The New York Rangers are a perfectly built team this year

[My3Sons]

This is a cringy little thread but some of the hot takes from other teams' fans are still funny. I especially like the PO noob Devils fans boasting how they're going to wipe out the Rangers and Canes fans hoping that the Devils do the job even though Carolina is sooo much better than the Rangers.

All of that may happen because the POs are wild every year. But the reality is that the Rangers are a monstrous draw. You have to be f***ing thick as shit to want to play NY in the first round.

Show me one quote from a rational NJ fan who claims that NJ will “wipe out” the Rangers. Stop inventing no respect narratives. NJ fans are well aware the team has stunk for years and will be at a disadvantage in the playoffs without any experience to draw on.

 

[jonlin]

Show me one quote from a rational NJ fan

We first have to find theese "rational NJ fans".

 

[LouJersey]

I simply do not see any weaknesses in the Rangers roster this season, they are solid in every department. In my mind they are the best team in the East and only the Avs match them.

Vezina winning goalie in Shestyorkin

Norris winning defender in Fox

Elite 1C in Zibanejad

Elite 1W in Panarin

Great 2C in Trocheck

50 goal scorer in Kreider

Big physical presence in Blais, Reeves, Trouba

Elite young players in Lafreniere, Kakko, Kravtsov

Deadly power play and solid penalty kill

Great coaching by Gallant

They remind me a little of the best team in the NHL the Boston Bruins, who destroy them when they play

 

[Aurinko]

I think they are 2nd best playoffs team in the East after Boston. I never bet, but if the odds are favorable I might put a few bucks on them.

Top of the league goaltending, excellent D and balanced attack. They can play physical as well. They'll surprise many teams. If the Islanders can make it (which is far from sure), they could be a dark horse as well just on the back of Sorokin.

Of the East top teams, New Jersey is too soft right now, they'll get eaten alive, unless they make a big splash...

I don't know about that.

NJ reminds me of the 2017-2018 VGK and 2020-2021 habs. Both were soft teams that marched to finals. They also played similar high forecheck hockey to current Devils.

 

[Wierzbowski426]

6 goals on 19 shots? What happened to andersson?

 

[Michoulicious]

I don't know about that.

NJ reminds me of the 2017-2018 VGK and 2020-2021 habs. Both were soft teams that marched to finals. They also played similar high forecheck hockey to current Devils.

Vegas was not soft at all! They had McNabb, Engelland, Neal, Bellemare, Perron, Reaves, Schmidt, Tuch... They were a tough to play against, gritty bunch.

I don't see any player on NJD roster matching that description...

Habs were small upfront, but still had Weber, Chiarot, Edmundson, Petry on the backend and Perry/Armia/Staal was a pretty big/nasty cycling 4th line.

The Leafs/Jets/Vegas/Tampa players can certainly attest it was not fun going to the front of the net when Chiarot/Weber/Edmundson were crosschecking everybody in sight.

New Jersey is just too soft right now, they'll need to address that to be taken seriously in the playoffs.

 

[Black Tank]

Show me one quote from a rational NJ fan who claims that NJ will “wipe out” the Rangers. Stop inventing no respect narratives. NJ fans are well aware the team has stunk for years and will be at a disadvantage in the playoffs without any experience to draw on.

This is just a lie, check your board.

The disadvantage for NJ is that their players don't have the PO experience together as a team and are at a physical disadvantage compared to the other teams. Boston, Toronto, Rangers and Tampa are going to escalate the nasty play just like they did last year and in previous POs. Carolina is pretty much steady state but wildcards Washington and Pittsburgh are also dirty, dirty PO teams. The regular season is just a warm up for these teams who haven't really shown their best and nastiest game. Does NJ have that extra level - nobody knows and that's the problem with being a PO noob especially this year where there are no easy first round cannon fodder.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

This is just a lie, check your board.

The disadvantage for NJ is that their players don't have the PO experience together as a team and are at a physical disadvantage compared to the other teams. Boston, Toronto, Rangers and Tampa are going to escalate the nasty play just like they did last year and in previous POs. Carolina is pretty much steady state but wildcards Washington and Pittsburgh are also dirty, dirty PO teams. The regular season is just a warm up for these teams who haven't really shown their best and nastiest game. Does NJ have that extra level - nobody knows and that's the problem with being a PO noob especially this year where there are no easy first round cannon fodder.

I guarantee no one is saying they’ll “wipe out” the Rangers, but some might be saying they don’t fear NY in the playoffs. And given the regular season so far they shouldn’t.

Those are totally different statements unless your sensitivity antenna is at an eleven.

 

[My3Sons]

This is just a lie, check your board.

