GDT: Game # 51 Rangers vs Islanders - 7pm EST - MSG

[chosen]

This doesn’t even make sense. That post isn’t commentary on the team, it’s just a statement of fact regarding the mathematics of the playoff race.

It makes perfect sense

If you scream horror ten times in a row, you lose credibility. Eventually you might get it right, but so what?

 

[chosen]

That's why they're going to poop all over the Rongos tonight.

Sound paranoid logic.

 

[Synergy27]

It makes perfect sense

If you scream horror ten times in a row, you lose credibility. Eventually you might get it right, but so what?

He’s not screaming horror. This team is operating with zero margin for error. If they lose the playoffs are done. That’s just the reality of the situation.

 

[RickChartraw]

Effort, thats what I want tonight from all of them. And a W.

 

[bl02]

If one player is bad, that doesn't mean another bad player is good.

Absolutely but I rather see the guy who has more potential play and we’ve seen howden regress and regress. But the coach loves him so it is what it is

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I know blackwell will score because of this but for gods sake man put him on the 4th line already!!

 

[Fitzy]

Really wanted to see the team make the playoffs this season.

Failing that, let’s at least stay in it long enough to make the last few games matter.

Go Rangers, go Sabres

 

[Jayan]

Im torn about this game.

Its do or die, and I don’t think this team has the mentality to manage that (yet).

Just remembering the feeling after Canes molested us 3-0 in the play-ins after we being up 4-0 in regular season against them.

This is a Barry Trotz defensive-minded team that plays every minute of hockey like it was a SC game 7.

First team to score wins, I’m pretty sure we will get 2/4 points in these games against the fishsticks. But we need 4.

LGR.

4-2
(Smith, Buch, Bread and Zib)

 

[Embryo]

Boy the Yankees f***kin STINK! Mets best baseball team in NYC right now. Anyway, LGR this is a must win obviously, the playoffs start today for us. GO Buffalo Sabres!!!

 

[TheDirtyH]

There really can't be any caked in 'young, inexperienced' excuses for tonight. Our big boys have to show up--especially Strome and Panarin. Zibanejad has feasted on the weak in our division this season, games like tonight, these stars should be feeling the pressure, that they have something to prove because frankly they haven't stepped up in the real showdowns enough yet.

 

[RangerLifer]

I hate the "kid line" and all incarnations of it. I'd prefer to keep Kreider with Chytil and Kakko, they looked good.

Just swap Krav with Blackwell its so simple. Of course a Kreider injury throws everything off. Maybe get Gauthier in there?

Gautier would be good vs the Islanders. He's a big, heavy player.

 

[RangerLifer]

Why Kreider will not play?

It's top secret.

 

[chosen]

He’s not screaming horror. This team is operating with zero margin for error. If they lose the playoffs are done. That’s just the reality of the situation.

Obviously, but what's the point of saying it before every game? It gets tiresome. Should I respond Yeah on the 11th time or offer congratulations for batting .100 on an observation that finally came true?

 

[chosen]

Absolutely but I rather see the guy who has more potential play and we’ve seen howden regress and regress. But the coach loves him so it is what it is

Again.

Quinn said Gauthier keeps not doing what is asked of him. Every coach will sit a player who keeps doing the same wrong thing over and over.

The problem lies with the player, not the coach, as is usually the case.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Score the first goal tonight - give yourself a chance to win the game.
Don't score the first goal - the season is over.

 

[aufheben]

This place is Etem’ing the heckin wat out of Gauthier

 

[Blais to Win]

Quinn said Gauthier keeps not doing what is asked of him.

Can you link the article?

 

[RangerLifer]

This place is Etem’ing the heckin wat out of Gauthier

I'm not sure what that means but Gautier was the biggest forward on the team.

 

[Blais to Win]

I'm not sure what that means but Gautier was the biggest forward on the team.

Much better hands than Etem, though maybe not quite as fast.

 

[Machinehead]

The Rangers are on

They're playing the Islanders

 

[Synergy27]

Obviously, but what's the point of saying it before every game? It gets tiresome. Should I respond Yeah on the 11th time or offer congratulations for batting .100 on an observation that finally came true?

That’s a much different take.

 

[Machinehead]

This place is Etem’ing the heckin wat out of Gauthier

Because it's the same thing. The player is being sabotaged by the coach for reasons we don't understand.

The quality of Etem as a player was never the point. The point was that we traded an important player for Etem, had a vested interest in him succeeding, and the coach was like "lol nah."

Even if Etem ended up being a star, he gets the same results here because he never played.

People like to see players get a chance when worse players play every single game. That shouldn't be controversial.

 

[will1066]

Expect big time games from Jim Dowd, Jason Blake, and Trent Hunter

 

[Machinehead]

Expect big time games from Jim Dowd, Jason Blake, and Trent Hunter

Don't forget Brad Isbister!

 

[aufheben]

I'm not sure what that means but Gautier was the biggest forward on the team.

It means a forward prospect that hypnotizes fans with attributes of speed and size (any other strengths are TBD).