Morphinity 2.0

I don think it's about people watching on TV. He probably wants to go on stage, bring all his kids, illegitimate or otherwise, and have a fuckin' party in his gaudy monstrosity. I will say, I'm fine with them keeping their 1st rounder off limits. None of the names available even remotely pique my interest - other than maybe Vatrano. If a guy like Jenner or Zegras were to shake loose, I'd be more interested in floating the 1st rounder.

REGULAR SEASON GAME #48 — 1/26/24 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 7:00 PM TV: 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/goldenknights GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 29-15-3 (61 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 28 .649 15-6-0 14-9-3 1-2 3-5-2 OT1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +17 (10th) 3.21 (13th) 2.83 (9th) 28.1% (2nd) 83.1% (6th) 50.2% (15th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (29) Artemi Panarin (34) Artemi Panarin (63) Chris Kreider (+10) Vincent Trocheck (41) Adam Fox (22:57) Vincent Trocheck (21:01) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Blake Wheeler Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Will Cuylle / Jonny Brodzinski / Kaapo Kakko Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Tyler Pitlick Erik Gustafsson / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba Ryan Lindgren/ Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shestinkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 32 19-11-1 .901 2.82 0 Healthy Scratches: Matthew Robertson, Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded; being sent to the knackers (Czechia) Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 28-14-6 (62 Points) 2nd — Pacific 24 .646 18-5-2 10-9-4 4-1 6-3-1 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +25 (8th) 3.17 (16th) 2.71 (6th) 20.6% (17th) 80.7% (13th) 48.6% (22nd) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Jonathan Marchessault (22) Mark Stone (34) Mark Stone (49) Brayden McNabb (+15) Keegan Kolesar (34) Alex Pietrangelo (24:02) Jack Eichel (20:32) Starting Lineup:^ Pavel Dorofeyev / Chandler Stephenson / Mark Stone C Ivan Barbashev / Nicholas Roy / Jonathan Marchessault Sheldon Rempal / Brett Howden / Paul Cotter Jonas Rondbjerg / Byron Froese / Keegan Kolesar FAM FOREVER / Alex Pietrangelo A Brayden McNabb / Kaedan Korczak Nicolas Hague / Zach Whitecloud ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Adin Hill GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 15 11-2-2 .935 1.93 2 Healthy Scratches: Brayden Pachal, Brendan Brisson Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Jack Eichel [IR] — Lower-body injury; Out week-to-week since 1/11 William Carrier [IR] — Shoulder injury; Out week-to-week since 1/10 William Karlsson [IR] — Loewr-body injury; Week-to-week since 1/1 Ben Hutton [IR] — Hand injury; Out since 12/28 Shea Theodore [IR] — Upper-body injury; Out since 11/12 QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “I think there’s been some really good things that have happened this year inside of having some consistency. At times, the odd time, I think to spend the time to mix it up and to try and look in a different direction just to shake it. Different view. There’s something about changing the view every once in a while, I think can be good. And that’s just the way this year has gone, I can’t say that I’ve always been this consistent as a coach.” - Peter Laviolette on changing up lines Pic to LOL:

The rebuild went out the window when the Rangers got Kakko and then Panarin signed. At that point, it was business as usual.

It's about time you lost a fantasy trade!

REGULAR SEASON GAME #42 — 1/14/24 vs. Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 1:00 PM TV: MSG, SN, NHLN, MNMT 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: 26-12-2 (54 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 25 .675 13-6-0 13-6-2 1-1 4-5-1 L2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +17 (12th) 3.33 (10th) 2.88 (10th) 30.1% (1st) 83.2% (7th) 49.7% (T-17th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (26) Artemi Panarin (32) Artemi Panarin (58) K’Andre Miller (+7) Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba (37) Adam Fox (22:39) Vincent Trocheck (20:57) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Will Cuylle Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Blake Wheeler Nick Bonino / Jake Leschyshyn / Jonny Brodzinski Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Jonathan Quick GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 13 9-2-2 .915 2.44 2 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded; being sent to the knackers (Czechia) Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded; Back soon! Tyler Pitlick [IR] — Lower-body injury; week-to-week Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 19-14-6 (44 Points) 7th — Metropolitan 16 .564 10-7-4 9-7-2 3-4 3-5-2 L1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -26 (27th) 2.36 (30th) 3.00 (12th) 14.0% (28th) 78.8% (18th) 46.8% (27th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Dylan Strome (15) John Carlson (20) Alex Ovechkin (27) Nicolas Aube-Kubel (+8) Tom Wilson (70) John Carlson (25:33) Alex Ovechkin (19:23) Starting Lineup:^ Max Paciorretty / Dylan Strome / Tom Wilson Aliaksei Protas / Connor McMichael / Anthony Mantha Hendrix Lapierre / Evgeny Kuznetsov / T.J Oshie Beck Malensyn / Nic Dowd / Nicolas Aube-Kubel Martin Fehervary / John Carlson Trevor van Riemsdyk / Nick Jensen Joel Edmundson / Ethan Bear ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Darcy Kuemper GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 21 10-10-2 .891 3.27 0 Healthy Scratches: Matthew Phillips, Alexander Alexeyev Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Nicklas Backstrom [LTIR] — Hip injury Sonny Milano [IR] — Upper-body injury Rasmus Sandin [IR] — Upper-body injury Alex Ovechkin [DTD] — Maintenance QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “Wow, last night was one helluva a game! I can’t believe [insert team here] won!” — Me, covering all bases GIF to LOL:

