Post-Game Talk: Pointless
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As soon as the Rangers decided to go along with Tampa and turn the game into a track meet, I had a bad feeling.
Rangers don't typically do well in wide open, defense is optional style games, and the fact that they decided to do this in the middle of a tough schedule against a good team pretty much sealed their fate IMO.
They were gassed...mentally and physically. I really thought PL should have called a TO to reign them in but maybe he wanted a "teaching moment" for future reference...or maybe he was gassed as well.
Rangers don't typically do well in wide open, defense is optional style games, and the fact that they decided to do this in the middle of a tough schedule against a good team pretty much sealed their fate IMO.
They were gassed...mentally and physically. I really thought PL should have called a TO to reign them in but maybe he wanted a "teaching moment" for future reference...or maybe he was gassed as well.
Tampa is best in the league at that kind of stuff. Which is yet another reason Tampa is a tough matchup for us especially if their big guys are going and pot a few.
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I also find this a weird game to complain about Mika ngl
we just got outplayed when we got away from what works. hopefully they learn from it.
I do, unfortunately, see the staff pointing to Trouba's absence as a part of this loss even if I totally disagree with it.
we just got outplayed when we got away from what works. hopefully they learn from it.
I do, unfortunately, see the staff pointing to Trouba's absence as a part of this loss even if I totally disagree with it.
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mandiblesofdoom
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Yes, exactly this. They got a little globe-trottery, as they do, and started to try for plays that weren't there. Several were guilty of this - Brodzinski, Cuylle, Panarin, Miller, Laffy ... a lot of them.
You'd like to see the team get get to the place that when they're up against a team like this, if there's a straightforward play to get up the ice, they do it. Right now they act as if there's something wrong with skating straight ahead & taking open shots.
KirkAlbuquerque
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Team wins 5 in a row with him out , look great, but the one loss “HA! I knew it it, we need Trouba back in the lineup playing 25 minutes!” lol but sadly you’re probably right.
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Also Miller had one of the worst 30 minutes I've ever seen from an NHL defenseman last night. Holy shit he was horrid.
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they rotate sometimes but it's a perimeter rotation... no one cuts through the middle. Mika needs to get to the slot once in a while
irishlaxburger2
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People complain about Mika after a game like this not because of the 60 minutes that occurred on the ice, but because in the big picture it becomes readily obvious that other teams have players that in big moments can take over a game. And he has consistently shown he is not that type of player.
Can you win a Stanley Cup without that type of player at 1C? That's the big picture question that pops into people's minds after a game like last night. Not necessarily "I hate how Mika played in that particular hockey game".
KevinFinnerty
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bring on Tampa in round 1. not scared of them one line team
both teams rested I like our chances against Tampa. just avoid FLA
both teams rested I like our chances against Tampa. just avoid FLA
Mandar
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Machinehead
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It amazes me how much people will overreact to one play.
We're still hearing about Fox's turnover in game 7. It was Kreider's fault.
My all-time favorite is when Girardi laid out Pacioretty with a huge hit 30 seconds into our 2017 series against Montreal. Girardi then proceeded to die and rot on the ice in full view of the world for 6 games. People would not shut up about what a great series he had because he threw one hit.
We're still hearing about Fox's turnover in game 7. It was Kreider's fault.
My all-time favorite is when Girardi laid out Pacioretty with a huge hit 30 seconds into our 2017 series against Montreal. Girardi then proceeded to die and rot on the ice in full view of the world for 6 games. People would not shut up about what a great series he had because he threw one hit.
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nsvoyageurs
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Brodzinski belongs in the ECHL. He's going to cost the Rangers a playoff game/series.
Machinehead
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This is such an incel forum after we lose.
I know you guys are going to hate to hear this but I'll say it anyway. For better or worse, Trouba was eating 25 minutes of ice time a night. You replaced him with Jones who gets significantly less. We played 4 games in 6 nights, last 2 on the road. And of course Lindgren is in the locker room for a stretch of that 3rd. The D were gassed. Miller couldn't remember how to play hockey and I can point to 2 goals where Fox floated around near or behind our net as somebody in the slot scored. I'm not taking anything good or bad from this game.
Machinehead
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Trouba's not eating 25 minutes a night. He's taking one bite and immediately choking on it.
HatTrick Swayze
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Fox has a higher TOI / GP than Trouba and Miller has almost identical.
Fox and Miller actually played less TOI yesterday than their season avg (Miller very close).
Fatigue may have been an issue but it had nothing to do with Trouba.
Disagree. Not saying Trouba should be playing 25 minutes, but he was. Covering those extra minutes takes a toll eventually.
HatTrick Swayze
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How do you disagree with time? Haha. First of all he only plays 23 min / game. And if his extra minutes needed to be "covered" wouldn't Fox and Miller's TOI increase?
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