Drew a Penalty

Yegor Sharangovich is someone who hasn't been mentioned that I'd look at. Calgary isn't pressed to make a decision about him the way Nashville is with Novak, but they're staring down a potential rebuild and really should be considering most anyone. Sharnagovich is 25 and plays all three forward positions. He has one more year at $3.1M. He's been playing first line RW for Calgary over the last few weeks and has been one of their more consistent players during that stretch (12 P in 14 GP). He's also been playing on the first powerplay unit and the second PK unit. He has 5 SHP on the season because he's part of a really dangerous PK unit with Coleman. He's the type of skilled Swiss Army knife the Rangers could use right now. There's also a little bit of a Buch vibe to him. If not Sharangovich then go for someone like Novak.

I met him outside the Garden sometime early in his rookie season. He’s definitely closer to 5’11” - 6’0.” I’m 5’9” and he’s barely taller than me.

Can the colors be switched to the team colors?

REGULAR SEASON GAME #34 — 12/29/23 @ Location: Amerant Bank Arena — Sunrise, FL Time: 7:00 PM TV: MSG 2, TVAS, BSFL Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM USEFUL LINKS: Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • MollieeWalkerr • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano • @StapeAthletic Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/panthers GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 23-8-1 (49 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 23 .742 12-4-0 12-4-1 1-1 6-4-0 W2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +23 (5th) 3.39 (10th) 2.70 (6th) 31.1% (1st) 86.0% (5th) 49.6% (16th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (19) Artemi Panarin (27) Artemi Panarin (46) Chris Kreider (+9) Will Cuylle, Barclay Goodrow (34) Adam Fox (22:27) Vincent Trocheck (20:49) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Blake Wheeler Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Nick Bonino / Jonny Brodzinski Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Tyler Pitlick Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba C Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Jonathan Quick GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 11 9-1-1 .920 2.27 2 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 20-12-2 (42 Points) 2nd — Atlantic 20 .618 10-5-0 10-7-2 0-1 6-4-0 W2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +10 (10th) 2.91 (26th) 2.59 (4th) 18.3% (20th) 83.3% (8th) 56.7% (2nd) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Sam Reinhart (21) Aleksander Barkov (24) Sam Reinhart (42) Gustav Forsling (+19) Sam Bennett (47) Brandon Montour (23:15) Sam Reinhart (20:21) Starting Lineup:^ Evan Rodrigues / Aleksander Barkov / Sam Reinhart Carter Verhaege / Sam Bennett / Matthew Tkachuk Eetu Luostarinen / Anton Lundell / Nick Cousins Ryan Lomberg / Kevin Stenlund / Will Lockwood Gustav Forsling / Aaron Ekblad Nikko Mikkola / Brandon Montour Oliver Ekman-Larsson / Dmitry Kulikov ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 26 16-9-1 .911 2.48 2 Healthy Scratches: Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz, Jonah Gadjovich Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: N/A QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: "I love that. I love that they were jumping into the holes, which was great. They were moving pucks, they were up in the rush. That’s all part of the game nowadays and it was nice to see them get rewarded." — Peter Laviolette on the Rangers defense GIF to LOL:

REGULAR SEASON GAME #33 — 12/23/23 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 7:00 PM TV: MSG 2 Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM USEFUL LINKS: Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • MollieeWalkerr • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano • @StapeAthletic Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/capitals GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 23-8-1 (47 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 21 .734 11-4-0 12-4-1 1-1 6-4-0 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +19 (6th) 3.34 (12th) 2.75 (8th) 31.1% (1st) 85.7% (4th) 49.8% (16th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (18) Artemi Panarin (26) Artemi Panarin (44) Jacob Trouba, Chris Kreider (+7) Will Cuylle (34) Jacob Trouba (22:22) Vincent Trocheck (20:51) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Blake Wheeler Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Nick Bonino / Jonny Brodzinski Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Tyler Pitlick Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba C Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 20 13-7-0 .906 2.86 0 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 17-9-5 (39 Points) 4th — Metropolitan 14 .629 9-4-3 8-5-2 3-3 5-2-3 OT1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -9 (23rd) 2.39 (31st) 2.68 (6th) 12.4% (29th) 82.7% (11th) 46.8% (27th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Dylan Strome (13) John Carlson (18) Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin (20) Anthony Mantha (+9) Tom Wilson (65) John Carlson (25:44) Evgeny Kuznetsov (19:55) Starting Lineup:^ Alex Ovechkin / Dylan Strome / Tom Wilson Aliaksei Protas / Connor McMichael / Anthony Mantha Hendrix Lapierre / Evgeny Kuznetsov / Ivan Miroshnichenko Beck Malensyn / Nic Dowd / Nicolas Aube-Kubel Martin Fehervary / John Carlson Rasmus Sandin / Trevor van Riemsdyk Joel Edmundson / Nick Jensen ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Darcy Kuemper GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 16 8-6-2 .900 2.90 0 Healthy Scratches: Matthew Phillips, Alexander Alexeyev Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Nicklas Backstrom [LTIR] — Hip injury Max Pacioretty [LTIR] — Achilles injury Sonny Milano [IR] — Upper-body injury T.J. Oshie [OUT] — Lower-body injury QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: "I just feel like we're a little more comfortable with where we are as a group. There aren’t really the big swings that there's been here in the past. We know how we play the game. We have the players that can put the puck in the net, we have great goalies and good defensemen. We’re confident in the team we have and the game we play. Sometimes we're going to lose games, but a lot of times we're going to win with the group we have in here." — Jacob Trouba GIF to LOL:

