bobber
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Rangers posted a picture of Opilka back on the Aud ice with his equipment on today.
Have you had a chance to attend any of the practices to see if he's actually doing more than just posing for pictures?Rangers posted a picture of Opilka back on the Aud ice with his equipment on today.
Rangers posted a picture of Opilka back on the Aud ice with his equipment on today.
Have you had a chance to attend any of the practices to see if he's actually doing more than just posing for pictures?
That was nice to see. Hopefully he's well on his way to healthy.
I see Cleveland signed Keith Aulie to a PTO today. He's a pretty veteran D and they also have Brookbank being healthy-scratched. With Hora already on the bottom pairing, fingers crossed he'll be back.
where is this picture?....looked on the Ranger site and didn't see any picture or article...opps Just saw it on Facebook and from the sweat on his uni looks like the workout was quite vigorous
Great measuring stick this week with London, Hamilton and the early East favourite Mississauga! It will be interesting to see
the end results!
We still need more depth on D even if Hora comes back
We still need more depth on D even if Hora comes back
I agree 100% with Tim Raines. We'd have a very good top six. I have no issue with that.
Agree with you and Tim Raines but they do need to play quite a bit better!!! Just way too scramblie and disorganized now. Hopefully Barnaby isn't in over his head.
Agree. It's more coaching than personnel. Again, no issue with the D if Hora returns.
And if Opilka can be on his game upon his return......
From Brown's blog:
As for the Rangers, goalie Luke Opilka is back on the ice, but not at full practice yet.
The Blueshirts are nursing him along after hip surgery. He's week-to-week right now. His return date will depend on how he responds to regular work. It sounds like a best case scenario has him back in two weeks.
Meanwhile, Connor Bunnaman and Nick McHugh are back at full speed and ready to go tomorrow against London. Bunnaman missed Sunday's win over Guelph after blocking a shot Saturday against Owen Sound. McHugh has been sick and missed the past three games.
Kyle Gentles is been reassessed after leaving Sunday's game in Guelph and was not at practice Tuesday. Blueliner Connor Hall took part in the workout but wore a white "no contact" jersey. He's day-to-day.
Not sure where Brown gets his info. I was only concerned with the Rangers present situation. I guess Brown had to produce something so he was digging back through history.Brown got the Mark Hunter situation wrong in his article. Hunter was coaching Sarnia full time at the time of that incident. He wasn't filling in for Hofford in London. He and Dale hadn't yet bought the Knights. Mark sent a player out to fight a Guelph player. What he may not have known were that the two players grew up together and were good buddies. As they lined up for the faceoff, the Sarnia player told the Guelph player that he got sent out to fight him and told him "we have to go". the Guelph player skated over to his bench, told his coach, the coach told the ref, and the rest is history.
And if he was going to bring up coaching suspensions, he could have mentioned Rangers' assistant coach Greg Bignell and his 25 gamer for actually slugging a Sarnia trainer and asst coach during a brawl at the Aud. Bignell was enraged when the asst coach was grabbing Ranger players from his bench during the brawl. This was a while ago. During Ryan Pepperall's rookie season I believe.
Brown got the Mark Hunter situation wrong in his article. Hunter was coaching Sarnia full time at the time of that incident. He wasn't filling in for Hofford in London. He and Dale hadn't yet bought the Knights. Mark sent a player out to fight a Guelph player. What he may not have known were that the two players grew up together and were good buddies. As they lined up for the faceoff, the Sarnia player told the Guelph player that he got sent out to fight him and told him "we have to go". the Guelph player skated over to his bench, told his coach, the coach told the ref, and the rest is history.
And if he was going to bring up coaching suspensions, he could have mentioned Rangers' assistant coach Greg Bignell and his 25 gamer for actually slugging a Sarnia trainer and asst coach during a brawl at the Aud. Bignell was enraged when the asst coach was grabbing Ranger players from his bench during the brawl. This was a while ago. During Ryan Pepperall's rookie season I believe.
I agree 100% with Tim Raines. We'd have a very good top six. I have no issue with that.
I can't believe I was able to find an article online from 2000 but Brown's right. Hunters had just bought the Knights and then this happened.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/hockey/ohl-upholds-hunter-suspension-1.207777
I think people are forgetting about injuries. They always happen and that is why we need depth
If we get any deeper on D, players like Vallati and Gentles won't get any icetime when we're healthy. And having Roberts as a number six does him no good either when it comes to development.
Agreed!....In a non-contending year (the Rangers will be good but not a true contender) trading assets to build depth isn't the way to go. If injuries do happen then Peterson will play and if necessary just roll 5 d-men and then 4 if required for a few games. Geesch....Spott rolled 3 d-men in the playoffs under a tighter schedule.