The Dude

MVP Most Valuable Panarin

Sam- "Chabot. Mayyyybe related to Cabot cheese company. Joe, what do you think " Joe- "Shut..... UP".

Batherson. No relation to Showerson.

They're trying to feed Panarin so he can get closer to 50 goals. Gonna happen all night

Pinto spelled different than poorly located gas tank.

They're really trying to get Panarin to 50.

"There is no Dana only Zub". Zub takes a bad penalty

Fox is back to where you should expect him to be. Elite level.

Kappo Slasho, has been really careless with his stick lately. Fuckin kid still hasn't figured out how to use his stick.

Right the ship. They are playing looser than @josh's mom.

To cute with the puck. Cut that shit out. North! NORTH! Trouba seems to have legs tonight.

Speed kills. Way to go Roslovic.

Trump in town? Noice.

I think he'd be way more effective on a lower line. His speed is impressive and it could be used better in a defensive type role, or matched with more grit oriented players. I'd rather see him center line 3 than Wennberg, who I feel is incredibly vanilla.

Dennis Vial for trivia. Panarin with a hatty to get 51 Rempe moves up to Zibanejad line Miller fights Tkachuk Cuylle +2 Roslovic gets a game misconduct for boarding Lindgren gets 2 more breakaways. Crazy back and forth hockey The corpse of Korpisalo is left in the crease even after he gets chased from the game. "We want the cup" chant starts in the 2nd period Siddious is seen on TV pounding $20 beers in his "executive" seats, because he's acting like a boss.

The core is pretty much the same as last year and the year prior.... Why does the year prior get swept under the rug in terms of showing they are gamers? They went to the ECF and dragged every team they played into long series. How haven't they proven that they are gamers? You'll point to last seasons collapse against the Devils as a recent gauge for platlyoffs. But, that series was a PP extravaganza. I wish people would stop saying the refs put the whistles away in the playoffs. It just isn't true anymore Game 1- 10 total penalties Game 2- 25 total penalties Game 3- 10 total penalties Game 4- 5 total penalties Game 5- 14 total penalties Game 6- 9 total penalties Game 7- 7 total penalties There were a bunch of misconduct in game 2 and a couple in game 6. The PP is not going to be taken out of the equation. If the Rangers play their game, they should be able to draw penalties. The Rangers inability to get in these nobody goalies heads is frustrating. Smid just had their number and the Devils benefited from quite a few posts hit by Panarin. This just happens. I honestly feel like there was some turmoil behind the scenes and the Gallant/Drury yelling match scenario, was something that ran deeper than we are in the know about. Trocheck was also seen talking back to Gallant on the bench. I'm speculating that Gallant lost the room and it wasn't just because the room "just wanted to be coached" What "it" was could be anything from interference from Drury, to too many new faces that took over the room. I'm not expecting a dominant run from this team. But I sure as shot think they have as good of a chance as everyone else. On a level ice, and no favoritism from the league and refs. There's no team that scares me to the point that I think the Rangers don’t stand a chance. I feel like (unlike Gallant teams), this team can lose a game or 2, then adjust and figure it out with a game plan. I get the pessimism. I'm a Mets fan and a Rangee fan. I bleed pessimism. I just don't get how people are so dismissive about the coaching change. Hopefully, you're wrong.

Except he was. Cant say he wasn't flopping around on goal 1. I'll take 5 goals, a fight and chippy play in 17 games from a guy that is playing with trash and cost a 7th round pick. People expected playoff type players at the deadline. A few were had for very little. Zucker being one of them. OK. You win. You got me to raise the white flag. Congrats O'doyle.

OK. We disagree on the eye test. I do agree that the ugly east west crap rears it's head still. It's really the only thing that keeps my hopes in check. I feel like certain players revert back to it more than Panarin does. Fox being a huge culprit. Zibanejad and his lifemate are the others. But I see way more positive things offensively. Especially the D men joining in down low. Oddly this hasn't benefited Miller. I have some doubts. They just don't weigh down my optimism as much as yours do. I'm not going to sit here and say you're wrong. Just trying to gauge your perspective.

