GDT: Game #51 - New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks - 8pm EST, MSG

[Megustaelhockey]

Are you EdJovo’s uncle?

I have never seen him before in my life. lol

 

[EdJovanovski]

For those of you wondering.. I will indeed be consuming the Pizza Hut tonight

 

[Machinehead]

I was looking at Quality of Competition metrics because somebody was spitting nonsense on the main boards.

I found that Kreider, Zibanejad, and Fox face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hardest competition on the team, with Kreider in particular absolutely shoveling shit for this team. I had no idea just how much of a QoC sponge Kreider is.

They've played these roles to the following results:

Absolute horsepower.

Our ability to beat your best is low-key one of the Rangers' best assets.

Fox is f***ing hilarious, bro. They should give him the Norris and name it after him.

 

[Crease]

I was looking at Quality of Competition metrics because somebody was spitting nonsense on the main boards.

I found that Kreider, Zibanejad, and Fox face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hardest competition on the team, with Kreider in particular absolutely shoveling shit for this team. I had no idea just how much of a QoC sponge Kreider is.

They've played these roles to the following results:

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Absolute horsepower.

Our ability to beat your best is low-key one of the Rangers' best assets.

Fox is f***ing hilarious, bro. They should give him the Norris and name it after him.

Zibanejad should be in the Selke conversation every year. It’s such a stupid reputation trophy.

 

[Machinehead]

Zibanejad should be in the Selke conversation every year. It’s such a stupid reputation trophy.

To that point, I wouldn't put a ton of stock into Zibanejad coming back orange-ish for defense here. Top centers have a lot of responsibility and you'd be surprised how few of them are blue, let alone where Fox is.

It also really contextualizes how broken Adam Fox is. He's a broken game mechanic. He should be on the ban list for official tournament play.

 

[Machinehead]

You also have to consider that part of "defense" is penalty killing which Zibanejad excels at.

Chris Kreider remains maybe the most underappreciated player in the league. Adam Graves reborn with better hair.

 

[Machinehead]

Reminder: I don't mind running gags like Ronald Lindgren but let's please keep the poll choices PG!

 

[Greg02]

I have never seen him before in my life. lol

OK but if you had, would you publicly admit it?

 

[Machinehead]

Also, tonight is Black History Night at MSG and here's a helpful guide for making untoward comments about that:

1) Don't

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I was looking at Quality of Competition metrics because somebody was spitting nonsense on the main boards.

I found that Kreider, Zibanejad, and Fox face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hardest competition on the team, with Kreider in particular absolutely shoveling shit for this team. I had no idea just how much of a QoC sponge Kreider is.

They've played these roles to the following results:

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Absolute horsepower.

Our ability to beat your best is low-key one of the Rangers' best assets.

Fox is f***ing hilarious, bro. They should give him the Norris and name it after him.

If only Fox were generational like Dahlin, Karlsson, and Makar

 

[Unpredictable1]

Dang it, going to miss the last chunk of this game since it'll overlap with my son's whose just coming off suspension!

Let's go boys, don't drop to Vancouver's level.

 

[huerter]

They stole Sundin from us, now they must pay.

 

[mrmovies779]

I was looking at Quality of Competition metrics because somebody was spitting nonsense on the main boards.

I found that Kreider, Zibanejad, and Fox face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hardest competition on the team, with Kreider in particular absolutely shoveling shit for this team. I had no idea just how much of a QoC sponge Kreider is.

They've played these roles to the following results:

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Absolute horsepower.

Our ability to beat your best is low-key one of the Rangers' best assets.

Fox is f***ing hilarious, bro. They should give him the Norris and name it after him.

I said it before and ill say it again..when analytics goes to sleep,it dreams of Adam Fox

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

If only Fox were generational like Dahlin, Karlsson, and Makar

It's actually pretty funny watching Fox, a kid who was the only player to win a Norris in his second season besides Bobby Orr and plays on the team in the largest US market, has somehow become underrated.

People see a small player who isn't particularly impressive physically and puts up offensive numbers and just assume he's a one dimensional player.

You go ask any random fan about Fox they'll be like yeah but he gets sheltered and is a liability in his own zone. You still see this stuff all over the place online from fans, it's just wild how flawed so much of the thinking around him is.

 

[Mandar]

For those of you wondering.. I will indeed be consuming the Pizza Hut tonight

Whats the status on breadsticks?

 

[DanielBrassard]

Fil with another multi goal game tonight, calling it right now

 

[chosen]

great album

Prefer the one before it, with Over My Head being my favorite track.

 

[Greg02]

Fil with another multi goal game tonight, calling it right now

It'd be fun for him to mix in an assist heavy game.

 

[Deleted member 23124]

It'd be fun for him to mix in an assist heavy game.

Agreed -- KK and Laf need to up their goal numbers.

 

[Leonardo87]

Hey Fellas,

Updated the line ups for both teams. Looks like the same line-ups expect Shesty gets the start. 8pm Start time, remember.

 

[McRanger92]

I was looking at Quality of Competition metrics because somebody was spitting nonsense on the main boards.

I found that Kreider, Zibanejad, and Fox face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hardest competition on the team, with Kreider in particular absolutely shoveling shit for this team. I had no idea just how much of a QoC sponge Kreider is.

They've played these roles to the following results:

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Absolute horsepower.

Our ability to beat your best is low-key one of the Rangers' best assets.

Fox is f***ing hilarious, bro. They should give him the Norris and name it after him.

Fox is Nick Lidstrom reborn, on both ends of the ice. Its no surprise to hear Foxy say that was the player he idolized growing up.

I think we sometimes lose sight of Kreider's contributions to the organization. If he completes his current contract as a Ranger and stays mostly healthy, he will be either 2nd or 3rd all-time in goals scored. If we somehow win a Cup, he is the last player to wear #20 in blue. The same can be said about Mika, he just has more time to do it.

 

[Larrybiv]

Sedin twins skate circles around Trouba all game and end up with 3 pts each.

Kesler shuts Mika down and takes his tofu away.

I would think Trouba would crush the both of them at the same time. I mean, they are joined at the hip, right?

 

[Larrybiv]

At the risk of pissing off Snowblind and making mas0764 happy, Gallant should give PP2 the bulk of power plays to get their confidence up on the man advantage.

With that same goal in mind, thats exactly why PP1 needs to be on the ice. THEY need that confidence even more than the kids at this point. Haha.

 

[redwhiteandblue]

At the risk of pissing off Snowblind and making mas0764 happy, Gallant should give PP2 the bulk of power plays to get their confidence up on the man advantage.

I've been screaming this at my TV for two weeks at least. PP1 finally with a nice goal trying something different Monday, but they've not been good for a bit now. It does seem like he's opting to the 2nd PP earlier through the 2 minutes though, which is nice.

 

[Larrybiv]

Fil with another multi goal game tonight, calling it right now

Maybe this time he will SHOOT for that hat trick. It's okay you know Fil, shoot the puck Barry! Shoot the puck!

That said, as the years go by, I wonder if Filip is going to be a streaky scorer like Mika. You know, CRAZY streaky. Or, will he be a steady Eddie as a Center? 40 goals a season, only going a couple to 3 games without scoring, kind of steady.