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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Glambags posted:

Bad Richards and Brian Leetch apparently joining the rangers in hockey ops roles

For some reason I feel like I keep seeing people saying that Richards is actually a pretty smart hockey dude with good connections

Leetch is funny because I'm pretty sure he hated Sather after being traded and only recently has started coming back to the Rangers fold

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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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ThinkTank posted:

Yzerman has at least proven himself to be a worthwhile GM.

Dan Girardi for $3.5 mill!

Also ran St Louis and Drouin out of town for better or worse

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Matt Zerella posted:

Jeff. Get the Duchene. Jeff pls.

He's overrated and will be expensive. Pass

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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JoelJoel posted:

^^^ :lol:


He managed a 30 goal season with these avs. I'm sure he'll do fine on an NHL team.

Followed it up with an 18 goal season :effort:

I don't think he's a star center, he could be a good #1, but the cost to get him is going to be real high apparently. That's the crux of the issue. He's not a guy you blow up your team or farm team to acquire IMO

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Thufir posted:

This is going to piss dumb old guys off so much

https://twitter.com/66jhosang/status/905479090760818689

I mean they're ugly as poo poo so they should piss off most people but people gonna be pissed off for other reasons

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Didn't people give Ovechkin a ton of poo poo because he used yellow laces

Also didn't the NHL ban mirrored visors because goalies complained they couldn't see the shooters eyes or something

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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yellowcar posted:

Yeah, it was Brodeur lol

gently caress I hate that fat bastard so much

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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weren't GMs like all "no we like it's working as intended" when they met about the rules and that very suggestion?

I think it'll cut down on the "his skate blade was possibly vaguely off the ice a nanosecond before the puck was in the zone" calls which were the annoying ones but obvious missed calls can be easily reversed.

Wonder if the refs complained about it

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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JoelJoel posted:

Plus more panties is good

I see...

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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lol at people getting worked up over the offside rule

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Krime posted:

Offside Challenge Pandora's Box probably never would have been opened if the linesman would have called Briere offside vs Pens in 2012.

drat, that was terrible.

In case you forgot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKdpanE4aI

lol at Orpik

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Benson Cunningham posted:

Guys. There is pre season hockey next week.

That's almost like real hockey.

Preseason hockey is great because we can all bitch about vets who look "out of shape" or playing poorly and prop up prospects who are "ready to break out"

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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ElwoodCuse posted:

The Rangers are probably only a couple more wet playoff farts away from retiring another 94 number

Nah they're actually retiring some older guys numbers that maybe should have been retired before now. They're retiring Ratelle's number 19 this year and he's a HOFer. They also co-retired number 9 for both Bathgate and Graves which is kind of dumb but is better than just retiring it for Graves

Sounds like the Rangers rookie tournament was a big wet fart from them but oh well, these tourney's are barely meaningful at all. I think I recall Hagelin having a pretty mediocre one before going on to have a pretty successful career

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Shawn Cotureier posted:

Minnesota retiring 1 for their fans is the worst

lmao

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Was it mentioned that Dedjardins got a PTO with the Rangers

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Patrnak definitely caved because he didn't want to miss training camp...

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Wilford Cutlery posted:

Lupul and Horton both failed their physicals.

to the surprise of no one. horton probably didn't even show up just texted a pic of a wheelchair

e: mostly fluff but kind of interesting

https://blog.msg.com/2017/09/14/from-fast-to-faster/

Will be interested to see if AV keeps doing some blogs through the year

Levitate fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Sep 14, 2017

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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AV told Miller he'd start the season at center.

Will be interesting to see how that goes

Also says that he "expects Skjei to compete for a top 4 spot on D" lmao

edit: this is interesting though

https://twitter.com/drosennhl/statu...23post135763521

Kind of doubt that he'll not make the starting roster but at least the idea is intriguing.

Levitate fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Sep 14, 2017

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Jovial Cow posted:

I dunno how I feel about Zibby -> Hayes -> Miller down the middle. I guess I hope it works out. Hayes or Miller as a #2 center seems like it could be dicey though.

The talent is there but Hayes and Miller's underlying stats have always been bad possibly because neither one wants to shoot the puck.

The real question I guess is whether they can produce against some tougher competition

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Zodijackylite posted:

Speakin' of Ayyy and Jersey, what's the latest on Tony D?

If I get off my rear end I need to make an av with him tussling with the ref and the something like "eyyyy ref yous fuckin' blind or summin? Cmonnnnn"

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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sports organizations are such petty pieces of poo poo

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Why didnDuchene want to be traded anyways

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Jamwad Hilder posted:

I'm surprised no one has traded for Duchene even considering that Sakic is probably asking for too much. A team like Carolina could really use him and probably has the pieces to get a deal done too.

Also how much does it suck to be Duchene? Playing for your favorite childhood team and having things turn out like this.

Reportedly Sakic's ask from Nashville was one of their top 4 D and additional pieces

He's not going to get traded until that price comes down.

Also, Kreider has moved on from killing goalies to killing himself

https://twitter.com/BrettCyrgalis/s...7343%26page%3D6

he's fine

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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hoooooo boy, looking back through old rosters from the early 2000's. That's a sure way to make me feel old and also relive some terrible years of Rangers hockey!

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Thufir posted:

Man, I remember him being pretty decent in NHL 2003 or something and then being kind of excited when he got traded to Nashville in 2008.

Also that Nashville roster had no business making the playoffs aside from Dan Ellis having his one good year.

He was pretty skilled and had a few good years with the "Czech line" on the Rangers before he got traded to Philly in exchange for Lindros. Just gonna assume Philly and Vancouver ruined him.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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First day of training camp is such a cock tease. "On ice testing" wooooooo yeah baby hockey is back :geno:

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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Rangers actually hired Ben Prentiss as a strength and conditioning consultant

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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That Detroit forward roster doesn't even look terrible until you realize the cost of it and then look at the defense...

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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He's in the best shape of his life!

*posts pic of chubby Ovechkin at his wedding this summer*

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Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

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I'm not sure I buy someone putting on 15 lbs of muscle in a few months unless they're on some serious poo poo

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