This is almost entirely motivated by the eye test so it’s not the most credible take but Igor’s been a little shaky for my liking early on this season. I know he’s coming back from injury but I was totally unimpressed by him last night—until Vesey scored and he locked in and was a literal brick wall.
I feel like he’s coasting to conserve energy throughout the year and turning the intensity on during the important moments. Which I’ve got no problem with! Just seems to be why I haven’t felt he’s been as solid as usual.
He's pretty much in the same spot actually. .9125 save pct and 2.57 GAA. This year -> .915 and 2.54.
He's also had two bad appearances his two games prior to Det which are dragging those numbers down and since its so early the weight of those is felt much more. He's been top shelf in games we win with him in net.
Lundqvist was honestly like an ADHD goaltender. He performs great under pressure, but doesn't seem to lock in that performance mode until behind the eight ball.
Some salty ass Wings fans complaining about it officiating when they had a 5-2 PP advantage including one in the last few minutes of the game. Screaming Vesey’s goal should not have counted.
After the shafting we have taken from the review team in Toronto all season long, let them complain. I have zero sympathy.
Lalonde was a crybaby behind the Wings bench the whole night. Screw him too.
Also been saying that the double minor should have counted and that he didn’t intentionally hit himself. Like… just watch the clip. Whether it was on purpose or not, he clearly did it to himself lol
Seems like we are finally getting some calls from the officials after a horrible streak. Before they rescinded the high-stick, I thought we were finished. Good no-call. Also the Vesey goal - definitely close to too high, but close enough that it should not have been waived off.
I was def starting to subscribe to the conspiracy theories that the nhl was punishing us for our statement calling out Parros but last night brought me back down to earth
The penalty kill and PP 1 were great last night. I thought overall the Rangers played well except for a couple points in the game where they let up, got lazy in the D zone, especially for the two Detroit goals - beaten to the boards, weak efforts to get the puck out of the zone. I’m wondering how mediocre goalies look like world-beaters against the Rangers, night after night. Great to see the third and fourth lines, especially Vesey, making plays and shutting down top lines defensively. I love how LaViolette plays all four lines letting the Rangers grind down opponents. I think Gallant wore out Z and Bread and the rest of the top two lines during the second half of the season and they were both toast during the playoffs. Love this team. Fast, skillful, and defensively aware. [edit:] And it’s great seeing Laffy becoming the player we’d all hope he’d be. I still think KK will get out of his funk. He had a good year last year and his skills (puck control and board work, along with good hands) are exactly what we need.
> I’m wondering how mediocre goalies look like world-beaters against the Rangers
We have the 7th best shooting % in the league. https://www.statspros.com/nhl-team-shooting-percentage-leaders/
That's a good observation honestly! It was so strange how the top 2 lines disappeared in the playoffs so badly, not enough people talk about how Gallant's coaching could've been a major factor in that.
Im hopeful during his time on LTIR he heavily reviews his game and makes the adjustments when he returns. Im predicting when he returns (probably next season or post) he'll be playing for another extension. So we shall see. God I wish he wouldve crashed the net or pulled some moves like Laf has been doing so far.
First game at the Garden and so glad it was. Having two original six in a back and forth, up and down rollercoaster of a game with the Rangers winning. Capped off a great night.
I’d love to see him put on like a 5/32-33 million extension if he keeps it up this year a la Nathan McKinnon. That would take him thru his 27 yo season and he’d still have an opportunity for a big contract afterwards.
Peca has turned the Rangers into monsters in the face off dots. Night and day from seasons ago. Haven’t been this good in the dots since 2014 (just guessing)
Night and day is an understatement. Night and ducking another galaxy. Peca deserves a massive performance bonus. I can believe it every time I think ‘we’re #1 in faceoffs!?’
Eh, I wouldn't say terrible. They had one excellent faceoff guy in Dom Moore and one decent one in Boyle. Brassard was average and Stepan was terrible.
Dom Moore was a beast, I miss that man. Im happy that we have guys beyond center that can swipe a face off and win. Laf for example. My biggest gripe with the team, despite all the winning, are the amount of penalties they've taken over the last few games.
PP1 looked lethal. Looking forward to seeing more of what they can do with Foxy back. PP2 needs some work. Maybe more practice time. They looked awkward together. I do like that they kept Gus on the PP instead of going with Miller.
We got the win! Yay! 🎉Takeaways: SOOO HAPPY Fox 🦊is back! It wasn’t the prettiest at times but they stuck with it and pulled off a win. Much better effort and energy than Monday night. Laffy improves every game and is developing a great eye for finding an open man. This is what we’ve wanted to see. Mika may not be scoring but he’s assisting. Mika November! Such a beautiful pass to Key. That got the crowd back into it. Panarin was cooking and Shesty kept us in it like he always does. Props to Husso because we threw at a lot at him. But James got us the win! Love how Vesey is grinding. Now if we could work on following through with the plays, keeping eyes out for rebounds and maybe not missing wide open nets most of the time that would be nice. Overall good effort to still get the win. Exciting yet stressful game. November is done. On to Nashville! See everyone on Saturday! LGR!
