Karan Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I have my doubts if this team will be a playoff team for the first couple months of the season. But hoping by Christmas they'll be able to figure things out and get more competitive, and try and stay within touch of the top-8 until then. The start of this season is definitely going to test fans patience that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Just now, Karan said: I have my doubts if this team will be a playoff team for the first couple months of the season. But hoping by Christmas they'll be able to figure things out and get more competitive, and try and stay within touch of the top-8 until then. The start of this season is definitely going to test fans patience that's for sure. Especially the first few weeks. Gonna be a few rough nights mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWantsTheCup Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Sleepy period so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Lots of turnovers, hardly any battles won, they still overpass everything. Yep, gonna take a bit to get the system down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Haha, that puck was up near the 200s section when Vesey smacked that down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Good call on the ice, but damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 That was basically a Rangers PP lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Really not a whole lot to like tonight, in a game between 2 teams icing a majority of a full roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said: Haha, that puck was up near the 200s section when Vesey smacked that down. As a rule, get they don't want players swinging sticks up high in fear they might clobber another player. But around the net, what's the difference really? They won't change to rule 100+ years in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Don't think they're this bad but unless Igor plays out of his mind again for the season there's not too much to be all that excited about overall. They'll win their share, hopefully but they're not serious contenders and if Igor's game isn't at the very top I can see them battling it out the last few games just to make the playoffs. Missing the playoffs isn't out of the question. The slow, lazy, uninspired, zero urgency, over passing etc. game is still their MO. It's still early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, jsrangers said: Don't think they're this bad but unless Igor plays out of his mind again for the season there's not too much to be all that excited about overall. They'll win their share, hopefully but they're not serious contenders and if Igor's game isn't at the very top I can see them battling it out the last few games just to make the playoffs. Missing the playoffs isn't out of the question. The slow, lazy, uninspired, zero urgency, over passing etc. game is still their MO. It's still early. If Igor is out for any extended period, they're gonna be hard-pressed to get in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 MF’ing NJD go 6-0 in pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Just got home.....Cuylle, Trochek and scarcely Goodrow were the only ones skating tonight. The D was horrendous and the offense is so disjointed. The effort sucks. The only hope is that they are acclimating and it will click sometime in the beginning of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWantsTheCup Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Jersey is a bad matchup for the Rangers. They better figure out how to play them soon or every season is going to end the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 My observations from tonight: -vincent trochek is an awful hockey player. The amount of unnecessary shit he does is hilarious. Can we please trade him for strome? - took a friend who’s never once watched a hockey game in his life… his words “wow the rangers really are not trying to score”. Yepp sat in the devils section all night and it was pretty uneventful there. -will Cuylle should make this team over some vets. He has more points than panarin. -this team is bad. I’m not sure this is going to be such a good season at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Man down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Cuylle and gustafsson are my camp standouts. It’s never going to happen but the problem with this team are the several characters making 6m+ a year who are routinely passengers, not Alexis lafreniere. I don’t really care what the situation is, but if Mika, panarin, kreider, trouba and fox are going to get outplayed every game then we’re not going to win many games. Id like to see them stop acting like passengers all the time and win a few shifts against a division rival. Lafreniere, cuylle, kakko, whoever the fuck is going to make no difference unless that group has a big attitude adjustment. A few years ago maybe they were one of the best core groups in hockey. Now they’re not even the third best in the division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Valriera said: Cuylle and gustafsson are my camp standouts. It’s never going to happen but the problem with this team are the several characters making 6m+ a year who are routinely passengers, not Alexis lafreniere. I don’t really care what the situation is, but if Mika, panarin, kreider, trouba and fox are going to get outplayed every game then we’re not going to win many games. Id like to see them stop acting like passengers all the time and win a few shifts against a division rival. Lafreniere, cuylle, kakko, whoever the fuck is going to make no difference unless that group has a big attitude adjustment. A few years ago maybe they were one of the best core groups in hockey. Now they’re not even the third best in the division. I get what you're saying, but your last sentence is a complete reach. I'm not taking too much from the results of the preseason. The goal tending has been pretty terrible, and they are in a situation where the lines are different every game (again). I'll be concerned if they look this bad 10 games in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 There are definitely concerns, but I don't think the team is 'bad'. lol Again, if they still look like ass two to three weeks into the season, I'll be worried then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjrjr Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Another season of Ranger hockey. Hopefully they get their shit together and have some chemistry.... Otherwise it will be a long grind to elimination before the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I really do get a kick out of Ken Daneyko. For some reason I just like him doing games! He and Joe Mich sounded like they had a great time doing that one last night. Oh yeah, the game blew ass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4d Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 You can't fix what was wrong in the Devils series last year by adding more vets, particularly in the age group the Rangers added vets too. At some point the Rangers are going to have to add an infusion of kid energy to the mix and Cuylle and Othmann look like the guys to do it. Also, yeah Lafreniere doesn't look like he's going all out but neither does half the squad including most of the highly paid vets. And yeah I get that Lafreniere probably wouldn't have made anything look different in this game but he's not the problem on the team, even if some can't admit it because he makes such a good target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Br4d said: You can't fix what was wrong in the Devils series last year by adding more vets, particularly in the age group the Rangers added vets too. At some point the Rangers are going to have to add an infusion of kid energy to the mix and Cuylle and Othmann look like the guys to do it. Also, yeah Lafreniere doesn't look like he's going all out but neither does half the squad including most of the highly paid vets. And yeah I get that Lafreniere probably wouldn't have made anything look different in this game but he's not the problem on the team, even if some can't admit it because he makes such a good target. Young or old, I have huge issues with the core of this team as a whole. It was evident big time after the first two games of the New Jersey series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersIn7 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 This is going to take some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Live and die with Igor. Maybe Quick has a turnaround mid-season like what's-his-face did last year. But until then, this team lives and dies with Igor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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