GDT: MDSF #2 - 04/20/14 | Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers | 12:00 - NBC

[haveandare]

Why are so many people making excuses for Hank? He's playing like ****. He's being paid more than any goalie in the league, so you expect him to be the best. Even if he's not the best, I expect him to give the team a chance to win. Its the playoffs, he's being outplayed by a below average back up in this league and he's supposed to be the best in the league. Think about that.

For the millionth time, his new contract starts. next. year.

And I'm so sick of this "being outplayed by" other goalies. They're not shooting on one another. They're not defending against one another. The skaters need to score. The skaters need to get good chances.

The flyers ended the season just under the Rangers, while having a way worse defense. Why? Because their offense is good. Here is it.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I can't remember the last time I was confident in the Rangers coming back, it's been seasons. The Rangers tend to play frustrating 3rd periods when down by 1. I wonder how many posts we'll hit and empty nets we'll miss THIS time. Ugh.

 

[Pathiic]

All talk about hank failing? How about the defense? anyone even noticing how bad they are playing this game?

 

[YoSoyLalo]

You wouldn't? Oh.

I asked how you control a rebound from in close that is on the ice. You don't have time or space to direct it to the corner.

Well, I'm not the highest paid goaltender in the league. Ask him.

 

[GFiP*]

This is part we hear about how good the rangers are in the 3rd.. and they fail to even tie it

 

[SnowblindNYR]

For the millionth time, his new contract starts. next. year.

And I'm so sick of this "being outplayed by" other goalies. They're not shooting on one another. They're not defending against one another. The skaters need to score. The skaters need to get good chances.

The flyers ended the season just under the Rangers, while having a way worse defense. Why? Because their offense is good. Here is it.

And I'm so sick of the other goalie having a great game and Lundqvist being mediocre, ALL SEASON. Emery stepped his game up, Lundqvist was playoff Lundqvist.

 

[The Stig]

He better be SCREAMING at them right now!

AV doesn't yell. But you can bet he's chewing his gum really hard at them right now.

 

[Holocene]

Mark my words unless the Rangers ice an offense like Chicago, they will not win the cup with Lundqvist in net ever. The guy is not a good playoff goalie. He has an amazing penchant for coming up small in huge situations. That 3rd goal was all Lundqvist. I'm wasting over a decade of my life watching him choke this team out of the playoffs.

You only live in the moment, huh?

 

[NYRANGERAMI*]

Headline tomorrow " Rangers tie game with 0.2 left in 3rd. Win in OT on penalty shot"

 

[LeetchisGod]

We outplayed the Flyers most of that period, bad bounce and Lundqvist are why we're down.

Same problem from two years ago. No killer instinct. 1-0 lead in series, 2-0 lead in game two and they fall apart. If they don't win this game, this series is going 7.

 

[chosen]

And there's an argument that he's at least partially at fault for two of the three goals this game (misplaying the poke on the Voracek goal and the laughably bad rebound on the 3rd goal).

I might be McDonagh's biggest advocate on this board, but Voracek's goal was a result of him circling McDonagh. How is that Hank's fault?

 

[JCrusher*]

not a goof day for Hank but that 4 on 3 powerplay was as bad as you can get. They just passed back and forth for the whole pp

 

[Crease]

For the millionth time, his new contract starts. next. year.

And I'm so sick of this "being outplayed by" other goalies. They're not shooting on one another. They're not defending against one another. The skaters need to score. The skaters need to get good chances.

Rangers are getting plenty of chances. Emery has made several very goods saves to bail out his defense. More than Lundqvist has done for his defense.

 

[haveandare]

And I'm so sick of the other goalie having a great game and Lundqvist being mediocre, ALL SEASON. Emery stepped his game up, Lundqvist was playoff Lundqvist.

Yeah, all season. That's why his numbers are what they are. Because he sucks so much.

You do this every single game that Hank puts on anything but a clinic. I've heard this song and dance a million times.

 

[Ola]

Nash is a dumb player. No initiative. We need him to move his feet next period. He's key.

Philly are putting the puck deep on our Ds, and they have not been able to fetch it and get up ice again. They have been extremely passive, especially McD-Girardi. Far from good enough.

Don't trash our forwards, they get nothing to work with...

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I agree with you there. But these things happen to every goalie. People act like only Lundqvist has these types of games. I tend to give Lundqvist the benefit of the doubt for all the times he's coming up big for us. After the shutout in game 6 and 7 last year, he gets ripped in the next round for playing awful like the rest of the team.

Yeah, but the thing is those other goalies don't have guys who say that they've never, ever let in a bad goal. Like I said, just stroll over to the Debbies board on a Brodeur start. They have just ripped the guy. And he's the best player ever on that team.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

For the millionth time, his new contract starts. next. year.

And I'm so sick of this "being outplayed by" other goalies. They're not shooting on one another. They're not defending against one another. The skaters need to score. The skaters need to get good chances.

The flyers ended the season just under the Rangers, while having a way worse defense. Why? Because their offense is good. Here is it.

Why are you sick of people bringing up Hank getting outplayed by the other goalie? It's happened numerous times this season, and considering the fact that we generally hail him as the best goalie in the league, expectations are higher. It's something that is brought up all around the league. Goalie matchups are incredibly important.

 

[theJUMPER]

No goalie is going to come up with saves where the puck is deflected 5 ft in front of him to a wide open player sitting there with an open net.

Henrik is not getting outplayed.

My only criticism is that he could've poke checked that 1st goal. Otherwise he's been fine, it's the skating of this team that has them behind right now.

 

[Nickmo82]

Nash and McDonagh need to be better. Both have been hard to watch

nash had a few good chances towards the end of the period. granted, he should be scoring them... not just having good chances.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

You only live in the moment, huh?

Yeah, SB is an interesting case because he's all about advanced stats but reverts to platitudes about heart and grit and passion and grission and choking when talking about Hank.

 

[JCrusher*]

I might be McDonagh's biggest advocate on this board, but Voracek's goal was a result of him circling McDonagh. How is that Hank's fault?

Macdonagh is a beast BUT he as has been pretty bad this series

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Hank chokes in big games.. simple as that...just another goalie who won't win a cup

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

They got away from the puck movement and skating that was making them so successful. The possession isn't there.

They keep losing key faceoffs today.

Have to win faveoffs. Have to possess the puck. Have to get Emery moving side-to-side again.

Always been subpar on face offs

 

[Kane One]

LOL Liam.

 

[Florida Ranger]

We're all crazy