and could have had a goal if he didn't whiff on a nice pass from Hayes... I believe it was on the pp 4 on 3Grabner with a PP point.....
How is we can't make up 3 or 4 points against teams ahead of us but we will fall more than that?
I'm not scared of teams like the Jackets, Islanders, Devils and canes. But hey if you guys wanna miss the playoffs to get a pick 5 or 6 spots higher awesome. I just don't understand the mentality especially when we just picked someone at 21 who could very well be better and more dangerous than the guy we picked at 7. and trust me in reality land it won't be a difference of 14 spots.
who are these 5 or 6 teams?
How is we can't make up 3 or 4 points against teams ahead of us but we will fall more than that?
I'm not scared of teams like the Jackets, Islanders, Devils and canes. But hey if you guys wanna miss the playoffs to get a pick 5 or 6 spots higher awesome. I just don't understand the mentality especially when we just picked someone at 21 who could very well be better and more dangerous than the guy we picked at 7. and trust me in reality land it won't be a difference of 14 spots.
If you read my posts like i read yours you would have seen the teams required to jump in order to make the playoffs. So now its your turn who are these 5 or 6 teams we need to jump in order to make the playoffs?You tell me. You’ve got us climbing the standings down the stretch.
If you read my posts like i read yours you would have seen the teams required to jump in order to make the playoffs. So now its your turn who are these 5 or 6 teams we need to jump in order to make the playoffs?
Just curious where do you get the number 10 spots??
All of the teams that you listed there are likely to be adding to their teams. I think the Jackets are flat out better than the Rangers are and Carolina has gotten the ship turned around. NYI are a cluster **** and a half, but with JT's free agency looming I'd bet on snow doing some drastic ****. Whether or not it actually works out for the better who knows, but I'd bet on them finishing ahead of the Rangers too.
Devils have been sans Schneider for a bit and should have him back soon. Ditto Chicago with Crawford. Florida may be looking to add in a few weeks to, Friedman had them linked to Patches. They're 5 points behind with 4 games in hand on the Rangers. Detroit is within striking distance to the Rangers too but we'll see how much they strip down their team in a few weeks. It doesn't sound like management is too keen on going gung ho on selling.
I think you're misunderstanding there.
If you read my posts like i read yours you would have seen the teams required to jump in order to make the playoffs. So now its your turn who are these 5 or 6 teams we need to jump in order to make the playoffs?
Just curious where do you get the number 10 spots??
Without doubt the best game I've seen DeAngelo play. He was really good tonight. He looked comfortable on both offense and defense. I really like Pionk and IMO he should be on the Rangers next year. Gilmour I also think has earned another contract for next year and a higher placement in our prospect pool. He looks like he can play too. I'll even say Sproul didn't look bad.
That said the Rangers dug themselves a hole with giveaways in the first 6 minutes. That they may a game out of it afterwards with the lineup they had is quite an accomplishment. IMO that they won against Calgary and Winnipeg was a lot more than I expected. For the most part they are playing harder and better now and the young legs from the rookie D is a large part why.
The Rangers are not making the playoffs this year though. Once Nash, Grabner etc. move on this team is going to have difficulty winning at all. IMO there's coming a time when we should not be playing Henrik every night either.
I think you're misunderstanding there.
He said the Rangers won't be able to climb 10 spots. What does that mean? am i missing something here?
Yes on paper the islanders are much better than us as well and i have not seen a team play worse than they have recently all year. With two super star centers.
None of us know what is gonna happen at the trade deadline. all speculation. for all we know we only trade nash and holden (the latter which we probably won't miss much).
The argument for climbing up a few spots could be equally made if teams like detroit and florida are gonna catch us.
I've been hearing for weeks that the oilers are gonna take off with that roster. still waiting.
But you said we need to jump 5 or 6 teams when thats not the case at all. They need to jump 2 teams possibly 3 if you wanna count the islanders.The 10 spots comes from your comment of this team picking as low as 20th, ten spots lower than it currently does.
I don’t see us jumping that many teams in the standings.
So no, I don’t have a list of 5 or 6 teams we need to jump in order to make the playoffs. Because I don’t see that happening.
haha yes as phil collins said its a land of confusion.I’m a little confused here myself.
My belief is that the Rangers are not good enough to leapfrog 8-10 teams and thus pick in the 18-20 range you mentioned.
Meh, I’m fine with Hank being mad. Their start was putrid. Lazy D zone play and mindless giveaways.He's not wrong, but he needs to take the advice that Stepan gave him a few months ago in Ottawa and Relax.
Then again, it wasn't the rookies who were ****ing up.
I don't think they are lying to us but i don't think they should be selling someone like zucc or mcdonagh for 50 cents on the dollar.It'll be more than Nash and Holden, unless the FO has been lying to us.
Most of the heavy lifting may not be done until the offseason, but this team has looked horrible even when at full strength. I'm glad that management actually realizes this and finds it unacceptable.
But you said we need to jump 5 or 6 teams when thats not the case at all. They need to jump 2 teams possibly 3 if you wanna count the islanders.
If they won a round in the playoffs wouldn't they be picking in the 20 range? or is seeding pre determined by regular season record?? Not being smug its an honest question.
haha yes as phil collins said its a land of confusion.
I thought you meant the rangers had to climb 10 spots/teams to make the playoffs.
Do we really have to see Staal backSo...
I definitely think Pionk has a future as an NHL regular defenseman. We may have hit another nice UDFA gemstone here. I think he could complement Marc Staal on the 3rd pairing next year very nicely.
I'm not nearly as sold on Sproul and Gilmour. Part of it is the age, unusual to break in that late. Gilmour is a curiosity due to some unusual talents, but I dont see either as anything more than a long shot.