GDT: ECSF - Game 3 - New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes / 3:30 EST - ESPN / Series (CAR 2-0)
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Every time they chipped and chased, the Canes turned it up ice almost immediately, and there have been many folks claiming that some of the players aren't putting forth enough effort, which is stupid. I can't put it any nicer that.
If he turns out to not be hurt after the playoffs, I'll agree. The question is if he does turn out to be injured will the complainers recant?
And it's not like anyone else has been lighting it up. The guy with 52 goals is dressed, right?
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They had 2 more regular season wins. They nearly lost to an inferior Boston team.
Can we take a moment to appreciate our own management, scouting, and coaching for assembling, developing and managing a Rangers team that had one of the highest wins totals in a season in franchise history, did what no other team has in NHL history in the 1st round, and has basically shut down the Canes the first two games and only allowed 3 non empty net goals in about 125 minutes. Rangers simply haven't put away their own chances otherwise the Rangers are up 2-0 or at least tied 1-1.
We have a Norris winning defenseman, a Hart and Vezina candidate goaltender, a winger that was in the running for Hart not long ago, and a 50 goal scorer that was drafted and developed by the Rangers, and a Jack Adam's candidate coach.
People are praising the Canes as something they aren't. Any team with some talent can trap and clog the ice if they buy into what the coach is selling them. Seen it about 1000 times in the 90s when the trap was all the rage. They are good, they aren't great.
They aren't the Colorado Avalanche, they aren't the Florida Panthers, they aren't the Tampa Bay Lightning (the best team in the league by a wide margin and will most likely win their 3rd straight Cup). They aren't even the Nashville Predators who for a long time did so much with so little. They aren't the Red Wings that made the playoffs for like 25 straight seasons.
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The Panarin dumping has gotten a bit out of control. The entire offense can’t get anything going against the Canes. The only reason people focus on Panarin is 1) he is probably feeling like he has to make something happen by himself at this juncture, and 2) he has the puck on his stick more than anyone else against the best team D in the league.
People need to realize there is another team playing and it is a team capable of making great players look silly because they can make entire teams look silly. Nearly the entire Rangers lineup looks like they didn’t even know how to get a halfway decent shot on net in the first two games. They didn’t just forget how to play hockey. The Canes are very good at doing this to a team and they’ve been through playoff adversity the past few seasons. They are tough as nails and tight through NZ and DZ.
The Rangers as a team need to find a way to get more quality shots on net. And if they cannot, it’s going to be like the first 2 games where it’s a diceroll on who takes advantage of the limited chances both sides are getting. It’s been the Canes with the extra play or two the first two games. The Rangers just need to find a way for it to be them the next two games. LGR!
People need to realize there is another team playing and it is a team capable of making great players look silly because they can make entire teams look silly. Nearly the entire Rangers lineup looks like they didn’t even know how to get a halfway decent shot on net in the first two games. They didn’t just forget how to play hockey. The Canes are very good at doing this to a team and they’ve been through playoff adversity the past few seasons. They are tough as nails and tight through NZ and DZ.
The Rangers as a team need to find a way to get more quality shots on net. And if they cannot, it’s going to be like the first 2 games where it’s a diceroll on who takes advantage of the limited chances both sides are getting. It’s been the Canes with the extra play or two the first two games. The Rangers just need to find a way for it to be them the next two games. LGR!
Carolina is light years better than Nashville. If they went head-to-head with Florida, I'd wager on Carolina at even money. Washington played Florida even. Florida is looking like the epitome of a team not built for playoff hockey, so far.
T.B. and Colorado appear to be the best, today. but if bitch-boy Kadri hadn't taken out Binnington, I think St.Louis had a real chance of winning that series.
What T.B. has that no one else has is Hedman. Right now, he is easily the best defenseman in the game.
I also wouldn't be shocked if the winner of Cal-Edm beat Colorado.
