Hire Sather
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Its not his fault.
Hes elite, but hasn't played elite. Elite goalies make the saves that aren't suppose to be made.
Post-Game Talk: New York Rangers @ Philadelphia Flyers 4/25/14
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Its not his fault.
Hes elite, but hasn't played elite. Elite goalies make the saves that aren't suppose to be made.
Again, the point isn't to show who had a heavier work load. In actuality, no matter how rudimentary our shots were to Mason last night, Mason had the heavier work load with more aggressive and threatening chances given for him to fend off.
But you saw the effect Mason had on his team last night. And if Lundqvuist was able to pull out the same stops, we'd be sitting here talking about finishing them off on Sunday.
Momentum change was so disappointing. We had the full court press on Philly last night. They scored twice and then shelled up. Frustrating hockey.
But you saw the effect Mason had on his team last night. And if Lundqvuist was able to pull out the same stops, we'd be sitting here talking about finishing them off on Sunday.
Momentum change was so disappointing. We had the full court press on Philly last night. They scored twice and then shelled up. Frustrating hockey.
OnlyTruth
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Exactly right! I'm almost sure we could of gotten the same performance from Talbot if not better. So what's the point to have a goalie with such a huge contract if we don't get the value back. In the playoffs Hank needs to be the king, and not to be outperformed by some low grade goalies. Mason should not even come close to Hank's performance.
stan the caddy
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Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. He made a great kick save with his right pad last night. The two goals the Flyers scored were basically impossible to stop. The puck bounced perfectly off the boards and Hank's not stopping a perfect deflection from 2 feet in front of him, no one is. He's a great goalie but he's not god.
Hire Sather
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The team scored 4 goals in both of the wins in the series.
An elite goalie winning a game when the team only scores 1 or 2 is an elite goalie being elite.
The game wasn't his fault, but he could still be better.
The fact of the matter is that through 4 games, with the Flyers missing their #1 goalie for three of them, the Flyers have had the better goalie in 2 of the 4 games played.
Like I said before, I'm sick of having the supposed goalie advantage going into a series, but when the games are played, it doesn't show.
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The first goal wasn't that impossible to stop. He was just slow getting there. The second one, though..
Oh, and what kind of goal was that 2nd one?
Same story as always: one team capitalizing on their chances and the other throwing it to the wind.
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I'm not absolving Lundqvist of his Game 2 performance. That one was bad by his standards. Yesterday, he still gave the Rangers a chance to win.
3-for-8 on their first 8 chances.
0-for-12 on their last 12.
If that crap continues, we're going to have a PP clicking at below 10%.
Gordon Bombay
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Lundqvist is not the problem. The problem is the Rangers inability to move through the neutral zone after the 1st period. 3 games in a row now the Flyers have clogged it up on us and outplayed us after the 1st. We figure that out and the series is ours.
Riche16
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We may outplay them... we outshoot them... but we don't have many quality chances.
That's really the big issue.
If Hank stops the 1st goal and we go to OT, I have zero confidence that we would be the team to score 1st.
That's an issue.
That's really the big issue.
If Hank stops the 1st goal and we go to OT, I have zero confidence that we would be the team to score 1st.
That's an issue.
Hunter Gathers
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I don't think you understand how momentum swings work in hockey (or sports in general). The Rangers reacted pretty typically, I think.
FWIW, I've said countless times on here that this team is mentally weak.
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Rick Nash needs to find the sort of urgency in his game that he found in the last two minutes of the loss. He needs to play like that for 60 minutes, not 2.
Mason stopped McD and zucc..both saves were impossible.. the first goal against hank wouldn't of been a impossible save
I take Lundqvist over one of the biggest head cases in the league 10 times out of 10
truebluegoalie
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Yep, elite goalies never make mistakes or give up soft goals:
can we give this tired argument a rest already?
can we give this tired argument a rest already?
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NikC
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Rangers should win this series on the play of Lindquist alone and it hasn't happened yet.
It's hard to see this team truly accomplishing anything with the way they're currently configued.
Richards has ti be gone and there's no replacement.
Lundqvist is making star money when we can't bring the talent in front to truly win
Really need to examine themselves if they lose this series.
Maybe you trade Talbot for another scorer.
No need for all this cash going to the goalie position if he's not lights out when it counts
It's hard to see this team truly accomplishing anything with the way they're currently configued.
Richards has ti be gone and there's no replacement.
Lundqvist is making star money when we can't bring the talent in front to truly win
Really need to examine themselves if they lose this series.
Maybe you trade Talbot for another scorer.
No need for all this cash going to the goalie position if he's not lights out when it counts
This Ranger team has a lot of talent and can compete with anyone. The strength of this team is the defense which has to be top 5 in the whole NHL.
Hank has an opportunity with this team to create his legacy or defining moment in the playoffs where the great HOF goalies step up their game.
Hank has an opportunity with this team to create his legacy or defining moment in the playoffs where the great HOF goalies step up their game.
Hunter Gathers
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Talbot has minimal trade value due to impending UFA status.
They need to work on getting him locked up. Not trading him.
And both team's lost those games...
What's your point? It only goes to show you how important a goalie is in terms of momentum swings and the effect it has on the surrounding group of players.
LieutenantLackluster
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7 in 4 games.
Everyone's happy, right? They would've signed up for that before the series, right?
haohmaru
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Rask just gave up his second after on a rebound. He sucks. Just like Henrik. Boston should call Providence and see who's ready to go.
Hunter Gathers
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Except Rask's goal wasn't bad since Chara knocked him over. But keep making horrendous comparisons, I guess.
