Team will make roster cuts after tonight's game at Flyers. Henrik makes first start this preseason against Flyers. Who stays?
Knowing this coach, I bet that trash Lapierre and Glass will be on the fourth line on the opening night.
Observations of game vs. Flyers. Down 3 goals into the 2nd period. Rangers come all the way back to tie game 3-3 at end of 3rd period. It took Flyers :27 in OT to win 4-3. Like the way the team forechecked in the 3rd period to force Flyers into errors. AV continues to play his favorites using Glass & Lapierre in the closing minutes of third period. [ I just do not get it ] Vorachek outmuscled McDonagh as Stepan made a futile attempt to swipe at the puck and miss giving Vorachek straight shot on goal for the winner. Entertaining all around. As for Gudas, he needs to be put into jail for assault & battery.
Another reason why McDonagh is a bit overrated by some in here. I know it's preseason but geez use a little elbow grease there. As for the prospects, i can see why Graves has a bright future, as he reads plays well and has a nice fluidity to his game. With #27 and Skjei that should be a solid young corps eventually. Kovacs makes alot of smart Fast--type plays too so his progress will be interesting.
8 players cut............Gropp, C Brown, Tambellini, Hughes, Fogarty, Paliotta, McRae, C Anderson No surprises.
Glass and Lapierre are awful. We'll see if Gorton has an ounce of balls to protect AV from his own stupidity with these guys. McDonagh is overrated by Rangers fans. Said that all last year. Gudas is a scumbag. Don't know who it was that jumped McIlrath after he jumped Gudas. Thought it was Voracek. They should have been kicked out for a third man in. More incompetence from NHL officials. Nothing new there. I'm started to question AV's brain power. Zibanejad has been great on the left side with the PP all pre-season taking one timers. So what does our moron coach do? Puts Stepan, a righty shot on the right handed side where he can't one time it and the PP with him on there looks awful. Wake up AV you dumbass.
Ziba did not play last night. I hope the moron coach saw that stepan stinks on the PP. Let ziba be on the first unit. My first PP unit would be Kreider, Ziba, Buch that moron Clendening and Skjei. Second Unit, Nash, Vesey, Zucc and Mcd and whoever else. I do like that kid Gilmour for the PP but there is no space with the twin towers Staal and G clogging up the roster spots.
It looks like change for AV is traumatic. Very dependent upon veteran players. Good to see Lapierre released. Two Ds.....Summers, too slow & lumbersome, and Bodie, too small & ineffective, were waived. Squad down to 36. Maybe there is some hope for youth to make the Rangers.
Gorton has assigned Bodie, Gilmour, Graves, Jensen, Krivik, Stromwall, Kovacs, Summers & Skapski to the Hartford Wolf Pack ...........10/05/16. And yes, another year Deadwood Glass remains on the team. Gorton won't move him.
