GDT: #6 - 10/16/13 | New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals | 8:00 PM - NBC SPORTS

[Riverdale]

Great period by the Rangers

The Caps aren't playing too bad either.

 

[SA16]

That was by far the best period of the season. Richards looks amazing.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

Hell of a period.

Keep it up!

 

[jniklast]

Great period, now don't mess it up! I want to see a win when I wake up again!

 

[Net Front Presence]

What's gotten into these guys?

 

[theFiGS]

When Hagelin gets back that'll push pouliot down to the 3rd line atleast

 

[Green Blob*]

Now THAT was a good period. Not that trash in the first that for some reason people thought was a good period.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

What's gotten into these guys?

Rested, and back in familiar territory.

 

[Machinehead]

Milbury: "I don't think they're good enough to score tic-tac-toe."

We just did.

 

[Crazed Beaver]

We found our second line once Nash returns.

It has to be, they were dominant.

 

[Josh3217]

Pouliot is bad.

 

[RangersFan]

he looks better than his 11-12 campaign so far

Definitely. People keep bringing up 11-12 Richie, but anyone who watched him a lot pre-concussion knows 11-12 Richie want even close to what he was. His play was camouflaged by a hot Rangers team and a Spring tear that was more in line with his pre-concussion play.

 

[mike14]

If Richards keeps playing like this and Hagelin - Stepan - Nash can provide what they provided last year, our top 6 is respectable.

Hagelin - Stepan - Nash
Richards - Brassard - Callahan

If we could roll that, plus a 3rd line getting approx 12 mins a night of

Kreider-Miller-Kristo

would people be ok with it?

 

[lJuicel]

Richie has looked great, real aggressive. Looking to shoot. Honestly, with the cap going up this year (most likely) it's going to be hard to buy him out.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Rangers outshot Caps 21-6 in that period to my understanding...

 

[trilobyte]

They were feeling things out in the first period. This is a team that needs some confidence. Great time to play the full-of-holes Capitals. They never really change.

 

[Pistachio]

Every time Pouliot gets the puck, he either runs it into an opposing player and loses it, or he just gives it to them. And people are wondering why Zuccarello isn't producing. At least Zuccarello produces turnovers and forechecking with a ton of effort.

 

[kingnashty61*]

Brad ******* Richards welcome back

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Milbury: "I don't think they're good enough to score tic-tac-toe."

We just did.

Don't think he's watching the same game, "This is how they used to look." yeah except we never outshot anyone 21-6.

 

[OverTheCap]

That was the best effort I've seen from them so far. They need to play like that every period, every game.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

If we could roll that, plus a 3rd line getting approx 12 mins a night of

Kreider-Miller-Kristo

would people be ok with it?

No. Not going to have an all rookie third line.

 

[lJuicel]

If we could roll that, plus a 3rd line getting approx 12 mins a night of

Kreider-Miller-Kristo

would people be ok with it?

Guess it depends what your asking from your 3rd line.

 

[SomE*]

Gaborik, Nash, Richards...sigh

What could have been.

lol Gabby was useless half the time

 

[beef 4 lunch]

If we could roll that, plus a 3rd line getting approx 12 mins a night of

Kreider-Miller-Kristo

would people be ok with it?

I would be behind that. Although I don't think thy would fair to well. I also like zucc.

 

[azrok22]

If we could roll that, plus a 3rd line getting approx 12 mins a night of

Kreider-Miller-Kristo

would people be ok with it?

Even assuming these guys were all ready and you wanted to play three rookies together, this really does not comport with the cornerstone of AV's coaching--zone starting. He is going to utilize a line for defensive purposes so that his top two lines see primarily offensive zone starts. Neither that Stepan line nor that Brassard line is designed to eat those defensive zone starts, which leaves you needing to build such a line.