Quite possible this is the first round match up. The Rangers will need to win the Metro for that to happen, plus a few other things, but this is still a possibility.
Speaking of Bruins. We have been talking for a few days now on this blog about how difficult it will be to sign everyone Drury may want to sign in the offseason. Take a look at the Bruins’ salary structure. Including some upper echelon and future HOF players. Maybe that’s why the Bruins remain strong cap contenders for many years now with one very short “reset” More about that at some point later.
I couldn’t find any reasonable projected lineup around. The only one I saw included Jonny Brodzinski playing a second line R wing, and Gauthier centering Lafreniere and Goodrow. Since I am not really looking forward to you chewing my MZA off, I won’t post it.
Rangers (51-21-6) vs Bruins (47-25-5), 3 pm start, TV-ABC, ESPN+
Shesterkin in net
LGR!!!!!
156 responses to “It’s Go Time!”
1st in the middle…
Have the Rangers won 5 in a row this year?
Panarin alone makes only about 2 million and change less than Pastrnak and Marchand together! lol
Trouba making more money than someone like Bergeron is criminal
Is Crosby playing? Heard he may be out…
Hopefully Bergeron will push for actual market value this time around and expect Pasta to do so soon enough
LMAO Devils succccckkkkkkk.
Bahahahahahaha Tony D scored the game winner!
Was Chelios in a fire? They did a great job with the skin graphs. Wow.
Messier in good enough shape to play 3C and contribute more than Chytil has in the last two seasons..
Pete
Exactly. Tired of hearing of star athletes from other teams taking team-friendly deals, whereas the Rangers have to pay “NY Ranger-tax” just to keep a star player on the team.
Bergeron and Pasta Boy deserve to be paid top dollar and should get that money if not from the Bruins, then from somewhere else.
Derbils are usually useless. And today was no exception.
Ugggh remember when Mess came back for his 2nd stint? What a disaster…. His legs were done.
173 points in 277 games in his second stint, Craig. Just imagine what some of these guys could do with their young legs if they had a 1/2 his talent and balls.
HORRIBLE CALL
Why goat boy…. Why…..
The dude moved right before contact
Bergeron will be 37 next season… his market price will be according to his age.
Go to the friggin net, Goodrow!!
You guys see that stat about Trouba-Miller on the ice together more than any other pair in the nHL? Imagine that..
James,
The problem was… he wanted to be the “go to” guy and didn’t want to accept a limited role. Age caught up to him despite the point total. He was skating in mud at that point.
Age is not important.
Bergeron should get paid his full market price, whatever it is. Tired of hearing of people taking less.
If Adam Fox, a lifetime Rangers fan, whom has made it clear this this only place he wants to play didn’t take a discount to stay (Fox was 100% right) — why should Bergeron?
Replay didn’t look like a trip. Fox may not have been hit either. Making the calls so far today.
James
And somehow Miller still “sucks!” (joke)
his market value still likely over $7m/yr on a 2 or 3 year deal
Unit 2. They might as well just ice 4 guys
IDIOTS
What a joke.
No way Bergeron will get 7+ mill on multi year deal.
We be looking sloppy…
at 37…
Boston PP 0 for last 30–
You know the Rangers will help fix that!
ESPN sucks. What the frig kinda view is this
They will now that you jinxed it, AA🤣
i mean he deserves it-best defensive center, best at faceoffs and will likely put up 60pts or more
If he takes less it’s because he is doing Boston a favor yet again
Yeah EV,
They need to stop already with that wide lens shot already. It isn’t eye Candy. It’s too far from the action.
I don’t mind the behind the net pp view as long as it’s not the whole pp. But that side view was atrocious.
It’s not a good thing when the game is on national television same even hockey game have trouble following the puck because of the camera views.
They are so bad at getting shots through sticks and legs. Smh
I guess holding isn’t a penalty anymore
Interference🦗🦗
That was horrible coverage
Miller and Trouba….
