Brooks points out AV's stupidity with Girardi

[kreidertime]

Rangers know what the rest of the hockey world does. Shattenkirk is a die hard Rangers fan and has made it clear he only wants to play here. So, I don't see the Rangers giving up the world for a righty defenseman. However, if you could work a Staal and others deal for Faulk, it has to be considered. Not sure they are a match if the Rangers won't include Hayes.

 

[Stepupstepan]

When you are missing 3 of your top 8 or 9 forwards for this long (2 of the top 6) it takes a toll on you for sure. To me every point they get without these guys is huge. Clearly they have kept their heads above water, and they deserve credit for that.

4 games left until their bye week. Nash and Buch should miss 2 or 3 more games. Maybe back for last game before the break, but worst case barring a setback both will be back after the break. And Z I would say 7 or 8 more games and he'll be back as well. So we are very close to being healthy upfront, and that will be huge.

What will also be huge is the playing time guys like Puempel have gotten due to injury. That can only benefit the team in the long haul. Because of that I am not worried about the forwards at all. The injured guys will be back soon, and very few teams, if any, have the depth we do upfront.

We need to focus on the D in order for this to be a complete team with a legit shot at a cup. We need a top 4 R shot dman. That would be my 100% focus if I was Gorton. If they can add that guy this team will have the ability to compete with any team IMO. We'll see if he can get it done.

chuck, is this you? Whats with the new handle. Welcome back, man.

 

[theProdigy223]

Live look at Chuck reading the forum:

 

[Ranger71]

That's not Chuck..some similarities in the phrasing but i don't believe it is. Not sure where he went.

 

[Stepupstepan]

If it is not chuck then it's his clone. C'mon, read rangersfan last post.

 

[kreidertime]

Chuck needs to come back. LOL. His go for it all mentality was not the way to go. However, he did have some good posts. I wonder if the Rangers secretly put Buchnevich on the juice to quickly add 20 pounds of muscle. Kid was 150 pounds at most.

 

[theProdigy223]

Oh it's Chuck alright. I knew it was him from "RangerFan's" very first post, which was in the McIlrath waiver thread. I even shot him an inbox right after saying welcome back and he ignored it. Not cool Chuck, not cool.

I mean look at this post which was the very first one:

This thread is awesome. 90% of you guys whine about how AV f'd McIlrath. On and on about how good he is, how AV is an a** and is ruining McIlrath, how he'll be claimed of course. The whole league passes on McIlrath for nothing, and it doesn't prove anything to some of you. Funny stuff. Of course it proves something...wake up.

McIlrath is not good. He is in the old mold of the NHL where big slower guys ruled. He cannot keep up with the game today. That's reality, and was clearly shown by the whole league passing on him for nothing.

I hope he goes down and improves and maybe can make an impact at some point, but right now he is not good enough. And that is not on AV, or Gorton, or anyone...it is simply reality.

That thread got him so worked up he created a whole new account to blow off steam. Nice try Chuckles...welcome back!

 

[Ranger71]

Yeah, you're right, it's him.