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Post-Game Talk: #2 - 01/16/21 | islanders @ RANGERS

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Kovalev27 said:
i aged myself a bit there lol
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All good mate. I’m in my 30s and discovered hockey in ‘97, at the time living in Florida of all places, so I may have missed that part of Malakhov’s career. ESPN, Dennis Potvin (the color guy at the time on the Panthers broadcasts), and the NHL video games. Then the internet changed everything. :laugh:
 
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Bills win. Rangers win. What a night. :heart:
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Great effort from the boys tonight. Still want to see more from Kakko though. Honestly, if it wasn't for the hard work of his linemates, he never would have had that opportunity to score. I think it is time to see Kakko do the dirty work for a change. Close on opponents, force turnovers, win battles. Am I asking for too much? I think with his rookie season behind him, and him getting plenty of time off to work on things, it's not asking too much. He can't be handled with kit gloves any longer. He deserved his demotion today. But then again he's only 19 and we're only two games in. Maybe it will come,... I just hope sooner rather than later.
 
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its interesting watching this kids - they are almost all prone to giving the puck away when they are trying to be sneaky like passing behind their back etc..
 
Edge said:
Man, that felt nice and cleansing.

Buch has come a long way. Man it’s fun to watch him these days. His all-around game is just so much better right now.

Zibanejad can turn nothing into something so quickly. He’s filthy dangerous.

Howden just continues to impress me thus far. He’s playing with decisiveness and aggressiveness and that’s giving him that extra edge he needs to play the type of role he was designed for.

Don’t underestimate Kakko’s competitiveness - whether it’s with Hughes from his draft class, or Lafreniere on the Rangers. He kept his legs moving tonight, got rewarded with a goal and this is exactly what he needs to do to be successful.

I love Lindgren. Dude always looks like he’s been through a war. He always looks surly and I never have any doubts about his will to battle and win.

Miller came in with the mindset that he belongs. He didn’t show them too much respect and it showed tonight. Wonderful to see.

If Kreider keeps playing like this on PK, I don’t ever want him coming off.

Strome is playing like he needs to visit a proctologist to find his head.
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Send him straight to the moon. Please.
 
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ohbaby said:
Great effort from the boys tonight. Still want to see more from Kakko though. Honestly, if it wasn't for the hard work of his linemates, he never would have had that opportunity to score. I think it is time to see Kakko do the dirty work for a change. Close on opponents, force turnovers, win battles. Am I asking for too much? I think with his rookie season behind him, and him getting plenty of time off to work on things, it's not asking too much. He can't be handled with kit gloves any longer. He deserved his demotion today. But then again he's only 19 and we're only two games in. Maybe it will come,... I just hope sooner rather than later.
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He floats a lot trying to make himself open, but I can think only of one great player who made a living off that playing style: The Russian Rocket. And he had speed, acceleration, agility, shot, vision and even strength that Kakko doesn’t begin to approach. So yeah ... KK needs to come back to reality and realize he needs to do some dirty work.
 
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Missed the game, but apparently we played well. Very relieved about this performance. To me it's less about the win and more about righting the ship. Consistently winning will come with time. I want to see these young players develop. I want them to make fewer and fewer mistakes each night. I want them to show growing confidence. The last four games were no doubt terrible. I'm glad they played well the entire game. We got up early and we kept the lead. I hope this continues Tuesday night.
 
ohbaby said:
Great effort from the boys tonight. Still want to see more from Kakko though. Honestly, if it wasn't for the hard work of his linemates, he never would have had that opportunity to score. I think it is time to see Kakko do the dirty work for a change. Close on opponents, force turnovers, win battles. Am I asking for too much? I think with his rookie season behind him, and him getting plenty of time off to work on things, it's not asking too much. He can't be handled with kit gloves any longer. He deserved his demotion today. But then again he's only 19 and we're only two games in. Maybe it will come,... I just hope sooner rather than later.
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He did a lot of the things you are complaining about in that play he scored on. He quickly closed in on the defender which caused that bad pass that chytil pounced on. Then he rushed back to the blueline so he wouldn't be offsides. I saw him along the boards a lot earlier in the game as well and winning battles.
 
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CasusBelli said:
He floats a lot trying to make himself open, but I can think only of one great player who made a living off that playing style: The Russian Rocket. And he had speed, acceleration, agility, shot, vision and even strength that Kakko doesn’t begin to approach. So yeah ... KK needs to come back to reality and realize he needs to do some dirty work.
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Also if he doesn't get his hands dirty, he'll never see the 18-20 minutes that he craves. So yeah, this has to be on his bucket list or else play third line minutes.
 
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Just got home, unless I wanna wait till 1:30 I gotta settle for the Isles broadcast for the replay:ha:
 
Beautiful set up but man, that Kak goal would probably be a goal on every goalie in the history of hockey. Whatta shot. I really hope these kids tear it up again Tuesday.

and that Zbad assist was a mothaf*ckin' 1C assist. Boss move.
 
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SnowblindNYR said:
We shit on Joe, but watching the Islanders feed Butch said "I still think if they play their A game they'll still win this hockey game". At least Joe doesn't openly root for the Rangers.
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yeah and during a blow out Sam and Joe get clearly more depressed and more silent as the blowout proceeds. They aren't delusional shitheads like butch
 
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