Keirik

Did we win anything this year? It’s not being anything except honest. In our season we have already started year four while teams like the Islanders are still playing in year three to win the cup.

Year 4 since our season is over sooner than many other teams. Think we are winning the cup next year when we don’t even know how to play in a tough regular season game let alone playoff atmosphere?

That’s fair but that’s on our management. Rookie coach , bring in no leadership, and have our code of “leaders” not be the type that actually do very much to lead.

Nope. That’s not what I’m doing. I’m suggesting to win in today’s nhl doesn’t need a 9 year long process or hoarding every young guy hoping they one day break out to be what we already have. Sometimes it takes a good coach. Sometimes it takes actually deciding on a mix of role players for different looks from your top six and your bottom six. And please spare me this idea of different stages. We have a number one center that is a 40 goal scorer. We have a a LWer that is an MVP candidate. We have a D that is in a Norris conversation. We have an outstanding goalie. We have a number 2 center with the same amount of points as the Islanders top point getter. We have TWO other 20 goal scorers (3 including ziby) and the Islanders have none. We are underachieving. At some point, which I assume is now, there needs to be a realistic look to say our top 6 is our top 6. It’s as good as any in hockey. Let’s keep that together or decide who will step up into it now and have role players take up a bit more of the bottom six instead of trying to send “skill” guys in that bottom 6 as placeholders that will never develop anyway in that role.

At the end of the day, the goal is to win a cup. We have to be a franchise that does that more than once every few decades to half centuries. If they win a cup again before us, we return back to the laughing stock of NY. Some of you guys might be too young to remember, but for quite a while there was a time where being a Rangers fan around the NY area was met with laughs because we just never won and it almost never seemed to matter who we had on our roster. We like to poke fun at the Leafs but we were them for a long long time.

Yeah I’ve seen you post that elsewhere and it still doesn’t hold much meaning. Islanders also had their season shortened. Islanders also went through this same season and are playing without their captain, boychuk career ending injury, etc. Islanders also do not have a Panarin or a Adam Fox, or heck, even a Zibanejad. They also had around the same record last year and found a way to grow on that rather than fizzle. What they have is a team. What we have are individuals putti go n the same sweater for pickup.

I’ve been saying that all year while we look to build the 9 year plan. It sucks more than I’m willing to accept.

Year before Isles hired Trotz and we hired Quinn. New York Islanders 82 35 37 10 80 New York Rangers 82 34 39 9 77

Welp, that's why you have a good grinding line

Lol at the arena announcer excitedly announcing Nylanders goal as the Leafs get eliminated at the same time.

I think it’s like “man it’s just so frustrating being a Rangers fan…wait, old be worse. I could have been a Leafs fan” kind of thinking

:popcorn::popcorn:It’s happening…

Isles up 2-1. Fuck them

I still think this is good. It forces players to take a bit less. Cant cash in as much if the money just isn’t there league wide.

Lol thanks ! I mean the objective was to make champions league so I guess they got that. A trophy would have been nice but it had trap game written all over it

Please please please let Montreal win game 7. It's just so much fun seeing the Laughs lose.

Pasta Hattie

Is it just me or does it feel like the rest of the nhl are in the playoffs and Canada are playing exhibition games with no crowd now.

Fuck the Islanders

Man and here I was, all ready for Nils to get that necessary experience in a BS tournament against Great Britain, Belarus, and Denmark to really help develop the tools necessary to take the next level.

Only one had BOKONDJI YOMAMA in it though

GRITIOIS MAXIMUS, BEARCAT MANROAR, AND THEO WITHERSPOON III.

Well, I know I made my feelings known with Cirelli. I still believe he will be one of the better two way men in the game if his ice time was elevated and given a bigger role.

2 more wins and I can adopt rooting for the Pens. I swear a little piece of me dies inside when I celebrate them

Boom. Florida ot winner !