The Rangers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last night, blowing a lead with less than a minute left against the lowly Senators. Now the tanking Blackhawks come to town with a mostly AHL team trying to moonlight as an actual NHL team. There is really nothing on this roster to be scared of, which means it’s the proverbial trap game.
But let’s be real. Every game for the Rangers is a trap game because they don’t get up for their opponents. They are slow, a product of low confidence levels, ever changing lines, and a sense of doom every time something goes wrong. You know in the movie The Replacements, where Shane Falco explains what quicksand is? That, but for the Rangers.
The Blueshirts have left too many points on the table in games they should have won. Now after Chicago, they get teams they should go .500 against but will need to be better than that. It’s gut check time for the Rangers.
Hawks Lines
Andreas Athanasiou-Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane
Phillipp Kurashev-Max Domi-Taylor Raddysh
Jujhar Khaira-Jason Dickinsin-Colin Blackwell
Boris Katchouck-Mackenzie Entwistle-Reese Johnson
Jack Johnson-Seth Jones
Filip Roos-Colin Murphy
Jake McCabe-Caleb Jones
Petr Mrazek gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jimmy Vesey
Artemiy Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere-Barclay Goodrow-Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais-Ryan Carpenter-Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Libor Hajek-Jacob Trouba
Jaro Halak gets the start.
Injuries: Filip Chytil (lower body)
Crazy Prediction: Just give us a game where we don’t want to scream after.
Game time is 7:30pm.
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