Yeah, we end the year on a pretty easy schedule, but have a tougher January with the California trip. We're playing better of late, particularly McDonagh and Staal.
Don't let them breathe. Can't let the Flames think they have a shot at ending their losing streak. Nothing lets the air out of a struggling team more than knocking them down early.
They looked slow and uninterested in Edmonton, but playing a horrendous team will do that. Calgary's warts are beginning to show after a hot start, but they can't be taken lightly. I'd also expect to see Henrik in net tonight. With a 9pm start I may actually get to see the whole game tonight. ;)
This team does have a shot at being special, when they play a good game they seem to be able to beat anyone this season. I have been a Ranger fan since the 1966 season and I have never seen the Rangers with so many good young players, I have to admit that Sather took time, but he has built a very good team and organization. I have had my share of criticism toward Sather, hopefully I was all wrong. They are a very well rounded team now, they have good forwards, good defensemen, and good goaltending and they can beat you in many ways now. I am hoping that they can now take off from here also. I love what JT Miller and Kevin Hayes have added to this team, some size and skill to go along with Nash and Kreider. If they can get through these next three games, today and this weekend, then Brassard should be ready to return.
With Lundqvist, McD and Staal playing better and our offense being the best it's been in years, this team can be special.
Brassard apparently hasn't even been 'confirmed' with the mumps. They'll know by the end of the week, so he may be looking at a return next week against the Devils.
chances. He has all the tools to be a plus defenseman, but just isn't very good. I don't know why that is, and he's still young enough to turn himself around with someone else, but his time on Broadway is drawing to a close.
but fuck the Penguins. Seriously though the dude visited a children's hospital over the weekend (obviously, he didnt yet know / have symptoms)... so this is a little scary.
Fuckin wish they had a better vaccine out there for this shit. It was cute at first but now its annoying.
to that western Canadian streak and make it a clean sweep.
Could do with never seeing or hearing another Johnny Gaudreau interview. Sheesh, he must have broken a record with his repeated, "ya know" this and "ya know" that.
sustained offensively, didn't have the puck much, turnovers, odd man rushes, not winning board battles. That's what I saw, didn't play a very good period. No matter though, I'll take the two goal lead.
It makes no fucking sense. My dad is complaining about it all the time. The games are on a decent amount, but for some stupid reason the sabres get priority over the rangers. Despite the fact that Albany is about two hours from NYC and five from buffalo. But since we are in the local market as long as the sabres aren't playing, centre ice won't show the rangers. It's been this way for like five season now. I get to see more rangers games after moving to ohio than I did living in NY.
1) Make sure you have AdBlock Plus installed
2) Go to FirstRowSports.LI and navigate to the Rangers game
3) Choose link 5 or 6.. they always seem to be the most reliable.
Great way to watch online for free. As long as your Internet is reliable the stream should be good, too.
AdBlock Plus is a plugin. You download it and there is literally nothing else to do. The entire process should take less than 60 seconds. It's a pain free experience and automatically is added into your browser.
I'll tell my dad that and I appreciate it, but I have a feeling I might as well be speaking Chinese to him when I start talking about streaming games.
I hear that, and it's definitely something that would be difficult to explain to someone without any computer acumen.
That said, it's also simple enough where if you run it through him once in person I don't think even a novice would have a hard time being good to go from there.
That sequence with the Flames ringing the iron and nearly potting one turning into the clear, the good pass from MSL and the great drive/wraparoud by Stepan...it was fun to watch. Also, Nash is on another level right now for you. Henrik has looked good tonight as wellm
looking forward to the home & home with Carolina. No reason why this team shouldn't be on a 6 game winning streak with Washington coming to town in what will be an important midseason game.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
How the fuck does that work? It should be on Center Ice if it's not locally available.
Nah man. It says it's on but it's not.
Albany gets bumped for Sabres games every time.
Do you complain about it to your cable company? That's bullshit.
Upstate NY (and western MA) is, bizarrely, the worst place on Earth to watch the Rangers. Once I moved to Boston I just bought the Gamecenter Live package and watch it on my laptop or on my TV via HDMI output. Somehow the Sabres and MSG just cut a deal wherein anything north of Westchester County is only gets to see 50 Rangers' regular season games per year. There used to be a schedule on the MSG website showing which games would air upstate and which would be blacked out, but I can't seem to find it. The shitty thing is that you can't even get around the blackout with Center Ice or Gamecenter Live. I really wish the league would get rid of these stupid blackout policies and let fans watch the games they want to see.
Sather didn't take the advice of half of BBI and trade him for a bag of pucks in the off-season
Can you name one person who wanted to trade him or are you just making shit up as usual?
Is there some sort of Brett - Mook riff that I didnt know about? Fun!! But seriously, you're both good dudes so chill.
And Brett I do think there was a contingent that wanted to trade Nash in the offseason, he takes up a lot of cap space and he couldnt have come up smaller in the postseason if he'd tried -- with that said i agree with you that no one here "wanted a bag of pucks for him" That's hyperbole.
We're going to have to trade for a 3rd/4th line C at the deadline, i think, to improve our penalty killing, face-offs and puck control. But with that said, I do agree with Davidson that Miller and Hayes have been improving every week so i guess play it by ear.
