Believe it or not, our offense is getting better every month. But, our defence, is getting worst. I did some stats on the 3 months played so far.
October: 1.909 GAA, 1.72 GFA
November: 1.857 GAA, 2.50 GFA
December: 3.21 GAA, 2.85 GFA
Our offense has been slowly getting better, while it seems like our defense has gotten slack, or, our goaltending has gotten worst. nothing needs to be done with our offense as of now. I belive that renney is doing good with that. Renney now needs to go back to the defensive style as we had in late october and november.
You take more chances offensively and you are bound to give up more goals.
Case in point, Tyutin pinches and misses the puck at the left point, Vancouver counters with a two on one and buries the second goal to make it 2-0 last night.
I'm not saying chances should not be taken but if you make a decision like that you have to keep the puck in. There's no excuse for that effort by Tyutin last night. That was a huge point in the game and then he didn't even hustle to try to get back to break up the two on one. Terrible job by him.
Case in point, Tyutin pinches and misses the puck at the left point, Vancouver counters with a two on one and buries the second goal to make it 2-0 last night.
...and our defense and goaltending are getting worse.
the problem is getting it to work all at once. The synergy has to be better.
They "dominate" games and out-shoot their opponents and lose.
The goaltending is stellar but they cant put the puck in the net.
The offense gets a pivotal chance and can't capitalize on the powerplay or building on a lead and the other team comes down the ice and gets one, usually off a defensemans skate, through a crowd, or from the corner of the rink from the worst angle possible.
They lead by 1 or 2 goals and suddenly fall into a defensive shell giving the other team chance upon chance until they tie the game.
They have a collective brain fart fest for a shift or during a 3 minute span which costs them the game.
It seems like the Rangers are "in" almost every game or come out of it thinking they could've won it. Last season was different, even though they have exact records through the same amount of games played. Last year they just lost most of the time and were outplayed.
Combination of a lot of things, but the Rangers could have 25 wins right now if they were mentally strong IMO.
Last edited by HockeyBasedNYC: 01-04-2008 at 02:30 PM.
...and our defense and goaltending are getting worse.
the problem is getting it to work all at once. The synergy has to be better.
They "dominate" games and out-shoot their opponents and lose.
The goaltending is stellar but they cant put the puck in the net.
The offense gets a pivotal chance and can't capitalize on the powerplay or building on a lead and the other team comes down the ice and gets one, usually off a defensemans skate, through a crowd, or from the corner of the rink from the worst angle possible.
They lead by 1 or 2 goals and suddenly fall into a defensive shell giving the other team chance upon chance until they tie the game.
They have a collective brain fart fest for a shift or during a 3 minute span which costs them the game.
It seems like the Rangers are "in" almost every game or come out of it thinking they could've won it. Last season was different, even though they have exact records through the same amount of games played. Last year they just lost most of the time and were outplayed.
Combination of a lot of things, but the Rangers could have 25 wins right now if they were mentally strong IMO.
...and our defense and goaltending are getting worse.
the problem is getting it to work all at once. The synergy has to be better.
They "dominate" games and out-shoot their opponents and lose.
The goaltending is stellar but they cant put the puck in the net.
The offense gets a pivotal chance and can't capitalize on the powerplay or building on a lead and the other team comes down the ice and gets one, usually off a defensemans skate, through a crowd, or from the corner of the rink from the worst angle possible.
They lead by 1 or 2 goals and suddenly fall into a defensive shell giving the other team chance upon chance until they tie the game.
They have a collective brain fart fest for a shift or during a 3 minute span which costs them the game.
It seems like the Rangers are "in" almost every game or come out of it thinking they could've won it. Last season was different, even though they have exact records through the same amount of games played. Last year they just lost most of the time and were outplayed.
Combination of a lot of things, but the Rangers could have 25 wins right now if they were mentally strong IMO.
Valiquette has a 2.73 GAA and .896 SP%, Lundqvist has a 2.28 and a .911 SP%.
hey! i didnt say we should replace him by valley. that would be nuts. i just stated he wasnt doing anything close to his ability, but now i think he''s back
Not last night!
