Good morning, boneheads!
I’m glad I don’t have to a writeup this morning. Because even if I had to, I couldn’t. I do not remember much of the OT even though I watched it all the way.
Our young boys got their first experience of what it takes to win when it counts most. Two games at the price of one. I’m disappointed, but not upset. It’s a long series, advantages, as well as flaws, tend to surface at the end. The better team usually wins at the end. That’s why they play 7.
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One game, coin flip, questionable call, Igor was Igor. Nothing to worry about yet.
Bread looked like he didn’t want to or couldn’t shoot to me.
Added a couple of articles.
Gravy
Panarin probably has a shoulder injury can’t shoot with a bad wing.
Repost from this morning for all you Chuckleheads
I know most of you boneheads think losing last night’s game was just game 1 and no big deal. But it was. I’ve seen this show before. Fortunately I am more than used to disappointment. I’m dejected but it was expected!
As a former ref I ask 2 questions on the go ahead goal.
1. Was DeSmith interfered with and prevented from making the save….yes
2. How was he interfered with? By his own player causing the contact….good goal
Simple as that. Any other explanation is just BS!
Seems like Pits was better able to exit the dzone with limited pressure from the 2nd period onward. NYR was constantly under pressure in their own zone and very rarely got clean breaks out.
Who vacated the front of the goal and left Maklinstein alone for GWG? I think it was Flip. Thought kids played well; esp Kakko as expectation were low.
Bread’s line had the majority of ES scoring chances and sustained pressure. Need more controlled ozone time from Mika’s line.
They needed to manage the game better.
Too much energy expended during the first period came back to bite them in the last 2 overtime periods.
Not gonna fault Chytil for leaving the Addams Family alone in front in 3rd OT. Chytil played a real good game otherwise and should’ve had the GWG 2 hours earlier.
Bread looked frustrated – yet still was dangerous with the puck.
They need to find an answer for Crosby/Guentzel or else this series will not end well for the Rangers
Should we anticipate any personnel changes for tomorrow?
Guessing Hunt goes in.
We’ll see if Lindgren can go. Despite being a right-shot, Braun probably plays over Hajek.
I’d put Hunt on the 4th line and move Goodr
. . . Goodrow up to center Lafreniere and Kakko.
Lloyd Braun in for Lindgren, if Lindgren can’t go.
“I’m disappointed, but not upset.”
My sentiments exactly, ilb.
Hope Reavo’s tank isn’t empty already.
If Bread is denied space, someone else should be open.
Game could have gone either way. Zebras decided it – just what you don’t want to see.
Rangers can play a better game and i expect they will. I’m sure Pittsburgh will be better as well.
Could we see McKegg?
Brodzinski?
Hope folks won’t be holding their breath waiting for calls to even out…
Low point of game was hanzel and guentzel picking on Miller Lite with no response. Kid needs to grow a pair.
FWIW
https://twitter.com/StatBoy_Steven/status/1521828138875031553?t=IsEOHzUYuRzTIWSPooYt7w&s=19
Gravy agreed, Bread did not look quite right all game.
Rangers won 47% of f/o’s? Seemed like 27%.
I thought I was the only one around here to notice Kam’s many liabilities.
Convicted Cheater Robbie Cano collects $40 million, curses Mets organization. on his way out.. ‘sonsobiches!’
Agree with St Pete. I have seen so much crap happen against the Pens that i knew the goal would never stand. For years defensemen have been pushing the puck carrier into their own goalie and getting the call. it just seems like common sense to me. But that is hockey.
With The Pens players having played 3 times as many playoff games and the coach winning 2 cups; that stuff counts for something. First game of a long tough series and Lingren cannot survive the game. That is not a good sign. Also last but not least. SHOOT THE PUCK. Pens players know to get the puck towards the net in playoff hockey. One play by Fox where he was dead center 20 feet out and tries to pass to Strome on his backhand had me pulling out my hair. Oh Well. On to Thursday and glory.
