Keep finding ways to win until the king comes back. Struggling coyotes come to town and we need to make sure we take four points over the next two before we hit the murderers row that is March
to put the Rangers atop the Metropolitan! Rangers have at least a point in 10 straight games according to Sam. Their last regulation loss was 3-2 at Nashville 19 days ago
honestly anytime we can come away with ROW without our best player is good. Hopefully tonight was a wake up call of sorts too... we're not playing sound enough defensively right now to win playoff hockey, i dont care if Lundqvist is back there... lots to clean up.
and 9-1-2 since the King got hurt so this year the Rangers are a lot more than Lundqvist. I thought they showed that when they swept California and beat the Kings 4-3 with Talbot against Quick but this stretch is also proving they're a complete team.
However, the next 2 weeks get brutal. Philly in their building is never easy and they'll goon it up if they get desperate. Then its Nashville at the Garden, and a road trip with Detroit, Chicago, the Isles and Caps (and the Isles and Caps are back to back so Skapski is probably going to see Ovechkin)
Also 2 ROWs in hand on the Isles which is like an extra point in the standings because that's the first tiebreaker, not the H2H record. My guess is that the Isles would beat us out by 4-6 points if they got the same number of ROWs.
As of this moment TB and Nashville are the only teams with 35 ROWs
play weaker teams, and you're the top dog they are going to always get up to play you and give max effort.
The Islanders beat them 5-1. Arizona is one of the three atrocious teams in this league. With that said ... its the NHL. Buffalo beat Vancouver tonight, and Edmonton won in Washington a few weeks ago. Anything can happen.
I'd just like to see a little more defense discipline in front of Cam. He's struggled a bit - he's a backup, its to be expected - but i didnt expect really only 2 solid defensive efforts in front of him during his 10 game stretch (Boston and Calgary)
they can give both Anaheim and LA a run in a playoff series. Do worry a bit about their goaltending, but i just want somebody decent to challenge the Kings ahead of the WCF.
or trade for Vermette if the price is right. Faceoffs are going to kill us in the playoffs and it's our biggest weakness at full strength. We need more puck possession to take out teams like Tampa Bay and arguably the Isles
The road through the East is much harder this year. Washington is better with Holtby establishing himself as a legit goalie. Pittsburgh hasn't played great but still have Crosby and Malkin. Isles are a young but very fast and skilled team. Montreal looks better than last year and Price is in god mode. Tampa is a lot like the Isles and Detroit looks almost back to being Cup contender Detroit again. Even a degraded Bruins team is no easy out
The road through the East is much harder this year. Washington is better with Holtby establishing himself as a legit goalie. Pittsburgh hasn't played great but still have Crosby and Malkin. Isles are a young but very fast and skilled team. Montreal looks better than last year and Price is in god mode. Tampa is a lot like the Isles and Detroit looks almost back to being Cup contender Detroit again. Even a degraded Bruins team is no easy out
It's not like you have to play all these teams. You have to play 3 - and we played 3 good ones last year. In fact its better that none of the other teams will have an easy road. As is always the case in the run for the Cup, you'll need breaks to go your way... no matter what. Kings won 3 game 7s on the road last year, somebody's going to test you, if not multiple teams.
I'm far more concerned about Lundqvist. It's 3.5 weeks now and not a peep other than 'on schedule,' nor a Doctors visit even on the horizon. Rangers have been dishonest about this from the start, and its hard to really trust whats going on, especially since we're around the trade deadline.
The Rangers are just as formidable as anyone in the league. Teams should be just as worried about having to play them. As for Hank, you have to wonder how long it will take for him to get back to where he was pre injury. He was playing great.
Having said that I think Talbot who was shakey at best in the beginning is starting to show more consistency and making the big save when needed. Although the post was his friend a couple of times last night. But the Rangers never panic. I think that's one of their strong points. But their biggest asset is they aren't married to one way of playing the game.
You want up tempo you got it. You want to clog up the nuetral zone you got it. You want to play tight defense you got it. I like their chances against anyone at this point. Of course that doesn't guaruntee anything. The puck takes funny bounces and has a way finding the back of the net even when your goalie and defenseman play it right.
They said he'd be out 'at least three weeks' three weeks ago today. It's been a little longer since his injury. I interpreted the 'at least three weeks' as completely off ice. Once he's cleared, the process for him getting back in a game shouldn't be long.
been dishonest with Henrik's situation rather I'd like to think that it's such a unique and unprecedented injury where they're simply taking every possible precaution. I mean a vascular injury/bruised blood vessel, when was the last time you heard of such an injury? It appears they're treating it much like that of a concussion whereby it's a day to day, week to week situation and they're monitoring him very closely for incremental changes.
