As we know the fanbase loves to dunk on players when they truly dont deserve to be. Gustafsson ranks first in CF% and xGF% out of all Rangers defenseman. Im a Zac Jones truther, but his time will come next season. As of right now Gus is the way to go. Another player who gets continuously dunked and hated on on the shithole of twitter.
by kravdangle
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He’s been the surprise of the season. Not every player is going to be Adam Fox.
He’s superior to Trouba
Aren’t the numbers of Gus/Fox amazing this year? Assuming we have to trade Lindgren I’d hope we could keep Gus for next year
The Trouba hate is not
It’s comical how this sub hates on different players each week. Here’s the formula:
1) Watch player have a bad game (or two)
2) Instantly develop negative opinion, totally disregarding any possible factors
3) Filter/narrow down stats until a single metric that said player isn’t better than McDavid at is found
4) Make extremely long and unnecessary post about how much the player sucks
5) Assume everyone agrees with them, and anyone else is blind/stupid
I can’t hate on Gus. He stepped up big time when Fox was injured. People in this sub like to have short term memory
I liked Mikkola, but having a puck mover on the 3rd line is night and day different than running two big bodies constantly on that line (Nemeth, Braun, Harpur, etc). I know the hockey guys love their big dudes that clear the front of the net but being able to break out of the zone with puck movement is almost always better.
Rangers reddit and many subs have to have a villain to hate.
I’m not an advanced stats person so I can’t confirm. But you’re using the entire season. Give us the last 10-15-20 games instead and these numbers will change.
Wait people are hating on Gus???
Or, wild idea here I know, both Gustafsson *and* Jones could be in the lineup at the same time, and someone else could be scratched
Somehow the team won’t entertain this, and that’s so cemented in that everyone else forgets they can do this too but actively refuse to
Arm chair GMs have made me stop scrolling social media since we clinched.
we’re in the playoffs and I trust Lavi enough to put the best starting 20 out there every night come playoff time so idk why people are stressing about the last 10 games of a season
Yes, you’re right. However, the Trouba grievances are not. He’s just not that good of a player, he skates slow unless he’s trying to hit somebody, and more importantly I think his decision making is too slow or he is inept at being able to break the puck out of the defensive zone. As a defenseman your job is to be able to get the puck out of your own defensive zone or at least get it to somebody who can. Trouba has difficulty with this. We always get caught in our own zone when he is on the ice. I’d guess about 7/10 games he plays he isn’t all that great, honestly. He’ll occasionally have a good performance. But he is not consistently good and that’s a problem.
Who’s been hating on Gus? He’s been very good for us. Stepped up big when Fox was hurt and was great alongside him
for me, it’s not really gus hating. it’s zac jones and the kid’s confidence. even neutral media was saying during national games how much he has shown. i think jones gives us a better chance to win, and he has more of a future with NYR than gus, who is going to want a bigger contract this offseason. we’ll see what happens, but it’s not “gus bad”, he’s been fine, especially early on in the season – it’s more nuanced than that
Gus has (sur)passed the eye test all season for what he’s signed for.
Our top D men are playing as expected, hiccups and all.
Jones needs to be in the lineup permanently next year, best breakout passes next to fox and carries into the zone just as good as roslovic.
Yes but Trouba hate is super warranted
I don’t remember Gustafson hate at all. Lots of others…Kakko, Laf, Mika, Trouba, Wheeler
he’s whatever but jones deserves to play.
Hits, skates incredibly hard, makes quick / smart moves to clear the puck and has a shoot first mentality from the point, rarely (if ever) pinches and gets caught.
What’s not to like? I remember a couple games after he got here saying I had judged him wrong.
Man’s a steal
You do realize xG as a model is 75% accurate right. Sure it is predictive, but I’m tired of people touting it like it is truth.
I agree Gus has been good this season. But let’s be real, has he been better than Foxy. No.
Have no hate he is a 7D and Jones deserves to play.
I think hes great
I never saw his hate on here. Thought he has done a really good job.
When he is good to go the odd man out honestly should be Trouba …… he has been the worst back there