Post-Game Talk: Tame

[Rangers in 7]

Of course it’s Zibs. Because he’s shown so much more in the past. Since I expect so much more, it’s a bigger letdown.

Agreed

 

[IchabodCrane]

Imagine being Patrick Kane and entertaining those two decade long frauds Detroit and Buffalo when this Rangers team, the only team you wanted to play for has a glaring hole at first line RW?

Stop. No brainer for him

Ewww

 

[IchabodCrane]

One good night of DJ'ing and a solid tofu dinner should turn him around.

He is such a meek individual it annoys me. Reminds me of rick nash

 

[IchabodCrane]

Agreed. He's fumbling pucks, missing the net and losing puck battles consistently. Hasn't been nearly good enough so far.

And they arent forcing that stupid one timer. On the pp. now we are 35+%. Imagine that. I am serious, his one timer is terrible

 

[chosen]

He’s lacking confidence with the puck right now

Right now?

 

[Chytilmania]

Chytil with Cuylle and Kakko is salivating to think about. The ability for those three to cycle and hold onto the puck, that will cause havoc as a 3rd line.

That would be a great third line but for the love of god we need to retire the name “Kids Line.”

Hmmm any acronyms with C,C,K
With Othmann waiting in the wings we may have something.

 

[duhmetreE]

Mika not scoring at 5v5 but he’s still got what 10 pts in 13 games and shutting top lines down every night. Hell get going. Don’t be greedy

Kakko has one tap in goal on the goal line. He’s by far the biggest disappointment out there. Not even close

That’s stretching it and sounds like some MSG propaganda.

He’s been abysmal in the Ozone. He’s paid to score.

Everyone is in agreement, he needs to get going. He needs to be separated from Kreider and put between Panarin and Laffy.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

That would be a great third line but for the love of god we need to retire the name “Kids Line.”

Hmmm any acronyms with C,C,K
With Othmann waiting in the wings we may have something.

Or we swap out Kakko for Kreider and we would have the CC Kreider line.



Clark Kellogg has left the building

 

[duhmetreE]

Troub and Key played 2x minutes as Jones/schneid - wow talk about sheltered.

That’s not sustainable. Fox can’t get back soon enough.

There’s no reason not to.

Minnesota is a terrible matchup for Jones

 

[McRanger92]

Remember people trying to say Trocheck was overpaid. Didnt make sense then and really doesnt make sense now. The arranged marriage Gallant forced on him and Panarin last year was frustrating but the chemistry is there this year. Chytil went out and that line didnt miss a beat. And thats why you need 3 centers.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Don't know if it was pointed out yet, lovin that moment of Wheeler's first goal as a Ranger the 4 other skaters were all Ranger kids and they all had a touch on the puck leading to the goal.

Right in the feels. Happy for the big fella - I have 0 issue with this man on the team. (especially with the kids around)

Wheeler is a huge man and has good instincts around the net. I have been surprised he wasn't there on more PPs.

 

[McRanger92]

Don't know if it was pointed out yet, lovin that moment of Wheeler's first goal as a Ranger the 4 other skaters were all Ranger kids and they all had a touch on the puck leading to the goal.

Right in the feels. Happy for the big fella - I have 0 issue with this man on the team. (especially with the kids around)

I think that was a big moment for Wheeler and the team. Vally on the postgame pointed out that its hard for a veteran leader like Wheeler to have a voice in the locker room when he doesnt have a goal.

I thought the Kreider-Mika-Wheeler line looked better than the game before. Using their size and cycling well in the zone. I think theyre getting there as a line.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

Great game again. The 2nd was not fun but 40 minutes of great hockey is more than we got in games the last few years.

No Fox. No Chytil. No NHL goalies and we keep winning. That is a testament to Lavi and the guys stepping up. No way we do this with Gallant.

I'm very impressed with what Lavi has done with these guys. I did not think this core was coachable, yet from the very first game they have bought in and look like an actual team. Not many of us wanted him, I mentioned it could turn out like Adam Gase, but the guy is a true professional and has done the best job coaching since Torts.

Panarin is back. I needed to wait on this one, but this is the version I've been asking for, for the last 2 years. He is just as deadly with the puck and now getting back into the dirty areas. This combo is Hart worthy. It's good to see him back to being a complete player.

Laf might be here. All it took was Jackie Redmond on the bench and the guy is flying out there. Hope he keeps this up, as this is what a top pick looks like. Great work by the coaching staff to get him to this level. Hopefully Kakko is next.

We might have ourselves a really good team this year. I'm fully buying in and excited for the rest of the way. LFG

 

[Do you want ants]

That’s stretching it and sounds like some MSG propaganda.

He’s been abysmal in the Ozone. He’s paid to score.

