It’s Go Time!

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Rangers ( 8-7-2 ) vs Panthers ( 9-5-5 ), 7 pm start, TV-MSG 2

Let’s see how they respond.

I’m scheduling this post way too early to know the lineup. As of now, it looks like Trouba is back, and Kakko is still out. Zibaneajad and Staal remain injured.

I’m going to leave you on your own to figure out who’s playing. I’m also going to be out all day, so please remind everyone there is a new post.

Hank in net.

LGR!!!!!

186 responses to “It’s Go Time!”

  1. James G Avatar
    James G

    WIN! OR FIRE AND TRADE EM ALL!

  2. James G Avatar
    James G

    oh and UNO!

  3. EvBreadriser Avatar

    JPP, meet in front of the team store between 1 and 2. I’m wearing a red Jersey

  4. James G Avatar
    James G

    Enjoy the game, boys. Don’t get into a fight in the stands.

  5. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Just hung out with Carp a bit ago.

  6. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    “I’m wearing a red Jersey”

    D-bag.

  7. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Carp is travelling with the team?

  8. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Suck it, C3pO

  9. EvBreadriser Avatar

    It’s an old jersey that had been a good luck charm lately. So if something good happens tonight, shut yer yap.
    On second thought, shut it anyway

  10. EvBreadriser Avatar

    LGR

  11. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Great start 🙄

  12. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Shesterkin?

  13. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Lucky Jersey – 1

  14. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Here we go again!

  15. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Mr. Shooting Percentage strikes again!

  16. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Friggin Haley

  17. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Its not sustainable.

  18. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Waste of skates

  19. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Why is Hailey in the line up?

  20. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Lucky jersey -2

  21. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Honestly, could this PK be any more pathetic? It is not even competitive.

  22. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Can we have 10?

  23. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Wonder if Haley miss any shifts like Buch did after taking early penalty.

  24. E3 Avatar
    E3

    Hank for Vezina

  25. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Bob is killing my fantasy team with his crappy play.

  26. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Unsustainable…… that’s what you are… Unsustainable 😅

  27. James G Avatar
    James G

    Really don’t have the patience for another one of these games.

  28. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    We might win a lot of games if we stop taking penalties

  29. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    EV I hope Carp was good enough to buy you dinner

  30. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Olga must be running late picking up another 30 pack. Might want two.

  31. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Are we on pk again? Is Coos really worth 50M?

  32. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Panarin looks like Krusty thé blown with his hair coming out of his helmet like that.

  33. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    Seriously,
    I’m wearing a red jersey
    Yeah you and everyone else.

  34. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    Carp should be easy enough to spot, just look for the shining next to a red jersey

  35. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Jpp

    You can’t miss him. Look for redheaded Bozo

  36. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Not a braincell between these guys

  37. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Blown = clown

    Jeezus

  38. Old Ranger Fan Avatar
    Old Ranger Fan

    Rangers are one and done in the Panthers end and they come back with a 30 second siege in the Ranger end. It’s like Ground Hog Day evey game. They will be bad until they address this. They can’t get the puck out of their end 5 on 5. The PK looks like they are skating in quicksand.

  39. cooscoos Avatar
    cooscoos

    Kakko on a one week toot. No flu.

  40. cooscoos Avatar
    cooscoos

    Sparse crowd. Must be the snow.

  41. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    True to his word, EV was wearing a red rangers jersey

  42. cooscoos Avatar
    cooscoos

    No specific Ranger EVER does anything wrong, as per SalmonJoe.

  43. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Why is D’Angelo playing defense?

  44. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Panarin is hockey god.

  45. James G Avatar
    James G

    Beezle Coos is worth 50 million that the government knows about

  46. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Lol Hank sux balls

  47. James G Avatar
    James G

    Withholding my stay out of the box rant for the pregame show on the night they play Washington

  48. James G Avatar
    James G

    Hank the stank

  49. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Hank’s thinking aboot the summer and his yacht

  50. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Hanka Hanka!

  51. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Really Henrik? Who are you going to stare down after that one?

  52. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    I’ll say it again, mckegg is better than the net zero legend

  53. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Softqvuist

  54. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Net zero legend? Who dat?

  55. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Fast

  56. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Lundqvist is a bum

  57. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Doneqvist!

  58. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Funny thing Kravtsov would probably be playing now if he didn’t run home to Moma!

  59. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Putting fast in the top nine is like playing the prevent defence in the nfl.

    It’s supposedly “helping” your team but it’s hurts as much as it helps.

  60. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Totally agree Wick.

  61. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Funny thing Kravtsov would probably be playing now if guys like smith and fast weren’t here taking top 9 minutes!

  62. Jpg's sister Avatar
    Jpg’s sister

    Was Florida on a power play just now? I know it wasn’t

  63. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    James any idea where in the yard he buried the gold and palladium?

