Post-Game Talk: Panthers @ Rangers - Groundhog's Day/RIP in peace Papa John's

[ReggieDunlop68]

Barkov was a +24 in corsi tonight. The next closest skater that wasn't his linemate was Kulikov at +10. That's........wow.......domination.

Whatever...

The Rangers be like

 

[Machinehead]

I like the cut of his jib. I hope he sticks around. His take is refreshing. I like Anson Carter too. Carter and Vally should have there own show.

It can come on right after the Al and Zuccarello show

 

[FLYLine27*]

Staal was horrifyingly bad

 

[JHS]

Was at this game! Very fun game to watch live. Luongo gave up so many rebounds and the Rangers smartly capitalized. 6 goals is the ticket the team needed to bust out of whatever scoring drought they were in.

I got to give AV and his staff major props for their coaching moves. Excellent line juggling and putting their players in spots to succeed! Brass played shift on 2 lines, Hayes bounced around a bit in the third but just a really nice job overall!

 

[Raspewtin]

I don't agree with Staal being bad on the 3rd Panther goal. Klein abandoned his assignment to cover absolutely nobody and Staal had to switch off. It wasn't the right play, but I see why he did it.

 

[BB58]

Outside of Klein, our Dmen has been making too many miscues throughout the season. This is something AV needs to address.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I like the cut of his jib. I hope he sticks around. His take is refreshing. I like Anson Carter too. Carter and Vally should have there own show.

"Read the screen Steve! Just like Al!"

-James Dolan

 

[darko]

He mad some blunders but also scored a goal and had one other opportunity. Decent game IMO.

 

[Uglybstrd]

Rollercoaster game, very glad we managed to get the 2 points.
Could have gone both ways. Hank was very good, had no chance on the goals.

Hagelin with 8 shots. I cannot remember any of them, except the penalty shot

Nash was strong, as usual. Glass was useless, as usual.

 

[haohmaru]

Ugly but entertaining game tonight.

If the Rangers play like this in the playoffs, we'll be out in the first round in 5 games. Lundqvist was terrific despite giving up 3 goals. Blown coverages, awful turnovers, and questionable passing. Fortunate to have turned this one around.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

"Rick Nash is done, and a shell of his former self" - Ranger fans 2014

 

[darko]

3 points behind Isles with a game in hand. 2 points behind Pens with 2 games in hand.

 

[Vidic15*]

Al just gave a shoutout to all the fans in Norway that watch.

 

[surf]

You mean the D that is what,3rd in the league goals against? Yea those guys suck get rid of al of them...They have clues for sale in aisle 3

-The defense ABSOLUTELY NEEDS to be addressed. The 2nd half of that 2nd period was abysmal. Absolutely horrible.

-Anyone notice that if Carl Hagelin scored on that penalty shot, we'd have had a Mario Lemieux night? Nash SH, Nash EN, Boyle ES, Hayes PP.

-Hank was pretty good tonight.

-I liked that Hayes line but I hated every other line.

-Glass' useless hit at the end of the game bought him another three games (thanks Dactyl).

-Oh, and Glass ****ing sucks.

 

[Synergy27]

Outside of Klein, our Dmen has been making too many miscues throughout the season. This is something AV needs to address.

And yet the Rangers are 4th in the league in GA/GP. I suppose you could argue that that's due to goaltending, but many people here think Hank has been underwhelming overall as well.

All defenders make mistakes, on every team. That's how goals are scored. Fortunately for us the Rangers defenders tend to do so less often than most other teams, hence them winning a lot.

 

[haohmaru]

Nash was strong, as usual. Glass was useless, as usual.

The best thing I can say about Glass is ______________

I can't come up with anything.

 

[haohmaru]

And yet the Rangers are 4th in the league in GA/GP. I suppose you could argue that that's due to goaltending, but many people here think Hank has been underwhelming overall as well.

All defenders make mistakes, on every team. That's how goals are scored. Fortunately for us the Rangers defenders tend to do so less often than most other teams, hence them winning a lot.

This game was awful. The Rangers, and Lundqvist, have been pretty good defensively since about mid-November.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

"Rick Nash is done, and a shell of his former self" - Ranger fans 2014

Disclaimer: Please note 2014 refers to April-May during the SC playoffs.

 

[Machinehead]

Disclaimer: Please note 2014 refers to April-May during the SC playoffs.

He sucked before that. He had 26 goals all year. He has 31 now.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

He sucked before that. He had 26 goals all year. He has 31 now.

Yeah, but in January people weren't certain that he was broken.

 

[surf]

God forbid the puck gets caught up in Staals skates and cant make a crisp play out of the zone...Get rid of him he sucks! Some need to look at why the puck ended up in his skates and think before you type

 

[nyr2k2]

Outside of Klein, our Dmen has been making too many miscues throughout the season. This is something AV needs to address.

Our defense has been poor and Lundqvist has had a bad season. And yet, we're somehow like third in GA/G. Amazing how that works.

 

[GraveyTrain9]

I actually like Valiquette on the post-game. Hope he stays around.

 

[haohmaru]

Disclaimer: Please note 2014 refers to April-May during the SC playoffs.

Not really - he already has 5 more goals in 17 less games than he had all of last year.

He's been a force this season and it's pretty clear the concussion changed his play last year. Can't say a negative thing about the guy this year. Nothing. MVP type season for him.

 

[Machinehead]

Our defense has been poor and Lundqvist has had a bad season. And yet, we're somehow like third in GA/G. Amazing how that works.

I think very few people, post-October, think Lundqvist has had a bad season.