Post-Game Talk: Caps @ Rangers: 05/03/21

[Sayba]

Just love John Scott. Could not agree more with is take on the whole situation. What an absolute embarrassment Wilson and the NHL are. Now that the precedent has been set it is absolutely open season on any star player. Just disgusting.

Could not have been said any better.

 

[LetsGoRangers2021]

Next game is a big test for this Rangers team, if you ask me.

I disagree. The second half of that game was the test - and we failed miserably.... like we have all season. What do people honestly expect differently? We are soft in every way. Embarrassing. NYC.

 

[Coachcorner]

Is it going to be Rooney, Smith or Kreider who steps up and faces him no? What do you think?

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Hey remember when management said after the bubble they wanted to make this a tougher team to play against and then proceeded to add no toughness at all and fill the roster with under 25 year old guys who are skill players??? This is probably the 5th time I've posted that exact statement in the past month. What an abject failure on the part of this entire organization. Rushing prospects, no grit, no toughness, no identity except for soft and easy to play against. An absolute shame.

Besides a failure to act even worse they believed the leagues marketing campaign

 

[TSBruins13]

target backstrom tomorrow.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Is it going to be Rooney, Smith or Kreider who steps up and faces him no? What do you think?

Or smash Carlson’s face

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Not for nothin' but you don't have to be a physical player to throw a flying elbow to someone's head at high speed....

Call up Mason Gertsen

 

[Sayba]

I know everyone said Lemieux sucked, useless or whatever but this why I was disappointed when he was traded. I know he apparently requested the trade so whatever. We could certainly use him right about now.

 

[Coachcorner]

Or smash Carlson’s face

But I was referring to the wilson fight sire. So is it going to be kreider, rooney or smith? There are no others no? Sometimes somebody very surprising does it hard, but not often. Itll be very interesting to see who steps up sire.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Lots of blame here for the NHL. I also have to say- watching the video now over again- abysmal job by the on ice officials here. I've been an official for 22 years. I've been in these scrums a whole heck of a lot. The fact that both the linesmen go to a minor altercation with no chance of escalating first, go to the ice and leave the toughest and highest threat guy, Wilson, unattended, goes contrary to everything taught. The only thing they did right was the linesmen stayed together but an absolutely inexcusable display by them. They stayed with that minor altercation long after it has simmered down to nothing. The one linesmen( Tony Sericolo number 84) actually points out the other altercation( wilson's) with his hand like he wanted to get there but then does not actually go there. I'm floored. The NHL linesmen are usually much better than this but they have a lot of explaining to do too. The refs in this game are two of the most respected guys but they really did nothing here to help either. Charon( number 6) had to see it all from his spot. He had a n angle clear as day on the Panarin body slam. You can see he actually skates towards the body slam indicating he was thinking about getting in there. How he does not take into account the helmetless player being tossed to the ice and try and intervene in that is poor decision making. He allowed Wilson to life Panarin up again and repeat the same act again. Wes McCauley who was the ref by the goal could not do much nor see much but I'm just surprised here by a lot of what went wrong. NHL refs and linesmen are the best in the business but objectively, I'd be curious to know what they were thinking here.

Maybe the officials gathered together and decided that they owe a free pass to Wash

 

[LetsGoRangers2021]

Not for nothin' but you don't have to be a physical player to throw a flying elbow to someone's head at high speed....

But you do have to be a dirty player. See: Tom Wilson. We don't have those types. That said, to everyone saying we have to trade or teach a street fighter, the minor leagues are still FULL of goons that would do anything to play in the NHL. Really not hard to find a talentless goon for a few games if that was our style.

Hell give me a stick. Put me in coach.... I'll do it for a cool 50k and full reimbursement for my medical bills.

