Valet Cat thinks NYR should take an early penalty so Henk can get lots of shots on him and Doogay thinks he just needs some confidence.
Oy flipping vey
Grab may have passed early (I don’t think he did) but he committed the goalie fully and Hayes had all day to make the open-net, tap-in pass. Brain fart. It happens.
Phew! That was a lot tougher than the final score. Has to be important for Hank to get the “soft goal” monkey off his back. He played well and made those “timely” saves AV loves. And Grabs!!! Wahoo.
So there is space available on the ledge again! I’m actually looking forward to Stahl getting back. The gerund is showing why he hasn’t stuck in the league.
The Miracle Met was on for 3 of the NYR goals and the one against in which he was the guilty party on the turnover but 89 and 93 didn’t help matters on that break out to say nothing of the hook against him but yeah, he should have sat, in fact, they should drop him off in Hartford on the way back he really stinks.
I mean he dropped to 7th in points/60 behind #6 Kris LeTang, but still ahead of #149 Dan Girardi.
I forgot all the things that Zibanejad can do. That is a big loss for Ottawa and for Iran
If we stay healthy, our best defense will be our great offense. Schedule for the rest of Jan and all of Feb is a biotch. Aren’t there any easy games anymore in our own time zone? Or are we now the mark on other teams’ schedules? If so, they should be careful what they wish for in the second half
Good morning, boneheads!
Pretty good win last night. They were sharp, moved their feet, passed well. Excellent puck support by their forwards, making breakouts easy. Toronto has some world class players, they will be good. Eventually
I was watching Hank. Better game, a confidence builder. Still ways to go, he was fighting it at times.
Could we have a 30 goal scorer at $1.65M this year? Moves like that, even it’s pure luck, make a GM look like genius.
Before Buchnevich went down with injury I was very pleased with his play. My feeling was he was exactly as advertised. After he came back, I think he is much more than that. 3rd round, 75th pick. Really? I don’t have time to check, but I wonder how many 2nd rounders from that draft are playing in the NHL. For the record, he was NY’s 2nd pick, they took Tambellini 10 spots higher.
Not an E3 review day, otherwise it would have been up for several hours already.
Maybe RR2 founder (& staff writers) can move to west coast so we get our review nice & early.
Come on Doodie, it’s a small sacrifice!
That’s more like it! Didn’t think Hank was great, but two goals against is good enough on most nights.
Grabner – so, let’s say he scores …… 35 goals this season…. just to throw a figure out there. Do you leave him unprotected thinking that it’s an aberration or protect him in the dispersal draft? He’s done it before, but it’s not the normal production for him.
AV must have stressed not leaving the front of the goal unguarded because there were times when I saw four players in front of the goal even though nobody was covering a man. There were still Toronto players unmarked in the high slot and to the side of the crease. For this game though, it didn’t hurt them.
You would never know Ziba was injured. He comes back from a broken leg and looks to be in mid-season form. I like the Gimp line with Buch and Nash.
Good morning all! Phew! Nice change of pace to see today’s news and happiness abounding here ….. I vote fans for the SM award…taking a lot of extra effort lately!! 😝
@Alex: On Sam, have to cut him some slack, its not an easy job and we have no idea the visibility from his box. Trying to pick up 10 or 40 in a split second with that annoying Salmon guy pestering you….
On The Austrian Express (aka BeepBeep!) – have to think a lot of his renissance comes from playing in the AV system. Put him on a Torts team and he might be lucky to see 7 mins a night with 5 goals. See it in other sports too where the player either fits the system or stadium really well but bombs elsewhere.
Good Morning! Good game for Hank he did look shaky at times but much better over all. I still believe Kreider needs to be united with Zika & Buch! Nash Step and Zucc. If Grabner is Beep Beep than who is Wile E. Coyote?
ILB – 13 second round draftees from 2013 have played a game in the NHL. Only Nic Petan (17 pts in 53 games) and Artturi Lehkonen (15 pts in 37 games) have more points than Buch (14 pts in 14 games).
