Keirik

And they beat the Stanley cup champions in back to back home and away games. One was 4-3 shootout win in Tampa with Igor at .893% the other was in MSG 4-0 shutout for Igor. and right before the break we beat Florida with our Norris winner missing. And we beat Boston earlier in the year with everyone in the lineup. It’s hockey

I have zero problem with your posts or anything you say until you post a one sentence reply “Long post that doesn't address anything I said.” That’s unnecessary. I enjoy having a back and forth with you. It’s the entire point of this board. I have plenty of disagreements with guys here in conversations. Guys think Im nuts for wanting Gourde. Never an issue with it. Hell, I’ve had easier conversations about ADA lol. There isn’t another poster it goes this way with but whatever. It’s probably both of us. We just don’t mix sometimes but at least you’ve stopped telling me to pit you on ignore lol. We are making progress! Getting back to the Rangers though. The point is, if we end up with a nearly .650%-.700% still by the end of the year, there is no reason to think it can’t also propel us deeper into the playoffs. Not ideal but we do have Igor. He exists. He’s real. Would I want this style every year? No of course not. Doesn’t mean it can’t work this year though. There still are powerplays in the playoffs. The teams that go far usually always have a good playoff pp. I’d like upgrades too but not at the expense of dumping the whole future just to use all 30m of cap space. All our trade proposals revolve around dumping Chytil and/or Lundkvist when in reality other GMs are going to be asking for Schneider, Miller, Othmann, et al. The only way I’m doing that is for a guy that has money retained and several more years under contract.

Nope, that’s not what happens at all. You’re told the accurate statement that you can’t just discount the record just because you don’t like how the team achieves it. The record is what’s gets them in the playoffs. The record is what could get them home ice. The record is what could get them a favorable matchup in the first round. You’re also showed statistics that show there still are powerplays in the playoffs. You’re also showed how it’s incorrect that a team can’t make a long playoff run if they depend on their goalie to be super human. You then try to change the goalposts to winning a cup when the conversation was in response to you saying quick exit. We literally have a game breaker on our team that plays goal. And guess what position is the most important one come playoff time in most cases? Also, no one is upset. It’s a hockey message board. The point is to have conversations. Having a conversation doesn’t equate to being upset. Getting upset is over snarky needless remarks when we all have been here quite a long time and deserve a bit better. The goal of this year was always to make the playoffs if for nothing else than to see what we have and what we need. We all want a cup. But reality is that we need to see who plays big in big games and who doesn’t. Our extra cap room will be nice to use this trade deadline but we can’t exactly blow up the future either so hopefully we get a guy or two that can lead by example. I would never say a team can’t go far in the playoffs with a game breaker in goal. There have been far too many examples of it throughout playoff history.

Bonus points for being drunk

Playing on a ps5, pretty high end Sony TV and just finished the 2 hour tutorial. My God this is a beautiful game. Can't wait to really dive into it. Loved the first one.

Just firing it up now!

Guy has a family to feed you know. Lol

You guys have it all wrong. They are “talking extension” as in getting an addition to his house. Probably an indoor half rink for shooting practice. mods please move this to the home improvement thread?

Yeah, I guess the finals and semi finals twice don’t qualify as long runs which is what you’re saying isn’t possible with you’re best player being a goalie standing on his head.

Nice dude. Was that remotely helpful to reply that? I took time out of my day to post. If you don’t like it you can move on but that’s not remotely necessary to rudely post that reply.

Sounds like Hank in 13/14

okay.you think I, being “willfully ignorant. “ very nice passive aggressive insult. Here’s an article from oilers nation that contradicts whistles being put away. It’s from last year but it gets the point across. YEAR PP/GP REG PP/GP PLAYOFFS 2015 3.06 2.92 2016 3.11 3.27 2017 2.99 3.12 2018 3.04 3.23 2019 2.92 3.16 2020 2.97 3.51 https://oilersnation.com/2021/05/13/playoff-preview-do-refs-put-whistles-away-in-nhl-playoffs/ also, most years, the team that wins the cup is right up there in the top 5 for playoff Powerplay %. Powerplays are a part of the postseason. 20-21 winner tampa 3rd best pp% at 32.4 19-20 winner tampa 5th best pp% at 22.7 18-19 winner Blues 12th pp% at 16.2 (this helps your point because obviously they are scoring 5 v 5 mostly) 17-18 winner Caps 2 nd best pp% at 29.3 so 3 out of the last 4 cup winners had good powerplays in the playoffs 20/21 Tampa scored 75 goals in the playoffs with 22 being on the pp thus 29% of their goals were pp. 19/20 Tampa scored 77 goals in the playoffs with 17 being on the pp thus 22% of their goals were pp 18/19 Blues scored 75 goals in the playoffs with 13 being on the pp thus 17% of their goals were on the pp the exception to the rule 17/18 Caps scored 86 goals in the playoffs with 22 being on the pp thus 26% of their goals were on the pp 21/22 Rangers have scored 145 goals with 37 being on the pp thus 26% of their goals were on the pp. I think the trend in recent years is that power plays are still very much called in the postseason. More is let go for sure but teams are still getting power play chances and still relying on an average of 25% or so of their goals being on the pp

I’m not saying they don’t need a couple of pieces, but I’m not going to apologize that our best player is our goalie and has kept us in games long enough for timely goals. Especially considering having an elite goalie can take you pretty far in the playoffs. pretty much every year, the two teams that make it to the finals have a goalie with an above .920%

Lol it’s still a crime Gresch didn’t get his number raised. I wish we were getting Gourde but I haven’t read one rumor with his name so blah. zubov wasn’t a bad guess actually. I just remember him being a tad older than most rookies.

I’m on board with all of that. The d I’m less concerned about because we are going to have to start getting to know who we can rely on in terms of D. Our future cap now eh is going to be tied up mostly in the offense so we are going to really need a few cheap young reliable guys on the backend that don’t eat up cap space.

Nah,facts work like this. The Rangers are 31-13-5. Fact. Those games are played, those results are real. Narrative works like this. "Ill take our best player off the team and replace him with the statistics of someone else and now predict what our record will be" in some alternate reality. I'm encouraged because we are making the playoffs this year after years of Quinning. I'm encouraged because the only way we can keep taking steps forward is by taking that next playoff step first. I'm encouraged because in reality, we are only a few players away from being up there with the best elite teams of the league. I don't see how anyone can not be encouraged to be in the position we are. Because we rely on our goalie? We aren't the only team that wouldn't be where we are without elite goaltending even if we are the highest example of it.

Do not call my buddy an idiot !

If that were true, wouldn’t we be a .500 club? I keep hearing this narrative and I know Shesty is a big reason for our success but how is that any different than a dynamic offensive guy being the reason for our success? We aren’t a win one lose one team. We are a win a bunch lose a little team. 31-13-5 7th most points in the league. Get on board Peetie27, it’s a fun ride

Zegras with a bank off Smiths head today. I wish we had a dynamic talent like that at F

Schiefele is a tough one though. For as good as he's been this past month, he looked lost the other months of the season.

Panarin. On pace for about 22 goals this year, which would be the worst total of his career. Guy has to do more than try to set everyone else up for nearly 12m per year

Idiots

Think Strome wants a penalty lol

For the love of god Strome.

Fuck you Covid boy gtfo