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blacksheep1
New York Rangers
Location: Handsome Eddy, IA
Joined: 07.30.2010

May 31 @ 11:48 AM ET
I don’t play video games much but am kind of excited for the first college football game in 10 years and GTA 6, whenever that comes out lol
- TPC

NCAA 25, I hope it's good.
TPC
New York Rangers
Location: Bucks County, PA
Joined: 01.18.2008

May 31 @ 11:50 AM ET
NCAA 25, I hope it's good.
- blacksheep1

They say it’s nothing like madden so I am hopeful
Crushers68
New Jersey Devils
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Joined: 02.17.2009

May 31 @ 11:51 AM ET
Wasn’t trying to be snarky or insulting. And, if Fox was healthy, I’d agree. But lets be honest, Messier was the driving force in those game 6&7 wins in 94 and there is no Messier on this team.

And yes, I’m a Flyers fan, but I’m not deluded. The Rags are a good club, but I just think Florida is better constructed to win in the pkayoffs.

- BiggE


Graves was a huge part of the heart and soul of that team in 94
Jan Levine
New York Rangers
Joined: 09.16.2005

May 31 @ 11:53 AM ET
Graves was a huge part of the heart and soul of that team in 94
- Crushers68

Core Four: Messier, Graves, Leetch and Richter. Graves took no garbage and was a major driver as you said.
nyrangers2
Joined: 07.09.2009

May 31 @ 11:57 AM ET
Core Four: Messier, Graves, Leetch and Richter. Graves took no garbage and was a major driver as you said.
- airjan23


Zib and Panarin have zero in common with those players come PO time. There in lies the issue. Maybe they change the narrative next game.

That being said This is the best new york rangers team than 1994.
Legitimate great players Panarin Fox Kreider Zibanejad Trocheck Lafreniere on this team elite players elite coach Laviolette and goalie Shesterkin

They just ran into a juggernaut in the Panthers. Have to give the panthers a ton of credit too
jimbro83
New York Rangers
Location: Lets Go Rangers!, NY
Joined: 12.25.2009

May 31 @ 12:01 PM ET
nyrangers2
Joined: 07.09.2009

May 31 @ 12:01 PM ET

- jimbro83


Im glad I have a wedding saturday
TPC
New York Rangers
Location: Bucks County, PA
Joined: 01.18.2008

May 31 @ 12:02 PM ET

- jimbro83

That 3rd period was rough
blacksheep1
New York Rangers
Location: Handsome Eddy, IA
Joined: 07.30.2010

May 31 @ 12:09 PM ET
That 3rd period was rough
- TPC

So was the 2nd period.
Jan Levine
New York Rangers
Joined: 09.16.2005

May 31 @ 12:17 PM ET
Zib and Panarin have zero in common with those players come PO time. There in lies the issue. Maybe they change the narrative next game.

That being said This is the best new york rangers team than 1994.
Legitimate great players Panarin Fox Kreider Zibanejad Trocheck Lafreniere on this team elite players elite coach Laviolette and goalie Shesterkin

They just ran into a juggernaut in the Panthers. Have to give the panthers a ton of credit too

- nyrangers2

Please go back and look what was said about that team after Game 5. During that contest, Richter was pulled, Leetch was benched and there was anarchy all over the place. Neil Smith mortgaged the future and the entire fanbase was up in arms. The reaction then makes the current iteration look like a walk in the park
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 31 @ 12:37 PM ET


Florida is a nightmare to play against mdw. I get flashback to the Islanders losing twice to Tampa in the ECF. These darn Florida teams.