Interestingly enough, 12 third rounders from 2013 have played in the NHL with The Duke leading the way with 60 points in 140 games. also ahead of Buch are Brett Pesce (24 pts in 113 GP, drafted ahead of Pavel) and Mattias Janmark (29 opts in 73 GP, drafted after Pavel) and Sven Andrighetto (26 pts in 71 GP, and drafted after Pavel).
So far we have two Michael Stewarts from the first round: Samuel Morin (#11 to Philly) and Morgam Klimchuk (#28 to Calgary). I referenced Stewart because he is the highest ex-NYR 1st round pick to never have played in the NHL (13th overall – jusy edging Jim Malone who was drafted 14th and was probably the biggest 1st round bust for the Rangers). Huge Speciman did play two games in the NHL – albeit with Florida.
Kind of funny how the Panthers seem to take our first round bombs. Although, you gotta admit the Rangers could use McIlrath’s body now given they haven’t called up a spare d-man from Hartford with Staal’s injury. I know there are cap concerns, but I think it is more of an indictment to the blueliners in Hartford (outside of Ryan Graves who might not be ready – plus if he isn’t going to break the top six why recall him) than a cap concern.
Watch it again this am. The coverage in front was better minus the Klein misplay, but, still way too many odd man rushes. If good(but not great Hank) didn’t show up it might have been 7 to 3 again. Also everyone can’t fly the zone on the PP. They leave the one guy back with the options of a dangerous long pass or trying to beat the forechecker one on one. Someone has to come back and give him another option. Leafs got one shortie and Hank made the save on other chances.
If they protect Grabner they expose Zucc? I think you have to assume whichever forward they expose will get picked. Tough call. Even with less scoring Grabner’s speed is a game changer.
The feeling on Shattenkirk is that he wants to play for the Rangers. Why give up anything of substance for a guy you can get for just money in July.
My feeling on the Rangers D, is they need a defensive defenseman. Fir this team, Shattenkirk is not a fit.
Watched the turnover by Gerund and the SHG again. Gonna cut him a little slack because the breakout was butchered, with two Rangers (Zibanejad and Buchnevich, I believe) within a few feet of each other and of Gerund. No way it’s designed that way. Also think about it, those three guys haven’t played a lot of PP minutes together lately.
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SN – Burns is not pretty. Thornton less show.
Hank needs to go down to Hartford on a hair conditioning assignment. The extra sheen will shine – problem solved.
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Less so *^^
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The orange monster looms on the horizon.
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First.
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Henrik turns things around this game. And never looks back.
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Valet Cat thinks NYR should take an early penalty so Henk can get lots of shots on him and Doogay thinks he just needs some confidence.
Oy flipping vey
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7-3 Leaves.
Does Dugay ever know what he’s talking about?
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Leaves 23
Rangers 5
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FIRE SATHER!
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Oscar back in
Pumps not traveling yet
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GWG Hunwick
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First!!
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Monk!
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Which Hankie is gonna show tonight? Swedish Fish or Swiss Cheese?
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Hank after goal 3
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Salmon Joe putting generous amount of lipstick on this pig
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Is this thing on?
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I haven’t watched yet…behind due to kid swimming lesson…dvr’d baby!!!
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Wheeeeeeeee! Here we go!!!!!!!!!
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I don’t like those pads of Hanks. It looks like a Grand Canyon of a 5 hole.
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Grabber is faster than the other players.
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There is Zuccarello again.
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Oh, Skjei can you seeeeee….
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Was that Buch with the breakout pass (for the Leafs)?
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Hooray for our side!
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Good shot in the arm for the slumping Skjei!
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The usual defensive mess, but Lundqvist cleaning it up.
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Can’t blame Hank for that one.
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That’s one sweaty Bozak
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Leafs D pinching in neutral zone – smart passing could lead to some odd man rushes
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Purée coming back in picture as goal was scored
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Usual first-period merde-show. Lundqvist may need to headstand to keep the gap under two.