REGULAR SEASON GAME #41 — 1/13/24 @ Location: Capital One Arena — Washington, D.C. Time: 1:00 PM TV: SN, ESPN+, ABC 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: 26-12-2 (54 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 25 .675 13-6-0 13-6-2 1-1 4-5-1 L2 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +17 (12th) 3.33 (10th) 2.88 (10th) 30.1% (1st) 83.2% (7th) 49.7% (T-17th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (26) Artemi Panarin (32) Artemi Panarin (58) K’Andre Miller (+7) Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba (37) Adam Fox (22:39) Vincent Trocheck (20:57) Starting Lineup:^ Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Will Cuylle Artemi Panarin A / Vincent Trocheck / Alexis Lafreniere Jimmy Vesey / Barclay Goodrow A / Blake Wheeler Nick Bonino / Jake Leschyshyn / Jonny Brodzinski Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox A K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba Erik Gustafsson / Braden Schneider ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 26 16-10-0 .901 2.90 0 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded; being sent to the knackers (Czechia) Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded; Back soon! Tyler Pitlick [IR] — Lower-body injury; week-to-week Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 19-14-6 (44 Points) 7th — Metropolitan 16 .564 10-7-4 9-7-2 3-4 3-5-2 L1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: -26 (27th) 2.36 (30th) 3.00 (12th) 14.0% (28th) 78.8% (18th) 46.8% (27th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Dylan Strome (15) John Carlson (20) Alex Ovechkin (27) Nicolas Aube-Kubel (+8) Tom Wilson (70) John Carlson (25:33) Alex Ovechkin (19:23) Starting Lineup:^ Max Paciorretty / Dylan Strome / Tom Wilson Aliaksei Protas / Connor McMichael / Anthony Mantha Hendrix Lapierre / Evgeny Kuznetsov / T.J Oshie Beck Malensyn / Nic Dowd / Nicolas Aube-Kubel Martin Fehervary / John Carlson Trevor van Riemsdyk / Nick Jensen Joel Edmundson / Ethan Bear ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Charlie Lindgren GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 14 7-3-3 .928 2.27 2 Healthy Scratches: Matthew Phillips, Alexander Alexeyev Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Nicklas Backstrom [LTIR] — Hip injury Sonny Milano [IR] — Upper-body injury Rasmus Sandin [IR] — Upper-body injury Alex Ovechkin [DTD] — Maintenance QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “It’s going around from team-to-team. Morning skate, he was good. Just took a turn for the worse right at game time. He was out for warm-ups and we were thinking it was going to be good. He’ll get some rest, he’ll be back.” — Peter Laviolette on Mika Zibanejad having the shits GIF to LOL:

I think, by Valiquette's metrics, the Rangers are last or near last in rush chances against. That's going to consistently put undue stress on your goaltending.

Feels it

With both of those games being weeknights, you'll probably have less people milling about at the bars pre-game, but a few decent spots would be Stout, Celtic Rail, Blarney Stone. Other than that, I think your best bet would just to get in for warmups at 6:30. I think doors open at like 6 or so.

Hope they wearing the flying skate jersey and the Rangers wear home whites

No, I agree with you. But I think what Phil and I are saying is that it's not going to provide the satisfaction than fans think it will. That goes especially for the NHL where no one answers for anything outside of a few generic quotes.

His skating might be the worst I've ever seen.

Yep, and if you look at what happened in the NFL this past weekend, the NFL basically doubled down, backed their refs, and said the Lions fucked up.

Trivia: Brian Leetch.

LGB!

