The Rangers were eliminated from post season play with their loss to the Maple Leafs last night in Toronto, 4-3. Though the Rangers had an overwhelming advantage in shots on goal, 43-18 (shocking after just 10 officially the game before), many were not of the grade A or even A- variety. They got behind early too with some sloppy puck play and poor team defense.
Toronto’s McCabe (4) and Robertson (14) were the only scores of the first period at 05:15 and 12:08 and they would take a 3-0 lead at 05:41 of the second period when Joshua (10) put another past Shesterkin.
The Rangers would try to make it a game again, getting two back on the PP, first at 10:16 from Lafreniere (21), assisted by Miller (28) and Fox (33) and later at 10:18 from Zibanejad (31), assists to Lafreniere (28) and Fox (34). 3-2 after two and the Rangers had a shot to tie.
And didn’t do much with that chance, letting Tavares (26) increase Toronto’s lead to 4-2 at 11:57 of the third. Before the ink was dry on the score sheets, Zibanejad (32) would get his second of the night, this time Perreault (14) and Lafreniere (29) with the assists. Back to a one goal game with seven minutes left, including 6-4 for the last 20 seconds but Woll stopped anything the Rangers put on net. Final 4-3 TOR.
Game summary below:
The Rangers are back home for a tilt with draft order implications on Friday 27 March against the Chicago Blackhawks at 19:00 EDT. MSG and CHSN with the telecast.
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Sorry running late, ski visitor in town and just pulled the plow off the truck 🙁
Kartye.. 7 hits… leads team in hits every game….love this kid
Cuylle Laba Kartye, going forward. A really good 3rd line. Couldn’t care less if y’all agree or nor. Perreault is a definite keeper. He just needs to get in 80+ game shape. Faster and stronger.
Agree or not.
I really dislike auto correct. But it my fault for not paying attention.
Long time lurker would like to ask:
Does Dolan attend any of the Rangers games?
Or does he only care about the Knicks, who have done very well the last few years.
You would think he would have to be upset with one of his two marquee teams being at the bottom of the standings.
Has he made any public complaints about it?
shot attempts 79 to 40 after only getting 37 vs. Sens. Mika had 10 by himself.LAF has surpassed his assist total from 23-24. He had many more shot attempts in 23-24. He needs to shoot more.
“Does Dolan attend any of the Rangers games?”
“People familiar with Dolan thinking” say that he’s not a hockey fan.
i’m watching the rangers kings game that i attended to help clear dvr.
during anthem they panned the rangers bench
like they said in butch cassidy movie
who are these guys
Dolan has a prominent seat in the first row behind one of the baskets at Knicks games. That an indication of his level of interest.
Dolan chews purple crayons when not practicing his awful playing in his blues band, ‘JD and the nut shots’ not sure if the music is purposely blues or a description of how one feels upon listening to it.
Don’t look now Igor back into the top-5 in goals saved above expected per 60 for goalies with > 35 games this year.
Anyway now that they’re officially eliminated from the playoffs does anything change the rest of the year?
Both Laffy and Kakko on 60 season point production pace (Kakko injury lowers games played). Kakko +12 on a middling team, +6 in losses over past 15 games which is impressive
If only NYR traded Bread last summer…
Thomas Chabot of Senators has a broken arm thanks to slash by JT Miller. Nice to see player safety suspend this dirty player for a very serious injury. Chabot will be out for 2 months. What a piece of sh**.
also would love to see Senators players go after Miller next year and get a pound of flesh.
Miller moved to Pittsburgh at age 10, send him back please. Seeing him in Ranger blue is a recipe for Minxmares!
32 years since the last Stanley cup on Broadway.
C3
The ⏰️ is still ticking my friend.
If they only also had a table for ‘speed of thought’
Yeah 32 years is a long time. Imagine being a Maple Leaf fan under 60 years old. Damn thet must be hard. Remember,they use to be almost as good as the Canadiens.
Good stats honestly only 3 forwards have speed Laba Kartye Edstrom
Kakko was spoiled by the expectations after his play in the World Championship. If he was a mid first round pick everyone would have been more patient -including him- and he’d still be here. He’s a solid NHL player. Not a superstar.
Kreider Hagelin Grabner
Man. We don’t have any speed when thinking about what they could bring.
Rangers failed to fill that void with tossing away Kreider for nothing in return
Kreider trade is offensive, too soon please stop bringing it up ☹️
seriously what an asinine transaction
The guy they trade CK for likely will not play an NHL game. His coach says his ceiling is a 4th line center.
Bad news is that Potulny lost out on the Minnesota coaching job. He’ll probably be back in Hartford next year.
I hated to see Kreider go. But they were not winning a cup with the core hanging on. Just reality. Now is the time to clean out the rest of them.
The hamhanded way in which Drury dismantled the team is the problem. He got pennies on the dollar in his trades and crushed the spirit of the team. He is like a turnaround specialist who blows up a company to save it. He needs to move on so someone else can build on what’s left behind.
ORF, facts.
At least we have miller for the rebuild.
