GDT: TEN Wins in a Row Starts NOW - Rangers @ Devils, 5 PM, MSG+

[Better Call Sal]

It's now or never, and the Perfect 10 is going to push us to 10 straight!

No better time to start then against the ZEROES from across the river!

Your New Jersey Devils (25-25-10, 60 Pts.) host the New York Rangers (39-19-2, 80 Pts.)

Devils Lineup:

#10 Taylor Hall - #10 Travis Zajac - #10 Kyle Palmieri
#10 Beau Bennett - #10 Adam Henrique - #10 P.A. Parenteau
#10 Mike Cammalleri - #10 Jacob Josefson - #10 Stefan Noesen
#10 Miles Wood - #10 Joseph Blandisi - #10 Devante Smith-Pelly

#10 Andy Greene - #10 Ben Lovejoy
#10 Jon Merrill - #10 Steven Santini
#10 Kyle Quincey - #10 Damon Severson

#10 Cory Schneider
#10 Keith Kinkaid

Rangers Lineup:

#0 Jimmy Vesey - #0 Derek Stepan - #0 Rick Nash
#0 Chris Kreider - #0 Mika Zibanejad - #0 Mats Zuccarello
#0 Michael Grabner - #0 Kevin Hayes - #0 J.T. Miller
#0 Oscar Lindberg - #0 Brandon Pirri - #0 Jesper Fast

#0 Ryan McDonagh - #0 Dan Giradi
#0 Marc Staal - #0 Nick Holden
#0 Brady Skjei - #0 Kevin Klein

#0 Antti Raanta
#0 Henrik Lundqvist

The Ginger Ninja on the NHL's weird scheduling:

“The divisional schedule has been a little strange,” Schneider said. “We played Pittsburgh three times in a short amount of time, we didn’t see the Islanders until now. We played the Hurricanes pretty early and not again until later. It is a little bizarre. We played the Rangers twice in one week in New York.

“But this is the time of year you want to play them,” Schneider added. “It’s fun to have them here. February, March, games have a little more meaning. It ramps up the intensity of the rivalry a little bit more.”

Ginger Ninja on the Fan Event this week:

“It was, ‘Go get them,’ and ‘good lucks,’ and ‘we’ll be there,’ and ‘do me a favor…’” Schneider said. “Clearly, the fans take it very personally. There have been great series in the playoffs and that really forged the rivalry. They had one, recently (the 2012 Eastern Conference final, which the Devils won in six games) and those are memories that are made that people don’t forget.”

Zacha News from AG:

As reported on Thursday, Pavel Zacha, with a concussion, did not skate today but was able to work out off-ice on the stationary bicycle. Coach John Hynes said the 19-year-old Czech rookie, who is not dealing with his first concussion, is out against the Rangers and doubtful for Monday’s home game against the Canadiens. However, Hynes added that if Zacha continues to progress within the recovery protocol, it’s a “pretty good possibility,” he would travel with the team on Washington (Thursday) and Boston (Saturday).

First one win, then two, and then sure enough:

Here's hoping for the best for the rest of the season.

LGD!

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[Cheddabombs]

 

[Better Call Sal]

I went with the 10 theme at 10:10 and it's under 24 hours, get off my back!

 

[Bleedred]

How come the Rangers are so much better than us?

That D is pretty laughable. Dan Girardi might be worse than anyone we're icing on D.

 

[Emperoreddy]

10 game winning streak boys!

 

[TheUnseenHand]

How come the Rangers are so much better than us?

That D is pretty laughable. Dan Girardi might be worse than anyone we're icing on D.

1. They have better players than us.

2. They had a collective, like, 50% shooting percentage for the first 3rd of the season.

 

[Bleedred]

1. They have better players than us.

2. They had a collective, like, 50% shooting percentage for the first 3rd of the season.

Their D is still junk though.

Lundqvist hasn't been any better than Cory this year either. Raanta has been better than Kinkaid though.

Their team shooting percentage is like 2% above the league average. Not sure if that's a league high, but it's gotta be close to it.

 

[Tundra]

They have two key college UFAs who slotted into their top 9. Think about where the rangers would be without Hayes and Vesey.

 

[Bleedred]

They have two key college UFAs who slotted into their top 9. Think about where the rangers would be without Hayes and Vesey.

Vesey is on pace for not even a handful more points than Miles Wood is over 82 games.

