Comments on: That didn’t last

By: theflynn

theflynn — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:03:28 +0000

I keep reading the folks saying that they played a good game…BUT…......

NOnsense. They played a good game of keepaway and did some
decent passing ( for a change), but very very few of their shots were of a serious or dangerous nature for the goalkeeper to handle. THESE GUYS HAVE A SCORING PROBLEM,. THE WHOLE TEAM! They managed to stay in the game up until those idiotic penalties cost them their concentration – but this still doesn’t mean that they can put the puck in the net with any consistency. They just don’t do it.

Kallinin had as good a game as I’ve seen him play, but he still screwed up on a few key plays..

Those people on the bench are andirons, not coaches.

Their game pattern is the same thing over and over and over again- no corrections – no inventiveness- no imagination
on the part of the game pattern. And that – is the coaching prerogative. And it’s lousy.

And when you have a team that cannot score except by accident, and that – rarely, then you know that it’s automatic that if their goal keeper has an off night – it’s curtains time.

Renney has never been anything but a prep school coach. It’s where he belongs – not in the NHL.

By: onecupin67years

onecupin67years — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:00:47 +0000

Another great move by the genius-Glen Sather

By: Prucha25

Prucha25 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:34:30 +0000

TK said:
“Everything is Prucha’s fault. He’ll sit for the next 10, watch.”

I said the exact same thing when I shut the game off after the Pens scored to make it 2-1.

By: MAKO

MAKO — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:16:29 +0000

I made a light-hearted comment about Bowman. He may be aging but I would bet a large sum of money he still can manage the teams scouts, make logical trade and give an ailing team what it needs. I wasnt asking him if he could lace em up.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:06:17 +0000

new post

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:02:19 +0000

After I said that I didn’t think it was a good idea to bring him back?

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:01:33 +0000

cccp – I don’t know what you’re talking about to be clear. Suddenly I’m a fan of Slats? Suddenly Renney’s the GM that makes decisions on which players to bring in? Lost here.

By: 22figure8

22figure8 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:01:30 +0000

Nasty-great as usual.

Mako-I think you were kidding but getting Scottie Bowman, what is he 90 yet?, would be the same old Ranger way. Almost as bad as getting Sather was. At the time, I said Sather doesn’t have anything to prove and is here to collect the fat check and he hasn’t proven me wrong.

remember, “anybody can win with that payroll.”

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:21 +0000

doodie – fine, we disagree.

By: doodie machetto

doodie machetto — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:57:47 +0000

Beer, I’m gonna disagree with both of you. 6th Youngest but that’s skewed by a few things.

First, we don’t have any really old players. Naslund is our oldest by a few years at 34. So there aren’t any old players dragging our number up.

Second, we don’t have any young players in prominent positions. Staal is our best defensemen, but still sees second pairing icetime. Our icetime leaders are Drury, Gomez, Rozsi, Redden, and Naslund. All of the older guys.

We’re young, but we’re not committed to youth.