Post-Game Talk: Combo Breaker

[PuckLuck3043]

rangers are talked about literally all the time. i wfh and listen to nhl xm radio all day. each show talks about how good of a team we are and whenever we go up against other good teams its “this could be a ecf matchup” or “this could be a scf matchup”. we’re first in the power rankings on nhl.com this week, we’ve been first on THG’s rankings for like a month. nhl network on tv talks about how good we are all the time. where are you guys going that you think people *arent* talking about how good this team is?

hell, the lineup on xm radio probably has more positive opinions about the rangers than most ranger fans lol

Watched the tools on TNT yesterday and they didn't even mention the Rangers except for the clown Bissonette saying that he hopes the leafs fall to a WC so they can play the Rangers. They were knob slobbering The Panthers, Carolina, and Nashville though.

 

[LOFIN]

rangers are talked about literally all the time. i wfh and listen to nhl xm radio all day. each show talks about how good of a team we are and whenever we go up against other good teams its “this could be a ecf matchup” or “this could be a scf matchup”. we’re first in the power rankings on nhl.com this week, we’ve been first on THG’s rankings for like a month. nhl network on tv talks about how good we are all the time. where are you guys going that you think people *arent* talking about how good this team is?

hell, the lineup on xm radio probably has more positive opinions about the rangers than most ranger fans lol

I guess the issue is that I listen more to the Canadian sports media haha.

 

[The New Russian Five]

Wow looking at the schedule the presidents trophy is a real possibility. But you know the Rangers. We'll see.

Yeah the hardest part of the schedule is over now. The road is paved for them to win it if they don's screw up.

 

[Kakko]

It just kept getting better.

After Trocheck leaves, we're gonna get McDavid.

The corpse of Rick Nash for Lindgren, Miller and McDavid. Maybe I underestimated you, Jeff Gorton...

 

[McRanger92]

It just kept getting better.

After Trocheck leaves, we're gonna get McDavid.

Great. Lafreniere will score 50 and we’ll get eliminated in the 2nd round every year

 

[qq]

Least valuable player was Lindgren. Singlehandedly gave the Avs the point. Igor was fantastic!

Hilarious way to end Macks streak though.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Hilarious way to end Macks streak though.

Well it would have ended either way most likely if there's no goal there. Unless he had a point on a 6 on 5 goal.

 

[Holocene]

I guess the issue is that I listen more to the Canadian sports media haha.

fair enough then! not in my wheelhouse.

 

[will1066]

So if Kakko didn't miss 20 plus games maybe he hits 16-20 goals this year which isn't bad I guess but he leaves us wanting to see so much more.

He still looks like he's got growing pains whereas Laf is now comfortable

 

[Jauffre]

Avs postgame was an embarrassment. All they could do was complain about MacK not getting the assist... like you're team just lost a game.

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

Colorado is very tough especially at home with the elevation. It's a thing. That's the 1 team that can't have home ice in series.

wouldn't it affect both teams the same? Because they fly in and out to Denver at basically the same time?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The Rangers are 20-4-1 in their last 25. 18-4-1 in their first 23. The middle 25 or so games didn't happen.

 

[Kaapo di tutti capi]

My buddy watching the Avalanche broadcast on center ice just sent me videos of their post games. It's absolutely insane, they're all basically saying the league should just find a way to hand MacKinnon an assist to keep his streak alive. They're saying to review it and go back and find a way to give it to him. Insane stuff honestly.

This still cracks me up 11 years later. Never change, Avs color guys.

 

[bl02]

He still looks like he's got growing pains whereas Laf is now comfortable

But how much longer? Next year will be his 6th year. I know a few were not full years.

 

[IDvsEGO]

wouldn't it affect both teams the same? Because they fly in and out to Denver at basically the same time?

Actually it would benefit the avs even more.
Once you acclimate to the higher elevation you actually absorb more o2 at lower elevations. It’s why distance runners train at higher elevations.

 

[LOFIN]

wouldn't it affect both teams the same? Because they fly in and out to Denver at basically the same time?

Well obviously one team has gotten used to it. It's a long term effect on the lungs.

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

player of the game was the very little kid with the Rangers hat and the nerd glasses that Laviolette domed in the head with a puck trying to toss it over the glass to him. Took it like a champ and reveled in the glory of his new puck and Laviolette was shooketh

who saw dat

 

[PuckLuck3043]

wouldn't it affect both teams the same? Because they fly in and out to Denver at basically the same time?

I don't think so. The Avs are accustomed to the elevation and it's a challenge for visiting teams. Home ice is a decided advantage for them. The Rangers were sucking wind in the 3rd tonight.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

 

[Kakko]

The Rangers are 20-4-1 in their last 25. 18-4-1 in their first 23. The middle 25 or so games didn't happen.

What's really funny is that those 48 games are still below what the Bruins did last season. Who we've collectively forgotten having the best season in NHL history... in exchange for also forgetting them losing the first round

 

[LOFIN]

Actually it would benefit the avs even more.
Once you acclimate to the higher elevation you actually absorb more o2 at lower elevations. It’s why distance runners train at higher elevations.

I can't wait for the CBA negotiations, if people want to punish states that have less taxes, maybe the next step is the teams with different elevations lmao

Of course it's a legit thing, but it is what is.

 

[will1066]

Avs postgame was an embarrassment. All they could do was complain about MacK not getting the assist... like you're team just lost a game.

They should just appease him. An angry Nathan MacKinnon is not good for the rest of the league

 

[MysticLeviathan]

So if Kakko didn't miss 20 plus games maybe he hits 16-20 goals this year which isn't bad I guess but he leaves us wanting to see so much more.

If kakko’s skating could become average, he’d be legit very good. he’s very strong around the net and can stick handle in a phone booth. but getting into the zone and into those areas has been a major struggle for him.

he should be focusing 100% of his offseason on skating.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

What's really funny is that those 48 games are still below what the Bruins did last season. Who we've collectively forgotten having the best season in NHL history... in exchange for also forgetting them losing the first round

You are right, prorates to 134 vs. Boston's 135.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Bruins play the Canes twice (hopefully they split the games in regulation), Rangers probably need 5-4 or 6-3 to clinch first in the East.

Bruins also play the Panthers twice.