Did anyone say must win.
The yoots will learn from this but it won’t matter until next year. One good thing from a Quarter Final exit is they keep their 1st rd pick. I do believe Igor is good enough but the team in front of him just isn’t ready yet. pens are too good at this. I really hope I’m wrong but looks to me like pens in 5 or 6. But I would not be a bit surprised if a 🧹!
Poor #8 has to be two people on D. Wildly under-rated.
Benoit Allaire to GG: ‘Send Shesty to Hawaii for R&R and bring him back for Game 7.
probably a good idea to switch in 2-3 fresh bodies next game. maybe reaves and lindgren out at the very least.
i’m sure later todays practice will be optional
If Reavo, and especially Black&Decker are healthy, use them.
Can someone tell me when the Rangers get those calls? I’ll save you the trouble…..THEY DON’T.
Sullivan made adjustments after first…mostly having interfering with Ranger forwards heading in on forecheck to slow them down… They run interference plays all game though…its whether the idiots in stripes will call it …but you know that answer
sweep? thats the spirt Minx
Dolan today in his LI basement like Scrooge McDuck, counting his roast beef sandwich receipts.
For all the “kid” talk, 12 of the 19 guys on the ice are over 26 (Copp in July) and have a 1st NHL season between 2010 and 2016.
Though they may not be quite as “old” physically, Chytil had played 253 games and Lindgren/Fox 200 +/- 5. Those three should be considered ‘young’ veteran players at this stage. (Compare: Austin Matthews just 5 months older than Lindgren but definitely not a kid)
The kid brigade is really only Schneider, Lafreniere, Miller and Kakko.
For reference (trying not to count guys who will be 25 in the next month or so)
LAK iced 7 players 24 or younger. Edmonton 4. Calgary 4. Canes 4. TB 3
Or take a team like Nashville – two 25 year olds with under 150 games, another under 100 and another under 50 with three more players 24 or under (though two have similar game experience to Chytil).
Did we find out why Lindgren got that penalty yet?
Upstate Ranger they lost a lot of key face offs in both ends. And even a fair number that they “won” they immediately gave back.
If you watch closely many of the losses too are not because of the guy at the dot, it is the second guy getting the puck and unable to control it (which I believe is how the stat is determined).
cooscoos
lindgren was in and out so he’s hurt. and they need at least 2 fresh bodies for game 2. the team was running on fumes as game went on
SN wrote “Seems like Pits was better able to exit the dzone with limited pressure from the 2nd period onward. NYR was constantly under pressure in their own zone and very rarely got clean breaks out.”
Pretty cleanly captures what have been their major weaknesses all season long, with few exceptions. They d*ck around way too much in their own end and when they don’t, there is seemingly little thought about where they are moving the puck, only that they play hot potatoe and keep it moving.
EVERYBODY was running on fumes, Alex, including me on the couch.
bobbyo
I said I wouldn’t be surprised. Not that they would be swept.
I only saw one replay and at the time worried he got cut by the skate blade
Learning GG speak: “He’s fine” = day to day. “Day to day” = a week or two, “Nothing too serious” = a month or two. “Pretty banged up” = season over
Good experience game for Schneider and Kam last night…both were very good
Optometrist time, bobby. Make the appointment b4 you go TOTALLY blind.
Does anyone know if Laffy can take face offs? Because Chytil at 10% was even worse than his usual awful.
Bobbyo I was just looking at the minutes and disappointed to see Schneider only had 21:45 ES. Given a choice I’d rather take a risk with him on more than Nemeth (28:08).
Just an aside – thing that I really like about Schneider is his passes are almost always on the tape and almost always easily received, certainly compared to a lot of the guys who should be much better at that.
KAM had trouble with outlets as game went on; Pits strategy seemed to be to throw the puck in his corner and bait him to throw it cross ice.
