FLA leads series 3-2
01 June 2024 8:00 PM EDT
Amerant Bank Arena
TV ABC, ESPN+, SN, TVAS, CBC
Tonight the Rangers face elimination for the first time this post season. Their backs are up against the wall and there will be no more games if they do not suck it up and win tonight. Being a nervous Nellie I’ve had the Rolling Stones ‘The Last Time’ in my head all day. But here’s the thing – the main lyric “this could be the last time” implies that it might not be the last time! Cetainly we have seen the team overcome obstacles many times this season, but this will be their most formidable challenge to date.
Lineup wise – Laviolette does not announce lineups this series until the players hit the ice just prior to puck drop. However, based upon the morning skate it appears that Rempe is out, Brodzinski is in. Wheeler is not good to go. VC skated, but with a non-contact jersey. It appears Chytil is also in. Reports are that Brodzinski worked on PP2 as well. He certainly has fresh legs, is relatively fast and at 6’1″ 215 lbs, not a small guy though not known for big hits.
LINES ARE UPDATED
Where everyone slots into the lines at game time is still speculation, especially after Chytil started on the Zibanejad line and finished on the Goodrow line after not skating for portions of the second period on Thursday. No word either on the defensive pairings, though it seems likely they will go with the same as on Thursday. Whether they continue to use the new man on man structure? 🤷♂️
Keys tonight: the broken record – forecheck, limit turnovers, better defense. There may be finer points to each of those but at the end of the day all that matters is the overall execution. Beyond that, the Rangers must take advantage of any power plays and score a few goals. Tonight would also be an excellent night for Shesterkin to record his first playoff shutout.
On this date in history: No significant Ranger history (yet) on this date.
Zebras tonight (from Scouting The Refs):
Final NYR lineup
1st line ⊳ Kreider ⋄ Zibanejad ⋄ Wennberg
2nd line ⊳ Panarin ⋄ Trocheck ⋄ Lafrenière
3rd line ⊳ Goodrow ⋄ Chytil ⋄ Kakko
4th line ⊳ Cuylle ⋄ Brodzinski ⋄ Roslovic
1st pair ⊳ Miller ⋄ Schneider
2nd pair ⊳ Lindgren ⋄ Fox
3rd pair ⊳ Gustafsson ⋄ Trouba
Starter ⊳ Igor Shesterkin
Backup ⊳ Jonathan Quick
Healthy scratch: F: Wheeler, Rempe, Edström
D: Ruhwedel, Jones
G: Domingue
And a cast of AHL callups
Injured: F Vesey (upper body)
In the Cooler: none
Long-term IR: none
383 responses to “It’s Go Time: Game 6, Round 3 !”
the hill just became a mountain
Only need a good 10 minutes, Olga?
3-0, empty net
Plenty of time.
3-zip to start, 3-zip to end
First10 minutes of the game made the first period their “good” period.
I’d be ok with a roughing penalty. Sonething
At least I won’t have to hear ESPN anymore
St Pete I think it’s safe to chime in now
Trade Panarin for a guy gets half the points but is a complete player. Get rid of guys who won’t take a hit to make a play. We all know who they are.
wow this is effing brutal
Maybe everyone but Igor is hurt.
well, Artemi, Mika and Chris, DON”T tell us it’s the coaching. We’ve made those changes. No, no. It’s you guys. You guys. Time for change. Period. Great season, and thank you for that!
Game set match. What a shame . What a waste of another great goaltender. I am thoroughly disgusted.
Big changes better come before next or the results will be far worse than this year. Trades need to happen. They need players who don’t piss in their shorts in the playoffs. They don’t have too much of that now. I don’t think I need to name names.
Three losses in a row like 2012 and 2022 when they had control both times. Despicable really.
Different season same awful movie. I for one am tired of the same crappy ending.
I am acrimonious . Not because of losing…but because of the gutless way they did it. Winning doesn’t occur simply because you stepped on the ice. You have to fight to win.
The new phrase should be either…No Fight in New York or No Heart in New York.
How’d the Cats lose 2 against these pushovers?
3 shots on goal with less than 7 minutes left to their season.
I think they are getting beaten by a better team.
that’s it.
All eyes will be on Chris Drury to make some moves to make this a better equipped playoff team.
Going out with a whimper. What a shame. 2-1 series lead then drop 3 games in a row.
Having to face reality I realize I will never see another Rangers Stanley Cup. Makes me pretty sad.
