Game 21 Canes vs. Rangers

[NYR_94]

Miller is a huge disappointment to me; I was very wrong on him. I truly thought he had high level upside potential, and he has regressed instead. The positive is at his age and with his underlying skillset I believe he has value. Drury should be looking at a package deal to change the mix, and Miller should be in that package along with a core forward.

It was also clear Trocheck would come down some this season after a career season. It was simply law of averages with him getting back to his norm, or even a little less to balance last season's overachieving.

 

[NYR_94]

The challenges no balls Drury faces is he's afraid to make a big deal, and it is not easy to swing deals in Nov/Dec. But he has to get past all that and do something, because to sit idle and do nothing as this bad team collapses is not an option IMO. He has to do something I think, otherwise why does he even have the job.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Trocheck is one of the vets who have lost a step. It looks like all the vets just fucked around in the offseason. Country club atmosphere in this organization.

 

[PorterPanzer]

Igor with 2 softies last night because of laziness getting to the proper position against a top team when the Rangers needed his A game, Trocheck's scoring is down (not from lack of trying) but the rest of his game has been solid, 2nd behind Cuylle in hits and 60% on face offs. I agree about Miller, he's had issues here from Tony D to taking a mental break, maybe a change of scenery will help his career and the Rangers could put a more defensive dman in his spot. I love Lindgren but he's too small and ineffective offensively to justify the salary, I don't think Drury would have a problem moving either but until his NTC kicks in I'll keep beating my worn and tattered "Trade Adam!" bass drum. It took until the first week of December for Trouba to wake their asses up, they don't need to win the President's trophy just go on a nice run. I'm thinking Cuylle as the next "C", he does it all with 14 minutes of ice time when many players experience their sophomore slump, he epitomizes taking advantage of an opportunity. Too early for doom and gloom only a quarter of the way through the season - Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[PorterPanzer]

Berard shooting the puck on the 2 on 1 and scoring was shocking, Lav will have to teach him the importance of making a low percentage pass instead to the player with seniority.

 

[kreidertime]

I hope Othmann gets healthy soon because he's another type of Cuylle player and this sorry ass team needs as many of those as we can get.