Sharpshooter

Not sure if Pete or Eminem.

It might be unfair to say it ended their season, since they're still very much alive, but that home loss to New Jersey was just brutal.

Earlier in the season the Rangers were playing seemingly one or two games a week. Now they're playing almost every day. lol Absurd schedule this year.

Tomorrow night will be even worse, 10:00 PM. Extra coffee the next day at work for sure.

Is it confirmed that he isn't playing?

 

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He's going to be out a few weeks with a fractured ankle.

This upcoming road trip made the Devils loss at home that much worse.

Good to know. I actually thought about finally re-subscribing to The Hockey News as well. For awhile there it was kind of ugly financially for me, but not anymore, so I might as well do that also. I kind of missed reading it and getting the yearbook and all that stuff.

That's a nice piece! I'm sure he's raring to go. I can't wait until Lundqvist comes over too. That could be next year as well, no?

Honestly, if you read the Athletic article, it sounds like boredom. He sounds like he's a complete gym rat/rink rat going through the motions to get through the college path at a high enough level to play professionally.

 

Gotta see it though; last year, he looked unbeatable. This year, he looked disinterested.

 

The Athletic is a paid site, isn't it? I don't have access to it. I'm thinking that's what it is, though, because he never gave off that impression of being lazy or having an attitude problem.

The Rangers have had the best goalie goalie coach in the league for a long time. It's obviously helped Lundqvist, but look at what it did for guys like Talbot and Raanta when they were here. Shesterkin does look like the real deal and the organization is lucky they can lose a guy like Lundqvist but transition right into a new era with someone who looks like he could be great too.

The guy's a class act, Sharpy. I think you hit on all cylinders with this statement. Well put, dude!! As much as I even say after next season we unload these contracts, the player behind them in most cases has given it his all, and simply just gotten past his prime. Staal for instance, has even damn near lost an eye giving himself up for our team.

 

Sometimes as a fan you get caught up in the moment and forget this stuff, but in the back of your mind, and probably after the fact, you do remember all those games Hank saved our asses and basically carried this franchise to a cup final with saves that would make Jesus jealous.

 

He is a pro and in a perfect world I would like to see the Rangers honor his deal for next season, deal off Georgiev at draft day to move up into the top 10 and let Hank mentor Igor, so he can learn and inherit his position in the most honorable way possible. I think Hank would be the perfect backup next season, and the Rangers can get every penny from that 8.5 million by having Hank bestow all that knowledge on to Igor.

 

Yeah, I mean, he could still be back next season easily with a Georgiev trade and all this talk could be for nothing. lol We will have to wait and see. But, dealing with an aging superstar and franchise legend in any sport is not an easy thing to do. There can be bad blood about how things are handling and egos and can boil over. That has not happened thankfully, which again, is a testament to him.

As a fan, it's definitely not the story book send off we wanted. But, he still loves the organization and he still loves the fans through all of this and that's all that matters. If he hangs it up, or plays for another team, which will suck, he's going to have his day here where there's a banner with his name on it in the Garden ceiling.

I really hope this is more of a thing being "bored" with college level of play and not signs of attitude and work ethic problems in the future. Hopefully Hartford will reinvigorate him and he can get his game together at the professional level.

Who knew if Shesterkin was really even ready to go the other day, but that's just how much they don't want to start Lundqvist. He was relegated to mop up duty. Not making the playoffs isn't a failure by any stretch, but they do want to go get in, and they believe Lundqvist not playing is going to help. I will give him a ton of credit, though. Obviously he's not happy about it, but he's handled it like a pro. He hasn't made a scene and bitched and moaned to the media. He's still genuinely happy for Georgiev's and Shesterkin's success and wants to see them and the team do well. But, this is totally eating him up inside.

Goalie-blinding teeth. I like the move.

Traditionally the Rangers have almost always been very strong in goal. Yeah, there have been some transitional years where there weren't some great ones. Although, Mike Dunham was fantastic his first year here and almost got that team into the playoffs. But, we've been pretty fortunate to have had the goaltending we've had. Even going way back to the likes of Dave Kerr and Lorne Chabot who I think both should be in the Hall of Fame.

Does Gorton get some credit for hiring Quinn, or is the jury still kind of out on him. I think overall he's done a good job this year and made some strides as a coach from last year. Although having some more talent certainly doesn't hurt. lol I wouldn't say he's great, as he still makes his fair share of odd decisions.

It'd be a nice....rib towards the Devils. :thankyou:

I still can't believe that deal they gave to Bobrovsky.

No SElfiE fOr YoU, BrOOKsie!!!!11

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I always liked him when he was here. He played really well. I still remember one game where he scored the game-winner against Pittsburgh in the final minute of regulation and went so crazy in celebration that one of his teammates (Jeff Toms, I think) had to grab him and reel him in a bit. lol

Read up in this thread.

 

He’s been training for some days now, taking shots both low and high. There are some questions about how the injury can effect his play, but if he’s been 100% fine in training he could be back as soon as next game. He’s listed as day-to-day now.

 

 

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That's pretty sweet. I thought it was safe to assume he'd be done for the rest of the season, non-displaced fracture not withstanding. That's great news.

lol Same. You don't care the Capitals got a loser point because it means nothing. They just had to win. Despite giving up the late goal, I'm still feeling really good going into the overtime with a red hot Zibanejad and Panarin on the ice. This team has a lot of resilience. The game against the Islanders, they also gave up a late tying goal, on the road, and found a way to win. Georgiev was ass last night, but he's been mostly excellent, so it was nice to see the offense pick him up.

how many guys on this board need new keyboards do to all the spooge.

 

murdoch callahan and now mika.

 

kakko looked good as well.

 

Murdoch, Pavelich and Zibanejad. Callahan's was a four-goal game.

Not sure that hate is accurate.

 

More like disappointment. Not just in his play, but in the way the team has handled him when he's clearly struggling and unhappy.

 

His body language definitely looks terrible most of the time. It's pretty clear he's just not having fun, and it looks like he hates playing hockey. lol