Coos KAM played 44 minutes last night…obviously GG doesn’t share your opinion
KAM apologists emphasize (ad nauseum) that he’s young, new to D, just learning, will one day learn and employ adequate positioning and crease-clearing, and for those (and other) reasons, he should be forgiven any inadequacies. Inherent in these remarks is a tacit agreement that he presently sux.
Coos you should call the coach with 110 points
Who ELSE is he going to ice? If he had Pewee Herman in a jersey, he’d have given him 3o minutes.
GG plays whoever Drury sends him.
*whomever
If he played whoever Drury sends him Schneider, Braun, Selma etc would be playing or playing more if that was the case
Argue with the wind.
Wasn’t laffo busto taking draws last night?
Most players probably have a normal distribution in regards “good” and “bad” plays – most plays not being too far from neutral and exceptionally bad or good plays being much rarer.
KAM on the other hand is tri-modal with really bad and really good plays happening often enough to be distinct on the wings of the distribution.
Other than the terrible call giving them a 5 on 3 and the bogus goalie interference call, I believe that the adjustments Pittsburgh made in the second period onward made the difference. The fact that the Rangers could not move the puck out of the zone smoothly and had no speed through the neutral zone made the difference. Pittsburgh sent 2 forecheckers deep to disrupt the Rangers D to D passes and everything was point to point passes to stationary players or dump out of the zone turnovers……….not unlike the days the red line was still in use for 2 line passes. Meanwhile, the Rangers were not forechecking and Pittsburgh always had a player at the Rangers blue line opening up the ice, and they played their system to a T. My biggest concern about this series was tactical coaching……..Sullivan is very good at it and Gallant no so much. Crosby’s line was dominant after the first period.
Wicky 0-1
Or was it Kreider? I remember a winger taking some draws…obviously can’t remember which one.
Beezle
Ah, thanks.
TYM
It’s why our boys aren’t winning this series.
Coos look on the bright side, you will have material for the next 10 years!
SalmonJoe emphasizing Liverlip’s ‘experience.’ If he were a rookie, he’d still be the best player on the ice. Sorry to admit.
Most coaches look brilliant when you tell Crosby to hop over the boards every other minute
Crosby by far the best all around center, player for that matter, in the past 17 years no one is even close.
Kreider took some draws; when they are on left dot, they like to use him drawing back to Mika’s righty shot.
And with an attitude. Still.
By the way I’m not a ledge guy my heart has been broken too many times by the team I love so much, to jump now. I have pretty much accepted the fact 1994 will last my lifetime.
I remember in the cup year Leetch saying he had no idea how hard it was to win the cup. Our boys have to experience that before they can make a realistic run for the prize. They’re not even close to that this year.
GG is the coach and the guy in the room. This team got a lot of wins with him as coach this year.
I still think there is a better way to balance this roster and it starts with copp at third line centre IMO.
Crosby is great – really fun to watch him play.
If they don’t start pounding the living daylights out of Gruentzel and Crosby, it will be a short series. Outside of being left alone on GWG, didn’t see Malkinstein too much.
Not sure if NYR can produce enough goals at Even Strength but Kid Line’s play was very encouraging, esp Kakko, the forgotten one.
Crosby is a stud. First line skill, fourth line attitude.
Some here think that’s a bad thing lol.
BTW, bobbyO – I’m with you on almost every issue. Just not KAM. So you know.
Chytil 10% on draws and a “bit”suspect defencively.
While it’s all warm and fuzzy and great to see some draft picks play in a playoff game together, I’d prefer results. On the ice for GWG against, starting most plays with a faceoff on the back foot, defencively questionable…
Kid line certainly not the only issue in giving up a 2 goal lead, the Trouba penalty to make it a 5 on 3 was a bad play, multiple bad passes that killed potential scoring plays by Panarin, Kreider, Meeka to name a few…plenty of blame to go around.
