GDT: Game 39: New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks - 7pm ET, MSG

[DialUp]

They aren't the Rangers -- any team that improves immediately becomes a "cup contender" (no matter how much or how little they improve).

That is just mainboard behavior. The Rangers don't exist outside of this board and the Devils board. If the Ranger win the cup, it won't even be acknowledged. Whatever.

FACTS THOUGH: If the Rangers lose tonight, they are no longer a top team and would then in the NYI tier.

 

[MrAlmost]

Just saw that Tyler Myers and Knicks guard Quentin Grimes are half-brother. First brothers to ever play in the NHL and NBA, respectively. That's pretty cool.

 

[TheDirtyH]

Also, I hope Hughes being on the ice every other shift gives Laviolette some inspiration for his deployment.

30 min night for Trouba incoming

 

[WhereO Is Kakko]

JT Miller is nothing but a power play merchant and you can tell him I said that.

 

[Leonardo87]

hold me

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Been missing Chytil’s borderline cockiness these last few games

 

[turcotte8]

30 min night for Trouba incoming

6 goals against incoming

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

@Machinehead You do realize that, the more Fox you want, the more Lindgren -- whom you hate -- you also get, right?

The law of rangers. Every positive development must be met with an equal and opposite shitty thing

 

[Machinehead]

@Machinehead You do realize that, the more Fox you want, the more Lindgren -- whom you hate -- you also get, right?

That's why I've also been screaming to change the pairs.

If these are the pairs we're going with, then yeah, use the one that's good at defense (55-23) for defense.

 

[Kane One]

Is it true that the loser of this game is forced to sign Kravtsov and play him as a regular for the rest of the season?

No. The loser has to hire Vigneault.

 

[will1066]

No. The loser has to hire Vigneault.

This will only make @EdJovanovski double-down on rooting for the Nucks to win.

 

[will1066]

That's why I've also been screaming to change the pairs.

If these are the pairs we're going with, then yeah, use the one that's good at defense (55-23) for defense.

Well, that isn't happening. It's hard enough to change the forward line combinations.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Welcome home.

Thank you! I'm so happy I have my laptop again, posting from my phone is a nightmare. Not sure if it's my phone or HF.

 

[Machinehead]

Well, that isn't happening. It's hard enough to change the forward line combinations.

It's not hard. All you have to do is write a different name in and post it on the bulletin board.

It's hard because the Rangers treat their lines like a gas main they're trying not to cut.

 

[Kane One]

This is the first game I'll be able to watch in a month and a half as I was out of the country.

I guess I’m glad I’ll be at the game so I don’t have to see your posts.

 

[DanielBrassard]

When's the last time the Rangers won two in a row lol.

It's not hard. All you have to do is write a different name in and post it on the bulletin board.

It's hard because the Rangers treat their lines like a gas main they're trying not to cut.

It's not gonna happen. These will be the pairs until Trouba is either traded or his contract runs out.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

played this matchup in a game of Chel, Rangers fell behind 5-2 but came back to win 6-5 late in the 3rd thanks to a clutch Kreider goal.

Goals from Trouba (2), Fox, Kreider, Kakko, Panarin

Vancouver goals were Miller (2), Boeser, Lafferty, Suter

4th line was horrible, as was the overall defense. Mika invisible.

 

[EdJovanovski]

So the canuckleheads miss the playoffs 3 straight seasons and are now cup contenders. What's the theory?

They call it “The Kravtsov Effect”

 

[will1066]

It's not hard. All you have to do is write a different name in and post it on the bulletin board.

It's hard because the Rangers treat their lines like a gas main they're trying not to cut.

If only it were that easy.

They're not going to throw together new pairs mid-season unless something catastrophic occurs. Well, it did happen earlier with Fox's injury. Unless Lavi is forced to do it, he will stick with the pairs. Takes time for any new pairing to know how to play with each other, requiring practices and stuff.

 

[majordomo]

played this matchup in a game of Chel, Rangers fell behind 5-2 but came back to win 6-5 late in the 3rd thanks to a clutch Kreider goal.

Goals from Trouba (2), Fox, Kreider, Kakko, Panarin

Vancouver goals were Miller (2), Boeser, Lafferty, Suter

4th line was horrible, as was the overall defense. Mika invisible.

How the hell did Kakko get into the game?

 

[will1066]

How the hell did Kakko get into the game?

Elite eyebrows.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Expect big time games from Dave Babych, Jyrkki Lumme, Sergio Momesso, Kirk McLean, Pavel Bure and Geoff Courtnall.

 

[will1066]

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I knew this joke was coming from someone eventually.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I knew this joke was coming from someone eventually.

Never gets old. I was calling him Jerky back playing NHL 94. It was a bonus when he played in the Finals against us.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

When's the last time the Rangers won two in a row lol.


It's not gonna happen. These will be the pairs until Trouba is either traded or his contract runs out.

12/23 and 12/27, Buffalo and Washington