Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Kids have been D-ficient

Michael Del Zotto and Matt Gilroy have been awful against Nashville tonight. The Del Zotto double-minor is only a small part of it.

Gilroy was beaten twice to create great Nashville chances early in the second, and Del Zotto's play with the puck has completely deteriorated. It was unfortunate that the two young defensemen were caught on the ice together - something the Rangers coaching staff should not have allowed to happen - on Nashville's first goal. Gilroy's ill-advised reversal of the puck behind Henrik's net caused the turn over that led to Joel Ward's redirection past Lundqvist.

Look for Tortorella to shorten the bench on D the rest of the way tonight.


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