Our PP has not been good, but Boyle is a big part of that and he's missed so much of the season so we'll see how it goes with our key guys back in place.
Important to finish the year strong because as you've noted, January's schedule is brutal.
Our Corsi numbers still suck. Flames had 62/38 in the third - makes sense given the lead, but we're still in the bottom third of CF%.
And we're now the 4th highest scoring team in the league.
Don't pay too much attention to the overall Corsi last night - the Rangers were ahead at 5-on-5 right up until they took a 4-goal lead. After that, it's irrelevant.
I think our PK will improve with McDonagh looking a lot better.
I do think a 3C like that would be a nice addition even though I really like Hayes. I wanted Ott in the off-season, but that didn't happen. Hayes may be fine, and I'm not sure if the tradeoff of having lesser player that does a couple of things well fill his spot is worth it.
I think the Hurricanes are top ten in Corsi, though. It's not a perfect statistic, obviously.
Every game the rest of the year is winnable. We're good enough that every game is winnable, but we have some tough games from January 7th to January 29th (and we have two three games in four nights during that stretch, all of which are road games).
Hayes playing regularly where he is now will pay dividends later on. He's doing a lot of good things and will keep getting better.
Our C depth when we're healthy is fine, it's hard to find a legit 1C. It's just that we can't afford any LT injuries. When Step, Brass, Hayes or Moore are out we really don't have much to fill the spaces with. Especially in the top 6 and I don't like putting Miller in the middle if we can avoid it.
We've done a great job of getting higher quality scoring chances this year than in years past (particularly last year when our Corsi numbers were great). We haven't been as good at dominating the puck down low so far this year. We've done a solid job creating odd man rushes.
Good point on Hayes - the Kings (ugh) benefited from giving young guys big roles early on in the year, and they came through in the playoffs for them. Giving guys like Hayes and Miller a lot of time is huge, and is why I wish we played Duclair a bit more. If guys start falling later in the year, we'll need that depth.
Agree. We are kind of in a tough spot with Duclair. I don't think he has anything left to learn in Jr's (but I am glad he's playing in the worlds just so he can actually play) and I want to keep him up here but it's difficult to find top 9 minutes for him. Especially with the emergence of Miller.
When Brass gets back it'll be hard enough to swing Miller back over to wing. I'd scratch Glass and push Stemp down to the 4th line or just scratch Stempniak (though I do think Stemp has played decently)
I'm just not sure where we can squeeze Duclair in anywhere on the top 9 barring injury. It's going to be a difficult decision. I'd prefer to keep him up here but not at the cost of him sitting in the press box 4 out of every 5 nights.
I wake up this morning primed to watch the last two periods only to find that they were playing a Marquette basketball game. Marquette? Aren't they in Wisconsin? No Rangers? Still? WHAT THE FUCK? Ok, ok...shake it off B.
Fine. I'll grab some breaky, answer some emails, get my daughter up, watch some Bubble Guppies while she snacks on some breakfast muffins. Everything is fine...
At about 9a i notice that "Rangers in 60" is coming up next on MSG+. Sweet! My daughter will be on her way to grandmas house and i'll relax and watch the game for an hour while getting some work done. Nice little morning i have carved out for myself.
45 minutes later i'm running up and down the fucking street in my neighborhood chasing my two asshole fuck ass dogs who ran out of the house when grandma came to pick up the kid. I'm in flip flops, shorts and a goddamned tee shirt yelling and screaming like a lunatic chasing these two jagoffs. I can see them laughing at me while gently frolicking in the snow knowing full-well that i'm not about to run through the goddamn snow in flip flops. Assholes.
I finally run back in the house, grab my car and find them shitting in some neighbors yard about a 1/4 mile away. I scoop them up, drag them back to the house, check out the clock, and it's 9:57. Goddamnit!
I run back up the street like OJ in a Hertz commercial, jump in my ride and fishtail it back to my house. 10am. Just in time for the game! I made it!
A couple of nasty words and screaming at the two four-legged cockbags and i'm on the couch dialing up MSG+.
"WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW!!! THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!! PRESENTED BY PIZZA HUT! BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE SECOND HALF."
By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
Long term there is no way we can hold onto all of our wings. I think we should either commit to letting MSL walk (bad idea) or trade Zucc RIGHT NOW. He is going to walk this summer for no compensation, just like Strals. We cannot continue to piss away assets like this.
We're in a tough spot where we're good enough that competing for a Cup is realistic, so it's worth taking a run with some guys who might walk at year end (Staal, Zucc).
If the cap goes up, we'll be alright. If not, we're in a difficult position.
By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
I honestly don't see how 25 games plus playoffs in juniors is a "great opportunity" for Duclair when he's already demonstrated that he's capable of dominating at that level.
The WJC is a great opportunity for him. Having him along for the end of the regular season and playoffs will be far greater experience for him when he does become a permanent fixture on the Rangers.
Well, Stralman technically could have been retained if we hadn't signed Boyle.
I wouldn't sell off pieces in a year where we're still good enough to compete for a Cup. Anything that makes us take a hit short term probably isn't ideal when the window is still open for now.
Like Brett said, it's going to depend what happens with the cap. We may not lose as many guys as we think.
I'd trade Zuccarello anyway to make room for Duclair
By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
I honestly don't see how 25 games plus playoffs in juniors is a "great opportunity" for Duclair when he's already demonstrated that he's capable of dominating at that level.
