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Staple Drury Cleans Scouting House, Fires Gordie Clark, Among Others
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Is scouting a total bullshit job? Like, it's mostly luck. -
You had to know this would become a real thread with people actually talking about trading the teams best offensive player some point.
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Kreider isn't the same kind of player as Mika. He doesn't create, he's an opportunist. In the playoffs that's gonna be harder to come by based on strength of the opponent. Tampa is now cheating to take Mika's shot away on the PP so the Rangers are gonna have to figure out a way to get Kreider the puck in the slot. Once they do, I expect the big goals to continue.
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Is Vasilevskiy Susceptible to High Blocker Side?
ThirtyONE replied to Slobberknocker's topic in New York Rangers
Hank mentioned it, but there's a strange movement in goaltending coaching that wants goalies to hold their glove like a catcher in baseball - palm facing forward, webbing vertical. This is fine for baseball when the object you're catching is being thrown from 60ft away but on defections and low shots, this creates a slow glove. This is exactly where Miller beat him last night. So while Vas has been susceptible high blocker (which I think all goalies are in some capacity) his real weakness is low glove, just over the pad. -
Good post and yeah we get no respect and I actually love it. We don't have "the best" player in the league. We don't have Ovi or Crosby or McDavid or McKinnon so national hockey media don't really give a shit. They celebrate players over teams. That's why their takes are lazy. Connor McDavid and Nate McKinnon are great, but no matter who comes out of the East, the East has my pick to win the cup because neither of the western teams can keep the puck out of their net.
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Playoffs Rangers-Lightning Round Three — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Yeah, I don't think there's any pressure on them to three-peat. Who cares? But that in itself is where we have the advantage. Nobody's gonna care if Tampa loses. They have 17 cup winners on the team. They've reached the top already so I think we might have the advantage in that they might not dig as deep when the going gets tough. And again, just like Carolina's home winning streak, at some point Tampa is going to lose. I think we're the most physical team they've played by a wide margin. I think we'll wear them out in a long series. -
Playoffs Rangers-Lightning Round Three — General Series Thread
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Hopefully, after tonight, the next lesson we learn is how to play with a lead in a series. -
Playoffs Rangers-Lightning Round Three — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Is that parking garage supposed to be Tampa? -
What Is the 'Major Change' to Toronto This Summer?
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in Hockey Around the Globe
The big move is no big move. Leafs shuffle the deck chairs and keep everything mostly the same. Add a couple of old scrubs and repeat the last 7 years or whatever. Never seen a team accept moral victories as real victories so often. Don't forget they got respect in the handshake line this year. Big stuff. -
Playoffs Rangers-Lightning Round Three — General Series Thread
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IMO, this is all bonus hockey. Absolutely nothing to lose, so why not fuck around and eliminate the champs? -
Playoffs Rangers-Hurricanes Round Two — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
He'd be awesome in a series like this. Hopefully they can extend the season long enough to get him back. -
Playoffs Rangers-Hurricanes Round Two — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Responded to one fallacy with another. Classic internet. -
Fuck Jarry. This ain't a Pens board. Guy was a scrub last year in the playoffs. He's lucky he broke his foot so he wasn't exposed as a fraud again.
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Playoffs Rangers-Hurricanes Round Two — General Series Thread
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Damn. Fallacy much? -
Playoffs Rangers-Penguins Round One — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Has anyone brought up Barry Melrose yet and how terrible he looks? He's got concerning sun spots, missing his bottom teeth, and just sits there with no personality. Who's call was it to have him back in the studio? I know ESPN wants him to be the American Don Cherry, but he's scaring the children. -
Igor. Way back when in Hank's first playoff, he was not very good. They opted to play Weekes over Hank in game 3 and that basically sealed the series for the Devils. His confidence is shook. The only thing you can do is play him and show confidence in him. He's your goalie long after game 5 tomorrow so you let him play and learn, even if learning means losing.
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Agree. Lots of sameness. If the choice is Copp or Strome, imo the choice is easy. Copp plays playoff hockey. Strome plays December hockey. Love Strome, but the team is going to move from regular season success to playoff success this summer. Chytil has improved, but again, it's obvious he's not a 3rd line center on a playoff team.
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Playoffs Rangers-Penguins Round One — General Series Thread
ThirtyONE replied to Phil's topic in New York Rangers
Rangers learning what real hockey looks like. Centers being exposed. Ryan Strome and Fil Chyil are both way too soft to be counted on as playoff centers. Everyone else getting a rude awakening. It'll be an interesting off-season. -
Playoffs Rangers-Penguins Round One — General Series Thread
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Loser Domingue is gonna get eaten alive. It was a fun story for all of 5 seconds. Shame. -
Playoffs Rangers-Penguins Round One — General Series Thread
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Playoffs Rangers-Penguins Round One — General Series Thread
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Goodrow has a broken foot so it's not something to worry about.