Montreal Game

[chuckd3534]

Should be an interesting game. Need to get back on the right track after a poor performance Tuesday night.

Miller and Hunwick scratched...Stemp and Moore back in.

I will be there, so here's hoping for a better result than the last game.

 

[cagedlion]

Have a great time, chuck. ......and bring home a victory.
GO RANGERS.

 

[Messiah717]

Subban is an embarrassment.

 

[mrmel29]

Mcdonagh has become a human turnover. Glad to see kreids with some emotion. Wish that pussy subban would go with him instead of punking out

 

[cagedlion]

and where is Glass? Prust and out.

 

[Ranger71]

Is McDonagh going to start being a difference maker for this team or what?

 

[Ranger71]

5 more years of soft, declining Staal. Ugh.

 

[Ranger71]

5 gazillion chances and still can't convert. You know how that usually ends.

 

[Messiah717]

Hank caught sleeping on just a terrible goal. In a game like this you simply cannot let that happen.

 

[MrSleeps]

that goal hank let up, man we dominated the third too ;( how did he let that go in

 

[Ranger71]

Dumb loss you could see coming a mile away.

 

[Messiah717]

Thanks Hank.

 

[Ranger71]

Sather better start pounding the pavement.

 

[Messiah717]

Some moves certainly need to be made.

 

[Ranger71]

Just too many small players who can't get around the net and rely too much on dumping the puck.

 

[Messiah717]

Just too many small players who can't get around the net and rely too much on dumping the puck.

People didn't think losing big bodies like Boyle and Pouliot would matter. It also doesn't help that Kreider has had his head up his ass for most of the season.

 

[Stepupstepan]

the offense has dried up. Price continues to own Hank.
BTW...the officials were horrible in the third period.

 

[Ranger71]

Kreider is just an awful puckhandler. Most of the team is really. And yeah they need a Pouliot type badly now.

 

[Messiah717]

Yeah when it's not going in for Nash they have problems. I'm also comfortable saying most of us overrated Kreider massively. Mainly because I don't think he has what it takes upstairs.

 

[Ranger71]

I'm guilty of that though there's still time to see about him, but he has definate limitations. You can only rely so much on just plowing to the net.

 

[Messiah717]

He can be a decent forward but he's nothing special. He's fast and strong but has a two cent brain.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

Lol now they can't score. Zucc and Krieder are really hurting this offense

 

[Stepupstepan]

Our third and fourth lines blow. I think it is time to say goodbye to either hags or zucc to improve the top 9. We are pretty much 2 and half line team now.

 

[Ranger71]

Hagelin J.Moore 2nd and Tambellini could bring back something good.

 

[Stepupstepan]

I actually want a legit top 6 guy if we move hagelin then zucc can be moved to the third line where he belongs. In either case, get top 6 guy. Zuc or hags wont cut it in top 6. They suck against top defensive pairings on other teams.

 

[MrSleeps]

i thin its safe to say that hagelin and zucc are pretty much same player, by with that being said who do you guys think is better, i feel like zucc did really well last season in the postseason (as did hags) but zucc i think has more to offer, i like both of them to a degree but its safe to say we are the team of midgits

 

[kreidertime]

Shocking. The Rangers make every goalie look like the Vezina winner. Incompetence.

 

[chuckd3534]

Well, that was frustrating. Two games in 3 days and I see ZERO real goals (Hags goal down 4-0 with 8 seconds left does not count). I didn't get to standup and cheer for any goals. Crazy stuff really.

Angers me greatly when I have to see Hags/Moore/Fast Stemp/Hayes/Glass as the bottom 6. Outside of Hags there isn't a guy in that group that will score 12 goals. Half won't even score 6. WE NEED ANOTHER TOP 9 FORWARD.

This team is so thin upfront it is scary. If the top two lines aren't scoring the team has zero chance to get goals. Really pisses me off now. Get off your lazy as* Sather and make something happen.

As for Hank, it was a terrible goal. He knows it. From what I have read this AM he was really angry at himself after the game. BUT...we scored ZERO GOALS. I am not going to sit here and get all over our goalie or D when we allow 1 goal and score ZERO goals. Obviously this L is on the O. And if Brassard misses another empty net I am going to send a check to the Garden for shooting lessons for him. Over the past two seasons this guy has missed more empty nets and seemingly slamdunk goals than anyone on the team by far.

We SHOULD get our sh*t together the next two games at home against the Canes and Panthers, but that cannot mask what we all know this team needs to be a legit SC team. I hope Sather gets that.

 

[chuckd3534]

As for Zucc/Hags, I agree ideally one can go since they are similar, but like I said yesterday the Rangers are in a tough spot there.

I do think Zucc is the better player, BUT I also know Hags is valuable to the team with his speed and PK ability.

The bigger issue is to me Zucc will have ZERO value in the trades we would try and make with the lesser teams that are out of it. As a UFA why would those teams want Zucc...unless they can flip him right away.

Hags as a RFA does have some value to those types of teams, but I also think he has good value to us in the playoffs.

All things being equal I rather deal Zucc mainly because he is a UFA this summer and should get a raise to over 4 mill per. But if he has no real value this trade DL, I would try and flip Hags for a bigger top 9 forward. Then they would still need to add another top 9 forward unless the guy we get for Hags is a big-time player.

I also want to see Miller play. I know he makes some mistakes on D, but I cannot watch this bottom 6 without Miller. There is so little chance to score it is painful. At least with Miller playing the bottom 6 has a chance to score. I would put Miller and Hags as the wings on the 3rd line and be done with it. Hags is responsible on D. Miller is getting better, I saw him with a very good back-check against the Isles. Just let them play and go from there.

Overall I hope a move happens sooner and not 6 weeks from now. I would try to deal Zucc first if possible, but would default to Hags if need be, but I fully believe no shot we deal either unless we get a big-time proven player. I don't see Sather dealing either of these guys for a top 9 forward who is solid. He would want more to deal these guys, and rightfully so. If you deal either one of these guys and add someone back, the depth issue is still there, so it needs to be a clearly better player and a big jump in talent.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

That's why I stopped going to rangers games a while ago Chuck, would always pick games where they sucked. I remember paying $300 each for 2 tickets and it was 4-0 Philly after 1 period.