GDT: Rangers at Canes

[Chrispy]

I wanna see the pinwheel from Slap Shot.

Then the Flying V when they beat Anaheim

Then the Annexation of Puerto Rico

 

[MinJaBen]

If they did something different for every win -- which is asking a *lot* -- that would be amazing.

We hope, anyway.

 

[toastmasterbone]

I wanna see the pinwheel from Slap Shot.

I wanna see them set up the bowling pins.

 

[geehaad]

An appearance from the young Bone lad!

 

[Negan4Coach]

Not only that, it looked to me like he effectively picked 2-3 defenders at the same time with his body control.

He’s just a high quality disruptor and his effectiveness has not dropped in the NHL. If anything it is increasing with quality of teammates. I said it in the preseason and I’ll say it again, I think Foegele has a shot to become a bigger, less nasty Marchand.

What if he worked on his nastiness and was just as nasty as Marchand? I think that would be something...

 

[RibFrabcus]

What if he worked on his nastiness and was just as nasty as Marchand? I think that would be something...

You mean suspensions and unnecessary penalties? No thanks. What makes marchand good is his ability to drive offense AND defense. The fact that he's a piece of shit is just bad icing on an otherwise great cake.

 

[My Special Purpose]

What if he worked on his nastiness and was just as nasty as Marchand? I think that would be something...

That would suck. For years we've been saying that Marchand could be an MVP-type player if he could avoid penalties, fights and suspensions. Going "full Marchand" in terms of nastiness is too far, IMO.

 

[Unsustainable]

He had to told by the league to not lick people

 

[Negan4Coach]

That would suck. For years we've been saying that Marchand could be an MVP-type player if he could avoid penalties, fights and suspensions. Going "full Marchand" in terms of nastiness is too far, IMO.

Maybe you're right, but it would be nice for a change to have some level of nastiness after years of softness. I don't appreciate his trash talking antics, but the beating he put on that Caps guy in retaliation for his team being humiliated was utterly savage.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Maybe you're right, but it would be nice for a change to have some level of nastiness after years of softness. I don't appreciate his trash talking antics, but the beating he put on that Caps guy in retaliation for his team being humiliated was utterly savage.

Ya it was super awesome how he jumped him because his team was getting killed.

Wish we had a couple guys like that.

 

[The Faulker 27]

That would suck. For years we've been saying that Marchand could be an MVP-type player if he could avoid penalties, fights and suspensions. Going "full Marchand" in terms of nastiness is too far, IMO.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Maybe you're right, but it would be nice for a change to have some level of nastiness after years of softness. I don't appreciate his trash talking antics, but the beating he put on that Caps guy in retaliation for his team being humiliated was utterly savage.

He’s a gutless puss that turtles when any actual tough guy comes within 20 feet of him. Big tough guy beating up Lars f***ing Eller. If that little twat played in the 80s or 90s he’d have been drinking out of a straw 5 years ago.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

We went from a squad where everyone could win the Lady Byng to we may not win but you're gonna be some sore mfs in the morning team.

 

[My Special Purpose]

As an aside, evidently, Marchand wants his name pronounced Mar-SHOND this year instead of Mar-SHAND. It was fun watching idiot Jack Edwards mess it up 100 times today and have to apologize.

Tavares went from Ta-VER-is to Ta-VAR-is, too. Which led to the Andreas Nodl reference between John and Tripp the other night.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

As an aside, evidently, Marchand wants his name pronounced Mar-SHOND this year instead of Mar-SHAND. It was fun watching idiot Jack Edwards mess it up 100 times today and have to apologize.

Tavares went from Ta-VER-is to Ta-VAR-is, too. Which led to the Andreas Nodl reference between John and Tripp the other night.

I’ve called him Mar-SHOND since the beginning.

I’ve also called him Ta-VAR-iss since the beginning. I’m pretty sure that one was 50/50 amongst the general public before he made the “switch.” More of a clarification than a switch.

The Nodl discussion was amazing. “I’m Fors-LOOND now, you didn’t know that but I am.”

 

[geehaad]

I’m Fors-LOOND

 

[Novacane]

The Nodl discussion was amazing. “I’m Fors-LOOND now, you didn’t know that but I am.”

The moment I knew hockey was back

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Don’t even need to watch, love this sketch.

“My name is BRENENENAAAAA”

 

[tarheelhockey]

I watched the replay on this one, and it's really remarkable how the Rangers TV crew kept going on and on about how different the Canes look. Lots of "these aren't the old Carolina Hurricanes" type remarks dropped into the PBP and color analysis.

 

[bleedgreen]

I watched some of the rangers broadcast too, and I thought it was interesting they told a story about Foegele. I thought I heard a comment on how he had generously gave the number up, but the rangers crew told the story straight from Foegele how they called him up and asked what number he wanted - when he said he already had one they told him it had been given away and asked what he wanted instead. Since he wasn't very lucky he chose 13.

Historically the Rangers have always had one of the best unbiased and knowledgable crews. I watch them as often as possible, even though they've changed personnel. Sam Rosen and John Davidson were amazing years ago.

 

[NotOpie]

So for all the Foegele love, credit to @NotOpie IIRC, he was one of the only poster a couple of years ago that was tooting Foegele's horn. As much **** as I like to give him, he was dead on here.

As we say down here in the Carolinas, "....even a blind pig finds a corn cob every now and then".

He, Martinook and Wallmark are playing well together and scoring.

This kid is going to just take off once he gets lined up with more skilled forwards & gets more ice time.

So not to get too gushy over Wallmark, but I always felt he was more than serviceable as a bottom 6 guy. People forget that he played over 3 years w/men in Sweden. Add to that his 101 points as a Checker (including 60 helpers). Right now he's the perfect compliment to Svechnikov. Experienced but not so much as to have Andrei feel a need to be deferential. As a very good distributor, he's also a guy who can finish a big rebound (as we saw last night). Throw Martinook in the mix and you've got another guy who can make space. That line is constructed perfectly for Svechnikov to get scoring opportunities under a little less pressure to start. Personally, I think it is brilliant usage by Roddy early in the season. I also agree with those who say, "give it time". Because he will see more minutes and may even end up in the Top 6 sooner rather than later.

 

[RodTheBawd]

Meh, I'm not impressed with Wallmark. Rask should be pushing him out of the lineup when he gets back.

 

[MinJaBen]

Meh, I'm not impressed with Wallmark. Rask should be pushing him out of the lineup when he gets back.

Rask may be pushing Necas out when he gets back if he doesn't show much improvement.

 

[SlavinAway]

Rask may be pushing Necas out when he gets back if he doesn't show much improvement.

If Necas doesn't look a little more comfortable in his role by the time Rask is back this is probably the best idea. I think Necas would benefit from some time in Charlotte more than Wallmark would. A lot can happen in the next few months though...

 

[RodTheBawd]

Hard for me to judge Necas given his pylon linemates thus far (although he is getting burned in his own end repeatedly).