Game 1 - 12 PM on MSG and NBCSN
PROJECTED LINES:
LW | C | RW
SVECHNIKOV | AHO | TERAVAINEN
DZINGEL | STAAL | WILLIAMS
NIEDERREITER | TROCHECK | NECAS
FOEGELE | MARTINOOK | MCGINN
LD | RD
SLAVIN | VATANEN
SKJEI | EDMUNDSON
GARDINER | VAN RIEMSDYK
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
Brett Pesce - Shoulder (IR)
Dougie Hamilton - Leg (IR)
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PROJECTED LINES:
LW | C | RW
KREIDER | ZIBANEJAD | BUCHNEVICH
PANARIN | STROME | FAST
DIGIUSEPPE | CHYTIL | KAKKO
HOWDEN | MCKEGG | GAUTHIER
LD | RD
SMITH | TROUBA
LINDGREN | FOX
STAAL | DEANGELO
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
Micheal Haley - Upper body (IR)
Brendan Lemieux - Suspended (N/A)
DeAngelo is a game-time decision. If he can't go, Hajek will suit up (God help us).
We don't know who will be starting in goal for either team today, but we do know the March to the Cup (or to Alexis Lafrenniere) begins in 70 minutes. Go Rangers!
No, one more season for each.
But relatively speaking that's not so bad, since Girardi and Shatty are both on the books for three more.
After next season. Henrik will also be off the books.
Well, that depends on what happens during the off-season...
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Henrik will also be off the books.
Well, that depends on what happens during the off-season...
True. I hope they don't buy him out.
Larry Brooks says it is not covid related
Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
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Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
Starting to wonder about this kid. This development is a bit unsettling.
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Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
Starting to wonder about this kid. This development is a bit unsettling.
So he has been a star in the KHL, the best goalie in the AHL and turns heads immediately in The NHL. We have no details about this but you are wondering about him...
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Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
Starting to wonder about this kid. This development is a bit unsettling.
So he has been a star in the KHL, the best goalie in the AHL and turns heads immediately in The NHL. We have no details about this but you are wondering about him...
Oh I’m sorry I shouldn’t wonder about this? He’s been a mega star the last 4-5-6 months and the first truly big game of his career he’s “unfit” to play? Yeah, I’m wondering. Any fan with a brain would. And I’m the last person to be accused of hyper analysis but this is weird.
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Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
Starting to wonder about this kid. This development is a bit unsettling.
So he has been a star in the KHL, the best goalie in the AHL and turns heads immediately in The NHL. We have no details about this but you are wondering about him...
Oh I’m sorry I shouldn’t wonder about this? He’s been a mega star the last 4-5-6 months and the first truly big game of his career he’s “unfit” to play? Yeah, I’m wondering. Any fan with a brain would. And I’m the last person to be accused of hyper analysis but this is weird.
My point is that he has never been short of professional his entire career.
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Wtf does that mean??? ..... is he hungover?
Starting to wonder about this kid. This development is a bit unsettling.
So he has been a star in the KHL, the best goalie in the AHL and turns heads immediately in The NHL. We have no details about this but you are wondering about him...
Oh I’m sorry I shouldn’t wonder about this? He’s been a mega star the last 4-5-6 months and the first truly big game of his career he’s “unfit” to play? Yeah, I’m wondering. Any fan with a brain would. And I’m the last person to be accused of hyper analysis but this is weird.
My point is that he has never been short of professional his entire career.
Fair enough. I’m cautiously hopeful he will have a long great career here. This is just weird.
Hopefully this will jinx it
Hank solid to keep them off the board during it.
All about the zone entry on the PP. Helps to have skill guys who can gain the zone with possession.
This team was functioning on a chemistry, all parts working together high February and March, no signs yet that it is ready to kick in. Playoff hockey is playoff hockey, even w/the covid layoff.
Yes, -2. That's how bad our offense was.
We're back to normal.