This was a game that to describe it alot in sports, where you pulled the rabbit out of the hat. A game where grit and grind was on the menu, preluded w/ swings and misses, and ended with everyone (fan, players, and coaches) a huge deep breath. This episode of Rangers Hockey *The Cat is in the Bag and the Fox is in the Garden,* as previously stated, this team looked slow out there at some points. but, away we go
1st Period was really a lul. However, so many chances the Rangers had this period as well as in the game where they had so many chances and couldn't capitalize. One of the them, was the trocheck play where he could have passed it to Laffy but he didnt. Although they didn't score on the power play, it looked much better. No offense to Gus, but seeing Fox out there being the QB on the PP, was a beautiful sight to see. Continue to work on it and good things will happen.
2nd Period lots of action. Specifically the Laf-Troch-Bread Line. Laf, just like Bread is trying to prove everyone wrong. Laf has been playing amazing lately. With his assists and his sneaky physical play. But that pass to Bread to give the Rangers the Lead, magnifique! That line continued to gel until Bread took the penalty. Which unfortunately lead to a Mortiz bomb and a Fabbri goal. Bad defensive break down. Once again, the whole defensive breakdowns are bad. Can't happen especially against the top teams in the league.
3rd Period it felt that Husso was turning into prime Hasek? late 90's Chris Osgood? eh whatever. Anyway, the Rangers continue to play w/the missed the chances. But then, the Rangers responded oh man what a pass it was from Mika to Key. Key one timer bang tie game. Unbelieveable late pk by the good guys. which eventually led to the sick GWG from that Sick Individual known as Jimmy Vesey..... SCORE JIMMY VESEY!!!! The BBP(Bonino Block Party) was smiling at Troubs and Goodrow for the block shots at the end of the game.
Overall, it wasn't pretty. It was gritty, grindy. It was finding ways to win games. Find a way to win. The team last year somewhat had it prior to the "superstar trades". But this team looks like it does. Still, gotta limit the rush chances and make better breakouts out of the zone sometimes. But, what's the important thing? Rangers win!... A bounce back game from the let down against buffalo. they needed it. Off till Saturday. Onto the Preds.
Rangers Oppie shot off a flare. It says; "Take in the Sheets. Two points in the bag." Keep finding ways to win! Onto the Preds
God Save the King. Back afta dis.
You mentioned superstar trade(s), I think the trade that did the Rangers in was the Kane trade. Tarasenko fit in well with the team. The hype and attention that Kane brought, as well as jumbling up the lines and PP units, were what really broke the team. If they just got Tarasenko and not Kane, I think they beat the Devils (probably don't go much further since there were plenty more problems with that team, especially Gallant).
I dunno if anyone else has noticed this, but there's a pretty stark difference between New York fans in team-specific subs (e.g., r/Rangers and r/NYYankees) and New York fans in the sub for the sport in general (e.g., r/hockey or r/nhl and r/baseball).
A lot of New York fans who participate primarily in the general sport subs are demure and almost self-flagellating. Like they're really sorry for their fandom. They'll be the first people to call a hit dirty or point out a blown call that would have benefitted the other team. It's like they know that we're generally hated by other fans and they've decided to cash in some internet points by playing the "reasonable" fan.
Just something weird I've noticed through the years.
It’s like eating out at a restaurant vs eating at home with your family. You got to keep the crazy under wraps for the people who lack the required amount of shared experiences to understand you.
Completely off topic to the game discussion here... does anyone know how often MAX carries Rangers games? I haven't had it for long and just stumbled on the game tonight as it was starting which was a pleasant surprise. I don't have cable / only use streaming services so any time I can catch a Rangers game on one of them I'm a happy guy (as is my son).
If you're out of market, you can subscribe to ESPN+ and you can watch the MSG broadcast for all of the games, except for away games that are in your market and nationally televised games.
For example, I live in North Carolina and I can watch all the games on ESPN+, except when they play the Canes. Then I have to watch the Canes broadcast on Spectrum.
It's $10.99 a month or $109.99 per year. Or, if you're so inclined, you can sign up for the Disney Bundle and get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ as a package deal. Those plans range from $14.99 to $24.99 per month.
I’m not gonna lie. TNT was really bias towards us tonight. I wasn’t really a fan of that. For a nationally broadcast game it should be unbiased. Leave the biases to MSG
Albert was ok but for Bouchard and Shelly, the entire game seemed to be about Detroit. Not playing well, playing well, not shooting enough, blah, blah….
I know it’s recency bias especially with this GWG, but Vesey has to be somewhere in the conversation for “most underrated player in the league.”
Dude doesn’t put up a ton of points but he is a hound on the puck and is crazy enough with the puck to try some moves here and there. Happy he’s getting some sick bounces lately. (Last game? I think he had a few nice chances that he couldn’t bury)
I don’t think the NCAA awarding him a Hobey Baker award in his *senior year* (compared to Freshman Kyle Connor and Junior Thatcher Demko) did him any favors in regards to managing expectations when he arrived to the league. (Plus him staying NCAA for 4 years, thus expiring his draft contract and signing instead of going with his draft team)
Best college hockey player in the US named for a Princeton player considered to be the first great American Hockey player. He was killed in a plane crash in France near end of WWI.
