GDT: New York Rangers - Vancouver Canucks 10 PM ET

[Irishguy42]

Is Namestnikov gonna make it?

He was on-route to Vancouver, according to Calamia. I'm assuming he made it between their practice and now.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

10pm games for you guys are what 7pm games are for us Euros.

You guys are soft

Agreed. Soft as butter! I wish I could watch games at 10 PM all season.

 

[Crease]

Kudos to you Euros. I'm utterly useless at my job without at least 7 hours sleep. 10pm game ends at 12:30am. Build in another hour to chat on HF about how great the tank is going and it's suddenly 1:30am. Alarm goes off at 6:15am. Nope nope nope.

 

[Nopuckluck]

I for one REALLY need to see Buch begin to produce. So many people on these forums are so high on the kid. What has he done? I personally don’t see more than a 15-20 goal scorer and 40-45 point producer. Plus he’s weak. I HOPE IM WRONG because we need elite talent. I don’t think Patel is that though. He’s a second line winger at best and so far not one that makes an impact.

This could be said about Zibby too

 

[Gardner McKay]

Kudos to you Euros. I'm utterly useless at my job without at least 7 hours sleep. 10pm game ends at 12:30am. Build in another hour to chat on HF about how great the tank is going and it's suddenly 1:30am. Alarm goes off at 6:15am. Nope nope nope.

Yeah. My wife has her first alarm clock go off at 5:15. NOT fun.

 

[Jabroni]

Kudos to you Euros. I'm utterly useless at my job without at least 7 hours sleep. 10pm game ends at 12:30am. Build in another hour to chat on HF about how great the tank is going and it's suddenly 1:30am. Alarm goes off at 6:15am. Nope nope nope.

Unless it's the playoffs, I can't watch the west coast games live anymore. I am on a similar 6:15 am schedule.

 

[haveandare]

Any chance Namestnikov plays without having had a practice? I'd think maybe since we're not really shooting for the moon here.

 

[FJB]

Any chance Namestnikov plays without having had a practice? I'd think maybe since we're not really shooting for the moon here.

I hope he plays without attending practice. It's the one game we get where AV didn't screw things up beforehand.

 

[Hire Sather]

Why is Holland still here? They waive him and just keep playing him?

Get Boo up here. There is no reason Peter Holland should be playing. None.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Note: These are practice lines without Namestnikov. We'll see normal practice lines today, probably

I know he helps the tank but it makes my eyes hurt seeing McLeod in the lineup.

 

[nyrage]

I would like to see us be competitive, but lose the rest of our games 5-4 in regulation for the tank. We know our defense is young and currently bad. Get some scoring from Nam, Spooner, Buch, and CK.

 

[offdacrossbar]

lose lose lose.

and then lose.

a top 3 pick in this draft is worth that. short term pain long term gain.

fire av.

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Battle of the tanks!

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Gotta be honest, Namestnikov is the best name in the NHL

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I know he helps the tank but it makes my eyes hurt seeing McLeod in the lineup.

He is our tank commander.

And hot damn is that third line garbage. ROFL.

 

[offdacrossbar]

thank god its almost baseball so i can suffer with the mets and the rangers at the same time

so much suck and potential suck.

fml

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

It reflect this season @Irishguy42. ))

It's important to remember that the season is only as serious as YOU decide to make it.

For me, this season is super loosey goosey and has started to get me to watch more again. For me, the team the NYR were from 2005 - 2014 was "terminal" for lack of a better term. It was difficult to watch some mistakes and some misfortune combine to erode it all slowly. I just occupied myself with other things. Now, it's officially dead. It's the official end of one era/story and the beginning of a whole new one. It's fun to evaluate some of the new guys and predict where this journey is going to go in june and beyond

 

[Crease]

Remember when the Rangers bottom six included Zuccarello, Brassard, Pouliot, Boyle, Moore, and Fast? Good times.

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

Kudos to you Euros. I'm utterly useless at my job without at least 7 hours sleep. 10pm game ends at 12:30am. Build in another hour to chat on HF about how great the tank is going and it's suddenly 1:30am. Alarm goes off at 6:15am. Nope nope nope.

Lately, I have frequently been going to sleep at 2or 3 to wake up at 6:40. "I'm dying alive."

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Why is Holland still here? They waive him and just keep playing him?

Get Boo up here. There is no reason Peter Holland should be playing. None.

Yeah, I mean I don't love Boo at all, but I'm not sure why he's not up here right now.

 

[RGY]

Remember when the Rangers bottom six included Zuccarello, Brassard, Pouliot, Boyle, Moore, and Fast? Good times.

So incredibly deep that year. We need that back. It is why having multiple late 1st round picks are nothing to be complaining about

 

[will1066]

Any chance Namestnikov plays without having had a practice? I'd think maybe since we're not really shooting for the moon here.

This is everything against the tank.

 

[will1066]

You bet AV wants to win this one. Against his former team in his former city. He might even shorten the bench and play zone defense.

 

[haveandare]

This is everything against the tank.

Gorton said they're not going to put themselves in a position to lose on purpose. I doubt he'd admit if they were, but I tend to believe him on that. They have young kids who should use these games to grow and learn more and they have new players who aren't going to be dogging it on a new team that isn't necessarily committed to them yet.

I could see Georgiev getting some extra starts but that's not even that big a tank move as he's been very solid so far.

 

[Brief Candle]

Must lose game. Please play O'Gara and Staal 25 mins.

Only 25? Double shifts! #TankforDahlin