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Hank-a-Lugie
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E3…Did Hanka give anyone the stink-eye?
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NYR letting Leafs get speed thru neutral zone – need to press their D
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Klein’S turn to soil the bed.
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Hey Papa!
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No NYR presence in neutral zone – just skating like the wind through our fore check
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Great Ozone passing by that line
Zika with great play to get possession
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I love this guy!
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Hot Diggety !!
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The Zibbuch connection
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Bingo for Bucho!!!
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IT. IS. A. GOAL!
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Good goal.
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The impossible to predict Distinct Kicking Motion Rule.
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Good goal – changes direction when it hit stickblade
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Is it?
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“Remember Joe, the call on the ice was goal”
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Toronto vs. Toronto?
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You can not fermez la Buch!
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We own the Canadian review team
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Rangers getting just about all these calls this season. I guess the conspiracy is over.
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Dumb dumb dumb
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Kreider is an idiot. But he is pretty.
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Did Miller almost score with his naughtsack?
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Subtle, The, subtle.
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JT with almost a really dumb play there
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Hayes shoots too much!
Pass it!
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How could Haze not pass it back to Grabber
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Second bad play by Haze in a minute
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The one time Hayes decides to shoot it was the wrong decision
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That one time when Hayes doesn’t pass.
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Pass or Shoot? Easy call from up here…
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On a 2 on 0, you MUST score. Hayes the overpasser underpassed.
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Le Duke is Le Demoted
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Just saw that the Coyotes sent Duclair to the minors.
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Good period?
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Buch is good, but fragile…
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Norm…Hunwick wearing the “A” for AWESOME!
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The Miracle Met with a nice pass on the goal
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Nash needs to pass to his line mates, always looking to shoot – Butch is open, finds the space
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Everyone vibin’ everybody on the Hayes miscue.
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Could have been worse for Hayes. Tell me you couldn’t picture him stickhandling past the goal without passing or shooting
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Loafs not big but play chippy, lots of stick work/cross checks and hits from behind
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Papa, man crash bromance?
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Who had the big open ice hit earlier? Miller?
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The A is for Attila the Hunwick, Pops.
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I could see Hayes passing, having it blocked and everyone yelling “Shoulda shot”.
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Lo-o-ove the Hunwick.
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Not me, Olga. Fancy-boy pass-pass-pass every time! Well, 90%, maybe.
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Hayes will never win that argument unless one of them scored a goal.
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Imo, Grabner passed to Purple a tad too early.
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IMO, if has passes it back to Grabber, it hits the diving d-man’s stick and goes in to the net.
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He’s a fancy boy!
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klein did not have a good first period. THe top6 are looking to break out tonight. Another 5-goal game.
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Watching leafs goal again Klein is completely lost in coverage before and then after
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Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum!
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Grab may have passed early (I don’t think he did) but he committed the goalie fully and Hayes had all day to make the open-net, tap-in pass. Brain fart. It happens.
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We’re gonna take it up a notch.
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Knock it off Izzy
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Try to count the number of picks Loafs set – annoying
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I give the Rs credit for stopping the defensive bleeding towards the end. And very good offensively, should have scored more.
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“the level with which they play at”… Really Joe? I don’t know how you keep your job.
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Someone needs to plant #8
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Hunwick is dominating
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“Someone needs to plant #8″……SN, ours or theirs
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Remember when VC used to play on the Rangers
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Boom shot!!!!
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Miller Time
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Give this guy more ice
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Great Day in the Morning!
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We’re behind a bunch of woots tonight…
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YES!!!! I was following that play pretty closely. Saying nice play by Hayes, then pass, then the putaway
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Holy Hemorrhoid!
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pretty sure that shot hit Hunwick in the visor and deflected in.
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The Rangers-are-losing posters are on a boat in Miami
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Hunwick with the goal!!
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He’s still helping us!
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Love Joe’s commentary, that Clendening stayed with Marner on the break-in before the Papa John’s goal. … Gerund pretty much escorted him to the net.
