Rangers-Devs sunday

I figure Buch is going to get 6.5 after this year. Fox I would extend after this season. Gorton needs to change the way he does things with contracts or he will be in a ton of trouble. Bridge deals won't work when you have this many talented players. Lindren's contract is up. He needs to give him a 4 year deal at least. For the love of God unless it's an impact player, stop giving out NTC and NMC's. He has to stop doing that. He's awful with that. I would have never given Kreider a NMC or NTC with the money he got. If you lost him, oh well. Shit happens. Fox is a cornerstone guy who only wanted to play here. Buchnevich is not. Lindgren is not. Gorton can't give NMC or NTC's to those guys. Fox can get a clause like that. Zibanejad will be 29 when his contract is up. You can't give him a NTC or NMC at that age. It's insane. Especially if Kakko, Kravtsov and Lafreniere are lighting it up by then. Don't forget Mr. Igor will want his money.

Hopefully after next year the cap will start going up 2-3m per year as we will need it. I think Georgiev gets moved at some point to reduce the cap stress a little. I wouldn't rule out Trouba being bought out by 2024-25.

Stepupstepan said:

We've been saying this all season. I wouldn't expect Quinn to change at this point.

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The difference now is the kids and kravtsov are really playing well and it’s a positive when their out there. Quinn needs to adjust to how their playing now.

To me Buch is an interesting case. We have a lot of wingers. Pending our other moves this summer, I may not give Buch a big raise and instead look to deal him. That might be the smart play given the current makeup of the roster. I wouldn't give him 6 mill + on this team. That's a guy I include in a package deal.

As for the cap, I expect 2 more years of flat cap, then we'll see an increase. I think the NHL has said as much.

Since we have been winning a lot, and one of the best teams in the NHL the past 20 games, I hope Quinn doesn't adjust too much. The kids are playing well and getting their minutes. Works for me.

Guess they don’t play the isles back to back until later

Just want to point out that the minutes played today for the forwards while heavily weighted to the vets you have to keep in mind they spent a good chunk of the game on the PP. For the most part the PP was going 1:20+ of PP1 to :40 for PP2. Also, the vets are on the PK, not the young guys. I will say in a game where they have a comfortable lead with little chance of the opposing team coming back I would definitely like to see a LaF, Chytil, Kravtsov, Miller, Trouba PP.
And in a game where they blew a 3 goal lead and were tied for much of the third period if you want them to win but have a problem with their best players getting the majority of the ice-time I don't know what to say to you. Quinn made the right moves at the right time when it counted and they got a much needed win.
Meanwhile Isles win it in OT.

Well, at least that pretty much eliminates the Flyers behind us. Long shot either way.

They've shown a glimpse of how good they can potentially be. With the shorter schedule, odd schedule and weird team alignments makes a playoff birth just not in the cards. I expect big things next year.

Flyers completely useless. AV is history there.

The New York Rangers have risen from the bottom of the East Division to start the season to become one of the hottest teams in hockey. Since Artemi Panarin returned on March 13, the Blueshirts are 13-4-3 for 29 points. That is good for second in the entire NHL over that span.


The biggest issue for the Rangers, and the reason they are going to miss the playoffs, is the Caps and Pens are tied for 4th with 26 points, and the Bruins are 8th with 24 points over that time span. We have gained 7 points on the Isles over that timeframe.

If we do get in it will probably be at the isles expense. If we beat them tmo their next 3 are with the caps while we get the flyers twice and a buffalo team playing better the 2 after that and things could be very interesting If we can get a W tmo!

I agree with that. Tomorrow night is an absolute must win in regulation IMO to have any shot. Even then still very unlikely we get in, but if we want to keep our very slim chance alive we need a W tomorrow night.

Reasons the Isles are the team we have the "best shot" to catch (best is a relative term - we have only a slim chance at best):

1. We play them 3 times, and play the Bruins only 2 times.
2. We have 11 games remaining, as do the Isles.
3. The Isles play Buffalo and NJ 4 total times. The Bruins play Buffalo and NJ 7 total times. We play Buffalo 2 more times (done with NJ).
4. The Bruins are playing better than the Isles currently.
5. The Isles also have 3 games left against the Caps.

Turn your attention to the Isles, that is our only slim path into the playoffs. That's why last nights Isles win over Philly was big for them.

Watching the Dallas stars and their uniforms are the worst I’ve ever seen