NFT: Islanders at Rangers: 7 PM on MSG+

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that's just not going to cut it... how is he going to get his 1st goal barely playing more than 5 minutes a game?

Fun to watch.

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Fun to watch.

Much better than yesterday... which is a great quality for a team

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in a heartbeat

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that's just not going to cut it... how is he going to get his 1st goal barely playing more than 5 minutes a game?

He was brutal yesterday. It's a fine line - you want to get the kid experience and reps, but if he's not ready yet then he should be in Hartford. One thing I think the Rangers have done well since Torts days is develop young offensive players. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

He's gonna be a beast once he matures physically.

Pionk somehow loses him in traffic. Play some freaking defense guys!

just sucks

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In comment 14188264 baadbill said: Quote: that's just not going to cut it... how is he going to get his 1st goal barely playing more than 5 minutes a game? He was brutal yesterday. It's a fine line - you want to get the kid experience and reps, but if he's not ready yet then he should be in Hartford. One thing I think the Rangers have done well since Torts days is develop young offensive players. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, I agree. I'd just like to see the staff try to get him over the hump of that first goal. It's tough enough for old timers to handle a slump, but these young guys who go into a slump trying to get their very 1st one can really weigh on them heavily

taller than Hayes who is 6'5"

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But at the end of the day, the only thing that counts is wins... and most importantly establishing a team mindset of the importance to always follow a loss with a win

the way they were controlling the puck

fortunately MSG->Go app on my iPad has a working feed. Same thing happened a game or so ago.

and Ottawa looks like the best in the league

have one of these big nights - Hockey Against Cancer, Garden of Dreams, any jersey retirement...they completely disappoint. Come on!

I'm going to guess:

Brad Park
Ron Greshner
Brian Leetch

I never get this trivia stuff right, so the above are almost certainly wrong (although Leetch has to be one of them!) ... I'm pretty sure Gresch is probably one too ... maybe not Park

Sergei Zubov, maybe? Reijo Ruotsalainen?

In comment 14193980 Greg from LI said:

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Sergei Zubov, maybe? Reijo Ruotsalainen?

Ruotsalainen is a great guess

He would have been perfect for the current NHL, where small speedy defensemen are all the rage.

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Werry nice!

I think he had one last year

best ever

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I think he had one last year

Yup.

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That was sweet

Is awesome. Dude is totally composed.

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... back to playing a hustling game

was Vlad getting injured? Odd.

Good win. Henrik made quite a few big ones late

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Can't find the answer so far ... but the article I've linked below seems to confirm Leetch and Greshner ... and maybe Park (but I don't know what they mean by "adjusted points")

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A 20-year-old Brad Park scored 26 adjusted points in 54 games. Ron Greschner debuted at 20 as well and potted 39 adjusted points in 70 games.

Also possible that the answer is Brady Skjei ... article notes that "Skjei scored 39 points in 80 games at age 22"

But of course the question is which Ranger defenseme, in addition to Pionk, have scored 29 points in their first 50 games ... so the article linked to only has suggestive data, not an actual answer.
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I looked up Zubov because he wasn't being mentioned in any of the articles Google was shoving at me ... Zubov played 49 games his initial season and scored 31 pts. So he clearly is one of the 3. Leetch obviously did, so that's 2.

Greschner had 45 pts in 70 games his rookie year and likely had 29 pts in his first 50 games but that's still not a definitive answer.

and counted 36 pts as of his 50th game on Feb 19, 1975.

Ok, I'm too fucking obsessed... has to be some form of OCD
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Game wasn't on here

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Game wasn't on here

Oh, that sucks. Sorry.

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... one good thing is that the puck is clearly ending up on Lias Andersson's stick, which is a good sign.

Ken Hodge ... for some reason I thought Middleton was part of the Esposito / Vadnais trade ... my goodness, I think Hodge barely played for the Rangers ... on the other hand Middleton's wild hair bounced on Bruins ice for a very long time (and I think his number was retired)