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See? Hayes’ passes are always perfect when they score…
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Penalty against Loafs? Why call it
Now, only been happening all game
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WTF?
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Stepan. Woof.
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Make the Rangers great again!
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Love the hunwick. Love the buchnevich more. Call him fragile but this kid isn’t putting up points by accident.
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Steppenwolf?
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Zika has to get that one timer on net
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Zibsnejad slmost launching a WMD
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Get your motor running?
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Don’t Bogart that puck, my friend…
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Miller has an insane shooting % almost 18%. He really should shoot more. Queue the “will jt get 25 goals this season” msg break question
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Pass it to me.
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Head out on the highway?
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When the name Boosh nevich Captain, I hope he wears a “K” like the old Soviet team Captains.
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Looking for adventure
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In a game that should be 6-1 pp fails again. Wheels fall off now
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Clendening, take a seat.
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Hartford beckons. First, bench.
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Filth in the metro
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Torts would have one for on the boards for that knee on knee on Zucc
Nitro a peep from double bubble
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Clendening benching looming.
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I time my watch by Eric’s posts
My alarm goes off once Eli chimes in
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SN
Re your 8:24, it was Klein
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One foot that is
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Ray Ferraro needs to eat a few peanut butter and banana sandwiches. He looks like an ultramarathoner
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Good period?
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Hyman broke in there and he scored.
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DStars getting blanked by the non-Capuano’s. Vomit.
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Hyman Roth.
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Olga said Hyman broke
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I am Fenwick
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Rangers apparently tuckered out Dallas.
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Love that ad, Headzo.
i am Corsi
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… And that kids name was Moe Greene, I never asked who gave the order.
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You could make one of those want to get away commercials starring Hank with his recent play!
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35-18 in shots glorious chances yet clinging 3-2 lead.
Leafs will tie it on pp 3-3 win it late book it.
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Just catching up with you guys on my DVR… we were playing good and up 3-2 in Montreal after two, too… lets gone for a different outcome in Toronto.
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Just caught up on dvr, how’s it going wankers?
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Gone = hope
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Stats show Clendening assisting on JT’s goal but not Hyman’s
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Wicky lol
Great DVRS dvr alike?
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Hope’s Gone? Where’d she go? She was just here…
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Gone = prepare
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Hank’s gonna turn this around. 360 degrees…
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Love the Hunwick
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Someone freaking finish
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Oh my…I had no idea…
It’s like, everyone moved
Here
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Admire the staff for sticking with Clendening. Hate it, but admire it.
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Lol Olga
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Purée is horrendous
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Haze is clueless in Dzone – puck watcher
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Faux, Ray Ferraro looks slim. Did you see a recent photo of John Leclair though? He looks like he ate Ray Ferraro
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Staalwart! It’s like seeing another shipwreck survivor makes it to shore.
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Klein is astonishingly bad…Sigh.
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Not scoring on the PP is okay, but about making them work. Even a little.
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Cccp
Lmfao
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Staal!
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*how about*
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Someone be needs to nail 47 – cheap shot artist
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Is it pumpkin time for shampoo boy ?
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4ever, it’s ok because Klein knows he’s bad and that he has to try to be better. That’s all our coach asks for
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Trying doesn’t pays the bills…
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Carp!
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Paging Marc staal. I can’t watch more of Adam and Kevin.
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2 hours 14 mins to go beezle
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“he has to try to be better” That’s Hank’s Theme Song. Sings it after every loss.
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With ya on that one Eric
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Carp!
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Olga!!!
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On a good note, haven’t noticed matt Martin, and that’s a good thing
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He really is one of the underrated dirtbags, SN
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Is today the day we traded one idiot for another idiot in Washington, D.C.?
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Sam said No. 1
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That’s it Wick. Depress me more
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I think we’re getting a much better idiot this time.
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Tom Wilson, Wick?
