Pre-Game Talk: Rangers vs Water Fowl - 12/19/17 - 7pm ET

[Irishguy42]

Ducks will be on the second night of a B2B. No reason to lose this one.

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[Fvital92]

This should be a win, so we are gonna lose.

 

[Irishguy42]

This should be a win, so we are gonna lose.

As is tradition

 

[Siddi]

Playing Pavs here would be the right thing to do.

 

[Leonardo87]

Quack Quack Quack

 

[Irishguy42]

Mika might be back

 

[Mac n Gs]

Same top-9 but DD51 over Nieves at 4C. Not a fan because Boo has been a really solid 4C, and DD is a marginal offensive player.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Mika might be back

Getting Mika back is huge. That 1st line can be dominant and gives us 3 lines that can score and a 4th that has played very well also. This team can challenge for the division lead especially with Lundqvist on top of his game. That being said, I fully expect them to get thoroughly outplayed in the 1st period tomorrow night.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Desharnais in over Boo? I don't understand that at all.

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

I haven't thrown out a prediction this year... so....

Anaheim 2
NY Rangers 5

Nash, Zibanejad (PP), Fast, Shattenkirik, Grabner (EN)

 

[DanielBrassard]

Same top-9 but DD51 over Nieves at 4C. Not a fan because Boo has been a really solid 4C, and DD is a marginal offensive player.

And Boo has been way more effective. Don't think that is a good move at all.

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

Desharnais in over Boo? I don't understand that at all.

Maybe to try and get a playmaker with Vesey to get him going? Who knows...

 

[Fitzy]

Too pleased about Zibanejad's return to be disgruntled by Boo's scratch.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Maybe to try and get a playmaker with Vesey to get him going? Who knows...

I guess, but I like having Boo's speed in the lineup.

 

[Loff]

Desharnais in over Boo? I don't understand that at all.

Vigno loves his fellow Quebecians.

 

[will1066]

Desharnais in over Boo? I don't understand that at all.

French Canadian thing.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Lol, I just think he thinks Desharnais has been good, which is worse.

 

[will1066]

AV is an idiot if he is going to think the fourth line improves with DD in there. The whole point of the line was forechecking, throw the puck in deep, get in there with Boo's size and speed, and get to work. DD eliminates the forecheck, which in turn will neuter Carey's game.

 

[Leonardo87]

What is a Water Fowl?

 

[Kaapo di tutti capi]

What is a Water Fowl?

 

[member 116805]

Hopefully we get the Zib of earlier back from his injury, but expecting him to be a bit rusty.
I seem to remember him struggling for a while when coming back from his leg injury, but that might have been die to the nature of that injury

 

[Leonardo87]

Nah, that is a whining Flightless bird.

 

[will1066]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Boo coming out is a joke.

Carey-Desharnais-Vesey line should all come out before Desharnais, and the fact that he's an actual real 4th liner who's good on the 4th line, and they all are not makes no sense to me. This team sucks defensively with the forwards, but he chooses to take out one of our best defensive forwards.

Desharnais should not come out. I feel he's exposed as a top 9 center, but on a top 9 wing, he's fine, and actually a decent player. The players who should come out are Vesey or Carey. Hard to distinguish which of the two should come out. I wouldn't complain with either coming out.

At least we got our GOAT line back though, thats a positive development.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Maybe to try and get a playmaker with Vesey to get him going? Who knows...

If you want Vesey to be paired with a playmaker, trade him to another team.