GDT: PO Game #7 |Flyers at Rangers | Wed., Apr. 30, 2014| 7:00 p.m. ET

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (42-30-10, 24-14-3 home, 18-16-7 away ) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (45-31-6, 20-17-4 home, 25-14-2 away ) ​

BROADCAST INFORMATION​

• Television: RDS, TSN2, NBCSN (Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire), CSN-PH, MSG
• Webcasts: When additional links are located, anyone can place them in this GDT. No assurances here:
  1. Stream to the NBC broadcast (the feed may not be available to all): http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/
  2. http://atdee.net/index.html
  3. http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
  4. http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=icehockey
  5. http://forum.wiziwig.eu/forums/29-NHL-Icehockey
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2013030147

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=717212&navid=DL|PHI|home
• Stats and Notes: Unavailable
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Rangers' Stats: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Teams' Stats

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO%
Flyers|82 |42-30-10 |24-14-3 |18-16-7 |4-3-3| 2.84 |2.77 |19.7 |84.8 |14.4 |30.4| 30.6 |50.0
Rangers| 82| 45-31-6 |20-17-4| 25-14-2| 6-2-2| 2.61| 2.32 |18.2 |85.3 |10.0 |33.2 |29.4 |48.8

TEAMS' WEBSITES​

• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Rangers' Website: http://rangers.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
14 | Sean Couturier | 6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |21| Phoenix, AZ, USA
9 | Steve Downie | 5' 11" |191 |Apr 3, 1987 |26| Newmarket, ON, CAN
28 |Claude Giroux "C"| 5' 11"| 172| Jan 12, 1988 |25| Hearst, ON, CAN
18 | Adam Hall |6' 2" |212 |Aug 14, 1980 |33 |Kalamazoo, MI, USA
19 | Scott Hartnell "A"| 6' 2"| 210| Apr 18, 1982| 31| Regina, SK, CAN
40 | Vincent Lecavalier | 6' 4" |215 |Apr 21, 1980 |33| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
12| Michael Raffl|6' 0" |192 |Dec 1, 1988 |25| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read |5' 10"| 185 |Jun 14, 1986| 27| Ilderton, ON, CAN
36 | Zac Rinaldo |5' 11" |169 |Jun 15, 1990 |23| Missisauga, ON, CAN
37 | Jay Rosehill | 6' 3" |215| Jul 16, 1985| 28 |Olds, AB, CAN
10 | Brayden Schenn| 6' 1" |190 |Aug 22, 1991 |22| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds| 6' 2"| 183| Aug 26, 1988| 25| Scarborough, ON, CAN
76 |Chris VandeVelde | 6' 2" |190 |Mar 15, 1987 |26| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | 6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989| 24| Kladno, CZE

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
5 | Braydon Coburn | 6' 5"| 220 |Feb 27, 1985| 28| Shaunavon, SK, CAN
75 | Hal Gill | 6' 7" |243 |Apr 6, 1975 |38| Concord, MA, USA
8 |Nicklas Grossmann| 6' 4" |230| Jan 22, 1985 |28| Stockholm, SWE
26| Erik Gustafsson | 5' 10" |180 |Dec 15, 1988| 25| Kvissleby, SWE
41| Andrej Meszaros | 6' 2"| 223 |Oct 13, 1985| 28| Považská Bystrica, SVK
20| Chris Pronger | 6' 6" |220 |Oct 10, 1974 |39| Dryden, ON, CAN
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2" |229| Nov 2, 1989| 24| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit | 5' 11"| 191| Dec 11, 1977 |36| Bern, CHE
44| Kimmo Timonen "A" | 5' 10" |194 |Mar 18, 1975| 38| Kuopio, FIN

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
29| Ray Emery | 6' 2" |196 |Sep 28, 1982 |31 |Hamilton, ON, CAN
35| Steve Mason | 6' 4"| 217| May 29, 1988| 25| Oakville, ON, CAN

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 - Michael Raffl |28 - Claude Giroux (C) |93 -Jakub Voracek
19 - Scott Hartnell (A) |10 - Brayden Schenn | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
9 - Steve Downie | 14 - Sean Couturier| 40 - Vincent Lecavalier
36 - Zac Rinaldo |76 - Chris VandeVelde |18 - Adam Hall

