Do you have any source for people hating Buch? Last I heard he was pretty popular in the rangers room. And I think you'd have a point on the cap if they didn't spend almost 8 mil on 3 players that offer very similar value to a league minimum player.
- rmdevil313

Like Buff throwing Kane's gear in the shower, and Scheiff's getting beaten up by Lowry in the locker room, not many guys willing to put that quote on paper. I do have a Jets "source" who was in the room for both of those, but the Buch stuff was second hand by supposedly good sources. Call it Gossip, but I think the teams lack of defending Buch, followed by his depleted trade value does somewhat support that idea. The writing was on the wall for that one. Kreider, Georgiev, and Strome were all being shopped in hopes of shedding cap and following that incident, they took a mediocre return on their highest ppg player of the group.

Like Buff throwing Kane's gear in the shower, and Scheiff's getting beaten up by Lowry in the locker room, not many guys willing to put that quote on paper. I do have a Jets "source" who was in the room for both of those, but the Buch stuff was second hand by supposedly good sources. Call it Gossip, but I think the teams lack of defending Buch, followed by his depleted trade value does somewhat support that idea. The writing was on the wall for that one. Kreider, Georgiev, and Strome were all being shopped in hopes of shedding cap and following that incident, they took a mediocre return on their highest ppg player of the group.
- bikeguy99

Eklund, is that you? Can we get an E4 on this?

Picking at 11 bruh
- shvingter88

Overrated.

GAME DAY!!!!!!!!

GameDay finally!!!!

Let's go!

I agree with most your points. Regarding Buchnevich, he was despised in the locker room. Whether it was his multiple times turtling, or his dirty crosscheck to Mantha's teeth, he really lost a good chunk of his respect among his peers in the league. No denying his offensive upside, but he also did not fit the Rags future cap pending cap crunch. Now earing 5.8M AAV for the next 4 years, he would have put them in a very tough position, and Blaise + 2nd is a decent return. I certainly have the Rangers as a better team this season, and there is no denying that violent rivalry's generate viewership. The TV ratings only prove that to be the case.

As for the "grit/60" we commonly mock, I am not wanting a bunch of 4th line goons. I do hate that we were 2nd last in the NHL for blocked shots, and absolutely could have used more backbone. One of my favourite players in this League is Ehlers, who not only tops our best offensive players annually, but he also had 4 tilts last year. That is the kind of guy everyone wants on their squad.
- bikeguy99

Buch was not hated in the room. There was always a chance that he was moved but the retrun was bad. That being said their bottom 6 is way better this year than last. The top 6 and special teams are what is currently losing the Rangers their games. Sammy Blais and goodrow can all skate and play, not a liability. The Kravs situation is concerning and both sides deserve blame

The first game Rangers actually held their own 5vs5. Special teams lost them that game and Igor shouldve started. The Rangers outplayed Dallas the majority of the game last night. Holtby is the reason they won

-Bernier starting tonight

-Smith and Sevo joined the team for morning skate but are unlikely to play tonight. Hopefully are good to go on Tuesday.

-Wood and Blackwood are still absent

Getting so pumped up for tonight

Opening game blog or no?

Opening game blog or no?
- dmarsden2988

I'm guessing it drops 30 minutes before the game.

Getting so pumped up for tonight
- redmonsters

Don’t go home with hope