I must've watched a different game than you two. Lets just leave it at that. Look up his Corsi stats. And Micheletti is a huge homer. Praises all vets even if they are having a bad game.
That's a wrap folks. With the Rangers and Habs wins last night we are 99% locked in now. Rangers at Montreal round 1 is on. Price against Hank. The grit they have with Shaw, King, and Ott. Our speed against that. We all know how difficult it is to play up in that building with the fans AND the refs. They also have some real solid talent with Pacioretty, Radulov, Galchenyuk and a few others. Special teams have got to show up. And they have Weber on D, which is a big advantage of course. We'll need to our depth to show up because when he is on ice for his 26 minutes per game, it will be tough for us. Should be a real fun series. I am looking forward to it. Staying healthy the last 7 regular season games is goal 1. And it could be a real blessing that Hank, Girardi, and Klein all had a nice long break here to refresh for the run. We're in the right bracket as we watch the Caps/Pens/BJ's play a round robin in rounds 1 & 2, so let's go get it done.
One other comment on the series. Right now you have to make Montreal a small favorite. They have home ice (in a building that is very tough to win in as a road team), they have Price, and they have Weber (plus Pacioretty who is real good). So I'd make them a small favorite. Certainly no huge favorite, and the edge is minimal I believe, but a small edge them is fair. I would be surprised if it wasn't a 6 or 7 game series.
Great win, late start game works best on Saturday nights! Raanta was amazing, the Kings were crowding the front of the net but he seemed to see everything. Interesting dilemma for AV if Hank has a rough playoff game. The much maligned Stepan joins rarified Rangers air with his 5th straight 50+ point season, he'd be over 60 by now if his linemates could finish. Girardi made some bad turnovers that Raanta bailed him out on but he had a SOG and an assist, about all you can expect from Danny. Holden played a physical game last night, even though the Kings are done they came at the Rangers hard so there was a playoff feel. This team has 4 lines that can create good scoring chances, the finishing needs to be simplified. Playing on the road doesn't bother them and they have 2 good goalies. Bring on the Habs for their beating!
This year's team is very predictable. The Rangers will pull at least two wins on the road out of their ass against Montreal and lose at home as usual.
This poster is very predictable. The Rangers are playoff bound yet again and a top team in the league but he will whine and complain as if he's watching the worst team in the history of organized sports as usual.
Team has the 5th most points in the whole NHL. Yet people complain often. Very strange. And if the predictable comeback is they aren't built for the playoffs, and they will flop against the Habs...okay how about we watch and see. Once again, there will be plenty of time for most of you to gloat if they lose to the Habs. So wait 4 weeks or so and then go for it if we get knocked out early.
It's one thing to be able to stock pile a bunch of points in the regular season. It's completely different playing the same highly-skilled team in a 7-game series. Weaknesses get exposed. There can't be any poster on this site that thinks the Rangers d is stout and sound or that their PK is even good at this point. NOT ONE. Those are the Rangers weaknesses and they will likely be exposed by a team like Montreal, among others. No big deal. We all want the Rangers to win the cup but, there are many here that recognize they have a difficult path (made slightly less difficult by making it into the Atlantic bracket). Totally on board to see how it shakes out but not going to be heartbroken if they get bounced early.
This is a very reasonable post that I doubt anybody would disagree with (other than the fact that the Atlantic bracket is INFINITELY less difficult). There is a huge difference between the general observations made in the above, and the constant negativity, hostility and hyperbole often repeated here, even while the team is playing lights-out, as if the Rangers wouldn't be able to beat a high school girls team.
