Morphinity 2.0 Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Nice pass to Mika last night there, Chris! But it's time to get off PP1. I randomly decided to look it up today, but Kreider has 0, yes ZERO, powerplay goals since November 13 (!!!!!!!!!). He has 4 assists in that span, including the 1 last night. That's 100 minutes of powerplay time without a goal and just 4 assists. Mind you, this is a guy who scored 26 (exactly half) of his 52 goals last season on the PP. That's not enough of a contribution on the man advantage. The Rangers' PP struggles are well documented this season, and Kreider's poor performance is certainly a top reason why. Some of it is bad luck, sure. Last night we saw him deflect a puck off his stick and block it with his own leg - last year, that probably goes in. But it goes beyond that. Something isn't working - whether it's the way Trocheck plays the bumper, constantly deferring to Mika's shot, Panarin doing the stanky leg too much... you could speculate all day. It just isn't working anymore. It's not you, Chris, it's me. Let's change up the structure a bit, and get someone else out there - not to replace Kreider at the net front, but to adjust the strategy. It's past time.
siddious Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Kreider has been quite useless all season long. How this is the same player from last season I have no idea. with that said- I think the biggest change has been trochek on PP 1. Him and Kreider are redundant players and it’s clearly bumped Kreider to the side, completely it seems. I’d leave him on pp1 and have have trochek anchor pp2.
Ozzy Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) "...Will Brennan Othmann please pick up the blue courtesy phone???" Edited February 7, 2023 by Ozzy
siddious Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Ozzy said: "...Will Brennan Othmann please pick up the blue courtesy phone???" Next year guy, next year.
Ozzy Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, siddious said: Next year guy, next year. I know...I know...I know!!! LOL
siddious Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Just now, Ozzy said: I know...I know...I know!!! LOL Whether or not he’s ready that minimum salary contract will be hard to resist. changes are a comin one way or another
Morphinity 2.0 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Posted February 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, siddious said: Kreider has been quite useless all season long. How this is the same player from last season I have no idea. with that said- I think the biggest change has been trochek on PP 1. Him and Kreider are redundant players and it’s clearly bumped Kreider to the side, completely it seems. I’d leave him on pp1 and have have trochek anchor pp2. Yeah, that's an option too. Or move Trocheck to net front and bring Kakko/Chytil up in the bumper. Eitherway, something has to change. Kreider just isn't providing enough of an impact as a net front presence when he's not actually producing! When the PP struggles, at least guys like Fox, Panarin, Zib are trying to drive play. Kreider is very much a passenger.
Morphinity 2.0 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Posted February 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ozzy said: "...Will Brennan Othmann please pick up the blue courtesy phone???" Maybe someday, but right now I'm looking at "promoting" Chytil or Kakko. 1
Ozzy Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, siddious said: Whether or not he’s ready that minimum salary contract will be hard to resist. changes are a comin one way or another Oh yeah.... I think we're set up to be a formidable powerhouse if we can just get a few contracts outta the way! CK's comes to mind...
Ozzy Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Morphinity 2.0 said: Maybe someday, but right now I'm looking to "promoting" Chytil or Kakko. Chytil shoots....I can dig that! I love Kakko, but I'd like to keep him on PP2 for now with Yukon.
siddious Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Chytil Is the obvious choice for pp1. Trochek doing the dirty work, Laf setting players up and kakko scoring on unit two could become something with miller running the blue line. now if gallant plays them is the real question 1
Valriera Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 I'd actually keep kreider, because he's the best we have in front of the net, and bump trochek unless you want him out for a draw. Chytil in the bumper will be infinitely better because of his shot. Trochek will shoot, but doesn't do it well.
Pete Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, siddious said: Kreider has been quite useless all season long. How this is the same player from last season I have no idea. with that said- I think the biggest change has been trochek on PP 1. Him and Kreider are redundant players and it’s clearly bumped Kreider to the side, completely it seems. I’d leave him on pp1 and have have trochek anchor pp2. This. The power play has been quite effective for two seasons until you swapped number 16s. I would give any member of the kid line a shot on PP one and move Tro off.
Br4d Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Alternately just use the kid line on PP2 (as GG has been doing) and raise the time they get on the ice.
Valriera Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Normally I would agree but you’re not sitting bread mika and fox. The move is swap out trochek with chytil who should be a threat to score in the bumper, or lafreniere for the same reason. Kakko the wrong player there I think
BrooksBurner Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Kreider has missed a couple of deflection goals, but this feels like a bit of misplaced blame because overall there's been a lack of rebound/deflection opportunity on the PP. The real problem is a combination of forcefeeding Zibanejad as the only real shooting threat on the PP, and Panarin being a pumpkin now in the spot he's playing. Panarin has 1 PP goal since October 23, and the lone goal was on December 22 where he happened to be in Zibanejad's spot on the PP. He has the puck on his stick all of the time and he plays a premier position on the PP, yet he is as close to a non-threat as you get right now. Last year he was 6th in PP points. This year he is 30th. He's not finding lanes he used to find. Old thick neck sniffle face behind the bench just doesn't have the stones to make the drastic move that's really required. Back before Zibanejad manned the spot he does now, and Panarin was there instead, it was the same silly stuff with Strome on the right boards in Panarin's current spot instead. Just another guy who posed no shooting threat on that side of the ice. The league has generally caught up to Zibanejad's one timer. He has still gotten his PP goals, but I would argue that's from pure dumb luck volume of trying the same thing rather than it being any kind of effective approach. The rest of the PP is dead and much worse than it should be. 1 1
Sharpshooter Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 I feel like Miller needs to be utilized on the PP so much more. 1
Ozzy Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 14 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: I feel like Miller needs to be utilized on the PP so much more. Dude!!! Tell me about it!!! I'd much rather have him play the point than Trouba!!!
Flynn Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 The power play is: 1. Feed Mika for the one timer Repeat that 100 times.. actively trying to get puck on net for purposeful deflections seems to have died.. Maybe that’s Strome, but I think the love affair with the Mika Clapper is a problem
RangersIn7 Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Going away from this for a bit is a good idea Shake things up and give teams another look
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