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

[bl02]

They make this team look like the 80's oilers lol

 

[duhmetreE]

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.

Our top6 never looked this uninterested last season. There was never a lack of urgency

It's a common occurrence this season

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Love the soft group that Gorts built. Mentally soft too great time despite all the youth, management should know this is an issue here

You sound like a broken record during every loss.

 

[LokiDog]

Give me a big win tonight and I’ll stop my anti-Quinn rhetoric for the rest of the season. No cap.

Lmao we were saying?

 

[Whoot Whoot]

We lose repeatedly against well coached teams.

 

[Fitzy]

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.

Well except Kreider who we are locked into for another three years at least.

Didn’t take long to regret that

 

[Ail]

Well at least I won't need melatonin tonight.

 

[Irishguy42]

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.

This is entirely different than what you originally said.

And FWIW pulling the goalie early is good.

 

[duhmetreE]

promote Blackwell

 

[RickChartraw]

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.

who is your team? never seen you in our threads.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

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.

The problem with Buch though, he is kinda of a moron.

He is not as good as he thinks he is.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Lmao we were saying?

Hey I gave him a chance, he didn’t take it. Now I’m going to double my efforts for the rest of the season

 

[PuckLuck3043]

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.

Wrong. He's been great except for the last 2 weeks.

 

[mrmovies779]

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.

Your best players have to find ways to score.

 

[Machinehead]

Well except Kreider who we are locked into for another three years at least.

Didn’t take long to regret that

There's always chicanery to be had to get out of a contract.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Now this is entirely different than what you originally said.

And FWIW pulling the goalie early is good.

I was obvs being hyperbolic

and not for the Rangers.

 

[duhmetreE]

This is entirely different than what you originally said.

And FWIW pulling the goalie early is good.

We should have pulled the goalie in the 2nd period then

 

[Blais to Win]

The State of Goalie Pulling in the NHL

"Among games with a one-goal deficit, the success rate has been around 15 percent for the past few seasons. Successful outcomes when the trailing team is down by two goals are more rare: about one percent overall, or 25 total times over these seven seasons. There have been no successful outcomes when the pulling team was down by three goals. "

Still can't find how many goals scored against teams that pull goalies vs how many they score. I imagine that the number must be around 15 or even 20 to 1.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Someone fight someone

 

[TheBloodyNine]

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.

All I’m saying is that we’ve been stockpiling assets for years now. Some of those assets are gonna get spent to bring players in here. And none of the ones traded are gonna be guys we took 1st or 2nd overall.

 

[Number 9]

are we gonna have a team to field next game? We keep getting our ass kicked. why stop when we wont fight back

 

[Siddi]

He's had plenty of playoff stinkers. I mean A LOT. He had a stinker in game 5 against Montreal in 2014. Plus Hank in his prime didn't have Quinn as a coach who is a definition of a loser coach.

I am not talking about stinkers. Every goalie under the sun have stinkers. You said he was terrible against the Habs which is not true. He struggled in Bell Centre during regular season but in the playoofs he owned them.

 

[DialUp]

The consensus coming into this year is that playoffs will be really hard if not impossible. Next year is going to be true rude awakening. Fireworks in here!

 

[Irishguy42]

We should have pulled the goalie in the 2nd period then

Should have pulled Shesty in Game 1 of the season in the first period. SMH Quinn

 

[Off Sides]

Not one thing positive came out of that game.