Mika Zibanejad makes some interesting comments before the Rangers play the Caps, then is nowhere to be found once the puck drops.
-The biggest reason why Mika is facing so much backlash
-Rough night for Adam Fox, K’Andre Miller, Braden Schneider and basically all of the defensemen. Are the mid-game changes permanent?
-Will Cuylle/Filip Chytil/Kaapo Kakko far and away the best line on the ice
Episode 1,172.
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19 Comments
Mika has been absolutely terrible
We will probably end up trading Fil knowing CD
Mika got into his Halloween costume early, the invisible man!!
Mika is a nice guy, nice hockey player, but he’s a 🍑
Miller got manhandled. Weakest 6 ft 4 d in the league
The Rangers got rid of Strome and brought in Trocheck because Drury said they needed a centermen that "drives play." Mika has been passive to say the least, and has not been driving play. Some guys don't assess their own play and work to improve. Mika has been coasting… and the Rangers need to move on from Miller. He is a train wreck.
Guys complaining about playing time him and his whole line are totally unnoticeable in every game so far.
More ice time???? For what? He’s been terrible.
Maybe our top line should be the 3rd line. They clearly need to be in more favorable matchups because they are getting dusted against better players.
When you get outshot 46 – 19, more than 1player and 1 line are disappearing. On defense,the only bright spot was the rookie Mancini. Bottom 6 lines were okay- where were the Top Six?
Team came out slow and complacent, much as they did in the loss to the Cats.
The sense of entitlement is astonishing. Mika has regressed in his play. It’s been well over a year that he’s been playing a casual and disengaged brand of hockey. He’s a decent defender and a soft perimeter floater in the o-zone. Basically a 3C at best. He deserves LESS playing time, not more.
Laviolette should scratch him for two or three games. Bring up Berard and stick him up there with Kreider and Smith.
Imagine whining to the press about playing time, making excuses ( for one's pathetic play) and passive-aggressively dissing Chytil, Cuylle & Kakko like that: with Maurice, or Torts, or Cooper, or Cassidy as your Head Coach, LoL
He'd be doing one hundred 200 footers, 5 sets of pushups ( on the ice) and scratched for several games.
Shut up, Mika…
-3 is Not important ???. This is second game this Year he was on ice for 4 goals against in a single game ! The Utah game was the other . Im glad He is upset . Maybe he will request a trade ! 8.5 mil per and a full NMC . Two Years in decline now is not looking Good at all .
Zac Jones needs to be in the lineup. It's astonishing why he is not playing every game.
We're like +16 goal diff and Mika(and the rest of the "first" line) is what, -1, while Chytil(with Cools and Kakko) is like +10..
The "third" line is completly dominating like every stat of the "first" line.. Mika and Kreids on the PK are completly lost this year.. doesnt help that Miller is doing, whatever it is that he's doing either.
I'd rather pay Trouba 8 mil instead of Zibanejad right now, at least Trouba has fire and grit! He should definitely be replaced by Laffy on the PP! I hate to say it because I like the guy but what the hell is up with the ambivalent play? Maybe Z and Smith should drop down to the 3rd line or just Z and Chytil and Kakko or just Chytil should bump up to the second line with Krieder?
Zibanejad has been in decline the last two years. Take him off the power play what do you get? Miller is vastly overrated
Why is it that every time changes need to happen it's always on defense and going back to the old pairings? Fox and Lindgren last year were awful. Statistically Fox and Miller have been one of the best pairings in the NHL in terms of expected goals for and against. But Lavi can't help himself and play Lindgren higher up than he should because Fox and Miller are a higher risk pairing and Fox and Lindgren have played together forever. Meanwhile Mika and Kreider never get broken up despite being terrible since last year.
I've said it before and I'll say it again (and again, and again, and again), the Rangers are NEVER winning a championship with No. 93 on this team.
If Mika wants more playing time then offer him a trade. Maybe he'll accept it. He's obviously not happy now and it shows.