GDT: Game 9: New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals , 7:30 ET, ESPN

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals
7:30 ET, ESPN

Rangers Projected Line up

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe

K’Andre Miller -- Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren -- Jacob Trouba
Braden Schneider -- Victor Mancini

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Jimmy Vesey (lower body)



Capitals Projected Line up

Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana -- Michael Sgarbossa -- Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Dylan McIlrath

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev, Hendrix Lapierre
Injured: Matt Roy (lower body)

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[Mike in Houston]

Bob Wischusen, Ray Ferraro, and Emily Kaplan have the call tonight.

 

[leetch99]

Rempe not dressed ? LOL.....OK......

 

[Uglybstrd]

Rempe not dressed ? LOL.....OK......

Yeah agree. Why call him up? In worst case, if Carrick, or someone else, cannot play, just dress 7 defencemen.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Smells like an L. Firing up Fanduel…

 

[Crease]

I honestly do not care either way, but the projected lineup should show Rempe in based on yesterday’s practice lines.

 

[kovazub94]

Yeah agree. Why call him up? In worst case, if Carrick, or someone else, cannot play, just dress 7 defencemen.

I think Rempe is in the line up today but even if he wasn't - the reason for him to go to Hartford was to play in games over the weekend. What purpose would it serve for him to stay there now? And I guess Laviolette is a lot less cavalier than you about a risk of not having 12 forwards in case of unforeseen injury - he obviously does not see dressing 7 D as a good alternative to the standard 12F+6D lineup.

 

[TGWL]

Washington has made some really good off-season moves to make sure the team is more than just trying to get Ovechkin his record. This isn't going to be an easy game on the schedule.

 

[BBKers]

If Rempe is in, start with icing the 4th line. We need a bit of pre Halloween shenanigans

 

[will1066]

Would be cool if the Caps wear their "screaming eagle" third jerseys.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[Machinehead]

I don't see why this yee yee ass game has to be on ESPN.

 

[duhmetreE]

tbh, with the way Zibs has looked... I've quickly lost some interest in this season.

I just do not see a feasible way winning the whole thing without him being waaaaaaay stronger or demoted.

 

[hardnosed]

So, are Mancini and Jones going to alternate games for the foreseeable future? Or until one of the other 5 get hurt.

 

[DuneGoon84]

tbh, with the way Zibs has looked... I've quickly lost some interest in this season.

I just do not see a feasible way winning the whole thing without him being waaaaaaay stronger or demoted.

He is a liability at this point. He isn't good at face offs, his shot deteriorated, his passing sucks ass, and his hands became dull can't handle a pass for the life of him...

 

[FultonReed]

Bob Wischusen, Ray Ferraro, and Emily Kaplan have the call tonight.

hell yeah Bob is the man

 

[duhmetreE]

why exactly did he put Lindgren with Trouba?

 

[savebyrichter94]

 

[MysticLeviathan]

this game won’t be easy. I’m sick of all these rest days.

 

[savebyrichter94]

Actually this one is better lol Enjoy

 

[will1066]

why exactly did he put Lindgren with Trouba?

It seems a right-handed dman playing left defense with Trouba becomes Bobby Orr. Schneider was great offensively in that spot, and so was Lindgren the other night. Doesn't answer your question, but that's my observation.

 

[duhmetreE]

It seems a right-handed dman playing left defense with Trouba becomes Bobby Orr. Schneider was great offensively in that spot, and so was Lindgren the other night. Doesn't answer your question, but that's my observation.

Lindgren is Left Handed.

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

Prediction: 3rd line finally puts together a good game. 2nd line of Cuylle, Chytil, and Kakko continue to dominate.

 

[will1066]

Lindgren is Left Handed.

f***s!

Anyway, Lavi might've accidentally formed a decent pair with Lindgren-Trouba.

 

[SA16]

I think Rempe is in the line up today but even if he wasn't - the reason for him to go to Hartford was to play in games over the weekend. What purpose would it serve for him to stay there now? And I guess Laviolette is a lot less cavalier than you about a risk of not having 12 forwards in case of unforeseen injury - he obviously does not see dressing 7 D as a good alternative to the standard 12F+6D lineup.

Well the purpose it would serve is to

1. Not waste cap accrual on a guy who will be a healthy scratch most of the time
2. Let him play at a lower level and try to actually improve