Click here to read Carp’s game review. Some interesting stuff about Kevin Hayes.
102 responses to “Rangers-1, Flyers-4”
Bdl
He’s gone. Don’t care what he thinks.
jpp
You guys hear the one about Hayes buddy telling a ranger fan this June that ‘the only way he signs with the philly is if they really overpay for him’
You guys hear the one about AV wanting the panther game but the panthers wanting Q, and how the flyers wanted Berube but winning the cup locked Berube into an extension there?
Yeah me neither
jpp
Know he gets lost in the shuffle this training camp but I really liked gettinger last night
Me thinks the rangers are hiding him a bit here, think if he played the bulk of these preseason games there would be a lot of hooting from the fans that he should be on the 4th line, except there is just no room for anyone aside from the usual suspects right now.
James G
I care less about Hayes than I do about the Giants game today.
cooscoos
So long as we have a bevy of players with spunk and grit, I don’t need a Glass or a Haley. I think Q is developing this.
cooscoos
Asked Carp this: thought I’d re-print it here for your consideration.
‘Good locker room guys?’ What’s he talking about? Guys who will loan you their soap? Yoosed to define loud, respected rah-rah guys with wit who demanded 100% effort.
cooscoos
Something about Hayes that I could never cotton to.
Papa Bear
You can have all the tea in China and still not find a good cup of coffee.
You can have all the high draft picks and prospects acquired through trades that come with a rebuild and still not find “the right stuff”
This will be an interesting season or two, for sure.
Bdl
James,
On the Giants, I’m trying hard to be into them. I like Jones, and I am rooting for him to well, but it the whole thing just doesn’t feel right. I’m forcing myself to watch them, but I think my love of the sport is fading.
cooscoos
Papa – reminded me right away of Van Morrison’s ‘Tupelo Honey’ –
‘You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea…’
Bdl
PB,
That is why I was never a fan of this rebuild. You can find yourself in a constant rebuild never making the playoffs, constantly trading away good veteran players in exchange for hopes and dreams.
SN
This season will be very frustrating for many as the bottom will be reached. This D still is not ready and the center position is has one accomplished player. Henk will be thinking about NTC by December.
.
It’s always darkest before the dawn.
James G
BDL, I hear you. Kind of like if they wind up with a top five pick again they’ll take another QB?
That’s the feeling I get with them. Also not a fan of Gettleman or the coach
St Pete Eli
These games are meaningful on an individual basis for sure. There wasn’t a lot of cohesiveness and that just points to not much time playing together. Lindgren is what this team needs on D, I was impressed with Lias’ compete level. Kreider will always be The/If!
Beezle
“I loved how he competed, I loved how he squared to the puck. He battled,” Quinn said. “You don’t see a lot of net. I just really liked his game.”
Granted, Churles was late so missed the first and honestly paid more attention to the beer and grilled bovines that the painters provided. But I don’t get giving up four as an outstanding effort. Even if those in front of him were terrible, his job is to be the last defense. We coddle the goalies a little too much.
James G
You guys do realize that they’ve played three pre season games right?
And that two of those games consisted of their B and C squad players against other teams’ nearly full starting rosters right?
Jesus…..
James G
Et tu Beezle? Et tu?
cooscoos
Okay, just a pre-season game but I’m getting a bit tired of Kreider and his justifications for taking nights off. I like the guy, but he sometime make me grit my teeth.
Kevin Hayes. Good riddance. A few more observations: Jake Trouba is not the messiah. As #1 D go he is one of the weaker ones in the league. If SkjeL does not step it up the defense will be as bad as many have feared. As for this exhibition season, there is no reason to think they have a clue about a defensive system or the way to keep copious amounts of pucks out of their own net. The goalies have played well in spite of giving up 4 per game. It IS only preseason, but so far, the best thing about it will be watching youngsters progress. And also…………..watching last night reinforced my opinion that Kravtsov start in Hartford,
Beezle
James – another comment DairyQueen made was about the team being ‘fatigued’. Really? Already? And what about the Filth and Derbils? As I said, my attention was elsewhere but do expect the team to compete hard even when getting their butts kicked. Didn’t sound like that was the case?
ilb2001
Cut the roster, leave a few extra guys. They need to start playing all three young guys at center at the same time. Give them different assignments. This 2-3-4 center position is far from clear, even less than it was before training camp.
