Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on February 08, 2025, 03:14:50 PMWell, they need a win tonight in a big way.

I guess most of this injury will be absorbed by the 4 Nations break.

8 games until the deadline. Looking at the standings, if I'm running this team I would need six wins out of these coming eight to be convinced I should be a buyer. Keep in mind, we already don't have a first round pick in the next draft, and we have an increasingly old team.

Four losses or more and I'm selling with both hands.

After tonight we have this Four Nations thing. The next game after tonight's is Feb 22.

If Shesty is out for "a couple of weeks", it's pretty conceivable this injury might not cause him to miss any games other than tonight's.

Nice win. Now no games for two weeks.

Good opportunity for Shesty to heal up and for this team to do some soul searching.

Yeah, I enjoyed the win. I thought they were quite unfortunate to go into the 1st intermission down 2-1.

Nice comeback, although the inability to defend the rush maddens me. Look like Laf decided to not bother with the back-check again.

Good to see Cuyle back amongst the goals, he sorta dropped off over the last little stretch so good to see him pot on.

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on February 09, 2025, 05:41:13 AMYeah, I enjoyed the win. I thought they were quite unfortunate to go into the 1st intermission down 2-1.

Nice comeback, although the inability to defend the rush maddens me. Look like Laf decided to not bother with the back-check again.

Good to see Cuyle back amongst the goals, he sorta dropped off over the last little stretch so good to see him pot on.

It certainly wasn't any sort of glorious win. They have some major soul searching to do during this period off.

They did get two points though, pretty or not. Now nothing that counts for 13 days. Get well Shesty!

Right back in it.

Really strong in all parts.

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on March 15, 2025, 09:33:22 PMRight back in it.

Really strong in all parts.

Just saw a tweet that read, "I wish this team would just decide what it is.  What we saw last weekend or what we saw the last 2 games?"  Can't say I disagree.

The one thing that gives me some element of hope with the Rangers is that I know what Shesty is capable of when he is on. Also, he has generally been excellent in the playoffs, something I can't say for a number of our core veterans with big paychecks. Anyone who has watched a lot of playoff hockey knows that a hot goalie can take you a long way. Meanwhile it's not like we have zero talent elsewhere on the team.

I would not say I have high hopes, but games like last night keep me from completely losing interest.

Yes, an important psychological win, plus the surprising upset in Nashville, are making us wonder.

But after watching the Winnipeg game, a match where Hellebuyck stood tall yet again and the Jets had no trouble keeping the Rangers at arms' length, you get frustrated as he'll, but they only lost 2-1.

You're absolutely right in that a healthy and " in the zone" Igor creates problems for good teams in the playoffs. But you just don't know what you're getting from this Rangers team anymore.

The Jets' loss was close only on the scoreboard, but they were completely outplayed. The two wins may only gloss over what is to come since they go back to Northwestern Canada to face the Oilers today and the Flames on Tuesday (NOTE: that's a lot of air miles in a short period!).

If they do manage to get into the playoffs this season, they will definitely have earned it. If their energy is still going strong, who knows, anything is possible but I suspect either of the Florida teams would dispatch them in short order and Rod Brind-Amour would love nothing more than to whip them to the tune of a sweep should those teams find their destiny intertwined yet again.

Crazier things have happened.

Peace!

Turn off the lights

Already they're calling for the coach's head.

This every other season ritual is getting old.

The players with the big checks don't want to play, you sit them for the rest of the season, call up the young kids from the farm and let them play. Find the hungry fire pissers who want to play, and who will deliver, at the pro level.

Just a most incredibly disappointing season. But at least now there are no more illusions that this group is one of this, one of that away from getting to the finals. That ship has passed and it's now time for a new era so the sooner they blow this whole thing up, the better.

Peace!

The Calgary game was the clearest example of players who have simply quit.  That's what happens when you plaster your roster with fat contract vets with no trade clauses. Drury should be the first one to go. 

Home game 
2 pts available against a struggling team that got in on a very late flight 

The effort was horrible.

No desire, no passion, no seize the day

Zero forecheck 

The terrible passing, the turnovers 

Zero care if they won or lost

Igor is a beast 

 

Quote from: babywhales on March 20, 2025, 12:11:32 PMHome game
2 pts available against a struggling team that got in on a very late flight

The effort was horrible.

No desire, no passion, no seize the day

Zero forecheck

The terrible passing, the turnovers

Zero care if they won or lost

Igor is a beast

 

Igor has pretty much done it all except put the puck in the net and score. Guess now he has to practice doing that since the clowns in front of him don't feel like doing it.

Shameful!

Peace!

They stink.