Blueshirt Banter Discussion: What Would Your New York Rangers' Resolutions Be?

Powerplay? meh. Veteran defenseman? Why not just bring back Redden. A great goal scorer? Messier looked pretty good today; we can put him back on the team.

I think winning the cup will suffice as far as resolutions go.

get healthy and fix the PP

Fix the PP.

Practice smoothing the MSG ice, its been horrible all season.

The only trade I’d want to see is if we could package something like WW, MZA, and a pick/prospect for a Brad Boyes type player. That I’d be okay with.

Someone like that would round out the team perfectly.

Once healthy this team has just about the perfect make-up you could ask for. Trading for anybody at this point I think is the wrong decision unless it’s to upgrade a player somewhere on the roster. I really don’t see any weaknesses in the line-up. Only possibilities I see would be to get a pure scoring winger (if WW doesn’t play consistent and score some points) and put them on the 2nd or 3rd line. I’d play Mitchell over Feds at this point since Feds seems to have lost a step and isn’t playing consistent defensive hockey.

I think fixing the PP is a given on anybody’s list at this point. Regardless of where our PP stands percentage-wise in the league, this team possesses too much talent along with guys who are scrappy rebound hunters to have a poor PP. It’s a combination of poor coaching, poor execution, and improper unit composition.

The PP needs to get more size at the net. AA, Boyle, Dubinsky, hell put fucking Rupp there. 2nd, the puck needs to get put on net more to go with that traffic. When I see MDZ, Richards, and Gaborik on the perimeter, there’s just too much skill and speed for them not to be able to find ways to cycle the puck and find shooting lanes. No excuse.

Lastly, our zone entry is horrible. Every PP seems to deteriorate into them practicing how to throw the puck around the boards, and then, while outnumbering the other team, finding a way to lose a battle along the boards as the PK unit clears it. I think a lot of the trouble stems from not making a decision what to do with the puck until the other team does. For example, a guy wants to carry the puck in yet the other team is standing up at the blue line, so at the last minute the puck is dumped in while the rest of the PP has no momentum going into the zone. If it’s being dumped in, make that decision early, and cross-dump it into a corner with 2 guys going hard after it.

believe me that will do wonders

Happy New Years fellow banter-ers!

I’m for Ryan, but no other defenseman. Ryan would be “the power-play fix”, and the Rangers would surely stay in first in the conference as he fits this system (it’s the similar system as the Olympic system, and we know how that turned out).

A healthy Staal and Sauer will suffice as the “additional” defensemen we “acquire”. I’m otherwise very proud of this team.

Let’s Go Rangers!

Marc Staal and Michael Sauer to make a swift and healthy return.

Fix the powerplay, get healthy, find some balance in scoring, and have everyone else in the Atlantic Division start playing like shit so we can keep on rolling.

If I could only get one thing back? I’d probably ask for Staalsy.

I think the Rangers are handling my team resolutions better than I could come up with. (Except maybe switching out Sam Rosen for Granny Callahan on the broadcasts?)

For something less intense, I’d like to see more fun nicknames for lines and defense pairings. I think the Carl Hagelin, Ryan Callahan, and Brad Richards line should be the CaRB line…because this gives the team energy. ;)