Good morning, boneheads!
They will not be playing any games until after Christmas.
It also sounds like the decision to skip Olympics by NHL is all but announced officially. It is a big honor and a dream for these guys to play for their countries, but it is the right decision. Too risky.
Larry Brooks with a nice overview of the overall progress of NY’s prospects.
Lastly, HAPPY 26th, JamesG!
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foist
Good. Next, give the Olympics back to the kids, world-wide!
Alex was foisted upon us.
Nice to see at least Jed having very positive things to say about 21 year-old Vitaly Kravtsov (ok he’ll be 22 on Thursday but still young). I, for one, am hoping for a reconciliation.
i won’t watch olympic hockey without best on best from nhl. will watch skiing, biathalon and some other sports.
Happy 26th James!
No reason not to bring back Kravstov …..look at Pujilvarvi situation in Edmonton…now he’s thriving
and a Happy birthday to JamesG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Eruzione puts the evil eye on you.
* Alex
that was once in a lifetime thing cooscoos
Happy birthday James
Riddle me this: basketball is a winter sport and participates in the SUMMER Olympics. Why is the same split applied to hockey? Would address several detrimental aspects of NHL players participating while providing offseason exposure for the NHL ahead of its actual season.
Thanks gents. A bit disappointed as my birthday gift this year was seats by the glass for tomorrow’s match against the Habs. It would have been the first time we attended a game since opening night in 2019.
I anticipated it happening of course. Hoping the make up is sooner than later!
James is 26? It’s about time!
Is it safe
James …there is always brunch!!!
Maybe you can trade those seats for the Blues game in early March and see Butch.
Happy 26th, James! Hold on to hope for that make-up Habs game. Something to look forward to. Who knows, maybe we have a Captain by then (ok, that might be pushing hope a little too far). Enjoy!
i had tix to tomorrows game too but not really disappointed as i want to stay somewhat healthy (been vaxed + booster)
anyway happy birthday james
Couldnt make the Vegas game due to covid ……. more free tix for my brother!
Maybe this break will help NYR. Overall play had been uneven for 6 or so games, and Bread and Igor get more time to heal. Plus, maybe they’ll finally catch the sniper that keeps targeting Shesty.
Alex – what made it special and ‘once in a lifetime’ was specifically BECAUSE it was amateurs beating (in reality) Pro’s.
cooscoos
and it’s almost impossible for it to happen again
i’ll not be watching olympic hockey without the best on best component
Of course it’s impossible. They’re all Pro’s. Fat-ass cats taking up the slots of kids who deserve the chance in life.
All they really need to do is a 5 team World Cup as I don’t really need to see Canada beat Germany 11-2 etc
Canada
USA
Russia
Sweden
Finland
that is basically all we need. Run it in the summer
Proceeds go to topo to grow the game in Norway so one day they can be invited to participate
Soon male (?) Professionals will be competing against women, effectively ending women’s individual sports.
Maybe Czech Republic can be added to my list above as well. But not sure they are as relevant any more.
Though, they could use don cheadle
Polar Bear Daddy eats Czech explorer. The Czech is in the male.
By the way I’m still pissed off!
Please submit your consternation.
Sagittarius is one of the more recognizable consternations.
coos
Sagittarius is an extinct dinosaur right?
Eli – no hockey leads us all to strange imaginings and peregrinations. These too will pass. 🙂
People in Finland have fins. You could look it up.
My parents got me a coffee cup
You can always tell a Finn, but you can’t tell him much
Wow. J(G)ibberish is back!
Shoulda never put Olympics in China to begin with.
He killed 16 Czechoslovakians..He was an interior decorator
His house looked like……
Pine Barrens. Greatest Sopranos episode of them all.
They got any…just coffee?
Our cafe du jour is New Zealand peaberry
Madone!
TYM – that is no lie
ShesTwerin – minor lower body injury- year to year.
Mara to wife: “they’re all telling me to clean house…”
Mrs. Mara: “I don’t know why you spend so much time with that silly football…”
You would normally assume that it’s a good thing to be off your rocker, no?
JamesG,
Hope you had a great birthday, bud.
All the best.
What is sapranos?
Bum sitting against building drinking wine from paper bag pointing to Gandolfini walking by: “Tony Soprano!”
Gandolfini: “You get HBO?”
true story
So it is official now. No NHL in Olympics. DQ will coach a Midget team from Southie in the Olympics.
Or extras from Boogie Nights.
Helmetless, at least you knew what they looked like.
my mom. born same year as rangers. passed away last night. i am heartbroken.
heart and lungs issues.
sorry for your loss Alex
Condolences to you and your family Alex.
