GDT: CARNYR: Candy or Coal?

[zman77]

 

[Wolfpuck]

On the bright side, at least this hasn't happened to us yet

Paging Mr. Gardiner...

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

The Rangers, like the Leafs on Monday, played at a high pace and that puts a lot of pressure on a defense that doesn't skate well outside of the top pairing. Gardiner's issues were really accentuated the past two games as a result; there were races for loose pucks and the acceleration just wasn't there for him. It's something to keep an eye on later in the season.

 

[zman77]

Brett Finger‏ @brett_finger 20m20 minutes ago

Lundqvist allowed 3 goals against the Canes at MSG for just
the second time in 16 starts tonight, but Carolina couldn't turn it into a win.
Hank improves to 15-1-0 in his last 16 starts against Carolina at MSG.
https://twitter.com/brett_finger/status/1210688209199534081 …

Brett Finger added,


Brett Finger @brett_finger
Henrik Lundqvist, tonight's starter for NYR, is 14-1-0 in his last 15 home starts against CAR. In those 15 starts, he has a .959 sv% and has allowed 20 total goals.
He has allowed 3 goals in a game just once.
He has allowed 2 goals four times, 1 goal nine times, 0 goals once.

 

[zman77]

Boys played well. Not a lot of breaks.
Hank did it again.
SOG-42-24!

Carolina Hurricanes‏Verified account @Canes 10m10 minutes ago

Back to work tomorrow
pic.twitter.com/sFbcpdXYXH

 

[Wolfpuck]

Brett Finger‏ @brett_finger 20m20 minutes ago

Lundqvist allowed 3 goals against the Canes at MSG for just
the second time in 16 starts tonight, but Carolina couldn't turn it into a win.
Hank improves to 15-1-0 in his last 16 starts against Carolina at MSG.
https://twitter.com/brett_finger/status/1210688209199534081 …

Brett Finger added,


Brett Finger @brett_finger
Henrik Lundqvist, tonight's starter for NYR, is 14-1-0 in his last 15 home starts against CAR. In those 15 starts, he has a .959 sv% and has allowed 20 total goals.
He has allowed 3 goals in a game just once.
He has allowed 2 goals four times, 1 goal nine times, 0 goals once.

The Canes are like playing easy mode for Lundqvist.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Rod is mostly blaming the wacky schedule in the presser.

Forslund thinks Wallmark and Staal should swap spots. Feels Wallmark has earned a better role and and better partners ...and said Staal isn't producing offensively.

He really called out the defensive lapses and the team's overall lack of focus. Said they need to get back to a less flashy, more boring style in some instances in order to get the wins.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Rod is mostly blaming the wacky schedule in the presser.

Forslund thinks Wallmark and Staal should swap spots. Feels Wallmark has earned a better role and and better partners ...and said Staal isn't producing offensively.

He really called out the defensive lapses and the team's overall lack of focus. Said they need to get back to a less flashy, more boring style in some instances in order to get the wins.

I can’t argue with Forslund there. Wally has been in a good rhythm lately. Staal...hasn’t.

 

[Svechhammer]

I can’t argue with Forslund there. Wally has been in a good rhythm lately. Staal...hasn’t.

Well....

Yeah. One can produce offensively, the other has offensive production

 

[bleedgreen]

Staal is the black hole that offense goes to die. This is not new information. Wally is hardly a scary offensive player but he has a baseline level of skill that deserves to get a look at that spot. He also scoots in the offensive zone quicker.

We dominated early but didn’t build the lead we should’ve. Came back bite us.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Why no Necas down two goals? Worried about giving up another one so have to use Staal?

 

[ClarkBolzano]

New lines:
Nino-Aho-Teuvo
Svech-Haula-martinook
Dzingel-wally-marty
Brock-staal-warren

Or

Nino-Seab-Teuvo
Svech-Haula-Marty
Dzingel-Wally-Warren
Brock-staal-martinook

What do you think?

 

[zman77]

Canes get three by Lundqvist but fall 5-3
By: Michael Smith
Though the Hurricanes gave up five goals and took the loss, they did a lot of things right. The effort was there. The shots were there. The scoring chances were there. The result wasn't.
"We worked hard, but we gave them too many easy goals," Sebastian Aho said. "The game was right there. We played it well enough and had a lot of scoring chances. The system works, obviously. When we have a chance, we have to be a little bit sharper."
"Lundqvist always plays pretty solid against us. I feel like we had really good chances tonight. I think, for the most part, we played a pretty good game," Jaccob Slavin said. "But, there were little turnovers we had, little lapses we had that ended up costing us the game."
That seems to be a common refrain against the Rangers as of late.
"The last couple of years, to be honest with you," head coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We've seen a lot of the same. It is what it is."
Henrik Lundqvist's numbers versus the Hurricanes are ridiculous, whether you look at his home stats or his last 10 games or his numbers since nearly the beginning of the decade.
Any way you slice it, he's been good against the Canes.
The story is no different. Coming into tonight, he had stopped 86 of the 90 shots he saw in two wins, and in his third straight victory over the Canes this season, he made 39 saves on 42 shots.
"They've got a good goalie. We know that," Brind'Amour said. "He's played well against us forever. He was solid again tonight." But it still wasn't enough.
"It's been tough," Brind'Amour said. "A lot of our losses, we've played really well."
Recap: Canes Fall to Rangers in New York

 

[The Faulker 27]

Oh look we lost at MSG.

 

[Tryamw]

Oh look we lost at MSG.

In other news peanut butter is still sticky.

 

[GoldiFox]

If Tampa wins their 3 games in hand in regulation the Canes would not be in a Playoff spot. Nuts.

(edit: wrong as pointed out below)

 

[Stubu]

JoRdAn StAaL iS a SeLkE fInAlIsT aNd A cApTaIn

Sir, is there something wrong with your Caps Lock key?

(I refuse to believe youngsters nowadays have re-used good old eLiTe TyPiNg that was only cool back then for nefarious sarcastic purposes. I just can't believe such evil of ordinary people. For the very young among the audience, 'twas before smileys but after ASCII porn, give or take a decade. The numerals laden "my 1337 g8m 0wnz j00" parlance was a natural offspring but a step toward the dyslexic twitterverse we entertain today. But eLiTe should be really left alone, gathering honorable dust in history. Too late now, I know. [I'm only half joking this time. Shoot me. Not in the head!] Ahem.)

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

If Tampa wins their 3 games in hand in regulation the Canes would not be in a Playoff spot. Nuts.

They still would be. Montreal (A3) is 4 points back.

Last season, Pittsburgh (5th) and Montreal (9th) were separated by 4 points. The margins will probably be tight again this season. Don't expect the Canes to make the POs by double digits. At the same time, don't sweat the proximity to other teams in the midst of losing streaks too much.

 

[Stubu]

The Church Of Hexadecimal Guidance wants to flaunt this age-old piece so I oblige them:

The Story of Mel

No doubt old hat for the Caneses but my voices commanded me.

 

[Stubu]

[I'm coping with the loss of a game we should have won.]

["Who's we?", you ask. "Aren't you just a random traveller, a vagabond, possibly a witch or an evil spirit?"

"Nay", I reply, "I was just undecided -- if decisions you can them call -- as to which might be my favorite team among many more or less worthy contestants."

"Well well well, out with it! Your favorite team!"

"um, awww, hmmm, maybe..."

"Come on, come on!"

"I think it's