Julien Gauthier
Kaapo Kakko (towards the latter half of the period)
The neutral:
Henrik
Chytil
The bad:
Everyone else. Are Zibanejad, Panarin and Kreider playing? Just wondering...
Anak: agree, Kreider, Zib, Panarin nearly invisible
I would add Buch as a + player, neutral or better
Then reward him with a brand new car
Another breakaway, another penalty. This is just fucking ugly.
Havent seen this addressed yet, but regarding NHL injuries for these playoffs, ANY injury, absence, whatever, is going to be labeled "unfit to play". Does not mean the guy was out getting hammered and is now hung over, just out of jail, anything like that. Could be a broken nail, could be a broken leg, but whatever it is, he is unfit to play.
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sitting in the stands watching the game.
Havent seen this addressed yet, but regarding NHL injuries for these playoffs, ANY injury, absence, whatever, is going to be labeled "unfit to play". Does not mean the guy was out getting hammered and is now hung over, just out of jail, anything like that. Could be a broken nail, could be a broken leg, but whatever it is, he is unfit to play.
What if Igor was told that Hank would start over him and he went off on the Coach?
Ugh... that was one of the worst giveaways of all time.
Yeah, you're right!
Staaaaaaaal
I'm afraid so.
One clear positive: KK, as somewhat expected, has come back rejuvenated. He had so many games 2019 (incl. the Worlds) and 2020, he was exhausted and any adjustment was too much too soon for a teenager.
He has stopped being a 'deer-in-the-headlights' player, he is willing and eager to be the guy with the puck and make plays. Maybe most significantly--as exemplified by his rush into Canes end and retrieving the puck at their goal line and firing the puck from an impossible angle (that still gave Mzarek trouble)--he showed a burst of speed and skating that he just did not demonstrate during the season.
Gauthier too, more involved, more ice time, of course Fast's absence had something to do with that.
McKegg is awful; he and Howden are borderline NHLers at best.
My 'For Shame' player is Adam Fox? Why? Because he was as bad as anyone on the team but he has real talent so there's no excuse for it.
Quinn better figure out how to get people on the ice that can contribute or this is going to be a short series and on to the links.
So we traded a top-pair guy in McDonagh and a top-6 F in Miller for two low-ceiling prospects who are now borderline NHL players, a late first rounder (we'll see how Nils Lundkvist fares in 2022) and a second rounder.
It's not Porzings trade-bad, but that was a horrible deal. The Staal trade was bad. The Smith trade was bad. The Trouba trade looks like it'll be a REAL clunker. Paying 8M per for 7 years for average play isn't going to cut it. Meanwhile, Pionk has found his game in Winnipeg and the first round pick they got from us was used on a promising defenseman named Ville Heinola.
So we traded a top-pair guy in McDonagh and a top-6 F in Miller for two low-ceiling prospects who are now borderline NHL players, a late first rounder (we'll see how Nils Lundkvist fares in 2022) and a second rounder.
It's not Porzings trade-bad, but that was a horrible deal. The Staal trade was bad. The Smith trade was bad. The Trouba trade looks like it'll be a REAL clunker. Paying 8M per for 7 years for average play isn't going to cut it. Meanwhile, Pionk has found his game in Winnipeg and the first round pick they got from us was used on a promising defenseman named Ville Heinola.
Oh and I forgot the Ryan Graves trade. THAT was horrendous.
Weird, it looks like you're right, but there are pictures on twitter of the Rangers lineup card with Shesterkin as the starter. Really not sure what's going on.
Weird, it looks like you're right, but there are pictures on twitter of the Rangers lineup card with Shesterkin as the starter. Really not sure what's going on.
Igor practiced yesterday but Quinn said it would be a gametime decision. Guess he made his decision late.
Isn't that the whole team?
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But Zibanejad and Panarin have done nothing 5 on 5.
Isn't that the whole team?
Lol, true.
You need goals to win. No?
Just lifeless
I think it's easier if you listed the Ranger contracts over the year that weren't absurd.