Rangers blew a chance to go up 1-0 in the series, learn from it, make adjustments, move on, series will be 1-1 after 2.
Wicky
Optimistic always Optimistic. I guess there are benefits to never having Minxmares!
Surprising that Troubs doesn’t take 10 penalties a night covering for K’Andre.
Optimistic Optometrist schedules bobbyO appt.
I’d still have a beer with you Coos…..not sure I could find the bar with my eyesight though!
A lot of thoughts this morning. I didn’t love the lineup last night and as I’ve feared all season (and said here before) the young inexperienced blueline was back on their heels most of the night in regulation once that Copp goal woke the Pens up.
Beezle stole my thunder but yeah Lindgren had something going on during the Caps game. Not sure he can go in game 2 nor do I think they’ll want him to if he can’t be effective.
I had been saying most of the year that we would probably see Nemeth move up with Trouba for the post season which is fine if Nemeth could keep his ass out of the box. The issue it creates is pairing Miller and Schneider. Not picking on either individually but that’s not a pair that works for the post season nor should it be experimented with in the post season.
Feels like maybe GG should have gotten Braun and Hajek some game time over the final stretch to avoid this exact situation.
As for the officiating, I mean the league just has balls. It’s the worst kept secret in the NHL that the officiating sways in the direction of the Pens but that call on Kakko was the first officiating decision that’s boiled my blood in years. It’s too big a play to just change the call by giving the benefit of the doubt.
And Wick- yes. Copp needs to be at 3C and I also think that Goodrow needs to play in Vatrano’s spot. Let Frankie play RW with Strome. Goodrow plays the needed style way too well to stick him on a 4th line. Hunt has his warts but he’s a work horse. They need Motte back as soon as he can go.
Exactly. learn from it, make adjustments, move on. Consider this baptism by fire for those without playoff experience which is a good thing. Much like when Staal and Girardi and company were young and inexperienced they’re going to screw up, make some plays, lose and then learn, mature and improve. Just how it works.
https://twitter.com/DaveyUpper/status/1521868817126891521?s=20&t=sW21JzGtlVJwB1T07Rd8hA
James 100% !!!!!
“ It’s the worst kept secret in the NHL that the officiating sways in the direction of the Pens but that call on Kakko was the first officiating decision that’s boiled my blood in years.”
Thank you — I rarely if ever complain about the officiating or even the league safety office, but that reversed call on Kaako—omg!!!! I’m still seething. Dolan and Drury must be besides themselves, and with good reason.
Coos- would have thought anyone who put Malkin on his butt last night would get a pass for one game 🙂 I respect consistency though.
it was called a goal on the ice…not enough to overturn especially based on rule “If an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending player so as to cause him to come into contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be deemed to be contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact” Its still Cindy’s league
The idiots on NHL channel said it was the right call…they also said that Lindgren’s hit was clean but failed to clarify why the hell he got 2 minutes
Nemeth is “prone” to taking penalties because he has trouble keeping up with quick forwards. Not much you can do about it.
Ray Ferraro said on air during or after the first period that the Pens needed to start interfering with Rangers forecheckers so their D men could stop getting hammered… it’s asinine that this strategy is legal. It’s why I can’t stand watching the Bruins in the playoffs… they do it every shift
I don’t know, ILB… Reaves can’t keep up either but he doesn’t take penalties the same way. Makes sense to pair him with Trouba but their penalty killers will need an iv after every period if they can’t stay out of the box in this series.
Imagine this (heaven forbid). Shesterkin was out with an injury, Georgiev gets hurt last night, and Huska steps in and plays a pretty good game, and our boys win in OT? How would you feel about the rest of the series? How many nails would you have left this morning?
Bobby, what was infuriating was the way it went down. Crosby caught on camera whining to Sullivan, So Sullivan challenges and the refs review it and it’s almost instantly called back. Usually you see reviews take more time and the refs confer and really make sure they’re getting it right one way or another. This reeked of “Sid wants it reveresed”. I’ll leave it at that because I pride myself on not complaining about officiating.
