Series Talk: Qualifying Round: Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Rangers

[SA16]

The roster, outside of the main 23-24 guys, is completely irrelevant. If enough D got injured in one game such that Raddysh or Reunanen or someone like that had to come into the lineup they'd probably play about 3 minutes TOI.

 

[IDvsEGO]

I think they will regret that, look at a place like Arkansas, these places with almost no immunity will get second waves right when they open up.

There's no confirmation that there is any immunity in any respect.
There's probably multiple considerations.

Hotels/accomodations,
Medical staff that can be acquired without negatively impacting the local community.
Amount of pro ready rinks. Cameras/ lighting/sound.

 

[LokiDog]

I think they will regret that, look at a place like Arkansas, these places with almost no immunity will get second waves right when they open up.

Regardless of where they choose to play the games, it will be a metro area. It’s not like they’re going to build an arena in Arkansas. NY’s infrastructure would probably be taxed bringing in 12 teams with 50 personnel each, refs, league officials, etc. There’s nothing wrong with not having NY as one of the hub cities.

 

[cwede]

....Same thing goes with Nils, unless they are going to sign him for this season and burn a year with this play in series...

Isnt this the situation that is not being allowed, as with Kaprizov, Sorokin, etc?

 

[Crease]

NYC as one of the playoff hubs is not happening. Like zero chance. NYC was the literal epicenter of the pandemic and arguably still is. No amount of PR or science could sell the public that it's a good idea. First player gets sick and the NHL looks like a big dummy.

 

[EdJovanovski]

So what order do you guys think we lift the cup?
I’m sure our A’s will insist Hank lifts it first, and it’ll be right up there with Ray Bourque



Henrik Lundqvist
Marc Staal
Chris Kreider
Jesper Fast
Mike Zibanejad
Brendan Smith
Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin
Ryan Strome
Tony DeAngelo
Jacob Trouba
Brendan Lemieux
Filip Chytil
Brett Howden
Philip Di Giuseppe
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Ryan Lindgren
Adam Fox
Kaapo Kakko
Julien Gauthier

I'm literally able to bring myself to tears imagining Hank lifting the cup first lol

 

[Siddi]

Told you guys we were going to make The playoffs

 

[Crease]

So what order do you guys think we lift the cup?
I’m sure our A’s will insist Hank lifts it first, and it’ll be right up there with Ray Bourque



Henrik Lundqvist
Marc Staal
Chris Kreider
Jesper Fast
Mike Zibanejad
Brendan Smith
Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin
Ryan Strome
Tony DeAngelo
Jacob Trouba
Brendan Lemieux
Filip Chytil
Brett Howden
Philip Di Giuseppe
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Ryan Lindgren
Adam Fox
Kaapo Kakko
Julien Gauthier

I'm literally able to bring myself to tears imagining Hank lifting the cup first lol

Smith and Buch before the team's Hart candidate is . . . interesting.

 

[will1066]

So what order do you guys think we lift the cup?
I’m sure our A’s will insist Hank lifts it first, and it’ll be right up there with Ray Bourque



Henrik Lundqvist
Marc Staal
Chris Kreider
Jesper Fast
Mike Zibanejad
Brendan Smith
Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin
Ryan Strome
Tony DeAngelo
Jacob Trouba
Brendan Lemieux
Filip Chytil
Brett Howden
Philip Di Giuseppe
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Ryan Lindgren
Adam Fox
Kaapo Kakko
Julien Gauthier

I'm literally able to bring myself to tears imagining Hank lifting the cup first lol

I'm surprised you even have Trouba on your list--and not last either!

 

[will1066]

NYC as one of the playoff hubs is not happening. Like zero chance. NYC was the literal epicenter of the pandemic and arguably still is. No amount of PR or science could sell the public that it's a good idea. First player gets sick and the NHL looks like a big dummy.

@Mikos87 is right. A hub city has to have the infrastructure to support a whole of bunch of teams. Housing, transportation, catering, etc.

Can see a whole bunch of convention & visitors bureaus already flooding Bettman's phone, salivating at the revenue for their city's recovery.

 

[ecemleafs]

@Mikos87 is right. A hub city has to have the infrastructure to support a whole of bunch of teams. Housing, transportation, catering, etc.

so vegas and whoelse?

 

[will1066]

so vegas and whoelse?

