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Ok….another blow out and that should do it for CD. Hoping for a 6-1 loss. And then a firing. And then a win streak.
If Rangers lose today no way Mackenzie steps behind the bench. Not with London x2, Ottawa and Barrie on deck the next 4 games.Ok….another blow out and that should do it for CD. Hoping for a 6-1 loss. And then a firing. And then a win streak.
You got your wish, tonight's lineupIt keeps on getting mentioned on here that Moore said that they need to build their chemistry in the room still. I’m sorry but I just don’t buy that. He was just saying something positive from a PR standpoint after a bad loss. He is in his fifth OHL season and was a captain. He knows what to say and wasn’t going to throw his team under the bus.
The Rangers picked up Moore December 13th and Arcuri on December 15th. Meaning that their defence has been set for just about a month now. With all of their practice time and their games they should have good chemistry by now. With forwards and picking up Zhilkin it may have messed the lines up recently. The thing is it should be an easy tradition; Zhilkin goes to #2 center and Rehkopf slides down to #3.
No Swick.You got your wish, tonight's lineup
Kitchener at Saginaw:
Arcuri-Pinelli-Mesar
Martin-Zhilkin-Valade
Sop-Rehkopf-Misaljevic
Pugliese-Mercer-Bottineau
Moore-Schmidt
Hamara-Brzustewicz
Andonovski-Hollett
Vandenberg
Maybe that's a good thing? No idea anymore.No Swick.
I was just thinking that. All those trades and this is the result? We needed a 4th and 5th so bad we couldn't keep Zidlicky.If Misaljevic is on your 3rd line, you're depth is in trouble.
This team is missing a superstar.
A bunch of 4/5 and maybe 4.5/5 players. But there's no 5/5 star player here.
With the right coaching Pinelli and Mesar can be stars. Pinelli was player of the month in December. He plays like that ALL the time he is a star…OHL I’m talking before anyone jumps over me. And no reason Mesar shouldn’t be dominant at this level.
Pinelli handed out a great beat down tonight. Came to the aid of a teammate.Oh yippee, hooray! All of our patience paid off in squeaking out a win against a rebuilding team who just traded their far and away best player. I sure feel proven wrong.
Pinelli handed out a great beat down tonight. Came to the aid of a teammate.
That’s a start in that department.
Miss did well selling their all-stars. Among sellers, I am most impressed with Hamilton doing a complete rebuild in one season mostly by moving 5-OAs. The bulldogs has schooled the league in the art of rebuild in recent years imo.I totally agree with you here.
Mississauga was similar to the Rangers and decided to sell which we should have.
They picked up two 2006 first round players which were 5th & 6 th overall.
2005 first round player 13 th overall, plus another player and a bunch of draft picks.
We could have done something similar also.
Because it looks like were going no where.
Beat down or decisive win? Either or. It was a win period. Voting on hockey fights.com would easily give Pinelli the win. I only saw it once. Haven’t seen a replay but in that one viewing, it was a win.I hate to be the party pooper but, IMO, I am not all that impressed with last night's win. Sure, we got the 2 points and played better but a 4-3 squeaker against a rebuilding team with 2 fluke goals does not build my confidence. (Zhilkin's bank shot of the foot of Lennox and Valade's 2nd after Sag's clearing shot hit the linesman) Not too impressed with the Pinelli fight either. Firstly, I certainly did not see a "beat down".......He lost the first half and was basically reaching at his opponent towards the end. And secondly, Pinelli is not the guy we want "sheriffing" and losing for 17 minutes in a game. If he is one of our "near superstars", then he needs to stay in the game and score some goals. I can appreciate him coming to Andonovski's defence but Ando is the one guy on the team that can take care of himself.
Yup, the next 5 games or so will tell the true tale. Oh yes, and great to see Martin back on the scoreboard!
We didn’t have an 04 elite WJC forward to deal. This time next year, Rehkopf could bring the return Beck did.It’s hard to imagine the Rangers doing something similar to the Steelheads at the deadline.
The rangers could have possibly got more in return for Pinelli than Miss did with DelBelBelluz.
Who on the rangers would have returned the ‘06-1sts that Beck and DelMastro did?
The rangers could have probably got Wright & Hache for Schmidt and Rehkopf as well.We didn’t have an 04 elite WJC forward to deal. This time next year, Rehkopf could bring the return Beck did.
DelMastro went for a 1st and not much else. But getting the 1st was huge. We wouldn’t have gotten a 1st for, say, Pinelli, but we would have gotten 2x2nds and 3x3rds +.
Had we decided to sell, we could have doubled the 2nds and 3rds that we held before the all in, by moving Pinelli, Schmidt, Mesar and Costantini.
Rangers could take a lesson from Hamilton on how to deal with excess OAs. Back in the day when Gareffa unexpectedly returned they rushed into trading him and basically gave away one of the top OAs. Just another example how poor their asset management is.Miss did well selling their all-stars. Among sellers, I am most impressed with Hamilton doing a complete rebuild in one season mostly by moving 5-OAs. The bulldogs has schooled the league in the art of rebuild in recent years imo.
It’s hard to imagine the Rangers doing something similar to the Steelheads at the deadline.
The rangers could have possibly got more in return for Pinelli than Miss did with DelBelBelluz.
Who on the rangers would have returned the ‘06-1sts that Beck and DelMastro did?
I watched the game and I didn't think Pinelli won the fight at all nor did the fans. Phillips went off the ice with this arms in the air and fans cheering. It was either because he won the fight or because he got Pinelli off the ice for 17 minutes or both. I can appreciate the fact that he is being a captain and standing up for his team but at this point, there should be some others ready to do the same. Pinelli has already lost significant minutes stepping into fights and mouth guard infractions. (Though one could blame the refs but then again, the captain should set a good example there as well) The grit we did NOT at before the trade deadline needs to be made up by the whole team and not just by a valuable piece of our offence.Beat down or decisive win? Either or. It was a win period. Voting on hockey fights.com would easily give Pinelli the win. I only saw it once. Haven’t seen a replay but in that one viewing, it was a win.