Post-Game Talk: Flyers @ Rangers

[Fitzy]

Was Kakko hurt, or actively bad or something? Because Howden played nearly 6 mins more than him, looking at the TOI (I missed the game due to family stuff)

Kakko was poor.

Howden was promoted into Strome's spot after Strome was benched for his second dumb penalty.

 

[Absolut]

Can't show up for 1 period and expect to win.

Strome has chemistry with Panarin, but I think that's literally the only good thing about him.

He's undisciplined and is totally disinterested in playing defense, which is unacceptable for someone who averages almost 20 minutes a game. If this is something he is unwilling or unable to work on, then he should be traded this summer.

His "effort" today was puke-worthy. Looked terrible live. Just chilling out there... Playing with Panarin has this boy spoiled. And friends, Kakko really sucked. I am starting to worry about him. This is NOT Svech 2.0 as we all hoped for.

 

[lemonybergamot]

Can we complain about Quinn's usage of Kakko again??

Where was he this whole game?

Would have greatly liked to see Gauthier on the pp as well... I don't know, mix it up....... Ok Howden was on the ice when they scored, but if Gauthier is going to play like a Kreider, let's get him into his position and see what he can do.....

 

[bl02]

Score-adjusted 5v5 shot-attempt differential:
1st - 48.31%
2nd - 63.13%
3rd - 55.08%

Thanks

 

[eco's bones]

Rangers got fair value IMO for Brady Skjei and I don't mind the deal per se but replacing Skjei with Brendan Smith is not a very good trade off even with Skjei's penchant for brain farts. Just saying--his absence is also notable.

It was nice the Rangers staged a comeback and they had some real opportunities to get a 4th goal and who knows if that had happened.

Not really a good game for us though. Missing Kreider for sure hurts and Shesterkin too. Zibanejad played really really well.

Congrats to DeAngelo on his 100th career point.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Reality since Shesterkin got in the car accident our GAA is 3.75 And a .889 sav%

we just aren’t good enough defensively to win with mediocre goaltending. This is after having some of the best numbers defensively in the league the last month.

a few realistic posts. Thanks

 

[Leonardo87]

Can we complain about Quinn's usage of Kakko again??

Where was he this whole game?

Would have greatly liked to see Gauthier on the pp as well... I don't know, mix it up....... Ok Howden was on the ice when they scored, but if Gauthier is going to play like a Kreider, let's get him into his position and see what he can do.....

Kakko is borderline NHL ready. Season cannot end soon enough for him. He will be very good next year but hit his rookie wall hard this season.

 

[aufheben]

Can we complain about Quinn's usage of Kakko again??

Where was he this whole game?

Would have greatly liked to see Gauthier on the pp as well... I don't know, mix it up....... Ok Howden was on the ice when they scored, but if Gauthier is going to play like a Kreider, let's get him into his position and see what he can do.....

I'm not gonna complain when he benched Strome for the entire 3rd period in a big game, and fed his top players ice-time. Zibanejad was unreal today. On-ice 19 shot attempts 5 shot attempts against, 23:54 TOI, 2G 1A 6S, 15 individual shot attempts.

 

[JHS]

Was Kakko hurt, or actively bad or something? Because Howden played nearly 6 mins more than him, looking at the TOI (I missed the game due to family stuff)

I was at the game- Kakko stood out as bad in a game with plenty of “bad” to chose from. He avoids contact like crazy, appears disengaged and won’t battle for anything. Howden earned his ice time and with a team this thin, he probably was the best option for net front presence.

This game honestly looked a lot like the November/December games with virtually no grit, high risk passes all over, lack of defensive accountability and selfish plays.

 

[Absolut]

I was at the game- Kakko stood out as bad in a game with plenty of “bad” to chose from. He avoids contact like crazy, appears disengaged and won’t battle for anything. Howden earned his ice time and with a team this thin, he probably was the best option for net front presence.

This game honestly looked a lot like the November/December games with virtually no grit, high risk passes all over, lack of defensive accountability and selfish plays.

