GDT: Game # 45 - New York Rangers @ Columbus Blue Jackets - 7pm EST, MSG

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers @ Columbus Blue Jackets
7pm EST - MSG

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“It’s Game Day”

Rangers Projected Line up

Alexis Lafreniere -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vitali Kravtsov
Barclay Goodrow -- Filip Chytil -- Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Jake Leschyshyn

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider
Jacob Trouba -- Ben Harpur

Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Libor Hajek, Ryan Carpenter

Injured: Chris Kreider (upper body), Julien Gauthier (upper body)



Blue Jackets Projected Line up

Johnny Gaudreau -- Jack Roslovic -- Patrik Laine
Eric Robinson -- Boone Jenner -- Gustav Nyquist
Kirill Marchenko -- Kent Johnson -- Emil Bemstrom
Liam Foudy -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Boqvist
Tim Berni -- Erik Gudbranson
Nick Blankenburg -- Andrew Peeke

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Gavin Bayreuther, Cole Sillinger, Joonas Korpisalo

Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (ankle), Carson Meyer (oblique strain)

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[The Crypto Guy]

Oh, we play again? Ugh

 

[Raspewtin]

do we have to?

 

[duhmetreE]

cant wait for this one

much excite

 

[mas0764]

Team has a real scoring problem (what a shock, right?).

All season, really, but it's definitely reared it's head the last couple games.

Really since Christmas they've been struggling, though it was masked by two 5-3 wins over Carolina and Florida.

They struggled against Minnesota despite scoring 3, they got two quick ones against the Devils and then struggled for 2 periods to get anything else. Etc.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Unless the stomach bug is suddenly gone i dont have much hope for this one.

 

[will1066]

Expect big time games from Fedor Tyutin, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon, Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash, Brandon Dubinsky and Derick Brassard.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[duhmetreE]

 

[Crease]

Back-to-back, with travel, and the stomach flu ripping through the locker room…Gonna be ugly.

 

[will1066]

Back-to-back, with travel, and the stomach flu ripping through the locker room…Gonna be ugly.

Some investigative journalism is needed for this stomach bug. I wanna know more.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Feces emoji

 

[Kodiak]

Even after reading through the bottomless negativity of the Habs PGT, I still have a feeling that the team responds after a tough loss with a good effort tonight. Enough of a feeling to pick the Rangers in the NHL Survivor pool? Well, no, but still a feeling nonetheless.

 

[Hire Sather]

Columbus is just one of those teams were you hate watching a road game. Trash team with the nerve to still use a cannon when they score

Halak will be in. I expect to be chasing this game early

 

[tomobson]

Must win.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Even after reading through the bottomless negativity of the Habs PGT, I still have a feeling that the team responds after a tough loss with a good effort tonight. Enough of a feeling to pick the Rangers in the NHL Survivor pool? Well, no, but still a feeling nonetheless.

How about they start winning more consistently for the schmucks who pay top dollar to watch them in person.

Why not win both games against bottom feeders?

 

[Raspewtin]

I don't think we'd all be so pissed at these losses if:

- The kids did literally f***ing anything (not counting Miller or Schneider)
- We didn't have this gargantuan canyon between when we're good and bad

 

[duhmetreE]

I don't think we'd all be so pissed at these losses if:

- The kids did literally f***ing anything (not counting Miller or Schneider)
- We didn't have this gargantuan canyon between when we're good and bad

If we were actually good at even-strength would be nice too.

We just fundamentally do not understand how to score. I get it. Royal Road, 'chances of scoring' doubles. Forcing it is not the play.

You need to make the defense breakdown their structure with movement/confusion/shooting. You need to OPEN the lanes in the Royal Road. Standing still on the perimeter is the literal worst thing for opening lanes. Then the other part is low-to-high, with minimal presence in the middle or incapable of getting the puck through. We suck at both aspects or do not understand how to execute them

We're just either the dumbest team in the NHL and/or not coachable -or- the fine details/fundamentals are not being properly implemented by the coaching staff.

 

[will1066]

 

[Good Intentions]

trying way too hard.

 

[Boris Zubov]

trying way too hard.

Agreed, but he had good intentions.

 

[hackeyman]

cant wait for this one

much excite

F you. You just broke my sarcasm detector. I paid a lot of money for that thing.

 

[will1066]

trying way too hard.

Booooo

 

[Killem Dafoe]

KKaaaakkkkoooooo plllleeassseeeee scoreeee a goooaaaaaalllll

 

[FUZfan]

Going to the game tonight. Hoping they bounce back and play a good game against these tankers.