GDT: ECF - Game 5 - New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning - 8pm EST, ESPN - Series (Tied 2-2)

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
8pm EST - ESPN
Game 5 - Series (Tied 2-2)

Vs

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Lightning Projected Line up


Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Nicholas Paul -- Alex Killorn
Brandon Hagel -- Ross Colton -- Corey Perry
Pat Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Riley Nash

Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Jan Rutta

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott

Scratched: Cal Foote
Injured: Brayden Point (lower body)


Rangers Projected Line up


Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Frank Vatrano
Artemi Panarin -- ?Ryan Strome? -- Andrew Copp
Alexis Lafreniere --Barclay Goodrow -- Kaapo Kakko
Tyler Motte -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Justin Braun -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Alexander Georgiev

Scratched: Patrik Nemeth, Libor Hajek, Greg McKegg, Julien Gauthier, Jonny Brodzinski, Dryden Hunt

Injured: Sammy Blais, Filip Chytil






Game 3 and 4…

Don’t go down 2-3

Drink up!

But Drink Responsibly…

Shesty on Game 5…

Be prepared for anything..

ThunderBug caught cheating..

Seen Panarin?

Let’s Do This!!

“No Quit in NY”

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[ohbaby]

Let's Go Rangers!
Tampa is in for a world of hurt. They just can't deal with this.....

 

[17futurecap]

Need to do what they normally do at home twice and you go play for the cup, not bad.

Need at least one of Strome or Chytil.

 

[duhmetreE]

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Every Ranger skater who takes the ice tomorrow needs to dig deep down and channel their inner Kirk Gibson.
They can’t have Shesterkin potentially have his season closed out on foreign ice after everything Igor has done for his teammates, organization and the fans.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Yeah I’m gonna be at a horrible wedding in Connecticut so I’m gonna miss it.
But I’ll probably be checking into this thread due to boredom . Just letting you know last wedding I was at was game 2 vs Carolina…. Not good

 

[ElLeetch]

Win, or we're done. thats it.

 

[NikC]

Yeah I’m gonna be at a horrible wedding in Connecticut so I’m gonna miss it.
But I’ll probably be checking into this thread due to boredom . Just letting you know last wedding I was at was game 2 vs Carolina…. Not good

the ole wedding jinx? better boil two crow feathers in witch hazel and count backwards from one to ten during the ceremony.

Win, or we're done. thats it.

there's game 6 on Saturday....

 

[LokiDog]

Big home game. Do what we do at MSG, let the past be the past, show some intensity early and we’ll be one measly win from a trip to the SCF. Let’s go.

 

[Synergy27]

I don’t want this to end.

 

[EdJovanovski]

6-1 NYR

Artemi "Conn Smythe" Panarin (3)
Zibanejad (2)
Krav (1)

 

[mti79]

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I don’t want this to end.

Call
Me a doomer but tbh I’d rather go out against Tampa. Colorado would anally rape us and it will be humiliating.

 

[Good Intentions]

Yeah I’m gonna be at a horrible wedding in Connecticut so I’m gonna miss it.
But I’ll probably be checking into this thread due to boredom . Just letting you know last wedding I was at was game 2 vs Carolina…. Not good

I don’t see how that’s an excuse to miss it. Find a way.

First goal is likely going to the Cup. No pressure.

It doesn’t have to be pretty. It doesn’t have to be power play geometry. Get a greasy goal. Relentless pursuit.

Will take Grade A Igor to protect any lead.

Feel like I’ve been holding my breath for 3 weeks. It’s exhausting. One more sleep.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Scoring first is a must. Score first so they can't play with the lead and suffocate us.

Really hoping Igor is truly locked in after looking a little off last game. This is his time.

It'll be tough with the injuries, but we can do it.

Win.

 

[n8]

I get the feeling that Point's return will happen this series and things will turn south for us hard. I can pray I'm wrong and that Point comes back too early only to do more harm than help but that really feels like a long shot.

I like the toughness of Lafreniere, Goodrow, Motte, Reaves in our bottom six but feeling outclassed and outgunned by Hagel, Colton, Perry, Maroon, Bellemare, Nash

The kid line gave us an edge is skill but I'm not counting on them if Chytil is out. So our top 2 lines simply have to be better than their top 2 lines. Strome shoot up all the drugs and wake Panarin the f*** up. Fox needs to be better than Hedman. Shesty needs to be better than Vasilevskiy. Get the lead early and embody No Quit.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

You guys are tripping if you're upset or worried about being tied 2-2 with home ice advantage!! It's not 2015 anymore!!

 

[SnowblindNYR]

6-1 NYR

Artemi "Conn Smythe" Panarin (3)
Zibanejad (2)
Krav (1)

You're getting less and less optimistic.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

I hate to say it but their superstars are better than ours. Kucherov>Panarin and Stamkos> Zibanejad

Even if not by much, that's all you need in the playoffs.

Technically they should negate each other but they've been outplayed

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

I hate to say it but their superstars are better than ours. Kucherov>Panarin and Stamkos> Zibanejad

Even if not by much, that's all you need in the playoffs.

Technically they should negate each other but they've been outplayed

Wasn't the case the first two games of the series.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I get the feeling that Point's return will happen this series and things will turn south for us hard. I can pray I'm wrong and that Point comes back too early only to do more harm than help but that really feels like a long shot.

I like the toughness of Lafreniere, Goodrow, Motte, Reaves in our bottom six but feeling outclassed and outgunned by Hagel, Colton, Perry, Maroon, Bellemare, Nash

The kid line gave us an edge is skill but I'm not counting on them if Chytil is out. So our top 2 lines simply have to be better than their top 2 lines. Strome shoot up all the drugs and wake Panarin the f*** up. Fox needs to be better than Hedman. Shesty needs to be better than Vasilevskiy. Get the lead early and embody No Quit.

i don't think Point is going to be his normal self no matter when he comes back.

His injury was a significant one.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Wasn't the case the first two games of the series.

True let's see what happens tomorrow

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Yeah I’m gonna be at a horrible wedding in Connecticut so I’m gonna miss it.
But I’ll probably be checking into this thread due to boredom . Just letting you know last wedding I was at was game 2 vs Carolina…. Not good

I think you know what you have to do.

This wedding cannot be allowed to proceed.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

So if we don't know on Chytil why is Strome in there as a question mark but Chytil isn't in the line projections?

 

[Hire Sather]

Have a hard time believing Chytil has any chance to play.

I hate to say it but their superstars are better than ours. Kucherov>Panarin and Stamkos> Zibanejad

Even if not by much, that's all you need in the playoffs.

Technically they should negate each other but they've been outplayed

I don't think thats the case.

The last 5ish periods without Strome have made Tampa's depth better, though. And I worry Point could very well play. We really have to hope he doesn't.