Post-Game Talk: Game #12: Sabres @ Rangers 7pm eastern, MSG, ESPN+

[Synergy27]

Put the first line back together.

Put Miller back with Fox.

Send Lindgren to Easter Island.

Trade for another real LD.

It’s hard to be mad when the necessary changes are so clear.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

How fitting this ad pops up on my feed right now

 

[Brutananadilewski]

How fitting this ad pops up on my feed right now


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The one with 25% off must be Lindgren.

 

[egelband]

Like our dmen

I was gonna say, like that guy on the habs who got checked by Trouba a couple weeks ago.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Rangers before Lindgren was given top 4 minutes were the top offensive team in the league and 22nd in defense. D was hardly good, but the offense was getting it done.

Since re-inserting him into the top 4?

16th in offense, 25th in defense. (Both before and after #'s are xGF and xGA.)

Not like they've been playing a murders row either. Anaheim, Buffalo, Ottawa and the AHL Islanders mixed in with the Caps (who have been good, amazing what adding good defensemen will do to a team.)

Lavi has found a way to weaken the one thing that was buzzing and make a weakness even worse.

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

We should trade Lindgren for future considerations

We hitched our cart to him and he went lame almost immediately. It’s our problem now.

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The NYR special. Dude got his retirement contract and stopped caring.

Forward 5v5 ice-time
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KK in the doghouse. Zib the least time amongst centres

Kakko doesn't deserve that treatment. Neither does Fil.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Breaking up Cuylle-Chytil-Kakko and Miller-Fox looking pretty buffoonish right about now

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Didnt get to see much of the game. I just dont like the lines. I know Mika hasnt been good and Lav wants to get him goin, but im not sacrificing the other lines because of it

Bread Tro Laf
Cuyle Fil Kakko
4th line

Keep those lines

As far as defense...what a mess. Its a combination of personnel and whatever weird system theyre doing.

Going to have stinkers in a season, but tonight sounded like nothing looked good

Agreed
Kakko and Fil basically got demoted... because Mika and CK have been sucking 5v5. I say leave Mika and CK as the overpaid 3rd line they are

 

[CTTribe73]

Holy Deja Vu Batman…..

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[RangersFan1994]

Not ready to play. Well aren't you the captain and aren’t the other leaders should take some accountability?

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

WTF is this beer league ass gap??

 

[bl02]

Breaking up Cuylle-Chytil-Kakko and Miller-Fox looking pretty buffoonish right about now

What a shocker breaking up one of the best 200 ft lines in hockey was a dumb ass idea. Put them back together.

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Lol

Lmao, even

 

[RangersFan1994]

Mancini should play over Lindgren from now on, since he can actually skate. Skating is o important in the NHL.

Make Lindgren the 7th dman.

 

[Nickmo82]

Haven't played in 8 years. Everybody asleep. Let down game.

I'm off to buy some lottery tickets.

 

[Guyute]

WTF is this beer league ass gap??

The forwards put the D in a tough spot as all three Fs were behind the play. It was basically a 3 on 2 then 4 on 3. The D is trying to protect the middle of the ice when they look up and see 4 Sabres coming at them.

As bad as our defensemen are (and I’m not disagreeing here), they look even worse because our forwards choose to play irresponsibly. I thought it was one of our main problems against the Panthers last year.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

WTF is this beer league ass gap??

That's basically Trouba's gap control these days. It might've been worse if he stayed with him at the line. Guy literally can't skate backwards or laterally with anyone anymore. It would've been an instant 2v1.

Just go back to what was working to start the season. The BFFs can F off for all I care anymore. Play them 3rd line mins, like Lavi was doing, and be done with it. Tell the warrior he can't play until the fish bowl is off his head and give him the 3rd pair mins he barely deserves.

They need a massive overhaul on D. Fox and Schneider are the only ones I would think of keeping. Hopefully Jones can stick and Mancini keeps getting better. Ever since Miller had his "personal" situation he's been trash. Even worse since he hocked a lugie. Like others have said this is going to be a disaster if we give him a long term deal.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I couldn't bring myself to watch the game last night thankfully.

I cannot f***ing believe that we've so quickly moved ourselves from our awesome start to the season when our 3rd line was one of the best lines in the league, to forcing Lindgren back onto the top pair, and breaking up the 3rd line and effectively benching them.

That's the kind of utter f***ing insanity that normally takes at least a few months of snowballed bad logic. I literally can't stomach watching games right now.

 

[Crease]

I’m not going to panic because they will be fine and they will make the playoffs, but I’m going to need to see a lot more by the deadline if they’re really a contender.

 

[Mike in Houston]

There are always clunkers. Move past it and win on Saturday.

 

[DevilDog99]

Taking my ol’ lady to her first game tonight.

Haven’t seen the Rangers at MSG since 2011.

Fret not because I will POST

Bummer! But hope you guys had fun regardless!

 

[Mike in Houston]

 

[DevilDog99]

Hilarious that everyone touched the puck there except mika

Watch Mika on his shifts- he legit is pretending to play hockey. It’s not even very convincing.

 

[haohmaru]

The big problem is that Trouba, yes Trouba, has been our best defenseman over the last two weeks.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

The forwards put the D in a tough spot as all three Fs were behind the play. It was basically a 3 on 2 then 4 on 3. The D is trying to protect the middle of the ice when they look up and see 4 Sabres coming at them.

As bad as our defensemen are (and I’m not disagreeing here), they look even worse because our forwards choose to play irresponsibly. I thought it was one of our main problems against the Panthers last year.

3 forwards are going to get caught deep sometimes, there is no avoiding that. Its a routine situation and worth analyzing especially in this instance because it’s beyond egregious. This neutral zone pressure is actually so horrible from Trouba that it looks like a play where nothing could be done. Imagine Trouba is just gapped up there, no lateral pass is made on the entry and probably nothing happens on this play because Cuylle is right up Thompsons ass. Trouba last season was actually statistically the worst zone entry defender in the NHL and it often results in a puck being rifled past Igor’s face mask. It’s a huge hindrance on the team because unlike the forwards keeping a 3 F high (mental mistake) Trouba is just physically incapable of providing any resistance at the line.