Mika Zibanejad
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Oct 31, 2026
Jon ChikHOST
I mean, I guess there was the other time earlier in the season where Dorofeev was out there with Mika and with Perrault.
Jon ChikHOST
But putting him with Alexi Lafreniere and Mika Zibanejad to a lesser extent, you've got to believe that Dorofeev is going to have a good amount of chances to really unleash some one-timers, get the puck at the net.
Jon ChikHOST
Lafreniere is an excellent facilitator, and he's off to, obviously, a great start this season.
Jon ChikHOST
He's scoring a ton of goals himself.
Rob CellettiHOST
from connell so which is always welcome um i do look anecdotally i will say it he does seem to have problems getting his shot through and it has not been particularly accurate but he's also never really in a good position because look he He's playing with Schneider.
Rob CellettiHOST
He's not out there with Miller and Zibanejad very much.
Rob CellettiHOST
He's usually out there with Waba and or the fourth line.
Rob CellettiHOST
And so it's just, you know, I think some of it's on him and some of it, yes, he could use the development time, but some of it's also just on his teammates and some of the lack of quality of his teammates, I think.
Rob CellettiHOST
In addition to, like you mentioned earlier, Dave, the other team is targeting him and his partner with their best players and he's spending a lot of time in his own net.
David ShapiroHOST
And that's, again, something that has to change.
David ShapiroHOST
If he's not getting out there with a Miller, with a Zibanejad, that has to change.
Rob CellettiHOST
Yeah.
Darius DominguesHOST
Kucherov makes $9.5 million dollars.
Darius DominguesHOST
this season the rangers are already at about 104 million out of 104 million i mean they are right up against the cap and have been almost this entire time so for this to work almost all of that 9.5 million dollars in other players that the rangers have have to go back to the tampa bay lightning could i offer you perhaps a jt miller at eight million dollars Mika Zibanejad, I don't think that happens.
Darius DominguesHOST
And they both have trade protection.
Darius DominguesHOST
And then there's the story of next summer.
Jonny LazarusHOST
And so we just think the timing was right at this point to try to make this adjustment.
Jonny LazarusHOST
I think it's, I think it's the one combination that we haven't gone to yet being Lafreniere, Zibanejad and Pav with respect to Pav and the, in the inside the top six and so we'll see what it looks like solvin added that he thinks perot's game has been strong and moving him to the third line could help create the balance he spoke of i think gabe no matter what line we put him on he's going to bring certain elements to that line so it seems like this is all really just based on dorothea of not producing like that's really the the main objective you know for for the switch which again you know arthur you kind of pointed to it like dorothea It hasn't been for a lack of chances.
Jonny LazarusHOST
That's the frustrating thing.
Jonny LazarusHOST
This guy has been promoted as a finisher.
Dan RosenGUEST
They traded everybody else.
Dan RosenGUEST
But he found something playing with Mika Zibanejad and Gabe Perrault.
Dan RosenGUEST
They're switching that up a little bit because that line went a little bit stale last But Alexi Lafreniere has played much better hockey.
Dan RosenGUEST
He's getting lower in the zone.
Dan RosenGUEST
They traded everybody else.
Dan RosenGUEST
But he found something playing with Mika Zibanejad and Gabe Perrault.
Dan RosenGUEST
They're switching that up a little bit because that line went a little bit stale.
Dan RosenGUEST
But Alexi Lafreniere has played much better hockey.
MapSkazzyHOST
um you know you you gotta it's a it's a tough role to fill right it's you know winning teams need a really good center on that that kind of third pair that's a good defensive line you know you expect a little bit of depth scoring from them so just a little bit more from him would be nice i like that call
John HortonHOST
yeah no i agree that's a good call and before we go into the first time scores i just think Another thing that's hurting the offense, because we mostly talk defense, which is a big part of it, is if you had told me 14 games into the season that Oliver Bjorkstan, I just had a stroke saying his name, would have more goals than Will Cooley, Dorfiev, JT Miller, Mika Zibanejad, Hold on, I'm still making my point.
John HortonHOST
Gabe Perrault.
John HortonHOST
Ty Cartier is on there.
Todd WerwaHOST
Boy, would it be great if they could find a juggernaut.
Todd WerwaHOST
First line center, push Mika down, push JT Miller down, push Mika Zibanejad down.
Todd WerwaHOST
I don't know how that's going to happen.
Todd WerwaHOST
It usually happens from drafting really high.
Todd WerwaHOST
He played fantastic with Mitch Marner.
Todd WerwaHOST
Both of them are righties, feeding them the puck.
Todd WerwaHOST
Mika Zibanejad, a righty.
Todd WerwaHOST
I also think Mika...
Jimmy FanizziHOST
I think the man had two hat tricks this month alone.
Jimmy FanizziHOST
I mean, maybe the Panarin trade did make a difference, and maybe this offensive system is working for him, even though he's not on the top line with Zibanejad and Perrault most of the time.
Jimmy FanizziHOST
I know he's been demoted to the third line a couple of times, but even still...
Jimmy FanizziHOST
Jeff, I said it.
Brian BoyleHOST
When it's not going right, you can nip it in the bud quicker because you're like, we are the New York Rangers and these are the players we have.
Brian BoyleHOST
JT Miller, we have Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox.
Brian BoyleHOST
You know, you have Dora Favre, you have Lafreniere's playing great.
Brian BoyleHOST
There's guys there that are really good players in this league and they should know that.
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