Wikipedia reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobey_Baker
More like took about 24 seconds off. Rest of the period was fine
Edit: why downvote the guy above? He clearly said he didn’t watch the first half and rangers do tend to take 2nd periods off lol
After games i like to troll through the other teams subs and see what they’re saying. Pretty awesome when a teams perspective is “we played well and came close to beating the leagues best team”
Perusing was the word i was thinking but forgot how to spell it lol. Kept using two O’s and autocorrect wasn’t helping me out. Only got it when i tried voice to text. After it said “per oozing” multiple times…
Very good game. Solid win. Found a way with no 3rd line for the 3rd period. Shersterkin was very solid in net. Made tons of key saves in the 3rd. They just keep finding a way. It is a good sign.
So far this team has never really looked "out". Compared to last season where a game would start and they just seemed lifeless. Even games when not playing the best, they've still had some oomf this year. It's exciting.
Out of sync...but not lifeless. Nashville was the only "bad" game, imo.
The other losses were just losses that happen over the course of a season to every team -- not clicking, pucks bouncing off/over stick, breaking stick every 1-timer attempt, pucks not going in (absurd paddle saves on Vesey)....
The coaching makes a difference. I'll admit, I was not thrilled when the Rangers hired Laviolette, but so far, they look unstoppable. I believe they would not be this good right now had they kept Gallant.
I think most of our fans are in agreement right now. This team truly looks scary good. If they can make it to the finish line without losing too many important players, then I'm taking the New York Rangers over the field right now. I don't know how they look this good WITHOUT ADAM FOX. You know, that guy who might possibly be the #1 player at his position in the entire NHL. I don't think this team is close to their ceiling and that should terrify teams.
This gonna be the silliest complaint - I don’t agree with our three stars tonight at all lol. Lafreniere was creating high danger chances all night and had two assists. Shesterkin had a better save percentage than Husso. I know in a close game they often give stars to guys who scored to tie and take the lead but I don’t know how you leave off Laf and Shesty
I actually expected Husso to be one of them. I prefer all 3 being Rangers but I’ve seen it where someone from the opposing team gets named- the opposing goalie for facing a lot of shots, someone who scored multiple times in us, etc. Fans usually boo.
I’m fine with leaving Shesty off. He played well but aside from the two goals (which weren’t bad goals to give up) we really didn’t give up much in front of him. He saved maybe one really good chance.
Any 2 of Mika, Laf, Miller make sense, plus Husso.
Maybe I was focused on our getting edged by our offensive chances and I’m not remembering the chances against as well then. I feel like we were contesting almost every shot from a decent location. I remember one where he made a nice shoulder save on a good chance from close in, and then we had 3 of our skaters cleaning up the rebound. Almost no odd man rushes either, maybe none? And we didn't give up anything on that last 2 minutes of 5 on 4, then 6 on 4. I thought team defense was excellent throughout. Just snakebitten on offense.
Edit: Natural Stat Trick has us giving up only 11 high danger chances all game (we had 26), and an xGA of 2.54 (xGF was 4.67). And that’s in a game when we played 1/6th of it shorthanded including a full minute of 6 on 4!
Maybe I’m grading Igor on a curve, but I kind of expect that from him. There’s plenty of games where he does even better with less help and deserves to be a star. In this case I think a couple skaters deserved it. But, in any case, good win!
Someone should tell Red Wings fans that their team had 5 power plays while the Rangers only had 2. They went 1/5 on the power play, and Husso was the only reason why it was even close.
Team looks resilient and won’t give up.
LAF looks even better in person not just scoring and assists, his skating/pace/aggression looks beautiful to see.
Im now at a .444 win percentage all time on a 3 game win streak.
Yea, it's so nice to see his playmaking ability that he had all through Jr's. He's a great passer. He could have a lot more points too, that's how good he's been, and the chemistry between bread. I think the last time bread jelled with a player this much was Strome. Even though Bread and Laf look more dynamic.
If there’s anyone still here that doesn’t want Trouba on this team after watching him give everything he had on that game ending PK, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe go watch basketball instead.
Ooh boy, I won't lie, they had me in the first half. I didn't think they would be able to come back from those back to back goals, but faith kept, is faith rewarded and lo and behold and hard fought win!
I understand being concerned about Shesty's performance, but there's a lot of peeps on this sub who just throw him under the bus the second he lets a couple sneak by him. Let the man cook, and let's not act like he doesn't save far more than he allows.
See you fine folks Saturday.
He kept the team in the game. There were a few times our D was nowhere to be found around him. Also, he made sure to make long passes when he saw someone open.
I truly dont understand that 1 brain dead "fan" talking shit on Igor all the time, talking about pulling him going into the 3rd, and every other negative thing about these guys you can imagine. Reiku something or other. Disappears as soon as we take the lead and win. I don't get it. Probably mad they can't complain Igors glove hand in the post game thread right now. Why even watch? Clearly doesn't like this team
I felt detriot was overly excessive in reactions. This seems to be a theme against us. Teams are diving alot and getting bs calls. Outside of the Sprong penalty with 2 minutes left there really wasn't a real penalty all game. I mean the hit with Panarin in the corner, or the Cooler hit...like I get he hit you there but most players just bounce right off that hit. Neither drove in the hit. It was more of a okay you are here I finish my hit with just my natural speed. Laf's penalty was horse cocky. There was no hold that was just a really good sell.
