GDT: Game 34 - New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils, 1:00 pm ET , MSG

[TGWL]

Thought Carrick was going to get smoked. Won it instead.

Fight changed after the reach ended. It was basically an extended jab fest

 

[CasusBelli]

They have no burst or acceleration. NJ guys all have strong bursts. The look like they treat every day like leg day.

Rangers treat skating hard as a chore.

Bulgarian split squats are for Bulgarian.
Romanian dead lifts stay in Romana.

This is America’s team!!!

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Rempe has his issues but I doubt the Devils would be playing like this if he was in the lineup.

Or if Edstrom wasn't a wallflower lately

 

[RangerLifer]

I'm back from the dentist. Kreider a healthy scratch might mean he's getting traded after the Christmas roster freeze.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

best sustained shift of the game comes with Jones and Berard on the ice but then Mika passes to the other team

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

This may be the slowest team ever constructed to play in the NHL

 

[will1066]

I remember a bunch of people were happy we got Kakko and that Hughes didn't fall to #2.

 

[McRanger92]

Cuylle should challenge Meier and Laf should challenge Hischier if they are going to take shots at our best players. f*** winning at this point. Show some pride

 

[mike14]

That was a dull period

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rempe has his issues but I doubt the Devils would be playing like this if he was in the lineup.

This is why Rangers need team toughness not a 4th liner. A Tkachuk Iginla type is needed here. Cuylle does have that in him as does Berard so thats a start. Othmann too. Hope he is not injury prone

 

[Raspewtin]

it honestly wasnt a bad period but it just feels so hopeless. like there's no chance this team will score.

 

[Tob]

Rempe has his issues but I doubt the Devils would be playing like this if he was in the lineup.

amen. bastian getting a little uppity with this movement, mobility, and attitude instead of laying on the ice crying

 

[bl02]

The 4th line has been our best line for a while now
Tells you all you need to know

 

[Shesterkybomb]

The 4th line has been our best line for a while now
Tells you all you need to know

Only line that wants to dump and chase.

 

[RangerLifer]

This may be the slowest team ever constructed to play in the NHL

Because they play pond hockey; just go out there for a skate and see what happens. No plan.

 

[TGWL]

Boring period with a bad goal going in.

 

[RangersFan1994]

I’d love to see Cuylle Chytil and Berard together

 

[effen]

Cuylle should challenge Meier and Laf should challenge Hischier if they are going to take shots at our best players. f*** winning at this point. Show some pride

Meanwhile Jack Hughes just dances around the ice. Doo dee doo dee doo.

 

[cheech70]

Dillion had jello legs after Sam got him

 

[LOFIN]

Rempe has his issues but I doubt the Devils would be playing like this if he was in the lineup.

Which is why I said it's kinda nice actually, it forces this team to stand up for itself. No Rempe or Trouba for rescue.

So far, I like it. We still suck at hockey, but there's at least a bit of emotion.

 

[will1066]

Edstrom has to get into another one, can't have guys going after Fox...should be the most off-limits guy on the team, him and Panarin and both of them we're being messed with.

Edstrom is a delicate flower

 

[Harbour Dog]

That was more watchable than most periods in the last month. We just aren't a good hockey team, even when we almost match the other team's effort.

 

[effen]

Because they play pond hockey; just go out there for a skate and see what happens. No plan.

Devils relentlessly just send 2-3 guys at the guy gliding with the puck and swallow him up. They make it look really easy because it is really easy when you're skating twice as fast as the guy with the puck.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

This 18 guy sucks.

He’s taking on the lack of intensity of the team.
Other than bringing in a player with a dynamic personality anyone Drury brings in will just fall in line with these mopes.
Look at how Niko Mikkla played with us and then how he played with the Panthers.

 

[CasusBelli]

Because they play pond hockey; just go out there for a skate and see what happens. No plan.

Remember when Lavi said “I know we can always score goals” at the start of the season, to motivate our systemic shift to a more defensively conscious structure? Now we neither score nor defend. And our roster is pissed off with management.