I don't think Boyle played well yesterday, but before that I thought he was playing pretty well. Dave Maloney said that Saturday’s game against Nashville was the best Dan Boyle had played as a Ranger. He said that when Boyle has time with the puck he can make plays. Brian Leetch said on Sunday that Boyle has gotten better and better and that he makes a lot of subtle plays with the puck. Leetch said that Boyle likes to play with the puck and when he is in the lineup he allows the other defensemen to slot into better roles. Boyle has 6 goals and 5 assists this season, a plus seven rating, 70 shots on goal, 18 giveaways, 9 takeaways and an average of 20:27 per game. Boyle told Al Trautwig recently, “it’s been a struggle for me to find my game within the system that they play. It’s up and down but putting wins together is the most important thing for me.”
Once he got past the injury and into the flow he's been ok but i just want to see more continuity with his shot and some net traffic. As for msl i bet he holds firm at 4m but i dont think id bring him back either way.
MSL has every right to do that, but I wouldn't pay it if I were the Rangers. As for Boyle's shot, we need to get people in front. Way too often Boyle shoots with no one in front, that won't work. We need to park Kreider and Nash in front and go to work.
just to put things in perspective... Anton Strahlman had 13points in 81 games last year....13 Boyle is doing fine. MSL is our #3 scorer...and that is with a slump
I agree cage he was worth that deal last season. Aside from the fact that we got a 2nd rounder back from TB this upcoming draft, we made it to the SCF's last season, which we would not have without him. So we agree, that was a solid trade for us no doubt. We weren't going to resign Cally anyway for that much money, so it was good we got MSL for him. Agreed.
I just don't think we can survive with Cam in goal. Guy let's up soft goals every game. 2 goals tonight no screen or anything. I am not trying to be tough on him, but the results speak loudly so far. Came in with a .882 sv% the last 3 games, and so far tonight is at .778. Not good enough. Hopefully he will get better as he gets more comfortable.
