Good morning, boneheads!
Can anyone put a positive spin on this one? I can’t, and I usually find a few here and there.
Here is Carp’s review. He is lucky he doesn’t root for them. And we benefit from it at the end.
Good morning, boneheads!
Can anyone put a positive spin on this one? I can’t, and I usually find a few here and there.
Here is Carp’s review. He is lucky he doesn’t root for them. And we benefit from it at the end.
370 responses to “Rangers-3, Kings-4”
Looking at Toronto’s prospect pool they could certainly do with a boost of nearly NHL ready D and a potential #1 Goalie. You could in theory deal Igor but then you’re hanging your hat on Adam Huska being the long term Hank replacement instead of having options. Anything they do will need to be cost controlled though so i don’t see any of Kreider, ZBad, Zuke or Hayes being involved. Maybe Names or Vesey or Butch though
I would think zucc would be attractive to Toronto…probably more than Kreider due to the difference in contract status of the two and Toronto having a couple of big $$$$ contracts that will be signed and start next season.
No way chytil untouchable. That’s laughable.
When is the trade deadline?
https://nypost.com/2018/10/29/rangers-desperate-to-find-a-way-to-eliminate-mental-mistakes/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons
Wicky
feb 25th 3 pm
rangers off that day
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-2018-19-fyi-key-dates-rule-changes-big-names-new-places/
scroll down to the dates
Idk, Wick. Zucc is a rental player and 30+ years old. They have Marner and Kapanen at RW. Plus they have Connor Brown who is a nice depth player.
If I’m Dubas I wouldn’t give Zuccarello a moment’s consideration but that’s just me
Know what a good destination would be for Zucc? St Louis.Or maybe Minnesota. Somewhere where the roster is veteran heavy and he can play as depth instead of as a “need to be top six”
Anders Lee or Panarin? both may cost about the same; different players, at least different sized players… Lee still producing without JT (now has Barzal). Still though, how many 40 goal scorers are going to be on the market?? Has 78 goals in his last 173 games (27 on PP).
Wicky – I know you’re like a sour Atomic Warhead on Chytil, but there’s absolutely no way he wouldn’t or shouldn’t be on our untouchable list
DaveB what did Banter say about Buch in those trade packages or was that strictly Hall of Fame discussion?
Like Anders Lee a lot SN but don’t see isles losing him after JT debacle…Panerin is the sniper /dynamic offensive player Rangers need
NYR Slate in first 11 games has featured only 4 non-PO teams (current today);
Wash and Cal out of POs by a point w/ Florida and LA bottom feeders.
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Home v PO teams: 2-2, Goal Differential 0
Away 0-3, Goal Diff -8
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Home v Non-PO teams; 1-1 Goal Diff 0
Away 0-2 Goal Diff -2
Lmgo. Sour atomic war head🤣
Bobby – they didn’t mention Buch at all, actually.
thats a Banter first DaveB
JamesG still think Zibanejad would be a fit for Toronto but if they preferred Kreider in package then fine. Agree Kreider is a power forward with sick speed but problem is thats only the case about 25 games a year
Panarin was bred in Russia, but he is bread here, also.
Alex
Thanks
Dave
I’m not sour on him, I like the kid, he’s just being overrated and overhyped.
I understand chytil is young etc etc. There are just two things many fans seem to not realize or just ignore…
He doesn’t look comfortable on the bigger ice and doesn’t seem to have the tenacity/drive or whatever you want to call it for any sort of sustained time. He looks out of place.
Second, all you heard is he’s this elite offencive talent. Usually elite offencive talent will put up points even at a younge age. They also generally make line mates better. He hasn’t always been with McLeod and the points aren’t there.
He’s talented and young and not used to big ice, but he also isn’t exactly lighting it up.
Just because many fans are desperate for elite talent on the rangers doesn’t mean you overvalue good talent and make it untouchable.
Trade our two Mc’s for Edmonton’s Mc
ANYONE who won’t or can’t fit into Quinn’s vision should go and go NOW. No need for any outside the corporation discussion; no need for the Press to chime in for weeks. DO it with alacrity before the League devalues these guys even further.
Cheadle and Buch will never amount to much I fear
Funny that the term “Mick” hasn’t currently joined the PC crowd’s list of imprisonable offenses.
eddie – scary thought, but very possibly accurate.
When a crazy talent explodes on the scene, high school or later, you see it immediately if not sooner.
No one I see here scratches my cockles. I say to them: Prove Me Wrong if you can and do it now!