The WJC is a great opportunity for him. Having him along for the end of the regular season and playoffs will be far greater experience for him when he does become a permanent fixture on the Rangers.
I agree with you for the most part I just don't see where Duclairs minutes are going to come from. How can AV get him top 9 minutes unless a couple guys get hurt? We're just logjammed at wing. There's nowhere to play him. Even if you scratched Glass and Stempniak, which top 9 winger gets demoted to the 4th line to open up a spot for Duclair?
Personally, I'd move Hagelin to the 4th line for Duclair. AV isn't Torts, the 4th line isn't a purgatory for goons and scrubs anymore. He'd be plenty valuable in that role.
Nash, MSL (resigned), Hags, and Kreider are locks for the top 9. That is 4, with two spots left for: Zucc, Duclair, Hayes/Miller (possibly both; neither is clearly a NHL C), and Fast. Plus a cheap reclamation project like Pouliot or Stempniak is always a decent idea. And guys in the minors or a surprise camp from Buch. We are just too deep on the wing to retain both Marty and Zucc IMO.
I'm sympathetic to the argument that we're capable of making another deep playoff run. I wouldnt just dump Zucc. But if we could bring back a capable 3C and/or a really worthy prospect, I'd pull the trigger. We might be a bit weaker without Zucc, but we may get better at certain things depending on how we replace him. BTW, I'm super high on Lindberg -- I think he's going to be a linchpin guy as a 3C. Perfect skill set for that role.
Greg, I'm not totally opposed to that but I don't know if Hagelin would really be suited for a non scoring line where he's probably going to be playing against guys who put him on his ass more often. It would be tough.
Deej.. I'm still kind of lukewarm on Lindberg but if he did somehow become the player you believe he will, I'm not sure what we'd do with Hayes. I think his ceiling is a little too high to bury as a 4C down the road.
I agree with you for the most part I just don't see where Duclairs minutes are going to come from. How can AV get him top 9 minutes unless a couple guys get hurt? We're just logjammed at wing. There's nowhere to play him. Even if you scratched Glass and Stempniak, which top 9 winger gets demoted to the 4th line to open up a spot for Duclair?
I'm not worried about getting him minutes or forcing him into the lineup, it's about having him experience things at the NHL level, even if it's just practices and being in the dressing room with veteran players who can help him with the mental game.
And your question presupposes that the Rangers will have their full complement of players for every game from now until (hopefully) mid-June. I'd like to at least have the option of playing Duclair if any of the "scoring" wingers have to miss a few games.
We can do better than Matt Hunwick and John Moore.
I think they are fine options for a sixth dman. I have bigger concerns about Boyle's play than either Hunwick or Moore.
I would have liked Skjei to make the jump to Hartford this past off-season with the possibility of bringing him up mid-season. Allen/McIlrath aren't overly impressive.
I agree with you about Boyle, but that die's already been cast
Where they really erred, other than signing Girardi to that extension in the first place, was in not trading Staal once Girardi signed. They were never going to keep both of them long term.
They could have kept two of Stralman/Staal/Girardi. At the time, I thought Stralman/Staal was the right option, but Girardi has played a lot better this year than he did in the playoffs.
And of course, we swapped Stralman for Boyle, essentially.
If the cap goes up enough, maybe we decide to keep Staal and lose a forward or two. I don't spend any time looking at the cap, so I can't comment intelligently on what will happen.
Seems to me the effectiveness rate of the vaccine is less than the reported 80%... granted these guys may not actually have 'da mumps. Fuckers still managed to beat Tampa on monday though (Tampa quickly rising up my list of most hated teams... 3-0-0 vs NYR, 5-6 against the rest of our division with Bishop probably out all week with injury when they have 5 straight against the Metro division)
But, still - who the hell has heard of anyone getting the mumps? I don't think I've ever heard of athletes missing games because they contracted mumps, and I've never known anyone personally who has had it. I guess it's a consequence of the reduction in herd immunity from antivaxxer shitheads.
play great vs the pens for 55 mins then stumble around and need OT to get the 2 points we earned in regulation.
play a great game vs canucks coasting to an easy win
play very well defensively in Edmonton but the offense was sluggish. Having to shuffle lines do to Brassys quarantine might have been a factor.
played much of the flames game defending in our own end despite maintaining a comfortable lead all night. Klein swept two goals out from behind Hank or this game is a dicey proposition.
Awesome to get the four straight wins but there are still areas of concern and consistency to be dealt with if we are going to make a serious push this season. Like to add I didn't get the Boyle signing then and I still don't get it or like it now.
Was reading earlier on Yahoo that the collapse of the ruble may really hurt the KHL. I've always been worried that Buchnevich may be hard to bring over because he could get star money in Russia vs. having to slog through the AHL for $65k in America. Maybe the ruble collapse will drive players like Buch over here.
Rangers as a franchise haven't had much trouble inking the Russians
there is a strong Russian community presence in NY and comparatively short flight time involved with visiting home.
We are better positioned than most teams, maybe all teams. Indeed, Buchevich would have been a #1 or early #2 if he was Paul Bailey from Ontario. But we havent had a prospect like Buchevich before, a guy who might get $1 million+ to stay in Russia.