Beezle
Heart warming story about a border collie being found after 57 days on the lam in northern Wickyville. Good thing they found it before the heavy snow.
ilb2001
5 out of 6 D-men from last night will be playing in October. Maybe all 6. I wouldn’t worry about how they looked last night. Trouba and Skjei including. They spent 2/3 of the time in their own zone, outmanned most of the time, without any forwards support. Including not having anyone to pass coming out of their zone.
James G
Lol I read that, Beezle. Proof that Quinn still isn’t as seasoned as a coach in NY needs to be when dealing w media.
James G
ILB the thing of it if this team is going to be successful to any degree (including taking a step forward from last year) they need the forwards to support the D men in their zone. That starts with the centers. It’s part of why teams build roster with focus down the middle.
I agree that they need to start figuring out who is going to start where. Can’t just situate the most important position on the ice by doing it piecemeal
jpp
i want to see chytil play with Kreider and kakko for the next two preason gsmes exclusively. And then I want to see kreider/kakko with andersson in the final game
Bdl
I don’t want to see Chytil center anybody. Either go get a number two center, or let Howden and Andersson fight it out.
Bdl
It would not shock me if on Tuesday Howden is centering Kreider and Kakko.
bobbyo2019
Preseason ledge full….they have not played with full squad yet and even then there are gonna be a number of new faces…don’t expect a fast start
ilb2001
BDL, then you have to move Chytil to the wing. Something I’ve been mentioning last year. They may have to do it, eventually. Only two games though. But so far he hasn’t shown he belongs at center. Anderson, on the other hand, made many positive strides
ilb2001
It’ll be an interesting situation in goal this year. And sooner than we thought, I think. Georgiev needs to play 17 games, and he is waiver eligible. Shesterkin needs 60. So they have this season to sort it out.
Bdl
The Hayes goal told you all you need to know about Chytil. That was about as pathetic an effort you could possibly see from a player. A young player fighting for a prominent role no less.
Bdl
Ilb,
I suspect they have no real plan on the goaltending situation. They are going to send Shestorkin down and hope he doesn’t leave, and then they will play Hank 60 games.
ilb2001
Doubt that, BDL. Hank should play around 42-45, the rest should be Georgiev/Shesterkin, maybe 25/15 split between the two of them.
Bdl
Doubt at your own risk.
jpp
Bdl,
My point was to cut to the chase. Give chytil two games with them to try and show they can tilt and control their shifts.
And then I want to see andersson..
Norm Merton
Yeah, Hammers!
cooscoos
I thought Border Collies were smart enough to find their own way back home.
Bdl
There have been some positives. Lindgren has been one. I felt Hajek played a solid first game. I thought for the first two periods last night he struggled. Then he really battled hard in third. I think that is s good sign that he didn’t just give in to a poor game.
Bdl
I liked the Namestnikov, Howden, Buchnevich line the other night. They were a bit frantic in their game, but really competed all night.
cooscoos
Norm contributed to the wrong blog. He thought he was on Home Depot.
ilb2001
Hajek was better last night than against the Devils. Again, the defense was left on their own last night. It may come down to Hajek vs Lindgren, unfortunately. Question, is it really bad for their development if both Hajek and Lindgren stay in NY? Rotate them, give Staal a few nights off. Lindgren can also play on the R.
cooscoos
Talent too diluted in this league. And here comes Seattle.
Wicky
Keep them both up, rotate nothing, dump deangelo
cregg7
Gettinger still hasn’t learned to be engaged physically. For his size he plays so soft. But he doesn’t have the skill Hayes had to hide behind.
