GDT: Maple Leafs @ Rangers 4/10/13

[Jabroni]

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[nevesis]

^ Had me scared for a sec... should just be a Pre-Game Thread!

 

[nevesis]

Absolute must win tonight. No excuses, we have to win this game.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Kinda feel like there a games that a team needs to experience to get better, and since the new guys arrived I think that game was up in Toronto. Cant have a breakdown like that after you finally tie up the game in the third.

Hopefully theyll apply that lesson tonight and split the home and home.

This game is UGE.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Absolute must win. We only have four home games left, we need all of them.

 

[bmw2004]

Must WIN!!!!!

 

[Ilovemymum]

5-3 Rangers.
4th line with two goals, Richards with two goals, and Zuccarello with three points.
Nash with an empty netter.

Three stars:
Zuke
Richards
Asham

 

[silverfish]

Yeah, I'm on board with the "Must-win" mentality here if the Rangers want to finish anywhere but 8th or below come the end of the season.

HUGE four point swing game.

LGR

 

[fredrikstad]

5-3 Rangers.
4th line with two goals, Richards with two goals, and Zuccarello with three points.
Nash with an empty netter.

Three stars:
Zuke
Richards
Asham

Please stop jinxing Zucc.

 

[Zucc36]

Please stop jinxing Zucc.

Jinx or not. Zucc and Richards need a serious break out. Not just for Zucc, for the team. There will be no PO of only Nash and Stepan produces.....

 

[Ilovemymum]

Please stop jinxing Zucc.

Sorry. Ment Pyatt, not Zuke. Three points, three stars.
Zuke will be benched.
Big win though!

 

[JohnC]

Sorry. Ment Pyatt, not Zuke.

Pfft. It isn't January anymore..

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I think for the Rangers it is extremely important to score first tonight.

It seems to calm them down and allows them to think less. When you get to 12, 16 minutes of the first and then into the second period without a goal - they fall into that zone where they can't score, even if they get good chances.

They may be the team most effected by the first goal in the entire NHL:

• When scoring first the Rangers are tied for 3rd in the NHL with a .800 winning % (12-2-1)
• Other than San Jose (10), there's no other team in the top 10 in SC 1 winning% that has a lower GPG average of 2.6 (Rangers have a 2.38, SJ 2.36)
• When leading after the first period, the Rangers are tied for 2nd in the NHL with a .889 winning% and have not lost in regulation (8-0-1)
• The Rangers have been scored on first in 24 out of their 39 games (62%) and are 7-14-3 in those contests.


Come out flying! SCORE FIRST!

 

[WeWillWinTonight]

Must win tonight and Saturday this is crunch time

 

[NYRKING30]

Must win these next 2 games..

 

[Wolfy*]

Torts should try Nash-Stepan-Zuccarello tonight, sounds like a very dangerous line. This is a critical game since the Jets and Islanders won.

 

[WeWillWinTonight]

Torts should try Nash-Stepan-Zuccarello tonight, sounds like a very dangerous line. This is a critical game since the Jets and Islanders won.

Wouldn't mind seeing that at all

 

[fiedy88]

Everybody bring waffles tonight...

 

[SixGoalieSystem]

Torts should try Nash-Stepan-Zuccarello tonight, sounds like a very dangerous line. This is a critical game since the Jets and Islanders won.

I like the sound of that line, but I think that leaves us with just one scoring line. i don't expect much production from Clowe-Richards-Callahan (not that we're seeing a lot from C-R-Z).

 

[North Star]

Hope to see Byron Boy again!

 

[Saitama]

Please win tonight! LGR!