Post-Game Talk: Duck Tenders

[RangersFan1994]

Did Mika play tonight? Sad when you dont notice him against a weaker less talented opponent? Kreider was noticable as was Smith. Mika’s best days are behind him. 6 more years

 

[Brutananadilewski]

don't have energy to have any thoughts on this besides Mika is lucky Aaron Judge exists or my shitlist would have him at an untoppable #1 rn.

Unfortunately for Mika, I'm not a Yankees fan.

...But luckily for him, I am a Giants fan: f*** YOU, JONES!!!

...But Jones is gone after this season, and we're still stuck with Mika for another 5 seasons....

The crosshair remains on Mika!!

 

[bl02]

Quick is now 20-6 with the Rangers.

 

[egelband]

I'm not a guy who likes to get on individual players when they're not playing well, but Mika is just lost out there. He doesn't seem to be doing anything with purpose, speed or decisiveness. Those last 90 seconds felt like he was trying to help Anaheim tie it up. Just brutal plays in his own end, losing faceoffs and puck battles.

I don't know what has happened to his game but it's very concerning.

On a positive note, the piles getting clowned by Florida after taking a 3-0 lead was entertaining.

Agree. The goal Anaheim scored came petty much as a direct result of Mika lazily missing a breakout pass. The pass gets past Mika to the ducks player coming the other way back at the rangers and bing, bang, boom, goal.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

Agree. The goal Anaheim scored came petty much as a direct result of Mika lazily missing a breakout pass. The pass gets past Mika to the ducks player coming the other way back at the rangers and bing, bang, boom, goal.

Does this guy have Lou gehrigs disease??

 

[egelband]

Did Mika play tonight? Sad when you dont notice him against a weaker less talented opponent? Kreider was noticable as was Smith. Mika’s best days are behind him. 6 more years

Yeah. I thought Kreider was fine and especially when he played with Chytil for a bit at one point.

The Ducks look like they have a really bright future. I liked the way most of their young’s guns played, most notably Carlsson, McTavish, Mintyukov, and Zellweger. Zegras was totally unnoticeable.

Rangers were all over them and they bent but didn’t break. Pretty scrappy bunch. And a lot of talent bubbling up too.

 

[egelband]

Damn, I keep coming to these threads and seeing "Miller so bad" kinda takes yet he had the second lowest xGA among our Dmen, and the highest xGF.

He seems fine to me. I see the mistakes but he’s also push the attack which I like. He hasn’t broken out yet but I’m hopeful he will do so soon and the mistakes will be just a side note.

 

[chosen]

They had an AHL defense and zero offensive threats.

Zero offensive threats?

You mean verbal?

 

[chosen]

Damn, I keep coming to these threads and seeing "Miller so bad" kinda takes yet he had the second lowest xGA among our Dmen, and the highest xGF.

The problem is that he has such glaring bad plays once or twice a game. That said, I am very glad he's here.

 

[chosen]

Give me Rebecca Haarlow!

As an old-timer, this was the moment I realized, ah, so that's what it's for.

 

[chosen]

Does this guy have Lou gehrigs disease??

It's difficult to remember a Ranger's game going south so definitively and so quickly, without a known reason. I don't want to screw up the 3rd line but it's hard to not want Chytil and Zib switching roles.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Does this guy have Lou gehrigs disease??

 

[Row I Goon]

Was out bushwalking and missed the game. Watched the recap. When is the penny gonna drop for Lavi with Mika? Has Zibs got pics of the coach in drag or something? WTF?

 

[LOFIN]

Was out bushwalking and missed the game. Watched the recap. When is the penny gonna drop for Lavi with Mika? Has Zibs got pics of the coach in drag or something? WTF?

TBH, what are we going to do about it? The "third line" has already passed the "first line" in even strength ice time. And there's just no way you want to mess with the third line because they are playing so well right now. The PP is still decent as well.