  64. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Where is James did he go out?

  65. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Minx what are you doing here? Scoot!

  66. E3 Avatar
    E3

    Fast has the softest hands in the league (s)

  67. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    chytil getting abused

  68. E3 Avatar
    E3

    Hank for the Vezina….

  69. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Pizza night. What’d I miss?

  70. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Hanka time

  71. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    We desperately need a goalie!

  72. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Oldqvist

  73. E3 Avatar
    E3

    A save? By Hank? Praise Jesus

  74. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Hajek a bit lost

  75. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    13 goals in 2 games with a period to go.

  76. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Oy vey stop making excuses for shampoo boy

  77. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Mr. Head and Shoulders is not getting it done, and the Rangers cannot while the Sieveqvist routine in happening.

  78. Papa Bear Avatar
    Papa Bear

    Brenden LaPu is a 5th line NHL player

  79. E3 Avatar
    E3

    How does Fast not tap in a two foot putt into an open net?

    Answer?

    He sucks

  80. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Burning a ton of wood the past few days… Environmentalists are going to put a hit out on me soon

  81. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Beezle
    My wife is sick 😎

  82. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Shestyerkin will be up before the end of the season.

  83. Papa Bear Avatar
    Papa Bear

    I’d tap that, E3

  84. bobbyo2019 Avatar
    bobbyo2019

    If all of Beverly’s goals are around the net why isn’t he playing the wing

  85. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Is EV or Jpp the emergency backup tonight?

  86. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    If Zibanejad ever comes back, I’d love to see …in no particular line order

    Panarin strome kakko
    Lemieux Zibanejad Buchnevich
    Kreider chytil andersson
    ? Howden mckegg

  87. Papa Bear Avatar
    Papa Bear

    Lindy has had a Ruff time as NY Ranger D Coach.

  88. Old Ranger Fan Avatar
    Old Ranger Fan

    2 per period is better than 4 per period. Is it Ground Hog Day or maybe “Lost Weekend” Watching them may drive me to drink.

  89. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Minx sorry about the missus but you remind me: why hasn’t the team given flu vaccine to everyone? I know its not perfect but seems a no brainier to prepare for the season

  90. EvBreadriser Avatar

    The best thing about sitting 9 rows behind the goal is getting to tell Suckqvist to retire.

  91. EvBreadriser Avatar

    That’s 8 goals for Lundqvist in his last 3 periods. Yeesh

  92. E3 Avatar
    E3

    Papa, how’s yo Wang?

  93. James G Avatar
    James G

    Wick Strome needs to switch over th 4th line RW. Get it right

  94. James G Avatar
    James G

    Minx I hope she’s better soon. Probably the change of weather you think?

  95. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    Carp heard EV suggest we meet during an intermission and me say sure and decided to meet EV before the game.

    Lol

  96. E3 Avatar
    E3

    Hank has 3 good games a year. And way more suck azz games. He’s horrid Hank

  97. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Let’s Go Hawks! up 3-0 v.Nashville.

  98. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    With Hank in net, you can almost guarantee 4+ goals against every time now.

  99. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Chytil in the middle

  100. Old Ranger Fan Avatar
    Old Ranger Fan

    Howden’s line is a decent 4th line. The 4th line is not an NHL line.

  101. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    My bad James

  102. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Dan O’Halloran……..still screwing the Rangers. He must think it is 2014 again.

  103. Scottsdale Ranger Avatar
    Scottsdale Ranger

    Lindy Ruff sucks.
    Brett Howden sucks.

  104. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Lindgren making sure Unsustainable doesn’t sustain

  105. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Great d pick up by Lemieux there

  106. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Isn’t it about time for hank to have a “foot surgery”?

  107. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Hurdle…lmao joe

  108. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Hawks 4-0

  109. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Fox pulling a Yandle there

  110. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Is “ pulling a yandle” like beating the bishop?

  111. Scottsdale Ranger Avatar
    Scottsdale Ranger

    And of course the isles tie it. What a disgrace.

  112. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Decline the penalty!

  113. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Nice keep deangelo

  114. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    They miss kakko

  115. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Love the way Lemieux just bulls his way to the net

  116. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Salmon Joe just in case you didn’t notice Strome has 25:27 too

  117. Old Ranger Fan Avatar
    Old Ranger Fan

    ENG coming up?

  118. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    kreider and don c both passed instead of taking their shots

  119. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    6 morons on the ice at the end. Absolute morons. Let’s see how many passes we can make in the last 1:30 to play keep away. Never mind getting the puck to the net. For crying out loud. Rangers cannot win when their goalie allows 2 softees.

  120. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Hanka giveth, Hanka taketh away.

    Hanka gave this away.

  121. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Akbar
    It’s a trap

  122. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    It’s a trap.

