OT: NY Rangers 2024-2025 Thread
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The numbers for the Fox-Miller pairing are actually pretty good, because Fox’s instincts are normally excellent and he adapts to Miller’s play just like he does in a different way with Lindgren.
Pairing Miller with Trouba is a disaster because they both wander all over the place and leave huge gaps.
Projected lineup: Rangers should lean on surging youth over slumping veterans
Blueshirts coach Peter Laviolette made the right move by going back to a proven lineup. Now he needs to adjust ice time accordingly.
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Rangers' Mika Zibanejad opens up about mental struggle, fighting through slump
The Blueshirts' center is trying to stay positive after mistake-filled game but called it "the hardest thing ever."
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If the move between Kreider and Smith works, great. However he needs to have a very short leash. That 5v5 goals per 60 minutes stat is stunning. Lav needs to commit to defense to get the team out of the slump, and keeping your defensive liabilities off the ice is a good start.Rangers' Mika Zibanejad opens up about mental struggle, fighting through slump
The Blueshirts' center is trying to stay positive after mistake-filled game but called it "the hardest thing ever."www.mycentraljersey.com
The Rangers are going nowhere if they don’t realize that they are making things worse by trying to fix the problem players they are stuck with by attaching them to some of the team’s better players.
We have talked a lot about screwing up lines to try and fix Mika, and how bad Miller plays with Trouba. How many Ranger fans even realize that Fox’s even strength scoring has completely disappeared since they put Lindgren with him?
You should bury your problems, not allow them to infect things that are working.
Another stellar start for the Blueshirts.
I’ve never seen a team with two defensmen three feet apart behind their own net in my life
I’ve never seen a team with two defensmen three feet apart behind their own net in my life
Edit - and he's out again. Devastating news as he's been so good / player he was couple years ago but gotta think this is either it or close to it.
And can only laugh that of course Miller did it
Give up some prospects for a legit top 6 center we can play on the 3rd line.
Flip ain’t coming back
Flip ain’t coming back
I don’t think they would give him up that easy, but I would be much more inclined to go after him now than I would have been in the summer.
in the summer reading people who really follow Anaheim said he was very offensively talented but a real liability on defense that made it hard to play him at center.
Now, it sounds like the coach is playing very defensive minded, and people think Zegras is showing very well on the end with his effort and defensive play, but that style has sucked all of the life out of his skilled play on offense (and he is playing with linemates who can’t take advantage of his passing when he does flash something).
For the right price it would be worth a shot getting him to play with Cuylle and Kakko on his wings where he wouldn’t have to overemphasize defense and could let loose on offense a little more.
Yeah give away is a bit strong. His offensive talent is undeniable, and pretty strong indications the Rangers were taking him in '19 before they won the lottery.
The big thing to me is that in the summer it sounded like he was a guy who had fallen in love with flashy offensive moves and wasn’t willing to do the dirty work to play defense.
Now, it sounds like he is working hard but the offense isn’t there. I would trust the offense could come back as long now that he has proven he has the attitude to play like a third liner if he has to.
Rangers lineup: Alexis Lafrenière describes his continued evolution
The 23-year-old forward ranks second in scoring for the Blueshirts and is on pace to eclipse 70 points, but he believes he has more to give.
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Filip Chytil injury update: No concussion for center, who will join Rangers in Calgary
A specialist determined that Filip Chytil has not been concussed, clearing him to travel and rejoin the team in Calgary.
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FYI
Valuations of all the NHL teams on CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/cnbc-official-nhl-team-valuations-2024.html
Valuations of all the NHL teams on CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/cnbc-official-nhl-team-valuations-2024.html
That is what the next CBA is going to come down to.
Theoretically, the 50/50 split of revenue between owners and players is fair. However, the players get nothing of the huge increase in franchise value that the owners get (Seattle is already worth about 2.5X what they paid to get into the league).
The players will fight for a better revenue split, hopefully there isn’t a stoppage next time.
4 Nations Face-Off: Which Rangers could get picked for star-studded tournament?
Two Blueshirts are already locked in, but several others are in the mix to represent their respective countries.
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Looks like they are going to try and make some changes. Brett Berard makes his debut tonight . Rempe is back up and in for Kreider tonight. Kreider is day to day with an injury. It also looks Drury wants to trade Kreider, Trouba and possibly Lindgren for more speed. Kreider and Trouba now have 15 team trade lists this season
Kreider is up there with the most powerful, faster skaters in the world.
At 230 pounds he blends it with being the biggest grab ass pussy in the league.
At 230 pounds he blends it with being the biggest grab ass pussy in the league.
Rangers are some kind of awful.
They literally play stationary zone defense.
Blue have 42 shots as I type this.
Lav will say it was better.
They literally play stationary zone defense.
Blue have 42 shots as I type this.
Lav will say it was better.
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Truba has some nerve talking to the press about caring and effort when he hasn’t hit anyone all year.
His only worth is when he’s physical and lighting people up.
Has Lav told him to hit somebody….doubt it
His only worth is when he’s physical and lighting people up.
Has Lav told him to hit somebody….doubt it
I just thankful that I had things to do and missed the Flyers game, because it sounds like they hit a new low.
Another new low appears to be Kakko trade rumors heating up a few days ago, because the return they would get for trading him would be well below his value.
The strategies by Lav I’m watching are astonishing imo.
We’ve got an entire coaching staff and GM instructing players to circle back behind the net and come out as a 5 man unit.
While reversing the puck the Rangers allow the opposition to completely organize their forecheck.
They even do this when the opposition is changing and don’t take advantage of the easy exit, they actually let the fresh players get set up.
We’ve got an entire coaching staff and GM instructing players to circle back behind the net and come out as a 5 man unit.
While reversing the puck the Rangers allow the opposition to completely organize their forecheck.
They even do this when the opposition is changing and don’t take advantage of the easy exit, they actually let the fresh players get set up.
Postgame takeaways: Lifeless first period dooms sinking Rangers
It's only gotten uglier since Blueshirts team president Chris Drury's memo to all NHL GMs got leaked.
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The Rangers are still soft and weak. I don't care if they go on a winning streak or even win another President's Cup. They are unfit for the rigors of the playoffs and will fail again. This season is a waste of time.
Joe M did a great job on the first goal replay detailing how lazy the Rangers had to play to turn that into a 2-1 against.
In their warped idea of being aggressive, both forecheckers attempted to pressure from 30 feet away…lol
Coaching!
A friendly FYI, if you are not following Sean Avery on social media you should. He is insightful and funny.
He’s an idiot but not wrong calling out how soft they are.
When players have confidence they can rely on their structure, system and coaches, they perform without thinking and react.
Rangers have no confidence in system or coaches, all they do is over think and over react…a complete cluster f’k.
Players mishandle pucks and make mistakes all the time on great teams, structure and system picks them up.
Every mistake the Rangers make turns into a grade A or a goal against… you can’t play like that, they are scared to death
