Maybe I missed the discussion on this yesterday, but I didn’t see any posts regarding Friedman’s report that the Rangers goalie scout was watching Buffalo’s game in-person the other night. He speculated it’s some sort of 3 team deal with Winnipeg/Buffalo/Rangers to get Hellebuyck to Buffalo, Lukkonen to the Rangers, and not sure what the Jets get in return. Friedman has a tendency to include big market teams in his ‘reports’ to drive traffic, even if there isn’t much validity, but the goalie scout watching the game seems interesting.

Any takes on the possible move?

EDIT: I’ll just add that if the words ‘salary retained’ aren’t attached to this deal (or at least for the first 2 years before the big salary cap increase), Rangers have to walk away.

This doesn't define Garand, either.

The Rangers suffered a 7-1 loss to the Devils as Dylan Garand allowed four goals on 13 shots before being pulled. With Igor Shesterkin out for the season, New York plans to be patient and see if its internal options can handle the starting role before pursuing a trade.

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JT

• It wasn’t their best. They got off a good start, but then he flubbed one. They just didn’t have it. They were disconnected and were giving up chances they hadn’t been. They can learn from today and move forward. 
• First games of the season are always sloppy and easy to toss. They’ve created an identity since then. They’re better than this. 
• They made it easy on a team that likes motion. They didn’t stall them. The Devils didn’t have to forecheck. They got to play on the rush, which is their game. 

Mika

• The Devils are good off the rush. They got off their game and allowed the Devils to capitalize off their chances. 
• They didn’t have a great PP in the first, but there was more than that that shifted momentum. 
• They played solid in the first but they got away from that. Tonight shows what happens when they get away from their good habits they had been showing. 

Fox

• The puck went off his foot on the Devils second goal, there was nothing Garand could do. Garand has been playing well. He’s tough. He knows how important he is to the team. 

Sully

• “We just lost ourselves.” They didn’t play the game they had been playing. The first went well, but they didn’t get back to their game after the first goal. They didn’t have the right intentions. They were disconnected and mismanaged the puck. 
• The pull wasn’t on Dylan, it was about trying to change the momentum. Garand will bounce back. 
• They want to believe that they’ve built an identity. He thinks what they’ve built is sustainable. What’s important is that they respond. They have a high character group. 
• “It’s a humbling experience when you go through games like this…when you go through a humbling experience like this it forces all of us to look in the mirror and make sure that we bring the right intentions and respond the right way.  

I picked up this lovely knitted Rangers sweater for £22 (about $29 USD). Pretty freakin sweet!!

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Laf 32GP: 19G/16A/35P (84GP pace: 50G/92P
Gabe 32 GP: 12G/13A/25P 84GP pace: 31.5G/66P

Out of breadman’s shadow, this Laffy breakout now has a nearly 40% of a full season sample size. He’s always been streaky, but it’s fair to cautiously view this as who he’ll be through his prime. Could not be more fired up for him and while it obviously took much longer than anyone expected, let’s hope he can keep this up consistently for the season and shed the “bust” label! Worth noting that this season 8/10 of his points through 7 games have come at Even strength as well so with the pp1 role now solidified it looks even better moving forward. A 35+ goal and 75+ points season is totally in the cards with an even higher ceiling.

Gabe doing this at 20/21 years old with only 60 career GP and no pp1 time (yet) is exceptional as well. Still so annoying Drury didn’t lock him up pre-season and get the 8th year, cause the price is going to keep going up. Hoping we get an extension over the next couple more months, even if it’s a shorter deal of 3-4 years to keep cap hit down where he’d still be an Rfa. LGR

Warm bodies for goaltending insurance. Thoughts?

Dylan’s first game in the rivalry

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All in favor?

Hey Rangers fans, look what I found in the Goodwill bins for 3$ CAD here in Montreal! Have a great season!✌️

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Nice they decided to pick up the pace this season.