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

[DanielBrassard]

Panarin has looked like shit compared to last season, don't care how many points he's on pace for. Not blaming him for tonight, but he hasn't been the same player.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

This veteran core has to be a major topic of discussion, and I expect it will be.

I mean they’re kinda locked into a lot of the vets. Kreider Trouba Panarin aren't going anywhere. Zibanejad you have no one better so you probably half to hang onto him.

 

[SML2]

The Islanders choke the life out of the game just like those boa constrictor Devil teams used to. Just zero fun to watch. Get a lead and then put the sleeper hold on and it's goodnight nurse.

 

[RickChartraw]

The Rangers draft picks besides Fox, are under whelming and bordering on bust! I don't see a Mckinnon or McDavid or Mathews among the this group just not that impressive!

Who are you? Fox wasn't even our pick.

 

[Off Sides]

This would have been a valid line of thinking if the Rangers hadn’t been stockpiling picks and prospects since 2017

I just don't know what else they are going to do. They are not going to get top of the line youth for Strome or Zbad, so if they are going to change up the team they are going to have to move out youth.

 

[TheDirtyH]

yeah we were about to win if not fir that empty netter

f***in quinn

 

[Machinehead]

The advanced stats nerds claim you should pull your goalie as soon as you go down a goal regardless of the time on remaining

As an advanced stats nerd, I absolutely don't support this. I'm a 50 seconds guy.

 

[Edge]

I feel like they served their purpose in transition, but apart from Panarin, have played themselves out of the long-term outlook.

And that's not out of the realm of possibility.

Coming into this season, committing to Zibanejad was a major topic of concern. Other guys were seen as potentially be moved rather than being locked in long term.

All those conversations are very much still on the table.

 

[bl02]

next year has to be better

Not sure they regressed this year as a team. Sure some great individual performances against ahl teams but as a whole last year was better Marc Staal and all

 

[EdJovanovski]

Only good players today are Kravtsov, Smith, Howden, PDG, Rooney

 

[Edge]

I mean they’re kinda locked into a lot of the vets. Kreider Trouba Panarin aren't going anywhere. Zibanejad you have no one better so you probably half to hang onto him.

Panarin isn't going anywhere. Outside of him, I wouldn't rule anything out --- even if it is unlikely.

 

[Irishguy42]

The advanced stats nerds claim you should pull your goalie as soon as you go down a goal regardless of the time on remaining

...this is not even remotely accurate.

 

[itsPLkielbasa]

Pathetic.

TDA off ice issues.
Panarin BS story.
Slow starts.
Quinn.

Reasons we missed the playoffs.

I hope we get a coach that will get us an identity and stop shuffling damn lines around non stop. I think I grew a few more grays watching how prepared this team is for important games.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

The Rangers draft picks besides Fox, are under whelming and bordering on bust! I don't see a Mckinnon or McDavid or Mathews among the this group just not that impressive!

really? Fox wasn't a draft pick. You think kakko, Laf, Chytil, Shesty, Miller, Kravs, Jones, are or won't be good? Plus prospects like Barron/Schneider/Lundkvist/Robertson. I'll take my chances with that group as starters.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

The Islanders choke the life out of the game just like those boa constrictor Devil teams used to. Just zero fun to watch. Get a lead and then put the sleeper hold on and it's goodnight nurse.

They just outworked us all night, won all the puck battles, shut down our best players and scored on their chances.

 

[Avery16]

 

[JoeyP]

Agree.. Enough with the rebuild 6 Fckn years now. I would love to see some playoffs before i die. If Eichel is healthy please get him. We can afford losing some of these 8 goals a season high draft pics.

 

[Machinehead]

We knew this weeks ago. I don't know why you guys tortured yourselves.

 

[DialUp]

"So called top players" ...Joe with the shade

 

[SML2]

Panarin has looked like shit compared to last season, don't care how many points he's on pace for. Not blaming him for tonight, but he hasn't been the same player.

You gotta be f***ing kidding me. Do you have eyes or is this the first game you've watched this season? The way the Isles play doesnt give him any room, but the guy is basically a multi point lock on most nights.

 

[Reggiet2]

Who are you? Fox wasn't even our pick.

Then it was lucky to get him! Laf & Kakko look lost slow and scared most of the time, I see no explosive talent on those two top picks.

 

[TheDirtyH]

wow joe with the 'so called' top players comment.

 

[EdJovanovski]

...this is not even remotely accurate.

Yes it is. Look it up, they constantly claim that teams should pull the goalie with like 10 mins left in the game and that they should always pull the goalie way earlier including in PP’s like that when there’s tons of time remaining.

 

[will1066]

Panarin isn't going anywhere. Outside of him, I wouldn't rule anything out --- even if it is unlikely.

With that contract, he's not moving anywhere, so you might as well try to build a greasier team around him. Buch actually shows some grit, but like you said, this vet core, as a whole, is up for debate.

 

[Off Sides]

This veteran core has to be a major topic of discussion, and I expect it will be.

Yet they are not worth all that much given their contract statuses, and or clauses.

And if the Rangers are targeting prospects returns for them, like Howden, Hajek, even Lindgren as much as I like him, that is not going to do all that much.