Post-Game Talk: Game 2 - New York Rangers @ Minnesota Wild - 8pm EST - MSG

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers @ Minnesota Wild
8pm EST - MSG

Rangers Projected line up

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Filip Chytil -- Barclay Goodrow
Dryden Hunt -- Ryan Carpenter -- Ryan Reaves

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Libor Hajek
Injured: Sammy Blais (upper body), Vitali Kravtsov


Wild Projected line up

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Tyson Jost -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Frederick Gaudreau -- Sam Steel -- Matt Boldy
Connor Dewar -- Marco Rossi -- Brandon Duhaime

Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Jacob Middleton -- Calen Addison

Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Andrej Sustr
Injured: Jordan Greenway (upper body), Jon Merrill (upper body)





Let’s do this!

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[Jauffre]

First.

Don't let Hank in the booth.

 

[RangersFan1994]

id move Goodrow to center and Chytil to wing. Goodrow is good on faceoffs.

Let’s Go Rangers

 

[Row I Goon]

 

[GENESISPuck94]

id move Goodrow to center and Chytil to wing. Goodrow is good on faceoffs.

Let’s Go Rangers

Chytil won 75% of his faceoffs on opening night. It's better to keep letting him develop as a center.

 

[chosen]

Watch Rossi

 

[Circus86]

Minnesota is a physical team, I think it's good to have Reaves around for this one. Feeling confident! LGR!

 

[TominNC]

Chytil's a center in their plans no matter what a few fans would do.

 

[egelband]

So Igor starts against Minny and Halak versus Winnipeg?

 

[egelband]

Minnesota is a physical team, I think it's good to have Reaves around for this one. Feeling confident! LGR!

Though the Rangers don’t play Minnesota much, it’s always a tough matchup. I’ve come to dislike that team. Seem to throw a lot of cheap shots and I remember they regularly ran Igor. Need to keep on top of that. Maybe take it to them right out of the gate.

 

[Fitzy]

Which game in this back to back goes to Halak?

 

[C Roc]

Minnesota is a physical team, I think it's good to have Reaves around for this one. Feeling confident! LGR!

Rangers are down to 12 heathy forwards right now until Blais is cleared so Reavo is a go. Teams around the league are feeling the crunch early with injured guys.

 

[GAGLine]

So Igor starts against Minny and Halak versus Winnipeg?

Which game in this back to back goes to Halak?

I would assume Halak starts vs Winnipeg. We'll know soon enough, since it's doubtful that GG will play Igor in both games.

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

Can't go 82-0 if you don't start 2-0.

 

[will1066]

Expect big time games from Brian Bellows, Neal Broten and Aaron Broten

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

Can we control the puck at even strength for the 2nd straight game, against another good team? If so, watch out NHL. Happy learned how to putt.

 

[Unpredictable1]

Expect big time games from Brian Bellows, Neal Broten and Aaron Broten

 

[Brief Candle]

Can we hide Zuc in a bag and bring him back with us? Please? Can we? I promise to take care of him!

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Kind of amazing that MIN has as competitive of a roster as they do with $13M in buyouts on the books.

Still, that is a roster we should beat, even with our injuries.

 

[duhmetreE]

Luckily Greenway isn't playing, I dont think. That line terrorized us last time we played.

I dont know if people remember but that game was the last for Laffy playing with Zibs. That line was getting beat up so our 200iq Head Coach put Ryan Reaves on that line.

 

[McRanger92]

Minnesota is a team you'd like to have the matchup advantage against, which makes a road game tough. I expect K'Andre-Trouba to play as much as possible against the Eriksson-Ek line with the 2 big wingers. Fox-Lindgren against Kaprizov. Could be a big test for the Jones-Schneider pair.

Offensively, I think we can definitely score a few tonight. Fleury has been cooked for awhile now and this isnt the Wild teams of the 2000s that were all defense. LGR.

 

[will1066]

Luckily Greenway isn't playing, I dont think. That line terrorized us last time we played.

I dont know if people remember but that game was the last for Laffy playing with Zibs. That line was getting beat up so our 200iq Head Coach put Ryan Reaves on that line.

There was no physical pushback. Greenway was squashing everyone. He thought putting Reaves out there would deter.

So yeah, basically what you said.

 

[LORDE]

Win or lose I'd like to see a good effort, solid sound positioning, puck possession etc

 

[Leonardo87]

Can we hide Zuc in a bag and bring him back with us? Please? Can we? I promise to take care of him!