He must be better for leading the next generation than Kreider and or Trouba
We won’t know until he throws something on camera
Drury isn’t going anywhere and Kreider already has… Is Fortescue playing tonight ?
2 conference finals outta 3 seasons means we were knocking on the door. Roster needed tweaks not an overhaul
Now we are in a quagmire
That roster with a peice or two at a deadline with a healthy Shesty could have won a cup.
Especially with Florida licking their wounds now
They werent winning a cup with Kreider…they werent winning a cup with Bread…they arent winning a cup with Meeka
You asked for it, you are getting it. Garand in goal tonight.
GGMM reports:
lines and D pairs at morning skate:
Perreault-Zibanejad-Lafrenière
Kartye-Miller-Sheary
Cuylle-Trocheck-Sýkora
Raddysh-Brodzinski-Chmelař
Gavrikov-Fox
Borgen-Schneider
Fortescue-Robertson
Also that Laba is in regular jersey
Do my eyes deceive me? I am agreeing with Bobbyo 10:43.
Borgen is a monster. Kind of a scales down Dan Girradi. After he took that puck to the knee,I thought he would be out for a long time. Hockey players. You gotta love them.
10:43
they aren’t winning a cup with drury. sam was correct.
We don’t know for sure Bobby.
But there is no use trying to convince each otherwise. I think they had a chance. Which is more than the zero chance your statement implies.
Like mcdavid has “chances” each year. But his team has fallen short. Doesn’t mean he isn’t winning a cup. But odds are always on the side of “not winning” so the pessimism will be correct many more times than optimism.
Right now. With this team as constructed there is near zero chance.
But the team with Kreider Trouba bread Mika Trocheck Shesty Fox Schneider had more than zero chance. Especially getting to the final four. It just didn’t happen. And Florida was a machine that couldn’t be stopped. Until they ran out of gas and had injuries.
They need to avoid a regulation win tonight.
That group wasn’t winning a cup they never
Had the kjbdofeill needed ..Florida showed that
The will needed
13:46
again rangers will never win the cup with drury as gm or president
that’s obvious to all but one here
if someone else compliments will you cry or take out a contract on them?
14:02
its pretty obvious what i think of you
“kjbdofeill”. I think this can be added to the dictionary
In context it made total sense 😂
Coulda been Cahones
“As big as the building “
Or chutzpah
I hope its obvious that I don’t care and pretty sure no one else does
15:27
so now you speak for all others. what a massive self inflated ego you have
believe me what i really think of you is a lot worse than what i write here
not a fan of the writer but putting this here for info
Alex, you speak for others all the time differences in opinion offend you
16:26
expessions like huggy twins which you again used very recently is “a difference of opinion?”
i’d call it something else. every time someone praises kreider or trouba or some others who are gone, you just can’t help yourself. and you have to blast them. not the poster other than me. the player himself.
“Reunite with former scouting director” and ” to the Rangers benefit” do not belong in the same sentence together 🤣😭
He’s dead, Jim! bring on greentree, battaglia, morrow, whoever else Drury has assembled in this partial remix. The team has a few more years at the top of the draft order anyway.
Florida loses Barkov, all the other supposed tough guys are back except wanna be tough Tkascmuck for half the season but no Barkov. Result, out of playoffs. They have the best 2way player in the game and some nice complementary pieces. Did Fla tough guys not care or maybe it’s not about being a supposed tough guy but having the best player.. how’s the psycho coach doing? Forgot how to coach or not as good without their star player. Clown show
Huggy twins reflects my opinion of them
16:47
relects ***** mode and you know it
meanwhile 20 has helped anaheim to top of their division
Thanks for the article Alex – don’t know the guy but will take on face value as he claims to have watched those games and pulled the stats to back up. Good stuff but still think Gongchar at least 25lbs undersized, probably unsurmountable at NHL level of play.
Well they say some of the most competitive games are between has been teams so tonight might be worth the watch even if the outcome doesn’t matter too much. At least we know Olga will be duty bound to watch and should have a different beer for each team!
Way back when this was illegal! Bread would have been called all the time 🤣
Ragging the puck refers to a tactic in ice hockey where a player retains possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, often to use up time. It can also mean stalling or killing time in a broader context.
Do any of you remember when Rangers penalty Killers in the 70’s would rag the puck back and forth playing keep away and not letting the other team have any time in there d zone. Bill Fairburn, Walt Tkacuk, Dave Balon and Steve Vickers were masters of this. Too bad we don’t see anything like it today. I guess you have to be good and disciplined to work this kind of magic.
Always pay attention to the year junior players put up big numbers. Greentree put up big numbers in both 17/18 year old season, and his 18/19 year old seasons. Aspinall is putting up numbers in his 19/20 year old season. Aspinall may be a late bloomer, but history says the season he’s having, at the age he’s having it, will not be meaningful.
Some of the old rule changes are fascinating. I won’t ask which of you were around for them 😉
The only thing that matters with Ranger prospects is where and if they will fit in the bottom 6 or 3rd pair D. There are no elite prospects in the cotton candy clown show organization. That doesn’t mean they won’t end up being good additions to the teams overall mediocrity moving forward.