...I found this great post by Inferno272 at the Rangers Review which reinforces my frustration with Tom Renney absolutely refusing to reunite the three line combinations that worked so well down the stretch after Gomez returned from injury...From Feb 16th to March 25 the Rangers played 17 games.
During that time Avery had 9 goals, 5 assists for 14 points
Dubinsky had 4 goals and 10 assists for 14 points
Jagr had 5 goals and 11 assists for 16 points.
Top line production: 44 points
Nigel Dawes had 4 goals and 6 assists, for 10 points
Scotty Gomez had 3 goals and 9 assists for 12 points
Brendan Shanahan had 5 goals and 7 assists for 12 points
2nd line production: 34 points
Martin Straka had 3 goals and 11 assists for 14 points
Chris Drury had 5 goals and 6 assists for 11 points
Ryan Callahan had 6 goals and 2 assists for 8 points
3rd line production: 33 points
Total goals scored by the entire team during that time span: 51 (not counting shootouts, counting shootouts it becomes 55)
Total goals allowed by the entire team during that time span: 35 (with shootouts it becomes 38)
Average goals scored per game: 3
Average goals allowed per game: 2.06
In short, the team was playing great offense, the team was playing great defense, and MOST IMPORTANTLY the degree of separation between the first lines production, and second & third lines production was much smaller than it was during the playoffs.
In the playoffs:
First line production: 33 points (10 games)
Second line production: 23 points (10 games, 8 for avery)
Third line production: 14 points (10 games)
in much fewer games the degree of separation was drastic, if you extrapolate these to the same amount of games played, the difference in points between the first line and 3rd line becomes 32 points. Whereas between the first and 3rd in the first scenario the point differential was only 11 points.
...I would love for someone to recite those numbers to Renney and then ask him to explain why he never reunited those lines. Unfortunately, our great Ranger beat writers are probably too afraid to do that.
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numbers dont mean dick... renneys with everyday and knows who meshes well dumass im pretty sure he knows a little more about the players, the team, and the sport in general so shut the fuck up
Well, during that stretch from Feb 16th to March 25th the Rangers' record was 11-2-4. Do those numbers do anything for you anonymous?
Thanks for having my back bpette.
Half of those games were played against teams that did not make the playoffs.
Anyone who thinks that the lines combo lost them the series against the Pens is stupid and didnt watch the playoffs.
This season was not as successful (5th place seeding) and did not go as far in the playoffs (2nd round) was all because of the power play. 5 v 5 against the Pens we held our own and on most shifts outplayed the Pens.
There are no words to describe how bad our power play was all year and never got it right for the playoffs. Renney deserves blame for this but not as must as the PP coach Perry Pern. Any changes this off season should start with him
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