Pairings

Name | Name
44 - Kimmo Timonen (A) |5 - Braydon Coburn
8 - Nicklas Grossmann | 32 - Mark Streit
41- Andrej Meszaros | 22 - Luke Schenn

Goalies

Name | Name
29 - Ray Emery (expected starter) |35 - Steve Mason

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Hal Gill| available| healthy scratch
Erik Gustafsson | IR; out 7-to-10 days from Jan. 3| left knee sprain (Dec. 22)
Chris Pronger |placed on LTIR (Sep. 30) | post-concussion syndrome
Michael Raffl |likely to play tonight | concussion (Jan. 2)
Matt Read | unlikely to play tonight; day-to-day| upper body (Dec. 31)
Jay Rosehill |available| healthy scratch

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Scott Hartnell |Claude Giroux | Wayne Simmonds |Kimmo Timonen | Jakub Voracek
No. 2| Steve Downie |Vincent Lecavalier| Brayden Schenn |Sean Couturier| Mark Streit

NEW YORK RANGERS​

RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
61 - Rick Nash | 21 - Derek Stepan | 26 - Martin St. Louis
67 - Benoit Pouliot | 16 - Derick Brassard |36 - Mats Zuccarello
62 - Carl Hagelin | 19 - Brad Richards | 13 - Daniel Carcillo/10 - J.T. Miller
22 - Brian Boyle | 28 - Dominic Moore |15 - Derek Dorsett

Pairings

Name | Name
27 - Ryan McDonagh| 5 - Dan Girardi
18 - Marc Staal |6 - Anton Stralman
17 - John Moore |8 - Kevin Klein

Goalies

Name | Name
30 - Henrik Lundqvist (expected starter) | 33 - Cam Talbot

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Raphael Diaz| available | healthy
Justin Falk| available | healthy
Jesper Fast | available | healthy
Ryan Haggerty| ineligible for playoffs| not on reserve list at trade deadline (CBA)
Chris Kreider |will not play| left hand surgery
J.T. Miller or Daniel Carcillo | available | healthy, one likely to be scratched

RANGERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| | | | |
No. 2| | | | |

RANGERS' ROSTER​

Forwards

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22| Brian Boyle |6' 7" |244 |Dec 18, 1984 |29| Hingham, MA, USA
16 | Derick Brassard | 6' 1" |202 |Sep 22, 1987 |26| Hull, QC, CAN
13 | Daniel Carcillo | 6' 0" |200 |Jan 28, 1985 |29| King City, ON, CAN
15 | Derek Dorsett | 6' 0" |192| Dec 20, 1986 |27 |Kindersley, SK, CAN
12 | Jesper Fast | 6' 0" |185 |Dec 2, 1991 |22| Nassjo, SWE
62 |Carl Hagelin |5' 11"| 186| Aug 23, 1988 |25 |Sodertalje, SWE
39 | Ryan Haggerty| 6' 0"| 180| Mar 4, 1993 |21| Stamford, CT, USA
20 |Chris Kreider |6' 3"| 226 |Apr 30, 1991 |22| Boxford, MA, USA
10 | J.T. Miller | 6' 1" | 205| Mar 14, 1993 | 21| E. Palastine, OH, USA
28 | Dominic Moore |6' 0" |192 |Aug 3, 1980| 33| Thornhill, ON, CAN
61 | Rick Nash |6' 4" |213| Jun 16, 1984| 29 |Brampton, ON, CAN
67 | Benoit Pouliot | 6' 3"| 197 |Sep 29, 1986 |27| Alfred , ON, CAN
19 | Brad Richards "A" | 6' 0"| 196| May 2, 1980 |33| Murray Harbour, PE, CAN
26 | Martin St. Louis | 5' 8"| 180| Jun 18, 1975| 38| Laval, QC, CAN
21 | Derek Stepan |6' 0" |196| Jun 18, 1990| 23 |Hastings, MN, USA
36 |Mats Zuccarello | 5' 7"| 179 |Sep 1, 1987 |26| Oslo, NOR