Everyone is in agreement, he needs to get going. He needs to be separated from Kreider and put between Panarin and Laffy.

I don’t want him with bread. Those 2 don’t work together and I don’t want to see bread go back to his floating bs we saw the last 2 years.

 

[Fitzy]

What will inevitably happen is that Chytil and Shesterkin will return, and then we'll go through a slump.

Regular season hockey has a lot of noise in the data.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Great game again. The 2nd was not fun but 40 minutes of great hockey is more than we got in games the last few years.

No Fox. No Chytil. No NHL goalies and we keep winning. That is a testament to Lavi and the guys stepping up. No way we do this with Gallant.

I'm very impressed with what Lavi has done with these guys. I did not think this core was coachable, yet from the very first game they have bought in and look like an actual team. Not many of us wanted him, I mentioned it could turn out like Adam Gase, but the guy is a true professional and has done the best job coaching since Torts.

Panarin is back. I needed to wait on this one, but this is the version I've been asking for, for the last 2 years. He is just as deadly with the puck and now getting back into the dirty areas. This combo is Hart worthy. It's good to see him back to being a complete player.

Laf might be here. All it took was Jackie Redmond on the bench and the guy is flying out there. Hope he keeps this up, as this is what a top pick looks like. Great work by the coaching staff to get him to this level. Hopefully Kakko is next.

We might have ourselves a really good team this year. I'm fully buying in and excited for the rest of the way. LFG

Why would you ever think he'd turn out like Adam Gase? Gase had one other job and was awful at it. Lavi has had many and was sucessful.

 

[McRanger92]

What will inevitably happen is that Chytil and Shesterkin will return, and then we'll go through a slump.

Regular season hockey has a lot of noise in the data.

We weren't slumping when they were healthy. Teams that have a strong system to fall back on when attrition hits don't go into prolonged slumps

 

[Larrybiv]

Zibs and it’s not even close

But if you had to bet on ONE, that would get closer to his expectations it would be Zibs.
KK, as good as he is on the walls, doesn't even seem to KNOW where the net is. Sorry

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

And they arent forcing that stupid one timer. On the pp. now we are 35+%. Imagine that. I am serious, his one timer is terrible.

that's funny, Mika's one-timer. There have been periods over that past few years where it was deadly. I mean he seems effective as Ovechkin. But then the rest of the time it's not happening.

 

[Larrybiv]

Know when you can tell a team is well coached and prepared? When there's a bunch of injuries and it's the next man up that steps in and the team still gets the job done.

Couldn't agree more. Its a shame we couldn't/didn't grab PL before he wasted a year with the Craps. This team needed HIM more than anything. A tweak here or there (mostly the 4th line) and we could be a force to be reckoned with. Hell, we already are. But I mean in the PO's.

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

But if you had to bet on ONE, that would get closer to his expectations it would be Zibs.
KK, as good as he is on the walls, doesn't even seem to KNOW where the net is. Sorry

Kakko's been good over the past couple of games - he was responsible for a 5-on-5 goal that he got no assist on vs Detroit. Last night he created an open net shot for Bonino that didn't get converted.

 

[TominNC]

Every year Mika starts slow. Every year fans bitch and make endless boring same old tofu jokes. Every year Mika gets hotter than hell and ends up near the top of our scorers. Fans never learn.

 

[Larrybiv]

Kid has so much confidence right now. His offensive game is being allowed to flourish. Still should get PP1 time, but even without it he's cooking. Playing with Panarin is doing great things for him. And I believe he's doing good for Panarin too. Panarin hasn't had a player like Laf on his line at all since signing with the Rangers. They're perfect for eachother.

Agreed. That play that Laffy made behind the net, stealing it away from 2 players and centering it to an "in close" Panarin was a thing of beauty. Last 2 years, Panarin would have NEVER had been there, and in due part that he had NO confidence in a teammate doing what Laffy did.

The Zib trashing on here is pitiful.

Yeah, really is. Where is the freaking loyalty. Anyone wanna bet he gets at least 85 pts.?

 

[McRanger92]

Agreed. That play that Laffy made behind the net, stealing it away from 2 players and centering it to an "in close" Panarin was a thing of beauty. Last 2 years, Panarin would have NEVER had been there, and in due part that he had NO confidence in a teammate doing what Laffy did.


Yeah, really is. Where is the freaking loyalty. Anyone wanna bet he gets at least 85 pts.?

Mika needs to improve his 5v5 play so we can get out of this slump we're in

 

[will1066]

that's funny, Mika's one-timer. There have been periods over that past few years where it was deadly. I mean he seems effective as Ovechkin. But then the rest of the time it's not happening.

That's the difference between a future hall of famer and a disc jockey turned hockey player.