Don't Mess With The Metro

When you're chasing the New Jersey Devils, your season can’t have started all that well. I’ll be straight up here, watching my Florida Panthers and the Pittsburgh Penguins was a weird experience, knowing exactly what players are doing what well, what poorly, and what had to be improved with. It good game, back and forth both ways, both goalies making great saves and ultimately a Pens 4-3 win at home thanks to a dominant performance by Sidney Crosby. If somebody told me before the ...

The always-hated-on Rangers’ prospect system has been revamped over the past few years. Currently, the Rangers have developed two Strengths: Defensive depth and Goaltending Potential. The prized possession being Igor Shestyorkin, arguably the top goalie prospect in the world, a monster who is shutting down the KHL in every start. Rangers fans are already soaking the...

Blue Jackets v Islanders: Thomas Greiss v A Traffic Cone, Who will stop more shots?

So....This game....my god. The Blue Jackets are really good, or the Islanders are just very very bad. I myself went to the game and noticed a few things. First of all the best part of the game....wasn’t actually while it was played...It was beforehand. However we will get to that later so be ready for tha...

Blue Jackets v Islanders: Thomas Greiss v A Traffic Cone, Who will stop more shots?

So....This game....my god. The Blue Jackets are really good, or the Islanders are just very very bad. I myself went to the game and noticed a few things. First of all the best part of the game....wasn’t actually while it was played...It was beforehand. However we will get to that later so be ready for tha...

Blue Jackets v Islanders: Thomas Greiss v A Traffic Cone, Who will stop more shots?

So....This game....my god. The Blue Jackets are really good, or the Islanders are just very very bad. I myself went to the game and noticed a few things. First of all the best part of the game....wasn’t actually while it was played...It was beforehand. However we will get to that later so be ready for tha...

What in the wide world of sports is Doug Weight doing...we have TALENT and we are sitting it for Jason Chimera. This is not a knock on Jason Chimera he just isn't as good as Josh Ho-Sang. This better not be a reoccurring thing like it was with Capuano and Strome. There's no reason to play Chimera over Ho-Sang for what? An extra PK guy okay like Cizikas, Clutterbuck, Tavares and Kulemin isn't enough...? Th...

Varlamov, Avalanche ruin Shattenkirk’s Rangers Debut

It was so perfect, The Rangers got to open up the season against the worst team and start out with an easy win, until it wasn’t. Simply put, the Rangers were the better team tonight. Yet, Semyon Var...

Hockey in Pittsburgh has always been different, home to the black and gold that’s been laced into NHL history. It’s not just the colors, its the players who have been attached to its history, Paul Coffey, Marc-Andre Fleury, Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux, and now its emerging icons. The current squad is pretty good too, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Oll...

Hello hockey fans, hot take specialist Andy here. While readers are familiar with the rest of this site dedicated to discussing the various strengths of each Metropolitan division team, it’s time to knock them all down a peg. This is all for jokes, so put the pitchforks away as I present to you: The Mess that is the Metro

New York Rangers

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Murray, Defense Struggle as Pietrangelo and Blues Spoil Banner Raising

A little over a minute into overtime Alex Pietrangelo launched a puck off Matt Murray’s glove and into the net, spoiling the Penguins’ ceremonial night. The...

Waterloo Blackhawks @ University of Vermont

UVM took their exhibition match over Waterloo 6-1 on Sunday. It was a dominating effort as they outshot Waterloo 49-21. Sophomore goaltender Stefanos Lekkas (UFA) had 13 saves on 14 shots through 2 periods of play while freshman goaltender Tyler Harmon (UFA) went a perfect 7 for 7 in the 3rd. Sophomore Forward Ross Colton (TBL) had ...

Hello hockey fans, hot take specialist Andy here. While readers are familiar with the rest of this site dedicated to discussing the various strengths of each Metropolitan division team, it’s time to knock them all down a peg. This is all for jokes, so put the pitchforks away as I present to you: The Mess that is the Metro

New York Islanders

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Hello hockey fans, hot take specialist Andy here. While readers are familiar with the rest of this site dedicated to discussing the various strengths of each Metropolitan division team, it’s time to knock them all down a peg. This is all for jokes, so put the pitchforks away as I present to you: The Mess that is the Metro

Philadelphia Flyers

With so much talent, expectations build. Interestingly enough, there doesn’t seem to be much consensus on a preseason favorite for the Stanley Cup but rather the general belief is that a Stanley Cup Favorite will emerge from the Metro. A Penguin 3peat, a King’s first crown, or the breaking of the Capital Curse seem most likely; however, I wouldn’t...

Hello hockey fans, hot take specialist Andy here. While readers are familiar with the rest of this site dedicated to discussing the various strengths of each Metropolitan division team, it’s time to knock them all down a peg. This is all for jokes, so put the pitchforks away as I present to you: The Mess that is the Metro

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Konecny, Giroux sink Rangers in Overtime

After a thrilling 3 periods the Rangers and Flyers entered overtime tied at 3. Late in overtime Travis Konecny threw a rebound on net, which snuck past Ondrej Pavelec giving the Flyers a 4-3 win. Sam Morin and David Desjardins were the most notable players tonight, both put in very respectable performances. For the Rangers, this marks ...

Hello hockey fans, hot take specialist Andy here. While readers are familiar with the rest of this site dedicated to discussing the various strengths of each Metropolitan division team, it’s time to knock them all down a peg. This is all for jokes, so put the pitchforks away as I present to you: The Mess that is the ...

Lundqvist...well pulls a Lundqvist at MSG

Familiar Sight for Flyers and Rangers fans? Yep. Another Flyers/Rangers battle ended the same way many of them have with Lundqvist stealing the show. Although preseason, Lundqvist looked sharp making 37 saves on 39 shots in the OT win for NYR. Filip Chytil again impressed for the Rangers, with many feeling he’ll ma...

Filip Chytil Saves Kevin Shattenkirk’s Perfect MSG Debut

With less than 5 seconds left in overtime, assisted by Shattenkirk himself, Filip Chytil scored his first goal in a Rangers jersey capping off a thrilling 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Kevin Shattenkirk had a bri...

Love him or hate him, Chris Kreider has quietly become the most important player on the Rangers roster, and yes that is a scorching hot take. Here we go again, yes I do think the Rangers 26 year old Power Forward is more important than Ryan Mcdonagh, Kevin Shattenkirk or dare I say it Henrik Lundqvist. Kreider’s natural ability paired...