And as long as Crosby can keep absorbing the hits to the head from Marc Staal and his merry band of headhunters, the Penguins have basically punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference final. Any team that is down 3-1 to a group as talented and explosive as the Penguins is always in serious trouble. A team down 3-1 whose best player is Mats Zuccarello is basically finished.
Nothing against Zuccarello, but if he’s the best player for the Rangers, and he is, it means their highly-paid stars are not doing the job, which they’re not. Full marks to the Penguins for getting the job done, but this is a mediocre team they’re playing at the moment......
The Rangers simply aren’t that good. They have a long way to go before becoming anything approximating a legitimate threat to win the Stanley Cup, or even come close. It’s probably safe to assume now that the first-round series between the Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers pitted the two worst teams in this year’s playoffs against one another.
Writing a column with the general point: "Sidney Crosby isn't a dirty player because officials don't call penalties on him" might be more powerful if you didn't include a video of him committing a penalty not called by the refs.
not really. Tavares is one of the top forwards in the NHL and I could absolutely see him winning major awards over the next several years. They spite is really for the columnist, who wrote a wonderfully ridiculous piece about how the Rangers season was over when we were down 3-1 in the 2nd round, and that we and Philly were the two worst teams in the playoffs.
Line 1 has JT, okposo and ???
Line 2 has grabowski, kluemin and strome I think.
Line 3 has Nielsen, grabs and ???
Line 4 has cizakis, Martin and clutterbuck.
Conacher, Brock Nelson, McDonald, and anders Lee fighting for spots.
I'm not so sure grabs(if he slumps) and Martin have positions locked up.
Based on last night it sounds like the door isnt closed on Bailey showing he belongs on the first line. Conacher was with Grabs and Kulemin. Split squad, sure it's only preseason but interesting nonetheless.
Too bad the defense gives up goals faster than he can score them.
Nothing against Zuccarello, but if he’s the best player for the Rangers, and he is, it means their highly-paid stars are not doing the job, which they’re not. Full marks to the Penguins for getting the job done, but this is a mediocre team they’re playing at the moment......
The Rangers simply aren’t that good. They have a long way to go before becoming anything approximating a legitimate threat to win the Stanley Cup, or even come close. It’s probably safe to assume now that the first-round series between the Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers pitted the two worst teams in this year’s playoffs against one another.
More like Nostradumbass than Nostradamus
Season’s over for Rangers, now it’s time to look to the future - ( New Window )
East - Boston over Pittsburgh
West - Colorado over San Jose
Final - Boston over Colorado
Picked the Rangers out in the first round to Philly.
One of his other whoppers was a condescending early-season rebuke of "stat geeks" because the Leafs were winning a few games.
He's a moron.
Link - ( New Window )
yep, wasn't a knock on Tavares it was a knock on Campbell.
Line 1 has JT, okposo and ???
Line 2 has grabowski, kluemin and strome I think.
Line 3 has Nielsen, grabs and ???
Line 4 has cizakis, Martin and clutterbuck.
Conacher, Brock Nelson, McDonald, and anders Lee fighting for spots.
I'm not so sure grabs(if he slumps) and Martin have positions locked up.
Good problems to have finally.