Game 54 Caschmucks vs. Rangers

First professional game..can't think any of the goals were soft

 

looks like a beer league goalie to me.

 

Zibanejad's goal should have been stopped.

 

Al, did you mean actually first nhl game or they just plucked him out of the Vancouver beer league?

 

Not like Vancouver is a defensive juggernaut..it's about time the rangers take a scrub goalie to the woodshed

 

Mikkola is a complete garbage. Cant Drury ever find a decent 7th d-men to play with Schneider.

 

Igor has played like a beer league goalie.

 

This is a clinic on how not to play in your own zone.

 

It's the 6/7 dman on the team..what are you expecting..Bobby Orr?

 

Cant wait until the playoffs when they have to play Gallant hockey.

 

Phew..get the hell out of dodge

 

Typical Al, you need a steady, dependable 7th d-men which Mikkola does not seem like he is. Do you actually watch the games?

 

No I don't watch any of the games... eyeroll

Let me ask you this....please name the best #6 and #7 dman on each team that is that much better than what the Rangers throw our there.
Complaining about the number 6 or 7 dman is just looking for a reason to bitch and moan.
Let's ignore the fact that our 5th dmen could be top three on pretty much any other team in the league.

 

I meant #6. You need to have especially #6 dependable to eat some minutes so the rest of the d-men don't get burn out. Mikkola does not seem like he can do the job. He is awful.

 

He has played 3 whole games...all three wins..can we cut the guy a little slack?

 

This team defensively has been shit when Shesterkin plays. Lundqvist’s teams did the same thing. They figure he would always bail them out.

 

Another day another win. Igor wasn't particularly sharp but seemed like the Rangers played down to the Canucks who seemed to have more energy. Jimmy Vesey was a great pickup by Drury, he has become a terrific 2 way player and I like Gauthier's effort on the 4th line.

 

Truth is I'm not too concerned with home ice. Put me in round 1 against the Devs and I am very confident. In a way I prefer to start on the road, where we'll have fans in that building anyway. Just finish 2nd or 3rd and I am good, and right now it looks like very good chance it will be us/Devs in round 1.

Then if we get by that series, and we will IMO, we have the big one against the Canes. That is the series I think produces the winner of the East.

 

I couldn't stay up to watch the end of the third but I saw what Porter saw. The Rangers played sloppy to poor defense, turned the puck over a lot and played down to the Canucks level (minus the energy/tenacity). Take the two points for sure.
Personally I think Harpur is a steadier option than Mikkola from what I have seen from both of them so far. Mikkola seems to find himself in the box a lot more frequently than Harpur. For that alone I would play Harpur over him in the playoffs.