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When I’m stuck with a day
That’s grey,
And lonely,
I just stick out my hair
And Glare,
And Say,
Oh
The five hole will close
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
‘Til tomorrow
Come what may
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That’s future former ranger dirt bag to you, Carp! 🙂
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Best part of game so far is sams call of leafs first goal…”he hit the crossbar”…umm no Sam, it was in the net.
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Machine.
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Machine
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4th line – wowza
The machine
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the machine
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Carp
We could use Wilson
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4th line 3rd d pair stellar
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The savior lol
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Grabs!
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#20 – Grabber
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Is that Grabners first shorty?
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I love Grabner
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Grabby! For the home crowd.
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And that my friends is a Yahtzee!!!!
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Michael “the Rocket” Grabner
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Simple Simon!
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NHL coaches do this all the time, 4th line, 3rd D-pair. Never understood it, but of course it leads to a shorty!
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BeepBeep > Machine
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Why, we need another idiot, Wick?
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Vibin’ Eric!
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That’s a Golly Grabber!
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Great goal by beepbeep…and stellar pass from no Doritos
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Carp
Because the rangers always score shorthanded
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Grabner!
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Very good Rangers win! And Henrik looked great!
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Home team clock man?
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So smart away from puck
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Grabby Deuce
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(Goal) Machine
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Back to norm? (of 5)
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Another Golly Grrabber!
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Beepbeep with a no Gatorade special
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The Austrian Express has to be the turn around story of the year.
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Lundqvist, Grabner, Girardi, in unreversed order. Then Hunwick.
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Wait, they won a game without selke hart fast in the lineup?
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I voted hated, shampoo boy, and beepbeep…in no particular order
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HM to opg
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LQ, Grabby Shay. Because I said so.
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HL played ok though can’t say he was really under much of any duress. Good way to stop the bleeding though.
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Rangers win 5-2. That’s like a shutout.
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Didn’t vote. not registered
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I varted
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I vote Klein clendening Pirri. 3 losers.
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Grabner has to win the Steven McDonald Award, no?
Unless it becomes a “most popular Ranger” vote again.
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I have 4 stars
Hank grabner brady girardi
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Grabby, Skjei, Buch. Honoring mention Selke fart – Hast.
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Carp
You’d hope so (outside shot at it to Holden). My guess is sideshow bob wins it again.
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My Front runners for SM award. McDonuts in the lead with Grabby, Kreider a close second and Miller 3rd. McDonough due to TOI
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I like JT for MacDonald – guy takes a beating and keeps going
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SN
He’d be my personal fave pick
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Hank throwing everybody under the bus again 🙂
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I would have zero problem with Hated One winning it.
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maybe Raanta if he plays a lot and does well for the McDonald award
my 3 stars
Henrik, grabner, skjei
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Phew! That was a lot tougher than the final score. Has to be important for Hank to get the “soft goal” monkey off his back. He played well and made those “timely” saves AV loves. And Grabs!!! Wahoo.
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I think McDonagh and all the minutes he plays well would be a good choice for the McDonald award
on the voting for each game, if no show effort, Jensen is a good vote
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Wholly crap, Duchesne is 2nd in the NHL on faceoffs…who knew?!
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Gonna be extra special this year without Officer McDonald there.
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Where is Zimbanejad on the Stars listing?
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No problem with McDonut; should be taking half of G’s pay as well
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Austin M: 0 points -3 matched up against Zika most of the night
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Did someone post earlier that dreger said shattenkirk was willing to go to some teams via trade and one of the teams was the avs?
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So there is space available on the ledge again! I’m actually looking forward to Stahl getting back. The gerund is showing why he hasn’t stuck in the league.
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Award should go to Donuts or #10. Both hard-nosed, no nonsense.
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The Coach and the ‘Press’ are a bit too giddy. We didn’t look all that good by a longshot.
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Wicky
Dreger did mention the Avs for Shattenkirk (among several teams)
I think he even said back to the Avs as he started there.
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So, ummm, the ducks ice girls…ummm wholly crap 🔥
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Alex
Thanks, seems like an odd destination from his standpoint. Not eastern (obviously) and not a playoff team (again, obviously).
