RangerDanger

If You would've told me at the start of this season that we'd win the Presidents Trophy, a 7ft 4th liner would score our 1st goal of the playoffs, AND that the 2nd goal was in large part because of the physical play of Lafreniere, I would've laughed hysterically and then asked you for some of whatever pills you were popping......but here we are.

4 minutes ago, The Dude said:

It's on MSG and ESPN

Dont have MSG, and its not showing up as an option on ESPN for some reason.

I Can't find the game on TV anywhere unless I subscribe to Fubo or Sling, so I'll be listening to it instead. Like a peasant.

25 minutes ago, Pete said:

Lavvy says anyone in a contact jersey is ready to play, but are they really doing this kid any favors by putting him right back into the playoff mix after missi ng the season?

 

What I will say is that if there's a team to get him in there against, it's a slow one like they Caps.

 

And if he's in a top 6 jersey I have to believe his on RW for Roslovic.

If that were to happen, where do you drop Ros? 3rd line would be odd, since you'd have to drop Kakko to 4th line....though Ros on the 4th line would be even weirder?

Was listening to Vince's podcast this morning where he also had a beat reporter for the Caps on. One thing she pointed out was that the Caps either win close games where they're grinding people down, or they get blown out. They have to rely on that style because they don't have team speed anymore. One of the biggest issues Rangers have this year is chances against off the rush, so hopefully they don't have that to worry about as much this round.

We know they're going to have to play physical against us, but if we keep our heads up and avoid playing their style, we should be able to draw some PP chances against them. Echoing what everyone else is saying, there's really no way we should struggle against them if we just play our game.

18 minutes ago, jsm7302 said:

Wanna hear an update on Chytil. Game 1?

As intriguing as it is, don't think he'd be in. What I'd love to see - 

Kreids - Zib - Ross
Bread - Tro - Laf
Cools - Chyt - Kakko
Goodie - Wennberg - Vesey

That 3rd line combo could be interesting. We already treat Line 1 as our pairing against teams top lines, and that 3rd line with hitting/shooting/defense could be fun to watch.
 

34 minutes ago, Pete said:

You know Wilson is going to go hard physically after Panarin, and he's a special kind of scumbag. 

 

I don't think Rempe helps. I mean you can dress him but we know it won't be a deterrent because if a guy is injured, a fight doesn't change anything, and Wilson isn't scared of anyone. 

Wilson is my biggest concern this series. Maybe a hot Lindgren, but more than anything it's WIlson doing Wilson shit, and us buying into it.

44 minutes ago, jsm7302 said:

We all hope this is the year but in all reality whether it is or isn't, this will be fun to run back next year as well with minimal turn over and successful coaching. We literally have this year plus two more to get this done. Perrault and Othmann incoming as well. Fun time to be a Ranger fan!!

Agreed. While I don't have the best feeling about this year being "the year", I DO feel a lot more confident with next. Same squad with a few minor additions/subtractions, a few line tweaks, get everyone healthy and playing the system Lavi wants......the rest of the league better watch out.

But despite all that, I'm still REALLY excited for this run coming up. LGR!!!

Glad Rempe is in, definitely could see Tkachuk doing something stupid in the last meaningless (to them) game of the season.

Can we sit Trouba out for this one? You know, to "rest" him......?

Can we split them up next season?

Can Kreider slide down to 3rd line, still get all the PP & PK time, and maybe move Cuylle (a guy who loves to hit & shoot) up to Zib's line to alleviate some of his pressure? Worth a shot.

2 minutes ago, Abe Froman said:

Might be time to mute it. Sounds like a high school football game is going on in the background.

So thats not just me being annoyed with how loud the Isles fans seem to be during this broadcast.

This Is just.......terrible. with the exception of Igor, it's putrid all around. Get the feeling if we're going to pull this out it's gonna take the 3rd and 4th lines.

I dated a girl with a Bizarro Aho once.......

A little surprised to see Aho as a healthy scratch.

Rangers 3-0 with the *******..

38 minutes ago, Valriera said:

I went to my first playoff game when we lost to the lightning at Home in game 7 of the conference final some ten years ago. I will continue not going to any of the games for you guys

Not all heroes wear capes.

In his defense, Trouba played a sound game last night. Yeah it was against the Habs, but still promising.

Im convinced Kakko has "Resting Disappointed Face".

Feel sorry for his girlfriend.

Call me crazy, but I'd love to see a couple games with a line of Cuylle-Zib-Kakko. Not this year obviously, but I think it would be interesting.....

Love seeing 3rd and 4th line scoring those goals!

Rangers got this 5-3. There will be a brief stretch during the 2nd period where we absolutely do NOT got this......but in the end we get our shit together, and we got this.

Trivia is Eddie Giacomin.

Out of curiosity I went to the Devils' Reddit page.

Wow.............the butthurt is real.

16 hours ago, Jdog99 said:

The Trouba problem could be somewhat similar to the Kane debacle...

 

The Rangers simply would've been better off without Kane last season/playoffs...but GM and/or coach just did not have the guts to go against the grain of his 'status'

Being the captain, you can't exactly bench the guy. But I DO think you can limit his ice time, based on what we've seen so far and even the coaches own comments. Drop him to the 3rd pairing with limited TOI, to let him "shake off the rust".

10 minutes ago, Kick save and a beauty said:

 

Should be fun to see Pens fans conflicted about which Rangers player, Trouba or Rempe to hate more.  I know it will take a while for Rempe to get up inside their heads but let's face it we are talking about the heads of Pens fans.  How steep of a climb could that really be?

As a Rangers fan surrounded by Pens fans - not very lol

Jack St. Ivany.........who the hell is Jack St Ivany?? I'll never complain about our lack of D depth again lol

Trivia is Domingue