Gotta get back to winning here...will be absolutely necessary to stay out of the box tonight.
LGR
Quite the contrary actually. If I were the Rangers, I'd be making a beeline to the penalty box all night.
Our PP is ranked 28th in the league. Road PP is even worse. Seriously, look up some recent statistics. It's just awful. Nothing to worry about on the PK tonight.
Like Em being back in, don't mind B playing, hate the lines. We should have the quality to win this one. Another sleepless night for me. Please no weird bounces or ****** calls.
I don't say this very often, but I think this game has the potential to be a blowout (in the Rangers favor). It just seems like a game where everything could go our way considering what has happened as of late. With the way Tuesday's game ended, I can see the team coming out strong and hungry to win. Richards is obviously slumping, he was "demoted" to the 4th line and he's playing against his old team. If that does not fire him up, nothing will. Combine all of this with the fact that Tampa is a mediocre team with a weak defense, and I would definitely not be surprised if this team wins by 4 or 5 goals.
Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Marian Gaborik
Carl Hagelin | John Mitchell | Ryan Callahan (C)
Brandon Dubinsky | Brian Boyle | Brandon Prust
Ruslan Fedotenko | Brad Richards (A) | Mike Rupp
Uh.. what? Come on Torts. If this is the actual line-up to start the game, then this is seriously stupid.
Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Marian Gaborik
Carl Hagelin | John Mitchell | Ryan Callahan (C)
Brandon Dubinsky | Brian Boyle | Brandon Prust
Ruslan Fedotenko | Brad Richards (A) | Mike Rupp
Torts has been great this season, but the only thing that has consistently pissed me off is how much he shuffles Richards and Callahan around. It just seems like he throws Richards out with wingers that do not compliment his style of play, it's really frustrating.
I would love to see these lines for a game:
Stepan-Richards-Gaborik
Dubinsky-Anisimov-Callahan
Hagelin-Mitchell-Prust
Fedotenko-Boyle-Rupp
I don't say this very often, but I think this game has the potential to be a blowout (in the Rangers favor). It just seems like a game where everything could go our way considering what has happened as of late. With the way Tuesday's game ended, I can see the team coming out strong and hungry to win. Richards is
obviously slumping, he was
"demoted" to the 4th line and he's
playing against his old team. If that
does not fire him up, nothing will.
Combine all of this with the fact
that Tampa is a mediocre team
with a weak defense, and I would
definitely not be surprised if this
team wins by 4 or 5
goals.
Any team with MSL , STAMKOS AND lECAV , is not to be taking lightly . Start slow and unengaged like against the NJD the other night and it has potential to be 3-0 before you blink . TB still believes it can win the Southeast this is like a PO game to them .
Tread lightly
Those are some ugly, ugly lines. Put Richards and Gaborik back together already. Reunite the Pack line. Boom. Two lines that are a threat to score every time they're on the ice.
Am I the only one who actually wants Hank to play the b2b this weekend? He obviously plays Philly, and the Caps offense is not to be taken lightly. We need to exploit their defense and goaltending first and foremost. Same applies to tonight's game.