Reaves doesn’t have to defend in his own corners
That call was garbage. Pure dog’s breakfast.
I’m fine with the “interference”, makes the game safer and I’d rather see more if it.
If the rangers would do more of it a couple of their d men wouldn’t get as banged up. Make no mistake, the rangers do it too, just not as often as some teams.
Do what you can get away with until the officials won’t let you anymore, part of the game and always will be.
https://twitter.com/Kevin19G5/status/1521864858983141376?s=20&t=9-1Mt_4qWIGrnUeSt1q9DA
ILB,
I for one am certainly not calling the series. My philosophy is that by the mid point of OT1 it’s usually anyone’s game. My critique is based off of regulation where I thought the Rangers dominated until Copp made it 2-0 then got put back on their heels, started getting away from the style they were playing and some of that ticky tacky stuff began to leak into their game while Pittsburgh threw it into another gear.
I said it after the last regular season game between the two teams- For an older team the Pens have plenty of speed and transition out of their zone. The Rangers are just faster. But that doesn’t mean that they can get away from the other parts of their game that make them successful. I trust in GG to make the adjustments needed including the onces needed in himself
Dwight King: GOOD GOAL!!!
Like I said after the game last night, it was dumolin’s body that took the goalie out of position, not kakko’s.
Doesn’t matter though if the rangers don’t blow a 2 goal lead and fail to go for the jugular early and often. The rangers lost the game. One team made adjustments at the first intermission and the other took its foot off the gas. They put themselves in a position to let officiating (right or wrong) dictate the outcome of game instead of just keeping their foot on the gas.
Learning experience, adjust and move on…everything else is just sour grapes.
The NHL is a joke.
Sour grapes or not.
There’s F1 this weekend. Some good champions league soccer.
Lots of other stuff to watch if it’s such a terrible league. Most of you guys are pretty smart, I’m sure you can find something else to do besides watch a “joke of a league”.
Ebbs and flows….That’s why they play 7 games. Better team wins the series. You not only adjust to their play, but figure out how to enhance you advantages. GG isn’t about to panic.
I mean, I hate reality tv shows like the bachelor etc…so you know…I just don’t watch them.
Ilb
100% correct. Series are all about adjustments and the better team will come out on top.
I, for one, am happy to see this organization in the playoffs and trying to crawl out of the 3 year behind hole the previous administration left it in.
It’s going in the right direction and needs to make up for those lost years. The upcoming cap crunch will be tough and interesting to say the least, but I’m enjoying this team and it’s cohesiveness (for the most part) and it’s start to the playoff push that should lead to a Cup in the coming seasons!!!
Jamesgeau
Sure, NYR could have played better. But the truth is they lost the game because of a really questionable reversal. As others have said, it’s a goal on the ice, so give an explanation why. And agree that the reversal came so quickly compared to other calls in similar spots at a similar point in the game. And also agree that Dumoulin took DeSmith out of position more than Kakko did. If Kakko scores, MAYBE you make the angle not changing argument. When his own defender knocks him out of the crease, too bad.
Also, the narrative about the kid line would have been a lot different today had the goal counted. They all acquitted themselves pretty well even before that.
The best lesson the baby Rangers will have learnt after 100+ minutes last night: It’s a grind.
Goal should have stood IMHO.
And while we’re at it. Troubas boarding call: There was an almost identical play against a Blueshirt some minutes prior – five feet away from the ref. No call.
Loved the KID-line early on. Think they delivered beyond expectation throughout.
Early days, but I really think they need an ugly W tomorrow.
Still chill.
As I stated earlier; the Kid line played well; esp Kakko who surprised to the upside; Laffy was solid, physical early. Didn’t see them as much as the game went into OT, but definitely comported themselves well. Flip leaving Gino in front was bound to happen eventually; kid just doesn’t think D like a 2 way centerman.