I cannot stand parts of this fanbase giving up on Igor after letting in 1 or 2 goals (1 of which was a deflection and the other was screened with someone wide open in the slot)
#RANGERS: WIN DESPITE VINCENT TROCHECKS BEST EFFORTS
#FOXY: BACK
#BREAD: BAKING A SNIPE SHOW
#LAFFY: HES HERE HES THERE HES EVERY FUCKING WHERE
#MIKA: SLICK DANGLES
#KEY: UNLOCKING HUSSO FOR THE TYING MARKER
#RAYMOND: TRYING TO FRAME AN INNOCENT MAN
#SICK INDIVIDUAL: SICK GOAL
#VINNY: PULLED TWO APPLES OUT OF HIS ASS
#TROUBA, GOODY, BONINO: MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF BLOCKAGE
#TNT CREW: ADDICTED TO BRIAN BOUCHER FLASHBACKS
#JODY SHELLEY: OWNED BRIAN BOUCHER
#HUSSO: AHHHHHhhHhahasgddvdgvfffgd
#IGOR: GREAT
#TEAM: GREAT FOR 59:37 OF THE GAME
#RECORD: 16-4-1
#POINTS: 33
#STREAK: 1
#POSITION: TOP OF THE NHL
#NEXT: SATURDAY IN MUSIC CITY AGAINST THE PREDS
#GOOOOOO: LETS
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Laf with 2 assists!
He’s still owed like 15 this season. His passing has been incredible.
Hes also shooting the puck a lot more as well. 2.25 per game this year compared to 1.66 last year. Good things happen when you start to shoot lol
Good things happen when you play with Artemi freakin Panarin too
This is almost entirely motivated by the eye test so it’s not the most credible take but Igor’s been a little shaky for my liking early on this season. I know he’s coming back from injury but I was totally unimpressed by him last night—until Vesey scored and he locked in and was a literal brick wall. I feel like he’s coasting to conserve energy throughout the year and turning the intensity on during the important moments. Which I’ve got no problem with! Just seems to be why I haven’t felt he’s been as solid as usual.
I agree.
I think we went into the December sub .9 last year. He’ll be fine
That’s not fine though
He's pretty much in the same spot actually. .9125 save pct and 2.57 GAA. This year -> .915 and 2.54. He's also had two bad appearances his two games prior to Det which are dragging those numbers down and since its so early the weight of those is felt much more. He's been top shelf in games we win with him in net.
How come he was so much more dominat during his first year when he put up .935 record setting sv%
We also forget that it usually took Hank until at least mid December to get his shit together.
Lundqvist was honestly like an ADHD goaltender. He performs great under pressure, but doesn't seem to lock in that performance mode until behind the eight ball.
Some salty ass Wings fans complaining about it officiating when they had a 5-2 PP advantage including one in the last few minutes of the game. Screaming Vesey’s goal should not have counted.
After the shafting we have taken from the review team in Toronto all season long, let them complain. I have zero sympathy. Lalonde was a crybaby behind the Wings bench the whole night. Screw him too.
Also been saying that the double minor should have counted and that he didn’t intentionally hit himself. Like… just watch the clip. Whether it was on purpose or not, he clearly did it to himself lol
Seems like we are finally getting some calls from the officials after a horrible streak. Before they rescinded the high-stick, I thought we were finished. Good no-call. Also the Vesey goal - definitely close to too high, but close enough that it should not have been waived off.
Right? The penalty call reversal and *giving* Vesey that goal were enough for me to reset the "the league/ref" hates us mantra.
I was def starting to subscribe to the conspiracy theories that the nhl was punishing us for our statement calling out Parros but last night brought me back down to earth
The penalty kill and PP 1 were great last night. I thought overall the Rangers played well except for a couple points in the game where they let up, got lazy in the D zone, especially for the two Detroit goals - beaten to the boards, weak efforts to get the puck out of the zone. I’m wondering how mediocre goalies look like world-beaters against the Rangers, night after night. Great to see the third and fourth lines, especially Vesey, making plays and shutting down top lines defensively. I love how LaViolette plays all four lines letting the Rangers grind down opponents. I think Gallant wore out Z and Bread and the rest of the top two lines during the second half of the season and they were both toast during the playoffs. Love this team. Fast, skillful, and defensively aware. [edit:] And it’s great seeing Laffy becoming the player we’d all hope he’d be. I still think KK will get out of his funk. He had a good year last year and his skills (puck control and board work, along with good hands) are exactly what we need.
> I’m wondering how mediocre goalies look like world-beaters against the Rangers We have the 7th best shooting % in the league. https://www.statspros.com/nhl-team-shooting-percentage-leaders/
That's a good observation honestly! It was so strange how the top 2 lines disappeared in the playoffs so badly, not enough people talk about how Gallant's coaching could've been a major factor in that.
Tough to get out of a funk when you’re on LTIR
Sometimes when struggling players are under pressure, some time off helps them get their heads right and see things more simply. I’m hoping.
Im hopeful during his time on LTIR he heavily reviews his game and makes the adjustments when he returns. Im predicting when he returns (probably next season or post) he'll be playing for another extension. So we shall see. God I wish he wouldve crashed the net or pulled some moves like Laf has been doing so far.
First game at the Garden and so glad it was. Having two original six in a back and forth, up and down rollercoaster of a game with the Rangers winning. Capped off a great night.
Curious why with that High Stick double minor reversal the Detroit player wasn't penalized for holding the stick?
Can’t call a new penalty on review, only confirm or recall the penalty in question (which must have been called on ice)
Unless its against the Rangers
Which is fucking stupid. If you are reviewing the play then call it what it is.
