Jan Levine: Game 74: NYI 3 NYR 2, Penalty kill haunts Rangers again in loss Three game California road trip upcoming

Jan Levine: Game 74: NYI 3 NYR 2, Penalty kill haunts Rangers again in loss
Three game California road trip upcoming
- airjan23

AV: "We got some good looks."

Saturday night could be messy....10:30 game, gonna be a lot of drunk posters

Yeah not good could this team work through special team problems maybe but it doesn't seem likely. Night after night we watch opposing goalies stand on their head and opposing teams play like they want game more. Rangers record vs division is terrible. If you cant match intensity of other teams now its not gonna happen come playoff time. The similarities to last season are obvious .

Yeah not good could this team work through special team problems maybe but it doesn't seem likely. Night after night we watch opposing goalies stand on their head and opposing teams play like they want game more. Rangers record vs division is terrible. If you cant match intensity of other teams now its not gonna happen come playoff time. The similarities to last season are obvious .
- dman78

Jan is right, as he says NYR can skate/win 5 on 5 vs anyone. PP is getting better, and the PK will right itself. Good game, but couldn't finish Isles off.

I think it comes down to an overly aggressive style of PK. We do miss G's ability to block shots but we did a good job on the first power play keeping them to the outside. It's nice to have Shorties, but every time we play aggressive on the point, it leaves players open in the slot/around the circle. cant have it

Yeah not good could this team work through special team problems maybe but it doesn't seem likely. Night after night we watch opposing goalies stand on their head and opposing teams play like they want game more. Rangers record vs division is terrible. If you cant match intensity of other teams now its not gonna happen come playoff time. The similarities to last season are obvious .
- dman78

A little hyperbole... They have a .500 record vs the division. Not great but certainly not terrible.

No fan was more upset with last night's game than I was. I rarely get mad at regular season losses but last night really burned me up. That said, Rangers over the last 2 games clearly outplayed the Isles and Dev for a majority of the games. Special teams (PK mostly) has really been the negative.

I think the Rangers matched, even exceeded the intensity, of both teams they recently played but with so little margin for error, a bad penalty and an ineffective PK will make it very difficult to win.

The key to help the PK, is just stay out of the box

I D K ..this game had the label of we dont need this back to back & a desperate Fishhd. team fresh & rested waiting to go.....
Isl team playing better as the game got longer ..whatta surprise
we got nothing to gain here except losing healthy players who IF.....
extend themselves to pacify the fan base ...or the coach staff (Trots day ) for not layin on line every time

If you believe we have /had 10 now 8 gms left to PREP for the P O's ......
You are understanding of an outcome like the last 2
very competitive ,puck luck voodoo played so much a part of both NJ's NYI's wins
Most important : no injuries and some great play & effort from team

MAc hit to his hand .I literally jumped up & screamed ...
THere it is the broken Hand
Out 6-8 wks or surgery & pins ..out till next year ..O M G its that fast .....ALMOST

Try to enjoy &understand : our team never gets to prep for PO's
rest & rotate try new combos & lines or cement combos found & are working
Relax & let the man take us into PO's ..if it dont work ...we will atlk
BUT i am dying for PO's to start ,these teams are like nite & day
sum desperate (Fishhds) sum flush (NYR ) palying out the string & workin it out

L G R ..keep your head while others around are losing theres L G R

It wasn't THAT bad of a game by the rags. End of the season, everyone is banged up and tired. The road trip out west hurts the most because getting over that time travel crap is tough.

Who do you guys want to face in the play offs? The east is a gong show.

I D K ..this game had the label of we dont need this back to back & a desperate Fishhd. team fresh & rested waiting to go.....
Isl team playing better as the game got longer ..whatta surprise
we got nothing to gain here except losing healthy players who IF.....
extend themselves to pacify the fan base ...or the coach staff (Trots day ) for not layin on line every time

If you believe we have /had 10 now 8 gms left to PREP for the P O's ......
You are understanding of an outcome like the last 2
very competitive ,puck luck voodoo played so much a part of both NJ's NYI's wins
Most important : no injuries and some great play & effort from team

MAc hit to his hand .I literally jumped up & screamed ...
THere it is the broken Hand
Out 6-8 wks or surgery & pins ..out till next year ..O M G its that fast .....ALMOST

Try to enjoy &understand : our team never gets to prep for PO's
rest & rotate try new combos & lines or cement combos found & are working
Relax & let the man take us into PO's ..if it dont work ...we will atlk
BUT i am dying for PO's to start ,these teams are like nite & day
sum desperate (Fishhds) sum flush (NYR ) palying out the string & workin it out

L G R ..keep your head while others around are losing theirs L G R
- Dundee13

Alway nice to see a Kipling reference

It wasn't THAT bad of a game by the rags. End of the season, everyone is banged up and tired. The road trip out west hurts the most because getting over that time travel crap is tough.

