This team blows

I am so pissed off watching them lost again to a team that is playing its 11th game in 18 nights, back to back, is not even good to begin with. OMFG

BTW, can we get PYATT and DOMINIC FUKKKKKING MOORE off this team. I know his wife died but he is completely worthless. He sukkkkkked in his first tour here and actually was useful in Montreal and Toronto but is terrible.

Very lucky to even get a point tonight. Unless an IMPACTFUL trade is made to infuse some offense into this team there is no point in even watching these games.

 

Falk was a bumbling idiot as well. Stop f'n taking MDZ out of the lineup. Stop putting Pyatt and Moore out there like you said. They freakin suck beyond belief. I'd rather trade Girardi right now. Honestly, he looks closer to being shot than having 4 more good years left.

 

If Marc Staal is out for a long period of time Sather isn't going to be able to give up MDZ anymore. Obviously feel really bad for Marc if this turns out to be another concussion, but we can't fill his minutes while also dealing a dman for some scoring.

Just all around bad.

 

You know Staal is concussed AGAIN.....Its just the way it is for this team

 

The amount of crap teams like NJ this team has made look great this year is unbelievable. Which clearly shows what we have said all along. This team is average.

 

I think Marc's reaction slamming his helmet said it all. He knows what a concussion feels like and he knows he just got another good one.

 

Time to bring up McIlrath, play MDZ every game and dump Girardi. He's going to be another Redden defensively soon. Old at 29.

 

Girardi is like a 2007 BMW with 200,000 miles on it. Great car, still not that old but you know shit is going to break soon.

He is a warrior but you are right he has a ton of hard Torts miles on that body

 

What the hell is Girardi's obsession with just taking a knee on the ice and sitting there while guys are skating around him. Just sits there like a god damn lawn ornament. On the tying goal while Jagr was boxing him out he just took a knee and sat there. Never seen a defenseman do it as often as he does.

 

Same exact goal Miller had waived off in philly.

 

With the rangers luck or should I say lack of staal will be concussed again. If true, trading a dman not going to happen. What needs to be done is bring big mac up now and sit falk or moore as delz is better than both and get a crushing hitter in big mac out there to clear the crease and any cheap shots like jansen tonight from being unanswered. Next, since doesn't look like offense coming in a trade bring up kristo and put the kid on the 2nd line with richards and zucc. And lastly unless they have compromising pictures of av somewhere the 4th line of boyle, pyatt and moore need to be cut or traded for some size or draf tpicks but they need to be told cyaaaaaaaaa. Bring up Lindberg and whatever other guy is playing well down there to be the new 4th line. Miller played well tonight and should form a 3rd line playing wing with brass at center and cally on the other wing. Put hagelin who has also been pretty useless on the 4th line with lindberg and next best whale player. And memo to av... no more girardi, boyle or haglin on the pp period and no cally on the first one. Also, figure out a way with his speed and his long reach to get kreider on the god damn PK. This loss was disgusting tonight

 

Just the same old story. I can't believe everyone is so fired up in here. This is simply a mediocore team, same as every other season under Sather. There really is nothing to see here IMO. We'll be up and down all season, battle for a bottom playoff spot, either barely slip in or barely miss, and if we do barely slip in we'll be done early again.

Lather, rinse, repeat. This has been the same story under Sather every single season except one, so why would anyone expect any different? Why the fire and anger. When the same thing happens over and over again, and yet we all get upset over it, who is the fool? Nothing new here. Same thing for 15 years.

And of course that 1st NJ goal shouldn't have counted, but is that why we still couldn't hold a 2-1 lead? Is that why we had multiple chances to go up 3-1 and could not? Is that why we had PP chances to go up 3-1 and then 3-2 and could not? Is that why the Devs, who had 11 shots the prior night, scored 4 against us? Blaming that 1st goal for the loss is comical to me. Yes, that is why we still blew a 2-1 lead, and let the Devs score 4 goals, because that 1st goal was a bad call. Come on guys.

This is just like the Jet game. You feel good. Maybe you start to think we can get a roll going. And BOOM slap in the face. No more for me. This is what this team has been for 15 years now, so why will it change now? It won't...

 

Our defenseman which were an area of strength are now an area of concern. J. Moore constantly makes bonehead plays. Ott is having a miserable season in Buffalo. I don 't think it would cost much at all to get him. I'm thinking you could get him for D. Moore, Pouliot and a prospect like Fogarty pretty easily.