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They get criticized for effort because for the most part they play a perimeter style game and don’t seem willing to make the adjustments
Sometimes the other team is better but you don’t have to feed into it by playing a style that’s not conducive to winning
If we try to play chip and chase and they get to it first then start putting the puck in smarter areas and making sure you have someone with speed to chase it down, they pressure the points on the PP you work it down low then back up to the point not the other way around etc
For most people when they see others doing the same shit over and over and displaying an unwillingness to adjust they’re probably gonna question the effort that person(s) is exerting
And after all this is sports, talent matters but so does heart and determination, some players have it and some don’t, some players are willing and able to do more and some are content to get by good enough on what they’re comfortable giving
Sometimes the other team is better but you don’t have to feed into it by playing a style that’s not conducive to winning
If we try to play chip and chase and they get to it first then start putting the puck in smarter areas and making sure you have someone with speed to chase it down, they pressure the points on the PP you work it down low then back up to the point not the other way around etc
For most people when they see others doing the same shit over and over and displaying an unwillingness to adjust they’re probably gonna question the effort that person(s) is exerting
And after all this is sports, talent matters but so does heart and determination, some players have it and some don’t, some players are willing and able to do more and some are content to get by good enough on what they’re comfortable giving
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Series has boiled down to the Canes having minimal finish vs. the Rangers having none.
Both teams have been smothered.
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Slow down Bates Battaglia, and we have a chance. It's that simple.
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This team.
Why do I feel like we're going to lose today and still wind up in a game 7?
If you're not going to score, back Check. If you can't do that, at least stay out if the box.
Why do I feel like we're going to lose today and still wind up in a game 7?
Kreider?
If you're not going to score, back Check. If you can't do that, at least stay out if the box.
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And yet we hit 50 wins for only the third time in franchise history.
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The conservative approach should remain the plan .
A wide open game is where Car thrives - only Fla created more high scoring chances in high danger areas.
We’re damned if we do - damned if we don’t.
Our hood has be a PPG or a low blocks lunchpail bang in …
Opening it up makes matters worse
A wide open game is where Car thrives - only Fla created more high scoring chances in high danger areas.
We’re damned if we do - damned if we don’t.
Our hood has be a PPG or a low blocks lunchpail bang in …
Opening it up makes matters worse
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Today Panarin will silence all the haters and losers, once and for all.
I’d love today to be the start of a Panarin redemption tour.
The team needs it, badly. 1 goal in two games against Raanta isn’t okay, and no, that’s not all on Panarin, but they need him to be a positive catalyst and today would be a great day to start.
I don’t hate the Breadman. I love the Breadman and his goofy personality. I just don’t let the fact that I like him cloud my ability to judge his playoffs thus far objectively. He has sucked. We all know he has the ability to turn it around. At 12M, no matter how much I like him, he needs to play smarter for him to not be hurting us, right now. If he doesn’t produce or play his best hockey, that’s one thing. The mental errors and lazy giveaways have to stop, at a minimum. The puck has to go deep. The puck has to go to the net when the opportunity is there. These are fundamentals. Your team is struggling to score. Even if you’re too injured to rip a good shot on goal (game 7 goal seems to indicate otherwise) just throw it at the net. Instead of no look passed out of the zone, just send it to the corner. These are fundamentals. If he’s injured and can’t bring his A game, he can still clean up the things that are hurting us.
And personally, I see bursts from him where his legs are moving and he’s shooting and he looks normal, so even if he is injured, I think part of it has been not rising to the challenge.
So, like I said, I would LOVE for tonight to be the start of the Breadman redemption tour and for Panarin to go on a little heater. I’ll be the first to applaud. It won’t erase the fact that he played like crap for most of the playoffs so far. If he shows up and has a hat trick, does it erase games 1 & 2? No, but it puts us back in the series if he can keep it up, and that’s all that matters going forward.
As much as I have favorite players, I root for the Rangers, not the individuals. Some people will defend a player to the ends of the earth because they’re infatuated with the individual. I’ll crucify my heroes if they aren’t doing what’s needed for us to win games. I led the charge on the Soy Boy Mika Veganabad posts earlier in the year and I’ve had a Mika jersey since his second year here. It doesn’t mean I hate Mika. It means he was playing like shit for a while.
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