Our previous Russian pick was Pashnin in 2009, and he did refuse to sign here to play in the AHL. Grachev (2008) was an OHLer, Cherepanov absolutely fell on signability issues and I dont remember if we were allowed to sign him as an 18 year old (we didnt). AA (2006) was a KHLer but just a 2-8-10 guy in 39 games before he came over. No one was breaking the bank on him. And before that you're back to Tyutin in 2001 and a lot of 1990s guys taken in the 3rd and after who I just dont remember.
This article about the Leafs discusses Corsi and its importance.
Last year, we were bottom five in S% (along with the Kings), this year we're fifth. We're a team that can win with a below-average Corsi with Lundqvist in net, but it isn't ideal.
Also, given the relative differences in Corsi compared to last season, I don't think it's really attributable to a change in style - I do think we're getting higher quality shots than we did last year, though, in large part due to Nash's play.
I think we'll move up, and we've been held back during our recent winning streak because we built up big leads early on. But it'd be nice to see some better numbers here. THN - ( New Window )
Anyone want to place bets on when the Leafs collapse will start?
Secondly I was on Islanders threads 4-5 years ago easily. Devils threads were rare then and more rare now. When the Devils were playing the Rags then the few Devils fans would chime in other than that they are third rate here and in the tri state area.
(The Isles are...unfortunately... legitimately good this year, I fully expect them to finish top 3 in the Metro and probably play the Rangers in the 1st rd.)
Have the Isles beat a starting goaltender yet this year?
What is it with that fucking team their past 110 games? Regulation a mere formality... just show up 2 hours late and you get to see the real action.
And speaking of OTs, CBJ and the Bob have been playing terrific hockey lately... it also helps when you get FIVE straight games now, and 6 of past 7, into the charity bonus.
How regulation wins still aren't worth 3 points remains one of life's unsolved mysteries.
The three point system makes the NHL seem a lot more competitive than it is. There are a handful of mediocre teams with playoff spots on the basis of shootout wins. Pre first lockout, the 6th-8th seeds were usually pretty weak, but now the Wild Card's can be the better teams than those in front of them merely because of the shootout.
We should be able to win four or five of the next six. Which means we'll lose four or five.
As a fan I'd like to see each game count for 3 points (or go back to the pre-shootout rules). But I think people have done some analysis and have concluded that applying the 3 for ROT wins rule would have changed one or two playoff teams over 3 seasons. I dont recall whether they made a similar conclusion re seeding.
Not sure I'd attribute the rise of the low seeds to the 3 point game. I think there is a lot more parity in the league. With the salary floor and more professional management across the board in sports, there are fewer pure doormats.
Maybe you're right - I do feel like there's a bigger gap between teams than the standings indicated last year (I still think it's too early to take a definitive stand this year).
we for example would have hosted LA in the finals with an equitable points system last year.
The Florida Panthers this year have gotten 13 games into OT, just about half their games... and as a result lead us in the standings for that 8th seed (granted we have some games in hand on them and the Caps)
The Devils nearly made the playoffs last season (ditto Caps, but to a bit lesser extent) entirely because they got 40% of their games into overtime.
But the league determined that more fans go to games or watch games on TV under this system. Its been proven time and again that its nearly impossible to come back from 5-6 back of multiple teams with only a few weeks to go, but somebody did some research and there you go...
I do know i'm glad we're not facing CBJ right now... Bob is playing out of his mind.
Maybe you're right - I do feel like there's a bigger gap between teams than the standings indicated last year (I still think it's too early to take a definitive stand this year).
I dont have solid opinions on whether there is a lot of parity in the NHL, but the recent cup participants dont strike me as historically strong cup teams. I feel the Blackhawks, but the Kings are an inconsistent bunch. Kind of amazed that a Lucic/Krejci/Bergeron led the forwards for a Bruins cup team. Nowadays you have #1 seeds like the Pens, who reel off standings points but arent actually dominant against above-average teams. I feel like 10-15 years ago the best teams were WAY better than your 4-6 seeds. Detroit was murdering the league. The Avs came at you with Sakic, Forsberg, Hejuk, Tanguay, Bourque, Foote, Blake, Roy... Of course there were also years where ho-hum rosters won the cup (Devils) or the Presidents trophy (99/00 Blues w/ Demitra, Turgeon, Pronger, and Turek).
Maybe you're right - I do feel like there's a bigger gap between teams than the standings indicated last year (I still think it's too early to take a definitive stand this year).
I dont have solid opinions on whether there is a lot of parity in the NHL, but the recent cup participants dont strike me as historically strong cup teams. I feel the Blackhawks, but the Kings are an inconsistent bunch. Kind of amazed that a Lucic/Krejci/Bergeron led the forwards for a Bruins cup team. Nowadays you have #1 seeds like the Pens, who reel off standings points but arent actually dominant against above-average teams. I feel like 10-15 years ago the best teams were WAY better than your 4-6 seeds. Detroit was murdering the league. The Avs came at you with Sakic, Forsberg, Hejuk, Tanguay, Bourque, Foote, Blake, Roy... Of course there were also years where ho-hum rosters won the cup (Devils) or the Presidents trophy (99/00 Blues w/ Demitra, Turgeon, Pronger, and Turek).
I think you're right on the quality of the 'best teams', and I suspect the reigns of the top tier teams will be shorter than they were in the past. The Blackhawks are bound to take a step back IMO.