Agreed Wick- and just because a 19 year old kid who they drafted in the first round hasn’t been a natural scorer to this point on a bad team doesn’t mean he’s going to be closer to average than elite. It’s just about proceeding with caution. To me anyhow. Otherwise you get Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson trades.
I hear ya Wicky. As far as his comfort level – agreed. It’s not there yet. But he’s 19 years old, and he’s not Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel-level. The comfort will come. Your second point is a direct result of the first point. Saying that…I can definitely be convinced that Chytil might benefit from big minutes in the AHL. But as far as removing him from the “untouchable” list – I’m still not there. I’ve seen enough spurts from him that I’m fully confident he will eventually be as advertised.
BobbyO, I just don’t see it. Are we talking about a hypothetical trade exclusively between NYR and TO?
If it’s in a vacuum where we are just talking about the Rangers roster then yes, Zibanejad may draw some attention.
However, there are obviously other teams that would be making calls about Nylander. I have no idea (obviously) which teams or which prospects /players they’d be willing to trade but I’m willing to bet that someone could offer a hell of a lot more than we have to offer. Look at what Ottawa gave up for Duchene. It goes to show that a GM who knows what he’s doing will hold out for the best deal possible. Gorton isn’t going to fleece someone like Dubas for a player like Nylander.
Nylander has only 33 Even Strength goals in his first 185 games. Discuss amongst yourselves…
you need to be bold when making a big deal. The number 1 chip NYR has is Henk. 11 games into the season, is he rethinking the good soldier approach to the rebuild? Cmon, he deserves the Cup (and the Toronto media…)
If they could trade Henk and Cheadle for Anderssen and Nylander, would that be enough? If his royal highness would abide?
https://media.giphy.com/media/OPdUwF1PQts3u/giphy.gif
Maybe throw Haze in the mix as well and eat some of Henk’s deal.
Hank is frustrated out of his mind with this club but won’t say so publicly.
Kooz – Agreed. Crazy talent explodes on the stage and is obvious to all watching. Buch and Cheadle ain’t it….
Hazy and Henky packaged together Should bring a decent return.
Too many rangers play as though they’re scared to get hurt. Buch # 1 on a long list…
Nylander has only 33 Even Strength goals in his first 185 games. Discuss amongst yourselves…
I guess we can get him for McLeod and Namestnikov then (s)
Giants backup QB arrested. We need more of these guys!
Eli Manning alerted NJ state troopers to what went down. Eli ain’t going down without a huge fight.
My amusement wants players that are willing to play a physical game and not afraid to delve into the dirty areas.
JamesG we can offer a top 6 forward in either Zibanajad or Kreider and top young top 4 defenseman. Skjej..not sure how many other teams can do that right now,…clock is ticking on Dubas since he needs to get some clarity by December if wants to add pieces for a cup run
Bobby the point I’m trying to stress is that the “top 6” and “top 4” categories differ drastically roster to roster. And teams who have interest in Nylander more than likely have better players in those categories to offer a team like Toronto. More effective NHL players. Prospects with higher ceilings.
Our “top 4” defense is a lot different than Nashville’s. The Rangers’ “top 6” probably has 2 guys that belong to that category on other teams. Those two players happen to be Kreider and Zibanejad. You could argue that Zibanejad would be a third line center on the teams that are a power house down the middle.
Hypothetically- why would Dubas make a deal for Skjei and Zibanejad if a team like Edmonton for instance offered someone like Puljujarvi and Nurse?
Mr. Pink, Beverly, and HowYaDoin are the only players on the roster I wouldn’t trade.
And disagree with “clock is ticking. That’s what they said about Duchene and it took over a year.
Wicky – I believe your comment has it backwards in regards to Chytil “comfort on the bigger ice”
He grew up on big international ice. AHL/NHL is smaller ice. I get what your saying. AS wonka would say “strike that and reverse it”
Cregg
You are correct re the bigger ice.
He does not look comfortable on the smaller rinks.
My bad and thanks for pointing that out!
JamesG sure they differ but the teams with most interest in Nylander are most likely in contention (Preds/Jets etc) and not going to part with young valuable roster players and Dubas needs those types of players to address current roster and defense if they want to take the next step this year. All I’m saying is Rangers and some of their players may be a fit
Folks, I hate to say it, but it seems like we got a dud in DQ. Buchnevich has absolutely been underperforming. You know who else has been underperforming? Pretty much everyone. But yes, let’s get McLeod some more ice time. And let’s ignore how invisible the Zs are most nights. Zs is a good nickname for them because they play like they’re asleep.
