Post-Game Talk: Rangers at Lightning Game 3 (TBL leads 2-1)

[I Eat Crow]

The better team won.

Definitely. Team defense and goaltending lost tonight. The offense did it's job. 5 goals should be enough to win any hockey game.

Tampa's top 6 looks totally unstoppable. Best transition team in the league. They're beating us at our own game.

Lundqvist with two absolutely shocking games in a row. I really don't see how we're coming back home even. Trying to hold Tampa to one goal a game isn't going to happen. The way to negate Tampa's top 6 is to have the puck in their end so they can't score. The Rangers defense has no answers for them.

 

[Baby Punisher]

That's why he'll never win a Cup .

And can never ever be truly considered the greatest Ranger Goal tender of all time.

 

[The Gloaming]

If they lose on Friday they are done. No way are they coming back from 3-1 this time.

Wonder what McDonagh will say in his presser. Maybe he'll address his useless defensive play.

 

[ImIdaho]

Isn't it also sad that Moore is doing what Nash should be doing, which is going to the crease, hard.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

“@HartnettHockey: Lundqvist's play isn't deserving of 6 goals against in the past two games. Gang of d-men in front of him have been dreadful.â€

Lol OK.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Not good enough.

Defense was horrid. Hank was bad.

These last 2 games Tampa has legitimately had more good scoring changes that we have had in the entire playoffs.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Hank will respond. Defense probably won't.

I honestly don't care if he steps up or not. It should be taken out of his hands entirely. We are playing deep in the playoffs and Hank completely craps the bed.

Either he is psyching himself out or something. I don't know. I don't care.

 

[TankLarkin]

Talbot saves 3 of the 6 goals. I love Hank... just sayin'

 

[NYRSchrute217]

The defense was horrible, but if you score 5 you can't lose playoff games. This loss is on Lundqvist.

If the Rangers lose this series, people better not scream about feeling bad for him. He blew the 2012 Conference Finals against NJ, and this series could slip away too. Just coming up small when we need him to be great.

 

[Bleed Ranger Blue]

In a position to be down 3-1 again. Pathetic.

12th in 2 games. This one is on Hank.

Part of it. Maybe even most of it. But everyone played like **** besides the kreider-stepan-fast line, and even they were delinquent in the defensive zone.

Nash and MSL are abhorrent. True disgraces. At least lundqvist played great to get them here.

 

[Thunderhead]

Now that goal was actually soft. Just a brutal game. Hey guys, going down 3-1 isn't a good idea, really should stop making it a habit.

Brutal game but the ot started at 0-0 . It's all on Hank .

 

[Blueshirt Special]

TAKE THE BODY

Is this a roller hockey league?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

JR absolutely shredding Hank right now. As he should.

 

[Whiplash27]

“@HartnettHockey: Lundqvist's play isn't deserving of 6 goals against in the past two games. Gang of d-men in front of him have been dreadful.”

Maybe, but when you're supposed to be the best goalie in the world, you pull some saves out of your ass on at least one or two of those goals. Hank has just not been good in the last couple games.

 

[OnlyTruth]

Embarrassing effort from Lundqvist on that goal

He is clearly tired. I said a few games back that he needs to work on his conditioning.

 

[OrbitalDynamics]

Is it possible AV has over engineered the defense to thr point it's #$%&ing useless?
Paralysis by analysis?

#endingunchanged

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Lol OK.

I mean, it's true. Hank is deserving of about 8 goals. Not 12.

 

[Inferno]

Rangers stand ZERO shot of winning this series...ZERO, if Henrik isn't their best player. He's been awful.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Definitely. Team defense and goaltending lost tonight. The offense did it's job. 5 goals should be enough to win any hockey game.

Tampa's top 6 looks totally unstoppable. Best transition team in the league. They're beating us at our own game.

Lundqvist with two absolutely shocking games in a row. I really don't see how we're coming back home even. Trying to hold Tampa to one goal a game isn't going to happen. The way to negate Tampa's top 6 is to have the puck in their end so they can't score. The Rangers defense has no answers for them.

I would seriously consider scratching MSL in favor of a fresh body. Maybe Zucc is close?

 

[chosen]

“@BlueshirtBanter: Fact of the matter is, the Rangers dropped the ball tonight. Got what they deserved. Need to be better Friday. Much better.â€

Spot on.

I defend Hank all the time, but if you cannot admit the last one was on Hank, you cease to have any credibility in your Hank evaluations.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

He is clearly tired. I said a few games back that he needs to work on his conditioning.

Zero excuse for him to be tired. None.

 

[NCRanger]

Lundqvist with a flat out AWFUL performance tonight.

No excuses, he flat out SUCKED!

I'm totally on board with starting Talbot on Friday.

 

[DudMan28]

Oh, and nice gap control by Captain ****face on Kucherov there. Backing up like he's Eric ****ing Lindros.

I hate, REALLY hate this version of Ryan McDonagh. Soft, slow, uninspiring idiot.

He played it fine. That's 100% on Hank. Poor positioning and late on the reaction. **** outta here if you think that's even a little on McD.

Good shot? Sure. Still should be an easy save.

 

[LittleKev6D9]

Sticking to my prediction of the Lightning only scoring 16 goals this season they only have 3 goals left for the rest of the series.

 

[poeman]

What a terrible loss...Not to mention how bad Bishop is right now, we have Henrik who probably has millions of things running through his head after the last one and this one.

We score 5 goals and we lose by allowing 6 goals.

We got burned...Nash needs to stop shooting from far away, just attack the net and look for a rebound.

Just sucks, all of it