CBJ had legitimate injury excuses earlier this year (and are still missing guys). I think they'll wind up nabbing the third Metro spot.
3rd? Maybe 4th, i find it hard to believe NYR, NYI or Pitt will end up behind them. They basically have to play at 120 point pace from Dec 1-on to finish 3rd in this division, major injuries not withstanding to one of the 3 teams i listed, of course.
Stop sucking Dub's dick, Brett. It's an embarrassing read.
As a fan I'd like to see each game count for 3 points (or go back to the pre-shootout rules). But I think people have done some analysis and have concluded that applying the 3 for ROT wins rule would have changed one or two playoff teams over 3 seasons. I dont recall whether they made a similar conclusion re seeding.
I'd like to see it, not just as a fan, but as a reasonable person who is able to understand basic math. Having some games worth more than others is 100% absurd.
We all know the shootout is here to stay, so the only LOGICAL decision would be to award 3 points for every game.
WOW. Fantastic signing. I was sure he was going to leave this offseason on a 4-5/2 type deal to go somewhere looking to let a few guys battle it out (e.g. Talbot, and incumbent, and a rookie). He's a huge piece for us, as it lets us confidently rest Hank during the regular season. This is only a hair more than we were paying Biron to suck.
Isles get another backup goalie tonight (due to injury)
Elliott was out both times they played StL.. they got Allen and Sisterfucker. Darling started for CHI, Kincaid for NJD.. the last time they played a starting goalie was Craig Anderson when they had a home and home with OTT like 2 weeks ago.
lgr
Brassard apparently hasn't even been 'confirmed' with the mumps. They'll know by the end of the week, so he may be looking at a return next week against the Devils.
Hope so, we'll win the Cup!!!
Blame Jenny McCarthy
Man, I loved playing Oregon Trail
Fuckin wish they had a better vaccine out there for this shit. It was cute at first but now its annoying.
The issue is the irresponsible, dangerous people who don't get vaccinated.
Heard on radio driving home that Rangers have had this exact three game road trip something like 20 times and have NEVER gone 3-0.
Could do with never seeing or hearing another Johnny Gaudreau interview. Sheesh, he must have broken a record with his repeated, "ya know" this and "ya know" that.
Instead we get the horrific Sabres and some Australian running show.
Fuck. You.
Let's hope that gets CK going.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
Spent it on hookers and blow.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
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That was a weak call and terrible power play.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
How the fuck does that work? It should be on Center Ice if it's not locally available.
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That was a weak call and terrible power play.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
How the fuck does that work? It should be on Center Ice if it's not locally available.
Nah man. It says it's on but it's not.
Albany gets bumped for Sabres games every time.
2) Go to FirstRowSports.LI and navigate to the Rangers game
3) Choose link 5 or 6.. they always seem to be the most reliable.
Great way to watch online for free. As long as your Internet is reliable the stream should be good, too.
Good luck.
2nd line really needed an even strength goal
We are heating up. Almost the same exact time as we did last year, too.
I hear that, and it's definitely something that would be difficult to explain to someone without any computer acumen.
That said, it's also simple enough where if you run it through him once in person I don't think even a novice would have a hard time being good to go from there.
Just had flash backs to that balding mullet, Al Iafrate.
Nice trip which can be even better if they can take care of business in Cackalacky.
And even Glass fought! I mean at first he didn't want to...and it took him like 10 seconds after the hit on JT for him to do something, but he acted!
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That was a weak call and terrible power play.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
How the fuck does that work? It should be on Center Ice if it's not locally available.
Nah man. It says it's on but it's not.
Albany gets bumped for Sabres games every time.
Do you complain about it to your cable company? That's bullshit.
Can you name one person who wanted to trade him or are you just making shit up as usual?
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That was a weak call and terrible power play.
Glad to see Kreider score. McDonagh is looking good.
Can we just buy B Center Ice?
It gets blacked out up here for Rangers games. The fuckin guide says it's supposed to be on. But the cum dumpsters from Buffalo are on instead.
How the fuck does that work? It should be on Center Ice if it's not locally available.
Nah man. It says it's on but it's not.
Albany gets bumped for Sabres games every time.
Do you complain about it to your cable company? That's bullshit.
Upstate NY (and western MA) is, bizarrely, the worst place on Earth to watch the Rangers. Once I moved to Boston I just bought the Gamecenter Live package and watch it on my laptop or on my TV via HDMI output. Somehow the Sabres and MSG just cut a deal wherein anything north of Westchester County is only gets to see 50 Rangers' regular season games per year. There used to be a schedule on the MSG website showing which games would air upstate and which would be blacked out, but I can't seem to find it. The shitty thing is that you can't even get around the blackout with Center Ice or Gamecenter Live. I really wish the league would get rid of these stupid blackout policies and let fans watch the games they want to see.
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Sather didn't take the advice of half of BBI and trade him for a bag of pucks in the off-season
Can you name one person who wanted to trade him or are you just making shit up as usual?
Is there some sort of Brett - Mook riff that I didnt know about? Fun!! But seriously, you're both good dudes so chill.
And Brett I do think there was a contingent that wanted to trade Nash in the offseason, he takes up a lot of cap space and he couldnt have come up smaller in the postseason if he'd tried -- with that said i agree with you that no one here "wanted a bag of pucks for him" That's hyperbole.