Thoughts are with you Alex
I’m sorry to hear about your loss Alex
My condolences
That must have been quite and interesting long life
If it helps you digest the loss to share I would love to hear any cool stories she may have had. Especially perspective around world war time period etc.
If it’s too raw and painful to share I totally understand.
So sorry to hear this Alex. I lost my Mom 8 years ago I truly know how you feel. It is heartbreaking peace to you and your family.
Where’s the good. where’s the product? Where’s the value?
It’s so belittling to people and fans to do this.
Taking their money for the facade of having some sort of say?
It doesn’t surprise me that owners are down with this. And the commissioners cater to the owners. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that more and more being a pro sports team fan means accepting the people who own these teams and run these leagues. They really don’t care about people one single bit, they want to get as big a chunk of what little money people have and make to give to them.
Inevitably People will turn on pro sports bc of what these owners represent and what they value and how they eye to bleed human beings of their survival currency bc of their fandom.
https://www.cityam.com/socios-the-blockchain-enabled-fan-token-platform-promising-to-unlock-revenue-from-the-global-fanbases-of-sports-most-famous-teams/
she had same exact birthday as queen of england. was both parents to me and 2 sisters.
loved ukranian dancing. was always so positive and happy. was like switzerland in family arguments.
loved the rangers because 2 of her children did. had ranger slippers and ranger covid mask. i took her for some pre testing re a test she was having monday. this was last friday and i took a pic of her with her ranger mask. last one i took. i watched fridays game with her and 1 sister.
it was heart and lung issues that got her. she was failing but we were hoping some new medicine might help. never got to it though.
So sorry for your loss Alex
Sorry for your loss Alex. Condolences to you and your family.
Condolences to you and your family, Alex. She was both parents, Switzerland and a Ranger fan? Blessed thrice.
Sounds like you and your two sisters were the light of her life.
Condolences, Alex.. She had a good, long life, it seems. Doesn’t matter, this will hurt forever.
Lost my dad (same year of birth as your mom) a few years ago. The moment you think you accepted it finally, it starts hurting again.
Sincere condolences Alex. Lost my dad 22 years ago and am still not over it.
What time is the game tonight?
Sorry about your mom, Alex. The Greatest Generation.
I’m so sorry for your loss Alex. Cherish every memory with your mother, and continue to make her proud.
Alex – sorry to hear about your mothers passing. A long life and a close happy family is the something to cherish. Tough time of year to lose a loved one. Peace be with you.
So sorry for your loss, Alex. Condolences to you and your family.
Alex- very sorry for your loss man.
Thank you for the birthday wishes guys. Where I was in life when I turned thirty vs where I am now as I turn forty feels pretty incredible.
Time flies though.
I love that James G.
Good for you!
When you’re young the days are short and the years are long. When you’re older the days are long and the years are short. So true. And those years rushing by just go by faster and faster.
Heave Ho
Thanks for reminding me.
Interesting Staple article – 4 NHL scouts evaluate NYR and top prospects. All very bullish on the Blueshirts and especially like Goodrow (and Schneider and Jones as well as KK and AL).
I don’t think I saw the word “Chytil” mentioned.
I don’t think I saw the word “Chytil” mentioned by a “scout”.
St. Pete, things happening in my life have reminded me to appreciate the now and to focus on the positive things going on right now. I was getting caught up in a negative spiral which were also things I couldn’t control. I’m happier appreciating the positive which were happening but ignored. I’ve also chosen to look at our team in that way. Plenty of good stuff happening!
Some hockey on NHL Channel today boys! …exhibition —Finland at US….can get a look at Berard and Skinner
The silence regarding Chytil is that discussion was deafening. It would have been interesting to get outside opinions on him. We all have seemed to have soured on him.
@ORF- agree. He’s the enigma. On Jones and Schneider, does anyone know it they are paired together? Seems like a natural – righty lefty; offensive-minded; defensive-minded. Compare to Nemeth-Lundqvist for example. Which do you prefer?
The obvious issue with Chytil is he doesn’t fit the requirements of a 3C and probably never will. If the plan is to keep him it should be
Bread Strome Chytil or Krakko
The DJ Krakko or Chytil
A 3C is absolutely necessary!
Chytil still 22 fellas…4th yougest on team
Jones and Schneider have been paired some, but not a lot. Schneider has been with Robertson mostly. Jones has been with Bitteto (when in the lineup), and Reunanen.
Schneider did not play last night.
Good morning, Boneheads!