REGULAR SEASON GAME #32 — 12/23/23 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 7:30 PM TV: MSG, MSG-B Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM USEFUL LINKS: Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • MollieeWalkerr • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano • @StapeAthletic Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/sabres GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 22-8-1 (45 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 21 .726 10-4-0 12-4-1 1-1 6-4-0 L1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +18 (5th) 3.32 (13th) 2.74 (9th) 31.3% (1st) 85.6% (5th) 49.8% (16th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (17) Artemi Panarin (26) Artemi Panarin (43) Jacob Trouba (+7) Jacob Trouba, Vincent Trocheck (33) Jacob Trouba (22:24) Vincent Trocheck (20:50) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Blake Wheeler Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Nick Bonino / Jonny Brodzinski Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Tyler Pitlick Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba C Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 19 12-7-0 .906 2.86 0 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 14-17-3 (31 Points) 7th — Atlantic 14 .456 7-8-1 7-9-2 0-1 4-5-1 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -14 (26th) 3.03 (21st) 3.41 (24th) 14.3% (26th) 80.4% (15th) 50.0% (15th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Jeff Skinner (14) Casey Mittelstadt (20) Rasmus Dahlin, Casey Mittelstadt (28) JJ Peterka (+8) Connor Clifton (44) Rasmmus Dahlin (24:57) Alex Tuch (19:15) Starting Lineup:^ Jeff Skinner / Tage Thompson / Alex Tuch JJ Petereka / Dylan Cozens / Jack Quinn Jordan Greenway / Casey Mittelstadt / Zach Benson Victor Olofsson / Peyton Krebs / Kyle Okposo Rasmus Dahlin / Mattias Samuelsson Owen Power / Connor Clifton Ryan Johnson / Henri Jokiharju ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Ukko Pekka Luukkonen GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 13 6-8-1 .883 3.17 1 Healthy Scratches: Erik Johnson, Eric Robinson, Tyson Jost Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Zemgus Girgensons [IR] — Lower-body injury QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “We were just a little bit too much east-west. I think when our team is playing our best, we're playing with a ton of speed headed north. We're really tough to handle when we play that way. We've got a lot of guys who can skate really well. But when we try to make plays at the blue line or try to force plays in at the top of the circles, especially with world-class players on the other team, it's not the best formula." — Blake Wheeler GIF to LOL:

More fiesta?

You're watching the wrong era of hockey if you're expecting anyone to be a deterrent as has been mentioned. What kind of response were you looking for? The team immediately reacted and Panarin ended up in the box because he jumped Pastrnak. Down 1-0 in a tight game after a recent spell of bad performances and they're supposed to what? Start gooning it up? The team responded in the moment, Pasta was kicked out of the game, and then they focused on beating Boston where it really mattered, the scoreboard. They wouldn't jeopardize any ability to come back in a game to get revenge.

Marcel Hossa throws hands now. It’s his time to shine.

Yeah, no, he's super generic.

Nash has two career fights. There is nothing old school about him. Edstrom is tougher.

Makes sense why he turned down Tortorella's pleas to become a power forward. He's too brittle to be one.

I feel like it's about time to shake the lines up a little bit. Might as well try something new because what they have has gone stale with their lack of depth. There's only so much this team can do with both Wheeler and Bonino in the top 9 so change that. Panarin - Trocheck - Vesey Cuylle - Zibanejad - Lafreniere Kreider - Brodzinski - Wheeler Goodrow - Bonino - Pitlick

Boogaard.