He looks a completely different player from last year.
From HF: We are now 4th in goal scoring at 3.03 per game, higher than Chicago, and 5th in GF/GA at 5 on 5.
Our Corsi numbers still suck. Flames had 62/38 in the third - makes sense given the lead, but we're still in the bottom third of CF%.
And we're now the 4th highest scoring team in the league.
We're going to have to trade for a 3rd/4th line C at the deadline, i think, to improve our penalty killing, face-offs and puck control. But with that said, I do agree with Davidson that Miller and Hayes have been improving every week so i guess play it by ear.
Our PP has not been good, but Boyle is a big part of that and he's missed so much of the season so we'll see how it goes with our key guys back in place.
Important to finish the year strong because as you've noted, January's schedule is brutal.
And we're now the 4th highest scoring team in the league.
Don't pay too much attention to the overall Corsi last night - the Rangers were ahead at 5-on-5 right up until they took a 4-goal lead. After that, it's irrelevant.
I do think a 3C like that would be a nice addition even though I really like Hayes. I wanted Ott in the off-season, but that didn't happen. Hayes may be fine, and I'm not sure if the tradeoff of having lesser player that does a couple of things well fill his spot is worth it.
I think the Hurricanes are top ten in Corsi, though. It's not a perfect statistic, obviously.
Every game the rest of the year is winnable. We're good enough that every game is winnable, but we have some tough games from January 7th to January 29th (and we have two three games in four nights during that stretch, all of which are road games).
Hayes playing regularly where he is now will pay dividends later on. He's doing a lot of good things and will keep getting better.
Our C depth when we're healthy is fine, it's hard to find a legit 1C. It's just that we can't afford any LT injuries. When Step, Brass, Hayes or Moore are out we really don't have much to fill the spaces with. Especially in the top 6 and I don't like putting Miller in the middle if we can avoid it.
Good point on Hayes - the Kings (ugh) benefited from giving young guys big roles early on in the year, and they came through in the playoffs for them. Giving guys like Hayes and Miller a lot of time is huge, and is why I wish we played Duclair a bit more. If guys start falling later in the year, we'll need that depth.
When Brass gets back it'll be hard enough to swing Miller back over to wing. I'd scratch Glass and push Stemp down to the 4th line or just scratch Stempniak (though I do think Stemp has played decently)
I'm just not sure where we can squeeze Duclair in anywhere on the top 9 barring injury. It's going to be a difficult decision. I'd prefer to keep him up here but not at the cost of him sitting in the press box 4 out of every 5 nights.
I think Fast has played better than Stempniak as well. He was impressive last night.
It's a good problem to have.
I wake up this morning primed to watch the last two periods only to find that they were playing a Marquette basketball game. Marquette? Aren't they in Wisconsin? No Rangers? Still? WHAT THE FUCK? Ok, ok...shake it off B.
Fine. I'll grab some breaky, answer some emails, get my daughter up, watch some Bubble Guppies while she snacks on some breakfast muffins. Everything is fine...
At about 9a i notice that "Rangers in 60" is coming up next on MSG+. Sweet! My daughter will be on her way to grandmas house and i'll relax and watch the game for an hour while getting some work done. Nice little morning i have carved out for myself.
45 minutes later i'm running up and down the fucking street in my neighborhood chasing my two asshole fuck ass dogs who ran out of the house when grandma came to pick up the kid. I'm in flip flops, shorts and a goddamned tee shirt yelling and screaming like a lunatic chasing these two jagoffs. I can see them laughing at me while gently frolicking in the snow knowing full-well that i'm not about to run through the goddamn snow in flip flops. Assholes.
I finally run back in the house, grab my car and find them shitting in some neighbors yard about a 1/4 mile away. I scoop them up, drag them back to the house, check out the clock, and it's 9:57. Goddamnit!
I run back up the street like OJ in a Hertz commercial, jump in my ride and fishtail it back to my house. 10am. Just in time for the game! I made it!
A couple of nasty words and screaming at the two four-legged cockbags and i'm on the couch dialing up MSG+.
"WELCOME TO THE HALFTIME SHOW!!! THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!! PRESENTED BY PIZZA HUT! BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE SECOND HALF."
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
Long term there is no way we can hold onto all of our wings. I think we should either commit to letting MSL walk (bad idea) or trade Zucc RIGHT NOW. He is going to walk this summer for no compensation, just like Strals. We cannot continue to piss away assets like this.
If the cap goes up, we'll be alright. If not, we're in a difficult position.
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By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
I honestly don't see how 25 games plus playoffs in juniors is a "great opportunity" for Duclair when he's already demonstrated that he's capable of dominating at that level.
The WJC is a great opportunity for him. Having him along for the end of the regular season and playoffs will be far greater experience for him when he does become a permanent fixture on the Rangers.
I wouldn't sell off pieces in a year where we're still good enough to compete for a Cup. Anything that makes us take a hit short term probably isn't ideal when the window is still open for now.
Like Brett said, it's going to depend what happens with the cap. We may not lose as many guys as we think.
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By the time he's done at the WJC, his team in Quebec will have something like 25 games left, plus playoffs. There's really nothing to gain from him being there, and the Rangers wouldn't be able to get him back if they need him to fill-in during the regular season or early in the playoffs.