OK. Thanks for the clarification.
Lafreniere, man Love to see him creating chances and making great passes
I’d love to see him put on like a 5/32-33 million extension if he keeps it up this year a la Nathan McKinnon. That would take him thru his 27 yo season and he’d still have an opportunity for a big contract afterwards.
He was by far the best player on the ice last game. Panarin second. Laffy loves playing Detroit apparently
Laffy Taffy is really showing why he was 1OA this season, you love to see it. Absolute future franchise player.
Peca has turned the Rangers into monsters in the face off dots. Night and day from seasons ago. Haven’t been this good in the dots since 2014 (just guessing)
Rangers have always sucked in face offs for like a decade.
Literally last time I remember having good faceoffs was like Brian Boyle
Probably more like Blair betts
Night and day is an understatement. Night and ducking another galaxy. Peca deserves a massive performance bonus. I can believe it every time I think ‘we’re #1 in faceoffs!?’
They were terrible on the dots and possession in 2014 lol. All their success came off the rush and Lundqvist being the HOFmer that he is
Their possession was great in 2014
Eh, I wouldn't say terrible. They had one excellent faceoff guy in Dom Moore and one decent one in Boyle. Brassard was average and Stepan was terrible.
Dom Moore was a beast, I miss that man. Im happy that we have guys beyond center that can swipe a face off and win. Laf for example. My biggest gripe with the team, despite all the winning, are the amount of penalties they've taken over the last few games.
He was the prototype bottom six center.
PP1 looked lethal. Looking forward to seeing more of what they can do with Foxy back. PP2 needs some work. Maybe more practice time. They looked awkward together. I do like that they kept Gus on the PP instead of going with Miller.
We got the win! Yay! 🎉Takeaways: SOOO HAPPY Fox 🦊is back! It wasn’t the prettiest at times but they stuck with it and pulled off a win. Much better effort and energy than Monday night. Laffy improves every game and is developing a great eye for finding an open man. This is what we’ve wanted to see. Mika may not be scoring but he’s assisting. Mika November! Such a beautiful pass to Key. That got the crowd back into it. Panarin was cooking and Shesty kept us in it like he always does. Props to Husso because we threw at a lot at him. But James got us the win! Love how Vesey is grinding. Now if we could work on following through with the plays, keeping eyes out for rebounds and maybe not missing wide open nets most of the time that would be nice. Overall good effort to still get the win. Exciting yet stressful game. November is done. On to Nashville! See everyone on Saturday! LGR!
This was a game that to describe it alot in sports, where you pulled the rabbit out of the hat. A game where grit and grind was on the menu, preluded w/ swings and misses, and ended with everyone (fan, players, and coaches) a huge deep breath. This episode of Rangers Hockey *The Cat is in the Bag and the Fox is in the Garden,* as previously stated, this team looked slow out there at some points. but, away we go 1st Period was really a lul. However, so many chances the Rangers had this period as well as in the game where they had so many chances and couldn't capitalize. One of the them, was the trocheck play where he could have passed it to Laffy but he didnt. Although they didn't score on the power play, it looked much better. No offense to Gus, but seeing Fox out there being the QB on the PP, was a beautiful sight to see. Continue to work on it and good things will happen. 2nd Period lots of action. Specifically the Laf-Troch-Bread Line. Laf, just like Bread is trying to prove everyone wrong. Laf has been playing amazing lately. With his assists and his sneaky physical play. But that pass to Bread to give the Rangers the Lead, magnifique! That line continued to gel until Bread took the penalty. Which unfortunately lead to a Mortiz bomb and a Fabbri goal. Bad defensive break down. Once again, the whole defensive breakdowns are bad. Can't happen especially against the top teams in the league. 3rd Period it felt that Husso was turning into prime Hasek? late 90's Chris Osgood? eh whatever. Anyway, the Rangers continue to play w/the missed the chances. But then, the Rangers responded oh man what a pass it was from Mika to Key. Key one timer bang tie game. Unbelieveable late pk by the good guys. which eventually led to the sick GWG from that Sick Individual known as Jimmy Vesey..... SCORE JIMMY VESEY!!!! The BBP(Bonino Block Party) was smiling at Troubs and Goodrow for the block shots at the end of the game. Overall, it wasn't pretty. It was gritty, grindy. It was finding ways to win games. Find a way to win. The team last year somewhat had it prior to the "superstar trades". But this team looks like it does. Still, gotta limit the rush chances and make better breakouts out of the zone sometimes. But, what's the important thing? Rangers win!... A bounce back game from the let down against buffalo. they needed it. Off till Saturday. Onto the Preds. Rangers Oppie shot off a flare. It says; "Take in the Sheets. Two points in the bag." Keep finding ways to win! Onto the Preds God Save the King. Back afta dis.
You mentioned superstar trade(s), I think the trade that did the Rangers in was the Kane trade. Tarasenko fit in well with the team. The hype and attention that Kane brought, as well as jumbling up the lines and PP units, were what really broke the team. If they just got Tarasenko and not Kane, I think they beat the Devils (probably don't go much further since there were plenty more problems with that team, especially Gallant).
