Rangers: The Good Hands People
Mueller, who was playing 4th line C, scored and had an assist as well, but he scored by potting a loose puck on the PP.
Jesper Fast had the other two goals. His first was the redirection of a Dan Boyle shot and went in off his body. His second goal came on a beautiful backhand pass from Kevin Hayes, who was behind the net, but fed Fast right in the slot. Goal! Hayes had two assists.
Dylan McIlrath played a really smart game, and, surprisingly none of the Flyers wanted to fight him. He didn't press the matter too much as he was busy using his body to buy space, check people, screen people and make smart passes. He did turn it over once, but instead of letting it turn into a scoring opportunity for the Flyers, he skated after the pass and separated the Flyer from it. Hayes made a play like that, too. Staal and Miller didn't.
Btw, other than the turnover, Miller again looked really good. He, Nash and St.Louis came created a bunch of good chances, but Mason saved his best saves for them.
McDonagh got into a fight. That was weird. Later, he ran into an elbow, and we're lucky he didn't seem to be concussed.
The Rangers are going to have some easy decisions to make, but let's see if they have the guts to make them. The kids are better than the re-treads. Let's go, Rangers!
posted by Kalel9 @ 6:40 PM
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This is why I am higher on the Rangers than the Yankees. They balance out their stupid moves will good development.
I think the part of the Rangers that is working right now, is more apparent than the part of Yankees that is working, but both teams have a terrible habit of filling every available job with a veteran, and that's a disincentive to the development of players in both programs.
McIlrath was saying coming in that he knew he was the odd man out, and that sucks, both for his development and the Rangers present.
And frankly, if the Rangers keep crap like Lombardi over these kids who are making them win preseason games, that's going to make it harder for them to go out and sign collegiate FA's the next time they squander a first rounder -- oh, I forgot -- they still don't have one in `15.
If the Yanks were allowed to amnesty a couple of players, they might look a little fresher, too.
Having said all of that, the Ranger scouts have been awesome, and the talent is clearly there. And Buchnevich still hasn't played over here yet.
Dukie has a chance....
He's making one!
Sure, they have key young/homegrown players on the big club's roster. With the Yankees, we have been in this spot before: talented young guys in the pipeline poised to contribute in a year or two, but it never happens in any meaningful way, except with relievers.
Sather, for all his faults, has hired people who have produced really good developmental results, and if he didn't trade picks, there would be even more.
The Yankees have had at least 10 years notice of the coming decline. Even mediocre development success could have hedged against that. Instead the incompetents in charge (all of them, since there is plenty of blame for everyone) have failed, but because it's Hal's Yankees, they fail upward.
So even though they can't technically amnesty, they have constructively done that for years by outspending their mistakes.
The difference was that they still had the core from the Stick and Buck days, and the CBAs at that time enabled talented youngish players to hit free agency for them to grab.
Now, both crutches are gone, and the incompetence is laid bare for all but Hal (and some members of the media) to see.
It's not like I expected a repeat of the '90s dynasty. I did expect to always be able to root for a team that understood the value of a dynamic offense.
In hockey, a lot of player development is ceded to the major juniors, colleges, and these overseas programs the Rangers have been drawing from.
The Yanks don't get 18 year olds then let someone else watch them for awhile.
Also, the problem with the farm over the past 20 years, since it was extruding the core 4, has been the lack of Yankee first rounders and the intermittent use of money to grab premium talent under the old rules.
This year, they boldly lopped the top off of the IFA class, and and also bought a young ace in Tanaka. That was all great.
They also use their limited draft pool to scotch guard the pen and get even more college guys who can either take roles on the cheap or hold places for the kids who can.
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