GDT: ECSF - Game 1 - New York Rangers @ Carolina Hurricanes - 7pm - ESPN (Series 0-0)

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers @ Carolina Hurricanes​

Hurricanes: 54-20-8 (116 points), defeated Boston Bruins 4-3 in first round​

Rangers: 52-24-6 (110 points), defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in first round​

Season series: CAR 2-1-0; NYR 1-2-0​

Rangers Projected Line up

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

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

Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Libor Hajek, Patrik Nemeth, Jonny Brodzinski, Julien Gauthier, Greg McKegg, Dryden Hunt
Injured: Barclay Goodrow (lower body)

Hurricanes Projected Line up

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Max Domi -- Vincent Trocheck -- Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Steven Lorentz -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas

Jaccob Slavin -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith -- Ian Cole

Antti Raanta
Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Derek Stepan, Ethan Bear, Jack LaFontaine
Injured: Frederik Andersen (lower body), Jordan Martinook (lower body)

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Wake up! It’s Game Day!



Round 2, here we go!

Yo, Hurricanes!

“Bunch of Jerks”

”It’s our Time”

”Wiseman say, forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza”

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Anything is possible!​

Thanks @will1066 and @duhmetreE for the suggestions!
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[will1066]

Candy Canes

 

[LeetchisGod]

Need to raise our level of play a couple of notches.

 

[Fitzy]

As a heads up

Carolina, unlike Pitt, was a team measurably better at home than on the road.

Round 1, Carolina won all the home games and lost all the away games.

A 1-1 split in Raleigh would be a good outcome.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

We're gonna get rekt and I'm okay with it.

 

[broadwayblue]

Most people give us no chance in this series. I like that.

 

[ElLeetch]

oh shit, here we go

 

[KevinFinnerty]

The Canes are a great defensive team but I think if we play physical against the hot heads on the team-- Smith, D'Angelo, Svechnikov, we can get them off their skill game and make them take penalties.

I think we will live and die this series with special teams. We need to score on the PP and limit the Canes to 1-2 PPs a game max. Hit their D and play stingy D. I think Igor is gonna be a monster this series. Raanta is good but he's a small goalie, pepper him and screen him. LGR.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I don't get how the Canes are so good on keeping the puck out of their net, their top 4 has TDA and Skjei. I think I heard that Skjei has become a better player on the Canes but still, how much better could he be? And their bottom pair has Brandon Smith, who I'd prefer to any of our 3 bottom pair guys (this season obviously) but not like he's a world beater. I guess the best defense is a good offense...

 

[New York RKY]

I think it’s simple (we’ll not simple to execute) but if Caroline hems us in the zone like Pittsburgh did we’re gonna get killed. We need to play a structured defensive game and make sure we move the puck up quickly.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Please for the love of god don't tell me we have to listen to Leah Hextall right?

 

[EdJovanovski]

2,018-0 NYR
Nemeth (2,007)
Zibanejad (9)
Panarin (2)

 

[17futurecap]

Try to not get embarrassed.

Hopefully extra day off helps.

 

[Hire Sather]

When it comes to stealing a game on the road, Game 1 is usually the best chance.

Need to stop their feeling of being unbeatable at home right off the bat

Please for the love of god don't tell me we have to listen to Leah Hextall right?

I have to assume its McDonagh

 

[2014nyr]

I don't get how the Canes are so good on keeping the puck out of their net, their top 4 has TDA and Skjei. I think I heard that Skjei has become a better player on the Canes but still, how much better could he be? And their bottom pair has Brandon Smith, who I'd prefer to any of our 3 bottom pair guys (this season obviously) but not like he's a world beater. I guess the best defense is a good offense...

their speed and pressure they get from their forwards coming back do a great job not allowing many opportunities to carry it across the blue line 3 on 2 or 3 on 3 so rare any of their dmen see forwards coming at them skating downhill with ice to work with.... big part of that is the way they forecheck and pressure in your zone makes clean breakouts tough to create if they get in on their forecheck. they force a lot of teams to dump and have like 1 guy pressuring so tda and skjei can use their legs to retrieve and wheel it out before pressure gets there. smith was always a solid player who took too much heat here. can be a steady piece in a good lineup, not good enough make up for a bad one. hed look much better here now and an upgrade over braun nemeth and schneider in the short term.

 

[Circus86]

LGR!!!

 

[mrmovies779]

I don't expect a win,but to not get raped all over the ice would be fine for me.Be competitive for a full 60 and I'm happy

A little more time for the kid line and Motte would be great too

Kid line should be matched up against Smiths pair,so take advantage of it

 

[ajdj10]

One way or another we're gonna need some lube.

 

[Alluckks]

Big series for Laf

 

[Black Tank]

Igor is hopefully at full health and the nerves are long gone. He had a BIG time game 7 so should come in confident. Kreider and Zbad are in the flow and hopefully Panarin is feeling better after another day of rest and the high from the OT winner.

Carolina is a skilled and experienced opponent but we're certainly going to be better than what we showed in the Pitt series.

 

[tlk]

15 hrs
Battery at 58%

 

[Speedtrials]

Hope Igor can steal us a game in Carolina. Hank was great at getting one of these early games when we were an underdog. That usually lead it to becoming a long series.

 

[tlk]

If they can manage to protect Igor from being left with a lone attacker standing in front of him unchallenged ready to recieve the puck and from those horrible east-west passes across the crease when the goalie has to clone himself to protect both sides, we might see CAR end up Igor'ed

 

[Row I Goon]

Laf with the GWG. Remember, you read it here first.

Playoff Laf is my favourite Laf…

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Not expecting a series win, but if we can somehow steal game 1, that puts a metric f***-ton of pressure on the Canes. We should have the edge in net. Contain shots against to the perimeter and hope for some puck luck going in your favor.

Carolina is absolutely relentless on the forecheck, and deep as hell. There’s going to be nowhere to hide against them, unlike the Pens. Unless Reaves magically finds another gear, I don’t see how he makes it past game 2. The Canes are just too quick across all 4 lines. The second line also worries me, since they skate like they’re in quicksand. I can see that line getting pinned a lot.