The players who need to bring more are Mika, Kreider, Tuba and Stromeo. Not saying they all played poorly, but need those 4 fully engaged and performing at a high level to take this series.
Watched some of replay earlier and they had Schneider playing with Fox for a bit and they looked really solid, very small sample size. Kid looks better each game.
re Kakko goal; if you slow the tape down, his skates are never in the crease until 8 knocks him into goalie and even then, only his trail leg barely hits goalie with 8 mostly taking keeper out of crease. The Kakko pass afterwards was just sick, next level play.
https://twitter.com/mollieewalkerr/status/1521907314550362112?s=21&t=QVTGhgdOv6vPFtEIK_dUvg
Dr GG is the best
Lindgren should probably be in the hospital. But he’ll be good to go tomorrow.
SN
If you haven’t already check out my 7:44 take on the so called infraction. As a former USA Inline Certified Hockey Referee it is a no brainer call! The goal should not have been overturned. Conspiracy theory? I guarantee if it was the other way around it’s a good goal!
Kakko The Forgotten!
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All of today’s comments about the overturned goal is just another reason why I hate pens, I even hate the city of Pittsburgh, in fact I hate the whole stinking state of Pennsylvania!!!
Bzzzt! Bzzt!
How you doing, eh? This is Toronto
Good! Just thinking about the postgame two-four eh
Not so fast, Cindy just texted us up here and says that goal shouldn’t count
Oh, well yeah I can see what he’s getting at there, that little bump and all.
OK great so you make the change on ice, keep those beers on ice a bit longer.
Will do, let Cindy know we won’t let that happen again!
Wingers at the dot: Goodrow 2 of 7, THE 1 of 3, Laffy 0 of 1.
Centers: Don C. 1 of 10, Copp 10 of 22, Rooney 5 of 9, Stromeo 8 of 12, Zika 21 of 38
Beezle
Any idea how many of those wingers took the draws out of necessity because their centre was having a bad night or simply the centre getting booted from the dot?
This is Penguins last hurrah with this aging core…. Letang, Malkin and Rust will not all be back. Rangers have to pick it up but if anyone was expecting any breaks from league or officiating ..don’t
I would have accepted it better if they waved it off on the ice seeing it at full speed. But every time I see it it looks more like a good goal. Dumolin put his shoulder right between the 2 and 4 as Kako is trying avoid DeSmith and pushes him and most of the contact with DeSmith is actually by Dumolin. Kakko just grazed him.
I think they used up too much energy in the first and didn’t have anything left for OT. Hopefully GG and Co. showing them some video and making adjustments today.
Based on GG’s assessment should we be sending Lindgren’s family a sympathy card?
Wicky thinks I’m this guy
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Carnac_the_Magnificent.jpg
I think you’re older than that guy.
Alter Clocker?
🙂
The idea that the better team will always come out on top in a series is fantasy.
I didn’t mean for that sound abrasive.
Bruins look like Quinn’s Rangers in the bubble. Can’t generate anything.
fantastic
Lindholm just got hammered. Think he’s done.
Svechnikov wrecked him.
I like my Svechnikov on the rocks.
Anyone else have a bad feeling after losing game 1? I feel like that triple OT loss not only tired the boys out, but also gave the Pens belief…. If they lose tomorrow, I’d say we’re likely done for.
I’m not sure how we’re defining “the better team”. All I know is, the team that executes better always wins.
Spinarama = Svechnikov with a twist
Some smart coaching by Edmonton on the pk.
The NHL really is a disgrace. Aside from the Sidney / Pens bias and one sided calls to change the game by gifting the Pens a 5-3 PP to tie the game and the disallowed Rangers winning goal, the NHL(Bettman) still has a grudge against Dolan and the Rangers for Dolan’s letter after the Wilson fiasco last season. It’s hard not to feel that the fix is in.