E3, not only is your philosophy about having players you wouldn’t trade foolish (it all just depends on the return), I can’t believe that Pionk and DeAngelo are anywhere near that list.
Let us face factos. McLeod plays because management sees a reason for him to play. Don’t ask me the reason, but he doesn’t assign himself into the lineup.
coos, exactly. Management is stupid.
‘ I know
(I know)
You don’t love me no more
No more
(No more)
No no more
And I don’t want to be hurted anymore
(No more)
Anymore
(No more)…’
I think they keep rolling McLeod out there cause he is due to win a fight
I think if you draft a guy that is supposedly an elite offencive talent and he doesn’t overwhelm you with points in the AHL or score at a decent rate in limited time in the nhl, you “might” have a problem.
He reminds me of some of those guys that light it up in juniors and people say “wow he can score” we’re taking him and then they realize he was elite at that level but is just good at the “next” level.
I’m not saying he’s average, I think he can eventually put up 40 or so points in an nhl season if he gets a bit more consistency and drive, which isn’t terrible.
I think he can be good, but looks considerably less of an nhl caliber player at this point than the other two forwards.
Of course it can change, but he be far from untouchable to me (don’t really think anyone should be untouchable in the organization).
I think Buchnevich has been performing like he has been for his entire brief career. Like he’s entitled to something. Sorry Doodie, but this is not on Quinn, this is on Buchnevich. I know it’s fun to bash McLeod, but this has nothing to do with McLeod. This is all about Buchnevich refusal to compete. It’s that simple, COMPETE!
and the chart boys patience with Quinn may soon be running out based on latest Buch scratch! they may be waiting for him with pitchforks at MSG
BDL, you’re looking too narrowly. He isn’t the only guy with a compete problem. But he’s the only guy that is getting benched consistently. Zibanejad loafs around most nights. So does Zuke. So does Hayes. And how many nights is Kreider invisible? Vesey tries hard most nights but usually stinks. I thought DQ was supposed to help develop the youth. Playing McLeod and the other uninspiring veterans accomplishes that?
what does ignoring Buchnevich compete problems accomplish? And yeah, like I’ve said a million times, Zibanejad has the same issue. I may have even said a few things about Zucc. The reaction that this is about McLeod is wrong.
Cody McClown did such a fine job helping the Rangers blow the game in Los Angeles, why not dress him again in San Jose……..a team that is much faster and more highly skilled. This does not make sense to me at all. To me, this is not about Buchnevich. No problem with the coach not dressing him if he is not performing. I just have a problem with McLeod being on the roster at all. I just don’t see what benefit he brings.
Do you know why McLeod has been in the NHL for 12 seasons, and 700 games. It’s because every shift he gives everything he’s got. If that means taking a few punches for the team, he does. If it means finishing every check he can, he does it. If it means crashing the net, and getting sticked in the face, he does it. In other words, he COMPETES! I get the man has zero hockey skills. But he gives everything he’s got. Oh by the way, his career high in goals for a season is 15. That’s one more than Buchnevich career high.😀
Great NY Ranger hockey minds presently disagree with you. Facto. Obvioso.
TYM
1) If you scratched every guy under performing you wouldn’t have enough guys to play a game.
2) Unfortunately this entire season is going to be a pissing match back and forth between McLeod haters and Buchnevich critics.
3) Playing McLeod over Buchnevich is idiotic. So is using Chytil between McLeod and Fast. So is continuously playing Marc Staal and Kevin Shattenkirk every night. I don’t really care if you agree or disagree because obviously this is just how this season is going to be.
4) Quinn isn’t a dud. Quinn is a “y” coach and his players are “z”s and “Fs” Jim Montgomery is .500 in Dallas with a roster 10x as talented. Guess he’s a dud too
^ See what I did there by leaving out “x”?
LMAOOOOO. SORRY Bdl. but McLeod gives everything he’s got every night? What did he give in Nashville last year while two of his teammates were being abused and concussed by his former team? He didn’t give his all and he didn’t give a you know what
And just to be fair, I’m not surprised Buchnevich is scratched again. He hasn’t done what the coach has asked of him.
Don’t see what others are doing that Buchnevich isn’t though. Highly doubt Quinn has given up on the kid as quickly as about 50% of the posters here though.