This is the article by Staple you’re talking about:
https://theathletic.com/3030423/2021/12/23/scouts-break-down-the-rangers-so-far-whats-gone-right-what-they-need-to-add-and-are-they-true-cup-contenders/
Third pair, right wing. Same theme. Interesting that they don’t think Nemeth is number 6 on a good team. He’s had his down moments, but I thought he was steady in PK. I think he should be paired with another stay at home, but the one who is nasty with mean streak.
I just reread most of that article. Scout 3 is the most interesting. He is less uniformly positive and talks about guys like Reunanen (who he thinks is on the small size and not quite at Jones’ level – he discusses whether there is room for three smaller d-men) and Pajuniemi, about whom he is surprisingly positive and urges patience. He likes Barron and considers the Nemeth signing “strange”. The Chytil reticence is intriguing.
Jones Schneider third pair sounds like it’s worth a try.
Or is it dogma that two rookies can’t play together?
Barron should get some games over Chytil Goat mckegg and maybe even hunt if he is banged up or hits a rut.
Crazy that Barron has had call ups without getting any looks but we’ve gotten to see mckegg get his cardio in several games.
Joe Willie was getting top 4 minutes with Avs in playoffs but can’t play bottom pair here in regular season, yet his partner was benched. Hmmmm.
Henk Jr is not an NHL Dman just like Flip Flop is not an NHL forward now. Be interesting to see how Joe Willies advanced stats match up with the forward lines he is playing with. Seems to be out there with goals against with bottom six.
His game is better suited for the second season and has been a stalwart on the pk because Miller Lite/Less Filling can’t defend. What is pk currently ranked?
Much bigger issues with 3C and top 6 RW imho.
Would move him to play with Tuba and get stay at home RD to play with Miller Lite.
Are the Taxi Squads back yet?
I think the NHL/NHLPA/Womens player association should do a simultaneous World Cup in august 2023. Mid-august start tourny that runs into training camp so guys on teams making semis/finals miss majority of TC. Schedule 1-2 final preseason games 2 days after the last possible WC final date and it segways directly into the regular season.
The most important part about a best on best tournament if your creating one as the NHL and the NHLPA (best players in the world) and you want to make it huge succe$$. Elimination rounds needs to be best of 3. 8 teams. 3 rounds. Round Robin for seeding.
Do the women’s World Cup same time same venue, same schedule in the semi/finals. Women early game leading into the men’s at prime time. Men’s attending the women’s games, women’s at the men. Final round action. You got women’s finals game early and men’s finals game prime time. Hockey festival. $$ money that grows the game for the NHL hrr and gives the women’s game a spotlight and revenues to solidify their own pro league. tourny gives fans some real hockey juice outside the plays offs
How bout finally uniting the two women’s hockey leagues into one pro women’s league that debuts and kicks off immediately after the World Cup. ESPN platform coverage.
👍
IMHO, the World Cup would have more meaning if it wasn’t some afterthought that got organized when it was convenient. Make it every 3 or 4 or 5 years and be consistent.
Robertson Schneider is the natural tandem not Jones Schneider.
Robertson Schneider is a tandem you constantly win with and leave together for a decade.
Think of it along the chemistry lines of a Lindgren fox tandem just bigger.
Happy Festivus you chucklefaces!!!!
Wold Cup potentates generously peppered with thieves, larcenists, and bandits. The very last people you want to deal with if you want to maintain your (and your league/team) integrity
Same goes for the IOC.
They signed Dylan Garand to an ELC. Odd these days for a goalie that is 6 feet tall.
5-7 Rutgers going to Bowl Game? This is where we are, folks, with hypocrisy and subterfuge.
Please submit your grievances.
World Cup in name only. totally funded and created by the NHL and the NHLPA
They should do it every 2 years. Same year as summer olympics. Almost beginning as soon as the summer olympics end or the final week of summer olympics
That way you alternate World Cup hockey and Winter Olympics every 2 years.
@The Wick (I couldn’t conjure up an accent aigu) – I was just going by the “scouts” saying Robertson was on a longer development arc and needed to add some bite to his game. He actually sounded a little Millerian.
BW
I was just stating my opinion on the combo, I understand you were regurgitating the article.
I appreciate you posting it btw.
@The Wick: I thought I came up with the Jones-Schneider pairing on my own! Just goes to show that there are no original thoughts. I definitely regurgitated (I prefer to say paraphrased) the article in rest of my post. If one prefers Robertson with Schneider, I say put Jones with Trouba and package Miiler to upgrade the center position. Problem is the league, or at least these scouts, sees the flaws in Miller’s game.
