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Rangers vs. Wild: Hey, They Won One

That Rangers game was actually kind of enjoyable. I'd forgotten what that felt like.

Eric Kohn

Eric Kohn

— 5 min read
Rangers vs. Wild: Hey, They Won One
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  • The New York Rangers won a hockey game. The law of averages would suggest they would win at least a few of them between now and the end of the regular season and, well, this was one of them. To be honest with you, I actually almost felt something when Braden Schneider roofed that backhander to win it in overtime. Doesn't make this season any less of a lost cause or a source of massive frustration even if this win does, once again, push them to the edge of the playoffs. But, it's nice to remember what it's like to see them win a hockey game.
  • In all seriousness, the Rangers played pretty well in this game:
  • The Rempe-Brodzinski-Othmann line continues to make things happen when they're on the ice together, including a big goal from hometown boy Jonny Brodzinski:
  • Speaking of Matt Rempe, who got an assist on that Brodz goal:
  • If I'm Chris Drury I'd be in the ear of the League today about this, because this is ridiculous. At the same time that Rempe's game has gotten much better and he's displayed less carelessness, stupidity, and recklessness on the ice, he's also taken some laughably absurd penalties that are based on nothing more than "reputation." In the last game against the Winnipeg Jets, Rempe was penalized for being pushed into Connor Hellebuyck by Morgan Barron. That was bad, but if you really wanted to twist yourself into a pretzel to argue about it, he did make contact with the goaltender and the league certainly does want to protect goaltenders. It's a bad, dumb argument, but fine.
  • But this call? He's skating, Minnesota's Devin Shore skates into him, interference penalty. If there's a penalty to be seen in that clip above, it's on Shore for embellishment. And, of course, Minnesota scored a power play goal in the final second of the man-advantage this created. That's an atrocious call and these refs should be ashamed of themselves.

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