Does it have to be an NHL city? I'm not really following the plan too closely.

 

[ecemleafs]

Does it have to be an NHL city? I'm not really following the plan too closely.

well they have to be able to host NHL games...

 

[EdJovanovski]

Smith and Buch before the team's Hart candidate is . . . interesting.

Smith is an old man & Buch is one of the longest serving Rangers
I've always though it went more by sentimentality than skill

 

[Thirty One]

So what order do you guys think we lift the cup?
I’m sure our A’s will insist Hank lifts it first, and it’ll be right up there with Ray Bourque



Henrik Lundqvist
Marc Staal
Chris Kreider
Jesper Fast
Mike Zibanejad
Brendan Smith
Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin
Ryan Strome
Tony DeAngelo
Jacob Trouba
Brendan Lemieux
Filip Chytil
Brett Howden
Philip Di Giuseppe
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Ryan Lindgren
Adam Fox
Kaapo Kakko
Julien Gauthier

I'm literally able to bring myself to tears imagining Hank lifting the cup first lol

My only change would be Trouba ahead of DeAngelo.

 

[EdJovanovski]

My only change would be Trouba ahead of DeAngelo.

I went by sentimentality & also who are friends with each other, I could def see Strome passing it to Tony, and Trouba passing it to Lemieux. Trouba is a year older than Tony but Tony's been on the team since 2017

 

[McSauer]

So what order do you guys think we lift the cup?
I’m sure our A’s will insist Hank lifts it first, and it’ll be right up there with Ray Bourque



Henrik Lundqvist
Marc Staal
Chris Kreider
Jesper Fast
Mike Zibanejad
Brendan Smith
Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin
Ryan Strome
Tony DeAngelo
Jacob Trouba
Brendan Lemieux
Filip Chytil
Brett Howden
Philip Di Giuseppe
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Ryan Lindgren
Adam Fox
Kaapo Kakko
Julien Gauthier

I'm literally able to bring myself to tears imagining Hank lifting the cup first lol

Now, say Igor keeps the #1 starter role (IMHO, will be the case), he gets all 19 wins en route, Hank is the backup the whole run...when does he touch the cup? Would he still be first like you listed above?

(I would love it either way! Let's run this thing.)

 

[cwede]

Smith and Buch before the team's Hart candidate is . . . interesting.

Bread will get it sooner the next times

 

[Doctyl]

Delete

 

[ETTER DE]

Listen boys, I don’t really care about whether this cup gets an asterisk next to it, or how they seed the teams, or really anything except for the fact that:

This hockey team, from the beginning of the year with excitement coming in (shiny new toys; Panarin, Trouba, Kakko, Fox) but totally green with little chemistry... coming together over the season, turning a significant corner at some point, Shesty getting called up, DeAngelo and Fox exceeding expectations, etc., etc., ... this hockey team was coming together, was becoming exciting, was becoming dangerous, was developing an identity, seems to very clearly have a bright future... and now we get to see them compete for a playoff spot, maybe play in the playoffs... I for one am excited. I’ve loved watching the team evolve this year. I’m very, very ready to see what we can do, especially coming in against teams that have no momentum. It’s like a hard reset. The team from October isn’t the team from March. Now the team from March gets to start, not behind in the standings and trying to makeup ground to squeak in, but with a chance to compete right away. I’m ready to see how we rise to the challenge.

A little afraid that the expectations now are higher. What would that do to the team? Quinn is a novice at this level. Will he be up to the task?

 

[Machinehead]

I have my differences with the Rangers, but the way they played the second half, I think they've earned this shot.

 

[Machinehead]

Now, say Igor keeps the #1 starter role (IMHO, will be the case), he gets all 19 wins en route, Hank is the backup the whole run...when does he touch the cup? Would he still be first like you listed above?

(I would love it either way! Let's run this thing.)

If Hank died during the playoffs we would dig him up to give him the Cup first.

 

[RangersFan1994]

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[Crease]

If Hank died during the playoffs we would dig him up to give him the Cup first.

Sam: "And this one will last an afterlife!"

 

[Ola]

What?

Have you seen what the Virus has done to NYC?

Of course, from afar, and it’s horrible, but that is past sentence. We are talking late July and well into September here.

How do you know that a place like Vegas won’t have an equally bad wave during that period? That NYC would get a bad second wave is much much less likely of course given the immunity already in place.