Rangers (14-12-3) vs Lightning (23-7-1), 7:30 pm start, TV-MSG
They are playing against the best team in the league. Tampa will look to extend their winning streak to seven. Kucherov has 44 points ( with only 12 goals ), Brayden point leads them with 21 goals. Our boys? Zibanejad is the leader in points with 26, Kreider has 14 goals. What I’m trying to say, I guess, is this could be painful. The only way to avoid a blowout is to bring their A game. Plus, Hank will have to be near spectacular.
I can’t get a reliable source in terms of who is playing tonight at the moment, but it sounds like Zuccarello may return.
All I know is:
Hank in net.
LGR!!!!!
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L!G!R!
Don’t try to scare us, we are scared already….
This could relate to hockey too.
Which i cringe when trading for a prospect as in what does the other team know
i guess Skjei wouldn’t be on their radar
Rangers 5 Tax-frees 0. Don’t book it.
Let’s do it for the Papa’s!
Let’s go Rangers!
Sire Father!
I hate the Tax Frees due to Squirekky Bowman’s arrogant mug behind the bench.
New Rangers Vs. Old Rangers
Stromboli a bit too greasy
I’d buy a raffle ticket if one of the prizes was a Pidto toss
Refs missing a good game so far
CCR has to bury that
Howden asking for autographs
Lightning Insider
@Erik_Erlendsson
Pregame #TBLightning line rushes
Palat-Stamkos-Gourde
Johnson-Point-Kucherov
Killorn-Cirelli-Miller
Joseph-Paquette-Callahan
Pregame #GoBolts D pairings
Hedman-Girardi
McDonagh-Cernak
Coburn-Sergachev
Mcdonuts scores once more for NY
McD still halping his old team. Always a good Ranger.
Colin Stephenson
@ColinASteph
20-93-90;
26-13-16;
72-21-17;
39-50-38.
D pairs are
18-44;
76-77;
33-22
Salmon Joe, “nice job by _____” repeat, repeat, repeat
Ben and Pink dont’ like to block shots
Ben = Bev
Hayes is showcasing for Bolts!!!
Trade Hayes!
The Big Wolf!
Shot was great, but Hank should know better and be just 1 ft, more ahead to close an angle.
VC = power forward
Rangers not skating around in awe…bringing it physically
Is VC becoming a bit of a rat? That wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Kreider strong, big….idiot.
Rangers getting jobbed here
https://twitter.com/MattCalamia/status/1072297733879488512
Looks like these refs are on tampa’s payroll.
Watch out for Neymar Kucherov.
The PK sucks because they can’t win any loose pucks. And Kucherov would fit in with the Montreal divers. Should have been embellishment.
Very! Good! Period!
Good period? except for the penalties…
I have a feeling, Kucherov will end up being carry out on stretchers. (or passing audition for beaten Piero in local theater).
Hopefully the zebras talk about getting fooled by Kuch and are ready for the next Louganis.
If Pidto says dosey do one more time, I’m going to have an aneurysm
Hayes looking for a big fat new contract! Just need a good 40 min. I’m laughing as I write this! Rangers will need to kill a least 4 more penalties.
Terrible officiating, yet again. A couple of correct calls, just not applied equitably
Seeing why Wicky hates the Lightning as much as he does. This game is a powder keg.
Bolts will come out hard for the second. Let’s see how are boys react.
80. goals. Pathetic
Wow! Shiiiti call. Again!
So unfair. I’m talking about Hank. Again short side.
Time for these refs to take off their lightning jerseys. The league should be embarrassed by the job these refs have done.
BDL, you beat me to it regarding Wicky. I’m now with Wicky, can’t stand the lightning. I’ll be rooting against them in the playoffs.
These guys need to practice shooting too. The number of missed shots in lately is beginning to reach historical proportions.
This game is the biggest teaser. All about: “Yes, we can…”. “Oh, no we can’t.”
PK sucks. No one near Stamkos. Two guys watching the game. Way too passive. They need to attack when the opponent mishandles the puck and win some one on one battles.
Richards, St. Louis, Dan Boyle, Fedotenko
All I’m saying – Hank is not making “miracle” saves, In games like that he must. It’s imperative, – Rangers unable to score more than starsfilled, much more skilled team.
Bolts have about 6 uncalled hooks and interference calls so far
That’s what I was talking about….Our Hank, when we need him
Slip slidin’ away, Slip slidin’ away,
2 softees…. The Hank December collapse is underway……
Two great games by Lundqvist in a row. They might as well put Georgie in now.
Now after relatively good game Rangers look totally deflated and ready to give up. Sad.
Okay, time to pull the goalie. Just use another skater, don’t even replace him at this point.
4ever, they don’t need miracle saves, they need pedestrian saves.
