haha, any time buddy. Actually I caught that blurb on WFAN this morning, maybe it was just a caller *shrug*
Strals and Mitch back in, hopefully Dubi too, just so that big retard Scott won't play...dangerous game we need 2 points and Biron may play, which means we need 4 goals to win...Torts stop fucking with the lineup, go back to the winning lineup, we don't need 2 goons in the lineup...
PROJECTED LINES: Ryan Callahan (C) | Brad Richards (A) | Marian Gaborik Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Carl Hagelin Ruslan Fedotenko | Brian Boyle | Brandon Prust Mike Rupp | John Mitchell | John Scott Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi Michael Del Zotto | Anton Stralman Marc Staal (A) | Stu Bickel Great another nite of great Scott...
Biron played like garbage again but let's be honest, he might as well invest in a recliner for the playoffs. The more alarming thing is how poorly the defense has been in turning the puck over and defending in transition. Neutral zone turnovers haven't been an issue all year long, now all of a sudden. And between McDonough falling down early against NJ and Stralman looking like it was his first time pivoting skating backwards on the 2 on 3 goal last night, it's a cause for concern. Maybe the style of play is starting to catch up with them. If that's the case, these next couple weeks are going to be a rude awakening
The turnovers have been really alarming but its definitely someting thats fixable. The fact that this team cannot score on teh PP or even strength consistantly IS going to be a problem. We've won a lot of games on effort this year. Come playoff time, everyone is going to raise their effort. We need someone to score. Its unfortunate that we werent able to get something at the trade deadline in teh way of a 25 goal scorer....
What momentum? Sure, the Rangers scored first but the Sens were sharper all round last night - they were more careful with the puck, they finished their checks and they kept pressure on the Rangers' blue line. By contrast, NY were sloppy, lazy and slow - you have a good side, but for some reason they seem to not bother making an effort when they play Ottawa. Richards in particular was an embarrassment at times last night. The only Rangers player coming out with much credit was Stepan.
He wouldn't have caught him. Neil gets grief for being an agitator, and he is at times, but he's also a much better player than he's given credit for.