You really don't. Robertson is the emptiest 6'4" and if you think Jones seems overwhelmed then Robertson is a full-blown panic attack.

He's at 5.08 shots per 60 which is about the same rate as Kakko. Vatrano is at 11.6 per 60. If you want a volume shooter there then pursue an actual volume shooter there. Duclair historically isn't that at all. He's a good fit there because he's fast and he goes to the net. He's not really comparable to Vatrano, though. Vatrano's volume rivals those of Jack Hughes, Jack Eichel, and Kyle Connor.

Duke isn't a shoot-first winger by any means. He hasn't even averaged two shots per game over his career. What he brings is speed.

Nope. Robertson is way worse.

Why would the Rangers need a third team to eat Vatrano's salary when Anaheim can do that already?

REGULAR SEASON GAME #25 — 12/9/23 @ Location: Capital One Arena — Washington, D.C. Time: 7:00 PM TV: MSG Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM USEFUL LINKS: Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • MollieeWalkerr • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano • @StapeAthletic Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/capitals GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 18-5-1 (37 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 17 .771 8-2-0 10-3-1 1-1 7-3-0 L1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +16 (6th) 3.38 (9th) 2.71 (8th) 29.7% (3rd) 84.8% (8th) 49.0% (18th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (16) Artemi Panarin (21) Artemi Panarin (37) Jacob Trouba (+10) Barclay Goodrow (30) Jacob Trouba (22:38) Vincent Trocheck (20:16) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Jonny Brodzinski Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Nick Bonino / Blake Wheeler Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow / Tyler Pitlick Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A Jacob Trouba C / K'Andre Miller Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 15 10-5-0 .911 2.75 0 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Still ded Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Also ded Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 12-8-3 (27 Points) 5th — Metropolitan 10 .587 7-4-2 5-4-1 2-1 5-4-1 OT1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -14 (25th) 2.35 (31st) 3.00 (13th) 9.0% (32nd) 77.8% (20th) 46.8% (27th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Dylan Strome (10) John Carlson (13) Alex Ovechkin (15) Anthony Mantha, Nic Dowd (+3) Tom Wilson (49) John Carlson (25:49) Evgeny Kuznetsov (21:00) Starting Lineup:^ Alex Ovechkin / Dylan Strome / Tom Wilson Hendrix Lapierre / Evgeny Kuznetsov / Matthew Phillips Aliaksei Protas / Connor McMichael / Anthony Mantha Beck Malenstyn / Nic Dowd / Nicolas Aube-Kubel Martin Fehervary / John Carlson Joel Edmundson / Nick Jensen Rasmus Sandin / Trevor van Riemsdyk ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Charlie Lindgren GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 8 5-2-1 .924 2.61 1 Healthy Scratches: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev, Lucas Johansen Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Nicklas Backstrom [LTIR] — Hip injury Max Pacioretty [LTIR] — Achilles injury T.J. Oshie [IR] — Upper-body injury QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: "He’s happy to be there every single day and to do whatever it takes to help the team win and to try to get better and try to improve. It’s been very impressive, whether it’s a good stretch or facing adversity, he’s very even-keeled." — Chris Kreider on Alexis Lafreniere GIF to LOL:

AHL TV. I haven’t been to one live since the lockout.

Pack lost 4-3 in OT. Matt Robertson made an absolutely brutal play to let an opposing player walk in on goal. He's gonna be in another organization by the end of the year.

Ah well...fuck him anyway.

Pinto didn't sign a deal before the Dec 1 deadline so he's ineligible for play this season anyway.

Brooks might be wrong from time to time, but what separates him from average Joes is that he actually has connections. He has access to the locker room, the organization, to a number of industry professionals that you don't have access to if you're not already within that sphere. I can rattle off a number of things Brooks has been wrong on, but I could also list a lot of things he's been bang on about. The nature of his relationship with the organization as an accredited member of the media is the difference between him and any guy on Twitter who ends up writing for the Hockey Writers. Writing for the Hockey Writers doesn't mean you don't know anything, unless you're @Phil, but it does mean you're more than likely operating with the same information that the greater public is. No one within the industry has connected Laine to the Rangers of late, the Rangers do not have a cap situation that permits them to easily trade for Laine, and Barclay Goodrow has a 15-team No Trade Clause which would almost certainly see him waiving any trade to Columbus. Columbus would ask for far more than Goodrow. There's nothing wrong with thinking that Laine is someone who the Rangers should pursue, however, it's not a realistic scenario that is supported by any information out there.