GDT: HFBoards GDT: 04/05/2025 | So the East is finally getting in on Elimination game

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

...ummm...didn't Subban finish 3rd in Norris voting in '17-18 while Laviolette was his coach??...

That was the ABSOLUTE best Lavy could get out of the rock head! 3rd in Norris.
It was kicking and screaming that Lavy got defensive play out of him.

That just illustrates my point even more: If PK ever truly understood Lavy's X's and O's, and even more importantly, WANTED to play that way, he not only would have won a Norris, but been a candidate every year since being exposed to Lavy's coaching.

Bottom line is, the Rangers have lots of problems, mostly in player execution, particularly on defense, but Lavy's strategy is NOT one of the problems.

PK, as usual, talking out of his arse.

 

[Summer Rose]

Well the Devils are ahead now. Cool, I guess.

 

[BHD]

Hell of a release by Meier

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Don't look now, but the New York Overrangers are down 1-0.

Devils with all sorts of chances in the first, finally capitalize on lousy execution by NY.

Now they try to put pressure on NJ, trying to push around the Devils, and NJ is having NONE of it.

And yea...that shot by Meier...laser.

 

[Summer Rose]

And now a shorthanded goal.

 

[BHD]

Good play by Dillon for once. 2-0 Devils

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

I suppose Peter Laviolette's poor execution on the ice lead to THAT short hander, eh?

Rangers as SC contenders is a complete farce.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

What a waste Haula is. pass the puck. Ypu are never going to score.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I suppose Peter Laviolette's poor execution on the ice lead to THAT short hander, eh?

Rangers as SC contenders is a complete farce.

True. laviolette is not to blame for the rangers. A lot of players past their prime.

 

[SnS]

Rangers look like they are half asleep currently.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Rangers look like they are half asleep currently.

It's thier nap time. I missed mine.

 

[Summer Rose]

Rangers look like they are half asleep currently.

I've watched several Rangers games in the past couple months. Seems to be their MO lately, although for some of the games they actually win anyway.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

All these damned 2 on 1's by the Devils on the Rangers.

Rangers couldn't execute coverage if their playoff lives depended on it...and it does.

They showed a graphic earlier on a group of Rangers players "not playing to their standards" in offense.
Well, I looked up all the players career averages on a seasonal basis, and all were just a bit behind in production with the exception of Kris Kreider who was WAY behind.

So the players in question aren't that far off from last season.....but the one area they DO seem to be very much off on are the defensive metrics...goals against when they are on the ice.

Now...that either means Igor Shesterkin is a punk goalie (which I don't believe he is), or Ranger defensive execution this season is abysmal....,more likely.

Add to that, Washington playing out of their minds, NJ getting back up to speed, and Carolina continuing to build up to a Cup within the division, and there was never the "gimmee" for the Rangers to be crowned Cup contenders as the media hype would have everyone believe.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Are we going to pretend like the Norris isn't simply for the defenseman who scores the most points?

...are we going to pretend that Subban didn't have a great year??...

 

[Incharge1976]

Rip that Nico

 

[Summer Rose]

...are we going to pretend that Subban didn't have a great year??...

I mean, fair enough.

 

[BHD]

Imagine knowing nothing about hockey and you stumble upon the ABC broadcast

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Imagine knowing nothing about hockey and you stumble upon the ABC broadcast

Then you'd have Alice in Wonderland

 

[Zirakzigil]

Are we going to pretend like the Norris isn't simply for the defenseman who scores the most points?

We sure are.

 

[Summer Rose]

Imagine knowing nothing about hockey and you stumble upon the ABC broadcast

I'd probably turn it off within a few minutes.

I don't remember which network was broadcasting the first game I ever stumbled upon (game 4 of the 1996 SCF). Had to have been a terrestrial channel, since we didn't have cable back then. I think Fox, if I remember my broadcasting history correctly.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Imagine knowing nothing about hockey and you stumble upon the ABC broadcast

 

[Xirik]

Go Nico go!

Perhaps Reinhart and Barkov vote split and Hischier gets the Selke?

 

[Summer Rose]

Then you'd have Alice in Wonderland

Does that mean we're going to go through the looking glass, where time runs backwards, meaning that we'll go back to the days of international hockey counting the time upwards on the game clock?

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Does that mean we're going to go through the looking glass, where time runs backwards, meaning that we'll go back to the days of international hockey counting the time upwards on the game clock?

I'm sure the Rangers would like to go back in time to 1994-95...

 

[JeffP]

pk's suit is fresh.. but ..sunglasses?
you are indoors pernell