October was a turdburger, let's hope November will be better. That being said, TB is the #1 team in the East currently, and beating them in Tampa is a tall order. Rumor is that Brendan Smith will be benched, meaning that at least one of the useless Kampfer/Holden combo will be playing. Prepare for pain!
They started smith over kampfen tonight and smith was on the ice for the one even strength goal.
For the Rangers the PP was the problem if you ask me, it seemed like CBJ had better SH quality opportunities than the Rangers did on the PP.
I've read "American" Thanksgiving is a measuring point for NHL GM's, and if you're not in striking distance of a PO spot changes get made. Luckily for the Rangers other than TB no one is dominating in the East and it may not take 95 points (or .600 hockey the rest of the way) to make the playoffs.
Just before the first goal, I was thinking what a great game it was ... play had opened up and both teams were getting chances and there were wild saves at both ends ...
But - what I noticed more than anything else - was that the Rangers would get one shot and Columbus would quickly take possession ... Columbus played terrific defense and the Rangers had little sustained puck possession. I was really impressed with Columbus' game.
Having said that, it doesn't change the fact that the Rangers are now approaching game 3 of a new streak.
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but that was one of the best goalie games I've seen all year. ...
Just before the first goal, I was thinking what a great game it was ... play had opened up and both teams were getting chances and there were wild saves at both ends ...
But - what I noticed more than anything else - was that the Rangers would get one shot and Columbus would quickly take possession ... Columbus played terrific defense and the Rangers had little sustained puck possession. I was really impressed with Columbus' game.
Having said that, it doesn't change the fact that the Rangers are now approaching game 3 of a new streak.
that was true against Werenski and Jones, which may be the best D pair in the league (both solid 2 way D-men and actually beyond solid, stars), but against Johnson and Carlsson (?) and Murray and Nutivarra I thought the Rangers were able to forecheck better.
as a hockey fan Zach Werenski is fun to watch.
Rangers are middling ... and that's not going to cut it in the metro.
We need a big performance from B tomorrow night. Despite the feel good 6 game stretch, we are still at the bottom of this juggernaut division with the flyers on a points per game basis.
Enough is enough.
Clearly a reactionary call based on how awful the result looked.
I think I’m with Rosen on this one; I could live w a penalty on that, but that isn’t a major/misconduct.
Just the way you want it — Hank didn’t get a ton of work but looked sharp when he had to
The fact that they ruled him out already can't be good.
Man getting the next goal feels important though - game has the feel of last year where we took advantage of a few opportunities in a game and held onto our seats the rest of the night
8 wins out of 10 for the blueshirts...should start moving up the standings soon
I was about to say the same thing...either that or they play Tampa 80 games per year.
Happy Thanksgiving, boys! #LGR
Suck it, Jints.
I asked him which Rangers were in the top 50 players in the NHL ... answer = none.
I asked him if he could keep only 5 players from the current roster moving forward, he immediately named Skjei, Buch, Zib and Miller without any hesitation ... then he paused for an obvious internal debate and finally went with Kreider.
At the conclusion of the exercise ... I think I made my point that the talent level of the NYR isn’t really anything to write home about ... and left me feeling irritated when I had been excited after Wed 6-1 shellacking ... so I thought I’d come here and spread the joy.
Happy Thanksgiving.
McDonagh is also a top 50 player when healthy. Zibanejad might be there now. I think Lundqvist is still there but I'm a bit biased.
This has enough talent to be a playoff team at a minimum and maybe even a serious contender. I absolutely think coaching was partly, maybe even mostly, to blame for the slow start - his teams have historically been slow starters and the outlier year was because Lundqvist was incredible.
I'll give him credit for the turnaround as well.
I think the Rangers have five guys who can play on an average team's first line (Zucc/Buch/Zibanejad/Nash/Kreider, and maybe even Miller). Not elite players or anything, but that sort of depth is really valuable. With the defense looking better, I think the team can make noise in the playoffs if this continues.
The Stars have several the Canadiens have a few, the Sabres, Coyotes, Wild, all have at least one and other poor (in the standings) teams do too.
The Rangers of the Lundqvist/AV era have always been about forward depth, system, and their goalie (IMO). If they don't have any top 50 players, so what, almost none of their top 9/top 6 would be below 150/200 in a ranked list.
and that model has generated success (to an extent).
The Canadiens have 3 top 50 players (per the latest NHL network list which is one data point) and there are very few teams in the league who would trade rosters with the Canadiens right now (or places in the standings).
Agree, they may not have elite talent (today), but top 9 forward depth, there is probably no one in their league.
and that's how they've won in the past.
forward depth, system, and goalie.
and some people (me) argue their system prevents certain players from being considered elite (which is another topic).
Thank you for a brilliant first from 30. Rest of team - particularly Brendon Smith - need to wake the fuck up. Maybe Smith wants to go back into hibernation for another couple weeks? What a pathetic display.
This teams inconsistency night to night is maddening
Canadiens centennial classic jerseys are pretty classy looking and remind me of me.
agree rangers jerseys are hideous.
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Canadiens centennial classic jerseys are pretty classy looking and remind me of me.
agree rangers jerseys are hideous.
Yeah, those are great.
Minutes left.
Howard has been great for them but this is an unacceptable effort. Jesus