This guy isn't worth two million dollars. He plays horribly defensively and is afraid to take a hit and move the puck. That was the result on the first goal he coughed the puck up because he was afraid to get hit. He has hands of stones and can't handle the puck which caused the second goal. How about the Islanders game when he was responsible for both goals. This guy needs to sit and they should bring up Potter or something. Potter cannot be any worse and they really should try to move him because they will be miserable with him at 5 million dollars a year for the next 5 years. I know Redden got a lot of money and years, but he's been okay. I think he was overpaid and I think 6 years is a little long, I would have given him 4, but his deal is a bargain compared to Rozsival's. I honestly don't know what Renney sees in Rozsival, he hasn't been any good since he's been here. Yes he scores sometimes when he SHOOTS, but he never shoots and he make a lot of turnovers. They need to move him and free up some room to sign Shanny or trade for Gaborik. Somebody who can score. After that they have to fire Perry Pearn because their power play is horrible. If they do these two things, they will be the best team in the NHL. A bad powerplay and a crappy Rozsival has cost them 3 wins this season and their horrific powerplay cost them the series last year against Pittsburgh.

I agree you guys. Rosy needs to be taken off of the PP. It's really a no-brainer.
If Renney keeps playing him and rewarding him with ice-time, we have to question his sanity as a professional hockey coach.

I know most of you dislike Melrose, but he has a simple philosophy that I agree with 100%.

Melrose said team owners wanted him to play Stamkos to play more. "I can't give a guy ice time just because he's the No. 1 pick. I'm not like that. You have to earn ice time. The only power a coach has to motivate a player is control their ice time. And if you're giving it out just because the owners tell you to because the guy was picked No. 1, you're going to be fired whether it's 16 games or 30 games...At least I did it my way...I didn't kowtow to anybody and I didn't sell my soul to the devil. I did everything the way I think it should be done. It didn't work, but I can live with that."

...and so when Renney continues to give his players steady ice-time, despite the fact that they do not listen to the coaches, how does he expect things to change?

The Rangers have the record that they do, not because of great coaching or great offense...
but because their goaltender has saved their a.s.s.e.s. Period.

To be honest, without Hank, their record would be more like 5-15.

How much longer can he bail them out?

If he starts to score and do more on the power play all of you guys will be singing a different tune. Do you really think Rozy and Redden are this years Malik? I don't think so. Yes he has made some poor plays but who hasn't. Cut the guy some slack, the last thing the guy needs is everyone booing him every time he touches the puck. He will never get his confidence back. Besides the team is winning.

No - Hank is winning the games for them.

Did Hank score those 2 goals in the 3rd and then one in the shoot-out?
No, but he prevents several against every game...

and he does this every game with very little offensive support.

Re: Rosival...
You're right - the LAST thing he needs is the entire Garden booing him.

But there might be a good reason for that . . .

*Maybe he's choosing not to use his canon of a shot on a regular basis.

*Maybe he fumbles with the puck at the opponents' blue line way too much.

*Maybe he's soft... and only pokes with his stick, and rarely takes the man off the puck with a check.

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While I would be happy to see Rozy go, he is overpaid @ $5 million per & nobody will take that deal right now at the level that he is playing. As for the booing every time he touches the puck I have always thought, even with Poti & Malik before him, that it is extremely counterproductive to boo your own players that way. When they screw up & Rozy has been doing that enough this year then you should boo him, but to boo him every time he touches the puck & potentially make him even more indecisive than he already is only hurts the Rangers & should not be done.

I was hoping that Roszival would have been part of the house-cleaning that the Rangers did in the off-season. Much to my chagrin, we end up giving him a new contract for WAY too much money. Great move, it's really paying dividends for us.

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Originally posted by BIDGAF:
While I would be happy to see Rozy go, he is overpaid @ $5 million per & nobody will take that deal right now at the level that he is playing. As for the booing every time he touches the puck I have always thought, even with Poti & Malik before him, that it is extremely counterproductive to boo your own players that way. When they screw up & Rozy has been doing that enough this year then you should boo him, but to boo him every time he touches the puck & potentially make him even more indecisive than he already is only hurts the Rangers & should not be done.

Yeah, I'm with you on that.
Despite knowing WHY they're doing it, I agree that it is counterproductive.

^^^^^^^^^^^I certainly agree with that! Dont boo the guy, he just makes som boneheaded plays sometimes...Were not perfect and hockey is a game of mistakes sometimes...He will be OK...Redden on the other hand needs to shoot dammit, and HIT THE NET beetlejuice!!!

Glen Sather must have a brain tumor, he overpaid Rozsival, Redden or even Naslund.
I'd rather keep Pock and Strudwick and would have gotten rid of Rozy.
As far as booing go, it is counterproductive, the prudent thing to do is to sit him on the PP for a few games and let see what Staal can do.

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Originally posted by BIDGAF:
While I would be happy to see Rozy go, he is overpaid @ $5 million per & nobody will take that deal right now at the level that he is playing. As for the booing every time he touches the puck I have always thought, even with Poti & Malik before him, that it is extremely counterproductive to boo your own players that way. When they screw up & Rozy has been doing that enough this year then you should boo him, but to boo him every time he touches the puck & potentially make him even more indecisive than he already is only hurts the Rangers & should not be done.

100% agree ...

Yeah I can agree to the booing if the team and/or player(s) is playing like dog doo but to just make him your target and boo him just because is way counterproductive ... he's a well liked and respected teammate ... all his teammates will try to overcompensate for him because they know as soon as he touches the puck he will hear it from the crowd ... there is NO REASON to boo him tomorrow night UNLESS he has yet another horrible game ... it was disgraceful, imo, the way Malik was booed even before the first drop of the puck on our opening game last season ... THAT is the sort of booing I detest ...

Some fans get so caught up in being horrible to their own players that they forget to cheer on the rest of the team and then it becomes a very negative and uncomfortable place for OUR team to play in NOT the opposition ... and who in the heck wants that?

When Montreal was down 5-0 last season their fans booed a bit but then 100% got behind ALL of them and they helped that team come back to win that game ... we want the Garden to be a hard place for the OPPOSING team to play in, not our own team ...

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Originally posted by knicksfan75:
Glen Sather must have a brain tumor, he overpaid Rozsival, Redden or even Naslund.
I'd rather keep Pock and Strudwick and would have gotten rid of Rozy.
As far as booing go, it is counterproductive, the prudent thing to do is to sit him on the PP for a few games and let see what Staal can do.

Naslund I disagree but yes on redden and rosy

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Originally posted by rangermaniac90:

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Originally posted by knicksfan75:
Glen Sather must have a brain tumor, he overpaid Rozsival, Redden or even Naslund.
I'd rather keep Pock and Strudwick and would have gotten rid of Rozy.
As far as booing go, it is counterproductive, the prudent thing to do is to sit him on the PP for a few games and let see what Staal can do.

Naslund I disagree but yes on redden and rosy

You might be right. Naslund gets 4 mil per for 2 years at the age of 35 probably might be a bargain.
I would consider trading Naslund and Rozy for Gaborik.

Gaborik? who will comand upwards of 6 million per year, if not more, and who is always injured? I would think if you will make a trade for a player who will comand big bucks and a long term deal then he better not be injury prone