Ferraro climax after Bruin goal
Garbage goal.
Franky V puck watching and Trouba coasting. All their zone time didn’t generate a scoring chance.
It was a good road period until they stopped playing with 30 seconds left
Bruins stars don’t get market value because Jacobs is a hump
Such a fine line to walk…. On one hand, who cares if they lose the game. On the other, you don’t want to sputter going into the post season…
Miller and Trouba were on the same side of the ice
I’m confident they will still win this one.
Who’s kidding whom with this #79? Sheesh!
They miss Copp, Krakko, and Chytiljuice. Copp on the second line makes a huge difference.
Wherever Miller is is the wrong place to be.
You guys see that stat about Trouba-Miller on the same side of the ice together more than any other pair in the NHL? Imagine that… 🙂
Jacobs forces his players to stay in Boston too?
Is that true c3p0?
what true?
Why don’t they just let Marchand do whatever he wants. Oh wait. They just did
Great job, Fox
Wtf was igor doing on that shot!
We are in serious trouble now. We go down by 3 they might as well pack it in.
Not a good decision by Foxy
Just catching up… I actually like that corner view on the PP. I was able to see KAM trying to figure out wtf he was supposed to do.
Craig, he stops 90+percent of breakaways. He can’t stop them all. That one was entirely on Fox and his stupid crappy pass while he was in the zone too deep
Not sure what Igor was thinking there… barely moved on the shot. Not a wise play by Fox either
Do they think we want to watch from the rafters??!!
Holy crap! They can’t get a friggin pass through. Drop trying to pass through guys
*stop
The defense is absolutely pathetic today
Another breakaway against Fox and Lindgren. They need to be more aware of who is behind them.
It looks like the bees want this one more than the good guys.
Well, they don’t have it today…. Only down by 2, but the tide has clearly turned. Can’t win em’ all…. But you certainly can’t win when you’re having brain cramps all over the ice.
Did they clone Nemeth and put all the other defensive players’ jerseys on them?
Honestly, at this point…. I’d pull Shesty for Georgie if this is how they want to play in front of him.
They ended their one good period down 1-0. Anyone expecting us to all of a sudden find our game and come back?
Craig, if they played like this in front of Georgie they’d be down by 5
Of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, the goat is believed to be one of the most unlucky. There is an old saying that only one out of 10 people born in the Year of the Goat will find happiness.
I change my mind I sense a possible shut out today. Saturday is not ready to play day so far.
Ev,
That’s why I’m saying just save Shesty for now….
They forgot how to pass in just 1 and a half days.
Why?? Why are you shooting from there on a 2 on 1?? I don’t care how good a shooter you are, if your name isn’t Ovechkin, when you wind up that early, you’re not going to score.
They ain’t beating the Sway-man today.
Way to hang tough fellas
It’s Ulmark
It’s playoff hockey I guess. Somehow they called a too many men but hitting from behind is perfectly ok
It was a good hit except it was from behind and in the numbers
I’m glad Reaves is a deterrent to prevent this type of stuff from ever happening.
We haven’t had clean possession of the puck below the circles in this period so far
Can somebody please teach this bunch of lovable idiots how to win a damn face off!
The refs are absolutely Fudging the hell out of us
What a putrid call
Wow these refs suck.
That was a trip
That was definitely a penalty but of you call that you call the hole and the interference earlier and you definitely call that guy from behind by McAsuck
That was a pretty weak call. Well time for THE to get another shorty.
almost 100’comments — they must be losing.
*if, hold
Anyhow.. bottom line…. We suck from head to toe today.
That’s the second game in a row that Carolina was down 2 zip and came back and won
Panarin would be a 30 or 40 goal scorer if he didn’t look to shoot only when he doesn’t have the puck
Unless these guys remember how to screen the goaltender and get shots through sticks and legs, we’re getting shutout by Linus Ullroy
So they are pretty much waving the white flag on this one. Can’t win them all and they were due for a letdown. Need to get everyone health for the playoffs.