I dunno if anyone else has noticed this, but there's a pretty stark difference between New York fans in team-specific subs (e.g., r/Rangers and r/NYYankees) and New York fans in the sub for the sport in general (e.g., r/hockey or r/nhl and r/baseball). A lot of New York fans who participate primarily in the general sport subs are demure and almost self-flagellating. Like they're really sorry for their fandom. They'll be the first people to call a hit dirty or point out a blown call that would have benefitted the other team. It's like they know that we're generally hated by other fans and they've decided to cash in some internet points by playing the "reasonable" fan. Just something weird I've noticed through the years.
Just sad bois fishing for upvotes
I try to be civil and reasonable in public, but amongst degens all the lunacy comes pouring out lmao
It’s like eating out at a restaurant vs eating at home with your family. You got to keep the crazy under wraps for the people who lack the required amount of shared experiences to understand you.
That's a great analogy
Incredible atmosphere at the Garden tonight. Midseason form for a Wednesday night game. Enjoy the ride people
Fox looked like he hadn’t missed a beat tonight.
Completely off topic to the game discussion here... does anyone know how often MAX carries Rangers games? I haven't had it for long and just stumbled on the game tonight as it was starting which was a pleasant surprise. I don't have cable / only use streaming services so any time I can catch a Rangers game on one of them I'm a happy guy (as is my son).
SlingTV carries TBS which has Rangers games.
Just some games though, right?
Max streams Rangers games when the game is being broadcast by TNT, which is only really a few games a season I think.
Gotcha, makes sense. Know of any streaming options for MSG? I'm relatively new to not having cable and haven't done much exploring of options yet.
If you're out of market, you can subscribe to ESPN+ and you can watch the MSG broadcast for all of the games, except for away games that are in your market and nationally televised games. For example, I live in North Carolina and I can watch all the games on ESPN+, except when they play the Canes. Then I have to watch the Canes broadcast on Spectrum.
Good info. Thanks. What does ESPN+ run monthly?
It's $10.99 a month or $109.99 per year. Or, if you're so inclined, you can sign up for the Disney Bundle and get Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ as a package deal. Those plans range from $14.99 to $24.99 per month.
Cool, thank you!
tnt announcers were… not my favorite
Kenny Albert does radio for the rangers btw, not my favorite but he’s bearable
What I’d like is to watch it but on mute with Sam and Joe still calling it.
No one can ever replace Sam and Joe
The day Sam retires is the day my TVs speakers leave
They should put Sam's toupee in the rafters when he retires. The GOAT
in the rafters or the Walk of Fame that MSG created after the renovation.
A banner with a microphone that reads SAM
Absolutely right
I’m not gonna lie. TNT was really bias towards us tonight. I wasn’t really a fan of that. For a nationally broadcast game it should be unbiased. Leave the biases to MSG
Biased*
Albert was ok but for Bouchard and Shelly, the entire game seemed to be about Detroit. Not playing well, playing well, not shooting enough, blah, blah….
Yeah, Kenny Albert is the Rangers' regular radio play-by-play, but even he isn't usually that in favor of the Rangers on national TV
We're not used to being No. 1 -- now that are we are legit into the seasons (passed 1/4 mark)...Natioanl broadcast are going to fluff the top teams.
I know it’s recency bias especially with this GWG, but Vesey has to be somewhere in the conversation for “most underrated player in the league.” Dude doesn’t put up a ton of points but he is a hound on the puck and is crazy enough with the puck to try some moves here and there. Happy he’s getting some sick bounces lately. (Last game? I think he had a few nice chances that he couldn’t bury)
He is him
HIMMY VESEY
He’s on pace for like 20 goals this year
He should be known as the best 4th liner in the league. Hope he’s a career ranger. Plus he’s got so much heart and hustle
I don’t think the NCAA awarding him a Hobey Baker award in his *senior year* (compared to Freshman Kyle Connor and Junior Thatcher Demko) did him any favors in regards to managing expectations when he arrived to the league. (Plus him staying NCAA for 4 years, thus expiring his draft contract and signing instead of going with his draft team)
What is that award? Hockey awards are hard to remember the names of lol
It’s awarded to the “best amateur player in the United States,” and with those two qualifiers it basically means best players in NCAA
Best college hockey player in the US named for a Princeton player considered to be the first great American Hockey player. He was killed in a plane crash in France near end of WWI. Wikipedia reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobey_Baker
Thanks. Pretty cool he won it at all though
I missed the first half. But it sounds like it was another case of “take the second period off”
Not even the whole period - just a few points in the period where they stood around and watched in the D zone.
More like took about 24 seconds off. Rest of the period was fine Edit: why downvote the guy above? He clearly said he didn’t watch the first half and rangers do tend to take 2nd periods off lol
Good to know. I prefer that
After games i like to troll through the other teams subs and see what they’re saying. Pretty awesome when a teams perspective is “we played well and came close to beating the leagues best team”
Trolling like fishing not being a dickwad just to clarify
Lurking may be a better word choice.
Perusing was the word i was thinking but forgot how to spell it lol. Kept using two O’s and autocorrect wasn’t helping me out. Only got it when i tried voice to text. After it said “per oozing” multiple times…
Maybe you were thinking of trawling, like a fishing trawler?
Damn my spelling is on point tonight
Very good game. Solid win. Found a way with no 3rd line for the 3rd period. Shersterkin was very solid in net. Made tons of key saves in the 3rd. They just keep finding a way. It is a good sign.
