Debatable
- dmarsden2988

No not really lol.

I trade gabby for nash straight up every day of the week.

It is tough. They are top 5. How do you really compare them. Maybe top 3. Throw Rask in there and how do you really decide who is better when so much counts on the team in front of them. Henrick does have more pressure and less help. NYR isn't winning the cup any time in the next few decades but LA and Boston both have won it recently and could be contenders this year. LA wouldn't be a favorite but it wouldn't surprise us if they won. If NYR won, I am pretty sure that is the 10th sign of the apocalypse. Put Henrick in LA and would he be better than Quick? That is a question we don't know the answer to but one we might get more insight into at the start of next season. He won't be in LA but he might be on a better team. Put him with Vancouvers 6 dmen ahead of him and I am thinking there will be some record shutouts being set. Van only has 2 forwards but they got some dmen.
- Hall Fan

Tell me what else you see in the future.

It is tough. They are top 5. How do you really compare them. Maybe top 3. Throw Rask in there and how do you really decide who is better when so much counts on the team in front of them. Henrick does have more pressure and less help. NYR isn't winning the cup any time in the next few decades but LA and Boston both have won it recently and could be contenders this year. LA wouldn't be a favorite but it wouldn't surprise us if they won. If NYR won, I am pretty sure that is the 10th sign of the apocalypse. Put Henrick in LA and would he be better than Quick? That is a question we don't know the answer to but one we might get more insight into at the start of next season. He won't be in LA but he might be on a better team. Put him with Vancouvers 6 dmen ahead of him and I am thinking there will be some record shutouts being set. Van only has 2 forwards but they got some dmen.
- Hall Fan

Rangers defense is very arguably better than Vancouvers.

I leave to study some physics mcat for 2 hours and there is war in this thread

Rangers defense is very arguably better than Vancouvers.
- rangerdanger94

true

Apparently he believes they will have a powerhouse offense now
- dmarsden2988

They do!

They do!
- mighty13duck

Let's just stop acting like the Rangers were a below .500 team because they couldn't score enough, they played 32 playoff games the last 2 years and are 1 of 2 teams to get out of the 1st round in each of the past 2 years, imagine what the can do if they win some more games they should when Hank is consistently shutting the door

Let's just stop acting like the Rangers were a below .500 team because they couldn't score enough, they played 32 playoff games the last 2 years and are 1 of 2 teams to get out of the 1st round in each of the past 2 years, imagine what the can do if they win some more games they should when Hank is consistently shutting the door
- cranford93

Rangers have a great defensive style of play. Changing to offense this year should be very interesting. Its a complete opposite strategy. Will the Rangers excel or will they decline? Nobody knows yet. Personally , I am in the minority but I think Torts was a great coach and would love him to coach the Isles.

Rangers have a great defensive style of play. Changing to offense this year should be very interesting. Its a complete opposite strategy. Will the Rangers excel or will they decline? Nobody knows yet. Personally , I am in the minority but I think Torts was a great coach and would love him to coach the Isles.
- mighty13duck

Av is a defensive coach. We're not going run and gun, but we will have a more open/creative offense. Defense will still be first though.

Av is a defensive coach. We're not going run and gun, but we will have a more open/creative offense. Defense will still be first though.
- rangerdanger94

What held Torts back was stubbornness ,having 1 inept assistant with no idea how to run a PP, no breakout, no transition, it's going to be a breath of fresh to see an emphasis on completing a head man pass

Av is a defensive coach. We're not going run and gun, but we will have a more open/creative offense. Defense will still be first though.
- rangerdanger94

he's a puck possession and first pass out of zone guy. offensive guys will love it. if you play D and can't make a 1st pass, you'll ride the pine.

he's a puck possession and first pass out of zone guy. offensive guys will love it. if you play D and can't make a 1st pass, you'll ride the pine.
- therealagent

literally music to my ears

Its always about money

If he ever wants to win a cup, he should sign else where. Could you imagine if he went to the oilers with the young team that they have.

Lundqvist makes Richter look like an AHL goaltender.

Lundqvist makes Richter look like an AHL goaltender.
- ThePresident

I think Eklund got so excited to write a blog about something other than an upcoming blog he lost command of the English language. Happens to the best of us.
- chadrock

As every country music fan knows, you can't lose what you done never had

This season really needs to start already ....

Weren't the Caps the hottest tem going into the playoffs, didn't Ovechkin beat some little overrated Pile for MVP
- cranford93

The terrible Caps one 3 playoff games, the Islanders won 2. So......
- blacksheep1

Um, OK.

Apparently he believes they will have a powerhouse offense now
- dmarsden2988

Of course. Though he also believes Nash is better than JT and AV will bring them to the promised land.

My point, the Isles should have won the series. Choke job.
- blacksheep1

Not everybody can be the next Keith Aucoin. Brassard scored 11 points in 13 games with the Rangers. Aucoin scored 12 in 41 games with the Islanders after being claimed.


- blacksheep1

WTF does one have to do with the other. You are on quite the ridiculous post streak. Do you think before you hit the submit button?

Ek is right or once it won't be only about money, it will also be about how many more Rings he wants after his first this season
- cranford93

I think that was over blown(like Hank wanting to leave NY and a team that is very capable of winning a Cup), his back checking was more of an issue but he became more responsible than before he got here
- cranford93

Do you really believe this?