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
4| Raphael Diaz | 5' 11" |197| Jan 9, 1986| 28| Baar, CHE
44 | Justin Falk | 6' 5"| 215| Oct 11, 1988 |25 |Snowflake, MB, CAN
5 | Dan Girardi |6' 1" |203 |Apr 29, 1984 |29| Welland, ON, CAN
8 |Kevin Klein | 6' 1" |199 |Dec 13, 1984 |29| Kitchener, ON, CAN
27 | Ryan McDonagh| 6' 1" |213 |Jun 13, 1989 |24| St. Paul, MN, USA
17 | John Moore |6' 3" |202 |Nov 19, 1990| 23| Winnetka, IL, USA
18 | Marc Staal "A" | 6' 4" |207 |Jan 13, 1987 |27| Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
6 |Anton Stralman |5' 11"| 190| Aug 1, 1986 |27| Tibro, SWE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Henrik Lundqvist | 6' 1" |188 |Mar 2, 1982| 32| Are, SWE
33 |Cam Talbot |6' 3" |205 |Jul 5, 1987 |26| Caledonia, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. RANGERS SERIES HISTORY​

Regular Season Record

Opponent | W-L-T-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers| 118-114-37-7 |67-53-14-4| 51-61-23-3

Playoffs Record

Opponent | Series | W-L | Home | Away
New York Rangers |6-5 |30-24|19-11| 11-13

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent | W-L-OTL | Home | Away
New York Rangers|3-2-0 in the last 5 |3-0-0 in the last 3|0-8-0 in the last 8

• Link to series history (prior GDT) from 1967 to the present: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1646453

FLYERS vs. RANGERS 2013-14 SCHEDULE​

Schedule ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?season=20132014&gameType=2&team=PHI&network=&venue= )

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Thu Oct 24, 2013| NY Rangers 1 at Philadelphia 2|7:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Sun Jan 12, 2014|Philadelphia 1 at NY Rangers 4 |7:00 PM | RDS2, NBCSN
Sat Mar 1, 2014|NY Rangers 2 at Philadelphia 4 |1:00 PM | MSG, CSN-PH
Wed Mar 26, 2014|Philadelphia 1 at NY Rangers 3 |8:00 PM | RDS, TSN2, NBCSN

FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Wed Jan 8, 2014|Montréal at Philadelphia |7:30 PM |RDS, TSN, CSN-PH

FLYERS-RANGERS' FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE​

Date | Visiting Team | Home Team | Time (ET) | Television (could change) | Summary
Thu Apr 17|Philadelphia 1 |NY Rangers 4 |7:00 PM |TSN, CNBC, CSN-PH, MSG| http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030141
Sun Apr 20|Philadelphia 4 |NY Rangers 2|12:00 PM |NBC, TSN, RDS| http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030142
Tue Apr 22|NY Rangers 4|Philadelphia 1|8:00 PM |Sp.360, CNBC, MSG, CSN-PH | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030143
Fri Apr 25|NY Rangers 1 |Philadelphia 2|7:00 PM |RDS, TSN, CNBC, MSG, CSN-PH | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030144
Sun Apr 27|Philadelphia 2|NY Rangers 4 |12:00 PM |NBC, TSN, RDS | http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030145
Tue Apr 29|NY Rangers 2|Philadelphia 5|7:30 PM|TSN, RDS, NBCSN, MSG, CSN-PH| http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030146
Wed Apr 30|Philadelphia 1|NY Rangers 2|7:00 PM|RDS, TSN2, NBCSN, CSN-PH, MSG| http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030147

THIS DATE IN FLYERS' HISTORY: April 30, 2008​

Martin Biron made 36 saves, Danny Briere's PPG snapped a tie with 3:38 left and R.J. Umberger finished the scoring in the Flyers' 4-2 home win vs. Montreal.

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/sports/flyers

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger​

| http://www.nj.com/flyers/

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Frank Seravalli's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/DNFlyers

Philadelphia Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Bergen Record​

| http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

BlueShirts United​

| http://blueshirtsunited.com/

Jim Cerny's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JimCerny

ESPN New York​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hockey/category/_/name/new-york-rangers

Katie Strang's Twitter ​

| https://twitter.com/KatieStrangESPN

Newark Star-Ledger​

| http://www.nj.com/rangers/

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/

Pat Leonard's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN

New York Post ​

| http://nypost.com/hockey/

Larry Brooks' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/nyp_brooksie

New York Times ​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

Jeff Klein's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/jzedklein

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976

Steve Zipay's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/stevezipay

SportsNet New York​

| http://snyrangersblog.com/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
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[RoDu]

win or golf

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

looking forward to roasting the penguins. lets get this **** done boys! we better come out and play the hardest, most energetic and complete game of this series.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Finish these ****ERS!

 

[Halladay]

going to be a long day at work.

