tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post3181287255775184859..comments2023-06-20T04:53:16.356-04:00Comments on BlueShirt-Brothers: It's Finally Over - Zherdev an ex-RangerDave Puckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537616021997420040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post-86138194554434595122009-08-07T09:11:57.998-04:002009-08-07T09:11:57.998-04:00Good points, Anonymous (put a name at the end of y...Good points, Anonymous (put a name at the end of your post so I have something better to call you next time - and so I can tell you from other anonymous posters). <br /><br />And time will certainly tell. We will see how Zherdev does on another team in another system next year. Renny was very big on conserving his player's energy - so players who don't like to expend energy loved playing for him. Torts is the opposite - so maybe not a good fit for Zherdev. The two of them are better off away from each other. Torts sent a message to his team when he benched Nik for not getting back on defense - but he lost Nik int he process. <br /><br />But we'll also see with Torts. He's really happy to be the Ranger coach - and he's got a cup on his resume. He's got an abrasive style - it realy could go either way.<br /><br />I wish Zherdev well also. You know - under the previous CB the Rangers would still have the right to match his offer if it were less than 80% of the arb's ruling. But that's no longer in force.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. Keep them coming!Dave Puckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537616021997420040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451865709340963061.post-9268573888422981002009-08-06T15:47:07.950-04:002009-08-06T15:47:07.950-04:00His drawbacks are his to control. No denying he co...His drawbacks are his to control. No denying he could have been a difference maker in the first round, but the same cn be said for his sad sack team mates. In the 21 regular season games he played post Renney he scored 13 points, getting progressicely worse in April, with only one point. How much of that was his own doing and how much was it the mind €%&? adminstered by that ego maniac nut job of a coach that took over. If you analyze the series against the Caps you'll see that he received, some say earned, approximately 12 minute per game. How he was expected to produce is beyond me, even though by all accounts he was not doing anthing to earn ore. Fair enough.<br /><br />I wish him well. I hope he continues to put up his quiet 60 pts per season which apparently don't count. But mark my words, Torts will live out his welcome soon enough. His act will grow tired. That, and watch the parade of injured players under his Helter Skelter approach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com