First game is tonight at 7 PM and the second game is Saturday at 7 PM.
You know the storylines: Laf's debut. Miller's debut. Kakko's redemption tour. The beginning of Igor's reign. Jack Johnson's.....yeah.
First three lines:
Kreider | Zibanejad | Buchnevich
Panarin | Strome | Kakko
Lafreniere | Chytil | Gauthier
Top-4 defensive pairs:
Miller | Trouba
Lindgren | Fox
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!!
Quinn fired by game 10.
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For the Rangers? 5th place?
Quinn fired by game 10.
Not trying to be a dick here. I know Brooks in the Post says the playoffs is a realistic goal this year but is it? The realigned division for this year is absolutely loaded and this team is carrying so many young players.
Seriously dude, this is the 2nd time in a year where his team has not been ready to play at a competitive level. Ive seen enough.
You lay down for the Playoffs....completely, and then your stupid squad is not ready to play Game 1. Fuck this guy. Prep school knobber.
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In comment 15122894 The_Boss said:
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For the Rangers? 5th place?
Quinn fired by game 10.
Not trying to be a dick here. I know Brooks in the Post says the playoffs is a realistic goal this year but is it? The realigned division for this year is absolutely loaded and this team is carrying so many young players.
Not to mention vets who arent ready to go. Terrible prep for the mini season and now the first game in MSG since March. Coach stinks.
The Islanders will be a top team this year we have solid underrated talent and very well coached.....don't give up the ship so early yuck
The Islanders will be a top team this year we have solid underrated talent and very well coached.....don't give up the ship so early yuck
I wanted him fired a year ago. This monstrosity of a game is just garnish.
The Islanders will be a top team this year we have solid underrated talent and very well coached.....don't give up the ship so early yuck
Did you happen to watch the games in the summer? Because that was prolonged stink....coming from a team that was hot before shutdown.
Do you only watch sports to bitch about the refs? If the play is blown dead it is not a goal.
Loved the start tonight. Trotz runs a tight camp and Isles looked ready to go. Isles top 6 plays such a sound two way game. Dobson looked like he belonged. Isles will face a better effort on Saturday so hopefully are ready to play.
NYR fans shouldn’t overreact to the one game IMO. Sure they could surprise and contend for the playoffs, but it’s an awfully green team. More important from their perspective how the team looks at the end of the year rather than the beginning.
Does anyone think it’s realistic that we’ll see fans in the arena by May?
Hardy har har
Does anyone think it’s realistic that we’ll see fans in the arena by May?
Really hope so!
Eventually they'll get around to firing the right guy.
Flip the coaches in this game and play would have been very different.
And in a blowout and a game that was clearly lost, why would you not play the kids?
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Ruff should be fired after this fiasco.
Eventually they'll get around to firing the right guy.
Flip the coaches in this game and play would have been very different.
Shit, they'll probably hire Mike Sullivan next offseason if Pittsburgh lets him go.
They should try for Gallant midseason even though he seems destined to go to Seattle. Chances are it'll be Jacques Martin, Mike Babcock, Ken Hitchcock or that fat fuck, Bruce Boudreau.
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Ruff should be fired after this fiasco.
Eventually they'll get around to firing the right guy.
Flip the coaches in this game and play would have been very different.
Look at what Trotz has done with the Islanders since he took over. Can’t underestimate what the right coach can do.
You watch the Rangers tonight and they looked like a pickup team. No cohesion, no feel for their teammates, no idea what they're trying to do.
can't disagree with that
You watch the Rangers tonight and they looked like a pickup team. No cohesion, no feel for their teammates, no idea what they're trying to do.
I am not annoyed by that although the Islanders have more talent than they are given credit for. The real problem is lacking someone like Panarin on Barzal’s wing instead of Jordan Eberle.
outshot by almost 40% and crushed on the dots, only I didn't expect Shesterkin to give up 4 goals.
were they good goals? I see two PP goals.
That's really the only thing surprising about this game from the box score IMO. The Rangers have two top 9 forwards who can't legally drink and one who has only been of legal age for 4 months, a top 4 D who can't legally drink either and a goalie making his 13th NHL start.
You watch the Rangers tonight and they looked like a pickup team. No cohesion, no feel for their teammates, no idea what they're trying to do.
No offense at all. The Isles are greater than the sum of their parts because of coaching and buy-in. That is what I love about them. You can add talent (once they clear some bad contracts).
The Rangers, in time, will have better parts. The challenge is getting them to be better than the sum of those parts.
This was about defensive lapses and Sheterkin just didn’t bail them out.
Somehow we downgraded from Staal
This was about defensive lapses and Sheterkin just didn’t bail them out.
Ehhh, maybe the Barzal one, but it was a great shot by him and he used DeAngelo as a screen.
I knew Jack Johnson stunk, but my god. He makes me actually want Staal back instead.
I didn't watch the game, but 4 - 0 isn't much different than I expected for game 1 with such a young Rangers team at key spots.
just maybe because it was 3 - 0 just over halfway through the first it deflated the fans (remotely obviously) it seems worse.
Was Johnson too? I was talking about Brett Howden, who continues to take a regular shift for reasons that are mysterious to everyone but David Quinn
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But I don’t think any of the goals given up were bad goals. But there were no amazing saves either. He stopped the ones he should.
This was about defensive lapses and Sheterkin just didn’t bail them out.
Ehhh, maybe the Barzal one, but it was a great shot by him and he used DeAngelo as a screen.
The Barzal goal was not a defensive lapse. It was a one on three. It was a nice shot.
nowhere to go but up.
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Somehow we downgraded from Staal
Was Johnson too? I was talking about Brett Howden, who continues to take a regular shift for reasons that are mysterious to everyone but David Quinn
My bad. I thought you were referring to Johnson.
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In comment 15122997 Mike from Ohio said:
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But I don’t think any of the goals given up were bad goals. But there were no amazing saves either. He stopped the ones he should.
This was about defensive lapses and Sheterkin just didn’t bail them out.
Ehhh, maybe the Barzal one, but it was a great shot by him and he used DeAngelo as a screen.
The Barzal goal was not a defensive lapse. It was a one on three. It was a nice shot.
Right, but you asked if there were any bad goals.
The Rangers had few quality chances, and the ones they had seems to bounce over sticks. After the first 10 minutes it didn’t feel close.
All that said, I don’t expect to see the same thing on Saturday.