With that said, the Rangers didn’t deserve to win that game. They played one good period of hockey and there top six “leaders” were outplayed by their bottom six for most of the game. For all the optimism I had before game 1, reality has hit and I don’t have much optimism at this point. I hope they bounce back like they have all season after bad games, but I have been disappointed too many times before to feel optimistic.
MKH
I see I’m not the only one that already believes the outcome of this series is disappointment as usual. Indeed Crosby bias, however it can be overcome, just not by this present version of the Blueshirts. They are just too weak down the middle. Thanks to the Hedgehog and OTBG!
Brooks AGAIN goes out of his way to praise a bumbling Miller, of all people. It’s become embarrassing. He’s an unrepentant societal shill with an agenda, just like Sam Rosen.
To add to my previous post remember me saying this. No team has ever won a Stanley cup with a DJ as the #1 center. The Minx has Spoken!
I suppose there is always a 1st time for everything. He will need to prove me wrong. Tonight would be a good time to start!
Didn’t Cousin Brucie center the 1896 WABC Roadrunners?
Pens are a veteran team they already had belief ….. but this series is not over
Good morning, boneheads!
What is it, Bruins stink or Carolina is the one this year?
Toronto, on the other hand, didn’t look that intimidating anymore last night. Never bet against back-to-back SC Champs. And never bet against the Big Cat.
Coos: Weren’t Brucie’s linemates Dan Ingram & Ron Lundy? Charlie Greer & Chuck Leonard on defense?Herb Oscar Anderson in goal?
🙂
Going down memory lane about WMCA. WOW My brother had a horrible yellow sweatshirt with The Goodguys logo on it back then. Remember when New York radio was good. Damn.this was before any of us listened to FM. The only programing on FM was classical music.
Agree with St Pete. After watching every series played between these two teams I have very little faith in The Rangers and some of these players. I would be tickled pink to be proven wrong.
If our top players do not produce tonight against a THIRD string goalie we are done.
One last thing. Woke up yesterday with a sore throat. Thought I was getting sick;but no. I remembered the scream that came out of me when goal was disallowed. Gotta calm down. As Danny Glover said in every “Lethal Weapon” movie. “I’m getting to old for this sh*t”.
Bruins are old and on the way down…Carolina is young on the way up and looks ready to take another step. Question remains goaltending but that rookie has looked good so far.
They lost one game, so the series is definitely over.
I thought Toronto won that series because they won Game 1? Also thought the Kings and Blues won their series, but somehow they’re still playing games.
Looked it up: in the history of the NHL, only 3 teams have ever come back from being down 1-0 in a series.
the dirty birds are the 2nd least penalized team in the league…. averaged 3.09 penalties per game….unless they play 6 periods in one playoff game…then they average 1 penalty
You guys got me the Rangers are definitely stronger down the middle than the pens, what was I thinking?
…No team has ever won a Stanley cup with a DJ as the #1 center.
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That Zibanejad reference always gets a chuckle out of me. One particular song always comes to mind:
Dead Or Alive – DJ Hit That Button.
Minx you may be best situated by taking 3 xanax and refraining from any television or internet for the next 10 days. We’ll fill you in on a need to know basis.
From a more strategic angle; GG and his D staff did the team no favors by having their D back up and not press Pitt forwards on breakouts. Pens started to keep a forward back in 2nd period to pick off incoming NYR forecheckers and make sure Marino and the D could make it alive thru the game. So the math is 3 Pens deep in Dzone to retrieve puck with 2 NYR forwards on forecheck.
Then how in the heck did they get so many clear passes out of zone? NYR had their D playing soft in neutral zone which led passes out of Dzone to Pits forwards chipping into NYR Dzone and Pitt forechecking and NYR not managing puck will in the Dzone.
On two occasions, Foxy jumped the clearing pass and it led to 3 or 4 quality scoring chances. Two out of 50 breakouts is not good enough. Safe is death. Need to press up and take some chances as the best D is extended Ozone possessions.
