Same here, I'm hyper-critical of outdoor games but this one looked like a banger. I enjoyed the highlights. Wish the Islanders had better jerseys. If they put the 1996 Gorton's fisherman logo on these instead of "ISLES' those would have been sweet. They host the 2026 All-Star game, should be good. Their new arena looks nice
GDT: NHL Stadium Series: Rangers Vs Islanders @ Metlife Stadium | 3PM ET
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The S5
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I'm busting your onions, but to be honest, I don't care about the jerseys. Makes zero difference to me.
Frosty415
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Maybe I'm too harsh, I watch a lot of Football and Basketball so I picture what a new fan might see, and those jerseys look like minor league trash, and a game like the Stadium Series MUST attract new fans here or there, and those jerseys just look plain bad.
I'm complaining like a literal boomer.
Jauffre
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I think you forgot to post the footage of the infractions! Or at least say what they were.
I'll remind you again in an hour if you want.
Suntouchable13
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That's automatic, I believe. Refs can't use discretion on puck over glass infractions.
trilobyte
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Great entertainment.
Nice win Rangers. Undefeated in outdoors games!!
Nice win Rangers. Undefeated in outdoors games!!
And they were the road team in all of them…such as when they ventured far to play Buffalo Sabres in their home stadium Citifield in Queens, NYC a few years ago. If the NHL isn’t lying, they had 150,000 plus for these two games. Heck, even if it’s ballot stuffing and only half of it , 75,000 would be more than any two games at any arena.
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The penalties they took were easy calls for the ref to make. You trip a player with almost all eyes on him. You hook a player curling near the blue line with all eyes on him. They were just too easy for the ref to have to make.
trilobyte
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I'm talking about the final score of the games they played, which dictates whether they won or lost. You know, the good old final score.
Not sure what you are talking about.
You give them as many power plays that resulted from penalties. It’s not rocket science.
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What a GREAT GAME!! NHL fans were treated today!
trilobyte
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I don't think you see things clearly. Those powerplays were the result of penalties that the Islanders deserved to be called on.
Because the Rangers org doesn't want to give up a game at MSG. they sell well at home. Unlike our competitors, who are more than happy to give up a home game.
No it's because of a tax deal cut with the city decades ago that requires all ranger home games to be at MSG or else MSG has to pay a huge tax
Irishguy42
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Yeah the "home team" shenanigans is stupid for MSG/Rangers games, but I guess legally "sound." It just gets silly sometimes, like with the Sabres game.
It's a silly tax write-off legal BS thing with MSG. Rangers are forced to play all their home games at MSG, so any neutral site they have to be the away team.
Were you complaining about the missed call in the first? The calls in the third were the correct calls anyway.
Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's such a bullshit cheezy penalty to begin with. Then you get refs letting hooks, stick work, grabbing, etc go, and then a puck goes over that glass and THATS the guy who gets a penalty.
If this was 2002, I’d agree. A stick across the waist has been hooking for almost two decades now
A friend of mine epically trolled an Islanders fan today by telling him that the Rangers beat the Islanders with their back up goalie in the net.
Mike C
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Too bad the ESPN broadcast was a joke.
As an Isles fan, I have a secret to tell other Isles fans
IT WASNT THE COACHING
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