Series Talk: New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils (Rangers 1-0)

[EdJovanovski]

Confirmed

Click to read more...

 

[The Gloaming]

LGR, baby.

Kane, Kreider, and Miller need to wake the f*** up and we got this.

The Trou Trou Train needs to leave the station early in game 1.

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[Machinehead]

The only way the Rangers give themselves a chance to win is if Fox plays over half the game.

The other pairs won't be able to exit the zone through a f***ing hangar door against this team's speed.

 

[RUNYR]

Assuming schedule comes out tomorrow night?

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

The Devils match up fantastically against us. We will need a miracle performance from someone to win.

 

[will1066]

Phone battery at 86%. I don't like this

 

[IDvsEGO]

The Devils match up fantastically against us. We will need a miracle performance from someone to win.

The devils have maybe the worst goaltending situation in the playoffs.
They are possibly the smallest team in the playoffs.

This is not a great matchup for them.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Not the one I wanted. Show what you can do, or go home early, I guess.

 

[OthmannOut]

WAR RANGERS

 

[HANK30]

Worried about the Rangers' inconsistency...here's to hoping that changes starting next week.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

I said it yesterday, the Rangers can’t get into a pond hockey track meet competition. They have to take away the neutral zone to slow the Devils down and they need to keep hitting everyone. Hughes is fragile he’s due for an injury. Hamilton is a giant p***y, Ovechkin exposed him in the playoffs. Keep hitting him to make him f*** up. Rangers need to play a grinding style but I can’t see Gallant making the adjustments.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Rangers in 7.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Phone battery at 86%. I don't like this

Mine is at 20...all good

 

[I Eat Crow]

Pretty much the worst case scenario bracket that could have come true.

Islanders have a great shot against Carolina.

Boston is going to make mince meat of Florida of which the latter won't give the former too many bumps or bruises to soften them up for Toronto or Tampa.

Toronto vs. Tampa is meh. Think Toronto finally wins a round this year.

And the Rangers got the worst possible matchup in the East for them outside of Boston.

Color me not happy. The only silver lining is that Jersey isn't all too physical. If the Rangers can maneuver their way past them, they shouldn't be too beat up for the 2nd round. Both Pittsburgh and Carolina wore the Rangers down in two long, physical 7 game series. The Trouba penalty in Game 3 against Tampa was the proverbial card that made the house of cards collapse last year. They were just too beat up last year to mount a punch back at Tampa.

Good luck to us. This will be a short series if the Rangers play undisciplined with and without the puck and give the Devils free reign in the neutral zone and let them use their speed. Hitting them hard, hitting them often, and clogging up the neutral zone to neutralize their speed is going to be key. This is an experienced group, though.

Rangers in 6.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

We got this...not worried at all. Regular season means nothing, wait until Trouba starts planting midgets into the 3rd row.

 

[zlev]

i'm afraid we're screwed but i hope im wrong.

 

[nyr2k2]

Unless Trouba takes out a couple of their guys, not sure if we can keep up. It's a bad matchup. Debbies in 6.

 

[JT Kreider]

How TF did the Wild Card team in the Metro also get the best draw? The same thing happened in 2016 where the Islanders got the Panthers and we got stuck with the eventual Cup winners who hadn't lost a game in the 2nd half of the season by less than 2 goals.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

Not loving this matchup. I have confidence in our group but the anxiety of a 7 game series with NJ is not really what I want to deal with for the next two weeks. I think we win it though

 

[Kords]

The most important players have looked damn good this last 10 game stretch. I like the Rangers chances, Defense just can't get caught in a bad pinch or the odd man rushes going the other way will go into the net more often than not.

 

[The Gloaming]

Mine is at 20...all good

Mine is at 79...

Miller will need to skate a lot in this series.

Whole team needs to play more like the bottom 6 and we got this. So much negativity already is crazy.

 

[I Eat Crow]

How TF did the Wild Card team in the Metro also get the best draw? The same thing happened in 2016 where the Islanders got the Panthers and we got stuck with the eventual Cup winners who hadn't lost a game in the 2nd half of the season by less than 2 goals.

It needs to go back to Top 8 make the playoffs. Just straight up the best 8 teams make the playoffs. No division winners getting higher seeds. No wild cards. Just given me old fashioned 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 4 v 5, and 3 v 6. Reseeding after each round for home ice.

 

[The Gloaming]

How TF did the Wild Card team in the Metro also get the best draw? The same thing happened in 2016 where the Islanders got the Panthers and we got stuck with the eventual Cup winners who hadn't lost a game in the 2nd half of the season by less than 2 goals.

Because Carolina is in quasi playoff mode all throughout the regular season but can't raise their level in the playoffs.

Islanders will have trouble scoring goals though.

 

[Crease]

It needs to go back to Top 8 make the playoffs. Just straight up the best 8 teams make the playoffs. No division winners getting higher seeds. No wild cards. Just given me old fashioned 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 4 v 5, and 3 v 6. Reseeding after each round.

NHL is never going back to reseeding after each round. They are pushing for gambling viewers who participate in brackets.