BW
I didn’t read the article, when you were talking about Jones Schneider I was speculating you were talking about what was in the article. I just appreciate it when folks share articles etc with the rest of us here.
Wicky 12:06
Agree 100% on Robertson / Schneider!
Happy Festivus everyone. But I have a lot of problems with you people.
‘Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall…’
Waiting for Miler to save us is like waiting for Jesus to return.
Good articles by Staples to pass the time during the pause that does refresh us.
So the Rangers will win the Cup during the End Times. That one would last a lifetime for everyone.
Nemeth isn’t a bad #6, but signing him to a 3yr deal at $2.5m/yr a misstep as of now as too high a salary to be an extra next year when at least Schneider should be up.
Would think one of Jones/Nils is still here next year, so not sure Robertson is up right away unless Miller is moved.
TGO
I see no problem with Robertson and Schneider being a pair on the rangers next year. Nor do I see it as an issue if none of Jones, nils, or even miller are on the rangers next season.
And he wore a Jofa helmet?
not saying it’d be a problem Wick, just don’t see Drury removing both Miller and Nils (or Jones) even if it’s the right move on one or both fronts
think robertson is longterm replacement for Miller or Lindgren (if they can’t get him signed to a reasonable extension after his current deal is up )
for this year id swap Jones and Nils for a bit
Larry tell Drury to move Miller to right wing?
Berard scores!
Happy Festivus to all
I miss hockey already!!!
Eli – You and I have speculated on that (Miller wing experiment) for some time. I think they are afraid (intelligent speculation on their part) that if they admit he’s not a D answer, and he struggles at forward, his value is toast.
I thought Paulina was Miss Hockey.
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate!
coos
You may be right about management and Miller.
Fox and Lindgren didn’t have much experience when they were paired. Schneider and Robertson may be worth a shot.
Isle’s Bode Wilde when told he’d be given a shot this season said, ‘I’m not takin’ no shot!’
my hunch is Miller was moved to D in the first place because he wasn’t that effective as a forward. so instead of being a non physical defenseman who doesn’t have a particularly strong shot and isn’t a standout passer, he’d be a non physical winger with those same deficiencies, which would be magnified when playing wing in the top 9 (as clearly he wouldn’t be a 4th line wing)
Indeed
Tuba and Miller lite both need more defensive minded partners to excel, KAndre the Gentle Giant more so.
Watched Cuylee play for Canada last night. He’s playing 4th line, and is on the PK. He ran around early, but then settled down. Had a handful of big hits. Took a penalty. Was out there late protecting the two goal lead.
Garand started, and was solid gave up one fluky goal on 16 shots. Very athletic goaltender. Cossa came in and was not sharp. You can tell which one of them spent time with Benny.
K’Andre needs a more defensive partner? It is to laugh.
“The NFL adopted new testing protocols last week, and did so for an eye-opening reason: asymptomatic players were not found to be transmitting the virus.”
Shouldn’t we all know if it has been found that asymptomatic means non-contagious?
Wake up NHL?
I would trade Miller, Nils, Chytil and Hajek for Nick Suzuki if Gorton were dumb enough to do that deal. Then again, he doesn’t seem to think that 200 foot centers matter so . . .
Let’s face it. As a species, we’re not half as smart as we pretend to be.
Miller, Nils, Cheat-L all sayonara, adios, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Agree Coos, but might as well get something useful for these trade chips. I think Miller and Nils have some trade value.
Trayed (sic) them NOW, then. ESPECIALLY K’Andre. We’ve waited too long as it is.
If Lou Lam had signed Nemmeth he’d be the quintessential legend. The incredibly crafty HOF GM who finds talent in places where other GMs could never be smart enough to look for talent. And at a bargain price too. While other GMs are handing out 7 year deals, Nemmeth took 3 from LOU. and under 3 million per for a dman that gives you PK minutes and has that kind of size?!
He’s SO GOOD. He’s BRILLIANT. He’s LOU! amIrightORamIright?!?!? right? right?
Merry Christmas to all of you cynics and arm chair GMs : D
Cynics are rarely disappointed.
armchair GMs are usually Lazy – Boys.
Amen, Coos. x2. ; )
NHL ‘public relations,’ lol.
The NHL is very disappointing.
Merry Christmas, Chuckleheads!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, my friends. Have a great one.
If only the former Wachowski brothers could transition into good filmmakers.
The new Matrix is beyond 💩
Merry Christmas!
Joyeux Noël mes amis
Merry Christmas Boneheads !!
LGR !!
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