GDT: Game #33: New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals - 7pm ET, MSG2

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Spencer Carbery was the rich arrogant ex-fiance of Rose in Titanic

Billy Zane?

 

[Machinehead]

NBA’s roster is much smaller though

Which is good. Not feasible in hockey, but good.

 

[Rempe73]

It warms my cockles that Brian Boyle is still a Rangers fan.

My all-time favorite 4th liner.

Good choice but it has to be Dom Moore imo

Would have been Grabner but he played more of a 3rd line role here

 

[ecemleafs]

why is that not a penalty shot? hes in all alone on the goalie. our PP is so good that it aint that big of a deal but that shud be a PS.

 

[hardnosed]

That stupid play where Lindgren throws it two zones to Krieder at the red line for a tip to Mika finally worked.

 

[will1066]

Billy Zane?

Funnily, Zane still had hair in Titanic

 

[MysticLeviathan]

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[KirkAlbuquerque]

Oof , Foxy muffin

 

[MysticLeviathan]

not winning the opening faceoff sucks

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Bad PP.

 

[Tob]

zibanejad is so contact aversive

 

[MysticLeviathan]

Bad PP.

being able to quickly set up when winning the opening faceoff makes a huge difference

 

[Machinehead]

I don't follow the other NA sports that much (I do watch the occasional NFL game or Redzone on Sundays), and I'm not all that familiar with their systems. But because I like to listen to Canadian sports radio via podcasts, I get some exposure. And the amount of player movement in at least the NBA sure brings a much more exciting element to the sport, compared to NHL where fans have to have a notebook and a calculator to figure out if they can bring in some bottom-6 or bottom pairing defensman at the deadline (no, you can't because you are in LTIR and not accruing capspace!). Last free agency was dreadful because practically no good players were there.

You need a whole book to fully explain it but suffice to say it's a really convoluted system with a lot of clauses and loopholes that add to the strategy and flexibility of building a team.

The NHL, on the other side of the coin, has the least nuanced system in sports. It's just a number that you can't go over and there are no special rules or exceptions outside of getting a buyout once in a blue moon.

 

[turcotte8]

zibanejad is so contact aversive

His skeleton is made of carrots.

 

[CasusBelli]

Whoever said snooze fest was right.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Lindgren is gonna have to start getting his elbows up if people are gonna keep hitting him after he lets the puck go

 

[will1066]

Whoever said snooze fest was right.

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[Fitzy]

Bonino could play using a stick without a curve and I don’t think it would change his game that much

 

[LOFIN]

zibanejad is so contact aversive

He needs to man up if we are to win in the playoffs. Might not happen at this point of his career.

 

[Machinehead]

Explaining the NBA's cap system was the highlight of this game so far. What a snooze.

 

[Leonardo87]

These Rangers fan commercials are a little cringy.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

He needs to man up if we are to win in the playoffs. Might not happen at this point of his career.

I think when we look at playoffs he's gonna be more of a shut down center and pp shooter, Trochek imo was brought in for playoff hockey because they know what Zibs is

 

[LOFIN]

These Rangers fan commercials are a little cringy.

But there have been some decent puck bunnies from time to time.

 

[Cmox]

Miller out muscled

 

[Machinehead]

These Rangers fan commercials are a little cringy.

It's overkill. Nobody cares about it more than we do. We still have personalities beyond the Rangers.

The wedding is the worst. It's your f***ing wedding. Do something besides hockey for one day. Wear a suit.