AHler it looks to be with him
cregg7
Best thing about preseason thus far is Lias Anderson showing he can play. Good instincts. Gritty. Had soft hands to take control of the cross ice feed in front of his own net and get to safety.
Glad he wasn’t more hurt at the end when he went awkwardly into the end boards with his head. Ouch!
cregg7
Chytil not good defensively. Looked ok on the PP hash mark (pp2 guy when kakko not out there)
That missed assignment on Hayes , I’m glad it happened preseason as maybe he’s smart enough to learn from it
Remember pionk had a couple of those last regular season
Papa Bear
Show Trouba(the)door.
Papa Bear
Many here fawning over Lisa’s game. I’ll hold off until the games count.
Papa Bear
Best thing about preseason is it doesn’t count (0-3-0)
Papa Bear
I thought the blog was doing a rebuild? Why in Norm back?
cregg7
Interview with Lias last night had him mentioning thrice weekly skating lessons and experimenting with different steel etc. so all should rest easy that he did indeed work on his skating in the offseason.
Interview was funny too as the censors didn’t pick up when he spoke quickly and said “keep working my ass off”.
St Pete Eli
Papa Bear
It’s a refresh!
St Pete Eli
To me Kravtsov seemed to be trying to do too much on his own, I believe the kid will learn real fast that;
It doesn’t bode well
In the in the NHL!
ilb2001
If I were in charge of their preseason roster, this is what it’d look like tomorrow morning:
Forwards: Panarin, McKegg, Nieves, Strome, Fast, Kleider, Howden, Kakko, Lemieux, Andersson, Chytil, Kravtsov, Buchnevich, Namestnikov, Zibanejad, Haley. ( Haley for possible preseason shenanigans against the Fishsticks and Flyers).
Defense: Trouba, Staal, Fox, Hajek, Smith, Lindgren, Rykov, Skjei, DeAngelo, Morrow.
Goaltenders: Hank, Shesterkin, Georgiev.
ilb2001
That’s 29. Haley and Morrow will be released. Unless they want to sign Haley to a one-way, minimal wage contract and send him to Hartford to watch after the kids and provide some leadership. Rykov and Smith will go to Hartford, most likely. So is Shesterkin. Leaves them with 24. One or two forwards would have to be cut, depending on whether they decide to go with 22 0r 23. Am I missing someone?
cregg7
Pop Geertsen in there for the shenanigans. Paired with tonyD
Let’s get some offensive chemistry going!
I’ve Seen enough of lindgren to say he’s earned a spot.
Trouba has seen enough preseason ice to only need one more.
The last game of preseason start your opening day roster
cregg7
Ilb
If Haley is signed to cheap one way contract and plays in Hartford, does it affect the big clubs cap at all?
If not, why is belesky and smith costing cap space even if in Hartford?
If you believe in mathematical progression, Rangers, after previous games with 4:3; 4:2 and 4:1 sequence, should loose next game to the Isles – 4:0 coming Tuesday. Capisci? How about that for prediction?
…Actually it would look more like Regression than Progression, right?
St Pete Eli
So do we all agree we are headed for another lottery pick?
Wicky
I think individual performance in the preseason is very very important for young players and team on ice “organization”.
I think the final scores in the preseason mean nothing.
cooscoos
Smith, unless quietly injured, should be ashamed.
ilb2001
Cregg- anything over $1.075M will count against the cap. Anything less will not, including league minimum $700K, of course.
cooscoos
Carp notes that AV is still wearing the same old undersized Fruits-of-the Loom. More wedgies than Subway.
Tiki
I agree that some clowns only talk
about compete level and toughness because they don’t understand X’s and O’s.
Tiki
I also agree Cregg that Lias looked like a different player, but that you can’t gauge *too much* from the preseason because many players are just getting work in for the season.
Pete
Chytil may well be the farthest away defensively of the three, but they still may start him st #2 center because he has the best pure offensive ability if the three as well. In any even need think some people are over-evaluating at the moment. as jpp mentioned, let’s see the expected lines together for a couple games. Honestly i don’t understand why quinn has purposely not played any of his expected forward units together yet
Pete
boy lots of grammatical issues with my post…don’t uber in paris and post i guess!
