I'm already not liking the moronic way the organization is approaching the 4th line again this season using re-treads instead of building from within. You would have thought these dumbasses would have learned not making the finals with Shesterkin. For starters, if they are relying on Chytil they are stupid beyond belief. I suspect we will be without a third line center in less than 20 games this season. Berard for his size seems to like to hit a lot as does Othmann. I would have no issues with Berard and Othmann on the fourth line breaking in as long as Othmann got second PP time with newly formed PP units. If moron Trouba will be here, might as well tell him to shoot from the point on the PP. I would not have Jones on the team but they will probably do that. PP1 Panarin-Trochek-Lafreniere Fox - Kakko PP2 Zibanejad-Kreider-Othmann Trouba-Jones
Sounds like Sykora will play one more year in Hartford or maybe he gets a little time if there's an injury. I guess Brodcrapski is still around too. They may need to add someone later in the year.
If I see this dumbass coach and GM go with the same crap with all the vets on the PP and not start building this team around Lafreniere and try to salvage Kakko, both should be fired. However, all Dolan does is jerk off and think he's a guitar player. When he actually needs to step in as an owner, he's fucking useless. The vets for the most part on this team suck dick in the playoffs when they play a really good team. They should not be rewarded with PP time over the kids. They had their chance and failed miserably. It's time to move on.
I'd rather see Brodshitsky on the 4th line than another year of Softo Krappo eating up minutes on the 2nd line not shooting, not hitting, turning the puck over. Now with a President's Trophy noone cares about under his belt Lav can focus on the prize.
Typical Rangers fan blaming Kakko and not the organization for doing exactly what every other organization doesn’t do when developing a top prospect at the forward position. It’s amazing how our dumbass fans continue to trust an organization that’s won one cup and over 85+ years. So I guess you’ll be happy with that pussy Zibanejad skating around with his long fucking hair scoring on the power play doing jack shit at even strength another year for 8 million.
Ahhh the age-old debate continues! Who is to blame? The underperforming player or the clueless organization? Really the organization has failed Kakko if you ask me. As far as I can remember, they never truly committed to giving Kakko top line minutes or long-term meaningful PP minutes. What he would have done with that/become (?) we will never know. But one thing is for sure, he is now what, 5 full years into his career and he is nowhere close to where the team needs him to be considering the state of the rest of the team. This team is getting OLD as far as top talent is concerned and they are desperate for players to progress the way Lafreniere did last year. They are not going to be a legitimate/formidable Cup contender when their young talent languishes behind high priced, aging veterans who are going to or already have started to regress. At this point, they have got get him on a line with guys that are going to lift his game because he is not the type of player that can raise the play of his linemates. He should be given a serious opportunity to prove what he is and what he can be. But I doubt it happens....this organization is filled with guys who refuse to take serious risks with the lineup. They seem to be more concerned with self-preservation than taking a chance on someone they should have bought into years ago. Putting Kakko on the first PP at this point is a HUGE risk but, can it pay off in the long run? Yes, but it is not a guarantee. However, without vast improvements with the youth on the team this season they are not going to contend for the Cup any more than they did this year, which had a disappointing end.
I agree, 100% Greyv. I don’t know if they tried to trade Kakko. However, I do know that he’s here and he’s the second pick in the draft and they have not done what they’re supposed to do to develop him. Lafreniere against all odds overcame it. I don’t care if we have two power-play units and their power-play percentage is worse than last year trying to develop both those players. The team has to learn to score more at even strength if they expect to make the finals and win the cup. Zibandouche and Kreider need to get their head out of their ass and learn to play with somebody on their line. We cannot continue to have our top two young players, not playing the first power-play unit as well as having no one time options from the right side on the PowerPlay
He will be here at least a few more years, that would be too much for them to have to eat just to trade him. He just has to man up as the playoffs go on and not fade out. 5/5 is certainly an issue.
I have zero confidence that Laffy will be on the first PP unit. Lava will continue to go with the same 5 vets of who probably one does anything in the playoffs.
Yeah, I don't see him making any changes on the PP lines either barring injury. I think it would be wise to shuffle them.
Dolan should fire both Drury and Lava after the first game of the season if Lafreniere is not on the first PP because the season will be official over as far as winning a cup goes.
Kakko is the Daniel Jones of the NHL, another terrible pick by the Dave Gettelman of the NHL Jeff Gorton, this hack set the Rangers back years with his hunch picks whose small stature and lack of grit delighted the Satherites but failed to emerge as NHL talent. This notion that a player can't excel unless he's handled with kid gloves is nonsense, look how Cuylle grabbed the opportunity given to him and succeeded, Will deserves PP time more than that floater Krappo.
You just don't get it. You suck off an organization constantly that has won once in over 85 years. It's really quite pathetic. Cuylle hardly dominated. He was a role player because he was used that way. So were Lafreniere and Kakko until just last year where Lafreniere was put on the top line. Amazing that he stopped producing like a role player when put with Panarin and Trochek. Perhaps you should get your head out of your ass and wonder why it is that Zibanejad and Kreider can't play with anybody not named Buchnevich. Or why we are paying a center 8 million in Zibanedouche who can't score at even strength any longer. You must be a liberal because you don't look at facts. Like how every other team plays a top forward prospect. That's 17+ minutes a night and puts them on the first PP unit from day one in their careers. You thick headed fucking mule.
Kakko was the UNIVERSAL #2 pick in that draft....Unquestioned. It was Jack Hughes #1, Kakko #2. There is absolutely no disputing that. To try and say otherwise is the equivalent of a brain-dead, gullible, un-educated Trump supporter believing anything that comes out of that loser, fuck-face's mouth. So I guess you're either a liberal or retarded. Or your political leaning has absolutely nothing to do with this subject, or hockey in general.
Kakko isn't small in stature he's a pretty big dude. I don't really get the Gorton hate, he was a pretty solid GM here.
