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The 2023-2024 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award
Phil replied to RichieNextel305's topic in New York Rangers
Quick actually might be the most deserving name on the roster. He was an .882, 37-year-old goalie who was universally panned when the Rangers signed him. He stunk up the preseason so badly that people were openly questioning if he should just retire before the season started. He turned that into a .916 season in progress with two shutouts and a span of play that literally had Steve Valiquette questioning if he should be the starter. Oh, plus a mid-season contract extension. He's this year's Jimmy Vesey. It's Quick. -
It's early, but you can kinda draw a pattern to his assessment if you look at the last three years (with this current season counting as an in progress year). Y1 he added cheap depth and filled clear holes with role players, not specifically star-chasing. Y2 he chased stars who, seeing how successful the Rangers were, wanted on. Y3 he added cheap depth and filled clear holes with role players again (even though he was in on stars). Whether he saved himself from himself or was saved from making costly adds again, this feels like the right formula.
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The 2023-2024 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award
Phil replied to RichieNextel305's topic in New York Rangers
Vesey parlayed what was probably a final NHL contract last year into a two-year extension with how well he's played, and he's routinely moved up in the lineup as needed. Really can't go wrong with him here. He kinda embodies what this award is about, which is mostly to recognize guys who punch well above their weight. -
Shipment Stolen for Jagr Bobblehead Night Giveaway
Phil replied to Keirik's topic in Hockey Around the Globe
Some thief, somewhere, rn, but with bobbleheads instead of gold coins. -
PowerRankings 2023-24 Interactive Power Rankings
Phil replied to BrooksBurner's topic in New York Rangers
1. Igor Shesterkin 2. Artemi Panarin 3. Vincent Trocheck 4. Chris Kreider 5. Adam Fox 6. Mika Zibanejad 7. Alexis Lafrenière 8. Jonathan Quick 9. Ryan Lindgren 10. K'Andre Miller 11. Jimmy Vesey 12. Braden Schneider 13. Kaapo Kakko 14. Will Cuylle 15. Matt Rempe 16. Erik Gustafsson 17. Alexander Wennberg 18. Jack Roslovic +1 19. Barclay Goodrow 20. Jonny Brodzinski -1 21. Zac Jones 22. Chad -
Kaplan Rangers Acquire Alexander Wennberg From Seattle
Phil replied to LindG1000's topic in New York Rangers
Yeah, Jack Roslovic, who doesn't feel like he's a light breeze away from forced retirement. -
Staple Has This Really Been a Down Season for Rangers' Mika Zibanejad?
Phil replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Yup. Both things are true. What Pete said just before about Trocheck is massive — without this performance, this would be more of an issue in all likelihood. -
GDT [RS] (#66) Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning — Mika Mid March
Phil replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
5-2 Rangers. Trivia is Ruslan Fedotenko. -
Kaplan Rangers Acquire Alexander Wennberg From Seattle
Phil replied to LindG1000's topic in New York Rangers
Yeah, I can see the logic in all of this. Especially because, if we're being honest, we like him because he's competent and only costing them like $2 million, not $4.5 million. -
GDT [RS] (#66) Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning — Mika Mid March
Phil posted a topic in New York Rangers
REGULAR SEASON GAME #66 — 3/14/24 @ Location: Amalie Arena — Tampa, Florida Time: 7:00 PM TV: BSSUN, 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/lightning GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 43-18-4 (90 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 42 .692 23-8-0 20-10-4 1-3 7-2-1 W3 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +41 (T-5th) 3.28(11th) 2.62 (4th) 25.1% (6th) 83.8% (4th) 49.3% (20th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (35) Artemi Panarin (52) Artemi Panarin (87) Chris Kreider (+22) Matt Rempe (54) Adam Fox (23:17) Vincent Trocheck (21:22) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Jack Roslovic Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Alex Wennberg / Kaapo Kakko Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Jonny Brodzinski Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Braden Schneider Zac Jones / Erik Gustafsson ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 43 28-13-2 .914 2.52 3 Healthy Scratches: "Well, Looky Here" Chad Ruhwedel Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Died again; Out for season Blake Wheeler [LTIR] — Leg snapped like a twig; Out for season Jacob Trouba C [IR] — Out 2–3 weeks with lower-body injury Matt Rempe [SUS] — Suspended 4 games for scrambling Siegenthaler's brains Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 37-19-8 (74 Points) 4th — Atlantic 31 .569 20-9-4 14-16-2 3-0 4-5-1 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +5 (15th) 3.40 (7th) 3.37 (25th) 29.2% (1st) 80.8% (10th) 50.8% (15th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Nikita Kucherov (38) Nikita Kucherov (69) Nikita Kucherov (107) Victor Hedman (+7) Michael Eyssimont (93) Victor Hedman (24:45) Nikita Kucherov (21:56) Starting Lineup:^ Brandon Hagel / Brayden Point / Nikita Kucherov A Steven Stamkos C / Anthony Cirelli / Anthony Duclair Michael Eyssimont / Nick Paul / Conor Sheary Tyler Motte / Luke Glendening / Tanner Jeannot Victor Hedman A / Darren Raddysh Nick Perbix / Erik Cernak Haydn Fleury / Mathew Dumba ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 39 22-16-1 .896 2.96 2 Healthy Scratches: Austin Watson, Mitchell Chaffee, Calvin de Haan Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Tanner Jeannot [IR] — Lower-body injury; Likely to return against Rangers Mikhail Sergachev [IR] — Leg surgery QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “Especially late in the season, going into the playoffs, to have a hot goalie — or, in our case, not necessarily hot, just really good — it goes a long way. Especially in the playoffs, you see a lot of teams that end up winning the Cup, their goaltender gets hot and stands on his head and steals a couple games here and there. Shesty is capable of doing that any given night.” - Vincent Trocheck on Igor Shesterkin GIF to HYPE: -
That's critical context that I feel like fans don't seem to account for with these suspensions. Injuries matter (to this process). A head hit where the victim isn't injured and/or doesn't lose games isn't treated the same as one where he is/does. Example: Gallagher got five games for his head shot earlier this year on Adam Pelech despite never having been suspended before because Pelech got injured as a result. Maybe it would have only been two or three games if not, but that's not what happened, so he paid the piper. Rempe is, too.
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Google does automatic optimization experiments. I need to manually disable them if they're too disruptive (like the full-page takeover or the anchor ads from previous months). I'll need to experience this first-hand or maybe one of you can share a screen shot in the mean time so I know whether or not to keep it.
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Kaplan Rangers Acquire Alexander Wennberg From Seattle
Phil replied to LindG1000's topic in New York Rangers
It's incredibly early, but it's hard not to envision a world in which they look to retain him and figure out what the hell to do with the Chytil deal.