BLUE JACKETS @ RANGERS

[Messiah717]

Cam Talbot wins this year's Steven Mcdonald extra effort award.

 

[Rangers94]

Is it just my imagination or have teams been given free reign against the Rangers while we've been called for some quite flimsy penalties?

 

[Stepupstepan]

Whats with Yandle and his extra pass. Shoot the puck. AV needs to drill into him to take a shot. It is not Coyotes anymore.

 

[cagedlion]

Do I hate their PP! Call it Pass-Pass..... does not bode well for the playoffs.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Who is more of a moron on PP? Yandle, Boyle or that useless tool Arniel who should be fired on the spot?

 

[chuckd3534]

On the plus side, the Rangers are the # 1 team in the NHL...LOL.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Does not excuse them from being terrible on the PP...

 

[chuckd3534]

It's still funny to me that you guys never have positive things to say. Sorry if that makes me laugh. All good.

 

[Stepupstepan]

I do say positive things, chuck. It is just, you pay more attention to the negative things than positive. All good though.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Here is the positive thing, chuck. Looks like Hank is in the zone which is awesome for us.

 

[Rangers94]

Our PP is still lacking quick passes. They stick handle for two to three seconds before passing it, allowing the PK to slide over and take away a shooting lane and eliminate any real offense. They need quicker passes and they need more one timers.

 

[Rangers94]

We are VERY sloppy defensively, and have been recently. That goal is because of lazy back checking by Miller. From what I've seen tonight, Columbus deserves this win. They're a team out of the playoffs and they're playing like a playoff team. If we can't get our PP figured out QUICKLY, and have to play Boston in round one, it's gonna be a LONG series. Can't use that "well they're a team fighting for a playoff spot" excuse for them. They're the hottest team yes, but we're supposedly the "best" team in the NHL.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

4 points for the Presidents Trophy!!!!

 

[Rangers94]

We've been averagely good 5 on 5 and on the PK we've been really good. The PP is killing this team. It's two minutes that kills any momentum we may have and gives the opposition momentum. We gotta figure something out.

 

[Stepupstepan]

The good news is Klein will hopefully come back and tools like Hunwick wont play plus Boyle and Yandle will play less who are both terrible defensively.

 

[Messiah717]

It's too little too late but Columbus found their game this season. They were expected to be a solid team in the East but injuries killed them. They have played well tonight and deserve this lead.

 

[Messiah717]

We've been averagely good 5 on 5 and on the PK we've been really good. The PP is killing this team. It's two minutes that kills any momentum we may have and gives the opposition momentum. We gotta figure something out.

Too much passing. Zucc is a guilty of that very often. Shoot like Yandle did when he put it off the post. Plus, what's the point of setting Kreider in front if Zucc is going to spend 45 seconds playing around with the puck?

 

[cagedlion]

Hey, Chuck are you watching this game? Forget that they are in first place.
Not the point. Rangers are by far not a perfect team. LOL Yes, it's funny.
Poor PP lead to Dubinsky's goal. Transition sucks. Register it and store it away
come playoff time.
Good thing BJs are not in the playoffs, they are tough. There's that word again.

Watch out for them next year. These 2 teams put on a good show. Columbus
is all over the Rangers. Hope they can tie this game. Imagine....if Columbus
wins, that will be 10 consecutive wins. WOW.

After tonight Rangers still have 1 game in hand. Tomorrow vs NJ

 

[Rangers94]

I know you're gonna have some sort of excuse Chuck, but let's be serious. We struggle mightily against teams with a good forecheck because they make us rush a pass and force our forwards to stay in the zone longer, which takes away our long breakout pass which is vital to our offense. When teams forecheck aggressively against us, it takes away our counter attack ability since we can't do the long stretch pass. If we can't do that, we have to try and create offense and this team isn't really built to cycle the puck, we're built to counter punch.

 

[Stepupstepan]

I hear every year the BJ's are the team to beat...LOL I know they had tons of injuries but so did everyone else.

 

[Messiah717]

12-1-0 in their last 13 games. Could be 13-1-0 shortly. I give them credit for playing hard.

 

[Rangers94]

I hear every year the BJ's are the team to beat...LOL I know they had tons of injuries but so did everyone else.

They had the most manpower games lost in the NHL. They were, by far, the most injury ridden team this year. Injuries happen, yea, but man they got crushed by them this year.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Dubinsky runs around like a maniac every time they play the Rangers...LOL still but-hurt he got traded to Ohio.

 

[Rangers94]

Dubinsky runs around like a maniac every time they play the Rangers...LOL still but-hurt he got traded to Ohio.

Which is why Glass is 100% useless. He has one purpose on a team...to prevent guys from taking those type of runs at our guys. Glass doesn't do it. If he's not gonna, then just dress Sheppard because he at least has a better offensive game.

*Dubinsky should have been dealt with in the first period after his attempted skew foot (according to the radio broadcast) on Staal. Glass should have jumped out on the ice next shift and CRUSHED Foligno into the boards or Duninsky. Foligno because if you're going to run at one of our best players, than you return the favor and run at theirs. That's why Glass is here. Instead, he's a pussy and does nothing.

 

[Stepupstepan]

if AV dresses Glass in the playoffs then thats a stupidity.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

Fuckin Girardi lol

 

[Messiah717]

Steppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rangers94]

there we go boys. Now don't screw up in the last few Seconds here haha.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

Nice!!!! That American line is good

 

[cagedlion]

They really controlled the puck with their empty net. Like it very much.
ONE BIG POINT.............................so far.