mika zibanejad

The Rangers made it a 2-0 start to the season, completely dismantling the pretty terrible Ottawa Senators. This game will be known for what Mika Zibanejad did all game, as he scored once at even strength, once on the powerplay, and once shorthanded for the hat trick. Let’s jump to the hot taeks.

  • Uh oh – MSG just spoke about Corsi and shot attempts. Somewhere, someone is angry and telling John Giannone to watch the game nerd.
  • I really dislike how the Rangers give up the blue line on opposing rushes. It’s not good, and is probably the biggest reason behind their defensive woes.
  • Ottawa lost Mika Zibanejad in front on that goal on the powerplay. Then again, the Senators seem to lose a lot of people in all games.
  • What I mean to say here is that Ottawa is bad.
  • Death to the corner camera.
  • Marc Staal was mauling Brady Tkachuk in front and he still managed to get that goal. And of course Tkachuk is on the bench for my fantasy team. Sigh.
  • Alex Georgiev just completely bailed out Staal twice. He just left Connor Brown alone in front and then Erik Brannstrom was denied on the rebound.
  • Pretty sure Zibanejad and Pavel Buchnevich just impregnated half the fan base on that goal.
  • And then Zibanejad with another one, shorthanded. Excuse me while I change my shorts.
  • And now Artemi Panarin gets a goal. That top powerplay unit is a cheat code.
  • Did I mention how bad Ottawa is? Not every game is going to go like this.
  • Brendan Smith has had a good start to the season. He’s on an 82 point pace!
  • I see Lias Andersson is on the third line. Hooray. Kid has earned that role.
  • Zibanejad on pace for 344 points by the way.
  • As good as Andersson has been through two games is as bad as Ryan Strome has been.
  • At some point, as I see Georgiev bail out Brady Skjei, we need to talk about Skjei and that contract. He looked good with Adam Fox tonight, but he’s struggled since he signed that deal. Let’s see how the season plays out though.
  • 2-0 to start the year. 20% of the way to my 9-0-0 prediction to start the season. I wasn’t serious when I made that prediction…or was I?

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