Just hope that when he is deemed game ready it won't take him long to get back to form.
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Just having some fun with my fellow Giants fans. I have no problem with the Rangers per se, my issue is more with people who think that every penalty against them or goal allowed was due to some screw up by officials or those that have such an inferiority complex that they have to compare their team to another just to feel good about the Rangers
been dishonest with Henrik's situation rather I'd like to think that it's such a unique and unprecedented injury where they're simply taking every possible precaution. I mean a vascular injury/bruised blood vessel, when was the last time you heard of such an injury? It appears they're treating it much like that of a concussion whereby it's a day to day, week to week situation and they're monitoring him very closely for incremental changes.
Just hope that when he is deemed game ready it won't take him long to get back to form.
They need to be cautious with Hank. If they fuck up, he could have a stroke.
Mike.. it seems you left us after this hilarious comment. Just checking in to make sure you're alright.
Just having some fun with my fellow Giants fans. I have no problem with the Rangers per se, my issue is more with people who think that every penalty against them or goal allowed was due to some screw up by officials or those that have such an inferiority complex that they have to compare their team to another just to feel good about the Rangers
Well, I thought we got 2 gifts in a row last night between what should have been another double minor AND the Mike Smith penalty which seemed silly. Certainly no issue admitting that. You get some, some go against you. It happens.
Re: Lundqvist.. I think this is a situation where no news is good news for the most part until he's re-examined. A reported setback is what would make me worry. There haven't been any of those yet. He's gone from just light cardio to skating to putting his pads on and taking low shots (albeit, not pucks) so it appears progress is being made and AV has said a few times that Hank remains on schedule.
that I didn't even try to pay for my drinks. Such a ....
The thought never crossed my mind...I invited you and had no problem footing the bill...it was good to meet you, and I'll let you buy one for me next time.
But glad the boys were able to pull themselves out of the fire again. It is head-scratching to read the reviews of the game and see that some thought Glass played a good game. I don't think that's possible under the current laws of physics.
Is simply amazing. I really dont know how we keep piling up the W's, and most of the time its been ugly, but you cant argue with the final results.
Simply needed to tread water until Henrik came back, but instead were sitting in first place and have gone through the best point scoring stretch of the season.
With that said, I still do not like the hockey that has been played over this stretch. Still too many turnovers and the defense/goaltending have been maddeningly inconsistent. Face-offs still a problem. Need that one more piece (bottom six face-off specialist and/or a solid vet defenseman) to truly take this team an Eastern Conference favorite to get back to the Cup. Right now, we are just in the thick of contenders that have deficiencies.
It's amazing how quickly our defensemen have gone from a strength
...people would stop saying that we need a "faceoff specialist".
Would you really trade an asset for a player who adds nothing to the team but a slightly improved faceoff percentage, given the fact that it's been demonstrated that faceoffs have only a minimal impact on overall possession?
McDonagh is top tier, though not playing as consistently well as last season. Staal has been good and steady; he has never been great at possession stats I think. Klein has had a wonderful season, with only occasional hiccups mostly early. Moore has been as expected (and better than MDZ was). Boyle has been as expected. Girardi appears to be in a decline.
Never doubted it
Huh.
Who would've thought?
Let's cool out though.
Our goal is the Cup. Not the Redskinular Season.
However, the next 2 weeks get brutal. Philly in their building is never easy and they'll goon it up if they get desperate. Then its Nashville at the Garden, and a road trip with Detroit, Chicago, the Isles and Caps (and the Isles and Caps are back to back so Skapski is probably going to see Ovechkin)
Nice game from Lee Rissmiller :)
glad we got the W but can the playoffs just fucking get here already?
Huh.
Who would've thought?
Let's cool out though.
Our goal is the Cup. Not the Redskinular Season.
Also 2 ROWs in hand on the Isles which is like an extra point in the standings because that's the first tiebreaker, not the H2H record. My guess is that the Isles would beat us out by 4-6 points if they got the same number of ROWs.
As of this moment TB and Nashville are the only teams with 35 ROWs
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glad we got the W but can the playoffs just fucking get here already?
And they hit 5 posts soda. Rangers were a bit lucky.
But I'll take it!
The Islanders beat them 5-1. Arizona is one of the three atrocious teams in this league. With that said ... its the NHL. Buffalo beat Vancouver tonight, and Edmonton won in Washington a few weeks ago. Anything can happen.