 

[blinds]

Not surprised it came to game 7, lets play another like tonight. Need Mason to play like he did and for our offense to keep clicking.

We were sloppy defensively but Mason bailed us out. Need to get that together. Kimmo continues to make bad decisions.

 

[ApeZilla]

going to be a long day at work.

I'm off tomorrow, the plan is to stay up as late as possible so I can sleep most of the day away.

 

[blinds]

Through 3 games Mason is 2nd in save percentage and 3rd in GAA with .939 and 1.95 respectively. Pretty crazy, hope he keeps it up for this one.

 

[dats81]

Do or die!
This won't be about skill but more about character and mental toughness...

 

[freakydallas13]

Don't worry guys, Berube is not not only benching gus for this game, he is going Soviet era intelligence removal style and retroactively benching gus yesterday. He didn't score a goal, he didn't play, but he did somehow take a penalty, so he's being punished for that.

 

[BillDineen]

OT: Seeing Jagr resigning makes me wish he was still on this team. He would be the opposite of Vinny in this series.

 

[Bryz4shiz]

Anyone know what time the game starts?

 

[Karma]

Anyone know what time the game starts?

7pm Eastern

 

[kudymen]

Game 7. I dont think Im sleeping tonight.
(game starts at 1 a.m.)

 

[LePalle]

Game 7. I dont think Im sleeping tonight.
(game starts at 1 a.m.)

Sames, almost fell asleep before the last game but managed to keep my eyes open. Thank God I did, once it started I couldn't be bothered to sleep!

 

[Garbage Goal]

Considering Mason sat for Emery game three and Gustafsson sat out games one through five for Gill and Grossmann, if we lose game seven I'm going to see red with Berube. I honestly think if those two things don't happen, just on their own maybe we don't even have to be in a do-or-die situation.

Seeing both Pens and Rags fans clench their sphinctors in unison is amazing though.

Tri-state area is going to be ******** diamonds tonight.

 

[Prongo]

I just don't think Mason was ready for Game 3 but when the outcome was ready and we all knew he was feeling better, Berube wanted him to see a little ice time. Maybe not though, really only the coaches know and it's pointless for others to say otherwise. Berube has done a good job this year and anyone saying other wise is wrong. He is a rookie mistake and has made a few questionable calls but he is a huge part of the reason we are even here.

We have been resilient all year, except our fanbase. It's been extremely pessimistic and down right dumb around here lately with some of the statements being made. I don't understand how anyone can not see the new system and how the Flyers have been better defensively under Berube. That's all Berube, the players have to learn it. It's their job. Simmonds even in one of the shorts that they were doing this year said the team needed the change and Chief knows what he is doing.

Gill over Gus was because of how they play. They like the physical guy paired with the puck mover. You can disagree with that but they don't like it to be easy in front of our net. Would I have liked to see Gus in, of course I would have. We have to remember it's very easy to change up lineups on paper but it's a different ball game when we are talking in the game. Hartnell/Giroux/Voracek helped turn the year around when Giroux got going. They carried the Flyers offensively throughout the year, I can see why Berube didn't want to break them up hoping they could turn it around.

All in all, he has made some questionable calls but he is a first year coach. People saying if Gus played or other changes were made we aren't in a game 7 and won already, are just talking out there ass. There is no way to know that and you can't change it now.

Concentrate on the game in hand and not the past games. Berube is a fine coach so far and will only try to improve hopefully.

 

[chupanibre]

Yeah our D definitely needs to step it up, also I hope Mason can be consistent with yesterday. It's going to be a tough game

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Why are we still talking about game 3? Let's focus on game 7 and win this *****!

 

[blinds]

I just don't think Mason was ready for Game 3 but when the outcome was ready and we all knew he was feeling better, Berube wanted him to see a little ice time. Maybe not though, really only the coaches know and it's pointless for others to say otherwise. Berube has done a good job this year and anyone saying other wise is wrong. He is a rookie mistake and has made a few questionable calls but he is a huge part of the reason we are even here.

We have been resilient all year, except our fanbase. It's been extremely pessimistic and down right dumb around here lately with some of the statements being made. I don't understand how anyone can not see the new system and how the Flyers have been better defensively under Berube. That's all Berube, the players have to learn it. It's their job. Simmonds even in one of the shorts that they were doing this year said the team needed the change and Chief knows what he is doing.