The disadvantage for NJ is that their players don't have the PO experience together as a team and are at a physical disadvantage compared to the other teams. Boston, Toronto, Rangers and Tampa are going to escalate the nasty play just like they did last year and in previous POs. Carolina is pretty much steady state but wildcards Washington and Pittsburgh are also dirty, dirty PO teams. The regular season is just a warm up for these teams who haven't really shown their best and nastiest game. Does NJ have that extra level - nobody knows and that's the problem with being a PO noob especially this year where there are no easy first round cannon fodder.

No you made a statement and now doubled down calling me a liar. Quite a post or I’d say you are the liar.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

This is just a lie, check your board.

The disadvantage for NJ is that their players don't have the PO experience together as a team and are at a physical disadvantage compared to the other teams. Boston, Toronto, Rangers and Tampa are going to escalate the nasty play just like they did last year and in previous POs. Carolina is pretty much steady state but wildcards Washington and Pittsburgh are also dirty, dirty PO teams. The regular season is just a warm up for these teams who haven't really shown their best and nastiest game. Does NJ have that extra level - nobody knows and that's the problem with being a PO noob especially this year where there are no easy first round cannon fodder.

I swear hockey people are the only fans that think the playoffs become an entirely different sport than the regular season. Did you see who won the Cup last season and how they won it?

I guess this mentality is how Pavel Buchnevich for Sammy Blais trades happen. We know, playoff experience matters. It isn’t just a contest of who is “nastier”…Though the Rangers did rely on Trouba just injuring players (and beating an awful Penguins goalie).

 

[LOFIN]

I don't know about that.

NJ reminds me of the 2017-2018 VGK and 2020-2021 habs. Both were soft teams that marched to finals. They also played similar high forecheck hockey to current Devils.

Wut? I'm not going to say anything about the Devils, but claiming that those Vegas and Montreal teams were soft is just ludicrous. They were anything but soft.

 

[gimbznyr]

Devils fans.. your team good really good and will he really good forna long time. Why you so worried about the rangers?

 

[Captain Lindy]

I swear hockey people are the only fans that think the playoffs become an entirely different sport than the regular season. Did you see who won the Cup last season and how they won it?

I guess this mentality is how Pavel Buchnevich for Sammy Blais trades happen. We know, playoff experience matters. It isn’t just a contest of who is “nastier”…Though the Rangers did rely on Trouba just injuring players (and beating an awful Penguins goalie).

Keep on disrespecting our team. Just keep it up.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Devils fans.. your team good really good and will he really good forna long time. Why you so worried about the rangers?

Big "project my insecurities on the other guy so they don't see me crying" energy here. The harder you try and impute this onto Devils fans, the more obvious it is that you're struggling to adjust to a NJ team that is very much a threat and it's actually *you* that's worried.

If it happens, it'll be a good series. Maybe Trouba even keeps his elbows tucked.

 

[Barry Tallackson]

But do the Rangers have a Tom Wilson problem?

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

But do the Rangers have a Tom Wilson problem?

Did you just wake up from a Tom Wilson induced coma? That joke is so old.

 

[Saitama]

Big "project my insecurities on the other guy so they don't see me crying" energy here. The harder you try and impute this onto Devils fans, the more obvious it is that you're struggling to adjust to a NJ team that is very much a threat and it's actually *you* that's worried.

If it happens, it'll be a good series. Maybe Trouba even keeps his elbows tucked.

We know he will, because Trouba throws good clean hard checks that make the other fans salty. Never understood how hard checks became the enemy of a lot of fans of the NHL. Or is it just the fans of teams who don't have a hard hitter? Hitting is still legal in hockey and Trouba isn't getting disciplined for his hits. Nobody is complaining about this in the NHL, only fans of teams that are getting train-wrecked by him. But keep talking about other people's insecurities as you're whining about this.

 

[TBF1972]

Who is this Kravtsov guy?

mr. available

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

I swear hockey people are the only fans that think the playoffs become an entirely different sport than the regular season. Did you see who won the Cup last season and how they won it?

I guess this mentality is how Pavel Buchnevich for Sammy Blais trades happen. We know, playoff experience matters. It isn’t just a contest of who is “nastier”…Though the Rangers did rely on Trouba just injuring players (and beating an awful Penguins goalie).

Colorado had a nice mix of grit, size and skill.
I'd argue that your blueline has the combination of those 3 to make a push but you never know how team does before they get in. Entirely different sport is pretty spot on. Just look at Panthers last season or Toronto past half decade.

That highlighted phrase is lowkey wearing off. You can run with these little narratives all you want but don't make your insecurites this obvious.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

This is just a lie, check your board.