I'd just like to see a little more defense discipline in front of Cam. He's struggled a bit - he's a backup, its to be expected - but i didnt expect really only 2 solid defensive efforts in front of him during his 10 game stretch (Boston and Calgary)
I mean it's not Gomez/McDonagh bad, but that's pretty damn bad. Worst contract in the league gets moved for nothing.
The road through the East is much harder this year. Washington is better with Holtby establishing himself as a legit goalie. Pittsburgh hasn't played great but still have Crosby and Malkin. Isles are a young but very fast and skilled team. Montreal looks better than last year and Price is in god mode. Tampa is a lot like the Isles and Detroit looks almost back to being Cup contender Detroit again. Even a degraded Bruins team is no easy out
He's tied for 4th in the WHL in goals with 42 and tied for 8th in points with 74.
The road through the East is much harder this year. Washington is better with Holtby establishing himself as a legit goalie. Pittsburgh hasn't played great but still have Crosby and Malkin. Isles are a young but very fast and skilled team. Montreal looks better than last year and Price is in god mode. Tampa is a lot like the Isles and Detroit looks almost back to being Cup contender Detroit again. Even a degraded Bruins team is no easy out
It's not like you have to play all these teams. You have to play 3 - and we played 3 good ones last year. In fact its better that none of the other teams will have an easy road. As is always the case in the run for the Cup, you'll need breaks to go your way... no matter what. Kings won 3 game 7s on the road last year, somebody's going to test you, if not multiple teams.
I'm far more concerned about Lundqvist. It's 3.5 weeks now and not a peep other than 'on schedule,' nor a Doctors visit even on the horizon. Rangers have been dishonest about this from the start, and its hard to really trust whats going on, especially since we're around the trade deadline.
Having said that I think Talbot who was shakey at best in the beginning is starting to show more consistency and making the big save when needed. Although the post was his friend a couple of times last night. But the Rangers never panic. I think that's one of their strong points. But their biggest asset is they aren't married to one way of playing the game.
You want up tempo you got it. You want to clog up the nuetral zone you got it. You want to play tight defense you got it. I like their chances against anyone at this point. Of course that doesn't guaruntee anything. The puck takes funny bounces and has a way finding the back of the net even when your goalie and defenseman play it right.
Just hope that when he is deemed game ready it won't take him long to get back to form.
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Mike.. it seems you left us after this hilarious comment. Just checking in to make sure you're alright.
Just having some fun with my fellow Giants fans. I have no problem with the Rangers per se, my issue is more with people who think that every penalty against them or goal allowed was due to some screw up by officials or those that have such an inferiority complex that they have to compare their team to another just to feel good about the Rangers
Just hope that when he is deemed game ready it won't take him long to get back to form.
They need to be cautious with Hank. If they fuck up, he could have a stroke.
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Mike.. it seems you left us after this hilarious comment. Just checking in to make sure you're alright.
Just having some fun with my fellow Giants fans. I have no problem with the Rangers per se, my issue is more with people who think that every penalty against them or goal allowed was due to some screw up by officials or those that have such an inferiority complex that they have to compare their team to another just to feel good about the Rangers
Well, I thought we got 2 gifts in a row last night between what should have been another double minor AND the Mike Smith penalty which seemed silly. Certainly no issue admitting that. You get some, some go against you. It happens.
Re: Lundqvist.. I think this is a situation where no news is good news for the most part until he's re-examined. A reported setback is what would make me worry. There haven't been any of those yet. He's gone from just light cardio to skating to putting his pads on and taking low shots (albeit, not pucks) so it appears progress is being made and AV has said a few times that Hank remains on schedule.
Things are hopefully going according to plan.
It's fair considering we're playing with Tanner Glass and feel the need to spot a team a goal in the first two minutes of a period every other game.
We can do it.
Crotchless panties with the remote controlled butt plug primer too, right? You guys are filthy.
Agreed. It's pathetic.
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Standings, bitch.
Simply needed to tread water until Henrik came back, but instead were sitting in first place and have gone through the best point scoring stretch of the season.
With that said, I still do not like the hockey that has been played over this stretch. Still too many turnovers and the defense/goaltending have been maddeningly inconsistent. Face-offs still a problem. Need that one more piece (bottom six face-off specialist and/or a solid vet defenseman) to truly take this team an Eastern Conference favorite to get back to the Cup. Right now, we are just in the thick of contenders that have deficiencies.
I really wish we could swap out Girardi for Stralman, though.
Would you really trade an asset for a player who adds nothing to the team but a slightly improved faceoff percentage, given the fact that it's been demonstrated that faceoffs have only a minimal impact on overall possession?
Seriously..... My FB wall has been spammed by every ranger fan who for the past 3 months basically said the regular season means nothing.
Priceless ...