Pete

14 minutes ago, Phil said:

it's unlikely the Rangers would ask Wheeler to play in a fourth-line checking role.

So then, no.

Edmonton in 7. 

2 hours ago, LindG1000 said:

 

Normally you get one prediction in this thread but....

 

The first wasn't ballsy.

11 minutes ago, Phil said:

 

After listening to 32Thoughts, I'm not sure anyone will. It sounds like he's stuck. Marek wondered out loud if they just move him to the wing.

Will he not be a lazy cunt if he's on wing?

3 minutes ago, Valriera said:

Definitely not Brodzinski.  I think if it's Chytil there's a real question to ask around who sits. 

It's always going to be Rempe.

58 minutes ago, Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc said:

Hopefully I won't go 4/4 in the 2nd round - I have Canes over Rangers 

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Brodzinski gives you better xG numbers, but nothing else, and you can't discount the loss of physicality.

Which we're starting to see have as much value as IOUs handed out by Harry Dunn and Lloyd Christmas. 

1 hour ago, Phil said:

 

Montréal. It's where he's wanted to be the entire time.

 

Kings will buy him out (as long as the calendar lets them). Habs will sign him after.

I don't think it's as simple as that. MSL won't suffer this guy. 

Just now, Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc said:

 

And I'm not taking Rempe out for Brodzinski anyway. It's only a question to take out Rempe if Chytil is 100% fit and good to go.

Yea, I don't see how swapping in a different 4th line element, especially one like Brodz who's just filler, makes the team better. 

36 minutes ago, BrooksBurner said:

Think about what he could be if he tried like this all the time though!

Think about getting your own jokes, ones that actually apply!

24 minutes ago, RangersIn7 said:

While the likelihood of him taking a penalty- whether it’s real or not- and it resulting in a PPG against is there, there is also no guarantee that it happens, and there’s also no guarantee that that goal is a meaningful one.

 

 

It may not matter.

 

And in reality, it doesn’t matter till it matters. 

Right. If he gets a penalty, there's a 1/4 chance the Hurricanes score. And who knows at what point in the game that will be. At this point, we know Laviolette has been smart with Rempe's deployment.

Again, not fuckign with a winning lineup because of something that may happen, but hasn't.

10 points in 5 games for the 3C! Just incredible depth. 

47 minutes ago, Flynn said:

These Canes fans are ridiculous. Whiners to the core.. Apparently the TDA penalty was the difference- and it should have been a full 5 on 3 early when Truba smoked Jarvis. 

 

Imagine having a 5 -2 PP advantage and still blaming the refs for the loss. This may be one of the worst fan bases in the NHL 

They've had hockey there for like 30 years, yet somehow Salt Lake City seems to be a more educated fan base. 

At this point you have to stick with it until something changes. Eventually the Rangers will lose a game. At that point you can justify a lineup change.

You can't change a lineup that's won five in a row in the playoffs because Carolina may score on a power play that Rempe might get just based on his reputation. 

You can't change a lineup that's won five in a row because eventually playing one guy 6-7 minutes a night might catch up them in terms of who's taking on more minutes because of that. 

When it happens you make the change. You certainly don't make it for a home game. And you certainly you don't make it because you're worried something that hasn't happened, might eventually happen. 

What a great game. 

Gonna be an awesome series. 

This bottom six has looked great all playoffs, aside from some questionable play by Wennberg during his "maintenance days".

Passing up that shot is why Mika is a third liner.

Just now, Sod16 said:

We haven't seen a PP like that in a while.  Can we really keep Rempe in the lineup when he's going to be called for things that not a single player in the  rest of the league would be called for?

Yes because he can do some things not a single player in the rest of the playoffs can do.

Both teams have looked dangerous with the puck, but Rangers have puck way more.

2 mins for being Matt Rempe

3C - 2

Carolina - 1

I can see it not being a major, but it should be a 5 on 3.

What a fuckin lucky bounce

3C strikes again!

17 minutes ago, Karan said:

I don't think I've seen a series as pre-determined as this one by the stats nerds and their advanced analytics. Well, it's a good thing the games aren't decided by simulations/models and by the players on the ice and pure grit, heart and determination...

 

30 mins to go. Let's get this fucking show on the road and show them there's No Quit in NY.