NFT: Canes @ Rangers, 1pm MSG

lets see if there is any acknowledgment of that in TOI this game. Im thinking not.

In comment 13245266 Deej said:

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lets see if there is any acknowledgment of that in TOI this game. Im thinking not.

He spent more time on his belly than on his skates

I thought we were only allowed Sunday night home games during football season. Kids actually get to go to a game. News at 11.

As for AV - I dunno ... Just seems so stuck in his ways. Octobers impressive performance feels more like chip Kelly's Eagles now - eg a team in better shape to start the season than opponents with legs not quite ready to bottle up stretch passing .... But now the league has adjusted and AV doesn't seem to care to adapt.

Kudos to the NHL for scheduling carolina's only two trips to msg this year in a period of four days.

Very odd scheduling indeed. We also have back to back Sunday games hosting the Devils. Thank goodness the Giants dont have any significant games on those dates.

D cant move the puck. Tough to break a trap that way. Tough it's not an excuse for DG on the top pair. There is no excuse for that, period. It is indefensible.

Of 129 NHL Ds with 300 minutes played, Rangers top 6 are ALL bottom 20 in CF%. Girardi is last in the NHL at 40.4%.

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come on

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every puck should have a chip in it, and the goal frames need to be wired. Fox had chips in the pucks 20 years ago.

GOOOOOOOOOOAL!

In comment 13245281 Deej said:

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every puck should have a chip in it, and the goal frames need to be wired. Fox had chips in the pucks 20 years ago. GOOOOOOOOOOAL!

Seriously, it's about as basic of a technology as you could imagine.

as he was last game, and he looked the same on that sequence. Something is up.

to get that first one. Really thought they were going to rule interference as it looked like Step's skate made contact with his right pad. I then thought the league would rule that the glove obscured part of the puck thus they'd rule against it. Just never know with these things.

In comment 13245288 Deej said:

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as he was last game, and he looked the same on that sequence. Something is up.

He kind of looked like this back in 2015 when he came back from the injury for the first two games.

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Take the fucking shot

single corsi and fenwick stats?

But somehow have a lead. Starting to feel like our club last November/December again

as the shots suggest. At least compared to recent games. Carolina throwing shots from all over the place and our guys seem to be waiting for the perfect shot

In comment 13245305 Deej said:

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single corsi and fenwick stats?

By single you mean individual player? Corsica.hockey

ever going to bench bad play by Dmen?

terrific post-game discussion on Thursday re. relative value of signing a #1 or 2 d-man (right or left (: ) and vs. the churn in players and picks, MSL, Yandle, etc. And whither frigging Stralman. As board predicted, Clendo in the suites, makes little sense.

made a comment after the Flyers' game (it didn't excite anyone enough to warrant a remark, and that's ok; nonetheless, it sticks with me): shot from the point goes waist high wide to his left and King sticks out his catching glove to his left as the shot goes by him. He continues to stare at the glove as if he had caught it, staring, but meanwhile play and the puck are continuing behind the net and scrum beginning to emerge on the right side of his net--it was if he was playing an alternate reality. That is, the delay in awareness/reaction time between realizing he had not gloved the puck before he got back in the game was extraordinarily long. This is not normal goal keepers' action or awareness.

(I know some of you guys are/were serious players, I have no such pretensions, but keeper was what I did play). ok, I'll shut up and back to your regular programming.
GO bigbluehoya

is Ryan Graves going to be a player in NHL?

In comment 13245317 XBRONX said:

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ever going to bench bad play by Dmen?

He did....this past game

Brutal

He's a chump. A fast chump.

Snow angel

the short side again!

Pathetic

In comment 13245324 XBRONX said:

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is Ryan Graves going to be a player in NHL?

He's well served honing his game in the AHL and ironing out his skating. But to answer the question, when there is an opening for a LD. Right now our 4 best dmen are all LDs.

Thanks bbhoya

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Can't get back quickly enough.

Just pray for point-per-game hockey until then.

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Though that's not saying much


Still, it's encouraging

But I wish his trigger was a bit faster on this rookie goalie. He should be thinking shot first

trying to walk the puck into the net. Team is dying for shots and he's turning down point blank chances.

In comment 13245363 bigbluehoya said:

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But I wish his trigger was a bit faster on this rookie goalie. He should be thinking shot first

I'm not able to watch the game but isn't leighton a 35 year old career journeyman ? Regardless 11 shots at home through 2 periods is unacceptable but becoming the norm with this group and coach the last few weeks

I incorrectly assumed that he was a rookie based on having played 1 game this season and the rest in AHL.

They should be looking to pepper this clown

Grabber is a blur

2-1

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When we're operating like that, it's so much fun to watch.

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I think it's gonna be nullified

beautiful combination and finish

Good going, refs!