    Meanwhile Fishtanks come back from 3-0. Makes me sick.

  123. Old Ranger Fan Avatar
    Old Ranger Fan

    Better effort. They need to get Z and KK back. They don’t have 12 NHL forwards now. They out shot the Panthers and held them to 30 shots. Baby steps. Bobo outplayed Hank and that was the difference.

  124. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    I don’t like the way this team plays, philosophically/fundamentally. DQ May talk about wanting to play a certain way.

    So then why don’t they? I don’t see them take a single shift with a forecheck in mind

  125. CraigWeather Avatar
    CraigWeather

    Do we suck again?

  126. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    TOI:. Panarin/Strome 26:11 Legend 19:46 THE 17:44 Buch 17:26 Pepe jr 15:25 Chytil 14:48 Howden 14:27 Smith 6:04 Lisa 3:55 Haley 1:26

  127. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Should’ve won this game. Hanka just didn’t have it.

    Meanwhile the Lightning just scored again.

  128. TYM Avatar
    TYM

    Lias Andersson with 3:55 of ice time in this game. 3:55. Haley with less than 2:00. Isn’t there someone in Hartford (Nieves) that can be trusted to contribute more than that? Do the Rangers have to be a 3 line team? Is Brendan Smith THAT important?

  129. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    Good night boys I’ve had enough. 4 goals against every night will give us a good shot in the lottery. Imagime what this cotton candy crew would look like without Panarin?

  130. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Any Crapsoft update?

  131. EvBreadriser Avatar

    They look worse in person than they do on tv

  132. EvBreadriser Avatar

    727 calendar days since Lundqvist’s last shutout.

  133. CraigWeather Avatar
    CraigWeather

    Lol Knicks suck too.

  134. St Pete Eli Avatar
    St Pete Eli

    One last thing, is JD watching this coaching staff? Asking for a friend?

  135. E3 Avatar
    E3

    645 days since Hank let in less than 4.

  136. E3 Avatar
    E3

    NY Nix

  137. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    If/when Zib comes back Legend to 4th wing, Lisa to wing and Boo called up to center. Smith and Keg to bin Haley down/gone

  138. EvBreadriser Avatar

    That lightning joke will never get old, Akbar🤣

  139. bobbyo2019 Avatar
    bobbyo2019

    Better than last game…gotta shoot more at the end

  140. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Other than us not bothering to shoot the puck when it counted, the reason we lost was bobrovsky got his shizz together before Lundqvist did.

  141. E3 Avatar
    E3

    If this were truly a merit based roster, if the Russian goalie gets called up, Hank should be sent down. He’s not part if the future and the two young-ins are….

  142. EvBreadriser Avatar

    At least I got to meet Carp and JPP. That lessened the sting a bit.

  143. CraigWeather Avatar
    CraigWeather

    I’ve said it a million freaking times and I’ll say it again… We don’t have the right guys to play a Quinn/Torts type system. With the exception to Lemieux, Trouba (who’s invisible lately) and a few others, this is a VERY passive team that isn’t heavy on the puck/forecheck. When you combine that with Lindy Ruff… this is the crap you’ll get. He needs to go, and they need players who will win board battles and don’t want to play fancy boy hockey. Too much trying to skill their way to wins rather than will their way to wins.

  144. CraigWeather Avatar
    CraigWeather

    I don’t want Filip Chytils’ on my team… I want Mark Scheifeles’ on my team!! We draft like a bunch of pu**ies.

  145. E3 Avatar
    E3

    The Rangers aren’t that many players away. $hit can Haley, Fast, Shay, And Hank for starters…

  146. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    And man, these guys don’t seem to communicate on the ice at all. The amount of times I watched a defender fighting in the corner for the puck and two rangers forwards just standing stationary waiting for a pass, saying nothing.

    MAYBE that’s why the dman can’t find you. Bc your standing stationary waiting for a pass while the other team is buzzing. The forwards need to let the D know with his voice when he’s a sage option and where he is so the defender can gauge where to go with the puck instead of throwing it blind.

    I miss the black and blue shirts. I probably just said like an idiot screaming bc they sure as hell ain’t hearing me and it doesn’t seem like the coaching staff is preaching what they say they want to preach, BC there is no forecheck, ever

  147. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Clear out tonight Olga. Could be first below zero night of the fall

  148. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    Eli’s 945. I’m starting to wonder here

  149. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Hawks up 6-1

  150. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Clear here, beezle. 21 degrees. Long way to zero.

  151. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Jpp I saw Buch doing that a few times

  152. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Just hit 5.0 here Olga. You move to Florida or something lol

  153. Norm Merton Avatar

    Everybody knew this season would be a roller coaster, now on an even lower trajectory without ZIbanejad. Doesn’t make it any easier to watch. Panarin, at least, you can rely on to entertain night after night after night. The rest of ’em not so much, and we’re reduced to debating the proper use of the bottom six forwards like Haley, Smith, Fast, McKegg… wait, every forward on the team other than Panarin, Chytil, maybe Kreider, Buch?

