Grabner A + Enough said. Can't expect anything more. Guy has been unreal. Kreider A Finally has become the player we hoped he would Miller A- One slump but he's been tremendous Zuccarello B Good player but he over passes at times Zibanejad B Would have been higher but the injury slowed him down. Only guy who is great on draws Hayes B Good season. Started sucking on draws again but still better than last year Nash B - Not worth the money but he's not the reason the defense blows. Stepan B- Faceoffs continue to be an issue but he's solid. Overpaid though Fast B- Good role player. Need a few of those Buchnevich C+ Shows some upside but physically weak still Vesey C Ran out of gas way too early for a rookie Lindberg C- Struggled coming back but I penciled him in as a 4th center and he's doing that well now Pirri D With his shot he should be much better McDonagh A+ Without him the defense would totally blow Holden A Steal for the money. A Gorton homerun Skjei A Have no idea why our dumb fan base gets on this guy. Having a tremendous rookie season Staal B Still looks old for his age but he has been decent this year Klein D Awful most of the season. Playing a little better now Girardi D- Just doesn't have it any longer Clendening D- Can't play defense. Simple as that. Lundqvist C Far too many bad goals. Perhaps he can put together a good stretch. Raanta A Saved the team for a while
And Raanta gets an A, despite a few bad games. I'd put Buchnevich at a B for the games he's played, as his hockey sense and skill is showing through already. Hopefully Vesey can find a second wind down the stretch.
Not bad Dump, I agree with most of these. Vesey did hit the rookie wall but it seems like he's come out of the break firing which is good to see. Also think Hayes deserves a little higher, he's having a spectacular year. Nash too; I think he's skating the best since his first year in NY. Pirri should get an F- and even that's too high. He's the most one-dimensional player in the league and has sucked for months at that one dimension. Everybody else seems right on.