Gill over Gus was because of how they play. They like the physical guy paired with the puck mover. You can disagree with that but they don't like it to be easy in front of our net. Would I have liked to see Gus in, of course I would have. We have to remember it's very easy to change up lineups on paper but it's a different ball game when we are talking in the game. Hartnell/Giroux/Voracek helped turn the year around when Giroux got going. They carried the Flyers offensively throughout the year, I can see why Berube didn't want to break them up hoping they could turn it around.

All in all, he has made some questionable calls but he is a first year coach. People saying if Gus played or other changes were made we aren't in a game 7 and won already, are just talking out there ass. There is no way to know that and you can't change it now.

Concentrate on the game in hand and not the past games. Berube is a fine coach so far and will only try to improve hopefully.

Ehh, Gill is forgivable but I'm not sure about playing Emery in game 3. It sounds like they decided Mason was good to go late/unexpectedly, and instead of changing things up, Berube just stayed the course with Emery since he had a good game 2 and wasn't expecting Mason to be ready. You really can't do that, if your starter is good enough to be on the bench then he should be starting. Especially when your backup is physically limited like Emery.

If we lose today, you have to wonder if it would have been different had Berube given Mason the start in Game 3. That loss was easily on Emery and by extension Berube.

It's a rookie mistake, but it might end up deciding the series. Dropping the first home game because you decided to play your backup is a huge blunder. It's not worth firing him over, but you expect to not see that mistake in the future.

Berube doesn't seem to adjust very fluidly, so how he handles his lineup decisions in his second year should decide his fate in my opinion. If he still has trouble adjusting after how stubborn he was this year, I don't want any part of him. He put together poor line combinations and almost never reacted to how they performed on ice this year, if that doesn't change I don't think he's a coach we can win with. His "accountability" was a joke.

 

[Garbage Goal]

Ehh, Gill is forgivable but I'm not sure about playing Emery in game 3. It sounds like they decided Mason was good to go late/unexpectedly, and instead of changing things up, Berube just stayed the course with Emery since he had a good game 2 and wasn't expecting Mason to be ready. You really can't do that, if your starter is good enough to be on the bench then he should be starting. Especially when your backup is physically limited like Emery.

If we lose today, you have to wonder if it would have been different had Berube given Mason the start in Game 3. That loss was easily on Emery and by extension Berube.

It's a rookie mistake, but it might end up deciding the series. Dropping the first home game because you decided to play your backup is a huge blunder. It's not worth firing him over, but you expect to not see that mistake in the future.

Berube doesn't seem to adjust very fluidly, so how he handles his lineup decisions in his second year should decide his fate in my opinion. If he still has trouble adjusting after how stubborn he was this year, I don't want any part of him. He put together poor line combinations and almost never reacted to how they performed on ice this year, if that doesn't change I don't think he's a coach we can win with. His "accountability" was a joke.

Pretty much. Don't feel like debating, but I never get on Berube for how the team actually plays. The team plays as well as I expect them to but the lineup and ice-time decisions are maddening at times and at this point, if we lose, it's a big question whether Berube's lineup decisions cost us this series. If we lose.

I'm not sure what to expect from this game but if Mason plays stellar again and Gus is in I'm pretty confident honestly. As confident as can be at least.

 

[Striiker]

Considering Mason sat for Emery game three and Gustafsson sat out games one through five for Gill and Grossmann, if we lose game seven I'm going to see red with Berube. I honestly think if those two things don't happen, just on their own maybe we don't even have to be in a do-or-die situation.

Seeing both Pens and Rags fans clench their sphinctors in unison is amazing though.

Tri-state area is going to be ******** diamonds tonight.

Don't forget the way he refused to switch the lines and and let Lecavelier ruin things before finally switching things up and putting Lecavelier back where he belongs. It was so obvious but it took him so long to fix it.

 

[Protest]

I don't know why the Rangers, being the vastly superior team, allowed this series to go to 7 games. For their own amusement i guess?

 

[Legion of Gloom]

OT: Seeing Jagr resigning makes me wish he was still on this team. He would be the opposite of Vinny in this series.

I hope Vinny can play decent along with the rest of the team and get a point.

First goal could win the series

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

With this tonight, and tomorrow being last day of classes for the semester (i have 2 tests and a project to work on for tomorrow), and the possibility of a PHI/PIT series being a reward in 48 hours, this is going to be absolutely torturous for me.