 

[JimmyJiveJones]

Sign John Scott to a 1 game deal? f*** im not even a Rangers fan at all but this just makes my blood boil. This isnt about getting retribution for Panarin, Buchnevich and the Rangers as a whole. Its about doing it for the other 30 teams in the league cause this garbage should never happen. But of course the "league" wont do shit about it and when something bad happens, theyll be wondering why it escalated so much. Bunch of goofs

 

[Coachcorner]

Morgan has the size, but I don't know if he's fought before? Can he do it.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

5000$ fine ... that's it ... okay. Grotans should go with the hitman tactic*.

*hire a hitman and dress him for one game

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

But I was referring to the wilson fight sire. So is it going to be kreider, rooney or smith? There are no others no? Sometimes somebody very surprising does it hard, but not often. Itll be very interesting to see who steps up sire.

I usually settle for majesty but sire works just as well

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I posted this on the main boards. The NHL has a marketing problem.

BTW, I'm listening to sports radio right now and the ones defending Wilson are lowest common denominator. Why is the league trying to appeal themselves to a bunch of uneducated old men? The NBA is really lame in how it's trying to be a "hip young guy" league, but guess what that's a much better route to go if you can pull it off than "angry uneducated old man" league. What are they f***ing doing? Do they want to be an afterthought forever?

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

But I was referring to the wilson fight sire. So is it going to be kreider, rooney or smith? There are no others no? Sometimes somebody very surprising does it hard, but not often. Itll be very interesting to see who steps up sire.

They should be going after backstrom, ovechkin and carlson.

 

[Tryblot]

I really hope you guys take a page out of the islanders playbook tomorrow night and do to Wilson what they did to Talbot. He needs to be taught a lesson.

 

[Glorydays22]

Hey Ranger fans, Wilson is just a f***ing idiot. How the league doesn't suspend him is insane. As a Wilson and Washington hater. Do you have ANY enforcers you can bring up from the minors to go after this guy on Wednesday? This guy needs a beat down and not by 1 player....multiple players.

Glad to hear Panarin wasn't seriously injured. But if Wilson did that to Brazal, if my islanders didn't bring up every goon in the system for that game to beat the shit out of him....I'd be beyond pissed

 

[SRHRangers]

And now Bread is shut down for the season....

Gorton?

Sign me up for a 2 day contract.

I'll do what is needed.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

I really hope you guys take a page out of the islanders playbook tomorrow night and do to Wilson what they did to Talbot. He needs to be taught a lesson.

He will never learn tho you cant teach a psychopath empathy.

 

[Techcoockie]

I WISH the rangers had a Reeves or Mcquaid to knock him off. At this point I'm not even opposing cheap shot to Wilson, which is a sad state to want revenge.

Who can legitimately knock him out ?

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Hey Ranger fans, Wilson is just a f***ing idiot. How the league doesn't suspend him is insane. As a Wilson and Washington hater. Do you have ANY enforcers you can bring up from the minors to go after this guy on Wednesday? This guy needs a beat down and not by 1 player....multiple players.

Glad to hear Panarin wasn't seriously injured. But if Wilson did that to Brazal, if my islanders didn't bring up every goon in the system for that game to beat the shit out of him....I'd be beyond pissed

Mason Gertesn is the closest thing we have to a goon to call up. I hope they do

 

[Chimpradamus]

I WISH the rangers had a Reeves or Mcquaid to knock him off. At this point I'm not even opposing cheap shot to Wilson, which is a sad state to want revenge.

Who can legitimately knock him out ?

Sign John Scott, Brashear, Colton Orr and anybody you can get your hands on for one game. They can be fat, out of shape, it doesn't matter, they still have body mass. That's not their purpose. They're out there to send a message.

 

[OthmannOut]

I don't agree at all with this eye for an eye stuff w/r/t targeting their star players. It's cringe and doesn't solve anything. Anyways, I don't know who we have in Hartford that can fight, but call him up and have him repeatedly drop the gloves against Wilson. Hopefully he lands a few good ones. Nothing else that can be done really except making it a priority to use our cap space to sign a big body 4th liner who can play and also protect the kids.