Game Thread St. Louis at Rangers 11/12/15

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Two hot elite teams both coming off shut outs. It will be a tough contest.
Rangers play will be under everyone's microscope tonight.
Let's hope they put a winning game together.
Go Rangers!
 
Oh man, we are playing some awesome hockey right now or what. On a mission to the cup.
 
Stepupstepan said:
Oh man, we are playing some awesome hockey right now or what. On a mission to the cup.
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Offensively we look great. Defensively, outside of Hank, we look bad still. We continuously struggle to get the puck out of the zone, and get out shot by a ton almost every game. That NEEDS to be fixed before I can even think of this team as a legit cup contender. In a 7 game series, this team will give up over 200 shots while only getting 140-150. THAT will be a big issue. Can't just solely rely on Hank to always bail you out. Can't keep giving up all these chances and hoping to have Hank make amazing save after amazing save. Need to shore up that defense. I'm enjoying seeing us winning, but if the goal is to win the cup, it's clear to see defensively we need work.
 
Number one in goals allowed in the entire league. I know the goaltending has been incredible but you have to give credit to the d-men as well. Do you want them to shutout every opponent? The team is a legit cup contender.
 
Rangers lead after 1 period 3-1. Allow St. Louis to take
16 SOG to their 7 SOG. Bottom line: It all comes down
to Lundy. Some checking should help.

P.S. Noticing Rangers are not getting PP chances.
 
Stepupstepan said:
Number one in goals allowed in the entire league. I know the goaltending has been incredible but you have to give credit to the d-men as well. Do you want them to shutout every opponent? The team is a legit cup contender.
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I don't expect them to shutout opponents, but it would be nice to give Lundy a night where he doesn't face 30+ high quality shots. Be honest with yourself, if Hank ever has an off night, do you really think we will win with all these quality chances we give up a night? I'm not saying we're not good. I'm not saying I'm not enjoying watching these games, because I am. But all I am saying is that we need to get better in our defensive zone. We struggle with clearing the puck out of our zone and allow a TON of pressure for minutes at a time, which will take its toll as the season goes on. Can't keep expecting Hank to save their asses every game for all their defensive lapses. There will be games he lets in 4-6 goals as right now he's standing on his head making AMAZING saves. This second period is a perfect example. First shot on goal for us still hasn't happen and the Blues are back in the game now.
 
20-7 shots on goal. We cannot be a serious contender late in the year if we can't get that fixed. Right now it's not a big deal, but that's an INSANE amount of work for Hank in a 7 game series in the playoffs. We just keep turning the puck over and can't get out of the zone. It's been an ongoing issue even last year. Opposing teams get a ton of offensive zone time and we go down and we're one shot and done. We need better forechecking in the offensive zone and better back checking in the defensive zone. Once again, to make it clear, I AM ENJOYING WATCHING RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THE GOAL IS TO WIN THE CUP THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US NOTING WHAT THE WEAK SPOTS ARE AND HOOE THEY FIX IT.
 
This is where you need McI and not this old useless fart Boyle. Brings absolutely nothing to the game.
 
As Girardi and Staal continue getting manhandled like ground beef in the Shop Rite meat dept.
 
Stepupstepan said:
Number one in goals allowed in the entire league. I know the goaltending has been incredible but you have to give credit to the d-men as well. Do you want them to shutout every opponent? The team is a legit cup contender.
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Number one in GAA, but number four in most shots allowed. That's ALL on Hank bailing out the defense.
 
They will only hoist the silver if they add another big forward who can make plays around the net.
 
Ranger71 said:
They will only hoist the silver if they add another big forward who can make plays around the net.
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I don't know. They're very deep offensively it seems like, and when they do get offensive zone time and pressure it usually results in goals, like the 4th goal. In the defensive zone is where they struggle a lot. The dmen still don't like to take the body and keep poke checking. Forwards seem to not like to back check properly which leads to losing of board battles and clearing passes intercepted due to forwards leaving the zone too soon in hopes of trying to counter quickly.
 
I agree, the defensemen outside of Klein all get pushed around alot and you're starting to see a real decline in Staal/G.
 
After 2 periods Rangers 4 St. Louis 3.
I said it would be a tough game...........to win.
 
6-3 win and now 12-2-2. Lets give the roster talk a rest for a while.
 
^^^^^Henrik was super. The 'Little Giant' was unreal.
Way to go, Rangers!
 
17 posts in here and over half negative or knocking something. Team has won 7 straight and sits at 12-2-2...can't make it up in here...LOL.
 
As soon as the Rangers started playing good d in the third, 94 had nothing to complain about. :cheers:
 
chuckd3534 said:
17 posts in here and over half negative or knocking something. Team has won 7 straight and sits at 12-2-2...can't make it up in here...LOL.
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That's all I was trying to say. Christ enjoy what's going on. I don't want to hear about McIlrath or how bad so and so is in every game thread when the team has 26 out of 32 possible points to start the year.
 
chuckd3534 said:
17 posts in here and over half negative or knocking something. Team has won 7 straight and sits at 12-2-2...can't make it up in here...LOL.
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LOL.......Chuck, you must have a lot of experience at being
BIG BROTHER!
 
Zucc has raised his game to another level. Kreider actually was skating last night. That being said, if Staal and Yandle turned the puck over any more I think they might have set an NHL record for turnovers by a pair of defenseman. Geez.

All these early wins is huge. It means the team can use McIlrath to rest Girardi, McDonagh, Boyle and Staal later on in the year without worrying about missing the playoffs. Personally, if at the 50 game mark the team had a huge record, I'd call up Skjei and probably would give McDonagh, Staal, Girardi and Boyle all 8 to 15 games off. Have them fresh for the playoffs.
 
Has nothing to do with big brother, you guys want to b*tch while the team wins every game go for it, the point is how about you guys enjoy the team winning instead of in every single thread and in 1/2 the posts complaining about something and whining over and over again about Boyle and McIlrath.

It makes it a difficult read when the team wins every game and you see Boyle sucks, Staal sucks, G sucks (71 has been saying those two suck for 5 straight years now so I ask him to keep that up as a good luck charm), where is McIlrath. Athletes are not robots despite what some of you think...they will make mistakes.

Of course the team can improve and has some areas to focus on, but for the love of god all the team has done is win...enjoy it. Step did it in this game, and I bet he enjoyed it a lot more than normal.
 
^^^^^^^Stop taking yourself so seriously. Your reprimands
on this board are funny. Thank you for letting us know that
hockey players are human beings. I just think that you must
preface before all your comments that this board bitches
too much. That's all.

The focus is the game..............not the bitching. Ignore it.....
because the bitching won't stop......
 
Well, one of Staal or Yandle will not be here next year I think that is a lock. If given the choice I would rather have Yandle here, but I'm not sure it will play out that way with Staal already signed long term. So I agree Al.
 
I think they finally will try to move Staal to Carolina. I think the way they look at it is Skjei is a lot more like Staal with his game where Yandle brings something none of our current defenseman do. I don't think they will want anything back from the Canes other than multiple picks and long term prospects. There is little room on the roster for any prospects as it is.
 
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