You guys DO realize this is only game 12 tonight, right? And that it’s going to get much much uglier before it start to get better?
I’m saying he’s a dud because he is treating the roster the same way as every other retread coach would. Why not bench Zbad? Why not bench Zuke? I care far less that McLeod is playing than I do that other guys don’t have to sit but Buchnevich repeatedly has to.
It’s about Buchnevich, not McLeod. Sorry that so hard to understand. They cannot continue to allow the try hard when I feel like mentality to continue. The guys who will not compete on a nightly basis will be fazed out. And they better be careful with exposing Chytil to this. There has been more than one time recently that he has barely tried to come back and play D. He’s already sampled the Zucc long shift. Forget what I said above. This is not about McLeod. This is about a culture change. I for one applaud Quinn for doing this.
When you have only 13 forwards on the roster, you can only bench one at a time. I do not disagree at all about others that could be benched.
BDL, I’m not saying Buch has played great. Far from it. But what message are you sending to the other underperformers and to Buchnevich when he is the only guy being disciplined? If he wants to send a message, don’t whip the previous coach’s whipping boy, whip the golden boys like Zuke or Zbad.
Buchnevich still has 5 points in 10 games in not much ice time. Vesey and Hayes only have 3 in 11, playing a lot more and with better linemates. Hayes was benched a period. That’s it.
I don’t know Doodie. What message are you sending everybody else if the guy you benched continues to play the way that got him benched?
Ok So it’s not about McLeod it’s about Buchnevich over and over and over? When’s it going to stop being about either of them and start being about the veterans on this team that have been just as bad? I’d applaud Quinn if he sent Staal to the AHL. I’d applaud him if he sat Zibanejad or Hayes and called up Lias. I’m not applauding him for singling out a 23 year old forward who has the same issue as the supposed “leaders” on this team..
Kreider should be the one benched after watching Martinez skate by him for winning goal the other night …that would be right message to send
Quinn: “I will not tolerate Europansies and their antics”
Yayyyy for the first time today BobbyO and I agree lol
FIRE SATHER!!!!
I’ve said this before, but the guy to be most concerned about is Zibanejad. This supposed to the number one center. The guy to lead the next group of Rangers, and he’s a dog. The rest of the guys you want to bench don’t matter. They are not going to be here much longer. Plus they have to make a decision on Buchnevich. If he doesn’t respond soon to these benchings, they seriously have to consider trading him, or come July, letting him go.
Yup, blame Kreider for a routine wrist shot that got by Hank. That’ll show em.
We were due James
Bdl check Kreider on the replay ..standing still not acceptable. Don’t care if Hank should have stopped it
BDL you aren’t wrong about Zibanejad. And I see your point about Zucc and Hayes and probably even Vesey.
But what about the guys that are here beyond this year? Spooner, Staal, Shatty, Smith, Kreider. Those guys are just as much of a problem if they don’t find a way to be consistent and effective in both their effort/compete levels and their positional capabilities.
I know this will get turned into a “no such thing as a losing culture” argument but the fact remains that when you have a coach scratching guys every night and a team starts 3-11 and can’t get it together there’s a mentality that trickles down to the younger guys when they see the veterans’ compete level and attitudes. Quinn needs to be careful with his decisions and which buttons he presses. Sit some of the guys mentioned up top.
It’s Kreider’s fault, bench him. member when he was out last season what happened?
https://media.giphy.com/media/qGoXYMm9urDVK/giphy.gif
Spooner, Staal, Smith, and Kreider will not be on the roster come opening night next season.
Ned to stop conflating effort with skill. if they don’t have the pivots to carry and create nor the Dmen to start and/or join the rush, how exactly are the wingers supposed to perform. Hockey is the ultimate team sport, very hard for a winger to dominate if 3 of the 5 on the ice have trouble managing the puck.
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Determining who should sit on an underperforming team with middling talent is akin to determining which deck chair to throw off the Titanic first.
My guess is Kreider is on the roster next season but it’s probably his last, traded at the deadline.
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7buiiPpzGXHjr5G8/giphy.gif
Guess some are okay with Kreider standing still on winning goal
Honestly I am not sure any of us will survive this rebuild the way things are going on this blog! DQ’s a dud, the vets are doggin it, the yoots are overrated, McLeod is a bum, man we suck again! At least we can all agree on Fire Sather!
I’m fine with them losing. I’d rather the kids play themselves out of it. Buch seems like a sensitive kid. I just don’t think he responds to the stick. He needs hugs.
