GDT: Game 62: New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers, 7pm ET, MSG (Do we want Florida?)

[Shesterkybomb]

Missed this one. Were we mostly outclassed, or did we hold our own pretty well?

First period was good..after that Florida slowly took over.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Kreider learned this years ago

And now he doesn't throw any body checks whatsoever.

 

[effen]

They don't know what to do when guys skate at them in a straight line because they don't move with any explosiveness. They want to read and react and do head fakes.

They played like half a playoff game and looked good. Then it got too hard. Story of their year.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Missed this one. Were we mostly outclassed, or did we hold our own pretty well?

They were not outclassed at all. It was a good game. Bad goal in the 3rd was the winner.

 

[Irishguy42]

Alrighty Chris. No games until Saturday. Dru it.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

They don't know what to do when guys skate at them in a straight line because they don't move with any explosiveness. They want to read and react and do head fakes.

They played like half a playoff game and looked good. Then it got too hard. Story of their year.

They let teams take their time and space without moving themselves or the puck

 

[EdJovanovski]

Missed this one. Were we mostly outclassed, or did we hold our own pretty well?

We played fine until the 3rd when Laviolette decided to bench the bottom 6 and continously roll out an exhausted Mika Kreider & Kakko who could barely move out there because of how long they were on

 

[effen]

They were not outclassed at all. It was a good game. Bad goal in the 3rd was the winner.

Over time, the Panthers best players skating really hard and being phyiscal presences overcame the Rangers best players skating at a good not great pace. Eaten alive the last two periods.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Need a 3c in the worst way. Back to back games against a much better 3rd line, Lundell and Taveres had it easy vs Goodrow and Brodz.

 

[Tob]

Another stellar performance by Weaka ZibaneSAD. Man, did we ever give a contract to the wrong guy. We could have just traded him and went big game hunting all the same with the NY FA appeal.

 

[Vitto79]

Missed this one. Were we mostly outclassed, or did we hold our own pretty well?

People will say outclassed but reality is take away a bad goal and they go to OT

 

[PalmCoastRanger]

They don't know what to do when guys skate at them in a straight line because they don't move with any explosiveness. They want to read and react and do head fakes.

They played like half a playoff game and looked good. Then it got too hard. Story of their year.

One of the teams skated around the opposition and other skated THROUGH their opponents. It will take more than Trochek and Rempe to turn this around.