GDT: New York Islanders vs New York Rangers Sept 26 Preseason Game 2 7 PM on MSG and NHL Network

[CLW]

Trouba and Miller are going to be a pain again this year are they?

 

[Kovalev27]

Garand looks small

He is. Short legs don’t help him though

 

[effen]

Glad they stopped skating just in time for me to stop watching.

Glidefest.

 

[Raspewtin]

goodrow blows

 

[Kovalev27]

I like pitlick. Very north south player

 

[duhmetreE]

Defenseman always activating and in engaged in the play. Keeping it alive and prolonging possession. What a concept.

 

[Tob]

green tea and bed time

 

[Jauffre]

Adam Fox slapshot!

 

[duhmetreE]

Trocheck looks really good.

 

[CasusBelli]

Trouba and Miller are going to be a pain again this year are they?

Miller and Goodrow have been driving me nuts all game.

 

[Zynbanejad]

green tea and bed time

Caffeine before bed?

 

[Jauffre]

Caffeine before bed?

He must be one of those "caffeine actually makes me sleepy" kinda guys.

 

[Machinehead]

I liked it

 

[2014nyr]

It's still more active than the NHL, but it's not the warzone it used to be. Rempe will definitely be fighting some tough dudes this year.

There was a time where I'm not sure some teams even had regular players. Haha. But as the NHL has gotten less goonish and more skilled, so have the feeder leagues. While the fighting is exciting, the AHL now offers some really great hockey to watch. They are good which is why it's more important than ever to invest in good depth.

haha yea i was talking more like 2007-2015 era so not too far back, but yea the stories i'd hear about the 70s/80s sounded like a blood sport. even then usually teams had at least 1-2 guys who could really throw, a heavyweight and then one of those shorter refrigerator build guys that was an absolute killer. and then there were guys that size that went out every shift to try and literally take someones head off.

saw a few of hfd's playoff games last year but obviously fighting drops off there, aside from the occasional blowout mayhem game. definitely a solid level of play, at least from a speed/skill perspective. on the one hand i love the intensity/physicality of it at times, but it would frustrate the hell out of me to play. very beehive like and everything in a frenzied chaos...not a very fluid and organized game so it handcuffs hockey iq. plays a lot more to guys with higher end physical tools

 

[will1066]

Kreider really seems to take to Rempe

 

[Loff]

GGWP

 

[CasusBelli]

Good:
Kakko
Wheeler
Gus

Bad:
PP

Ugly:
Miller

Kreider really seems to take to Rempe

I’m a fan as well. Could be useful against physical opponents.

 

[IronBloodedLion]

I think Kakko’s gonna have a good year.

 

[Machinehead]

Kakko once again left me feeling like he could have had three more points than he did, but he did get the goal and looked really good.

 

[2014nyr]

Or the helmet visor requirements.

Punching a helmet visor hurts.

maybe...but don't think the visor hurts any more than punching a helmet and players certainly never avoided that. whole lot of nhl players mix in mma training/workouts - they work a lot on balance and leverage etc and it's massively popular in the league - and then a lot of the guys that get into scraps get a little more into the striking element of it.

 

[will1066]

Jake Leschyshyn picked up an assist. Details at 11.

 

[Tob]

Caffeine before bed?

just a nap. im up late so its still early for me.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Kakko had a nice first period.
Wheeler did some nice and economical things.
It seems a shame to have two 6'7 players and not use them at some point

That 6th d is up for grabs

 

[zlev]

Othmann looked good
Bonino and Goodrow should be put on waivers

 

[zlev]

Honestly? I think he's more Esa Tikkanen than Graves.

Bernie Nicholls