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2 Sam mistakes
called it as puck hitting post on a Toronto goal
The Grabner shorty he called it as pass going to miller and corrected as Grabner shot it
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One of the hundreds of reasons I never coached above HS level–I’d have sat Clendening so hard the bench would have broken.
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Dreger had NYR on Shattenkirk’s list. Obviously.
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McKenzie said tonight he thinks Shattenkirk will probably be a Ranger
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The Miracle Met was on for 3 of the NYR goals and the one against in which he was the guilty party on the turnover but 89 and 93 didn’t help matters on that break out to say nothing of the hook against him but yeah, he should have sat, in fact, they should drop him off in Hartford on the way back he really stinks.
I mean he dropped to 7th in points/60 behind #6 Kris LeTang, but still ahead of #149 Dan Girardi.
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I thought he was worse on the breakaway by Marner. The SHG play was just a bobble.
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A bobble maybe, but you could see it coming a mile away. A terrible play, one he recovered from easily.
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I was saying Shatty would eventually be a Ranger when McKenzie wasn’t even yet potty trained.
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Lol, you guys slay me
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Nope, no bobble.
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I forgot all the things that Zibanejad can do. That is a big loss for Ottawa and for Iran
If we stay healthy, our best defense will be our great offense. Schedule for the rest of Jan and all of Feb is a biotch. Aren’t there any easy games anymore in our own time zone? Or are we now the mark on other teams’ schedules? If so, they should be careful what they wish for in the second half
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Good morning, boneheads!
Pretty good win last night. They were sharp, moved their feet, passed well. Excellent puck support by their forwards, making breakouts easy. Toronto has some world class players, they will be good. Eventually
I was watching Hank. Better game, a confidence builder. Still ways to go, he was fighting it at times.
Could we have a 30 goal scorer at $1.65M this year? Moves like that, even it’s pure luck, make a GM look like genius.
Before Buchnevich went down with injury I was very pleased with his play. My feeling was he was exactly as advertised. After he came back, I think he is much more than that. 3rd round, 75th pick. Really? I don’t have time to check, but I wonder how many 2nd rounders from that draft are playing in the NHL. For the record, he was NY’s 2nd pick, they took Tambellini 10 spots higher.
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I know Jimmy Vesey hit a wall, it was expected, but I’m not sure he is going to get out of it by playing on the 4th line.
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Not an E3 review day, otherwise it would have been up for several hours already.
Maybe RR2 founder (& staff writers) can move to west coast so we get our review nice & early.
Come on Doodie, it’s a small sacrifice!
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Extra effort needs to go to AV’S gum. Without the calming chew AV might be Torts in a presser after a bad loss circa 2013
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1/20/17 Is finally here.
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That’s more like it! Didn’t think Hank was great, but two goals against is good enough on most nights.
Grabner – so, let’s say he scores …… 35 goals this season…. just to throw a figure out there. Do you leave him unprotected thinking that it’s an aberration or protect him in the dispersal draft? He’s done it before, but it’s not the normal production for him.
AV must have stressed not leaving the front of the goal unguarded because there were times when I saw four players in front of the goal even though nobody was covering a man. There were still Toronto players unmarked in the high slot and to the side of the crease. For this game though, it didn’t hurt them.
You would never know Ziba was injured. He comes back from a broken leg and looks to be in mid-season form. I like the Gimp line with Buch and Nash.
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Good morning all! Phew! Nice change of pace to see today’s news and happiness abounding here ….. I vote fans for the SM award…taking a lot of extra effort lately!! 😝
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I just went through last Go Time thread. Staal Wart!!! Welcome back, glad you found us!
Where in holy hell is Orr?
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Doodie/RR2 – check email
E3 – no email
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@Alex: On Sam, have to cut him some slack, its not an easy job and we have no idea the visibility from his box. Trying to pick up 10 or 40 in a split second with that annoying Salmon guy pestering you….