- ses111

This makes sense, as this current FL team was put together with beating TB in mind.
They weren’t going to get anywhere until they could.
nyrangers2
Joined: 07.09.2009

May 31 @ 12:38 PM ET
Please go back and look what was said about that team after Game 5. During that contest, Richter was pulled, Leetch was benched and there was anarchy all over the place. Neil Smith mortgaged the future and the entire fanbase was up in arms. The reaction then makes the current iteration look like a walk in the park
- airjan23


I remember all that. Those players were just proven and had some more confidence for them to bounce back. Hopefully this team proves us wrong
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 31 @ 12:45 PM ET
🎶 vamos

Gatos 🎶



blacksheep1
New York Rangers
Location: Handsome Eddy, IA
Joined: 07.30.2010

May 31 @ 12:53 PM ET
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rrentz
New York Rangers
Location: HUNTINGTON, NY
Joined: 07.13.2009

May 31 @ 12:55 PM ET
Please go back and look what was said about that team after Game 5. During that contest, Richter was pulled, Leetch was benched and there was anarchy all over the place. Neil Smith mortgaged the future and the entire fanbase was up in arms. The reaction then makes the current iteration look like a walk in the park
- airjan23


I was 17 at the time, and remember it well. I also remember the 94 NYR controlling many games during their SC run. I cant remember 1 game in the past 10 that this current roster has controlled from beginning to end.....or, at the very least, owned the majority of the offensive zone time.
nyrangers2
Joined: 07.09.2009

May 31 @ 1:03 PM ET
I was 17 at the time, and remember it well. I also remember the 94 NYR controlling many games during their SC run. I cant remember 1 game in the past 10 that this current roster has controlled from beginning to end.....or, at the very least, owned the majority of the offensive zone time.
- rrentz


Exactly that team in 94 had some real proven vets as well who won. They never felt out of it even when things went wrong
Rangers99
New York Rangers
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 05.01.2015

May 31 @ 1:05 PM ET
zero wins in game 5's in the ECF but the Rangers are 7-2 in Game 6's when trailing a series, here we go
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 31 @ 1:08 PM ET
Must be something in the water.


Islanders would have collapsed playing like this after 5 minutes.

- ses111


Perseverance and the strength to outlast has been a theme since day one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZm_A7v5M2o

rrentz
New York Rangers
Location: HUNTINGTON, NY
Joined: 07.13.2009

May 31 @ 1:08 PM ET
Exactly that team in 94 had some real proven vets as well who won. They never felt out of it even when things went wrong
- nyrangers2


Neil Smith saw that Gartner and Amonte weren't what NYR needed to win the Cup.
Florida realized that Huberdeau wasn't what they needed to win the Cup.

Drury will have to make a BIG move and bring in player(s) whose game translates to Cup success. Not a knock on any individual players...it's just too much a mix of skill, and not enough black and blue players who can do it all, and change their styles when the game or series calls for it.
jimbro83
New York Rangers
Location: Lets Go Rangers!, NY
Joined: 12.25.2009

May 31 @ 1:10 PM ET
Neil Smith saw that Gartner and Amonte weren't what NYR needed to win the Cup.
Florida realized that Huberdeau wasn't what they needed to win the Cup.

Drury will have to make a BIG move and bring in player(s) whose game translates to Cup success. Not a knock on any individual players...it's just too much a mix of skill, and not enough black and blue players who can do it all, and change their styles when the game or series calls for it.

- rrentz


Keenan forced him, Neil hated making those trades
jimbro83
New York Rangers
Location: Lets Go Rangers!, NY
Joined: 12.25.2009

May 31 @ 1:13 PM ET
Florida adding Forsling and Verhaeghe when they were avialble to the whole league is just pure brilliance

I gotta hand it to them, whoever was the brains behind it
playthekids
Season Ticket Holder
New York Rangers
Location: Skate like you give a damn., NY
Joined: 01.07.2010

May 31 @ 1:15 PM ET
“No one gets to their heaven without a fight, no one.” -RUSH

LGR !
rrentz
New York Rangers
Location: HUNTINGTON, NY
Joined: 07.13.2009

May 31 @ 1:17 PM ET
Keenan forced him, Neil hated making those trades
- jimbro83


Well..He pulled the trigger...Gauranteed Dolan will be forcing Dolans hand this off season
Reubenkincade
Location: BC
Joined: 11.18.2016

May 31 @ 1:19 PM ET

If you guys are going to move Lafreniere, he would be very much appreciated in Vancouver.
TPC
New York Rangers
Location: Bucks County, PA
Joined: 01.18.2008

May 31 @ 1:21 PM ET
Well..He pulled the trigger...Gauranteed Dolan will be forcing Dolans hand this off season
- rrentz

I hope Dolan is in control of his own hand lol
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