GDT: #10 - 11/02/21 | RANGERS @ canucks | 10:00 - MSG

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May the tappy hands be with us this evening.
 

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I say it every time we play there, but Vancouver is truly one of the world's most beautiful cities, and everyone should check it out and also see a game.
 
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Regardless of whos in the pipes, I'd like to see a complete or close to complete 60 minute effort from the team tonight, just get some consistent play going.

If they do that they easily beat the Nucks.

I'd also like to see them get back to the simple road style we saw in Nashville and also at parts against Dallas in the home opener.

Forecheck, cycle, point shots, traffic in front.

Moving your feet, supporting the puck as a line and a 5 man unit.

As Gallant said yesterday, there are a lot of skilled players on this team and you dont want them all dumping the puck in. But the management of the puck has to be better, the giveaways have to be cut down and they have to find a way to marry the hard forechecking style that leads to more zone time.

The thing with the Rangers is if they do learn to play that style you get the best of both worlds. There is a decent amount of size and toughness in this lineup to stack up against any team and play a north south game, but amidst that there is also a ton of skill, moreso than most of the teams in the league.

If they can establish zone time and hem a team in using some grit, then pretty quickly their skill takes over and they are finding lanes and getting chances that most teams can't pull off.

It wont be easy, but they need to find the synergy of the two and they'll be unstoppable. I truly believe that. Because if everyone buys into the style it will sustain the team throughout a majority of the game and then boom, a highly skilled play can be made by Fox, Panarin, Mika, Laf, Kakko, Chytil, Strome, even Blais and Kreids.

Theres a level of patience this club needs to find and its starts at the top of the lineup.
Yeah. It’s the workman-like play that eventually springs the talented guys. Have to have the grinding, from all of them, before the talent can shine. Easier said than done, of course. But all the skill in the world is meaningless without the hard work to make space and exhaust the opponent.
 
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