On The Austrian Express (aka BeepBeep!) – have to think a lot of his renissance comes from playing in the AV system. Put him on a Torts team and he might be lucky to see 7 mins a night with 5 goals. See it in other sports too where the player either fits the system or stadium really well but bombs elsewhere.
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Good Morning! Good game for Hank he did look shaky at times but much better over all. I still believe Kreider needs to be united with Zika & Buch! Nash Step and Zucc. If Grabner is Beep Beep than who is Wile E. Coyote?
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Beezle
No doubt that I would make more mistakes than Sam
The way he corrected himself if you were listening only you would think Miller got the pass and passed it to Grabner.
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I would miss Grabner just like I miss Hagelin even without the scoring pace.
World class speed.
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ILB – 13 second round draftees from 2013 have played a game in the NHL. Only Nic Petan (17 pts in 53 games) and Artturi Lehkonen (15 pts in 37 games) have more points than Buch (14 pts in 14 games).
Interestingly enough, 12 third rounders from 2013 have played in the NHL with The Duke leading the way with 60 points in 140 games. also ahead of Buch are Brett Pesce (24 pts in 113 GP, drafted ahead of Pavel) and Mattias Janmark (29 opts in 73 GP, drafted after Pavel) and Sven Andrighetto (26 pts in 71 GP, and drafted after Pavel).
So far we have two Michael Stewarts from the first round: Samuel Morin (#11 to Philly) and Morgam Klimchuk (#28 to Calgary). I referenced Stewart because he is the highest ex-NYR 1st round pick to never have played in the NHL (13th overall – jusy edging Jim Malone who was drafted 14th and was probably the biggest 1st round bust for the Rangers). Huge Speciman did play two games in the NHL – albeit with Florida.
Kind of funny how the Panthers seem to take our first round bombs. Although, you gotta admit the Rangers could use McIlrath’s body now given they haven’t called up a spare d-man from Hartford with Staal’s injury. I know there are cap concerns, but I think it is more of an indictment to the blueliners in Hartford (outside of Ryan Graves who might not be ready – plus if he isn’t going to break the top six why recall him) than a cap concern.
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Winter Soldier (Buchnevich) with another goal! Point(s) in every game since returning continues! DA!
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Watch it again this am. The coverage in front was better minus the Klein misplay, but, still way too many odd man rushes. If good(but not great Hank) didn’t show up it might have been 7 to 3 again. Also everyone can’t fly the zone on the PP. They leave the one guy back with the options of a dangerous long pass or trying to beat the forechecker one on one. Someone has to come back and give him another option. Leafs got one shortie and Hank made the save on other chances.
If they protect Grabner they expose Zucc? I think you have to assume whichever forward they expose will get picked. Tough call. Even with less scoring Grabner’s speed is a game changer.
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Ilb
I don’t think ORR ever cared much for this place… I reached out to him multiple times on Facebook and he saw the msgs but….oh, well. His loss.
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Man, those shattenkirk rumours are heating up again.
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With each game that Buchnevich plays, Zucc gets closer to being an ex Ranger.
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The feeling on Shattenkirk is that he wants to play for the Rangers. Why give up anything of substance for a guy you can get for just money in July.
My feeling on the Rangers D, is they need a defensive defenseman. Fir this team, Shattenkirk is not a fit.
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Doodie – email
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If they buy out Girardi and Zucc goes to Vegas they can afford Shattenkirk over the Summer. Don’t see moving assets for him at the deadline.
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Injuries mostly behind us, no offense to Staal and Raanta. Things looking up
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Watched the turnover by Gerund and the SHG again. Gonna cut him a little slack because the breakout was butchered, with two Rangers (Zibanejad and Buchnevich, I believe) within a few feet of each other and of Gerund. No way it’s designed that way. Also think about it, those three guys haven’t played a lot of PP minutes together lately.
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SN – go thru carp or doodie and trade emails with me.
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Bdl
I agree on zucc and shattenkirk. I also agree we need a stay at home type.
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