GG was also using Mika and his line for Dzone starts; he took almost 50 faceoffs; more than half in Dzone and 4th line had most of their shifts beginning in Ozone??
Let’s face it; if they can’t beat some tomato can 3rd string goalie in this game tonite; say goodnight Gracie.
In the old playoff format, who would the rangers have matched up against? Tampa? Rangers would be 4 seed and Tampa 5 correct?
Waddling Birds illegally interfering with our forecheckers and getting away with it.
coos
Fake news. 😉😉
Old cattle rustler escaped his fate because of a false noose.
Schizoid stock market driving me to drink.
Using the goalie situation in Pitt as an excuse is kind of lame. They’ve had incident upon incident over the years with this goalie narrative that we joke and vent about. Oh this goalie that goalie shut them out they should have scored 7 against him he’s a rookie/AHL fodder/No one…fact is: If you’re a goalie starting in the NHL you may not be a star but you can handle your own with a good team in front of you. Didn’t Domingue go like 20-5 for Tampa a year or two ago when 88 was hurt?
Rangers blew a 2-0 lead then blew a 3-2 lead. They got away from the play that was helping them dominate the game up until Copp’s goal. If they adjust and get back to that they’ll be fine.
bobbyo are you meaning in your May 5, 2022 at 9:58 AM post that Dolan is too cheap to pay off the refs as well as the Pens do? 😉
Coos look at the bond market and you’ll be smoking too!
The Carolona-Boston series in a nutshell.
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1522017234046103554?t=PP2VqG0NWXYXBcOEEuNeCg&s=19
I don’t mean to be flip about that hit that Lindholm took. It was hard to watch and made me think about Martin on Trouba last year. Was it clean? Yeah. Was it meant to hurt him? Not a doubt in my mind. Definitely.
Wick spoke about the positive aspect of forwards getting back, disrupting and interfering with forecheckers. Lindholm could have used some help there.
Was the Canes player penalized? Lindgren was, asking for a friend?
no, cane player was not penalized. I happened to tune in that game when the hit happened. Boston got a penalty though for going after the cane player.
I’ve had it with the nhl favoring pukesburg punks, so much so that I will not watch another second of this series. I don’t need the aggravation. Hopefully the rangers move on to the second round so I can tune back in. I heard or read that in the history of the nhl when a team won the 1st game of a playoff series in 3 ot’s, that teams record was extremely good. The team that lost the 1st playoff game in 3 ot’s record, not good.
In game one, Shesterkin found out what’s it really like to play for the Rangers in the postseason… wait till he’s forced to play all those game 7s cuz the Rangers are unable to close series early… he’s the next open-heart surgery candidate.
Is your backup goalie preferable to your #1 going into triple overtime? Just axin.
Away teams winning Game 1 win the series 58% of the time. Insurmountable.
Was Kreider playing hurt last game? He didn’t look like himself in game one.
Insurmountably unsustainable.
CCCP
well he did score a goal and we had only 1 pp that we scored on quickly.
plus as game went longer and longer most guys looked gassed.
Inexplicably insurmountable unsustainability. Insufferable
Alex
I thought Kreider looked off early in the game too. I might be wrong tho
Kinder Morgan looked gassed.
DeSmith and Rakell both out. Zucker may be back.
Awesome…. It’s game 2 of the 1st round… and it sounds like our team physically is into the 3rd round…. 🤦♂️
https://twitter.com/drosennhl/status/1522321147630702596?s=21
Yeah, well, Pittsburgh isn’t particularly healthy as well….
https://c.tenor.com/imDzdMGd_7QAAAAC/smh-doom-on-you.gif
I will be airborne for most of this game, so I will be less stressed unless we lose an engine or 2.
Yeah, they’ll win or they’ll lose, either way not worth stressing over.
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