I think they'll send him back to juniors. He isnt going to play enough here. 25 games and the playoffs playing first line minutes are a great opportunity for Duclair. I think it is always better to play at some level vs sitting. Maybe if we rolled 3 scoring lines it could be justified, but even putting aside JT Miller (who has dominated the AHL), Duclair isnt suited to line up with Hags and Hayes -- that's a two way line, not like the Brass-BP-Zucc "3rd" line last year.
I honestly don't see how 25 games plus playoffs in juniors is a "great opportunity" for Duclair when he's already demonstrated that he's capable of dominating at that level.
The WJC is a great opportunity for him. Having him along for the end of the regular season and playoffs will be far greater experience for him when he does become a permanent fixture on the Rangers.
I agree with you for the most part I just don't see where Duclairs minutes are going to come from. How can AV get him top 9 minutes unless a couple guys get hurt? We're just logjammed at wing. There's nowhere to play him. Even if you scratched Glass and Stempniak, which top 9 winger gets demoted to the 4th line to open up a spot for Duclair?
I'm sympathetic to the argument that we're capable of making another deep playoff run. I wouldnt just dump Zucc. But if we could bring back a capable 3C and/or a really worthy prospect, I'd pull the trigger. We might be a bit weaker without Zucc, but we may get better at certain things depending on how we replace him. BTW, I'm super high on Lindberg -- I think he's going to be a linchpin guy as a 3C. Perfect skill set for that role.
I still like this roster better than last year, and I'm sure we can make a few other moves. The playoffs are a crap shoot, obviously.
Deej.. I'm still kind of lukewarm on Lindberg but if he did somehow become the player you believe he will, I'm not sure what we'd do with Hayes. I think his ceiling is a little too high to bury as a 4C down the road.
I agree with you for the most part I just don't see where Duclairs minutes are going to come from. How can AV get him top 9 minutes unless a couple guys get hurt? We're just logjammed at wing. There's nowhere to play him. Even if you scratched Glass and Stempniak, which top 9 winger gets demoted to the 4th line to open up a spot for Duclair?
I'm not worried about getting him minutes or forcing him into the lineup, it's about having him experience things at the NHL level, even if it's just practices and being in the dressing room with veteran players who can help him with the mental game.
And your question presupposes that the Rangers will have their full complement of players for every game from now until (hopefully) mid-June. I'd like to at least have the option of playing Duclair if any of the "scoring" wingers have to miss a few games.
I think they are fine options for a sixth dman. I have bigger concerns about Boyle's play than either Hunwick or Moore.
I would have liked Skjei to make the jump to Hartford this past off-season with the possibility of bringing him up mid-season. Allen/McIlrath aren't overly impressive.
And of course, we swapped Stralman for Boyle, essentially.
If the cap goes up enough, maybe we decide to keep Staal and lose a forward or two. I don't spend any time looking at the cap, so I can't comment intelligently on what will happen.
Bortuzzo
Maata
...poor hudson
Seems to me the effectiveness rate of the vaccine is less than the reported 80%... granted these guys may not actually have 'da mumps. Fuckers still managed to beat Tampa on monday though (Tampa quickly rising up my list of most hated teams... 3-0-0 vs NYR, 5-6 against the rest of our division with Bishop probably out all week with injury when they have 5 straight against the Metro division)
"Jaromir Jagr has died of Typhoid Fever"
"The wagon is carrying too much weight, leave Bryce Salvador behind?"
play a great game vs canucks coasting to an easy win
play very well defensively in Edmonton but the offense was sluggish. Having to shuffle lines do to Brassys quarantine might have been a factor.
played much of the flames game defending in our own end despite maintaining a comfortable lead all night. Klein swept two goals out from behind Hank or this game is a dicey proposition.
Awesome to get the four straight wins but there are still areas of concern and consistency to be dealt with if we are going to make a serious push this season. Like to add I didn't get the Boyle signing then and I still don't get it or like it now.
We are better positioned than most teams, maybe all teams. Indeed, Buchevich would have been a #1 or early #2 if he was Paul Bailey from Ontario. But we havent had a prospect like Buchevich before, a guy who might get $1 million+ to stay in Russia.
Our previous Russian pick was Pashnin in 2009, and he did refuse to sign here to play in the AHL. Grachev (2008) was an OHLer, Cherepanov absolutely fell on signability issues and I dont remember if we were allowed to sign him as an 18 year old (we didnt). AA (2006) was a KHLer but just a 2-8-10 guy in 39 games before he came over. No one was breaking the bank on him. And before that you're back to Tyutin in 2001 and a lot of 1990s guys taken in the 3rd and after who I just dont remember.
Last year, we were bottom five in S% (along with the Kings), this year we're fifth. We're a team that can win with a below-average Corsi with Lundqvist in net, but it isn't ideal.
Also, given the relative differences in Corsi compared to last season, I don't think it's really attributable to a change in style - I do think we're getting higher quality shots than we did last year, though, in large part due to Nash's play.
I think we'll move up, and we've been held back during our recent winning streak because we built up big leads early on. But it'd be nice to see some better numbers here.
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Same time as the Islanders collapse?
Every Devils fan would be mashing the "Y" key.