Just posted the same thing. Was at the game and Kakko looked shockingly bad. The game did look like any game earlier this year with Hank in the net, unfortunately. Either Shesterkin is a real magician or Hank's play demoralizes the team. And I don't think the truth is in the middle.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I'm not gonna complain when he benched Strome for the entire 3rd period in a big game, and fed his top players ice-time. Zibanejad was unreal today. On-ice 19 shot attempts 5 shot attempts against, 23:54 TOI, 2G 1A 6S, 15 individual shot attempts.

Wish he were more accurate on at least that first PP, I think that was the turning point.

 

[NYROrtsFan]

It's really hard for me to buy into us winning anything with Strome.

I don't know if it's possible, but Gorton has to get a productive center other than Strome.

 

[bobbop]

Some reality...the Flyers are a really good team.

 

[Avery16]

The leadership vacuum on this team is costing us games.

 

[JHS]

Just posted the same thing. Was at the game and Kakko looked shockingly bad. The game did look like any game earlier this year with Hank in the net, unfortunately. Either Shesterkin is a real magician or Hank's play demoralizes the team. And I don't think the truth is in the middle.

Yeah Kappo looked either shot physically mentally or both. I mean he could not even catch passes out there and I’m not sure had an impactful shift in the entire game. I’m not concerned yet but, he’s got to take some serious skating lessons this summer because he’s not fast enough and his lack of physicality makes him a much worse example of Bread man right now. He’s young so he has time but he’s becoming invisible and only visible for the wrong reasons.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The leadership vacuum on this team is costing us games.

This isn't exactly news though.

They really need to push those guys out this summer.

 

[East Coast Bias]

That smug Vigneault face ain’t so funny when you’re playing against his team.

 

[UnSandvich]

Kakko was poor.

Howden was promoted into Strome's spot after Strome was benched for his second dumb penalty.

I was at the game- Kakko stood out as bad in a game with plenty of “bad” to chose from. He avoids contact like crazy, appears disengaged and won’t battle for anything. Howden earned his ice time and with a team this thin, he probably was the best option for net front presence.

This game honestly looked a lot like the November/December games with virtually no grit, high risk passes all over, lack of defensive accountability and selfish plays.

Ok. So long as there was a decent reason (which, with Quinn, hasn't always been the case), I'm cool with it

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Ok i did not watch Rangers recently, so i have question. What happend to Chytil, why is he not producing? What went wrong? Is he out of gas? Is he on vacation? IDK

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Ok i did not watch Rangers recently, so i have question. What happend to Chytil, why is he not producing? What went wrong? Is he out of gas? Is he on vacation? IDK

His game has fallen off a bit but hes been really strong for most of the season.

I'd ignore the stat line though. For the most part hes been better than the numbers suggest.

 

[aufheben]

Ok i did not watch Rangers recently, so i have question. What happend to Chytil, why is he not producing? What went wrong? Is he out of gas? Is he on vacation? IDK

Poor linemates.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Poor linemates.

He was put in Kreiders spot the last game, can't blame linemates there.

 

[17futurecap]

Score-adjusted 5v5 shot-attempt differential:
1st - 48.31%
2nd - 63.13%
3rd - 55.08%

Looms like a typical AV game, get a lead, and then hold on.

 

[Fataldogg]

5-2 with Georgiev and 5-3 with Lundqvist. Results didnt differ. Both let 5 in. I dont concede that this team gets a point with Georgiev with how they looked in the first 40-minutes.

You also need to realize it was his first game in a month. Georgiev might have been marginally better against the Flyers last game, but didnt perform all too much better against them when having a consistent work load.

I'm not giving Henrik a pass. He definitely could have been better. Team should have came out and played tight defense in front of him to let him get settled in as well.

Flyers just have the Rangers number. 9-1 in the last 10 against us.

 

[Cmox]

You know what bothers me? Being quoted then seeing that the post was edited so I really haven’t a clue as to why. BUT I’m assuming it was my Jim Carrey comment? I’d be offended too, haha. Flyers fans I tell Ya...