Fitzy
Very Stable Genius
- Jan 29, 2009
- 36,353
- 24,150
It’s a precarious position when the division is doing so well that any dropped points can be catastrophic.
Fun, but stressful
Fun, but stressful
GDT: #17 - 11/18/21 | RANGERS @ leafs | 7:00 - MSG
- Thread starter Loff
- Start date
-
Xenforo Cloud will be upgrading us to version 2.3.5 on March 3rd at 12 AM GMT. This version has increased stability and fixes several bugs. We expect downtime for the duration of the update. The admin team will continue to work on existing issues, templates and upgrade all necessary available addons to minimize impact of this new version. Click Here for Updates
Joe Ranger Fan 1960
Registered User
Leaf fans seem more fired up about this team than as long back as I can remember. Something's cooking. My friends in Ontario called to congratulate me last game the Rangers beat them. That's not a good sign. They think they are better.
They've beat a bunch good teams in the last 10. Will be a real test.
At the same time they are bound to come back to earth at some point. Hopefully will be against us
leetch99
Leetch66 Joined 2007
Stop Matthews and we have a good chance.....and no dumb penalties . Forecheck them HARD...Leaf defense throw the puck away many times...think Nemeth and Nils . 4-3 OT loss . I can accept that ...road point .
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
Reminds me of the recent Premier League races. 38 games and you're in trouble if you don't win 32.
Joe Ranger Fan 1960
Registered User
I'm getting the feeling that, for whatever reason, the city of Toronto has this one circled on their calendar. I have no idea if the players feel the same as the fans, but I'm afraid our boys could get rolled tonight if they come out flat.
Crease
Chief Justice of the HFNYR Court
- Jul 12, 2004
- 24,766
- 27,709
romba
Registered User
Is that saying Lundqvist is better without Nemeth? If so that would be very interesting.
- Jul 16, 2005
- 14,857
- 13,012
So is this telling me that Lundkvist does better without Nemeth than Nemeth does without Lundkvist? That would certainly defeat a certain narrative. FWIW I know Lundkvist has made some obvious blunders, because, duh, he's a rookie, but I think he's been better than given credit for.
Edit: damn, timestamped by 6 minutes.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
- Oct 12, 2008
- 52,360
- 75,452
Expect big time games from Derek King, Dmitri Yushkevich, and Tomas Kaberle.
MyLoveIsBlue
Registered User
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2,496
- 7,587
Raspewtin
Stay at home defenseman hater
- May 30, 2013
- 44,300
- 21,901
Lundkvist has only played 22 ES minutes without Nemeth but he's been way, way better in those minutes. What's telling for me is Nemeth is even worse away from Lundkvist, his possession and expected goal metrics either stay the same or go down away from him.
I personally haven't been impressed with Lundkvist from a pure eye test perspective but Nemeth has been easily our worst player this year. He's so slow and inefficient with the puck. I really thought he'd be better than this.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
So far, Nemeth is late-stage Marc Staal without the whole "we have to play him a ton because he's Marc Staal" thing. Which is an improvement in and of itself I guess.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
It's also kind of a bad combo because Nemeth is horrible at moving the puck and tbh, Lundkvist isn't particularly great at it.
Lundkvist is great on the powerplay but at even strength, he's not exactly DeAngelo or Dan Boyle. He was thought of as a defensive player prior to 19-20. People only think of him as a DeAngelo/Boyle/Yandle dynamo type of puck-mover because he's small.
In reality, he profiles more like a Shattenkirk. His offense is going to be 5v4.
Lundkvist is great on the powerplay but at even strength, he's not exactly DeAngelo or Dan Boyle. He was thought of as a defensive player prior to 19-20. People only think of him as a DeAngelo/Boyle/Yandle dynamo type of puck-mover because he's small.
In reality, he profiles more like a Shattenkirk. His offense is going to be 5v4.
JCProdigy
Registered User
Glen Sathers Cigar
Sather 4 Ever
This chart needs a little more context.
I'm pretty sure Lundkvist has like 5 minutes of ice time all season without Nemeth at 5v5.
And Nemeth playing without Lundkvist usually happens late in games when we're getting caved in just trying to hold on for the win.
Our top six is going to have stay committed to helping out on defense to beat the leafs.
Raspewtin
Stay at home defenseman hater
- May 30, 2013
- 44,300
- 21,901
I would argue that Nemeth contributes to those late game skull f***ings a lot.
Glen Sathers Cigar
Sather 4 Ever