SN
If only we could create the 2C monster Pivot taking the best attributes of Chytil, Lias and Howden
Historically, when the Rangers did very well in pre-season games, it presaged a horrid season and vice versa.
(Pronounced Wichae {not Wicky} Wersa for those Latinophiles amongst you.)
Wicky
I love those piece of chits that pist on here to only biatch about others and other cities, talk about societal wastes.
Wicky
And yes post
Wicky
It’s cool though because he can slurp off Ilb all the time and it provides much amusement
Wicky
Concussion protocol just seems like such an ominous designation for a player
Wicky
Anyone here ever seen a polar bear in the wild?
Wicky
Aneirin broke the blog.
ilb2001
Where I come from, I should’ve seen one, Wicky. Luckily, I haven’t. Or I wouldn’t be running this blog now😃
SN
Does Pete Alonso count?
Wicky
Bwahahahaha
Old Ranger Fan
So the G men may have a new QB. There may be something to watch on Sunday afternoons after all. I didn’t see that coming.
Bdl
Turn the other cheek, right ilb?
ilb2001
BDL, huh?
Bdl
2:57
ilb2001
I just saw it before you mentioned. Didn’t pay attention, I guess. I agree, out of nowhere. Uncalled for. He’s blocked.
Wicky
Jones played a decent game from the highlights I watched. Some of the giants fans here should be stoked.
ilb2001
Now Wicky’s slurpee post makes some sense. I didn’t get it right away, thought it was his French accent. 😃
Bdl
Wicky,
Yeah, he was impressive.
Wicky
Ilb
Ouch!
I’m working on those “h”s. That aren’t supposed to be silent…damnit
😉
Wicky
Bdl
I didn’t watch that game, no dog in the fight but his highlights were impressive
cooscoos
Tic Tak Toe clowns understand compete levels and toughness.
Old Ranger Fan
I have lowered my expectation of how they will do this year. They racked up a lot of points early last year relying on Hank to a great degree. With all the new, young faces I am expecting a slow start as the roster gets sorted out and some guys may shuttle back and forth to Hartford. I had originally thought they would surpass last year’s point total, but, they may well not. Especially if they sell off CK and others at the deadline. They may not break 80 points. They could have a ” better team” that isn’t reflected in the standings.
I agree with ORF. Expectations above his are not realistic. They need to grow, gel and kids need to mature. They also need to play in their own end……..which forwards failed to do for the most part last year and no one has done so far in the exhibition season. This project is going to take awhile.
Loneranger
We do have enough young, quality talented players to make this year interesting. Not enough of a North/South system, however. I just worry whether Quinn will have a cohesive defensive system in place for the season opener. In all games so far we played like crap. The Russian goaltender is real good and hope he sticks and plays a good part of the season. No open areas around the net the way he positions himself.
SN
The D is worrisome. Love how Rangers bloggers blame Lindy Ruff like he is going to make Staal 6 years younger.
Wingers need centers to distribute the puck. Defenseman need centers to support down low.
Work in progress, no doubt.
cooscoos
Jettison Ruff and Stall.
Bdl
Is it possible that Ryan Strome starts the season as the number two center?
ilb2001
Good morning, boneheads!
Unfortunately, BDL, it’s possible.
But it’s also possible Quinn will give Chytil more time. I’d like to see Howden play in a couple of more games. Again, this isn’t a bad year to experiment with your centers. At the end of this stew Strome and Namestnikov won’t be around. It’s either one of your young centers, or you get someone from outside.
SN
Daniel Jones is 1-0 when trailing by 18+. Eli Manning is 0-44 in those games in his career. (Ducks)
CCCP
Carp’s prediction for the opening night lineup, which doesn’t include Kravtsov (CALL THE POLICE!!).