Things have completely reversed - 3-4 years ago there were Devils threads all the time and virtually no Islander threads.
I tried to watch their game vs. OTT last night and it almost lulled me to sleep.
God, the Devils suck.
But we're losing Stempniak. Mumps.
You've got to be fucking kidding me.
(Duclair should be playing.... fuck the WJC)
And yeah, the Devils play an extremely boring brand of hockey.
Secondly I was on Islanders threads 4-5 years ago easily. Devils threads were rare then and more rare now. When the Devils were playing the Rags then the few Devils fans would chime in other than that they are third rate here and in the tri state area.
(The Isles are...unfortunately... legitimately good this year, I fully expect them to finish top 3 in the Metro and probably play the Rangers in the 1st rd.)
You've been following them closet Islanders fan. You know.
Piss off arc. I try everyday to. Lol.
H. Lundqvist 27 6 21 .778 60:00
October 14, 2014 boxscore in case you want to look up the deets of that game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Columbus goes on a rampage and steals the second or third spot in the Metro.
And speaking of OTs, CBJ and the Bob have been playing terrific hockey lately... it also helps when you get FIVE straight games now, and 6 of past 7, into the charity bonus.
How regulation wins still aren't worth 3 points remains one of life's unsolved mysteries.
We should be able to win four or five of the next six. Which means we'll lose four or five.
Not sure I'd attribute the rise of the low seeds to the 3 point game. I think there is a lot more parity in the league. With the salary floor and more professional management across the board in sports, there are fewer pure doormats.
The Florida Panthers this year have gotten 13 games into OT, just about half their games... and as a result lead us in the standings for that 8th seed (granted we have some games in hand on them and the Caps)
The Devils nearly made the playoffs last season (ditto Caps, but to a bit lesser extent) entirely because they got 40% of their games into overtime.
But the league determined that more fans go to games or watch games on TV under this system. Its been proven time and again that its nearly impossible to come back from 5-6 back of multiple teams with only a few weeks to go, but somebody did some research and there you go...
I do know i'm glad we're not facing CBJ right now... Bob is playing out of his mind.
I dont have solid opinions on whether there is a lot of parity in the NHL, but the recent cup participants dont strike me as historically strong cup teams. I feel the Blackhawks, but the Kings are an inconsistent bunch. Kind of amazed that a Lucic/Krejci/Bergeron led the forwards for a Bruins cup team. Nowadays you have #1 seeds like the Pens, who reel off standings points but arent actually dominant against above-average teams. I feel like 10-15 years ago the best teams were WAY better than your 4-6 seeds. Detroit was murdering the league. The Avs came at you with Sakic, Forsberg, Hejuk, Tanguay, Bourque, Foote, Blake, Roy... Of course there were also years where ho-hum rosters won the cup (Devils) or the Presidents trophy (99/00 Blues w/ Demitra, Turgeon, Pronger, and Turek).
So, they're changing the rules and allowing shot-outs in the playoffs?
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Maybe you're right - I do feel like there's a bigger gap between teams than the standings indicated last year (I still think it's too early to take a definitive stand this year).
I dont have solid opinions on whether there is a lot of parity in the NHL, but the recent cup participants dont strike me as historically strong cup teams. I feel the Blackhawks, but the Kings are an inconsistent bunch. Kind of amazed that a Lucic/Krejci/Bergeron led the forwards for a Bruins cup team. Nowadays you have #1 seeds like the Pens, who reel off standings points but arent actually dominant against above-average teams. I feel like 10-15 years ago the best teams were WAY better than your 4-6 seeds. Detroit was murdering the league. The Avs came at you with Sakic, Forsberg, Hejuk, Tanguay, Bourque, Foote, Blake, Roy... Of course there were also years where ho-hum rosters won the cup (Devils) or the Presidents trophy (99/00 Blues w/ Demitra, Turgeon, Pronger, and Turek).
I think you're right on the quality of the 'best teams', and I suspect the reigns of the top tier teams will be shorter than they were in the past. The Blackhawks are bound to take a step back IMO.
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Firstly Isles are not collapsing.
So, they're changing the rules and allowing shot-outs in the playoffs?
And you can only play backups.
And John Tavares is immune from punishment. Worse than McSorley and Bertuzzi:
3rd? Maybe 4th, i find it hard to believe NYR, NYI or Pitt will end up behind them. They basically have to play at 120 point pace from Dec 1-on to finish 3rd in this division, major injuries not withstanding to one of the 3 teams i listed, of course.
Stop sucking Dub's dick, Brett. It's an embarrassing read.
I'd like to see it, not just as a fan, but as a reasonable person who is able to understand basic math. Having some games worth more than others is 100% absurd.
We all know the shootout is here to stay, so the only LOGICAL decision would be to award 3 points for every game.
WOW. Fantastic signing. I was sure he was going to leave this offseason on a 4-5/2 type deal to go somewhere looking to let a few guys battle it out (e.g. Talbot, and incumbent, and a rookie). He's a huge piece for us, as it lets us confidently rest Hank during the regular season. This is only a hair more than we were paying Biron to suck.
Elliott was out both times they played StL.. they got Allen and Sisterfucker. Darling started for CHI, Kincaid for NJD.. the last time they played a starting goalie was Craig Anderson when they had a home and home with OTT like 2 weeks ago.