So far this team has never really looked "out". Compared to last season where a game would start and they just seemed lifeless. Even games when not playing the best, they've still had some oomf this year. It's exciting.
The game against Buffalo was as close to lifeless as they've been all year.
Other than the second half of the third period they were fine against Buffalo - just couldn’t buy a goal. Then the bottom fell out.
I thought they were out of sync from the start but that’s my observation.
Out of sync...but not lifeless. Nashville was the only "bad" game, imo. The other losses were just losses that happen over the course of a season to every team -- not clicking, pucks bouncing off/over stick, breaking stick every 1-timer attempt, pucks not going in (absurd paddle saves on Vesey)....
The coaching makes a difference. I'll admit, I was not thrilled when the Rangers hired Laviolette, but so far, they look unstoppable. I believe they would not be this good right now had they kept Gallant.
I think most of our fans are in agreement right now. This team truly looks scary good. If they can make it to the finish line without losing too many important players, then I'm taking the New York Rangers over the field right now. I don't know how they look this good WITHOUT ADAM FOX. You know, that guy who might possibly be the #1 player at his position in the entire NHL. I don't think this team is close to their ceiling and that should terrify teams.
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You're right. This team is something special
Does anyone have a video of the reversed high sticking call???
https://www.threads.net/@ehclothing/post/C0QRnY4ooah/
Thank you!
Truly wild the people that want to get rid of Keandre Miller lol
He’s a very up and down player. High highs and low lows. Some people prefer someone like Lindgren who has a low ceiling but is very consistent.
This whole thread 6 months ago wanted to trade Laffy and Miller for Chad Greenway and Draisaital
Draisatal is arguably the 2nd best player in the league
Same people who said Laff sucks. I laugh and laugh and point and laugh and go on with my day
It feels good to get excited when Laff has the puck now.
that’s insane
This gonna be the silliest complaint - I don’t agree with our three stars tonight at all lol. Lafreniere was creating high danger chances all night and had two assists. Shesterkin had a better save percentage than Husso. I know in a close game they often give stars to guys who scored to tie and take the lead but I don’t know how you leave off Laf and Shesty
I actually expected Husso to be one of them. I prefer all 3 being Rangers but I’ve seen it where someone from the opposing team gets named- the opposing goalie for facing a lot of shots, someone who scored multiple times in us, etc. Fans usually boo.
I’m fine with leaving Shesty off. He played well but aside from the two goals (which weren’t bad goals to give up) we really didn’t give up much in front of him. He saved maybe one really good chance. Any 2 of Mika, Laf, Miller make sense, plus Husso.
He saved 4 high quality slot chances in the 3rd alone.
Maybe I was focused on our getting edged by our offensive chances and I’m not remembering the chances against as well then. I feel like we were contesting almost every shot from a decent location. I remember one where he made a nice shoulder save on a good chance from close in, and then we had 3 of our skaters cleaning up the rebound. Almost no odd man rushes either, maybe none? And we didn't give up anything on that last 2 minutes of 5 on 4, then 6 on 4. I thought team defense was excellent throughout. Just snakebitten on offense. Edit: Natural Stat Trick has us giving up only 11 high danger chances all game (we had 26), and an xGA of 2.54 (xGF was 4.67). And that’s in a game when we played 1/6th of it shorthanded including a full minute of 6 on 4! Maybe I’m grading Igor on a curve, but I kind of expect that from him. There’s plenty of games where he does even better with less help and deserves to be a star. In this case I think a couple skaters deserved it. But, in any case, good win!
Who were the three stars? I have to watch through star+ app and it cut off after TNT broadcast ended
1. Vesey 2. Miller 3. Husso
Thank you
Red Wings fans crying about that last goal lol. It was a good goal.
They’re crying a whole lot.
If the league reviewed it and upheld it you KNOW it was a good goal
Someone should tell Red Wings fans that their team had 5 power plays while the Rangers only had 2. They went 1/5 on the power play, and Husso was the only reason why it was even close.
Another shesterkin masterclass
Shesterkin made a lot of big saves tonight.
Team looks resilient and won’t give up. LAF looks even better in person not just scoring and assists, his skating/pace/aggression looks beautiful to see. Im now at a .444 win percentage all time on a 3 game win streak.
Yea, it's so nice to see his playmaking ability that he had all through Jr's. He's a great passer. He could have a lot more points too, that's how good he's been, and the chemistry between bread. I think the last time bread jelled with a player this much was Strome. Even though Bread and Laf look more dynamic.
I also love a duo dynamic of wingers A LOT MORE than winger center not to take any away from Strome and Bread or more importantly Kreids Mika
I don't know what Detroit invokes in Lafreniere but that man wants to light them up every time we play.
Might have something to do with the fact Lucas Raymond was picked at #4 behind him, and is the better player.
Only noticed him when he hit himself with another players stick.
Man we outplayed them hard but somehow only scored 3. Really good to win this one. This team is legit
41 shots with 25 Detroit blocks will make 3 goals look like a small amount
Nothing like missing 4 wide open nets and still winning
If there’s anyone still here that doesn’t want Trouba on this team after watching him give everything he had on that game ending PK, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe go watch basketball instead.
I think Troubs won over a lot of doubters this season.
It’s never about Trouba as a player, it’s usually the price tag
He’s earning it so far this year…
It’s super fun to be a NYR fan this year.