Forwards:
Panarin-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Kreider-Chytil-Kakko
Namestnikov-Andersson-Strome
Lemieux-(Howden or McKegg or Nieves)-Fast
(one of those three centers ends up in Hartford, and I’m guessing it’s Nieves).
Defensemen:
Skjei-Trouba
Hajek-Fox
Staal-DeAngelo
Smith or Rykov or Lindgren (two of those in Hartford).
Here’s my starting lineup for the first game
Panarin Zibanajad Buchnevich
Kreider Strom Kakko
Kravtsov Howden Cytil
Lemieux Anderson Fast
Haven’t determined my defense combinations yet but would keep Skjei,Hajak, Rykov, Fox, Trouba, Lindgren & D’Angelo
Very impressed with the latest Russian goaltender
All said and done should be a very interesting year let’s go Rangers
102 responses to “Rangers-1, Flyers-4”
He’s gone. Don’t care what he thinks.
You guys hear the one about Hayes buddy telling a ranger fan this June that ‘the only way he signs with the philly is if they really overpay for him’
You guys hear the one about AV wanting the panther game but the panthers wanting Q, and how the flyers wanted Berube but winning the cup locked Berube into an extension there?
Yeah me neither
Know he gets lost in the shuffle this training camp but I really liked gettinger last night
Me thinks the rangers are hiding him a bit here, think if he played the bulk of these preseason games there would be a lot of hooting from the fans that he should be on the 4th line, except there is just no room for anyone aside from the usual suspects right now.
I care less about Hayes than I do about the Giants game today.
So long as we have a bevy of players with spunk and grit, I don’t need a Glass or a Haley. I think Q is developing this.
Asked Carp this: thought I’d re-print it here for your consideration.
‘Good locker room guys?’ What’s he talking about? Guys who will loan you their soap? Yoosed to define loud, respected rah-rah guys with wit who demanded 100% effort.
Something about Hayes that I could never cotton to.
You can have all the tea in China and still not find a good cup of coffee.
You can have all the high draft picks and prospects acquired through trades that come with a rebuild and still not find “the right stuff”
This will be an interesting season or two, for sure.
James,
On the Giants, I’m trying hard to be into them. I like Jones, and I am rooting for him to well, but it the whole thing just doesn’t feel right. I’m forcing myself to watch them, but I think my love of the sport is fading.
Papa – reminded me right away of Van Morrison’s ‘Tupelo Honey’ –
‘You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea…’
PB,
That is why I was never a fan of this rebuild. You can find yourself in a constant rebuild never making the playoffs, constantly trading away good veteran players in exchange for hopes and dreams.
This season will be very frustrating for many as the bottom will be reached. This D still is not ready and the center position is has one accomplished player. Henk will be thinking about NTC by December.
.
It’s always darkest before the dawn.
BDL, I hear you. Kind of like if they wind up with a top five pick again they’ll take another QB?
That’s the feeling I get with them. Also not a fan of Gettleman or the coach
These games are meaningful on an individual basis for sure. There wasn’t a lot of cohesiveness and that just points to not much time playing together. Lindgren is what this team needs on D, I was impressed with Lias’ compete level. Kreider will always be The/If!
Granted, Churles was late so missed the first and honestly paid more attention to the beer and grilled bovines that the painters provided. But I don’t get giving up four as an outstanding effort. Even if those in front of him were terrible, his job is to be the last defense. We coddle the goalies a little too much.
You guys do realize that they’ve played three pre season games right?
And that two of those games consisted of their B and C squad players against other teams’ nearly full starting rosters right?
Jesus…..
Et tu Beezle? Et tu?
Okay, just a pre-season game but I’m getting a bit tired of Kreider and his justifications for taking nights off. I like the guy, but he sometime make me grit my teeth.
