Again.
Whaaaaa...
Sticky this.
Sticky all of the Machinehead compliments to Ranger players.
So we can tell him that he's not a grinch at Christmas time.
The chemistry between JT and Hayes is unreal. I really wanna see Buch on that line as well, but Grabner also compliments them nicely. It's like Hags-Hayes-Miller from two years ago except Hayes and Miller are both even better now.
I actually made that comparison in Sunday's PGT. Grabner is more skilled and bigger and stronger than Hagelin and Miller is as talented of a winger as he's ever had. It's a much better line than the one from 2 years ago.
Hayes and Vesey singing here after trading away all those 1sts is hilarious and satisfying. The feeling is Grinch-esque (surely there's a German word to describe this )
Yeah, just sort through KMFDM's discography catalog, I'm sure they used the word you're looking for as one of the names of their umpteen albums.
I don`t like to be concerned on a night like this, but Klein has been quiet this season - is he 100% healthy?
You don't want to notice a guy like Klein. Sometimes, guys like him a better when you don't notice them.
However, I have noticed Marc Staal. He's definitely back to his old form. He's making plays that I haven't seen him make in god knows how long. He made 4 or 5 plays to move the puck out of trouble that I swear I haven't seen him make since he was a rookie. He looks great out there. I'm glad to be eating my words about him.
I'm not going to pretend like I saw this offensive explosion coming this season, but definitely makes me laugh at all the people who were doom-and-gloom about the Rangers in the offseason. Blow it all up. The window is closed. etc.
I can't sit here and say I saw offense like this, but I definitely knew they would score more than last year. There's not one line that's solely responsible for the offense, which makes it that much harder for teams to game plan against, because there's 3 lines that can kill you on any given night and a 4th line that can put in goals as well. AV has done a great job with dispensing the ice time, so the shifts are short, players don't get tired as easily and it allows them to skate at 150% each shift they're out there. To boot, the possession numbers are amazing, so while they're doing that, the defense is tired to boot and the Rangers have an easier job of switching the offense on the fly.
It was the defense that concerned me, but my comment about that ties into what you said below.
We continue to gain so much just by our young players continuing to develop. Kreider and Miller look like superstars. Hayes looks amazing. Skjei is getting better every game. Fast, Buch, Vesey, even Step and Mac - these guys are young, they're improving, building experience.
Skjei is the unsung hero in all of this. His growth and development is making this defense that much better and his skating ability is damn near elite. He's getting more and more confident with the puck each game, especially now that AV is telling the defense to activate. The Rangers needed a defender like him and honestly, Clendening should be playing as well. When you add that kind of speed and puck movement, it helps the team get the puck out of the zone.
Although I'm not crying over the fact that he's not here anymore, John Moore would actually fit perfectly in with this team.