Not saying Wood is as good as him, but the fact of the matter is that he's scored at a clip not too much greater than Wood has this year.

Can our fans and everyone else please stop hyping this guy up, as if he's the Rangers MVP?

FOR THE LOVE OF ****ING GOD ALREADY!

At least cite Michael Grabner's season or something, as a much more significant reason for the Rangers offense.

 

[Tundra]

Vesey is on pace for not even a handful more points than Miles Wood is over 82 games.

Not saying Wood is as good as him, but the fact of the matter is that he's scored at a clip not too much greater than Wood has this year.

Can our fans and everyone else please stop hyping this guy up, as if he's the Rangers MVP?

FOR THE LOVE OF ****ING GOD ALREADY!

At least cite Michael Grabner's season or something, as a much more significant reason for the Rangers offense.

He's a key depth guy that they got for nothing.

 

[Bleedred]

He's a depth guy that they got for nothing.

On pace for 32 points after his hot start.

Buchnevich will be MUCH better than him, AV just doesn't wanna take his training wheels off yet.

AV is another stubborn ***** that is propped up by a strong roster and luck. If he coached us, he'd be looked at as the worst head coach in the league. I don't think he was always bad, but he's certainly very suspect at this point.

 

[Tundra]

On pace for 32 points after his hot start.

It really bothers me when Gorton gets bailed out by location just when the Rangers window was closing. He gets two good players out of the blue.

 

[Bleedred]

It really bothers me when Gorton gets bailed out by location just when the Rangers window was closing. He gets two good players out of the blue.

Because 32 points is so very good.

Get the Calder all shined up for him.

 

[Tundra]

Because 32 points is so very good.

Get the Calder all shined up for him.

I think he will be a productive player going forward.

 

[Bleedred]

I think he will be a productive player going forward.

Fair enough.

He can improve, but let's not act like he's been a major contributor THIS year.

 

[Tundra]

Fair enough.

He can improve, but let's not act like he's been a major contributor THIS year.

He's a depth guy right now and that is the strength of the Ranger team. No stars but three solid lines.

 

[MadDevil]

We're already starting the Rangers lovefest?

 

[Devils Dominion]

I think he will be a productive player going forward.

He's skilled and has above average hockey sense.
And they gave up no assets to get him.

 

[Dialamo]

HIGH Energy GDT! Looking forward to this game. The playoff push continues!

 

[Lou's Koolaid]

If the stinking Flyers can win 10 in a row why not us? LGD! In reality were toast lol! Hoping to get in tommorow for under $100.

 

[BurntToast]

Probably, one of the most painfully slow weeks in hockey. 1 game, then a long delay. No news leading up to the trade deadline. The only other week that might be considered worse is that fun bye week the threw into the schedule. I would'nt mind if the league met half way and cut down to 62 games a year. That would take care of a slue of isssues for the league and players.

 

[Kurt Cobain]

How come the Rangers are so much better than us?

That D is pretty laughable. Dan Girardi might be worse than anyone we're icing on D.

They're deeper. Wheb you compare the rosters it looks like we're not that were not that far off, because we're not. We add two quality players this team could make the playoffs.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Talked to a guy in a Devils shirt on line at the bagel place this morning.
He said they will beat the Rags tonight due to special teams.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Talked to a guy in a Devils shirt on line at the bagel place this morning.
He said they will beat the Rags tonight due to special teams.

Would it be the Rags higher ranked PP or PK that earns us the win?

 

[Kurt Cobain]

I don't think there's any reason to be all that envious of the Rangers situation. They're still only the 4th best team in their division. Henrik is getting older and will be 36 for next season. They're cap situation is ugly if you really look at it. Pirri and Zibinajead are RFAs and will get raises. Mika will go from 2.5 million to around $5 million at least. Then after next season Nash comes off the books and becomes a UFA but so does Miller who is probably their best offensive forward and he gonna get offered of almost $7 million a year, along with Fast, Lindberg and Niemi who are RFAs but will command big money.

They're either gonna have to buy out guys, trade players with high caps to teams with cap space and not get much in return or walk away from good talent. I think in 3-4 years they'll be a shell of what they used to hand we should be sitting in a good situation. Their cap managment has been terrible. You add that to a team that lacks prospects, and I think they could be in a bad situation pretty soon, check out their cap situation and contacts if you don't believe me. We're in such a great position cap wise and after this draft should have one of the deepest prospect pools in the league.