shawn306 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Here we go folks. Opening Night against the Islanders. Hopefully with a better ending. Forwards Player Pavel Buchnevich Jesper Fast Michael Grabner Kevin Hayes Josh Jooris Chris Kreider Oscar Lindberg J.T. Miller Rick Nash Brandon Pirri Derek Stepan (A) Jimmy Vesey Mika Zibanejad Mats Zuccarello # Pos Sh Ht Wt Born Birthplace 89 LW L 6' 2" 193 Apr 17, 1995 Cherepovets, RUS 19 RW R 6' 0" 190 Dec 2, 1991 Nassjo, SWE 40 RW L 6' 1" 185 Oct 5, 1987 Villach, AUT 13 RW L 6' 5" 215 May 8, 1992 Dorchester, MA, USA 86 RW R 6' 1" 197 Jul 14, 1990 Burlington, ON, CAN 20 LW L 6' 3" 228 Apr 30, 1991 Boxford, MA, USA 24 C L 6' 1" 202 Oct 29, 1991 Skellefteå, SWE 10 C L 6' 1" 206 Mar 14, 1993 East Palestine, OH, USA 61 LW L 6' 4" 212 Jun 16, 1984 Brampton, ON, CAN 73 C L 6' 0" 186 Apr 10, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 21 C R 6' 0" 196 Jun 18, 1990 Hastings, MN, USA 26 LW L 6' 3" 207 May 26, 1993 Boston, MA, USA 93 C R 6' 2" 215 Apr 18, 1993 Huddinge, SWE 36 RW L 5' 7" 179 Sep 1, 1987 Oslo, NOR Defense Player Adam Clendening Dan Girardi (A) Nick Holden Kevin Klein Ryan McDonagh (C) Dylan McIlrath Brady Skjei Marc Staal (A) # Sh Ht Wt Born Birthplace 4 R 6' 0" 196 Oct 26, 1992 Niagara Falls, NY, USA 5 R 6' 1" 212 Apr 29, 1984 Welland, ON, CAN 22 L 6' 4" 214 May 15, 1987 St. Albert, AB, CAN 8 R 6' 1" 206 Dec 13, 1984 Kitchener, ON, CAN 27 L 6' 1" 216 Jun 13, 1989 St. Paul, MN, USA 6 R 6' 5" 236 Apr 20, 1992 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 76 L 6' 3" 211 Mar 26, 1994 Lakeville, MN, USA 18 L 6' 4" 209 Jan 13, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN Goalies Player Henrik Lundqvist Antti Raanta # Ht Wt Born Birthplace 30 6' 1" 188 Mar 2, 1982 Are, SWE 32 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1989 Rauma, FIN * = Injured reserve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetCane Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 They looked good against the Isles, who are a pretty good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Long season playoffs are what matters in hockey grind it out -we are a somewhat younger this year which is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetCane Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Putting up 7 goals against San Jose is a good sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Chris Kreider finally making a leap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 11 hours ago, SMC said: Chris Kreider finally making a leap! You just hope that he can do that for the entire season. If he plays like that the Rangers become a very dangerous team. It also is good to see Staal playing well. I love the youth of this team. Krieder, Miller, Vesey, Skjei, Zibanejad. If Hayes gets back to his 2015 form and Lindberg steps up. Oh Baby !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Only a small sample but good sign is all the team creating opportunities and scoring balanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ok I jinxed them - i post good things and the next game we lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 This game should have been 5-1 Rangers in the first period. That is how good Jimmy Howard was for the Red Wings in goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 A very sweet 6-1 over the Lightning. I love what I am see so far. The Rangers look faster, their defense looks alot better and the younger players are stepping in nicely. Maybe this team won't be as bad as alot of people thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 It's early, of course, but Rangers lead NHL in GPG, which is crazy. They're finally playing like they cant hide behind Hank as they have in years past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM31 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Really nice start to the year. What's to like; Vesey, Kreider, Miller, Pirri, McDonagh, Staal, Grabner, Nash, Hayes and Zibenejad. Forwards who can put the puck in the net on a breakaway! Nash seems revitalized by the line around him In general the Blue line has been solid so far but can it last? Niggling concerns Hopefully Buchnevich joins the party soon. Derak Stepan seems to be invisible I have felt that Hank was in decline for the last year or so. Nothing I have seen so far this year is making me want to change my opinion on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 On 10/31/2016 at 8:01 AM, shawn306 said: A very sweet 6-1 over the Lightning. I love what I am see so far. The Rangers look faster, their defense looks alot better and the younger players are stepping in nicely. Maybe this team won't be as bad as alot of people thought. It was especially nice to see Bishop take that drubbing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 7 hours ago, EM31 said: Really nice start to the year. What's to like; Vesey, Kreider, Miller, Pirri, McDonagh, Staal, Grabner, Nash, Hayes and Zibenejad. Forwards who can put the puck in the net on a breakaway! Nash seems revitalized by the line around him In general the Blue line has been solid so far but can it last? Niggling concerns Hopefully Buchnevich joins the party soon. Derak Stepan seems to be invisible I have felt that Hank was in decline for the last year or so. Nothing I have seen so far this year is making me want to change my opinion on that. Lundqvist looks ordinary. Seems to give up a soft goal every game early. But the offense has been the best in the NHL so far. This group of forwards is fantastic. Stepan is still technically the #1 center but wonder if he's trade bait for a puck-moving defenseman. Miller could step into that slot without any difference and their depth at forward could cover that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Really liking Brady Skjei. Dude sees the ice and can pass the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 The younger players are playing well so far- much need energy and balanced scoring. Graebner has been a steal as pick up so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM31 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Biggest improvements this year. Face-off W/L percentage - It has been an article of faith for years among Rangers fans that we were going to lose the face-off battle no matter who we were playing an that we were probably going to lose it by an even bigger margin in the playoffs. All of a sudden this year we are 8th as a team against 23rd last year and 28th the tear before that Great work by somebody on this. Team passing - I thought Mats Zuccarello was head and shoulders our best passing player the last few years and I still think he is our most talented passer. The difference this year is the improvements that can be seen in Miller, Hayes, Kreider and a bunch of others who seem to be making Zuc-like passes every night. Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM31 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Anyone else just a bit concerned that all of this is coming together just a little too early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Looks like Nash and McDonagh are having a bit of a resurgence. Well McDonagh before he took that damn stick to the eye. The pre-game touched on Skjei a couple of times, and he was in the mix, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 On 11/2/2016 at 4:40 PM, EM31 said: Anyone else just a bit concerned that all of this is coming together just a little too early? Not really The season is 82 games. Every team is going to have its ups and downs and the Rangers will have their's at some point in the season. Especially the young guys. As the season goes in the January and Feburary and March it will be interesting how some of the older guys (Girardi, Staal) hold up. Right now they are playing better than last year. They look so much faster and more fluid than last year it is not even funny. Guys are stepping up left and right right now. I am enjoying the hell out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 When was the last time the Rangers led GFPG at any time? It's refreshing to see them force the action rather than rely on Hank to bail them out as they did in his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetCane Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 On 10/19/2016 at 8:11 AM, faba said: Only a small sample but good sign is all the team creating opportunities and scoring balanced So far so good! The NYR are rolling, as they prepare for their Canadian West Coast trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetFanWithNOPSL2017 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 So far so good! The NYR are rolling, as they prepare for their Canadian West Coast trip. Their rolling got a flat tire last night among other major disasters that occurOn to Western CanadaLGR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Reminds me a lot of the Broncos last year during Manning's swan song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM31 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 No overlooking weaker opponents because of the big Penguins home and home next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 18 hours ago, EM31 said: No overlooking weaker opponents because of the big Penguins home and home next week. I totally agree with this. The Rangers have been nothing short of spectacular to start the season. 2-0 to start the western Canada swing with Vancouver coming up tonight. They are going to need Krieder and Buchnevich back really fast with the the Penguins coming up next week. Everything looks good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 The Krieder injury is concerning and AV being cryptic about it is not helping. Great road trip and they scored 7 goals in a slog, which was impressive. They skate four lines deep which has been the key to their ridiculous goal differential and high scoring output. I still want to see them score a lot a goals in high scoring games, because that has been their bugaboo in the the past. If an opponent scores over 3 goals they looked toast before. Now let's see them win 5-4, 6-5 games. I think they can, but they have to prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 A Pens - Rangers Eastern Conference Final would be glorious. Would be fun hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 11/7/2016 at 11:18 AM, SMC said: When was the last time the Rangers led GFPG at any time? It's refreshing to see them force the action rather than rely on Hank to bail them out as they did in his prime. It's crazy, I've been watching all season thinking that if Hank was in his prime, this team would be unstoppable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 7 hours ago, SMC said: The Krieder injury is concerning and AV being cryptic about it is not helping. Great road trip and they scored 7 goals in a slog, which was impressive. They skate four lines deep which has been the key to their ridiculous goal differential and high scoring output. I still want to see them score a lot a goals in high scoring games, because that has been their bugaboo in the the past. If an opponent scores over 3 goals they looked toast before. Now let's see them win 5-4, 6-5 games. I think they can, but they have to prove it. Yeah, I'm anxious about how he is. Don't mind AV being tight lipped tho, he's just not gonna divulge it even if it's minor. I wanna see Kreider back out there ASAP and join Miller and Hayes as young guys who have matured and advanced.....so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Looks like Kreider's okay....good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Definitely good news on Kreider, but now a tough loss of Zibanejad for 2 months. This will be a telling stretch for the Rangers. It also annoys me that the Rangers don't just shoot the puck and play the rebounds. Hayes had a prime chance in OT and I know the puck was dancing around, but "Just shoot!" (I yell that so many times in games). Good things happen when the puck is around an opposing goalie. But it seems the Rangers wait for the perfect pass or perfect scoring opportunity before shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I know it's only November, but I'm a little excited for the Pens/Rangers home and home this week. Distracts me from football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 It's always exciting to play the Pens. I said it before, but the NFL is fourth on my list right now after NBA, MLB and NHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 5-2 Wednesday @MSG is gonna be a good one MLB NHL NCAAF NBA NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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