Mackenzie Skapski in goal at Buffalo

[cagedlion]

Wishing Mackenzie the best of luck......and of course super teammate support.
Go Rangers.

It is the right move to rest Cam Talbot. He needs it.

 

[cagedlion]

OMG..... 0:14 into the first period. Down 0-1. Come on team.
Is that any way to treat your rookie goalie!

 

[chuckd3534]

Sloppy sh*t again.

Let's go...we should score 3 at least tonight if we play our game, and 4 or 5 is possible.

 

[chuckd3534]

Hags...all us since their goal. Up to 14 now. Good stuff Hags. He is a good valuable player for us on the 3rd line. Will score 17 or 18 this season.

No excuses tonight. We should take this one no doubt.

 

[Messiah717]

Hags has woken up and is using his speed. Good to see.

 

[chuckd3534]

5 on 3...better score. PP...come on.

And lose faceoff.

 

[chuckd3534]

This PP is a f'ing joke right now. One decent shot by Nash. Pisses me off.

 

[chuckd3534]

One of the worst 5 on 3's I have ever seen. Literally one decent, not great, shot. Ridiculous.

 

[cagedlion]

This PP is a f'ing joke right now. One decent shot by Nash. Pisses me off.

and against this team......PP is a concern.

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

Nashhhh

 

[Messiah717]

NASH for MVP.

 

[Messiah717]

Rangers swarming now.

 

[Messiah717]

Stepan how do you miss a net that wide open?

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

Nash is unstoppable

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

This is how you help a goalie's gaa

 

[chuckd3534]

If we played Buffalo every night even Cam would look good....

Seriously, doing what we need to do against a bad team. The kid must be happy he has faced no shots really.

No doubt right now Nash would be an MVP finalist. Good for him.

Hopefully we can get the PP going again, that has been an issue for us. Maybe move Boyle back up.

 

[cagedlion]

He's a professional. I'd like to see more shots fired his way. Team is
playing solid in front of him.

 

[Stepupstepan]

chuck, what have Cam done to you, man? Did he steal your wheaties or something?

 

[Messiah717]

The PP is pretty dreadful right now. That will not change since they continue to do the same stupid shit on it instead of anything new.

 

[Messiah717]

That has to be one happy 20 year old.

 

[chuckd3534]

Get 2 points and go home. I'm not 100% sure if I feel they played well or not, but either way got the win they needed and move on. To me that's the bottom line.

 

[Messiah717]

On another good note the Rangers can go 12-13 in their final 25 and still end with 100 points.

 

[Ranger71]

Wow..nice job Skapski..i didnt even think he'd sniff the NHL at any point.

 

[cagedlion]

Happy for the kid. OMG......he's young. Team cannot play optimum
every game.............it's a fact. Got the win. Move on.

 

[chuckd3534]

Tomorrow is interesting. Isles at Caps. I think I'll "root" for the Isles so we can get a little space from 3 & 4. But main thing is no OT. Make it a 2 point game and I'll be happy.

I'd expect the Caps to win.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

Let's
Go Caps

 

[Messiah717]

Caps and not in overtime.

 

[chuckd3534]

Close call on which team winning is better for us. Either we get a little room from 3 & 4 (with games in hand and the TB). Or we are in a better position to battle for 1st. Not sure, but the biggest key is no OT as mentioned.

The reason I say the Isles is I'm fine with 2nd. In addition it keeps Pitt right on the Caps heels, so if we finish 2nd hopefully we get Pitt.

Real close and we cannot lose if it gets decided in regulation.

 

[chuckd3534]

I'll say one thing though, I have flipped. I now believe we are better off spending the bigger chip on a dman. That is a total change from how I have felt all season.

Get a dman. You can deal a 2nd and Moore as the meat of the deal. Then add a lesser gritty faceoff guy at forward and move on.

 

[Messiah717]

Unfortunately, Dan Boyle is appearing to be more of a swing and a miss each day. I would hope he brings something come playoff time.

 

[cagedlion]

Caps and Isles are mirror images of the same animal. Both are tough.
Both can score. Both are powerful. Great match up.

I cannot root for either team......not in my Ranger blood. It will be
fun to watch.

 

[Ranger71]

Chuck you know we're still trying to get IN the playoffs which i know you're worried about so it's probably better the Isles win in reg.