2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs: We're In!!! Let's talk (Clinched 2nd Place)

[AWall THE CLAW]

LGR!!! What do we need to do to go far?

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[aufheben]

Goals.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

LGR!!! What do we need to do to go far?

Score more goals than the other team. Or give up fewer.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Score more goals than the other team.

Hah, that's rich.

We clearly need to prevent more goals than the other team.

 

[AWall THE CLAW]

Would doubling the other team's goals work?

 

[JohnC]

LGR!!! What do we need to do to go far?

I'd put my money on winning many games

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Anything can happen?

 

[n8]

Henrik needs to play like the king.
Healthy McD returns
Nash and MSL and hopefully even Beaver going into playoff beast mode.
GOD line in GOD mode

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Anything can happen?

Nothing can happen.

 

[aufheben]

Also, this:

 

[eco's bones]

Win more games than the teams we meet up with.
Score more goals.

I think the Rangers have more defensive depth this year than in the past two years. Having a solid 6 d-men with two NHL worthy players to fall back on in case of injury is very good.

What I don't like so much is our size on the wings and our overall center strength--though we are deeper at forward too. At least two of our 3 top centers are going to have to be on their game and produce with some consistency. We're going to need Nash and St. Louis to produce as well. Our defense and goaltending can help us hang in games but I expect if we're competitive we're going to be in a lot of low scoring games. Would help a lot the sooner Kreider can come back.

 

[aufheben]

What do we need more than anything? We need our best players to be our best players. Nash, St. Louis, Richards, Stepan, Carcillo, Lundqvist.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

CF or bust.

Depth wins, but your best players need to be your best players.

Nash and MSL need to play like all stars and the depth this team has will make them a real threat.

If they don't score, another wasted opportunity.

I think the Pens, Habs, Flyers and Bruins are done in the 1st round.

 

[JohnC]

Bench Richie, give him a breather? Guy's gassed and hopefully some rest'll do him good

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

What do we need more than anything? We need our best players to be our best players. Nash, St. Louis, Richards, Stepan, Carcillo, Lundqvist.

Nice try. You almost had me believing you were serious. Tried to pull a fast one over us w/ Richie.

 

[Holocene]

CF or bust.

Depth wins, but your best players need to be your best players.

Nash and MSL need to play like all stars and the depth this team has will make them a real threat.

If they don't score, another wasted opportunity.

I think the Pens, Habs, Flyers and Bruins are done in the 1st round.

I'm not sure I see the Jackets taking out the Bruins. But anything can happen for teams that aren't the Rangers I guess!

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

CF or bust.

Depth wins, but your best players need to be your best players.

Nash and MSL need to play like all stars and the depth this team has will make them a real threat.

If they don't score, another wasted opportunity.

I think the Pens, Habs, Flyers and Bruins are done in the 1st round.

We'd really benefit from a Phi-Pit 1st round.

If not, I wouldn't disagree with sitting Danny G in place of McIlrath, Nash with Kantor, and MSL with Carcillo for the series.

Might as well thug it up.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

I'm not sure I see the Jackets taking out the Bruins. But anything can happen for teams that aren't the Rangers I guess!

Bobrovski will be an X factor in any series.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I'm really anxious over the 2 spot. We just gave away 3 winnable points. If McDonagh were here I'd be super confident in the next 2 games, like this, not really. Not getting the 2 spot may mean the playoffs are short lived. The Flyers are evenly matched with us and really good at home. Hell we may fall out of a top 3 spot if we play with fire.

 

[srsly989]

Our 4th line should play goodly

 

[Giacomin]

Beat Boston!

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

I'm really anxious over the 2 spot. We just gave away 3 winnable points. If McDonagh were here I'd be super confident in the next 2 games, like this, not really. Not getting the 2 spot may mean the playoffs are short lived. The Flyers are evenly matched with us and really good at home. Hell we may fall out of a top 3 spot if we play with fire.

Why do you only post negativity in every thread?

 

[McSauer]

Dumb question (that I can't seem to find the answer to with the new playoff format): When the final wildcard spots and and 2/3 spots are decided, and the playoff bracket is made up, will there be reseeding after every round, or will there be a bracket that does not change its seeding (like in NCAA basketball). Thanks!

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Why do you only post negativity in every thread?

I don't only post negativity. In fact if you read my posts about how good the Rangers are, most of them are positive. I get anxious after losses, especially since McDonagh doesn't seem to be coming back before the playoffs. Why do you only post about how much Nash sucks even when he's one of the best players in a game?

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Dumb question (that I can't seem to find the answer to with the new playoff format): When the final wildcard spots and and 2/3 spots are decided, and the playoff bracket is made up, will there be reseeding after every round, or will there be a bracket that does not change its seeding (like in NCAA basketball). Thanks!

It works like this. The winner of the 2/3 series plays the winner of the 1/wild card series winner based on which division they're in. For example, if the Rangers beat the Flyers, they would play the winner of the Pittsburgh series, regardless of the wild card's seed.