Kick save and a beauty Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Personally I liked the way that Blais was playing up until that point in the season and it seemed to these eyes that his game was on a bit of an upswing at the time. Then came PK and Blais' season was over in a single dirty play and not for the first time that PK had had done that. We are not the Broad Street bullies and this Isn't the late seventies by any means but I think a message needs to be sent to that franchise over there. Preferably PK Suban himself if he mans up but if not than someone else. I understand the pointlessness in going after a last place or 2nd to last place team but still. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Nope. Rangers are a better team than the Devils. That's the only message that matters. Subban is an aging has been. He's irrelevant to this rivalry. Secondly Subban won't fight. Now, maybe send Hunt or Goodrow after Hughes...that's worthwhile for the future. Edited February 12, 2022 by Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Ugh, I really don't like involving "innocent" players as casualties, but that really is the risk of being a teammate of someone like PK and not pulling him aside and asking him, "WTF are you doing man?" But yeah, run Hughes or maybe Kreider can accidentally Blackwood or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ERIK- Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Hit him clean cause he won't drop the gloves with anyone anyways sooo you'll just be hurting yourself but Yes I'd pay to see Reaves wipe floor with him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I would guess Geertsen will end up trying to go with someone. Bastian would also go so PK can hide. I do hope Reaves does his best to drive guys through the boards. Trouba as well. A solid beating on the scoreboard would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 dont kid yourselves if we try to goon it up we'll be the only ones with players that matter heading to IR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) "Puttin' on the foil Reavo, want some?" It's too bad Tony Soprano is probably a Devils fan. He'd know how to take care of this. We need Reg Dunlap to put a bounty on Suban's head. Edited February 12, 2022 by Sod16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just smash them into dust, and march on. Sure they’ll be pulling their annual second half disappearance act anyway so it’ll be easy pickin’ provided we show up. The Devils are absolutely horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr00zng Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 11 hours ago, Pete said: Nope. Rangers are a better team than the Devils. That's the only message that matters. Subban is an aging has been. He's irrelevant to this rivalry. Secondly Subban won't fight. Now, maybe send Hunt or Goodrow after Hughes...that's worthwhile for the future. I was with you, right until the last sentence. Punishing innocent third-party is a slippery slope, that could backfire and hurt our star players. Now, if you meant harder than usual hitting everyone during the game without the intent of causing injury, I am with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Cr00zng said: I was with you, right until the last sentence. Punishing innocent third-party is a slippery slope, that could backfire and hurt our star players. Now, if you meant harder than usual hitting everyone during the game without the intent of causing injury, I am with you. If the rangers didn’t have a history of getting manhandled everytime they had a good team, I might agree. At some point they need to do it to show they don’t take shit from no one, but not now, not Subban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Cr00zng said: I was with you, right until the last sentence. Punishing innocent third-party is a slippery slope, that could backfire and hurt our star players. Now, if you meant harder than usual hitting everyone during the game without the intent of causing injury, I am with you. There's always going to be retaliation. There's no such thing as innocent. What did Blais do to get taken out by Subban? Nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kick save and a beauty Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 The problem boils down in my mind to the dangers of doing something about this player or the dangers of NOT doing something about him. The Rangers have spent years being viewed as a team that can be pushed around or worse. Parts of that have been changed along with the new regime this year but it is also not fully a thing of the past either. So the Rangers still have some work to do here. Which brings us to Pee Kay Subban. Either a dangerous player or dangerously reckless in terms of how he plays his position. A problem that is getting worse as age is slowing him down somewhat. He will not drop the gloves as some have pointed out so what's left to be done? The only solution to this problem that remains is to find a way to prevail on the NJ devils to police this player themselves. Not a perfect remedy but perhaps the only one that is left. Or we can do nothing and continue to eat season-ending or potentially career=ending injuries as a result of sloppiness (without any risk) from our opponents. What if it is Panarin next or Fox? Will the "do nothing and turn the other cheek" crowd change their minds then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtyONE Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) I dunno. Are the Rangers really concerned with a joke team/franchise/player who's in last place? Probably not. I know Blais is out for the year, and Reaves got the Slewbban treatment, but the Devils probably aren't even on their radar. Personally, I completely forgot about that incident. Reaves leads the league in hits and he's always looking to catch someone with their head down, but I doubt he purposely targets anyone. I don't see that as soft behavior either, like the Devil's season is over, why bother? It sounds like you're wanting revenge which also sounds like a suspendible offense. I don't see the point in going that far against a team that doesn't matter. Edited February 12, 2022 by ThirtyONE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kick save and a beauty Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, ThirtyONE said: I dunno. Are the Rangers really concerned with a joke team/franchise/player who's in last place? Probably not. I know Blais is out for the year, and Reaves got the Slewbban treatment, but the Devils probably aren't even on their radar. Personally, I completely forgot about that incident. Reaves leads the league in hits and he's always looking to catch someone with their head down, but I doubt he purposely targets anyone. I don't see that as soft behavior either, like the Devil's season is over, why bother? It sounds like you're wanting revenge which also sounds like a suspendible offense. I don't see the point in going that far against a team that doesn't matter. In baseball throwing at the other team's hitters is not a punitive measure as much as it is a preventative one. You want to stop the other team from throwing at your players again by letting them know there is a cost involved if they do. Whether they are a top team or a bottom team is almost besides the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Blue Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 If the opportunity avails itself, crush him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr00zng Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 7:34 AM, Pete said: There's always going to be retaliation. There's no such thing as innocent. What did Blais do to get taken out by Subban? Nothing. I've never played hockey, nor do I know what the "custom" is regarding this kind of hits. If I recall correctly, the NHL Player Safety did not even fine/suspend Subban. I might've been upset about his action back in the day, but that had been couple of month ego. It seems too late to retaliate against him and/or the Devils. Late retaliation may end up looking like against the Cap, where they lost the game. It does not meant that the Rangers shouldn't hit them hard, they should do that against everybody. They are getting too soft lately, when compared to earlier in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) Hit, or be hit. I’d put a stack of cash on the table before the game, “Everyone who registers a hit on Douchebann gets $1,000!” Edited February 14, 2022 by 4EverRangerFrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 He'll probably injure another ranger before Strome would be the only one willing to drop the gloves and try to "teach Subban a lesson". This is how we know that having Reeves in the lineup does not deter anyone from taking any liberties. Hell, he even did it to Reeves and wasnt afraid of a retaliation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 is that a sarcastic thumb up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kick save and a beauty Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Keep hitting Hughes until Subban comes out to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I’d say no at this point. Subban is fairly irrelevant. If it’s the last meeting and we are up by 4 with a period to go? Sure then. But winning is more important at this point in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 It's rare I pass up an opportunity to rally behind a fight, but this one's not happening, unless Subban does some dumb shit again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Phil said: It's rare I pass up an opportunity to rally behind a fight, but this one's not happening, unless Subban does some dumb shit again. I think I agree with you on this one Phil. Subban isn't gonna fight Reaves, and I don't think he'd even go with Goodrow. The Devils are just an other exit sign we'll pass on our road to the playoffs. No need to get stupid, and do something dumb against a bunch of mutants like them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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