OT: NY Area Hockey Fans
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Hurt his team for the last 4 or so years. Flopping around like a big, slow beached whale. Said as a long time Devils fan.
It was a work event. I was in the box and made them put the RU game on. Missed most of the hockey game. LOL
What did you think of Igor, zaps? I didn't watch the game on screen, but I heard despite the two early goals he let up, he "played really well". Too early to tell?
Not Zap, but glove was really good; controlled rebounds well. I'm sure nerves played a part.
Made a really nice clearing pass to center ice; landed flat like a saucer.
The second goal was a bad giveaway at Ranger blue line to McKinnon; hard to imagine a more glaring miscue. LOL
Controlling rebounds is big. One can have size, speed, lightning quick reflexes, and a quick-draw glove hand, but if you give up fat rebounds on every shot, you're playing with fire.
Especially with the Rangers d Corp right now; they have difficulty with the slot area. It's actually a really bad problem.; insert face palm here.
I was at the RAC watching one of the more insane high level basketball games I’ve ever seen... RU won by double digits while making only 4 out of the paint jump shots all night...shear madness
Last night in Newark,I saw a rarity:A game in which the only penalty of the game was called on a goaltender.That hadn't happened since 1968.On this one,the go ahead goal was scored in the third period.Fortunately,the Islanders tied it up and won it in overtime.
Cam talbot was a stud a few years ago for rags. When lundqvist was hurt. I think that’s who he is referring too. He was traded for a 2nd round pick i believe.
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Some bizarre banter in this thread. People arguing over whether Hughes or Kakko is better when neither have completed a full season yet, and most likely neither will make the playoffs this year anyway so who cares who is better right now? You can tell from watching that they both have skill and will most likely both be great players.
Somewhat off-topic, but for anyone who didn't see McDavid's goal against the Leafs the other night, check this out. He makes this ridiculous move while looking off to the side as if he's about to make a pass. Even the Leafs fan behind the net applauded it.
Somewhat off-topic, but for anyone who didn't see McDavid's goal against the Leafs the other night, check this out. He makes this ridiculous move while looking off to the side as if he's about to make a pass. Even the Leafs fan behind the net applauded it.
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Maybe, but Raanta had a good run as well. And, now Georgiev is looking pretty good. Definitely a pattern here. NYR backups have been above average for many years. Their goalie coach Benoit Allaire is the only constant, so he probably should get most of the credit here.
Recent strength of Rangers backups goes to the goalie coach; Benoit Allaire. Guy is really good at coaching up his guys.
Didn't see this then posted essentially the same.
Sorry, didn't mean to walk over your toes like that.
I always thought the second half of the season talbot played for an injured lindqvist was special. He went from being a backup goalie at the start of the year to getting 3 draft picks in a trade. Rangers played much better with him in net.
“On February 3, 2015, Talbot became New York's temporary starting goaltender after Henrik Lundqvist suffered a ruptured blood vessel in his neck. Talbot started 24 of the Rangers' next 26 games (Mackenzie Skapski played the other two) until March 27, when Lundqvist returned to the line-up. During Lundqvist's absence, Talbot performed better in net and went 17–4–3. In fact, Talbot ended the season with a lower GAA (2.21), and a higher save percentage (.926) than Lundqvist (2.25 GAA, .922 save percentage). For his remarkable efforts towards New York's Presidents' Trophy-winning season, he received the Steve McDonald Extra Effort Award on April 6.
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On June 27, 2015, Talbot was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for three draft picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.[16”
Long Islanders not doing to good vs the other locals this month.
Lost to the Devils in regulation and then needed OT to win the rematch
Getting hammered tonight at MSG
For a team that got swept by Carolina in last year's playoffs, I don't know where the "Cup Contender" language came from on this board
Lost to the Devils in regulation and then needed OT to win the rematch
Getting hammered tonight at MSG
For a team that got swept by Carolina in last year's playoffs, I don't know where the "Cup Contender" language came from on this board
That's your retort?
LMAO
You root for a long island team for starters , that has not been to the Finals since the early 80s
How many last place finishes since that time by them? Lots.
Getting blown out of the building tonight.
Pump the brakes on the Cup contender chatter. It's laughable.
They hired a great coach, yes, but not enough talent to do anything in the playoffs, like last season.
Yeah , he chose to sign there because all of those Cups the last 75 years. :WideSmile:
I never said contender, so you pump the brakes, sport. Like the devils never got blown out in their 19-never years. Hope you recorded those 3 cups because at the rate you're going youre not going to see any more. It's a long season, and the Isles lost Clutterbuck and a few other recently.
There's also a big football game on tonight, bitch. I'm more interested in that one.
Reply that actually doesn't address the previous comment. All teams have equal money. Not something you can whine about.
The Rangers paid him a ton of money, but the story is that theirs was NOT the highest offer he received.
Half of the NHL teams are currently spending at or over (LTIR) the cap or within $1 million of it. Most of the others are only spending a couple million below it.
The fact the Rangers are a high revenue team has little impact since the cap was instituted.
+1
This is well documented. Panarin chose to play at MSG and go to the big time market. He sped up the rebuild by a few years.
By a few years? When you sign the top FA on the market and your team is capped out you are no longer rebuilding.
