Post-Game Talk: Big Willie Style
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Rangers need to win at a .700 clip to get in. That's not easy! Schedule is tough here on out. If they pull out of that would be actually impressive
Thankfully she didn’t ask to meet with Corey Perry
That Cuylle assist on the 2nd goal should be worth 3 assists
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I have full faith that we're a playoff team.
Washington last year sold Joel Edmundson, Anthony Mantha and Evgeny Kuznetsov at the deadline in 3 separate deals for a total of a 2nd, two 3rds, a 4th and a 5th, then somehow still made the playoffs. We're a way better team than that corpse of a team that got in last year. (And I'd love the reverse 8vs1 matchup against them this year so we can beat them again, but that's for another day)
We have one more piece to sell in Reilly Smith for picks and then I do expect Drury to make at least one cheeky trade to add, probably someone with some term, for the picks acquired from the Lindgren and Smith trades.
Are we buying in to the 'Miller effect' where he's come in a is dragging this team with him, or did the team just (sort of) find its game again after sucking for too long?
We've gone 7-4-0 with Miller here, after going 7-2-2 in the 11 before he got here, but;
Miller is 7-7-14 after going 1-5-6 in the 11 beforehand
Mika is 4-11-15 after going 1-4-5 in 11
Cuylle is 4-2-6 after going 2-1-3 in 11
So it does look like if nothing else bringing him has completely changed the fortunes of him, and our top line
We've gone 7-4-0 with Miller here, after going 7-2-2 in the 11 before he got here, but;
Miller is 7-7-14 after going 1-5-6 in the 11 beforehand
Mika is 4-11-15 after going 1-4-5 in 11
Cuylle is 4-2-6 after going 2-1-3 in 11
So it does look like if nothing else bringing him has completely changed the fortunes of him, and our top line
You can't be a fan because you're critical at the highest paid (or second highest?) player on your team?
It would be foolish to say that Miller hasn't had an impact on those guys and vice versa.
... But they were playing well before Miller got here even though their stat lines didn't reflect it.
These things even out. In January Cuylle couldn't buy a goal despite throwing a shit load of quality chances on net.
Today he scored a goal that bounced in off of his head.
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All the teams around the Rangers are mid. Rangers wont have to play at a .700 pace to get in. I'm sure it would guarantee it, but look at last year's race down to the final day. So many teams had chances to run away with it and no one did until the corpse of the Washington Capitals got in.
With a healthy Fox this roster is actually...better than last year and that team could have done it. The problem is that the Panarin line is at like 60% of what it was last year.
EdJovanovski
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Do we really? Why do we have a 60% chance of making it then?
I still want the team to tank but I love the Calvin De Haan era! Notice that the more rotten core pieces get removed from the team and lineup, the better this team plays.
RangerLifer
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I guess we both fail the "fan test."
EdJovanovski
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Can someone explain why we have an almost 30% better chance of making the playoffs than CBJ who are ahead of us and in the same division?
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Don't know how much I read into Lindgren no longer on our team. Nashville and the Islanders are pretty much bottom of the league offenses. His last game against the Leafs the Rangers defense was pretty good. There was that whacky bad luck goal by Nylander that Trocheck helped to knock in and the Igor giveaway into traffic that Marner and Matthews turned into a goal by Knies. The Leafs are a top offense--the Rangers D on the whole played pretty well and we were overall the better team. We just found a way to lose it and IMO Igor made the big mistake that night.
JT Miller has been an excellent player since he came back. I think he's helped quite a lot in Zibanejad's revival. Cuylle seems almost a younger version of JT. If there's one forward who really stepped up his game from last year it's him.
JT Miller has been an excellent player since he came back. I think he's helped quite a lot in Zibanejad's revival. Cuylle seems almost a younger version of JT. If there's one forward who really stepped up his game from last year it's him.
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Just curious, but why?
The Rangers are essentially there in points at the moment and just need to out-do the teams around them. Is there some freakish expectation that all the teams in the bubble around the Rangers will play .680 hockey the rest of way out, when they've all been low to mid .500s all season, where the Rangers need to be above .680? Cuz only two teams have consistently played above .680 all season and I don't think it's a given any of the teams the Rangers are competing with have the skill to play at that level for 20+ games.
Jones' performance is being overrated in this thread. He is the weakest link on defense right now.
So far, de Haan has been better defensively than I expected. At this rate, it's going to win him the spot over Jones if Fox returns and the team is still in playoff contention.
So far, de Haan has been better defensively than I expected. At this rate, it's going to win him the spot over Jones if Fox returns and the team is still in playoff contention.
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
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Because the Moneypuck playoff model is extremely bad. The sportsbooks have us at like 45% and CBJ around 38%. But Moneypuck also has us with the 8th best chance to win the cup better than Toronto/Edmonton etc
Valley said it once and everyone takes everything he says as fact
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Drury moved out Kakko, Chytil and Vesey. Kreider and Edstrom are injured. Smith and Kaliev are healthy scratches and still this forwards group looks pretty solid (new Kakko has been too finnish, maybe let Brodzinski be a center there while he acclimates).
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Lindgren and Trouba have been the human embodiment of "panic" on defense the last 2 seasons. Everything has calmed down a lot without them, especially K'Andre's game. I enjoyed him going right back at Anders Lee late in that game. The Islanders are such a defeated team.
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A lot of people really wanted Roy as coach here. I'm not blaming Roy but it is noteworthy.