"It had to happen, something had to happen" He had to get high-sticked in the face like that? lol Everyone clutched their pearls and threw out suggestions of 20-game+ suspensions when Trouba clearly accidentally hit Frederic in the head with his stick. But, this obvious pre-meditated chickenshit retaliation is just going to get brushed aside.

It's pretty surprising he's clearly desperate for a North American hockey gig. He's made $37M in the NHL in his career. Now he's basically playing for per diem in the AHL. I guess he just doesn't want to play in Russia right now.

I think it's too simple to point to one stat, especially one so devoid of context as 5-on-5 goal differential, and say they're not contenders. They are who they are. They make their hay on the powerplay. It's not something that should just be tossed out. Yes the game is called differently in the playoffs, especially in playoff OT, but powerplays are still awarded. And I'll take a team that scores on 1 out of every 3 powerplays any day of the week. Their 5v5 play is improved over last year, and we saw that early. I think they've struggled a bit at 5v5 lately because they're really feeling the lack of quality depth. Brodzinski - Bonino - Cuylle is just not a good enough 3rd line.

Absolutely. A lot of competition so far this year. Great to see!

REGULAR SEASON GAME #36 — 1/2/24 vs. Location:Madison Square Garden — New York, NY Time: 7:00 PM TV: MSG, BSSO 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/hurricanes GameCenter - here Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 24-9-1 (51 Points) 1st — Metropolitan 24 .729 12-4-0 13-5-1 1-1 7-3-0 W1 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +26 (4th) 3.43 (10th) 2.69 (7th) 30.9% (1st) 84.9% (5th) 49.5% (17th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Artemi Panarin (23) Artemi Panarin (27) Artemi Panarin (50) Chris Kreider, K’Andre Miller (+10) Vincent Trocheck (35) Adam Fox (22:30) 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: 22 15-7-0 .911 2.69 0 Healthy Scratches: Zac Jones Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Filip Chytil [LTIR] — Extremely ded; being sent to the knackers (Czechia) Kaapo Kakko [LTIR] — Very ded; but also skating Standings: RECORD: POSITION: ROW: P%: HOME: AWAY: S/O: LAST 10: STREAK: 20-13-4 (44 Points) 2nd — Metropolitan 19 .595 10-3-3 10-10-1 1-2 6-1-3 W3 Team Statistics: DIFF: GF/GP: GA/GP: PP%: PK%: Corsi For (CF)%: +7 (14th) 3.32 (12th) 3.11 (15th) 26.6% (5th) 82.6% (10th) 50.2% (14th) Team Leaders: Goals: Assists: Points: +/-: PIM: TOI/G (D): TOI/G (F): Sebastian Aho (15) Sebastian Aho (27) Sebastian Aho (42) Stefan Noesen (+11) Brendan Lemieux (60) Brent Burns (24:00) Sebastian Aho (21:35) Starting Lineup:^ Andrei Svechnikov / Sebastian Aho / Teuvo Teravainen Stefan Noesen / Jesperi Kotkaniemi / Martin Necas Jordan Martinook / Jordan Staal / Seth Jarvis Michael Bunting / Jack Drury / Brendan Lemieux Jaccob Slavin / Brent Burns Brady Skjei / Brett Pesce Dmitry Orlov / Jalen Chatfield ^Subject to change Starting Goaltender: Pyotor Kochetkov GS: REC: SV%: GAA: SO: 19 9-7-3 .900 2.61 1 Healthy Scratches: N/A Injuries, Suspensions, Misc: Frederik Andersen [LTIR] — Blood clot; out indefinitely Jesper Fast [DTD] — Upper-body injury QUOTE(S) TO NOTE: “Some things don’t necessarily make headlines. [Igor Sheserkin] was really good in net, Panarin scores three goals and yet Trouba might not get talked about that much in what he did inside of that game: physicality, blocking shots and the way he played the game. And I think we need everybody to continue that and keep stepping forward.” — Peter Laviolette on the impact of Jacob Trouba GIF to HYPE:

I don't have a Quest, but I have an Oculus Rift. I think it's pretty cool, but it's definitely not for everyone. Some people get motion sickness very easily, so it's a total non-starter. There are some cool games that at worthwhile, like Beatsaber. Overall, for $350 or whatever it is, I think it's good as long as you temper your expectations. It'll be somewhat fun and there are some cool things, but it's limited by a number of factors. Also, you need a Facebook account to use it.

I saw someone say something about how the Metro teams have a lot of back-to-backs to make up for the fact their travel is easier - it's way the NHL tried to equalize strength of schedule. I don't know how true that is, but someone suggested it.

No he's UFA.