Post-Game Talk: Rangers vs. Golden Knights 10/31

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Buchnevich is the straw that stirs the drink on the KZB line. Kid is a stud. If AV takes him out of the top 6 again he should be barred from ever coaching in the nhl again.

Skjei-Shattenkirk was good.

Smith was brutal. Why is Kampfer even out there? AHL middle pairing guy at best and he’s out there on the P.K. in the NHL. Unreal. He’s so overmatched.

Hank was excellent. Made tons of ten bell saves and the team might have played their worst two periods of the season in periods 1 and 2. A rare good 4 goal against game.


Ultimately, we’re fortunate that the VGK goalie was bad and the team was tired. Still, the Rangers did have to still make it happen. Hopefully this win can at least get some positivity going and they can build some momentum. We’ll see.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

A player who was scratched multiple times for Glass last season, and sent down to the AHL for Glass.

Well to be fair if he was doing this last year he probably doesn't bench him or get sent down.

The Back injury set him back but his offseason work has done him very well.

 

[bl02]

I was sad to see Brassgod go, but I thought it was a solid trade.

If anyone wasn't sad to see him go then they have a short memory. What he did in playoff games for this team was truly unique. saying that it was a good trade. especially for the future one would think

 

[E-Train]

You could tell as soon as the season started Buch looked stronger overall. He now has big league strength to go with the big league skill. Foundation piece.

 

[bl02]

You could tell as soon as the season started Buch looked stronger overall. He now has big league strength to go with the big league skill. Foundation piece.

Amazing . third rounder who looks like a legit first round pick.
Hey I think duclair was scratched the other night. Bring him back as well

 

[Machinehead]

Almost immediately, there was a air about Buchnevich that said "this is not a third rounder."

I feel the same about Chytil going 21st

 

[Siddi]

delete

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Well to be fair if he was doing this last year he probably doesn't bench him or get sent down.

The Back injury set him back but his offseason work has done him very well.

AV sabotaged his career by sending him down when the KZB line radically cooled off , and Buch hurt his back.

But then just to throw us a curve ball, Alain Machiavelli allowed Buch to play healthy in his second season, and has given Buch incrementally more time and responsibility as he improves.

Well played Bettman...

 

[nyr2k2]

It feels weird that wins feel weird.

I feel like I'm watching the Jets on ice.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

It feels weird that wins feel weird.

I feel like I'm watching the Jets on ice.

Let it marinate over night at least.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

AV sabotaged his career by sending him down when the KZB line radically cooled off , and Buch hurt his back.

But then just to throw us a curve ball, Alain Machiavelli allowed Buch to play healthy in his second season, and has given Buch incrementally more time and responsibility as he improves.

Well played Bettman...

Radically cooled off?

Dude they have done nothing but dominate the competition since being put together last year. AV breaking them up is probably the dumbest thing hes done all year and that is saying a lot considering that he dressed Kampfer tonight and at one point was playing Staal with McDonagh.

 

[will1066]

I think the answer is to stay calm. One win against an expansion team is not going to save AV's job for the whole season. He'll need to get results, and I don't think he will. The longer AV stays, the worse we'll probably be, which should give us a better chance to draft Dahlin.

Didn't you hear Sam? This isn't your grandfather's expansion team.

 

[Petey Pucks]

Can we still fire AV?

Even with this win , all the signs have been there for too long now with tonight's game still being a huge example . Regardless that they pulled off the win due to the fortunate late PPs and better play , any GM worth his salt would see through this and pull the trigger anyway. Think about it. We barely beat an exhausted expansion team playing on back to back nights , with a 4th string goalie , while still they managed 4 goals past us when our D has been the most shit with the rest of the team following being shit as well.

 

[Ori]

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[Machinehead]

It feels weird that wins feel weird.

I feel like I'm watching the Jets on ice.

It is weird. On one hand I'm like "yeah boys!" because what they did tonight is hard, but I'm also sitting here like "the coach pulled some of the same shit I can't stand tonight and I don't wanna support this."

 

[eco's bones]

I've been pretty hard on Lundqvist all year and IMO he's deserved it but he was easily our best player tonight. Vegas could have easily had 8 goals in the first two periods---the Rangers stunk that much. We got this win off an expansion team in our own building--a Vegas team playing on back to back nights with their 4th string goalie. A 24 year old goalie--never drafted who has spent a considerable amount of his pro career in the ECHL. Not really a dominant performance on our part and if it hadn't been for Henrik making some outrageous saves in those first two periods this game would have been a major embarrassment.

Hopefully this team feels good about itself after this and starts playing a lot better but the reality is they looked f***ing awful tonight and deserved to lose.

 

[Siddi]

 

[Siddi]

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Thanks Ori

 

[bl02]

I can't believe I don't have anything bad to say about staal lol.
Is it me or did he play pretty solid again?
He must have had some serious ice time in the third lol

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Radically cooled off?

Dude they have done nothing but dominate the competition since being put together last year. AV breaking them up is probably the dumbest thing hes done all year and that is saying a lot considering that he dressed Kampfer tonight and at one point was playing Staal with McDonagh.

Yes, the line radically cooled off.

Again, I must stress meant in regard to results. I'm not factoring in other horseshit like the new "expected goals" or what have you, so they might have been the best expected line in history of the NHL for all I care.

 

[Ori]

Yes, Henrik had some important saves for sure and competed really hard.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yes, the line radically cooled off.

Again, I must stress meant in regard to results. I'm not factoring in other horse**** like the new "expected goals" or what have, so they might have been the best expected line in history of the NHL for all I care.

Yeah, and when a line is driving play as much as they do when ever they're together, its idiotic to break them up.

When you create as much offense as they do, the shots start going in eventually. It's really not rocket science.

 

[mike14]

I can't believe I don't have anything bad to say about staal lol.
Is it me or did he play pretty solid again?
He must have had some serious ice time in the third lol

He had some really annoying turnovers, but he's just playing simple hockey and its working for him. He also doesn't appear to be as slow/flat-footed as he was for most of last season

 

[will1066]

I can't believe I don't have anything bad to say about staal lol.
Is it me or did he play pretty solid again?
He must have had some serious ice time in the third lol

Yeah, I don't get scared when he has the puck. It's very weird!

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Yeah, and when a line is driving play as much as they do when ever they're together, its idiotic to break them up.

When you create as much offense as they do, the shots start going in eventually. It's really not rocket science.

Or maybe the arm chair stats measured the KZBs later production incorrectly which was witnessed by the line and overall offense cooling off drastically.

Jesus.

Nobel prize winners revise their math more than you guys.

Also, Buch hurt his back and Zibs had a long term fracture.