The disadvantage for NJ is that their players don't have the PO experience together as a team and are at a physical disadvantage compared to the other teams. Boston, Toronto, Rangers and Tampa are going to escalate the nasty play just like they did last year and in previous POs. Carolina is pretty much steady state but wildcards Washington and Pittsburgh are also dirty, dirty PO teams. The regular season is just a warm up for these teams who haven't really shown their best and nastiest game. Does NJ have that extra level - nobody knows and that's the problem with being a PO noob especially this year where there are no easy first round cannon fodder.

Yeah I don't fear the Rangers, sorry. We're 2-0-1 against you this year and you haven't been able to handle our speed in all 3 games. Do I think we need a Trouba deterrent like a Jeannot or Crouse so that guy doesn't run our stars in a series? Sure, but if we add a forward up front, your guys's defense doesn't scare me at all. Mikkola-Schneider are a disaster waiting to happen and your coach has a penchant of jumbling the lines up at the slightest sight of stress and will probably Jimmy Vesey on the RW1 in game 2 if the Devils win game 1.

Keep on disrespecting our team. Just keep it up.

Yikes, guess it struck a nerve. Maybe Vanecek needs to keep his guard up for Kreider sliding into him game 1 if that series happens.

6 goals on 19 shots? What happened to andersson?

Starting to think it's mental with Carolina against NYR, they'll cave them and then get scored on and then proceed to shell and they don't have a true game breaker offensively imo.

 

[TBF1972]

This is a cringy little thread but some of the hot takes from other teams' fans are still funny. I especially like the PO noob Devils fans boasting how they're going to wipe out the Rangers and Canes fans hoping that the Devils do the job even though Carolina is sooo much better than the Rangers.

All of that may happen because the POs are wild every year. But the reality is that the Rangers are a monstrous draw. You have to be f***ing thick as shit to want to play NY in the first round.

as a devils fan i would love to play a team like columbus or montreal in the first round. but we can savely exclude those options. the east has a lot of tough teams and it's a pick your poison situation.

to avoid the rangers the devils have either to win the metro or to fall back into wc spot. talking about the first option would garner a lot 'arrogant devils fans' comment. hoping for the second would be proof of our stupidity.

i expect a devils rangers first round match up and i am happy about it. not because it's the rangers and not because i feel more confident against them than any other match ups. simply because the devils finally are part of the nhl playoffs again.

 

[TBF1972]

We know he will, because Trouba throws good clean hard checks that make the other fans salty. Never understood how hard checks became the enemy of a lot of fans of the NHL. Or is it just the fans of teams who don't have a hard hitter? Hitting is still legal in hockey and Trouba isn't getting disciplined for his hits. Nobody is complaining about this in the NHL, only fans of teams that are getting train-wrecked by him. But keep talking about other people's insecurities as you're whining about this.

does scott stevens ring a bell?

devils fans know about 29 fan bases, who up to these days complain about him and he retired 19 years ago. go fishing somewhere else with your no punch man.

 

[Barry Tallackson]

Did you just wake up from a Tom Wilson induced coma? That joke is so old.

I guess they still do

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

Yeah I don't fear the Rangers, sorry. We're 2-0-1 against you this year and you haven't been able to handle our speed in all 3 games. Do I think we need a Trouba deterrent like a Jeannot or Crouse so that guy doesn't run our stars in a series? Sure, but if we add a forward up front, your guys's defense doesn't scare me at all. Mikkola-Schneider are a disaster waiting to happen and your coach has a penchant of jumbling the lines up at the slightest sight of stress and will probably Jimmy Vesey on the RW1 in game 2 if the Devils win game 1.



Yikes, guess it struck a nerve. Maybe Vanecek needs to keep his guard up for Kreider sliding into him game 1 if that series happens.



Starting to think it's mental with Carolina against NYR, they'll cave them and then get scored on and then proceed to shell and they don't have a true game breaker offensively imo.

This arrogance will spin back hard at some of the devils fans. Can't wait for the coping messages: "Our goal was just to make it in the playoffs".

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

This arrogance will spin back hard at some of the devils fans. Can't wait for the coping messages: "Our goal was just to make it in the playoffs".

Complete difference from saying that we'll stomp the Rangers versus wanting to play them, of course you guys can beat us. You have the best goalie in the world, top 3 dman, pretty deep roster but NJ has the best player in that series going into it (Granted Trouba doesn't give him the peoples elbow from half way across the ice) + better center depth + better defense overall. It'll be a good series, there's nothing wrong with Devils fans thinking they can beat the Rangers with the year they've had. Also this NJ team has to learn how to play and beat good teams if they ever want to win a cup. If anything, you should take it as a compliment that Devils fans think of the Rangers as a good measuring stick but hey of course your fanbase takes everything as a backhanded slap when it comes to the Devils. Maybe one day you guys will get over it.