Kitchener Rangers 2023-24 Off-Season Thread (Part 1)

[Matttheleaf]

And Dirracolo responsible for two of four turnovers leading to breakaway goals earlier in the series.

That’s our average D.

Parsons deserved better tonight. He played very good.


We should have had at least one goal in the first 5 minutes of the game with all the pressure we had.

No finish to start.

 

[Krangers08]

I’m not sure if I can look at the big brown wall for another game.

 

[Jives]

Sale on the top line and Ellinas on the 4h line just doesn’t sit well with me. Parsons played well but for sure would want the 3rd and 4th goals back. Great 1st period and bad rest of the game.

 

[LostRangers]

Jussi has to change something up, because this team has been making the same mistakes every game for months now.

He may not be the only one losing NHL stock.
So MM builds this team based on speed, not grit and gets a 5 year extension. We are losing 75% of the puck battles to bigger, faster players. London is going to be rooting for the Rangers after tonight after a tough season against the Otters.

 

[EvenSteven]

Sale on the top line and Ellinas on the 4h line just doesn’t sit well with me. Parsons played well but for sure would want the 3rd and 4th goals back. Great 1st period and bad rest of the game.

I don’t know about burying Sale down the lineup, but Ellinas is wasted on the fourth line.

And Rehkopf. Geez you have to shoot that puck late in the third. The Erie announcer was right. One too many passes.

 

[OttersFan]

No excuses but a 5 minute powerplay and the otter getting kicked out of the game would have been nice.

The player who had the check to the head was boarded in the 3rd and had no call. It was an actual boarding but the refs let them play in the 3rd.

 

[robertmac43]

Kind of have a feeling this series goes 7.... I was thinking about the last game 7 at the AUD and couldn't remember. Turns our it was 2010/11 against Plymouth.

For reference:

 

[Krangers08]

The player who had the check to the head was boarded in the 3rd and had no call. It was an actual boarding but the refs let them play in the 3rd.

Looked like Ando went right through his chest (clean). Didn’t show a replay tho.

 

[Matttheleaf]

The player who had the check to the head was boarded in the 3rd and had no call. It was an actual boarding but the refs let them play in the 3rd.

Guess the refs realized that if he was out of the game like he should have been that he couldn't have been boarded.

Kind of have a feeling this series goes 7.... I was thinking about the last game 7 at the AUD and couldn't remember. Turns our it was 2010/11 against Plymouth.

For reference:

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This team has shown to be nothing like the 2017-18 team that was the higher seed, but they also had trouble putting away the 7th seeded Storm.

 

[OttersFan]

Looked like Ando went right through his chest (clean). Didn’t show a replay tho.

Guess the refs realized that if he was out of the game like he should have been that he could'nt have been boarded.

In real time it looked like he went straight into the ledge where the glass and boards meet. The refs missed a ton on both sides. They weren’t stellar by any means. That’s what you get with Cairns and Harrison.

 

[Matttheleaf]

Can we start a petition to move the Rangers to the East? Def not because the west is always so stacked.

 

[robertmac43]

Can we start a petition to move the Rangers to the East? Def not because the west is always so stacked.

I second this notion lol.

 

[Krangers08]

On another note. Russians and Belarusian players can enter the import draft this year per Darren Dreger.

 

[bobber]

I second this notion lol.

I 3rd that motion.

 

[Matttheleaf]

I 3rd that motion.

If Brantford can play in the eastern division then surely the rangers can play in the central with teams like Brampton, Niagara, Sudbury, North Bay and and Barrie. Brampton can be put into the Midwest murderers row for all I care.

 

[EvenSteven]

Can we start a petition to move the Rangers to the East? Def not because the west is always so stacked.

I second this notion lol.

I 3rd that motion.

If Brantford can play in the eastern division then surely the rangers can play in the central with teams like Brampton, Niagara, Sudbury, North Bay and and Barrie. Brampton can be put into the Midwest murderers row for all I care.

That’s the cowards way out.

I’d be embarrassed if the Rangers asked for a move for that reason.

 

[robertmac43]

That’s the cowards way out.

I’d be embarrassed if the Rangers asked for a move for that reason.

At the end of the day I agree. I have the same feelings towards the Jays in the AL East.

I'd rather we just break down the walls and beat our rivals.

 

[OttersFan]

That’s the cowards way out.

I’d be embarrassed if the Rangers asked for a move for that reason.

Everyone doubts Erie, yet teams hate to play at our arena. Any team needs to learn how to work in a tough conference and battle adversity. The games against other teams in our conference are the most exciting since we play each other frequently.

 

[rangersblues]

That’s the cowards way out.

I’d be embarrassed if the Rangers asked for a move for that reason.

Personally I like being in what has historically been the strongest conference and division. Of course I'd like to be competing for some hardware a little more often than recently but that's another matter.

 

[rangersblues]

At the end of the day I agree. I have the same feelings towards the Jays in the AL East.

I'd rather we just break down the walls and beat our rivals.

Not being a Blue Jays fan I love them being in the AL East. I also love their upper management and hope they're there for a long long time

 

[EvenSteven]

He may not be the only one losing NHL stock.
So MM builds this team based on speed, not grit and gets a 5 year extension. We are losing 75% of the puck battles to bigger, faster players. London is going to be rooting for the Rangers after tonight after a tough season against the Otters.

I liked the team MM built in 2017-18 a lot better.

 

[Rangers True Blue]

Rangers have been giving up way too many quality scoring chances all night.

Sooner or later it comes back to bite you.

Prophetic.

 

[I Mac 80]

After losing on Sunday we needed at worst a split in Erie to re-gain home ice which the boys accomplished. Should we have won both games? Maybe, maybe not. All we have to do is win our home games and we’ll be ok. The rest before the second round would have been nice but give credit to Erie. They play physical and put the Rangers d under pressure forcing mistakes. The Rangers really need to cut down the turnovers at the blue lines as that is a big reason why we aren’t up 3-1.

 

[EvenSteven]

After losing on Sunday we needed at worst a split in Erie to re-gain home ice which the boys accomplished. Should we have won both games? Maybe, maybe not. All we have to do is win our home games and we’ll be ok. The rest before the second round wild have been nice but give credit to Erie. They play physical and put the Rangers d under pressure forcing mistakes. The Rangers really need to cut down the turnovers at the blue lines as that is a big reason why we aren’t up 3-1.

If this series goes seven games, the victor will not be fine vs London.

It’ll be all bad enough playing London let alone without rest.

Now, ideally, the series has to end on Tuesday to give the victor a couple off days.

 

[OttersHockey1968]

After losing on Sunday we needed at worst a split in Erie to re-gain home ice which the boys accomplished. Should we have won both games? Maybe, maybe not. All we have to do is win our home games and we’ll be ok. The rest before the second round would have been nice but give credit to Erie. They play physical and put the Rangers d under pressure forcing mistakes. The Rangers really need to cut down the turnovers at the blue lines as that is a big reason why we aren’t up 3-1.

It's been a great series so far but it very well could be 3-1 Erie had we not choked away a 3-0 lead in game three.