IRREVERENT THOUGHTS ON RANGERS OUTING OF OTTAWA
* Yeah, Igor Shesterkin enjoyed a 41-save win and that fattens his chances to get the most obese contract of any NHL goalie, and good for him.
* But once again he wins against a flub team. Ottawa was picked to finish seventh in The Atlantic Division.
* Shesty couldn't beat Florida, couldn't beat Washington. Let's not go nuts until he beats the biggies.
What matters is that the main men delivered. Big Al Lafreniere is earning his big dough and never seems to have a bad game.
* The Breadman continues to be a loosey-goosey lamplighter.
* For the most insightful quote of the night The Maven awards a wooden medal to Lafreniere for this: "We know we can play better?"
* That's the point: New York's defense was porous, but so what? That's what big-shot goalies are for and Iggy bailed them out as you'd expect from the third-best goalie in the league.
* With Jimmy Vesey's imminent return – Islanders visit tomorrow afternoon – it will be interesting to see who survives on the fourth line.
* I'd be surprised if fading "Sideshow Charlie," Matt Rempe goes in against the Isles unless Peter Laviolette wants to see another Matt Rempe-Matt Martin rumpus on the campus.
* Vesey-Sam Carrick-Adam Edstrom makes sense.
