Big Blue Huddle

Unfortunately, I missed the live game with two kids on the ice staggard from 4-9:30. Was quick to follow up on some of your thoughts on the game.

Here is an interesting article on Laviolette and some changes from Gallant. 

5 ways NY Rangers coach Peter Laviolette is making an early impact (lohud.com)



Looking forward to the Carolina Game!

Any college hockey fans here?  Badgers have a huge sweep of Minnesota on the road. 

TT being week to week, if true, removes the punctured lung and maybe even broken rib injury...maybe more of a serious bruising or dislocation

Williams was off the books at the end of the year, this is such a great deal.  To save 1 million and get a 2nd and 5th is outstanding. 

I wonder who is paying him the 5.9 mill he is owed in 2024??

It is a great start

What a game !!!
The energy by both teams, the flow, the constant back and forth; such a high pace, high quality game.

The Rangers get the OT win in a very good games
Too much to discuss and it's too late.

Can they take the Jets and sweep the Road Trip ?

Absolutely love this!!!

I found the advanced splits at Pro football reference


Jones is in shotgun 133 of 151 snaps 88%

Tyrod is in shotgun 63 of 80 snaps, 78%.

So not as big of difference as I would have expected.

Jones runs more playaciton as well
Jones Play action 23%
Tyrod 17%


The biggest difference I see of the two is RPO

Jones runs RPO 15%
Tyrod runs RPO .05%

Quote from: MightyGiants on October 27, 2023, 09:28:24 AMChris,

Where were you able to find the stats for percent shotgun for a QB?

Rich,

I did not and miss spoke in my hast to type.  To be fair, I should of typed, "appears to see more shotgun".  I will edit and correct my original comment. If I get time later I can look some advanced splits and see if I can find them 

Quote from: MightyGiants on October 27, 2023, 08:33:27 AMIf we were talking sacks, I would agree.  However, we are talking time to pressure.  That has nothing to do QB (the QB is can influence if that pressure turns into a hit or sack).

TO an extent I agree; however, not completely and the reason is this. 

If the Giants have 5:6 at the line with, the 6th guy is on the QB to identify pre snap, change coverage, audible or identify the hot read.

If the Defense presents with a overhang player that is not on the Oline, that is on the QB to identify and once again adjust to by change coverage, audible, recognize the flat pattern to the overflow side or if applicable identify the hot read. I would argue this read is exactly why Jones appears to sees more shotgun in an attempt to aid him.

I bring up those two scenarios as they can be seen on the game film from the first 7 and the mistakes in doing so are more prevalent in the first 5 games. In fact, that is exactly why 6 of the 18 sacks Jones saw in those 2 games were on him and not the Oline.
 

Got back from the rink and it was intermission, so unfortunately, I missed the 1st.

Where to start... Quick looked good, his motions looked fast and fluid.  T pushes, butterfly pushes and recovery were as nice as can be.  I had to look up his stats and was shocked to see he was 37.  I do not know much about him but the way he moved in the crease last night was beautiful. He was making some real nice saves too, a 29 shot shutout isn't easy, the guy certainly earned it.  My youngest a goalie came in, i asked him to stop and take a look, he was so impressed he didn't go to bed and simply sat down, and we watched the rest of the 2nd and 1/3 the 3rd together. 

Schnieder looked really good for the 2nd game in a row. This team can pass the puck and he transitioned into the high slot on at least 3 occasions creating some nice opportunities, scoring with a beautiful snapshot on one. It will be nice to see if adds some offense to his game this season.

Laffy with his 3rd goal in three games and what a goal it was.  A cross ice pass from the breadman and he dropped his hips and ripped a 1 Timer that was simply on point, just beautiful.


Faceoffs, is it just me or are the Rangers becoming dominant in winning faceoffs.  Last 2 games they simply win a lot more than they are losing. I do not recall this from last year, in fact I thought it was a weakness last year. (I will have to look it up)

I realize the Oilers  are without McDavid and that is obviously huge, but they didn't look bad really and skinner looked real good, despite letting in 3 goals.  He made some real sick saves and the score honestly could have been 6 or 7 to 0.

Looking forward to Vancover on Saturday.  My youngest plays 4 games this weekend with a 7:45 on Saturday so I am hopefully that I will get to the game by the 2nd period.

So far the Rangers look pretty good.  Great puck movement without over passing, even strength offense creating lots of high probability opportunities and scoring on some, quality goal tending, still have a great power play, and better defense than last year.  I am excited to see this team develop.



 

The .2 sec difference in DJ and TT could be as simple as the difference between shotgun and play action. 

It would be interesting to see how much the Dallas game impacts the data on Jones as well. 

Last week was brutal 

With the late start 8:45 here in Sconin I got home from the rink got my dinner and turned it on just as the puck was dropped. I will be honest Calgary set the tone for this game with fast high paced, high energy game; I wasn't sure the Rangers would match them. 

Shesty gave up the first shot of the game on a turn over 7' in front of the net.  Starting looking like the game last season. 
Igor put it behind him and just keep building from there, he looked real good.  He made 3-4 sick beautiful saves through the game. 

Rangers really just kept coming at the Flames. Beating the Flames and their best penalty kill in the NHL on their first 2 power plays (I think).  

Chytill was impressive and Schneider made some real nice plays at key moments as well. 

Not the best recap but it was a solid game the Rangers took over and I must admit I was real glad to get to see the game with the west coast start. 

Thomas - must develop high end talent
JMS - must develop high end talent 
JAckson - would help but he is gone at year end
Jones - final audition for his job, the decision on him will be made at the draft
Neal - rough road ahead to see end of rookie deal, even with 3 years left on it.  Giants need to learn when to cut ties with bad picks.  

Yes absolutely, and I would go as far to say that anyone other than Lawerence, Thomas, Hyatt and JMS are fairgame. 

There is no reason to not send the message that everyone needs to do better, including Schoen.  

Stock pile picks, especially for any player that will be gone next year. 

Barkley must be traded, regardless of his thoughts on the matter.