Everything about Rangers’ game is – ALMOST…
Hank still won them the Florida game
…and it doesn’t count. Not on the board at least.
How close were we just now to two straight goals by ex-Ryans? 🙄
I wanna splatter paint my johnson with rangers paint
Bobby, in the Panthers game Hank first lit the fire that he had to put out.
Right now we have the same amount of shots as the lightning had at the end of the first.
D’A japing a lot…remains me Avery a little bit.
Anyone else starting to feel like their last shot was against the Panthers?
Strome makes some stupid plays
EV he still won them the game …and the majority of others …not sure how you can dog Hank on his play this season
Everybody showed up but Hank.
Men against boys! This cotton candy crew has a long way to go before ever being relevant again! Hang in there everyone it’s a rebuild.
Definitely a rebuild. Really wanted to like Strome but each game it becomes increasingly difficult.
Rangers just need a good 20 minutes.
Domingue Da Merciless
Defend, clear. Defend, clear. Rinse. Repeat.
Never seen so many turnovers where the opposing player just takes it from the Ranger.
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Names is anti-offense. Painful watching him in Ozone.
Penalty for hitting the stick. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Washington Generals wearing white tonite
Bobby, I’m not dogging him at all. I’m just pointing out that he wouldn’t have had to win that game for them if he hasn’t handed control back to the Panthers in the first place.
I think Sam has crush on Stamkos
Staal > Leetch…
these refs are a friggin joke tonight
A ranger player got nailed from behind without the puck being anywhere close. If that happened to a Tampa player the whistle would’ve blown before that player hit the ice.
Does Pidto get the kids meal?
So much for the relentless memo. Nothing after the whistle…nothing
Pidto is too short to get on the rides at Disneyland.
Is Pidto the younger brother on “The Goldbergs” all grown up?
Well… we suck
Does Claessen get an assist on that?
We REALLY suck
That looked like the schoolyard Bully taking Classen’s lunch money.
Goodnight fellas.
S.O.S.
Tampa just needed a good 10 minutes.
Oh, it’s over Sam….
i switched to shootout of fishies vs pens.
come back and it’s 5-2
stamkos hatty
Sam makes me want to vomit
You guys know Tampa is pretty good right?
Sad state of affairs in Rangerland!
No penalty there geez!
Gotta love those games where the other team gets 8 more PPs than we do, and then the refs see one of ours get tripped up and just stare.
We can definitely beat this team in the best of seven. 🙂
We even suck at fighting….
Beleskey reminding Quinn he wants to stay
Pretty much the expected result. The top teams are just much better than them. They competed tonight, but, took some bad penalties and their PK is awful. The box is stagnant and the other team can move the puck around at will until there is a coverage breakdown. They have a ways to go to compete for Hughes though. Once they opened it up a little in the third to try to get it tied they were exposed and lost “their structure” as they say. There will be many more nights like this one. At least they were physical and played hard.
If he dies… he dies…
Rangers just need A Miracle Rally…
Cirelli – another wet rat that’ll start scoring 25 a year and give us fits for another 10 years.
It would be nice not to give up the ENG just once.
Turn out the lights when you leave.
barf
At least 4 horrid goals by Henrik in Florida. Looks like he needs some time with the Goalie Whisperer.
https://i.gifer.com/FxiR.gif
ORF – we’re in 20th. Carolina has 2 games in hand on us and is a point down. Arizona, Florida, Philly and NJ (25th thru 28th) all have 2 games in hand and can either leapfrog us or tie us. Even St Louis has games in hand and can get close.
The truly bad teams are LA and Chicago. We have our work cut out for us to get down to that level. Ottawa will drop like a lead balloon too. I think Vancouver is better than their record. Detroit’s gonna be in the thick of the Hughes hunt as well. I predict 5th best odds for us.
Sad, but predictable…and washing grief is light…
Dec 10; lot’s of time to worry about draft slots.
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Beleskey fights a guy who is 4″ taller 20 lbs heavier than him. B@lls.
Also after the deadline they may be worse and Boy George should get more games to play. I think they will wind up 8 to 10 again.
Watching the Army/Navy game, I noticed that West Point stole a lot of things from Vegas.
If Hank isn’t on his A++ game that game is a no winner from the start. Refs are like Tampa’s 5th skater but not helped by our boys starting to think they can get away with lazy stuff when they’re in the lead.
Hayes in his post season audition for Rangers South looked good
6th
It also didn’t help Beleskey that his opponent had a helmet and face shied.
By the way, I thought Staal had a pretty good game tonight.
Shatner-Kirk in a sling! https://nypost.com/2018/12/10/kevin-shattenkirk-injured-as-rangers-fall-to-lightning/amp/
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