Screw The Athletic…Your 2022-23 Ranger Predictions Here
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Boris Zubov
No relation to Sergei, Joe
DanielBrassard
It's all so tiresome
Right now I have them as a team in the mix for a wild card spot. Too many holes and too many question marks up front. Will the kids take the next step, will Panarin bounce back, likely regression from Kreider, Zibanejad isn't really an elite #1. I think Igor will be Great Again but it's going to be difficult to repeat last year. I do think the defense will be improved with Jones and Schneider as the third pairing to round it out, Fox will be in the hunt for another Norris and Miller will solidify himself as a 1st pairing level D.
I think this goes one of two ways.
First the good news…A team that was up 2-0 in the conference finals gets stronger with emerging young stars like Lafreniere, Miller, Schneider and Kakko taking on bigger roles. Artemi Panarin plays like Artemi Panarin in the playoffs (and not like Greg Pateryn) and the Rangers go to The Finals.
The alternative is a fairly significant step backwards. Still a playoff team but never really in sync. Igor very good but not great, power play sputters at times and growing frustration with some younger players. Another frantic trade deadline.
I'm hoping for the former but sort of expect the latter. This team needs to lose (at a high level) to help them learn how to win.
First the good news…A team that was up 2-0 in the conference finals gets stronger with emerging young stars like Lafreniere, Miller, Schneider and Kakko taking on bigger roles. Artemi Panarin plays like Artemi Panarin in the playoffs (and not like Greg Pateryn) and the Rangers go to The Finals.
The alternative is a fairly significant step backwards. Still a playoff team but never really in sync. Igor very good but not great, power play sputters at times and growing frustration with some younger players. Another frantic trade deadline.
I'm hoping for the former but sort of expect the latter. This team needs to lose (at a high level) to help them learn how to win.
Fitzy
Very Stable Genius
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Seems pretty cynical around here given that this is pretty close to the peak of the competitive window in my opinion.
We're starting to trade away lots of picks meaning we will likely need another rebuild in 5 years, so this is kind of the moment.
We're starting to trade away lots of picks meaning we will likely need another rebuild in 5 years, so this is kind of the moment.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
The Athletic honestly wasn't that far off and they're probably a wildcard team. I think we're a good team but in the tier right below contenders.
Absolutely everything went right last year and I don't think that, from summer 2021 to summer 2022, the window/outlook has changed as much as people think it has.
And that take has absolutely nothing to do with preseason.
Absolutely everything went right last year and I don't think that, from summer 2021 to summer 2022, the window/outlook has changed as much as people think it has.
And that take has absolutely nothing to do with preseason.
That West is so crazy wild. Colorado and Edmonton both made it to the Conference finals and neither had strong goaltending tandems.
I think it only sounds cynical because we made the ECF last year. Otherwise, it's on track to my expectations timeline wise after the letter. I'm still surprised they made the playoffs last year, did not see Igor and kreider doing what they did.
HockeyBasedNYC
Feeling it
3rd in the Met, but they make the playoffs
Health and finding the right combos will be an issue
Panarin and Trocheck combo will broken up, but it will take a while.
Rydahl will be an impact player for the bottom 6, but only after an injury or two clears the way.
There will be an unexpected trade mid season, well before the deadline
Health and finding the right combos will be an issue
Panarin and Trocheck combo will broken up, but it will take a while.
Rydahl will be an impact player for the bottom 6, but only after an injury or two clears the way.
There will be an unexpected trade mid season, well before the deadline
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NoQuitInNewMexico
it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
Same first round/second round, small step back year with some normalization (better even strength, better Laf/Kakko, Igor as a big positive but not the runaway Vezina winner, Chris Kreider nowhere near 50 goals) that I think most people are expecting.
Panarin and Zibanejad end up on the same line.
Kravtsov actually has a good year, but as a pure bottom six player without a ton of points. The aristocratic iconoclastic long neck guy is basically a get pucks deep and forecheck guy at the NHL level, at least for now
Out of Kakko, Lafreniere and Chytil, someone('s agent) goes to the media about wanting more time on the PP, and how they won't take it easy on the Rangers in contract negotiations just because they have such and such number of points.
Deadline move for a steady defenseman, no Patty Kane.
Chaos mode: Julien Gauthier scores 20 NHL goals in the 2022-23 season for...somebody! The crystal ball isn't showing that part, it's kinda foggy, gotta get the thing fixed
Panarin and Zibanejad end up on the same line.
Kravtsov actually has a good year, but as a pure bottom six player without a ton of points. The aristocratic iconoclastic long neck guy is basically a get pucks deep and forecheck guy at the NHL level, at least for now
Out of Kakko, Lafreniere and Chytil, someone('s agent) goes to the media about wanting more time on the PP, and how they won't take it easy on the Rangers in contract negotiations just because they have such and such number of points.
Deadline move for a steady defenseman, no Patty Kane.
