GDT: #1 - 01/14/21 | islanders @ RANGERS | 7:00 - MSG, NHLN

[Zynbanejad]

I missed the Barzal goal and it sounds like Igor's just as unready as the others. WTF?

yeah kinda, but pretty soft D by Tony D

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Gauthier demoted already. Quinn despises him.

Can GM have a talk with Quinn, this is not how you develop players and this clown was hired specifically because he was supposed to be good at developing players.

 

[Synergy27]

Hey guys. Remember how excited we were an hour ago?

Still a loooooong way to go to contention.

 

[Doctyl]

This is why the JJ signing is so upsetting. Not necessarily because he sucks. No one here is surprised that this is what you get when you put that pylon out there. Its depressing that management thought this was a good acquisition.

 

[Machinehead]

Chytil still looks like Chytil.

He's an NHL player but I'm starting to think this is what he is.

 

[Kovalev27]

gonna take me 5 games to realize he's not jesper fast

they have about the same skill set

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

yeah kinda, but pretty soft D by Tony D

Igor should eat that shot 100 times out of 100.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

51 seconds for Lemieux is odd

it’s the first game first period, already shortening the bench

 

[aufheben]

Jack Johnson with the 16.67 CF% through one...

 

[BBKers]

JMFJ as advertised. Very nervous team all in all.

 

[RangersFan]

Smith should be playing over Johnson. At the very least this team should be dressing 7 d-men

 

[bubba5]

Camera angle is like the same one they used in the 70’s and 80’s

 

[Brother Mouzone]

Rangers look slow with a couple of exceptions.

Quinn has proven he doesn’t get his team prepared several times now. Start every season slow. Start slow in the bubble. Too many men penalties are inexcusable.

Shesty looks shaky.

Miller looks timid but settled a bit as it went on.

Gauthier looks slow and tentative and has been shifted down.

JMFJ looks MFing awful.

Laf looks great. Confident. Fast. Ready. Exciting.

Zib looks good. And ready to keep scoring.

Fox looks great.

Panarin looks like Panarin.

Kakko looks more comfortable, still not fast.

Trouba looks slow.

DeAngelo looks rusty.

It's clear between the personnel decision and the debacle against the Canes and now to start the game that Quinn doesn't have what it takes to prepare a team. Even the Hawks had a better period against Tampa.

The bolded is my concern as well ..

 

[Machinehead]

Nice to see Bill Pidto.

I think he's actually pretty good.

 

[egelband]

who tf is rooney

 

[mcsauer2738]

Yeah, why is everyone playing hockey instead of mindlessly throwing hits?

You like this crap better than what the league was a decade ago? The product has been so diminished. No energy any more

 

[offdacrossbar]

assuming k'andre was ready to start the season facing 1st line talent....

david quinn. you dumb.

kids gonna get exposed.

there is a huge need for a legit LD.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

I rather have Dale Purinton over Jack Johnson right now

Dale Rolfe and he broke Ratelle's ankle

 

[Kane One]

Igor should eat that shot 100 times out of 100.

I mean I thought that was an absolute laser. Idk why that shot HAD to be stopped.

 

[Ola]

Anyone remembering Shestyerkin's first game in the Traverse Tournament? Isn't this one an exact copy of that one?

 

[Allan92]

Can we please stop neglecting our fourth line going forward? Kevin Rooney is the type of player you sign in EA NHL games because you have like six forwards rated 90 overall

Di Giuseppe and Rooney aren't the type of players this 4th line needs

 

[Tob]

We need a wholesale change. I'm willing to give Gorton 1 more head coach but that's it.

 

[Blue Blooded]

Jack Johnson with the 16.67 CF% through one...

Doing a perfect Staal impression even on the stat sheet.

 

[Machinehead]

I really didn't think Miller was bad. It's hard to play with a partner who thinks he's Bobby Orr.

Trouba is talented but he doesn't score enough to offset how reckless he is.

 

[highandwide]

I wonder if this horrid camera angle is to show more of the sponsors on the seat covers... it's atrocious, can't see numbers half the time.

 

[LokiDog]

Hey guys. Remember how excited we were an hour ago?

Still a loooooong way to go to contention.

While I obviously don’t expect this team to contend for another ~2 years, I don’t think one rusty period is much of a barometer. Remember when the St. Louis Blues were like last in the NHL on new year’s... and won the Cup? It’s one period.