Kevin Hayes. Good riddance. A few more observations: Jake Trouba is not the messiah. As #1 D go he is one of the weaker ones in the league. If SkjeL does not step it up the defense will be as bad as many have feared. As for this exhibition season, there is no reason to think they have a clue about a defensive system or the way to keep copious amounts of pucks out of their own net. The goalies have played well in spite of giving up 4 per game. It IS only preseason, but so far, the best thing about it will be watching youngsters progress. And also…………..watching last night reinforced my opinion that Kravtsov start in Hartford,
James – another comment DairyQueen made was about the team being ‘fatigued’. Really? Already? And what about the Filth and Derbils? As I said, my attention was elsewhere but do expect the team to compete hard even when getting their butts kicked. Didn’t sound like that was the case?
Cut the roster, leave a few extra guys. They need to start playing all three young guys at center at the same time. Give them different assignments. This 2-3-4 center position is far from clear, even less than it was before training camp.
Heart warming story about a border collie being found after 57 days on the lam in northern Wickyville. Good thing they found it before the heavy snow.
5 out of 6 D-men from last night will be playing in October. Maybe all 6. I wouldn’t worry about how they looked last night. Trouba and Skjei including. They spent 2/3 of the time in their own zone, outmanned most of the time, without any forwards support. Including not having anyone to pass coming out of their zone.
Lol I read that, Beezle. Proof that Quinn still isn’t as seasoned as a coach in NY needs to be when dealing w media.
ILB the thing of it if this team is going to be successful to any degree (including taking a step forward from last year) they need the forwards to support the D men in their zone. That starts with the centers. It’s part of why teams build roster with focus down the middle.
I agree that they need to start figuring out who is going to start where. Can’t just situate the most important position on the ice by doing it piecemeal
i want to see chytil play with Kreider and kakko for the next two preason gsmes exclusively. And then I want to see kreider/kakko with andersson in the final game
I don’t want to see Chytil center anybody. Either go get a number two center, or let Howden and Andersson fight it out.
It would not shock me if on Tuesday Howden is centering Kreider and Kakko.
Preseason ledge full….they have not played with full squad yet and even then there are gonna be a number of new faces…don’t expect a fast start
BDL, then you have to move Chytil to the wing. Something I’ve been mentioning last year. They may have to do it, eventually. Only two games though. But so far he hasn’t shown he belongs at center. Anderson, on the other hand, made many positive strides
It’ll be an interesting situation in goal this year. And sooner than we thought, I think. Georgiev needs to play 17 games, and he is waiver eligible. Shesterkin needs 60. So they have this season to sort it out.
The Hayes goal told you all you need to know about Chytil. That was about as pathetic an effort you could possibly see from a player. A young player fighting for a prominent role no less.
Ilb,
I suspect they have no real plan on the goaltending situation. They are going to send Shestorkin down and hope he doesn’t leave, and then they will play Hank 60 games.
Doubt that, BDL. Hank should play around 42-45, the rest should be Georgiev/Shesterkin, maybe 25/15 split between the two of them.
Doubt at your own risk.
Bdl,
My point was to cut to the chase. Give chytil two games with them to try and show they can tilt and control their shifts.
And then I want to see andersson..
Yeah, Hammers!
I thought Border Collies were smart enough to find their own way back home.
There have been some positives. Lindgren has been one. I felt Hajek played a solid first game. I thought for the first two periods last night he struggled. Then he really battled hard in third. I think that is s good sign that he didn’t just give in to a poor game.
I liked the Namestnikov, Howden, Buchnevich line the other night. They were a bit frantic in their game, but really competed all night.
Norm contributed to the wrong blog. He thought he was on Home Depot.
Hajek was better last night than against the Devils. Again, the defense was left on their own last night. It may come down to Hajek vs Lindgren, unfortunately. Question, is it really bad for their development if both Hajek and Lindgren stay in NY? Rotate them, give Staal a few nights off. Lindgren can also play on the R.
Talent too diluted in this league. And here comes Seattle.
Keep them both up, rotate nothing, dump deangelo
Gettinger still hasn’t learned to be engaged physically. For his size he plays so soft. But he doesn’t have the skill Hayes had to hide behind.
AHler it looks to be with him
Best thing about preseason thus far is Lias Anderson showing he can play. Good instincts. Gritty. Had soft hands to take control of the cross ice feed in front of his own net and get to safety.
