GDT: New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals , 1pm ET

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I know he's probably not ready to be a pro yet, but you can't tell me this psycho wouldn't be better out there than 3 or 4 other forwards in the bottom 6 right now... Especially in a b2b with this dirty Washington team.

Literally on 150 seconds after this post
 
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The Mika vegan schtick was obviously just an HF in-joke but, boy has it fit more and more each year. He was never a real big hitter but 3-4 years ago he looked like prime Ovie-lite. Big guy, good speed, knew how to use the body, shot was on point and he was tenacious. That player is completely gone. He is a finesse softy with a great shot that runs hot and cold. He was a beast, now he’s a lamb.
Or, counterpoint, the year you remember him being strong and tenacious, he shot 20% and that does a hell of a thing to perception.
 
like 4 teams don't work hard and the Rangers are one of them. Need better players

They need a guy like a Boone Jenner. Someone who has above average speed, isn’t a black hole offensively, and can be a rat when you need them too.

Another poor man’s Trocheck would do wonders up front. Hell cloning Cuylle or Vesey would also help. There’s too much deadweight and too much vanilla up front.
 
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Or, counterpoint, the year you remember him being strong and tenacious, he shot 20% and that does a hell of a thing to perception.
he used to be relentless on the forecheck and attacking the puck. He used to use his wrist shot. He's just not that guy anymore
 
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They need a guy like a Boone Jenner. Someone who has above average speed, isn’t a black hole offensively, and can be a rat when you need them too.

Another poor man’s Trocheck would do wonders up front. Hell cloning Cuylle or Vesey would also help. There’s too much deadweight and too much vanilla up front.
Absolutely. And it can't stop there (to be true contenders against the pack). We need smarter D, and Mika and Kreider to play 5v5. It can't just be mercs coming in, the unmoveables NEED to play better. I kind of don't care about the goalie situation. Goalies are crap everywhere around the league.
 
Or, counterpoint, the year you remember him being strong and tenacious, he shot 20% and that does a hell of a thing to perception.

Eh, he had a couple of years where he looked like that player, outside of the massive goal pace he had the one year. Mika used to be a physical player. He was also listed at like 225lbs several years back and now he’s listed at 201. He is goose down soft now.
 
So....I'm standing up between the periods and a thick Brooklyn accent from 2 rows behind me yells "Hey Messier (wearing my 11 jersey) ... you wanna sit down?"
Between periods???

This is why I always love to sit in the back row. People have gotten so touchy about standing over the years.
 
Honestly don't know what to say this is a game that should have been filled with urgency. They are holding on for dear life.
Listening to the radio with Maloney is a breath of fresh air. He totally predicted how that second period was gonna play out.
 
Eh, he had a couple of years where he looked like that player, outside of the massive goal pace he had the one year. Mika used to be a physical player. He was also listed at like 225lbs several years back and now he’s listed at 201. He is goose down soft now.
This sums it up completely...

 
Mika's never been that kind of player, Fox better not engage and Kreids had a rib removed already.
This is the NHL. All of these excuses are nonsense...I don't need anyone of them to be bruisers, but constant stickchecking usually leads to the puck behind our goalie.

Regardless, if we are this disengaged physically as a team once the playoffs start, we're gonna be golfing again by early May.
 
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Mika and Kreider need to separate, it has to happen, they can't score at even strength together so why play them together. And...we need to get Panarin shooting again on the pp, the forced one timer isn't working, fake pass walk in shoot
 
Eh, he had a couple of years where he looked like that player, outside of the massive goal pace he had the one year. Mika used to be a physical player. He was also listed at like 225lbs several years back and now he’s listed at 201. He is goose down soft now.
Will not go near a puck battle at all. Second goal is perfect example. No way Lafreniere gets that chance with Mika and Kreider. Trocheck won the battle along the high boards taking out two caps to let Schneider get the puck to Laf in front alone.
 
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Both top 4 pairs are getting caved in.

In Fox's defense, every time you see him, you see 12 or 21 out there too.

It's almost as if it's like, a bad idea to put a Norris winner on your second pair.
 
Between periods???

This is why I always love to sit in the back row. People have gotten so touchy about standing over the years.
Recently at concert, i was yelled at for standing up in the lodge seating area. Had first row, elevated lodge, and stood up when the headline came on. That didn't go over well for the seated crowd behind me.
 
If he was that guy, it was for one season, which means he wasn't that guy.
He was that guy since he got here. He changed sometime after Covid... model his game more like bad-Panarin. He needs to turn the dial back a bit to his old self.
 
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