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

[CasusBelli]

Zac Jones is an insane puck mover. Full stop.

Reminds me of a (potentially) better JM Liles.

 

[Brother Mouzone]

Extremely, extremely unimpressed by Laf lately

Aged like milk ....................

 

[LeetchisGod]

Laffy needs to stay on the second line.

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

We need to sound less like Biz and idiots like him. Goalies are part of the team. We have Igor. That's a cheat code. We can afford a sleepy start.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Wondering if we can start the playoffs early

 

[Fitzy]

Hilariously they're not even playing well.

They're playing fine. All three of those goals were grade A chances generated.

Two out of three of the goals we scored would have also been scored on Shesterkin.

 

[bouds]

Man that was my biggest frustration with Laf, he wasn’t really setting up his teammates. Obviously small sample, but maybe he’s making the turn. He had some good setups in the playoffs too. This group has a ton of confidence right.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Not looking good for Kravtsov.

Put him with Chytil.

 

[Kords]

Jones and Schneids getting tested and passing so far against one of the better top lines.

 

[kinger8998]

Reminds me of a (potentially) better JM Liles.

Hes also shifty as hell. That return pass from Kakko on PP followed by the dipsy doodle to gain the zone was nuts. I know you remember the play, because I thought he was about to turn the puck over yet didn't

 

[B17 Apricots]

Got outplayed in the beginning half of that period and still walked away with 3 goals. Panarin is big time on his game so far

 

[kinger8998]

Not looking good for Kravtsov.

It was never looking good. Just looking ... less good now

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Kane would have made both those passes that Laff did, yet better.

Probably, he’s one of the GOATs

 

[bobbop]

Extremely, extremely unimpressed by Laf lately

This take did not age well

 

[Chytilmania]

“I’m aware I’m a wolf. -Artemi Panarin”
-Kanye West

 

[offdacrossbar]

Zac Jones making everyone aware of his intention to be a young stud

 

[zukeisgone]

If Bread is into it we will be good

 

[SnowblindNYR]

They're playing fine. All three of those goals were grade A chances generated.

Two out of three of the goals we scored would have also been scored on Shesterkin.

They're incredibly skilled but it felt like the entire period was in their zone and they were running around like chickens with their heads cut off in their own zone, especially early.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Zibby seems like a different animal to start the year - might be the most confident I've ever seen him other than that crazy clip he was on in late 2019-20

I said this after the last game and people started yelling at me.

my cocky just fell off from that

 

[Crease]

The Rangers are here to burn down your village.

 

[mas0764]

Yeah boy Lafreniere ‘bout to enter orbit.

Now we need Kakko to come on strong.

 

[mrmovies779]

At this rate the only way VK74 sniffs the top 6 is on another team

 

[DanielBrassard]

Let's not overlook Igor that period, he was excellent. Right from the first shift of the game Minnesota had a couple of good looks and he shut it down.

 

[CasusBelli]

Hes also shifty as hell. That return pass from Kakko on PP followed by the dipsy doodle to gain the zone was nuts. I know you remember the play, because I thought he was about to turn the puck over yet didn't

He’s a fluid skater as well; effortlessly switches from forward to backward and adjusts positioning / find lanes easily with a few crossovers. I’d be comfortable giving him more minutes if we didn’t already have 55 and 79.

 

[mas0764]

Would be nice not to let up 15 shots a period though.