Buchnevich needs Vodka simple as that!
As far as Chytil is concerned, the kid looks completely disoriented. He needs to be playing with more talented linemates.
McLeod in the lineup at any time is befuddling to me. He brings nothing
but he is at least a warm body.
Buchnevich can be so much better or maybe many of us are overvaluing him. I’m not certain which is true.
Kreider is at times a complete mystery to me. And Henrik is probably slowly going insane playing for NYR. He gets absolutely no offensive support and doesn’t exactly have many competent defensemen in front of him. He would benefit from a change of scenery if he will agree to it. Having said that I don’t exactly want to see the Rangers help Toronto in any way……I want them to go more than 54 years without a cup. Some team has got to experience more futility than ours.
James
the no move for Staal prevents what you want in him being sent down.
Rich
if not Toronto other teams are rapidly approaching 54. Stl, Vanc, Buff.
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/insider-trading-are-the-leafs-now-open-to-trading-nylander~1527476
rumors and news du jour
You guys are awesome!!!
All you are doing is going back and forth about something I have continually brought up over the years and that has plagued this team since Adam Graves.
It simply refuses to get effort and compete level top 6 forwards.
Bdl is correct, it’s not about McLeod On a hockey skill level, he is what he is but you notice him doing the “effort and compete” things you wish guys like chytil, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Hayes, zucc would do.
Howden and Anderson might be a step in that direction, but it’s not enough. They need less chytil types and more perry or getzlaf or tkachuk types.
It doesn’t prevent him from being scratched, Alex. Right?
James
I’m sure if you or cooscoos were coach Staal would be upstairs every game.
Tonight continues the lose for Hughes fall to the cellar!
Alex….let the all go more than 54 years without a cup. 😎
https://soundcloud.com/jaygeemsg/bleeding-blueshirts-ep-12-gm/s-pUHSU
Maloney and Giannone on Buch and Quinn among other items
Wow.. a day away and the ledge is beyond full.. think a few have jumped!
THE needs to go with Zuc, Hayes and Buch. I was a big fan but can’t keep giving him a pass. Its like he’s on a Saprano’s union job half the week.
This team is a mess but it’s a rebuild, the only thing I’m looking forward to this year is what Gorton does before the trade deadline. Hopefully he can unload veteran players and stock pile more draft picks and or prospects. The problem I have though with draft picks is Gordie Clarke and his scouts need to go and Gorton needs to fix that part of the organization because lets face it, ranger’s drafting hasn’t been good over the years.
Treading water
Nailed it Wick. McLeod is inserted by Quinn to promote effort and compete in his mates. Soooo obvious. Sad that it doesn’t work. The only man who dresses here who will throw a check with vigor.
If gorton only gets prospects and picks in deals he makes, then he should be fired immediately.
Picks are a huge gamble. We all have seen this organization reach far more often than nail a pick.
Gorton needs to make hockey trades. If they get prospects, they need to get established ones that have seen nhl time.
All picks and non nhl experienced prospects is a waste of assets and a reckless management.
Get players not maybes (yes you can use picks to get Nhl players, that’s smart management), some picks and/or prospects are fine, just can’t go 100% of all picks/prospects.
No forwards have shown effort in over 20 seasons?
Not even Wolski after he got out of the hot tub?
Fire Gorton! LOL.
I mean, I agree – at some point we need to trade for NHL players. But if we’re going for good, talented, gritty, championship-type players…how are we supposed to trade for them if (supposedly) all we have are middling, soft players of questionable compete level? To make said trades work, we’d need to dip into the prospect pool and start moving good prospects…but how’d we get said prospects? From the draft picks we’re supposed to fire Gorton for acquiring?
IMHO – unless it’s a slam dunk (ie Nylander for less than we think it’d take), it doesn’t make sense to go after NHLers yet. Especially in a season that’s supposed to be chalked up to a loss (and definitely looks like it’s going to fulfill that promise). Even though nobody will say so, the tank is what management wants. They want Hughes, or at the very least a top 3 guy. Once we walk out of the next draft with our top prospect, and we sign Panarin, we see how our prospects look with a year under their belts…then it’s time for some hockey deals. But until then – I’m fine with the picks/prospects that placeholder middle-sixers like Spooner will net us.
If you look at teams who have won the cup over the years, they have at least one lottery pick player so until the rangers get at least one top lottery game changer player, I don’t see them winning any cups in the future.
Fire Gorton. Hire Papa.
