It really affected the Rangers when Hamara went to Brantford. I felt he was a rock and much under appreciated this season. I don't think it's coincidence we went into a 7 game lull right after he departed.Hamara has done well in Brantford. Right up at the top of the league in plus/minus. Picked up points along the way.
Returns to the scene of the crime so to speak.
Started consecutive days, back in October, with a loss and a win in a pair of one goal games. Hasn't even dressed as BUG. Too bad, hope he can get icetime somewhere before long.
Jussi saw a glimmer of hope and actually double shifted the top line. It worked. Wild game. I don't know what to take away from it other than our D needs to be better and yet again, our F are unstoppable.
We shortened the bench somewhat in the 3rd. But I did see some individualistic play by Lam this game that didn’t end well.
There was nothing wrong with the way Parsons played. Although Brantford's shot total was relatively low those were all quality goals mostly coming off the transition game. Rangers were clearly getting out muscled and out hustled the first two periods.
I was at that game as a kid, got a ton of autographs of future stars. Got Bobby Clarke's autograph and got to see him ask 2 mid 20s-30s guys "aren't you too old for this?" when they came up to him with pucks. Had several grown men muscle me out of the lineup for Don Cherry signing stuff over the glass at the end of the game (still got it). Also nabbed Guy Lapointe who I didn't know but my dad pointed out.
He should have stopped at least one of the breakaways. Also, the last goal should have been stopped.
Yes - it's obviously the goalie's fault for not stopping breakaways and goals where a player has time to pull a crap between his legs move
Parsons pulled, so obviously Jussi disagreed.Yes - it's obviously the goalie's fault for not stopping breakaways and goals where a player has time to pull a crap between his legs move
Parsons wasn't standing on his head but he wasn't the problem
I don't think he was THE problem, but I do agree with Bully. As someone that is supposed to be one of the best in Canada, you would expect him to stop at least 1 or 2 of those. I mean, they scored 5 on 17 shots? Personally, I think he is playing a bit too deep in his net lately, though I am no means a goaltending coach. But yes, the breakdowns lead to too many odd man rushes.Yes - it's obviously the goalie's fault for not stopping breakaways and goals where a player has time to pull a crap between his legs move
Parsons wasn't standing on his head but he wasn't the problem
I think Parsons was pulled to send a message to the team to wake the H up.
This is true. The Bull Dogs did scored a couple of highlite reel goals on Parsons. Couple others he would like a second crack at likely. It was a result of miscues by the players in front of him who lost track of their coverage several times. They weren't playing well basically because the Dogs were playing a perfect road game. I think Parsons who was lit up for five goals on 17 shots would say he never had his best game. I would use Vandenberg's game as a measuring stick. He made some of those types of saves in the Niagara game. Rangers came back and basically did the same to the Bull Dog goalie in the 3rd and OT. Hope they do a better job tonight in front of our goalie.