Glad he wasn’t more hurt at the end when he went awkwardly into the end boards with his head. Ouch!
Chytil not good defensively. Looked ok on the PP hash mark (pp2 guy when kakko not out there)
That missed assignment on Hayes , I’m glad it happened preseason as maybe he’s smart enough to learn from it
Remember pionk had a couple of those last regular season
Show Trouba(the)door.
Many here fawning over Lisa’s game. I’ll hold off until the games count.
Best thing about preseason is it doesn’t count (0-3-0)
I thought the blog was doing a rebuild? Why in Norm back?
Interview with Lias last night had him mentioning thrice weekly skating lessons and experimenting with different steel etc. so all should rest easy that he did indeed work on his skating in the offseason.
Interview was funny too as the censors didn’t pick up when he spoke quickly and said “keep working my ass off”.
Papa Bear
It’s a refresh!
To me Kravtsov seemed to be trying to do too much on his own, I believe the kid will learn real fast that;
It doesn’t bode well
In the in the NHL!
If I were in charge of their preseason roster, this is what it’d look like tomorrow morning:
Forwards: Panarin, McKegg, Nieves, Strome, Fast, Kleider, Howden, Kakko, Lemieux, Andersson, Chytil, Kravtsov, Buchnevich, Namestnikov, Zibanejad, Haley. ( Haley for possible preseason shenanigans against the Fishsticks and Flyers).
Defense: Trouba, Staal, Fox, Hajek, Smith, Lindgren, Rykov, Skjei, DeAngelo, Morrow.
Goaltenders: Hank, Shesterkin, Georgiev.
That’s 29. Haley and Morrow will be released. Unless they want to sign Haley to a one-way, minimal wage contract and send him to Hartford to watch after the kids and provide some leadership. Rykov and Smith will go to Hartford, most likely. So is Shesterkin. Leaves them with 24. One or two forwards would have to be cut, depending on whether they decide to go with 22 0r 23. Am I missing someone?
Pop Geertsen in there for the shenanigans. Paired with tonyD
Let’s get some offensive chemistry going!
I’ve Seen enough of lindgren to say he’s earned a spot.
Trouba has seen enough preseason ice to only need one more.
The last game of preseason start your opening day roster
Ilb
If Haley is signed to cheap one way contract and plays in Hartford, does it affect the big clubs cap at all?
If not, why is belesky and smith costing cap space even if in Hartford?
I should know this but don’t
If you believe in mathematical progression, Rangers, after previous games with 4:3; 4:2 and 4:1 sequence, should loose next game to the Isles – 4:0 coming Tuesday. Capisci? How about that for prediction?
…Actually it would look more like Regression than Progression, right?
So do we all agree we are headed for another lottery pick?
I think individual performance in the preseason is very very important for young players and team on ice “organization”.
I think the final scores in the preseason mean nothing.
Smith, unless quietly injured, should be ashamed.
Cregg- anything over $1.075M will count against the cap. Anything less will not, including league minimum $700K, of course.
Carp notes that AV is still wearing the same old undersized Fruits-of-the Loom. More wedgies than Subway.
I agree that some clowns only talk
about compete level and toughness because they don’t understand X’s and O’s.
I also agree Cregg that Lias looked like a different player, but that you can’t gauge *too much* from the preseason because many players are just getting work in for the season.
Chytil may well be the farthest away defensively of the three, but they still may start him st #2 center because he has the best pure offensive ability if the three as well. In any even need think some people are over-evaluating at the moment. as jpp mentioned, let’s see the expected lines together for a couple games. Honestly i don’t understand why quinn has purposely not played any of his expected forward units together yet
boy lots of grammatical issues with my post…don’t uber in paris and post i guess!
If only we could create the 2C monster Pivot taking the best attributes of Chytil, Lias and Howden
Historically, when the Rangers did very well in pre-season games, it presaged a horrid season and vice versa.
(Pronounced Wichae {not Wicky} Wersa for those Latinophiles amongst you.)
