Post-Game Talk: Rangers 4, Penguins 3 - Pens Lose to a Goalie Who Heretofore Been Niemi Like In Pittsburgh

[Gurglesons]

I'm not scared of TB.

Likely have to go through them anyway. Would rather see them play TB in the first round and if they win, they take out the best team off the bat.

If they lose, better draft position and more rest for the stars to go on a run next season. As opposed to going through the Metro meat grinder, then losing to TB in the conference finals.

Why would you not be scared of a team that almost beat a better incarnation of this team without Stamkos and with a worse overall record?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Why would you not be scared of a team that almost beat a better incarnation of this team without Stamkos and with a worse overall record?

Who cares? I’m not afraid of any team and I know the Pens don’t think like that. I doubt TB wants to start off agt the b2b champs. Pens faced much worse odds last season any way.

I’d rather see the Pens face them in round one when they aren’t being held together by duct tape and will.

The worst they can do is beat the Pens. If so oh well, rest up for a run next season. Rather see them lose to a team I don’t hate anyway.

If they win, they take out the best team and avoid the Metro grind.

 

[larueskee]

From my point of view it appears that Letang won't get off the ice when it is time to change. It messes up everything when one guy on defense refuses to find a way to the bench when his partner left 45 seconds earlier.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Letang has always sort of been a "take the good with the bad" player, at least to a small extent, but the difference this year to me is that he doesn't look fast. Maybe he's still rounding into form (he does look better than early this year), but how long is that a viable notion? I'm not sure but I'm leaning towards we're past that point by a bit. I've always said part of his value that's underrated is how many time he breaks up potential odd man rushes/breakaways, but this year I feel like he's getting danced around and, shockingly, outskated. Both happened to occur last night.

As for the general effort, it was annoying. For about 20-30 minutes they were giving up not too many but WAY too many fast breaks up ice. I get that it's what the Rangers do, but that's the challenge isn't it? To ya know......stop them from doing it, which they failed at.

 

[imouttahereEdWinger]

How many posts did we hit this game?

Who cares? This team can't play defense.

 

[LiquorLicense]

last year’s avg. TOI / this year’s:
81 17:56/18:21
87 19:53/20:41
71 18:37/18:11
58 25:31/25:40
59 15:53/16:54
72 15:57/17:26
17 13:38/16:17
43 15:56/14:52
3 18:04/18:58
4 20:27/18:40
62 15:29/15:48
28 19:49/17:06
34 10:39/10:24
8 20:33/20:30
37 10:58/11:41
2 17:20/15:53
45 10:52/10:49

Thanks for this, I guess it's not as bad as it seems.

 

[hardnosed]

Seemed they were unprepared or unable to handle the speed rush up the boards. On 3 or 4 occasions the defenseman was beat so bad the guy got a breakaway from the faceoff dot in. I've seen defenseman get beat to the outside before but most of the time they stay close enough to push the guy behind the net or into the goalie. Rarely does a guy get beat so bad that the shooter has a breakaway. And on those rare times it happens, the backside defenseman recognizes it and is able to get a stick on the guy. But clean breakaways from those innocent rushes?

 

[cheesedanish87]

delete.

 

[Rakell67]

Thanks for this, I guess it's not as bad as it seems.

And the replacements for these guys:
Kunitz 15:31 / Reaves 6:54
Bonino 16:39 / Sheahan 15:33
Cullen 13:55 / McKegg 9:41
Daley 20:23 / Hunwick 18:12

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Forwards are not covering for pinching defensemen often, that's why you constantly see all these odd man rushes. Details like that i think will be fixed by the time playoffs roll around but my god have we given up lot of those this year so far.