Ughh with you. Go read the Zucker thread. I said I watched it. I said I heard him say Roslovic was a speedy winger as opposed to what you somehow heard. Zucker (5 goals 2 assists) is outscoring the shit out of Roslovic (2 goals 5 assists playing with 2 40 goal men) playing on a 2nd line with the amazing talents of Mark Jankowski and Cody Glass. since the deadline. The Rangers need a Zucker. Not a Roslovic. You pushed so much for Roslovic that you had to a lie by saying you heard something that was never said by a drunkard Rangers analyst. You go round and round with this shit and now you're inching away from your shit take. Roslovic is a perimeter pansy and he's being eased out of thel ineup game by game . Onto this topic. Goal 1 was due to Shesterkin flopping around and not getting back into position after a good save. Goal 2 was not his fault. They both giveth and almost taketh away. Both shined when they needed to. You'll harp on the bad play by Panarin, instead of the good. I'll harp on the good by both and be annoyed that the rest of the team was stupid with the puck in OT and for the entire game. Which is what my post was about. You could block me. I mean I have you blocked, but my dumb ass reads other people's quotes where you feel the need to keep your lust for me going with your attempts to "get" me. Panarin is absolved for almost losing the game, because he got them back into the game. He and Shesterkin carried the team. I don't know how this can be argued. I'm sure you will though.

I guess we see different products on the ice. I see more of a commitment to playing North/South and a bit of defensive backbone. The stats don't show everything IMO, but I guess that's all you're basing your take on. OK. Thanks for clarification. I disagree and despite the numbers, how this team achieved the numbers this year is different than in the past. They are carried by one line that is playing correctly and a PP. VS having 2 ok lines a PP and elite goaltending. What ever. We disagree, but I'm pretty sure we agree in that we are hoping to prove you dead wrong.

We can look back at last years trade deadline moves to see that just because a player is available, it doesn't mean that they need to be here. I'm not the biggest fan of the players Chytil would be moving in the lineup. But they are part of the team and the team has been rolling since they got here. I don't know if such a thing would disrupt that locker-room. I mean, did the Rangers really circumvent the cap to add THESE pieces? If you're going to do it. Do it for something better. If this was planned all along, then meh. I'd rather have had Chytil back a month ago. It's such a strange scenario. Lots of questions that will never be able to be answered.

Oh, me too man. But, if Chytil isn't actually game ready, I don't see Laviolette having the patience to let Chytil have his preseason/training camp in round 1 of the playoffs. It'd be different if he only missed 30-40 games. I like the player enough to put up with it, because I think he fits more needs as far as playing style goes. I feel like Laviolette is more about using what got him where he is and these 2 softies that contribute little offense have been here for a month, while they got hot. Bumping the feel good story of Brodzinski to a 4th line role or no role is also tied to those 2. It wouldn't look all to good to cast these puffs aside after bumping Brodzinski. I myself don't care, but I think Laviolette likes the room and the room likes Laviolette. Disrupting that cohesiveness may not be the thing to do at the start of the playoffs. Or maybe Im totally wrong and Roslovics already reduced role is a precursor to an eventual change and we see Chytil inserted somewhere.

I'm not getting how any if this is can be proven as luck though. Stats aside. Do they not pass the eye test as far as playing different than they did under Gallant? Like I said. I get not being overly confident. I just read your takes as a bit more leaning towards disbelief in anything at all on the ice. Stats aside. Do you not see a different product on the ice? I'm not trying to be combative. I'm trying to get why you don't see a difference on the ice and in some ways their demeanor.

I did watch the pregame. Somehow you got the impression that I didn't. I said I didn't record it to backtrack to show you were full of shit. I said I heard him say he was a speedy winger. I didn't hear him say he played with snarl. Perhaps you were drunk and you heard something that wasn't said. It wasn't said and it certainly is a joke to think such an opinion of a player would hold any water if it were said. You trolled for a month on that and where is Mr Snarl now? Matt Rempe is getting more icetime than him when they aren't losing. Back to the point. How about they both helped win the game and Trocheck finished it off for them? If we are going to point out flaws and mistakes in a players game, can we blame Shesterkin for a shitty 1st goal against? Or the other 2? I mean holy fuck. Shesterkin stood on his head but he wasn't perfect either. Odd way of absolving one players bad plays to then go shit on another's. Shesterkin let in 3 goals but kept them in the game with some sick saves. Panarin ALMOST blew the game with a bad hockey play AFTER he tied the game in comeback fashion then scored the first shootout attempt to boost their chances of winning even more. Take the L. Or take a draw. Your dissection of Panarin and what I was talking about is a calamity. Just like you're entire life of being an argumentative wanna be bully. You fight on some pretty dumb hills. As do I. I just don't follow people around and badger them like a creep like you do A passing attempt is a hockey play. You lose. Period.