Post-Game Talk: Winter Classic - New York Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres

[LeetchisGod]

I'm tired of Rick Nash, really. The story that he is snakebitten and blah blah blah is rubbish. He is what he is now, a decent player who can't finish if his life depends on it. Trade him, plz.

Yesssssss! Plenty of room on the dark side. Join me.

 

[Ail]

I hope the people who paid good money to attend had fun all things considered, but watching from home that was a bad game and pretty poor entertainment outside of the fact they won. The Flyers game was 10x better.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Rangers were the better team, but if they weren't that'd be sad.

Throwing out the records the Sabres actually have played pretty well the last few weeks.

 

[Kakko]

Somehow, we've stumbled our way into third in the division

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

I'm glad that Milbury is so blatantly annoyed.

He is seriously the worst color analyst I’ve ever heard of any sport. Even removing his biases and whatever. He just adds nothing it’s basically like a guy who knows nothing about hockey doing the analysis while being so nervous he can’t form sentences. It’s brutal that NBC has him as the color guy for their top team. I get that they didn’t wanna replace Eddie O but come on. Milbury is embarrassingly bad.

 

[Fvital92]

Somehow, we've stumbled our way into third in the division

Yesterday was a great day for us, everybody in the division lost.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

I hope the people who paid good money to attend had fun all things considered, but watching from home that was a bad game and pretty poor entertainment outside of the fact they won. The Flyers game was 10x better.

Agreed. The Flyer game was much better. I don't remember the camera angles at that game but this game was annoying to watch on TV.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

And boy, how about this:

 

[Ori]

Not sure why this was a Buffalo home game, but 2 pts. is neat.

 

[CenturionOne]

Strong game by Hank!

Also have to admit I have a soft spot for Lehner, bat crazy and more than decent at stopping pucks

 

[Igright]

I like the performance of Grabner, Hayes and Miller. The 2nd goal of the game was a pleasure to watch.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Not sure why this was a Buffalo home game, but 2 pts. is neat.

Because lawyers and accountants.

 

[Siddi]

I hope the people who paid good money to attend had fun all things considered, but watching from home that was a bad game and pretty poor entertainment outside of the fact they won. The Flyers game was 10x better.

Yeah, this game lacked the intensity you get from watching from ice level at MSG which is understandable but I did enjoy the cold and the atmosphere. The cold brought me back to life after last nights shenanigans

 

[DanielBrassard]

And boy, how about this:

He's been great the past few games, out of nowhere. I wonder if he is just more comfortable on the right side.

 

[eco's bones]

A few players I wasn't that happy with today--Nash, McDonagh, Holden, Zibanejad, Buchnevich. To me it was mostly McDonagh that screwed up on the tying goal though Nash helped him out. Holden was handling the puck all day like it was a hand grenade. Zibanejad and Buchnevich--too quiet.

The Nieves--Carey combination has been pretty good--Fast coming back today was a very helpful addition. I like Hayes, Miller and Grabner together. Desharnais and Vesey each had a good game. Skjei was our best D today--Staal had a solid game.

 

[Machinehead]

Someone has to win at Citi Field goddammit.

The Nationals usually do

 

[Raspewtin]

The Nationals usually do

ouchhhh

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

I hope the people who paid good money to attend had fun all things considered, but watching from home that was a bad game and pretty poor entertainment outside of the fact they won. The Flyers game was 10x better.

All the money fans spent on 2018 WC jerseys won't be a waste now.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

He's been great the past few games, out of nowhere. I wonder if he is just more comfortable on the right side.

I know we all rag on Staal and it was deserved mostly especially last season, but he’s been largely okay this season. And this team is much better when he’s playing good defense. He’s an important at PKer and can effectively eat tough minutes so when he’s better it’s better for all of us. He’ll never live up to his contract but at this point we just have to hope he can keep up his strong play.

 

[nyr2k2]

Nash has one move at this point--accelerate down the wing, pull up, try to post up his man and spin it back into the center for a shot. He tries is a couple times per games. That's what Doc called the "button hook" in the third. It's basically a turnover every time.

 

[Machinehead]

ouchhhh

It was there

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Nice for Shatty to get the primary assist on the GWG. I feel like it’s been a long time since he’s had one of those and the pp has suffered accordingly.

 

[Blueshirt Special]

A few players I wasn't that happy with today--Nash, McDonagh, Holden, Zibanejad, Buchnevich. To me it was mostly McDonagh that screwed up on the tying goal though Nash helped him out. Holden was handling the puck all day like it was a hand grenade. Zibanejad and Buchnevich--too quiet.

The Nieves--Carey combination has been pretty good--Fast coming back today was a very helpful addition. I like Hayes, Miller and Grabner together. Desharnais and Vesey each had a good game. Skjei was our best D today--Staal had a solid game.

Brady makes everything alright.

 

[Blueshirt Special]

so did Lettieri get a shift?

 

[Matt Rentfree]

so did Lettieri get a shift?

Healthy scratch