Post-Game Talk: #25 - 11/30/19 | RANGERS @ devils

[Ghost of jas]

Playoffs?

Maybe? Maybe not?

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Zibanejad is a #1 center.

Dominant performance by the Rags.

Oooooo, language!

 

[Procrastinator]

Playoffs?

Nah. Let’s go for a lottery pick.

 

[Sayba]

First time I haven't voted Panerin that I can remember.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Trouba was a physical force.

 

[Sayba]

Trouba was a physical force.

One of his better games, put in my top 3

 

[Harbour Dog]

Don't look now, but we control our own destiny for the last wild card spot.

edit - not quite. I missed that Tampa have two games in hand.

 

[Doctyl]

Maybe? Maybe not?

I mean this is what we were supposed to be this year. I’m glad we’re a bubble team and not a basement dweller like the Devils

 

[EdJovanovski]

1. Zibanejad
2. Georgiev
3. Kakko

 

[Ghost of jas]

Simmonds and Subban are shells of their former selves.

 

[nyr2k2]

Suck it, Debbies.

Also I <3 Ryan Lindgren. He's getting nastier the more he settles in.

 

[ReddestRum]

Trouba was a physical force.

I thought most of the D-core looked good. Everyone was fired up. No one just standing around. It was a gritty game behind the net especially. I wish our D could be consistent with that.

 

[will1066]

Devils ineptitude is the first star today. 2 SHGs is inexcusable

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Devils fans thanking us for beating them means the loss was so comically horrible that it's nearly incomprehensible. Similar to getting punched in the face so hard that you start reciting Bible verses.

 

[Doctyl]

1) Georgie
2) Zib
3) Kakko

Was torn voting Kakko or Trouba

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Lindgren is playing like Stralman played in his few good seasons with us - just completely dependable and invisible in a good way.

 

[will1066]

3:45 for Haley

What the hell is the point of playing 12 forwards when you’re automatically handicapping yourself?

I just don’t get it

I rather have Lettieri

 

[aufheben]

Simmonds and Subban are shells of their former selves.

All that remains is the douche.

 

[MrPodz]

Lmaoo two points out of a playoff spit, we can now roll 4 lines and im happy howden is now 4c, makes the team so much better. Switch out haley for nieves and bam, i think we can make it. Offensively, e are turning into quite a juggernaut, ironic consodering the previous rangers.

 

[Kupo]

I wonder where this team if Zibby is healthy for the last month. So much to like about this team. I need one more high end forward.

 

[CasusBelli]

I wonder where this team if Zibby is healthy for the last month. So much to like about this team. I need one more high end forward.

Yep. All contenders need at least three quality forwards.

Crosby, Malkin, Kessel
OV, Backstrom, Kuznetsov
Kane, Toews, Hossa
Yzerman, Fedorov, Shanahan
Sakic, Forsberg, Hejduk
Bergeron, Marchand, Krejci

... you get the idea

 

[Ghost of jas]

I mean this is what we were supposed to be this year. I’m glad we’re a bubble team and not a basement dweller like the Devils

I don't know where this team ends up. There's still a lot of learning curve. Look at yesterday as an example. But, given how good players like Buch, Chytil, ADA, Fox, Lemmy and Lindgren have been, and the growth that's to be expected from Kakko, I'm not sure I can say definitively they will or won't be a playoff team.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Now THAT is a shitty powerplay. Rangers tried to hand this game to the Devil, and they refused to take it. Penalties aside, we played our asses off.

• Fox continues to amaze. I'm just flabbergasted by how good this guy is 20 games into his NHL career. I'm going on a limb and saying I haven't seen any Rangers defenseman who is as good with the puck other than Leetch and Zubov (I'm too young for James Patrick, Greschner, Park, or anyone before). ADA at his best is possibly even more skilled with the puck than Fox...having both these guys playing top hockey is mouth-watering.
• Glad Sam & Joe did a short segment on Lindgren. This guy is one of the unsung heroes of the season.
• We should be really proud of how well we did as a team with Zib out for so long. Now that he's back, it's so apparent how important he is to our team. Our PK is automatically much better. Our PP (will be) much better. Everyone else gets slotted one line lower and has less responsibility and more favorable matchups. This guy is a f***ing star.
• Panarin couldn't even get a point today. What bust. Let's dump this clown at the deadline.
• Brendan Lemieux has been fantastic the last month or so. I love his grit & his energy, but the most important thing is he brings those elements while also being very solid with the puck and in the offensive zone.
• I was extremely critical of Brady Skjei for most of the season, and it's only fair that I give him his due when he plays well. Ever since pairing back up with Trouba, he's elevated his game.

 

[ReddestRum]

We also have to remember, while we came out on top on the PK, lets not take that many penalties again. Lol. A capable PP team would have demolished us.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

3:45 for Haley

What the hell is the point of playing 12 forwards when you’re automatically handicapping yourself?

I just don’t get it

he probably got sat with the expectation that he would be forced into a fight and alas we have yesterday's scenario