GDT: #51 - 02/02/17 | RANGERS @ sabres | 7:30 - MSG, NBCSN

[RempireStateBuilding]

Here's to hoping Hank doesn't let in 3 in the first 5 minutes.

 

[Idlerlee]

much prefer raanta tonight.

sabres have no fear against us and hank is vulnerable. weak pysche and prone to 1st goal eph ups.

time for henrik to step up and prove the doubters wrong. if he fails, the torch and pitchfork clan will be seeking answers.

I've prepared my list already and im prepared to use it.

screened
fluky deflection
unstoppable snipe
2 on 0 not his fault
wants that one back
nothing he could do
no one could have stopped that
vally says its ok, so it never happened....

and thats just for the 1st shot on net.

This is absurd. You used the SAME excuses for Raanta. What even is this, argument for mirrors?

 

[aufheben]

Lol at that avatar. If this is anything like the other Buff matches so far this season I'm not sure I can make it through the whole game.

The comparison was so accurate it just stopped me right in my tracks.

 

[nevesis]

Shake my ****ing head...

 

[Thirty One]

Rangers have allowed 6 goals per game since Clendening was taken out of the lineup again.

 

[nyrleetch]

Rangers have allowed 6 goals per game since Clendening was taken out of the lineup again.

But we are scoring 4 a game. Puck moving defenseman? smh

 

[Thirty One]

But we are scoring 4 a game.

Small sample size.

 

[darko]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=127598991&highlight=#post127598991

Lol classic odc.

 

[Bob Richards]

Hoping for the best. Expecting the worst.

This must be what the Germans felt like when the Soviets were invading Berlin.

This is it. Henrik is waived.

 

[RangerBoy]

Henrik will let in an innocent shot from the blue line which hits or barely touches Klein's or Holden's skate or sock in the first minute. The English bookies are taking bets on it.

 

[Inferno]

I'd play Henrik every single game here on out.

 

[Boruto]

When the defense tucks their scallops into place, Henrik will have no problem in net. So long as the defense is in shambles, Henrik will never get his balance back. It'll always be two steps forward one step back with this defense.

 

[Blueshirts 94]

Change these lines. Fast on the 3rd and Buch on the 4th is laughable. I'd prefer:

Nash-Step-Vesey
KZB
Grabner-Miller-Zucc
Puempel-Lindberg-Fast

 

[offdacrossbar]

When the defense tucks their scallops into place, Henrik will have no problem in net. So long as the defense is in shambles, Henrik will never get his balance back. It'll always be two steps forward one step back with this defense.

so then he will no longer give up bad goals ?

sign me up

 

[Siddi]

Great idea. Who cares about post-season? The most important thing is to get Lundqvist going. I am looking forward to watching Hank get two shutouts in game 81 and 82 when Rangers are out of the playoffs. Play better goalie. I hope it will be Lundqvist, if he will not, play Raanta.

If you fail to see the importance of getting the teams best player going if we want to have even a remote chance to do some damage in the playoffs then i dont know

 

[Siddi]

Lol classic odc.

It is embarrassing if you ask me. Great job by Silverfish.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Jesper Fast as a Top 9 winger over Buchnevich is peak AV.


Fast was basically engineered to be a good 4th liner, yet AV will play him higher in the lineup bc he loves him.

 

[highandwide]

c'mon hanky, show us you got this.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Victory tonight is all going to depend on whether we are able to posses the possession.

Although it's just a small sample size, if we have possession tonight, we will statistically have a 55% chance to win [with a 5% margin of error].

LGR!

 

[aufheben]

This must be what the Germans felt like when the Soviets were invading Berlin.

Nah this is definitely worse.

 

[Leonardo87]

This must be what the Germans felt like when the Soviets were invading Berlin.

Thinking more like that Caddyshack scene. "I Don't think the heavy stuff is going to come down for quite awhile" lol

 

[Siddi]

Nah this is definitely worse.

Agreed. Feels more like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

 

[McD37]

If you fail to see the importance of getting the teams best player going if we want to have even a remote chance to do some damage in the playoffs then i dont know

Oh, I see it. I also see it is 51th game of the season, Rangers are not sure to get to playoffs yet and there are many teams behind them who will fight hard to get that wild card spots. It is not like Rangers do not need winning games anymore. Lundqvist got all the time and starts to get back to his usual form. If he keeps giving up soft goals next games, you sit him especially with great backup in Raanta. Rangers are definitely better team when he is on his game but saying no matter how he plays he should be starter seems ridiculous to me.

 

[Siddi]

Oh, I see it. I also see it is 51th game of the season, Rangers are not sure to get to playoffs yet and there are many teams behind them who will fight hard to get that wild card spots. It is not like Rangers do not need winning games anymore. Lundqvist got all the time and starts to get back to his usual form. If he keeps giving up soft goals next games, you sit him especially with great backup in Raanta. Rangers are definitely better team when he is on his game but saying no matter how he plays he should be starter seems ridiculous to me.

The risk/reward giving Hank the games he need in order to find his game is worth the risk of missing the playoffs. Team is DOA in the playoffs anyway with current Hank.

 

[Boruto]

if a RD is going to struggle, let him struggle so mightily that he comes out of the lineup.