Comments on: Paul Mara in Rangers doghouse

By: 1messier1

1messier1 — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:11:27 +0000

i agree of what you all say except for the comment about the offense needs to come together,the defense is whats terrible,they dont give henrik much help,he can only stop so many,and the defense gives up way too many turnovers scoring chances as well as they have a hard time clearing the puck out of the zone,they also allow to much center ice turn overs and cant even dump the puck in cleanly.i will say that the offense is slightly disappointing so far,but they will be fine,plus look at how many times our fwds are caught behind the play trying to help out the defence,to where there not even in play as the puck is moving up ice.they also need to stop all the fancy passing and just move the puck and shoot.its all about defense and the rangers defense sucks.

i say the rangers go after brett burns great talented youth player who is going to be good as years go by for him.

By: nyrhockey094

nyrhockey094 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:20:47 +0000

Ranger fans were doing the exact same. Im 99% sure that Ward had more goals that he scored on his own team then he did others. He was just brutal for us.

By: ranger_fan

ranger_fan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:58:59 +0000

Neely trade?

By: Tachmo

Tachmo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:16:58 +0000

singing and dancing.

sorry

By: Tachmo

Tachmo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:15:22 +0000

Paul Mara is a gross defenceman. I will not stand behind many Bruins trades, but when they shipped Mara out last year for Aaron Ward, I was signing and dancing.

I'm not sure what happened to Mara, because he put up really good #'s in Phoenix.

He is just plain horrible, the worst in the league in his own end and more often times or not the other team scores when he is on the ice.

By: Rico71

Rico71 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:33:41 +0000

At 3M and not worth half of it...

Who wants him?

No one.

All this talk about moving him is funny. No team will want him at 3M. He wil clear waivers and join Kasper on the farm. That's 6+M wasted right there. Lucky for the Rangers it doesn't count on the payroll.

By: ranger_fan

ranger_fan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:31:57 +0000

Are you guys all serious? Most Ranger fans on this site said "Oh we need Mara this season Who else do we have to play the PP?"

I said and I quote "Paul Mara will be no better than Sandis" Why? No hussle, poor defensive skills and reads, not to mention he doesnt produce anymore either. I suggested moving him for Darius Kasparitis to play this season. I doubt that is the case anymore, but still good to clear space.

By: beckfan05

beckfan05 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:22:01 +0000

Dont forget Arron Ward.

By: beckfan05

beckfan05 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:21:39 +0000

I agree!

By: wingerxxx

wingerxxx — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:49:16 +0000

I think that a big part of why guys like Tom Poti and Paul Mara find themselves in Renney's doghouse or whatever, is that they are obviously capable of so much more than they end up producing. I still think that the Tom Poti-Mike York trade that Sather made years ago, was pretty justifiable in hindsight. Poti has great tools, but has never been able to put it all together. Mara has the overall skills to be a top defenseman, but plays more like a number 4-5 guy on the depth chart. Which is exactly where both of those players have found themselves recently with Coach Renney. Things going as they are, Mara will definitely be dealt at some point, unless he can pick things up. And Sather is pretty good at getting good value back, when he decides to make a trade. So we'll see what happens in the coming weeks.