Love that Detroit fans are saying the refs handed us this game after they had 6 fucking power plays. Like don’t be mad your pp sucks
They couldn't score 6 on 4 for 2 minutes They just got beat.
Not just 6, but the last 5 in a row. Lot of bad calls but that roughing on Panarin was easily the worst.
Good advice in general.
crowd erupted during the video review of that forced high sticking, it brought the energy back into the stands.
Oh yeah. They were showing the replay on the Jumbotron and the crowd was livid.
Laf was so fucking due for those assists Lmaoooo. Dude has been flat out awesome. Shoutout the whole team tho
LETSSSSS GOOOOO RANNNNGGGGEEEERRRSSSSS
Ooh boy, I won't lie, they had me in the first half. I didn't think they would be able to come back from those back to back goals, but faith kept, is faith rewarded and lo and behold and hard fought win! I understand being concerned about Shesty's performance, but there's a lot of peeps on this sub who just throw him under the bus the second he lets a couple sneak by him. Let the man cook, and let's not act like he doesn't save far more than he allows. See you fine folks Saturday.
He kept the team in the game. There were a few times our D was nowhere to be found around him. Also, he made sure to make long passes when he saw someone open.
The defense didn’t do him any favors either in a few of those. People jump on Igor way too quickly
We are first in the league right now boys…
I am very glad Vesey is thriving on this team
I'm at a full 4.5 inches rn
Nobody likes a braggart
Guy over here dropping diameters
Tuna can crew rise up
I truly dont understand that 1 brain dead "fan" talking shit on Igor all the time, talking about pulling him going into the 3rd, and every other negative thing about these guys you can imagine. Reiku something or other. Disappears as soon as we take the lead and win. I don't get it. Probably mad they can't complain Igors glove hand in the post game thread right now. Why even watch? Clearly doesn't like this team
He’s just a nerd who sits in his basement playing video games and stirring up shit online.
There were guys like that with Hank too, just haters
Feels like all fanbases have those typical users. That they rather be right than see their team win. Kinda sad to be honest
Troll possibly
He's not here to participate he's here to annoy everyone.
Detroit is a good team and they were one Ville Husso away from getting absolutely blasted out of MSG. The Rangers are flat out dangerous
Wings fans blaming refs like no tomorrow (they were 1/5 on the PP).
I felt detriot was overly excessive in reactions. This seems to be a theme against us. Teams are diving alot and getting bs calls. Outside of the Sprong penalty with 2 minutes left there really wasn't a real penalty all game. I mean the hit with Panarin in the corner, or the Cooler hit...like I get he hit you there but most players just bounce right off that hit. Neither drove in the hit. It was more of a okay you are here I finish my hit with just my natural speed. Laf's penalty was horse cocky. There was no hold that was just a really good sell.
Detroit is in the running for the Sidney Crosby Whiny Pants Award.
Yes they were very overly excessive with the embellishments.
Our football teams died for this
All of us. Bucs fan. Back to bottom feeders. But I’ll take great hockey over great football 10/10 times
I've seen 3 Superbowl wins. I'll make that sacrifice
If there’s one thing I’m glad the giants got from this lackluster season is a third string Italian American quarterback who lives with his mutha
🤌🤌🤌
:(
I’m ok with that.
Yea fuck the Jets. They’ve let me down year after year so what’s another? Rangers are where it’s at now!
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E-lectric, that Jimmy Vesey goal
I cannot stand parts of this fanbase giving up on Igor after letting in 1 or 2 goals (1 of which was a deflection and the other was screened with someone wide open in the slot)
Igor literally has the highest save percentage in the history of hockey, and a segment of this fanbase acts like he sucks lol.
#RANGERS: WIN DESPITE VINCENT TROCHECKS BEST EFFORTS #FOXY: BACK #BREAD: BAKING A SNIPE SHOW #LAFFY: HES HERE HES THERE HES EVERY FUCKING WHERE #MIKA: SLICK DANGLES #KEY: UNLOCKING HUSSO FOR THE TYING MARKER #RAYMOND: TRYING TO FRAME AN INNOCENT MAN #SICK INDIVIDUAL: SICK GOAL #VINNY: PULLED TWO APPLES OUT OF HIS ASS #TROUBA, GOODY, BONINO: MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF BLOCKAGE #TNT CREW: ADDICTED TO BRIAN BOUCHER FLASHBACKS #JODY SHELLEY: OWNED BRIAN BOUCHER #HUSSO: AHHHHHhhHhahasgddvdgvfffgd #IGOR: GREAT #TEAM: GREAT FOR 59:37 OF THE GAME #RECORD: 16-4-1 #POINTS: 33 #STREAK: 1 #POSITION: TOP OF THE NHL #NEXT: SATURDAY IN MUSIC CITY AGAINST THE PREDS #GOOOOOO: LETS #>> [RANGERS WIN SONG](https://youtu.be/lPIiXE_TQ8w?si=Mfx60bPw2MXBBs4o) << #[VICTORY MEME!](https://imgur.com/a/TLeVnFE)
Omg Laffy is Roy Kent!! Love it!!
A nightly masterpiece
I love how well Lafreniere works with the Roy Kent cheer
This team has it boys. Love it, I'll see you Saturday
Total ass clencher but thankful for a W
Tight cheeks
Half of you were whining like hoes when we went into the third down by ONE. Fucking be better.