I think at this point saying Buch is their best forward is unrealistic. He had a good start to the season but Panarin is beasting right now. Aside from that you and Al are correct and dump is in typical fashion. If we are deciding between Panarin, Buch, Kreider, Laf and Kakko about who plays on the third line (simple math tells you this is the case) then yeah, Kakko or MAYBE LaF plays on the third line for this season barring injury/trade. Next year though I would expect both to be on the top two lines consistently.
I don't disagree on Buch vs. Panarin, but the point is still the point, Buch has been very good and should be fixture in the top 6 (which he has been). Agreed with your overall point for sure. Spot on.
LAF and Kakko have to play on the first 2 lines. Quinn puts one of them for some reason, but not both. It is noticeable when they are in the top 6. Krider or Buch needs to come out of the top 6. It is good to have anyway. It would help Chytil to have a talented vet on this line.
when chytil comes back i hope he continues his strong play. with either laf, kakko or kreider it almost like having a 2A line. well not almost but an above average 3rd line.
Kakko and Chytil formed a very good duo before Chytil got hurt. I would be fine if they went back to that when Chytil returns. Of course given that is still 4 weeks away, it isn't even worth speculating, because who knows where things will be at that point. I will say this though, the Kakko/Chytil duo played really well together. I don't care if they were considered a 3rd line or not, that was a good pairing for both of them, and that's what matters. Again kudos to Quinn for that.
Brooks back to his senile ways today. Refusing to blame the coach for the development of the young forwards. Stating Kakko has taken huge steps forwards. Kakko improved because of Kakko. His talent and will to succeed. Not because of anything the coach has done. Same with Miller, Fox and Lindgren. This coach is clearly incompetent. If Brooks can't see that then he should have retired 15 years ago as I suggested. Gauthier who is one of our few forwards that creates scoring chances got 9 1/2 minutes of icetime. Yet, another example of this dumb fuck coach having no clue. Gorton and JD have to get hammered as well. The NMC from Gorton with Trouba. Signing Strome who clearly sucks instead of letting him walk and using the farm in the off-season to bring in a better center. Adding career journeymen to the roster like Di Guiseppi, Blackwell, Rooney instead of committing to players like Barron, Gettinger and Richards. Stupidity and incompetence from our front office.
Brooks is senile because he gives the coach credit when deserved, and blame when deserved, like last nights effort. You on the other hand are normal and good to go when you blame the coach (and over and over again coaches) for everything. And when good things happen, like the players you called out above, it's in spite of the coach. That is very fair. Bad = blame coach. Good = in spite of coach. And for good measure, now JD and Gorton stink as well. The real scary thing here is you believe that. I have said this in the past, but you need some help bro. No sane rational person could possibly have the opinions you do, and I believe you believe them. Like you see nothing wrong with your takes. If you want help guy, direct message me and I will help you. I don't want to see something serious happen to you.
We are budding with centers in the organization...so no way we should have resigned Strome...big fucking eyeroll Cause strome is holding back some superstar center in the organization
As usual you missed the point Al. The point is Strome sucks and the Rangers have a loaded farm system with players at positions they have no room for they should have acquired a center. I was pushing for Dvorak last year. Same with Larkin. I don’t wanna hear that nonsense they don’t have what it takes to get them. Yes they do.
The fact this retard scratched Gauthier again when he was one of the few forwards we had creating chances is another example of what a dumb fuck this coach is. He continues to play Howden who sucks in every facet of the game. The more I watch Quinn, the more he reminds me of Renney. Falling in love with non productive, low talent players because they try hard. He scratched Gauthier yesterday for a career, AHL journey man who will never amount to jack shit. Wake up JD and Gorton. Grows some balls and get rid of this coach.
This is why the coach cannot win. He's trying to actually win hockey games, which if he didn't he gets destroyed by an unreasonable fan base. On the flip side he gets called out by idiots like the guy above for daring to scratch a guy with ONE GOAL in 26 career NHL games. OMG - he must be in the lineup. Even when he wins he loses. Joke.
Chuck, last night Kreider committed a penalty in the offensive zone during 5:3 PP. How many times this has happened in the history of the NHL. There is no excuse. I understand that the penalty was at the blue line and Flyers were clearing the zone, but if you lost the battle, you let it go and retrieve the puck. The reason why Quinn needs to be fired is because if Kakko did this, or LAF did this, he would bench in a second, but when a veteran does this, they get to play on the top line. There is absolutely no excuse for playing Howden and there is no excuse for benching Gauthier. Gauthier impressed me more than LAF at this point, understandably he is 22 and LAF is 19, but to bench Gauthier is plain wrong. Howden cannot stand on skates. He battle on the boards and ends up on his ass almost every time. How could you not see that? He is slow, he looks clumsy and wobbly, he cannot win a board battle - weak, cannot fight, below 50% on faceoffs, maybe he is an okay penalty killer at best. Last night was one of the worst performances that I have ever seen this team play and that was against a team that had COVID with many players missing. I understand we have our top two Ds missing and an average 3rd line center, but they had way more talent than us missing and the game was decided in overtime, so could have gone either way. That game was won by Georgiev. Fire Quinn.
Awesome stuff. We outshot the Flyers 33-22, we had a lead into the final minutes, we end up winning the game, your precious Kakko played over 17 minutes, and it "was one of the worst performances that I have ever seen this team play." Man it is tough being a coach/player/fan in NY. Good times.
Yep. I've been impressed by Gauthier many times. Howden, almost never. Nice kid but JD and Gorton need to fire Quinn and get rid of Howden pronto. No reason to play him. At this point he sucks. Quinn is doing the same thing he did to Andersson and Torts did to Kreider. I don't want to hear about Kreider working out ever again. He plays like a lazy pussy every game.
Right, so now Howden is the devil also (the same guy who has more points than Lafreniere, and 1 point less than Kakko). Along with Quinn. And Quinn did something to Andersson, the same guy who has ONE point in 11 games with the Kings, is a -6 (worst on their team), and is playing under 11 MPG. DAMN YOU QUINN...LOL. And damn you Quinn for not playing ONE goal in 26 NHL games Gauthier. Funny.
They may need a coaching change just to get Laf going. His production is laughable for the first pick overall under this coach. It's early but does not seem like Laf will flourish under Quinn. Kappo has looked better but still, his production is also laughable for such a high pick. The first and second pick from the last two drafts has combined for 4 points in 29 games. That's a joke.
