Post-Game Talk: Islanders @ Rangers
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surf
Wheres the Reggae?
How do you know? Jumbo called us the softest team in the league 2 years ago after we crushed them...Who wouldn't want to play against a team full of 5ft 7 players....Even when we beat teams we are not punishing them the other teams D could play with eggs in their pockets and we wouldn't break 1 egg during the whole game
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They trapped the NZ perfectly pretty much the entire game. And they were outstanding at their own blue line. Last night was a clinic on how to legally interfere with forecheckers.
The Rangers transition game is supposed to, in theory, be able to break a trap. The idea is to get up ice before they can get set up. But the Islanders were good at disrupting the first pass and our D made some poor decisions. Our D like to fiddle around with the puck, they would reverse the puck back and forth behind the net for 60 straight minutes if they were allowed. Which is why we struggle against teams that play the 1-3-1 like Tampa and the Islanders.
I'm not sure if they didn't adjust or if the execution was just piss poor.
ReggieDunlop68
hey hanrahan!
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Do you have a keyboard shortcut with this phrase? You blame every loss on a lack of grit.
we want cup
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High quality look at Boyle's Falcon Punch, courtesy of /r/rangers:
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pld459666
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Yes.
Common courtesy.
though x-ray's don't show soft tissue damage which is what Stepan may be dealing with and since it was so soon after it happened, I doubt a bod bruise would haev been visable as well.
aufheben
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So frustrating when people don't realize how small of a sample size 1/82 is...
Even the top teams in the NHL only win like 60-65% of their games. We got outworked last night, it happens to every team; It's not some structural flaw, or impending doom FFS
Grit, face-offs, effort, yada yada...heard all this same **** last season.
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Mac n Gs
Gorton plz
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So frustrating when people don't realize how small of a sample size 1/82 is...
Even the top teams in the NHL only win like 60-65% of their games. We got outworked last night, it happens to every team; It's not some structural flaw, or impending doom FFS
Grit, face-offs, effort, yada yada...heard all this same **** last season.
Funny how those weren't a problem when they won 13 of 14 and swept California...
That is ****ing fantastic. Tanner Glass replacing Stepan.
No--Miller will replace Stepan at center, Glass will play on the 4th line.
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
Obviously. I am talking about the fact that we are losing Derek Stepan and gaining Tanner Glass. You couldn't actually think I meant that Glass was going to play C in place of Stepan...
Of course (medical personel too). What goes around comes around. Even in war, opposing sides help the wounded--and fortunately, this is sports we're talking about.
GordonGecko
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Of course on the medical attention, that goes without saying. But an instant X-Ray service can get the opposing player back on the ice or court as opposed to going to the hospital and the game being over by the time they get the results.
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High quality look at Boyle's Falcon Punch, courtesy of /r/rangers:
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That is funny and Dan Boyle is a men's looking dude when he's mad. Like an angry dog showing its teeth.
BTW the whole thing was started by dumbass Hamonic deciding to hit Stempniak at the buzzer in a 3-0 game. Then he gets rocked and goes down and gets mad and tries to fight Stempniak. What a dumbass that dude is.
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
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Shady Brey
We better figure them out
or we are going to have trouble in the playoffs.
Their style is not unlike that of the Rangers under Torts with the whole shot-blocking thing. Of course we didn't have Tavares...
But it IS a style that can be adapted to. I expect AV will find the poison pill for this.
3 more games to get them down before the playoffs.
Make no mistake, this will be a tough opponent.
or we are going to have trouble in the playoffs.
Their style is not unlike that of the Rangers under Torts with the whole shot-blocking thing. Of course we didn't have Tavares...
But it IS a style that can be adapted to. I expect AV will find the poison pill for this.
3 more games to get them down before the playoffs.
Make no mistake, this will be a tough opponent.
GordonGecko
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Ulf said we had no problem with their style, the guys just didn't bring the energy last night
pld459666
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Unforced turnovers and slow skating are what killed us. Not the Isles' system.
Isles devour teams that can't beat them to loose pucks and can't relieve forecheck pressure.
Tawnos
A guy with a bass
Isn't the record of Eastern teams playing their first home game back from west coast trips pretty bad?
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