New pairings?
Nemeth Trouba
Miller Fox
Lindy ok?
We suck again.
AzzDancers tanking.
. . .never-mind
Yawn.
Double yawn!
preview for next year if we move on from Copp and Chytil?! 😜
15 seconds in the period. Good defensive-zone face-off win by Zibanejad over Bergeron.
Bees can be dangerous in the playoffs the have 2 Walruses in net.
Krakko invisible today as usual. Is Laffo-Busto playing today?
Hunt for Copp is a significant downgrade.
I see what’s happening here. They are going to end up 2nd in the Metro and get the dirty birds in rd 1. The Rangers obviously know I have Minxmares.
Hunt makes the Bread line basically useless. Just shut down Panarin.
Should be playing on our third line….
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Yess!
BOOM ZIKALAKA!!
Ulmark-Marchant and Carlo-Moronic Trifecta!
Ok. It’s a new game.
I know the second pp line sucks but a first unit that’s gassed isn’t doing anything but wasting time
Interference is definitely not a penalty today. At least not when they do it
Branding? Rugby players are tough.
Goodnight Gracie
Some lively boards. Shades of Joe Louis Arena.
This is going to be Igor’s first loss when making 35+ saves.
Hopefully the Panthers look better than this when I go to the game tonight. Shouldn’t be that difficult.
Game means more to the Bruins and they wanted it more. Let’s see how they do against the Canes on Tuesday.
ORF, the Rangers we’re losing this one whether Boston wanted it or not. They’re just totally off their game and, as usual, a crappy goalie is playing the game of his life.
Rangers look like they played a game right before this one
Anybody think Kreider is catching Jagr with 3 more games and 2 of them against division rivals that have something to play for?
Branding, eh? Hmm, did investigators look into Keith Raniere’s prison call logs?
Won’t be Shestys first loss with 35+saves anymore
Well, considering we were in a rebuild, I’m more than ok with second place in the Metro.
Stop dumping and chasing! That’s worked like 3 times in this whole game
Off to sunrise
Good game ..no one got hurt and some folks got to whine for a few hours
Just shut up already
Troll
Sensitive
This whole game was one nasty copp out
Miller was sleep walking. He just sucks on defense. Valtrono blew his coverage on one of the goals. Very seldom do we consistently win on Saturday afternoons. ABC better correct their coverage. Like watching a game from a helicopter. Bottom line is best they get this game out of their system.
Meh
Who cares.
They didn’t care, why should we?
Came into this game 7-2-1 in their last 10 and had won the previous 4 games,(3 of those in shut-outs). Made some mistakes and not their best effort, but not their worst either. They missed Copp.
Panarin and Stromeo need a Copp on their line. I really hate losing to a fat Walrus.
Laffo-Busto has a chance for 30 pts. Not bad for the concensus #1 pick in his 2nd year. 🤔
Fair to say that nobody had anything today. Some amazingly bad defense and errant passing plays. And not a lot of push back either. They can’t all be wins.
Glad to see so many of you commenting on ABC camera shots. After the 1st 2 game on ABC I had to stop watching because I felt seasick. If we should get past the 1st round I hope the games are on TNT. At least their camera work doesn’t suck.
Wouldn’t be just our luck to get to the finals and have to watch games on ABC. I for one will be self medicating a lot. Finishing second and playing Pitt would not be terrible. Lets hope for a better game Tues against the Canes.
They’re not beat the Canes with this line up. However it is possible Igor will be the difference.
By the way McKegg and the puck are mutually exclusive.
If none of the injured guys are back, I could see Brodzinski getting in for the Canes game.
I wouldn’t be upset if we are done with the Kegger. Maybe Drury didn’t over pay for Copp. He really makes that line a lot better.
Cleveland Guardians, lol. What are they guarding, flotsam and jetsam?
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