I can't believe a team would give up on Grabner.

Goal decision aside, such a better third period so far.

Breakouts much cleaner and putting pucks on net

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even if the officials couldn't tell.

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pathetic

in the d zone. Points are wide open and makes it difficult to get pucks ou

3-2

Whooooooo

3-2 blueshirts

panic at the disco time.

the numbers say (probably not great) but to my eye Girardi has had a solid bounceback game

Now don't go into the shell again, this has been better play here in the 3rd

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4-2 blueshirts

YES

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let 'er rip!

Steps is really starting to fill it up

Can't underestimate how big the loss of Zibanejad and Buch has been. Just stack as many point as possible in the meantime. Defense had a better game too.

Was probably the best hockey I've watched them play since mid-November

Kreider as much as Mika and Buch. Maybe he can tip things back the other way.

#NYR have tallied at least 95 goals in the first 26 games of one season for the first time since 1993-94. #NYR90

In comment 13245444 bigbluehoya said:

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Was probably the best hockey I've watched them play since mid-November

Tip of the cap to the OP.

To your 3:06, for sure, and seems to me a main factor was the forwards were not buried so deep, positioned themselves higher and ripe for the breakout and cross ice or center ice pass. I'm not sure why they were able to start higher in their own end, or why stuck so deep in the first two and against Sabres, but the play of the back line has to factor in. And not for nothing, while the Rangers did not play well in Buffalo (only 1 goal in loss to Bruins today), seemed to me the Sabres were flat out flying.

CHP, re: your 1:56, I don't recall that play specifically. I have a friend who plays net and does shit like that sometimes (he played one of the lower divisions in college hockey).

I'm always curious about reading the debates on goaltenders and their declines - I've seen people who have played the position argue both sides of the Lundqvist decline argument (that he should have a longer peak because he's so good positionally, and the other being that he will have a sharper one because he relies on his reflexes). I don't really know enough to comment. Some games he looks 'off' (and I could be totally wrong). Sometimes it might be the way the ice was cut or something, though, so I tend not to read into these things too much. Your post is interesting, though.

I agree with your observation that he's kinda been all over the place.

Maybe I'm just noticing it more for some reason, but I've been surprised. By the number of times Ive seen him with his inside shoulder wider than the post (I.e. He moves so far left that his right shoulder is outside of the left post, and vice versa).

I probably did a really shitty job of verbalizing that thought.

Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, very, very good, but very wrenching, needed a couple of drinks after.

Just another thought on Henrik, 'Canes' 2nd goal this afternoon, on which it appeared from the behind-the-net cam that there was a fairly good line of vision, and maybe slight deflection off Kreider's skate; then the first Sabre's goal Thursday, and others doing back a few weeks, long shots, and it seems Henrik is having difficulty picking them up--a serious question: should he get his vision checked out? I don't know if he wears contacts, but he's at an age when changes can occur.

Sigh, I yearn for the days of Rogie Vachon, pre-butterfly, lol.

Watching the highlights we really caught some breaks with Toronto for once. First one was borderline and the officials on the ice ruled no goal - surprising overturn. But the grabner goal wasn't all that close (I can't stand that dumb ass rule oh by the way - worse penalties are missed or called everyday setting up power plays with more effect on goals than a half step offsides) - but rules by the dumb shits are still rules and grabner was clearly offsides.

Corey Pronman@coreypronman

NYR D prospect Sergei Zborovskiy with a 7(!!) point night in the WHL vs. Prince Albert. Potential WJC bound.

In comment 13245340 Anakim said:

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Snow angel

which occurs more. ? its like a blind squirrel finding a nut.

Well, WTF.... he's too young for this shit.

In comment 13249526 MetsAreBack said:

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Well, WTF.... he's too young for this shit.

Fuck.


Also, Hrivik recalled

You'd think you'd report that as news itself, not mention it as an aside. Not reported elsewhere, so not sure what to make of it.

Weirdly Grabner is skating as the extra skater at practice, on the 4th pair with Clendo.

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Sean Day - ( New Window )

In comment 13249980 Deej said:

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You'd think you'd report that as news itself, not mention it as an aside. Not reported elsewhere, so not sure what to make of it. Weirdly Grabner is skating as the extra skater at practice, on the 4th pair with Clendo.

Grabner is out tomorrow. Death in the family.

in fairness, it would have been cruel though to unleash Grabs on the old team that gave up on him.

He only scored 6-16-22 in 57 games last season

He needs to be in an environment where playing the right way is more important than winning, and he isnt a super vital piece. Essentially a place where he can be bench if he doesnt play hard. Because that's really his only problem -- there isnt enough urgency in his game. Sometimes he looks like he's playing at 75% effort, even when it's a highlight.