  154. Olga Folkyerself Avatar
    Olga Folkyerself

    Hawks up 7-2. Haven’t moved an inch in 8 years Beezle.

  155. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Blues lost. At least I couldn’t go 0 for 3 tonight 🤷‍♂️

  156. EvBreadriser Avatar

    61 here. First time below 70 in a while.

  157. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    EV is the first bonehead I’ve met in person.
    I’m now his Marty mcsouley. Don’t F with him

  158. EvBreadriser Avatar

    jpp brought the cold down here.

  159. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    Well… at least Bran Bole didn’t score on Hank.

  160. Beezle Avatar
    Beezle

    Are the rangers playing two games tonight Olga?

  161. EvBreadriser Avatar

    My bodyguard. Good movie.

  162. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    To me the only line that generated anything tonight was strome/bread/fast. That’s bad news

  163. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    “EV is the first bonehead I’ve met in person.”

    I am very sorry to hear that, jpp.

  164. EvBreadriser Avatar

    C3pO, neither did stralman. Thanks for small favors.

  165. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    I’m Bobby brown to your Whitney.

    Wait, that’s not right.

    I’m your kevin Costner

  166. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Boyle got an assist though. Yandle had 3. We should get a defenseman like him.

  167. EvBreadriser Avatar

    I knew you wanted to hit me.

  168. jpp Avatar
    jpp

    You guys have never invited to me to any family gatherings.

    What’s sup with dat?

  169. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Yandle was a big time Bonehead whipping boy when he was here… now he’s Brad Park.

  170. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Yandle in the Wind, rather.

  171. EvBreadriser Avatar

    He plays decent defense now too, Akbar. Go figure.

  172. Scottsdale Ranger Avatar
    Scottsdale Ranger

    Ugh this friggin team. What makes it worse is the Islanders are clearly going to win the SC.

  173. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    jpp

    You live too far.

    Next time you’re in NYC, let me know.

  174. Wicky Avatar
    Wicky

    Who the hell is Marty mcsouley?

  175. CCCP Avatar
    CCCP

    I dedicate this song to Henrik Lundqvist. Time has come, unfortunately.

  176. Admiral Akbar Avatar
    Admiral Akbar

    Islanders are winning the November Cup. They will not win the Stanley cup. Sorry.

  177. Scottsdale Ranger Avatar
    Scottsdale Ranger

    AA, I tend to think that too, but my sports life sucks so much that nothing would shock me.

  178. Loneranger Avatar
    Loneranger

    When is JD going get Henrik a position within the organization anywhere but in goal. Darn, Lundqvist’s ego allows him to still think he was the player he was 4-5 years ago. It sucks because he’s losing us games we could be winning; a couple so far this year and well over 10 games last year get it sucks because it takes the air and energy out of a team’s confidence.

  179. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Start predicting the Rangers’ future…

    http://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft

  180. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    https://nypost.com/2019/11/16/its-time-for-rangers-to-call-up-igor-shesterkin/

    Larry beating the drum to call up Shesty

    I was out at wedding tonight

    2 friends who are isles fans were saying henrik has value to a contender

    I said first off he has no move clause

    Second no contender can touch that contract without sending major money back our way

    Third he is nowhere near what he once was

    Fourth although not by much Georgie has played better thus far this season and st fraction of cost

  181. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Tell your friend to ask the Islanders to make a push to acquire him 🤣

  182. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    EV

    They’d want to give us Ladd and more bad deals back in return. His deal is even worse since it goes 3 years past this one while Henrik has only 1 more year after this.

    I really don’t think a contender would touch him. Or if they did I shudder about the package of coal we’d receive.

    I do wonder if we’d go buyout of him instead of Staal after this season. Would let the 2 young guys be 1a and 1b next year.

  183. EvBreadriser Avatar

    Maybe they should cut Haley and carry 3 goalies. He’s dead weight anyway.

  184. James G Avatar
    James G

    Judging by his post game comments it seems that no one has bothered to tell Quinn how awful they have been defensively since he took over.
    Guy seemed pretty stunned last night about it. Must have taken himself by surprised.
    Moments after someone filled him in:

    https://i.gifer.com/NpVb.gif

    https://i.gifer.com/NpVb.gif

  185. James G Avatar
    James G

    Buchnevich gets benched for his penalty eh? So now it begins.
    Let’s start benching guys and playing Fast and Howden more. That’ll send a message. Oh but not Andersson. Keep him benched too. LOL oh boy

  186. ilb2001 Avatar
    ilb2001