GDT: Game # 50 Rangers vs Buffalo - 7pm EST - MSG

[Leonardo87]

SABRES (13-29-7) at RANGERS (25-18-6)

7 p.m. ET; MSG, MSG-B, NHL.TV


Sabres projected lineup

Skinner - Reinhart - Olofsson
Asplund - Mittelstadt - Thompson
Bjork - Cozens - Ruotsalainen
Rieder - Sheahan - Caggiula

Samuelsson - Ristolainen
Dahlin - Jokiharju
Bryson - Borgen

Luukkonen
Tokarski

Scratched: Colin Miller, Cody Eakin, Matt Irwin
Injured: Linus Ullmark (lower body), Carter Hutton (lower body)


Rangers projected lineup

Lafreniere - Zibanejad - Buchnevich
Panarin - Strome - Kravtsov
Kreider - Chytil - Kakko
Howden - Rooney - Blackwell

Lindgren - Fox
Miller - Smith
Hajek - Jones

Shesterkin
Georgiev

Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Anthony Bitetto

Injured: Jacob Trouba (upper body)

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[chosen]

In before someone is compelled to say it's a big game or they are hoping Blackwell can't play.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Kreider scores at even strength today.

 

[Leonardo87]

Will post line -ups and other info as it becomes available.

 

[New York RKY]

Take care of yo business and hope that the penguins win again. Even though I know the playoffs are pretty much damn near impossible I would appreciate this young team playing in regular season games with significant implications if that’s the closest we’ll get.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[tomobson]

Not a big game so hopefully blackwell is good to play so the kraken take him instead of goat.

 

[FoxyClean]

If the Pens & Caps take care of business, our playoff odds skyrocket back to around 20% with a win.

 

[Larrybiv]

It was a love tap. Not the first time he's done that. He did it to Hajek too, after scoring. He's a little too animated. He hugs everyone, threw a love punch at someone on the bench as he was skating by getting fist bumps after scoring. Etc, etc... Obviously many Rangers are not familiar or enamored by this show of exuberance.

I use to have a friend who punched me in the arm every time he saw me. He sorta like that.

Was just trying to reply this in last thread, when it got closed. Poor timing, story of my life.
If our team can't handle his exuberance, well then......we're softer than we thought. Somebody like Laf is important, to lighten up possible tightness, frustration or stress. Love it.

Furthermore, no wonder many here thought he had "C" capabilities. Need a rah, rah type on every team. Zucch was a quiet leader in that way. And Buch is quite the clown keeping things light.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Quinn's hopeful lineup:

Blackwell-Zibinejad- Blackwell
Panarin-Blackwell-Blackwell
Blackwell-Howden-Blackwell
Blackwell-Rooney-Blackwell

Blackwell-fox
Lindgren-Blackwell
Blackwell-blackwell.

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[ViD]

What is the reason the Rangers start completely dominating at the end of the season when it’s pretty much too late for two years straight now ?

 

[Fitzy]

Quinn's hopeful lineup:

Blackwell-Zibinejad- Blackwell
Panarin-Blackwell-Blackwell
Blackwell-Howden-Blackwell
Blackwell-Rooney-Blackwell

Blackwell-fox
Lindgren-Blackwell
Blackwell-blackwell.

 

[mrmel329]

What is the reason the Rangers start completely dominating at the end of the season when it’s pretty much too late for two years straight now ?

Coach sucks

 

[Boris Zubov]

Quinn's hopeful lineup:

Blackwell-Zibinejad- Blackwell
Panarin-Blackwell-Blackwell
Blackwell-Howden-Blackwell
Blackwell-Rooney-Blackwell

Blackwell-fox
Lindgren-Blackwell
Blackwell-blackwell.

I think it needs more Howden.

 

[romba]

Just Keep Winning

 

[Machinehead]

 

[Machinehead]

Quinn's hopeful lineup:

Blackwell-Zibinejad- Blackwell
Panarin-Blackwell-Blackwell
Blackwell-Howden-Blackwell
Blackwell-Rooney-Blackwell

Blackwell-fox
Lindgren-Blackwell
Blackwell-blackwell.

Remember that period we legit had Rooney on every line?

Was a good game.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

What is the reason the Rangers start completely dominating at the end of the season when it’s pretty much too late for two years straight now ?

Well they got shut down because of a pandemic last year so I don't know that it was too late. They would have likely gotten in outright had the season continued. It took a while for that team to get going and while they made big off season moves, it's really easy to forget just how bad that team was the season before. A lot of the optimism coming into the season was really based off of how that group grew as the season went on.

They've had shit go wrong for them this year but so have a lot of other teams, including the ones ahead of them in the standings right now (mostly Boston and Pittsburgh.) Another season where the pandemic gets in their way of possibly getting in (over 82 games, they would have had a real shot) but the reality is that other teams have done a better job handling shit they could control than the Rangers have. @mrmel329 pretty much covered it in the post above lol.

 

[Leonardo87]

Quinn's hopeful lineup:

Blackwell-Zibinejad- Blackwell
Panarin-Blackwell-Blackwell
Blackwell-Howden-Blackwell
Blackwell-Rooney-Blackwell

Blackwell-fox
Lindgren-Blackwell
Blackwell-blackwell.

I gotta fever! The only prescription is, more Blackwell!

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I expect a win so a loss would be quite demoralizing

 

[will1066]

Expect big time games from Patrick Kaleta, Matthew Barnaby, and Brad May.

 

[romba]

We were GREAT defensively for like a 3 week stretch this season, then we had the Flyers games happen and we started smelling our own farts too much. Need to get back to that, take the offensive opportunities when they come, otherwise cover everyone in the D zone to live another day, and get the puck out at the end of a long shift. Fancy passes at the end of a shift to try to start a breakout are unnecessary and with tired guys they often end up in skates and right back behind our net for more extended zone time. We can get away with it somewhat against the Buffalos, NJD and Flyers, but not against the tougher teams.

 

[LOFIN]

More points for the kids!

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Tonight is a big game, and I'm hoping Blackwell can't play.