To me, Staal's career is basically over. I hate to say it. It's really unfortunately that 2 of our best, physical defenseman have basically lost their careers to concussions. Staal and Sauer. It's a huge setback to the organization but we have to move on from it now. I agree that now is the time to bring up McIlrath and let him start to figure out the NHL. Same with Kristo who really is playing with nobody down there since Miller and Kreider are up here.

For the first time I think this team needs to be dismantled. Brassard has been a worthless pile of crap this year. I'm pretty surprised after what he did last year here. Right now the only guys I would keep are Hank, McDonagh, Stepan, Kreider, Nash, Hagelin and Miller. Any of the rest could be trade bait.

Our biggest trade chip right now might be Talbot. I would have to think the Islanders have to do something. Nelson is a guy I like and I think Grabner is a big step up from the crap we are using on our 3rd and 4th lines.

 

Brassard has been Brassard of his whole career outside of the short time he spent with us last season. I guess we should have all seen that coming.

Staal, we'll see on. I am not sold he has a full blown concussion yet. Let's see what we hear today before we make that flat out call. BUT even with that being said, I agree he will never be the same. He was playing like crap this year anyway, and now he is made of glass, so his use as a physical dman may be done.

I have been saying for a few weeks now I would bring up McIlrath. Every other season I said no way, but this season I am good with it. At this point the kid has had many seasons to grow and get seasoned. The time is now IMO. Especially with our D really struggling.

I know you struggle to say it dump, but this is on Sather. The guy has been terrible here. Year after year same thing with this team under him. In a results business the guy has no results here. I don't want to get into a back and forth debate with you over this, so please don't come back rude, this team isn't worth that kind of angry debate IMO, but results are results, and Sather has done a terrible job here. Just the way it is. So while I agree with making a move like you said, that would requre Sather getting off the boat and actually doing his job, and I find that unlikely to happen.

 

When you look at how many times the team has made the playoffs the last 8 years, it's hard to say Sather has been terrible. There are far worse GM's. However, Hank carried those teams to the playoffs almost every year. Dolan worships Sather. So, wishing he is fired is pointless. I hope he just quits and turns the team over to somebody else.

 

So we made the playoffs...big deal. Do we throw a parade for making the playoffs and never doing anything once in dump? I mean come on man. Okay we make the playoffs as a low seed, never get home ice, and are done in the 1st round, and on a few occasions done in the 2nd round. I mean come on now. That is supposed to make Sather a good GM here and show he has good results.

I don't really understand why, but you love Sather dump. You have a huge blind spot for him. I respect your right to have that opinion, but it exists big time bro. Outside of one season, his teams here have never won two playoff series in one season. We really have never had home ice in a series. On and on with at best mediocore results man. That's just the way it is whether you love Sather or hate Sather. The results are the results bro.

 

And yeah, there are worse GM's, but this is NYC. The NYR. This is not Nashville. And yeah he never gets fired. That is why I have not said once this AM fire him. He has a job for life, sad but true. And that is why Dolan is an awful owner DESPITE that fact that he spends a ton of money on his teams. We need to hope he retires this summer. It is coming soon, not sure if it will be this summer or next summer though.

 

9:57AM: Larry Brooks writes in the NY Post that it is feared that Staal has a concussion.

Brooks says that the loss of Staal could be “crippling” for the Rangers defense.



To me we'll see to what extent. He skated off. He walked off. I am hopeful it is not to the same level it was a few years back. Maybe he misses a few games and then is clear. I agree though, as bad as Staal has been losing him for a long period of time would be a crusher.

If Staal is out for a long time I think I go to plan B. Make some moves. Rebuild some on the fly. Don't punt on this season, but make some moves with an eye mainly on next season. This team is not winning a cup this season. This team is not going far in the playoffs this season. We will have a lot of change next season based solely on the fact that we have a bunch of FA's this summer, and Richards will be bought out. So make some moves now that can help for next season.

I'll also say we need to plan next season not counting on Staal. He is simply too fragile now. If Carolina wants him, deal him for a middle package and move on.

But I would start making some moves now with an eye on next seasons team. Maybe next season we can be a real legit threat, because it is not happening this season. And the positive is we have a lot of contracts done after this season, so we have some room to rebuild a little and go a different direction a touch.

 

Brassard is a 6th overall pick who in 6 seasons has not ever hit 20 goals or 50 points. Not sure what more we're expecting out of him, he will never be more than a 3rd line center with some PP ability. And he's fine for the third line in my opinion. If Stepan and Richards were playing the way #1 and #2 centers are supposed to play Brassard wouldnt even be an issue. Hagelin-Brassard-Miller is a pretty good third line. Guys in the top 6, specifically Callahan and Stepan, are really killing this team's offense.