Who do you guys want to face in the play offs? The east is a gong show.
- Octavarium

I want to face Minnesota

Jan is right, as he says NYR can skate/win 5 on 5 vs anyone. PP is getting better, and the PK will right itself. Good game, but couldn't finish Isles off.
- rrentz

5v5 the Rangers are below average for Corsi and Fenwick %. Not saying the Rangers aren't a good team, but they are riding a very high PDO (fluky shooting % and high save%), 5th highest in the league. I think the Rangers are a good team, but I don't think they are an elite team despite their record.

Isles are also very lucky to be where they are right now. I believe the team is worse than their current record.

Alway nice to see a Kipling reference
- climbdenali12

T Y and they say i cant write .... just plegerize some ones quote

didnt know it was Kiplings

It wasn't THAT bad of a game by the rags. End of the season, everyone is banged up and tired. The road trip out west hurts the most because getting over that time travel crap is tough.

Who do you guys want to face in the play offs? The east is a gong show.
- Octavarium

With us gonna be in the Atlantic Division bracket I'm fine with whoever ends up on top there, likely Montreal. Game 1 will be on the road & that's where we've played best.

Here's hoping you guys get in & upset the Caps.

T Y and they say i cant write .... just plegerize some ones quote

didnt know it was Kiplings
- Dundee13

from the poem 'IF'

Words to live by.

5v5 the Rangers are below average for Corsi and Fenwick %. Not saying the Rangers aren't a good team, but they are riding a very high PDO (fluky shooting % and high save%), 5th highest in the league. I think the Rangers are a good team, but I don't think they are an elite team despite their record.

Isles are also very lucky to be where they are right now. I believe the team is worse than their current record.
- Danformo

What were the numbers for last nights game?

A little hyperbole... They have a .500 record vs the division. Not great but certainly not terrible.

No fan was more upset with last night's game than I was. I rarely get mad at regular season losses but last night really burned me up. That said, Rangers over the last 2 games clearly outplayed the Isles and Dev for a majority of the games. Special teams (PK mostly) has really been the negative.

I think the Rangers matched, even exceeded the intensity, of both teams they recently played but with so little margin for error, a bad penalty and an ineffective PK will make it very difficult to win.
- climbdenali12

Unless they lose 6-0 Or something i really don't get to worked up about losses either. They've been better then the other team 3 games in a row. It's not an excuse it's just a fact. The effort and will were there which is what I'm most worried about. The PK needs improves hopefully Girardi returning helps it

T Y and they say i cant write .... just plegerize some ones quote

didnt know it was Kiplings
- Dundee13

We just don't understand why you can't type like the rest of us

Unless they lose 6-0 Or something i really don't get to worked up about losses either. They've been better then the other team 3 games in a row. It's not an excuse it's just a fact. The effort and will were there which is what I'm most worried about. The PK needs improves hopefully Girardi returning helps it
- Slimtj100

Last night pissed me off because it was the Isles...not the lack of effort.

Definitely want to see the PK improve with or without G. Think he will help tho.

It really comes down to me having a student who is an Islander fan and is probably gonna try to give me sh!t today.

What were the numbers for last nights game?
- climbdenali12

Rangers pooped on them 5v5, but the Isles are pretty bad 5v5 this year

Rangers pooped on them 5v5, but the Isles are pretty bad 5v5 this year
- Danformo

So...who was the better team and who won?

We just don't understand why you can't type like the rest of us
- Slimtj100

I think that would help Dundee's cause a lot, if he just used a LITTLE, not asking for perfection, a LITTLE grammar. Properly spelled words, paragraphs, etc.

I'm not a gramma major either, but c'mon now...see what I did there?

So...who was the better team and who won?
- climbdenali12

I'm not disagreeing, all I'm saying is the "Rangers can skate with anyone 5v5" may be overselling them a bit.

I want to face Minnesota
- climbdenali12