Around the NHL: Part XXXIII

[nevesis]

What a beautiful morning it is. f*** the Islanders and their fans forever.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Anyone else find SA's constant sarcastic posts kind of annoying? Then it ends up derailing these threads by people that think he's serious.

 

[Raspewtin]

Anyone else find SA's constant sarcastic posts kind of annoying? Then it ends up derailing these threads by people that think he's serious.

no

 

[NYRKING30]

It’s almost as if Islander fans forgot how they loved bathing in Ranger fans tears in 2012,2014,2015. You get what you sow. If you can’t take it, don’t give it.

 

[Kane One]

What’s the rule on wearing neutral fan gear to the Stanley Cup lol. Might have prematurely bought game 7 tickets but don’t own Montreal or Lightning apparel. Here’s hoping for game 7

I don’t have any problem with that

 

[haohmaru]

What’s the rule on wearing neutral fan gear to the Stanley Cup lol. Might have prematurely bought game 7 tickets but don’t own Montreal or Lightning apparel. Here’s hoping for game 7

If there's a game 7 you sell them to some desperate Habs fan(s) and put that shit towards Rangers tickets next year. It'll be a crapload of easy money. Duh.

 

[NYR94]

What’s the rule on wearing neutral fan gear to the Stanley Cup lol. Might have prematurely bought game 7 tickets but don’t own Montreal or Lightning apparel. Here’s hoping for game 7

Commit the ultimate jersey foul by stitching together a half-Canadiens, half-Lightning jersey with the name CAMEL TOEWS on the back like every other clown who doesn't realize it's pronounced "Taves" and not "Toes".

 

[bobbop]

I wasn't on this board yet, but I was fuming when I heard the McD trade.

Especially considering how much Tampa took us to the cleaners with the St. Louis trade.


Both on the return (at the time, I wanted Sergachev over Howden/Hajek), and the Miller part.

I knew Miller didn't have a future here, but that was a complete giveaway.

Hell, I wanted Kucherov but he wasn’t available. Gorton took the best deal he could get.

There were a lot of people who expected more from Hajek. I remember listening to John Paddock on NHL Radio calling him a lock top 4 NHL defenseman.

Hopefully Lundkvist will salvage this deal and then we can all move on.

 

[bobbop]

Just wanted to come by and say thanks to all of you for the good luck wishes and confidence even after ours got ripped to shreds after that game six.

I would say a bromance is forming between these teams but I still feel like the Rangers hate us after we fleeced you guys for McD.

Yeah, like the Menendez Brothers

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

The Nets and Islanders are eliminated.

The Knicks and Rangers have good coaches.

we still got Dolan though…

 

[Synergy27]

Lost in all of this is that the draft pick the Devils got for the trade ended up being quite a bit lower than expected. AAAAAAAND, the series winning shorty is almost entirely on Palmieri. What the hell was he doing on that play?

Just beauty all around.

 

[RangerLifer]

What a beautiful morning it is. f*** the Islanders and their fans forever.

My thoughts exactly!! I said a prayer of thanks to the Hockey Gods too!

 

[PuckLuck3043]

It’s almost as if Islander fans forgot how they loved bathing in Ranger fans tears in 2012,2014,2015. You get what you sow. If you can’t take it, don’t give it.

So true, we went to 3 conference finals in 4 years including a SCF and those scumbags were thrilled when we lost and always downplayed the accomplishments of those teams. Karma bitches.

 

[SwedeAmerican]

So true, we went to 3 conference finals in 4 years including a SCF and those scumbags were thrilled when we lost and always downplayed the accomplishments of those teams. Karma bitches.

F em all.

 

[Machinehead]

Vegas is an easy out.

Yes, a 24-win team steamrolled them.

Are you going to address that Chicago's dynasty was tiny and how you reconcile that with your agenda?

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Just wanted to come by and say thanks to all of you for the good luck wishes and confidence even after ours got ripped to shreds after that game six.

I would say a bromance is forming between these teams but I still feel like the Rangers hate us after we fleeced you guys for McD.

Being happy the Islanders lost is not the same thing as being happy Tampa won.

 

[Irishguy42]

Anyone else find SA's constant sarcastic posts kind of annoying? Then it ends up derailing these threads by people that think he's serious.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

their window is closed

nest season will be 82 games...with that old a$@ roster they will be out of gas by the 70 game mark
and super Lou traded away all their picks, this team is toast now

They’ve literally never finished an 82 game season well.

they always die down the stretch, but luckily for them there was no stretch the last 2 years

 

[JimmyG89]

They’ve literally never finished an 82 game season well.

they always die down the stretch, but luckily for them there was no stretch the last 2 years

That team going down the stretch in 2020 was done. Losing nearly every game. They were about to be out of the playoffs. The pause came at the best time for them.

Take a look at how many games they got in this season. 56 in the regular season and 19 in the postseason. Comes out to 75 games. Still not even a full 82.

I really hope the decide to go all in. It won't go well for them. And once that screws them, Barzal will leave knowing they've got nothing left to help him.

 

[will1066]

Being happy the Islanders lost is not the same thing as being happy Tampa won.

Lol the dude was ok, but as soon as it was over he was thrown under the bus

 

[will1066]

Isles fans particularly upset that 5 Lightning were on the ice for the Gourde goal.

 

[LeetchisGod]

I guess Trotz isn’t as good as we thought. He looks like just another guy who can take you into the playoffs but can’t win that big game when needed.

That is a ridiculous take. He took a team with average talent to back to back final four appearances. He is also the only coach to take a very talented but underachieving Caps team to the promised land.

 

[CLW]

Yep. They played a very north/south game and spent a ton of time in the Islander's zone. It's what Quinn was trying, but failing, to get our team to do in the regular season.

No he didn't. The scheme to move the puck out of the Rangers own zone was set up very differently, it was far too slow and cumbersome, the players looked confused and disorganized 90% of the time and the players struggled to get out of their own zone with any kind of speed and cohesion. The player who was supposed to give the setup pass out to the free man going out of the zone with the speed was set up high in the zone, the D was > too slow to get the puck to the setup player, and when they did the player who got the puck > had no one to pass to because the player supposed to get the puck was nearly always missing or had no speed. Everything just collapsed time and time again.

This was a problem especially with the 3rd pairing and the kid line. The top two lines mostly improvised and used Fox's ability to move the puck and find space to get going.

The failure to have a coherent plan, structure and cohesion is part of what drove me nuts watching the Rangers. Tampa are much better at moving the puck quickly in their own zone from the D > to a player at the boards > to an open man who has speed or is free to look for a stretch pass to Point or Gourde deep in the neutral zone looking to break away. The Habs made a similar play with Caufield's goal where he left McNabb for dead.

 

[Irishguy42]

Honestly surprised Friedman/McKenzie/LeBrun/etc. haven't really said anything about the Chicago 2010 sexual assault/abuse stuff yet.

Shows how much they value their social connects more than doing their job, IMO.

Kudos to Powers/Westhead/Strang/etc. for their investigative/reporting work so far.

 

[Leetch 94]

Anyone else looking forward to the first Rangers game on ESPN next season and hearing this?