Chaos mode: Julien Gauthier scores 20 NHL goals in the 2022-23 season for...somebody! The crystal ball isn't showing that part, it's kinda foggy, gotta get the thing fixed
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This could be a wild one. Nothing between first and second to last in the division would surprise me. Will we build on a successful season? Will Igor and Kreider keep up their performances? Will the youngsters take the next steps? Will Vinny more than make up for Strome?
A lot of variables in play. I could see us going to the SCF; I could also see us finishing bottom four in the conference. Looking forward to the adventure, though.
Edit: I expect 96 points (approx 43-29-10)
Leading scorer is Panarin with 85 followed by Mika with 80. Kakko breaks out with 60.
A lot of variables in play. I could see us going to the SCF; I could also see us finishing bottom four in the conference. Looking forward to the adventure, though.
Edit: I expect 96 points (approx 43-29-10)
Leading scorer is Panarin with 85 followed by Mika with 80. Kakko breaks out with 60.
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EdJovanovski
#FreeRempe
That would be a massive dip in production for Panarin, he paced for 105pts last season
Rongomania
Registered User
Uh, no. We were incredibly banged up throughout the entire playoffs. Maybe the most banged up I've ever seen a rangers playoff team. The kids have also just begun to sprout. And I am sure a few of them have better years a.k.a. We will be better than the Copp/Vatrano thing.
Really don't know wtf you're talking about here.
I expect pretty much the same as we got last year.....definitely a playoff team but missing the same components....will Drury be able to come up with another Motte, Vatrano, Copp to inject much needed grit and physical play that has been (and will be) missing?
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
Every team has a ton of injuries in the playoffs and every fanbase thinks it's just them.
Matter of fact, who was hurt? Strome and Copp? Zibanejad, Kreider, Fox, Miller, Trouba, Lafreniere, Kakko, Chytil, and Shesterkin were all healthy the entire playoffs. We probably don't get that lucky again if anything.
Zibanejad had his best season and was healthy which he never is. Kreider doubled his career high in goals and was healthy which he never is. Shesterkin had the best season since Hasek. We beat Pittsburgh with like a 30% xGF share in the series after Crosby got a concussion again. We had to come back from a deficit in games 5, 6, and 7.
You really don't see where we can't exactly bank on some of that?
Rongomania
Registered User
PuckLuck3043
Stairway To Heaven
They may regress slightly but not by much. The roster is better overall than the one that started last year. Kakko. Laf, and Chytil will all continue to progress. Shesty will be one of the best again. Miller will show he's a top pair guy. Jones is a big upgrade over Nemeth. Trocheck is also an upgrade though it may take some time gel with Panarin. Kreider scores 40 and so does Mika. Fox is Fox. They will add Kane at TDL and will finish 2nd or 3rd in division with another trip to ECF.
tlk
hARry kane comeS homE
This, more or less.
Not sure if they want to trade the first tho. Will depend on who's available I guess.
And Kreider's "reality" aint too shabby.
PS loving all the doom and gloom))
Lone Ranger
Registered User
1.Kreider and Zip wed, Galant performs the ceremony, and become the NHzL's openly platonic married could. JK
2.The team has a good season; but doesn't match last year's point total or playoff success. 100 points, second round exit.
3. Laf pots thirty goals, puts up 55 points.
4. Kakko hits 20 goals 50 points.
5, Kreider scores 40.
6. Bread finds his old form and puts up 100 points.
2.The team has a good season; but doesn't match last year's point total or playoff success. 100 points, second round exit.
3. Laf pots thirty goals, puts up 55 points.
4. Kakko hits 20 goals 50 points.
5, Kreider scores 40.
6. Bread finds his old form and puts up 100 points.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
Lindgren is always injuried.
That's not any more than what anyone else was dealing with. Tampa played the entire playoffs without Point.
All of our star players were healthy.
irishlaxburger2
Registered User
That’s pretty healthy compared to most teams
It galls me they I have to write my shit predictions for free and these reporters get paid to write or spout theirs.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
I don't think it's doom and gloom. It's more that it gets toxic around here when the expectations are unreasonable and then not met.
I think a lot of folks are of the mindset that the team is a locked-in Cup contender and then Lafreniere, Kakko, etc. will definitely progress and that's gravy on top of a great team.
I tend to think that Kakko and Lafreniere need to progress (with no guarantee it happens) just to get back to where they were.
Say what you will about Copp and Vatrano, but everyone seems to have forgotten that we looked terrible before the deadline acquisitions and we haven't replaced those acquisitions. We're rolling the dice that it just happens.
There's also the strong possibility that Igor regresses from one of the best goalies ever to "only" the best currently, and the strong likelihood that Kreider scores nowhere near 50 goals.
Personally, I would be very happy if we do see some progress from the young players and Panarin proves to me that he's not a net negative at this point. If that happens I'm not necessarily setting the standard that anything but an ECF return is an abject failure.
