Post-Game Talk: New York Rangers at Minnesota Wild - February 13

[bl02]

Good result tonight. We got the loss we needed and got to see some kids play well. A good time was had by all.

WHy is this a good result? so we miss the playoffs by a few points and get the 15th or 16th pick instead of the 18th or 19th or 20th?

 

[Ori]

Really was hoping they pulled out a point here. The group that played after the first 4 minutes deserved it.

That was maybe the best effort in the 2nd period i have seen all season. Relentless play via constantly moving the legs, skating, and working hard.

Maybe the light bulb finally went off in AVs head. He finally showed some emotion and the group responded. WHERE THE **** HAS THAT BEEN??? Like ever..

Too many seasons behind the bench - we need something new to fire up this young roster next season, but AV coached well and took a good timeout when we were behind 3-0.

 

[Machinehead]

WHy is this a good result? so we miss the playoffs by a few points and get the 15th or 16th pick instead of the 18th or 19th or 20th?

Everyone still thinks we're gonna get Dahlin with nine teams behind us.

 

[Edge]

Yep i will be happy when we miss the playoffs by 2 or 3 points just to get the 15th pick or whatever. Book it
and i would be all for trading zibby to arizona for their pick. They wouldn't of course.Without Kreider he just sucks ES

In a post- McD, Nash, Grabner, etc. world, that probably doesn’t happen.

Despite the declaration that the team is going a different direction, the truth is that the roster isn’t there...yet.

That decision came not because we were the worst team in the league, but because we were in the lower middle section. Technically, we are still one of those teams.

The tougher times are most likely after we move some of those guys who currently make us just good enough miss the playoffs by a few points.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

WHy is this a good result? so we miss the playoffs by a few points and get the 15th or 16th pick instead of the 18th or 19th or 20th?

Yes.

 

[Igright]

Unfortunately we didn't manage to compensate for a bad start of the game. And didn't manage to make lots of chances or shots at the end.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

WHy is this a good result? so we miss the playoffs by a few points and get the 15th or 16th pick instead of the 18th or 19th or 20th?

If the season ended today they'd be picking 10th.

After the sell off and the schedule they have in March (take a look, its brutal) its very unlikely that they jump 5 teams in the standings.

It's likely that they fall a few spots.

The difference between 6-8 and 14-15 is pretty big.

 

[Xref]

WHy is this a good result? so we miss the playoffs by a few points and get the 15th or 16th pick instead of the 18th or 19th or 20th?

Losing sucks. But we're 2 points closer to a better draft position. And the team didn't get blown out. And they showed a lot of character coming back from 3-zip. Lots of positives.

 

[DanielBrassard]

ADA was our best defenseman IMO and it wasn't even close. He showed off why he could be such an important piece. For all his deficiencies defensively, the way he skates and passes the puck is so refreshing to watch.

 

[Edge]

If the season ended today they'd be picking 10th.

After the sell off and the schedule they have in March (take a look, its brutal) its very unlikely that they jump 5 teams in the standings.

It's likely that they fall a few spots.

The difference between 6-8 and 14-15 is pretty big.

Thank you.

Your post was a nice break from people trying to be the funny, cool kid in class who has the best one liners.

 

[Inferno]

ADA was our best defenseman IMO and it wasn't even close. He showed off why he could be such an important piece. For all his deficiencies defensively, the way he skates and passes the puck is so refreshing to watch.

I'll go as far as saying Ada has been the rangers best skater since he's been called up...he's been reallllllllly good...and it's not just creating offense..it's defending...he's constantly defending odd man rushes because his partners keep screwing up..but he's back there to at least try to bail em out...

He's been absolutely phenomenal.

 

[Bob Richards]

I'm fairly certain I know at least 12 people and 2 pizza parlors named with some derivative of Tony DeAngelo

 

[bl02]

Everyone still thinks we're gonna get Dahlin with nine teams behind us.

and just wait until kreider comes back and this team wins 3 or 4 in a row and allows mika to finally stop sucking ES

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

It’s a shame they couldn’t have played the full 60 how they played in the second and third. Happy with their effort in the second two periods.

Nice to see AV run Skjei-Pionk and Gilmour-TDA in the third.

I really like DeAngelo. The more comfortable he gets and more confident he plays the better he is. He nearly beat Dubnyk with that chance in the third, just didn’t get the lucky bounce when his shot went through Dubnyk.

Wish they could’ve pulled out at least a point. You really notice the lack of two top 6 forwards in a Kreider and Buchnevich when they’re trying to push late and can’t generate much.

 

[Inferno]

On the flip side I thought Skjei was an absolute abomination tonight...so so so so bad.

 

[nevesis]

 

[nyrage]

Tony D continues to look promising.

I barely noticed Miller.

Hayes shooting (and scoring) on a 3 on 1 may have been more shocking than even that time on a breakaway where he didn't even attempt to shoot and skated past the goalie looking for a pass.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

I'm fairly certain I know at least 12 people and 2 pizza parlors named with some derivative of Tony DeAngelo

At one point sam called out tony Letierri. Lol time to move msg to little Italy

 

[YoSoyLalo]

These are the kind of games I'm hoping to see over the next year and a half or so.

Games where we lose, but we show character and development.

Pionk and DeAngelo look really good. Pionl in particular has this sense of poise. His presence on the ice is very noticeable, IMO.

Gilmour has looked like a very solid 6/7. Good organizational depth.

 

[Edge]

Let’s take a finger off the trigger here guys.

Don’t see this roster climbing above 5 or 6 teams, let alone 9 or 10, even with Kreider back.

Saying nothing about potential deadline deals.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

He's not wrong, but he needs to take the advice that Stepan gave him a few months ago in Ottawa and Relax.

Then again, it wasn't the rookies who were f***ing up.

 

[bl02]

If the season ended today they'd be picking 10th.

After the sell off and the schedule they have in March (take a look, its brutal) its very unlikely that they jump 5 teams in the standings.

It's likely that they fall a few spots.

The difference between 6-8 and 14-15 is pretty big.

How is we can't make up 3 or 4 points against teams ahead of us but we will fall more than that?
I'm not scared of teams like the Jackets, Islanders, Devils and canes. But hey if you guys wanna miss the playoffs to get a pick 5 or 6 spots higher awesome. I just don't understand the mentality especially when we just picked someone at 21 who could very well be better and more dangerous than the guy we picked at 7. and trust me in reality land it won't be a difference of 14 spots.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

ADA is probably the most physically gifted defenseman we’ve had in years..

Nothing on mcdonagh or skjei or yandle.

But ADA can skate with the best of them and his puck handling/passing/shooting are top notch.

You all know how excited I am about this young mans development

 

[Ori]

yeah, DeAngelo was close, but not happy about part of Zib game. And he can`t win a faceoffs if his life depends on it. Zucc has 50 face off %, Zib 36%, and that is just faceoffs, not a gr8 game.

Hayes was the best Rangers tonight, just unfortunate we could not tie it.

DeAngelo, Gilmour & Pionk with strong games too.

 

[bl02]

Let’s take a finger off the trigger here guys.

Don’t see this roster climbing above 5 or 6 teams, let alone 9 or 10, even with Kreider back.

Saying nothing about potential deadline deals.

who are these 5 or 6 teams?