Rangers were dominating the OT and skating circles around the Sharks (Zibanejad hit a post) until Nick Holden blew the game with the stupidest of penalties: fronting his man in front of Hank, Holden gets caught holding the guy's stick in full view of the ref. 4-on-3 Sharks...game.
The defense has been bad all year. I blame the coaching more than anything and hopefully #5 gets taken out his misery in the offseason
PROJECTED LINES: LW C RW chris KREIDER derek STEPAN (A) mats ZUCCARELLO pavel BUCHNEVICH mika ZIBANEJAD rick NASH (A) michael GRABNER kevin HAYES jesper FAST matt PUEMPEL oscar LINDBERG j.t. MILLER LD RD nick HOLDEN dan GIRARDI marc STAAL (A) kevin KLEIN brady SKJEI brendan SMITH McD day to day....terrible line combos
The loss at MSG last night to the Pens confirms the Rangers will be the Wild Card 1 and likely play the Montreal Canadiens Round 1. If so, I think it will be a good series. I think someone here pointed out the Habs swept the Rangers this year, so I guess that is not a good sign, but I feel the Rangers are just as good if not better than Montreal.
sure looking like that right now the team can't defend. They had a lot of fight last night but offense can only go so far when you leave 2 Penguins in front of the net without a D man anywhere near and you let the Pitts AHL squad have their way anywhere they want
Derek Stepan has a 47.3 % Face-Off win percentage. This ranks him 105th in the NHL among centers with at least 50 games played at the position. http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...filter=gamesPlayed,gte,50&sort=faceoffWinPctg Remember - this is out FIRST LINE CENTER!
it's really bad form to complain after ending an 8 game skid at home but the boys did their best to try and let the flyers back in last night. if not for a great glove save, the rangers almost let a 4-1 lead melt away. in the last 2 freakin minutes.
There is a method to my madness, TommyJ. Did you notice how many key face-offs that they lost during that near-collapse?
