ready to compete. They'll have the best 4th line in the league with Names/Lias/Fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Terrible defense and inconsistent effort. And a blown 2-goal lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Barclays Center curse continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWantsTheCup Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seeing him live I still don?t get the Brady Skjei hype. Bad contract. Third pair defenseman. If we can trade him do it ASAP Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seeing him live I still don?t get the Brady Skjei hype. Bad contract. Third pair defenseman. If we can trade him do it ASAP Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk I?m not seeing it this year either. It?s like he lost his way! Skating is not the standout feature anymore and his overall effectiveness has declined. WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seeing him live I still don’t get the Brady Skjei hype. Bad contract. Third pair defenseman. If we can trade him do it ASAP He put a bunch of good games together, until tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seeing him live I still don’t get the Brady Skjei hype. Bad contract. Third pair defenseman. If we can trade him do it ASAP Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk People believe there is potential because he’s big and can skate. But he can’t use his size. And his skating hasn’t been impressive since we knew how to say his name. Plus, he needs to be a shut down dman, not an offensive guy. But, either he or the rangers are thinking otherwise, and it’s been a disaster for over a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Pionk got pushed around a little, ADA got out muscled on one goal. Staal was very slow and Shatty wasn't great on D, though not bad. Bad D tonight, but I expected to see this more often then we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 We gave up too many deflected goals in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Pionk got pushed around a little, ADA got out muscled on one goal. Staal was very slow and Shatty wasn't great on D, though not bad. Bad D tonight, but I expected to see this more often then we have. Bad defensive group (borne out in analytics) performs poorly. Make some noise if this surprises you. :crickets: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 People believe there is potential because he’s big and can skate. But he can’t use his size. And his skating hasn’t been impressive since we knew how to say his name. Plus, he needs to be a shut down dman, not an offensive guy. But, either he or the rangers are thinking otherwise, and it’s been a disaster for over a year I dunno, we beat up our own guys quite a bit. His skating is fine, though I wish he'd be more assertive on the attack. He's grappling with when to take it deep and not get caught, like early in the year. He's been beat in the D zone on dangles and positioning by good players. Lately he's been dependable. Yet, he gets himself in off balance positions defending and needs to button that up. A shot of confidence and more coaching might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Bad defensive group (borne out in analytics) performs poorly. Make some noise if this surprises you. :crickets: The system wasn’t these tonight. Only hope is playing strictly by the system, have Staal and Smith play above expectations (entire season). Can’t rely on any of the RD for defensive play. It’s certaibly tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 We gave up too many deflected goals in front. That's an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 The system wasn’t these tonight. Only hope is playing strictly by the system, have Staal and Smith play above expectations (entire season). Can’t rely on any of the RD for defensive play. It’s certaibly tough. That's a whole lotta hope you're selling. Occam's razor this bitch. Smith, Staal, DeAngelo, Shattenkirk, Pionk. None of these guys are "responsible" in their own end. Not with positive results. This season, neither is Skjei. When Fredrik Claesson is your best hope on defense, you're a lottery squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Pionk got pushed around a little, ADA got out muscled on one goal. Staal was very slow and Shatty wasn't great on D, though not bad. Bad D tonight, but I expected to see this more often then we have. Right on each guy. Yeah, I too thought this game might have been our norm. Surprising year so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWantsTheCup Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Defense is a shit show. Pionk is serviceable and maybe D?Angelo could work. The rest is disposable Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Quinn on net front/deflections “We haven’t been burnt by it but it’s been an issue. We’ve talked about, I know we will practice it tomorrow. You gotta have a little snarl around the net. That doesn’t mean kill people but deny them the net, have a little grit, put sticks on them, that is all there is to it. We didn’t do a lot of it tonight. It was a pretty safe place to be.” The story of the game was our lack of play around the net, we just didn’t play hard enough and pick sticks up around the net. It wasn’t the refs or anything like that, it was the fact that we didn’t pick sticks up at the net.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Yeah, overall defense was not great, but Hank wasn't good either. 5 goals on 17 shots, deflected or not (those aren't impossible to save BTW), isn't good. I think we saw tonight what is definitively the case for this season: if Hank isn't at the very top of his game, they lose. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seeing him live I still don’t get the Brady Skjei hype. Bad contract. Third pair defenseman. If we can trade him do it ASAP Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk I was calling for a bridge deal from day one. He, like everyone else, is young and deserves some slack but he hasn't earned the contract he was given. He just hasn't been that good since his rookie season. I would certainly include him as part of any deal for Nylander if the option was ever on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Looking at this team on paper, the forwards seem decent to me but the blue line is very shaky. Tonight was a preview of what we can expect pretty frequently the rest of the way: a good performance by the forwards but the defense failing to control guys in front and giving the puck away too often. It wasn't just Skjei. It was every one of them. I'm sure Smith will be back in the lineup after this, and I'll be curious to see if he responds and, if he does, if it lasts more than a week. We desperately need what he's supposed to be right now (and probably won't be, at least for a long stretch of time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Disagree Hank had no chance in those deflections, Quinn also made that point, pulled him because he didn't want to subject him to the lack of D in front of him. They were baby shit soft, led by Pionk. But they were all the guilty. Sent from my [device_name] using http://Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Forget Hughes. Rangers are going to draft a Dman with their first pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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