I love those piece of chits that pist on here to only biatch about others and other cities, talk about societal wastes.
And yes post
It’s cool though because he can slurp off Ilb all the time and it provides much amusement
Concussion protocol just seems like such an ominous designation for a player
Anyone here ever seen a polar bear in the wild?
Aneirin broke the blog.
Where I come from, I should’ve seen one, Wicky. Luckily, I haven’t. Or I wouldn’t be running this blog now😃
Does Pete Alonso count?
Bwahahahaha
So the G men may have a new QB. There may be something to watch on Sunday afternoons after all. I didn’t see that coming.
Turn the other cheek, right ilb?
BDL, huh?
2:57
I just saw it before you mentioned. Didn’t pay attention, I guess. I agree, out of nowhere. Uncalled for. He’s blocked.
Jones played a decent game from the highlights I watched. Some of the giants fans here should be stoked.
Now Wicky’s slurpee post makes some sense. I didn’t get it right away, thought it was his French accent. 😃
Wicky,
Yeah, he was impressive.
Ilb
Ouch!
I’m working on those “h”s. That aren’t supposed to be silent…damnit
😉
Bdl
I didn’t watch that game, no dog in the fight but his highlights were impressive
Tic Tak Toe clowns understand compete levels and toughness.
I have lowered my expectation of how they will do this year. They racked up a lot of points early last year relying on Hank to a great degree. With all the new, young faces I am expecting a slow start as the roster gets sorted out and some guys may shuttle back and forth to Hartford. I had originally thought they would surpass last year’s point total, but, they may well not. Especially if they sell off CK and others at the deadline. They may not break 80 points. They could have a ” better team” that isn’t reflected in the standings.
I agree with ORF. Expectations above his are not realistic. They need to grow, gel and kids need to mature. They also need to play in their own end……..which forwards failed to do for the most part last year and no one has done so far in the exhibition season. This project is going to take awhile.
We do have enough young, quality talented players to make this year interesting. Not enough of a North/South system, however. I just worry whether Quinn will have a cohesive defensive system in place for the season opener. In all games so far we played like crap. The Russian goaltender is real good and hope he sticks and plays a good part of the season. No open areas around the net the way he positions himself.
The D is worrisome. Love how Rangers bloggers blame Lindy Ruff like he is going to make Staal 6 years younger.
Wingers need centers to distribute the puck. Defenseman need centers to support down low.
Work in progress, no doubt.
Jettison Ruff and Stall.
Is it possible that Ryan Strome starts the season as the number two center?
Good morning, boneheads!
Unfortunately, BDL, it’s possible.
But it’s also possible Quinn will give Chytil more time. I’d like to see Howden play in a couple of more games. Again, this isn’t a bad year to experiment with your centers. At the end of this stew Strome and Namestnikov won’t be around. It’s either one of your young centers, or you get someone from outside.
Daniel Jones is 1-0 when trailing by 18+. Eli Manning is 0-44 in those games in his career. (Ducks)
Carp’s prediction for the opening night lineup, which doesn’t include Kravtsov (CALL THE POLICE!!).
Forwards:
Panarin-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Kreider-Chytil-Kakko
Namestnikov-Andersson-Strome
Lemieux-(Howden or McKegg or Nieves)-Fast
(one of those three centers ends up in Hartford, and I’m guessing it’s Nieves).
Defensemen:
Skjei-Trouba
Hajek-Fox
Staal-DeAngelo
Smith or Rykov or Lindgren (two of those in Hartford).
Goalies:
Lundqvist
Georgiev
NEW POST
Here’s my starting lineup for the first game
Panarin Zibanajad Buchnevich
Kreider Strom Kakko
Kravtsov Howden Cytil
Lemieux Anderson Fast
Haven’t determined my defense combinations yet but would keep Skjei,Hajak, Rykov, Fox, Trouba, Lindgren & D’Angelo
Very impressed with the latest Russian goaltender
All said and done should be a very interesting year let’s go Rangers