The New York Rangers are a perfectly built team this year

[jbeck5]

They're wrong.

The Rangers are 14th in goals. They're 7th in hits.

Before the trades, Vesey and Goodrow played in the top 6 every game.

The Rangers are a slow, lumbering, physical, dump-and-chuck team with Panarin freelancing on his own little island to give them some semblance of a threat. Watching them play could put Cocaine Bear to sleep. They absolutely 100% needed more skill.

"The Rangers need sandpaper" is just a meme that exists since the Flyers beat us up in the 1970's.

That doesn't really convince me otherwise, because that sens team was also one of the top hitting teams with Chris Neil, Mike Fisher, and Anton volchenkov near the top....didn't change the fact come playoff time, the majority of the roster played more perimeter hockey.

From the Rangers games I've seen recently, they too, have lots of talent, but also seem to be playing more perimeter hockey. Kane and panarin circling the zone and making sweet sauces seems nice, but they need to drive the net more with sandpaper. Kreider used to do it alot but does it less now. Zibby used to do it occasionally but now I never see him do it.

Not sure who you have that is going to break through walls to get wins on this team.

 

[Machinehead]

That doesn't really convince me otherwise

Oh no, my day is ruined.

 

[Machinehead]

To make a long story short, yellow is quality.

If you're on the right side of zero, you're good at it, and obviously the left side (negative) is bad.

The Rangers, despite being the 7th best team by this metric, don't have any yellow. They don't generate any quality scoring chances. The team is bad at offense.

"Just drive the net!" There's four guys standing there. The Rangers have no ability whatsoever to draw defenders out of position.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

I believe either Boston or Carolina are the favorites to come out of the East. The ghost wasn’t a huge pick up, however, may be the perfect one for the Canes.

 

[jbeck5]

Oh no, my day is ruined.

Sounds great bud.

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

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To make a long story short, yellow is quality.

If you're on the right side of zero, you're good at it, and obviously the left side (negative) is bad.

The Rangers, despite being the 7th best team by this metric, don't have any yellow. They don't generate any quality scoring chances. The team is bad at offense.

"Just drive the net!" There's four guys standing there. The Rangers have no ability whatsoever to draw defenders out of position.

Gallant’s system is basicly cycle down low and hope something opens up.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Perfectly built for golf.

 

[WarriorofTime]

NOPE

 

[MattMartin]

I will eat crow, after the Bruins got knocked out. I figured they would be in the finals, possibly winning it all.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Hey look, the Rangers suck again! Hopefully all the ones that talked shit on the Penguins a month ago arent already back in their holes.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

teehee

 

[Svechhammer]

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

Welp

 

[Cloned]

I knew this thread would get bumped. HF never disappoints.

 

[SI90]

Me and Josh Bailey had the same amount of goals as Panarin in the first round!!! Perfectly built lol

 

[M88K]

Perfectly built

 

[SI90]

 

[WangMustGo]

Yes, yes they are.

You were saying???

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

1-9 in the playoffs under Gallant when not scoring on the PP.

1 5v5 goal in the 4 losses to Tampa last year. 2 5v5 goals in the 4 losses to New Jersey this year.

New York's best players have some soul searching to do. You can't be reliant on the PP for production and momentum like that.

 

[ViD]

Lafreniere, Kane, Panarin, Trocheck were not suited for this.

The so called Kid Line completely disappeared

Rangers will be better next year.

 

[Lateralous]

When you start a thread with this subject line, you have to know it never ends well.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Elite young player Lafreniere sure looks like a very poor man's Daigle.

 

[ViD]

Clearly trading Kravtsov ruined the Rangers karma, I can’t believe they played themselves like this

 

[Frosty415]

This thread was a good jinx thread

 

[Connor McConnor]

Perfectly built for a 1st round loss! I think they needed to add a few more $8+m players to their roster and then maybe, just maybe, they could have won

 

[Guadana]

C`mon. At least rangers won hf boards battle on the main board.