Nice win for the rangers tonight. And they iced 7 players 21 yrs old and younger. Staal need to be scratched regularly. Also liked the way the lindgren- fox pairing tonight
Lindgren as I said should have never been sent down. He's a keeper. Reminds me of a y0ung Girardi and is exactly what this defense needs. Young, tough, stay at home d man. Thanks for the memories Staal but he should never play another game here.
Kakko had his best game in a while. He needs to work on his skating like Andersson did though. He needs to pick up a couple of steps.
I have to say, despite some comical stuff here and there, Smith is actually a better 4th liner than defenseman at this point. Good game by Georgiev and nice to see Fox get his first goal, maybe that will get him going as he's been a little shaky early on. Hard to see Quinn benching Staal permanently at his salary but he may have no choice but to sit him alot.
Hopefully Gorton can deal him with salary retained to some team. Same with Smith. Time to play more youth.
He from most scouting reports is like a bigger version of Hajek. Said it for months. There is going to be a big deal where Gorton pieces 3-4 prospects for one high level, young player at a position for need. Hertl comes to mind. Kravtsov, Keane, Rykov, Wall and Huska for Hertl. That's the kind of deal I think will happen. Hertl on this team would be fn perfect as the second center. He's excellent on draws and is just breaking out last year like Zibanejad did. The Sharks suck and they need to blow that thing up. You give them 5 guys that can start for them down the line. We are freakin loaded with top goalie prospects and defenseman.
Quinn has a bad attitude with Andersson. He needs to get over it. Lias was 5 and 1 on draws today. That was better than his previous games. We saw Chytil do this last year. Start out great then suck it. So hopefully, he has learned and can contain this type of play. Fox, Hajek and Lindgren are putting it together. Staal isn't going to get much time here. I hope he knows that he's done here and needs to ask for a trade and hope somebody is desperate enough to take him.
Andersson is getting PK minutes which don't generally help with offense but he needs to put shots on goal when he has an opportunity instead of passing.
This team blows. They trade Namestnikov and he’s a productive player. Get a real NHL coach behind the bench
Well, at least Kakko had 2 points. He is a cornerstone for the future. Andersson was 8 and 3 on draws. Hopefully, he keeps improving though I like him on wing. When Lemieux and Andersson get 10 minutes of ice time and Fast gets 16, this coach is not long for this team. That's just fn stupid. Fast will be outta here at the deadline.
