Phil

Has any team fired more coaches in the last twenty years? Brutal. The cycle continues.

Art-uh-me Pahn-er-in.

REGULAR SEASON GAME #82 — 4/15/24 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 7:30 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/senators GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 54-23-4 (112 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 50 .691 29-11-0 25-12-4 4-3 7-3-0 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +49 (6th) 3.38 (8th) 2.79 (7th) 26.8% (3rd) 84.4% (3rd) 50.1% (19th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (48) Artemi Panarin (70) Artemi Panarin (118) Ryan Lindgren (+21) Barclay Goodrow (78) Adam Fox (23:28) Vincent Trocheck (21:26) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Jack Roslovic Artemi Pınarın A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafrenière Will Cuylle / Alex Wennberg / Kaapo Kakko Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Matt Rempe Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Braden Schneider Erik Gustafsson / Jacob Trouba C ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 54 35-17-2 .911 2.63 3 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Jonny Brodzinski Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — He is risen? Blake Wheeler [LTIR] — Leg snapped like a twig; Out for season Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 36-40-4 (76 Points) 7th — Atlantic 31 .463 21-18-2 15-22-2 5-0 6-4-0 W2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -24 (26th) 3.09 (19th) 3.45 (28th) 18.3% (23rd) 75.0% (29th) 50.3% (18th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Brady Tkachuk (37) Tim Stutzle (52) Brady Tkachuk (73) Ridley Greig (+11) Brady Tkachuk (132) Thomas Chabot (23:23) Tim Stutzle (21:07) Starting Lineup:^ Brady Tkachuk C / Shane Pinto / Drake Batherson Mathieu Joseph / Ridly Greig / Claude Giroux A Boris Katchouk / Mark Kastelic / Parker Kelly Bokondji Imama / Jiri Smejkal / Zack MacEwen Jake Sanderson / Artem Zub Jakob Chychrun / Jacob Bernard-Docker Thomas Chabot A / Erik Brannstrom ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Joonas Korpisalo GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 48 21-25-4 .890 3.26 0 Healthy Scratches: Dominik Kubalik, Angus Crookshank, Travis Hamonic Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Tim Stutzle [DTD] — Upper-body injury Travis Hamonic [IR] — Lower-body injury, not expected back this season Angus Crookshank [IR] — Lower-body injury; out for season Josh Norris [IR] — Shoulder surgery; out for season Alex Forementon [OUT] — Pending trial QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “We’ve got one game left. We’re gonna work really hard to make sure we play that game properly and do the right things. When that’s over, the regular season is there and we’ll address the playoffs.” - Peter Laviolette, with that deep math insight GIF to LOL:

REGULAR SEASON GAME #81 — 4/13/24 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 12:30 PM TV: ABC, ESPN 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/islanders GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 53-23-4 (110 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 50 .688 28-11-0 25-12-4 3-3 7-3-0 L2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +48 (7th) 3.40 (7th) 2.80 (8th) 26.9% (2nd) 84.0% (3rd) 50.0% (19th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (47) Artemi Panarin (70) Artemi Panarin (117) Ryan Lindgren (+21) Barclay Goodrow (76) Adam Fox (23:29) Vincent Trocheck (21:24) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Jack Roslovic Artemi Pınarın A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafrenière Will Cuylle / Alex Wennberg / Kaapo Kakko Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Woodrow A / Matt Rempe Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Braden Schneider Erik Gustafsson / Jacob Trouba C ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 53 34-17-2 .911 2.65 3 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Jonny Brodzinski Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — He is risen? Blake Wheeler [LTIR] — Leg snapped like a twig; Out for season Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 37-27-15 (89 Points) 3rd — Metropolitan 27 .573 20-10-10 17-17-5 1-4 8-2-0 W6 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -20 (T-20th) 2.96 (23rd) 3.18 (19th) 19.8% (20th) 71.6% (30th) 47.4% (25th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Bo Horvat (33) Noah Dobson (60) Mathew Barzal (80) Alexander Romanov (+20) Anders Lee (68) Noah Dobson (24:31) Mathew Barzaal (20:06) Starting Lineup:^ Casey Cizikas / Bo Horvat / Mathew Barzal Simon Holmstrom / Brock Nelson A / Kyle Palmieri Anders Lee C / Jean-Gabriel Pageau / Pierre Engvall Matt Martin / Kyle Maclean / Cal Clutterbuck A Alexander Romanov / Noah Dobson Adam Pelech / Ryan Pulock Mike Reilly / The Other Sebastian Aho ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Ilya Sorokin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 53 24-19-11 .908 3.02 2 Healthy Scratches: Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Robert Bortuzzo, Samuel Bolduc Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Matt Martin [DTD] — Lower-body injury Noah Dobson [DTD] — No idea Scott Mayfield [IR] — Lower-body injury QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “They’re looking for two points. I guarantee and promise you we’re looking for two points, as we were the other night. I know because of that it could be a good game, a competitive, spirited game.” - Peter Laviolette, who will totally instruct Matt Rempe not to do anything; totally GIF to LOL:

Nah. Not on a fourth line. Especially how the Rangers' fourth line is built. He'd be playing with Goodrow and Vesey and being asked to play physical. For a guy who feels a breath away from forced retirement. Not a great idea at all.

Not on a fourth line, but generally speaking, yes.

No, not really. If he's the tone-changer, yes. If he's the tone-setter, not really. It depends on the opponent. If they're playing the Isles, I want him there. The Pens, no.

He's either the tone-setter in a hard-hitting series or, more likely, the tone-changer if they fall behind in a series. I tend to think the latter is far more realistic an option.

Trouba-Miller is broken up!

And nothing of value was lost. He can compete with Brodzinski for a shot or wait for an injury. But odds are, he's on the outside looking in, because Goodrow is 4RW and Brod is the center on that line.

Don't you mean <STOMP STOMP STOMP> THIS IS CAP CIRCUMVENTION! <STOMP STOMP STOMP>

Just watched the first ep last night. This looks great so far. I never played the games, so I have absolutely no expectations, but I'm digging the hell out of the whole vibe. It's like Blast From the Past meets horror lol.

I'll scream.

I'm breaking this out into a new conversation because it seems to have grown significant legs based on the Seravalli report.

OK, but that issue is more rooted in personal preference than it is in performance, because he scores a boat load of goals and is paid commiserate with what he produces. If he didn't score, this would matter a helluva lot more.

This is a well thought out, well-written critique that does a great job of illustrating your issue with this player. And my response is this: I still don't care, cause he's about to score 40. Again. They have bigger fish to fry than the 30–50-goal scorer being paid perfectly who leaves you wanting more shift-to-shift.

Yup. Then proceed to bitch for the next however many years why the Rangers have no net front presence and how badly the team misses his ability to score "easy" PP goals.

OK, but we can only work with what we know, and what we know is he's basically guaranteed goals + on-the-money contract. So, what's the problem, really? Phil Kessel was awful defensively, too. He's also probably a HOFer.

Sure, but if it works, it works. Andreychuk and Smyth.

Well, maybe. In a world where Zib isn't on this team but Panarin still is, I think you can still mostly replicate the same results (on the PP). But at 5v5, you're getting even less, 100%.

I'm about 0.2 seconds away from adding negative rep. @siddious