Chris Kreider scored three goals as the Rangers defeated the Canucks 5-2.

Kreider hat trick lifts Rangers past Canucks, Tortorella

**I just clicked on over to see Cam Talbot's stats. I know he has only played 8 games, but he is 6-1, and is 1st in the league in save percentage and goals against average. This guy seems to be the real deal. I hope the Rangers don't make the mistake of trading him for a 'scorer'.

**Really doubt AV will get fired after this season. The team has not played bad once you take out that nine game road trip that had injuries involved at the beginning of the season. Plus I don't think all of the pieces are there that AV would like; I could see different players coming in, but not AV getting fired.

**Hey Roberto Luongo. Listen up loser. In the Stanley Cup final, you got mad at Tim Thomas for not staying in the paint. You said, "It's an easy save for me but if you are wandering out and aggressive like he does, that is going to happen." I don't think any save is easy for you. You can't stop anything. So if I were you, I would not be talking especially since you are an AHL goalie and Thomas won a stanley cup.

**In the SCF the Canucks scored 8 goals in 7 games yet due to Luongo they won 3 games, and the haters who gotta hate blame the goalie. It is getting stale.

**Yes and right after Luigi opened his big yap to criticize Thomas after game 5, the Canucks promptly got blown out in the two games they had a chance to win the Cup. I think the aggregate in those two games were 9-2 or something. He obviously couldn't back up his arrogance and he showed what he does when something big is really on the line. Just like the Olympics. He tried to give it away in the last minute but Sid and the boys wouldn't let him. He has a much higher opinion of himself than anybody else on the planet does or should have.

**There ought to be enough British Columbians by now who are not "all Canucks" (if they ever were) given the team's forty-two year lack of consistency. If Torts can't get them in gear, we should sign a referendum to bring the NHL to Victoria. Either move the Coyotes there, or resurrect the old Victoria Cougars.

**Luongo should be the back up at best he likes to die sometimes put price in net as the starter.

**I think A.V. has brought a fresh and calming, but tough when needed energy into the locker room for This Rangers squad. They seem to play with more of a confidence and a sense of ease. The new style seems to be gelling better every game and it is not like we got blasted in Boston like we did in the beginning of the season. That 9 game road trip is way in the rear view mirror and now we are seeing our team win 3,4 and 5 goal games. Everyone is contributing a little more each game, Kreider has a newfound confidence, Nasher always has a chance to score everytime he touches the puck, Zuccs is an incredible playmaker, Talbot is having an incredible start to his career with his amazing positional play and relaxing demeanor in net without being too aggressive in the crease. McDonaugh has been our most consistent forward and Hanky needs to get back into form a little better. I say give Cam 2 starts in a row and see how he handles that. Congrats on the hat trick Kreider. You definitely are my favorite player on this Rangers team. Always had faith in you even when Torts handled you wrong. Let's go Rangers!!

**The only benefit I've seen from switching coaches is that it has freed up more time for me because I'm not watching the Canucks anymore until the core has changed. We clearly aren't the force to be reckoned with that we were in 2011 and our window is gone. I'll take a peak at the team when the twins and Luongo are gone. Until then, it's a yo-yo team, win, lose, win, lose..

**Exactly my thoughts when I read that, 23 games last year, make a mistake...benched. Play mostly on the 4th line with players who have no offensive talent. If anything, he held him back last year and might have got past the Bruins if he had a whole year to improve. Still I think Boston would have beat us, just by being out coached. Torts with his boring defensive collapsing system. Making the forwards block shots instead of letting them cover the Bruins defense, whom scored most of the goals. A 10 year old kid could have coached the team better...good riddance to a coach long past his due date...congrats to Kreider, you deserve it all on your own, despite Torts.

**no suspension but the player and the coach get a big fine for fighting in the last 5 mins,i know its weird the coach gets fined too,that rule is there to stop losing coaches from sending a "message" at the end of games.even thou that fight was all bieksa's doing torts will get dinged too.

**Couldn't be more farther from the truth..Boyle is far from a fighter, in fact he is absolutely terrible at it and rarely gets into them. Besides the fact that it isn't his forte or style of game. But when challenged what are you supposed to do ? He tried to hold on, Ranger fans know he sucxs at it, we all wish he would take some boxing lessons and learn to use his size better by hitting and standing up for teammates..Bieska clearly has the advantage in that department, if anyone was taking advantage of it, it's on him.

**The canucks should be concerned. They are on the outside of the playoff picture right now since joining a much tougher division and have gone 1-4-3 against the teams from the former pacific that are now in the newly formatted pacific. I knew their numbers would take a hit now that they were playing against much better teams more regularly but those numbers keep up its likely they'll miss the playoffs.

**Canucks:Burrows - change the tape on your stick to white medical tape. You are playing as well as always. The stick isn't scoring. Garrison: Bottom hand down - puck goes up. Bottom hand up puck stays down. Put a ring of tape or epoxy around you stick handle where that hand should be. You can feel it without looking. Then we won't see shots 3 feet over the net.

**if this trend continues then yes a trade needs to happen and instead of prospects and draft picks they need to trade roster players. secondary scoring has been a huge huge problem for the nucks and they need to make a solid trade for a real goal scorer that can provide around 20 -30 goals for the team. booth isn't cutting it , higgins has slowed down tremendously over the years, burrows is having a tough time and santorelli won't provide goals frequently it appears.

**Vancouver one 1st line ttwo 3rd lines and a 4th line. They are doing their best with what management has given them. This is a once great team showing us what happens when you go back to being mediocre. Blame the management not the players or coach. BIG trade in the wind, surely?

**Oh, forgive my insolence and lack of a cognizant post when entering a well formed thought into a hockey comment board. The fact that you missed the blatant comedic value of his quip speaks volumes about the overly analytical nature of yourself, who I'm assuming, feels the need to dissect semantics only in a vain attempt of self-adoration. What's worse, is the way you go about voicing your petty remarks, as if your apparent abundance of intelligence somehow correlates to others lack thereof. Ironic when you tout yourself in such high regard, only to miss the point entirely...Don't be so pious and egotistical.