Post-Game Talk: Instagram Hockey

[jerseyjinx94]

The irony in this is if Igor could stop anything remotely difficult they’re probably
Right in it for a playoff spot.

… If they stopped playing Lindgren they’d probably be in one outright but shhhh.

The lack of the loser pt during that stretch really hurt. Going 4-11-4 instead of 4-15 and they’re in a playoff spot

 

[mrmovies779]

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For a 4th liner, this is pretty lit, actually.

4th liners are absolutely miserable in this league.

Carrick can skate. He was a superstar in junior hockey and in the AHL. He has professional skill. It's revolutionary for his type of player.

Goodrows card is probably 0's across the board.Can you post Edstroms? Curious what his looks like

 

[McRanger92]

The problem is they needed to do more than not sink.

They were sunk by the stench against mostly bad competition before that. If they beat Vegas they will have traded water over what will be end of a very tough 11 game stretch which certainly isn’t bad results wise. If they lose it’ll be another 2 games under .500 which is not the end of the world, but they needed to make up more than that, ditto if they actually go .500.

I’m throwing my money behind Igor and last years presidents trophy winners before any of these other has-been or never-was teams racing for those spots. The Rangers would have to be dead and buried with 10 games left for me to not have a level of confidence they’ll make the post season.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I’m throwing my money behind Igor and last years presidents trophy winners before any of these other has-been or never-was teams racing for those spots. The Rangers would have to be dead and buried with 10 games left for me to not have a level of confidence they’ll make the post season.

I'm not.

I've seen the worst of what this group is and doesn't just go away. They also don't really have any easy pockets of games left. Pittsburgh and CBJ have much easier remaining schedules.

Plenty of games left against teams kind of jockeying for those same spots so thats a thing but I think a few of those teams are just objectively better.

 

[egelband]

Matt Rempe
The world’s largest rabbit’s foot.

Rabbits yard.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I thought I read during the summer that things would be different during the season but I don't trust my memory. Regardless Driry moved 2 guys contracts that many on the board said were unmovable so I can't complain about the timing. NHL players need to be a bit tougher than that.

Agreed they need to be tougher, but they decided to mope around instead & tank the season for 2 months. Keeping Trouba around for that was the catalyst which Drury would have to admit was a giant mistake.

 

[McRanger92]

I'm not.

I've seen the worst of what this group is and doesn't just go away. They also don't really have any easy pockets of games left. Pittsburgh and CBJ have much easier remaining schedules.

Plenty of games left against teams kind of jockeying for those same spots so thats a thing but I think a few of those teams are just objectively better.

Rangers aren’t going to leave 8 million in their pocket. And Kreider screams LTIR case. We’re seeing improvement and there are 41 games left. They’ll buy and sell at the deadline and probably be a much better team just by nature of being rid of Lindgren.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Here's Kenny and Dave!

 

[McRanger92]

Agreed they need to be tougher, but they decided to mope around instead & tank the season for 2 months. Keeping Trouba around for that was the catalyst which Drury would have to admit was a giant mistake.

He should’ve waived Trouba in the summer too. Weak to fold under pressure. His work is not complete.

 

[Fitzy]

Rangers aren’t going to leave 8 million in their pocket. And Kreider screams LTIR case. We’re seeing improvement and there are 41 games left. They’ll buy and sell at the deadline and probably be a much better team just by nature of being rid of Lindgren.

Not a lot of assets we have on offer to trade for good players that won't completely empty our prospect cupboard.

 

[Jack Hanson]

Guys, I was at the game tonight and it was great. Can you imagine that, down 2-1 and we come back and tie it then win in o.t. Bread's goal was very memorable. The crowd was fired up by the end. Woohoo. Good game good win!!

 

[McRanger92]

Not a lot of assets we have on offer to trade for good players that won't completely empty our prospect cupboard.

This is true but there are some guys in the AHL who may have value, one would argue are redundant. I think Perrault is the untouchable they’d only trade for Brady T. But if a team calls about Mancini or Garand, let’s talk. I prefer to see Othmann get a shot in the NHL. He fits what we need in the lineup.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Rabbits yard.

Had to think about that one before I got it.

 

[duhmetreE]

Play defense. Win special teams. Igor.

That’s the only recipe this team has

 

[ReddestRum]

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Panarin, Zibanejad, and Trocheck ate.

Fox had another f***in normal one.

So did Lindgren.

How Fox and Lindgren are linemates and are polar opposites on the chart is a feat.

Wait, how about this.... Miller / Fox together?? I wonder how this would work.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I didn’t watch. How tf did Carrick get a shift in OT?

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Machinehead]

 

[noncents]

I keep telling y'all and you still not hearing me. We are not picking in the 1st round this year.

i think it goes for a C, but we all know where the problems are on this roster. Lindgren and housley

 

[NickyFotiu]

Agreed they need to be tougher, but they decided to mope around instead & tank the season for 2 months. Keeping Trouba around for that was the catalyst which Drury would have to admit was a giant mistake.

I don't know what did or didn't happen. I say that because the team started the season very well. If they were moping over Trouba almost being traded it didn't show. Then they were losing with and without Trouba. I just don't think we were icing a great lineup. They were soft, had some injuries and little depth. They are also soft mentally and when they hit sone bumps they panick. They are giving a better effort lately but its just not a hard team to play against. Too few fast physical guys. That has shown in their 5 on 5 game for years before the Trouba trade stuff. How many above average forwards are they playing? How many above average dmen? I always want to win but I still think they need some real all around talent added.

 

[McRanger92]

Go Irish!

 

[egelband]

Yes of the main 3 core vets he’s been the best since Christmas break. We know he’s not this bad. His probably was always not shooting enough. He’s way too casual with the puck still but that’s a team wide issue.

I always thought it was Mika dragging down Kreider but now I wonder if it wasn’t the other way around all this time…

 

[kovazub94]

Vaakanainen is an NHL player which, like the 4th line, is saying a lot for a 6D in this league.

So many depth players are ass in this league. We're not the only team that's been obsessed over the years with guys that look like they're trying.

That's one very clear thing Drury is a million times better at than Gorton.

Guys like Carrick, Smith, Vaakanainen, Gustafsson, Mikkola, and Brodzinski could tie bullshit like McLeod, Haley, Lemieux, Rooney, and Hajek in knots.

Even Sammy Blais was an NHL player at the time, the trade just sucked as a whole.

Smith (for Goodrow) was a good exchange.

 

[Machinehead]

Go Irish!

Hell yeah

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Go Irish!

f*** both them and Penn State but Penn State more.

They're going to get whacked by who ever wins the other game though.