BTW, it pains me to say this, but right on at 7:15 or thereabouts, Wickster.
’94 team won without a Lottery Player. ’14 team almost won without a lottery player (well, except Nash, but, you know)
Carp
Lol, that had to hurt.
😉
You do not have to have a lottery pick to win.
You have to draft well with the picks you have, that will help tremendously.
It hurt me that you even said that, Wicky.
carp, almost won, this isn’t horse shoes and hand grenades and the rangers traded for that lottery pick player named messier.
wick, I thought you said fire gorton if he trades for picks and prospects, which one is it and good luck with drafting well, Gordie Clarke and his band of merry man scouts have not done a good job with drafting.
Dave
Acquiring picks/prospectsplayers via trade is a lot like roster make up, it’s not all one way or the other…it has to be a mix, which was my point.
Acquiring ONLY picks and prospects without nhl experience, would be just dumb and a waste of assets.
And just because we experts here think every player on this roster sucks and is terrible, it does not mean they actually suck and have no value to the actual nhl experts on their respective teams.
Messier: Third round, 48th overall, 1979.
Btw, scored one goal his first 52 games in the WHA. Michael Busto.
TommyG (and others)
Everyone needs to read the post carefully…the word “only” has a lot of significance in the 8:08 post.
As I said in his very first appearance, Buch is not a real NHL type of player and will never be. Tired to explain why. “Enigmatic”, finesse , “good hands”, “hockey smart”, etc., everything but…something missing genetically. Very unfortunate, but fact.
Funny, but D’Angelo slightly reminds me Avery light. Sometimes fun to watch, his after whistle curriculums.
So far the biggest disappointment is Kreider – not playing by expectation, when ol’ Zuc is smart and solid self, even defensively.
also, you have to almost win before you can win. That is, you have to win three playoff rounds before you can with a fourth. etc. So it’s not horseshoes. The team that wins three rounds most certainly and without question did better than the team that didn’t win three rounds. Or two. Or one. Or any.
as I speculated the other day, and has been confirmed by Brooksie in LA, DeAnger was the cause of the too-many-men. Before we put him up for the Norris based on his bad-angled goal. And yes, I thought he played well, and loved his snarl.
bottom line is rangers didn’t win the cup because they didn’t have that game changer.
Oh boy, the “awards” crowd after just seeing the highlight reel.
Some of the posters here must be ranger scouts too and base everything on the highlights instead of the whole game.
😉
A man in a Florida supermarket tries to buy half a head of lettuce.
The very young produce assistant tells him they only sell whole heads of lettuce. The man persists and asks to see the manager. The boy says he’ll ask his manager about it.
Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager, “Some ahole wants to buy half a head of lettuce.” As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, “And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half.”
The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way.
Later the manager said to the boy, “I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?”
“Canada, sir” the boy replied. “Well, why did you leave Canada?” the manager asked.
The boy said “Sir, there’s nothing but hockey players and hookers up there.”
“Really?” said the manager. “My wife is from Canada.”
“No sht?” replied the boy. “Who’d she play for?”
TommyG
“Only” is the operative word.
I thought the torts team that lost in the ECF is the one that needed the offencive game changer.
The torts residual team that lost in the finals needed their goalie to out play the other goalie…it didn’t happen.
Imo
wicky, funny you said that about the high light reel because when the rangers traded for Nash I didn’t like Nash, didn’t think he was anything special but a poster stated go on youtube and check out his highlights which is ridiculous because I could go on youtube and any player will look great when your showing a hand full of that players highlights.
We were outplayed big time in 2014. Men against boys.
Having a ball interviewing the Maloneys, JD. Greschner, Duguay, Hedberg, etc. for a 40th anniversary story on the ’78-79 team that was beloved and “almost won” even though it’s not horseshoes 🙂
Nash was a MONSTER in the highlights.
The Torts team in ’12 also needed more than nine forwards and four D. It sure didn’t have more than that.
Ironic thing about Nash, in retrospect, is that when he was flying the zone and scoring 40 a year on breakaways he wasn’t a complete player. As soon as he became a complete player the breakaways went away and so did the big offensive seasons.
Love these 10:38 starts.
carp, that 78-79 team was lacking a game changer 😉.
Bobby Sheehan.
Habs-Rangers was Men-Boys too
78-79 the rangers won the first game 4-1, thought they had a good chance and than montreal woke up and it was over, didn’t help JD injured his knee during that series but it probably wouldn’t have mattered.
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