They took a shot away. It’s only 2 shots now.
It’s time.
Maybe Panarin should shave his scrotum next year. Dr. Evil said it’s very refreshing.
Sausage Lips Lyte just tried to bump Shesterkin. What a twerp.
Gutless. No heart.
They are laughing at the Rangers now.
Can’t come from behind unless you’re really behind.
20 freaking shots. Desperation? I’m desperate to stop the credit card on next year’s season tickets. That’s desperation!
Foxwoods final five
Amazing how easily FLA is able to clear the zone.
Bob doesn’t have a thing about not getting playoff shutouts
Just try to get into the Florida zone. You get brutalized, check, anything. Ours? Fly right in, no problem. The mentality has to change.
Call a time out, couch
BEEAD STICKS!!!!!
Panarin shows up when it doesn’t matter anymore
I thought that was maybe offside?
Bread is on the board, what a riot
Woot
gee, he shot it high. how do you like that?
Now Panarin scores…… teasing us.
first real shot “Bob” has faced
Well look who showed up?
Still plenty of time.
100 seconds to tie it up and make it to OT
wouldn’t that be something 😂
They deserved this
Better luck next year. What a shame/
Rangers lost this series on 93’s errant…..stupid pass in OT in game 4.
Guess I better drink up. Last call pretty soon…
Eli: You’re up!
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the desperation they showed the last 2 minutes is what they should have done the whole game. WHERE WAS IT????????????
We’ve already had a Letter. Maybe a Postcard this time?
Cup to be paraded at Del Boca Vista Phase IV.
What an absolute waste of a season for the Rangers. Proves the regular season is pretty much meaningless.
All I can hope for right now is that a Florida team falls flat in the Finals.
too many birds on this team
I hope it is Dallas/Fla just to spite Bettman and the Oh Canada crowd
Too little too late again. This group can get 100 points a couple of more times and end this way again or try to change the core to go for it and risk falling apart. I wonder if Drury will let this ruin his 4th of July.
E3 – ok to go back to the can now
Birds usually fly …we have Dodo’s
I guess I will look for a Jason Statham or Liam Neeson movie so I can see they kill everybody. That might make me feel a little better.
Tax free and a cup. Not a bad way to live.
FLA was the better built playoff team. Not sure what changes NYR can make. The guys they can move Kreider, Trouba (if he was injured) are the types of players you need in the playoffs.
Great season, Laviolette gets off to a good start, like Gallant. Got stuck too long on the Rempe good-luck charm, but good to see four lines go after it tonight and compete for more than a period. This was more about the Panthers being good than the Rangers being bad. They should waltz the final. Off to one last ledge cleanup, see you in October!
If you are Shesty do you sign another contract with the Rangers? I’d be surprised if he does.
Good news!
The 2026 4th round pick #NYR sent to #CBJ in the Jack Roslovic trade will NOT upgrade to a 2026 3rd round pick.
Don’t need to watch Disco Mika play charmin soft and take stupid ineffectual one-timers for the next 5 months, so there’s a small blessing
Gravy lol
With history as our guide as far as Lavy is concerned…. it’s likely downhill from here.
Might want to make Pecan head coach or even Messier. This team needs a coach that demands accountability. Where was that in this series…..on a missing person poster.
NMC have been waived before but hard to see them able to move on from Mika or Bread.
Should read Peca….not Pecan…yikes.
Bad news is we’re all one year closer to the grave
I really feel depressed. I held it together through this series thinking they were going to somehow find another gear. It never really happened. This sucks, again.
Kakko….. that’s way harsh dude.
Hey Beezle, do I have to bury the lede again, or can I write this as an obit?
That’s not me!
And that guy is a douchebag
Final Jamesgeau
I will get some flack for this but 8 10 20 24 72 79 and 93 need to be transplanted.
I think Kakko wishes he could have that comment back.
thanks for a great season, everyone!
This hurts tremendously; but I love this team.
LGR!!!!!
Bread rolls off in two? more years, that’s a doable deadline deal if he’ll agree to go. Mika’s contract will haunt us for most of the younger core’s prime years though.
Vally saying the Rangers need to learn. Ummm……I don’t mean to be Debbie Downer here….but that learning should have occurred in the last two years. At this point they must have cement in their heads. They aren’t going to learn anything now. There 30+ year olds need to be sent elsewhere.
Still wasn’t me. Hope everyone realizes that.
Man I didn’t know the guy but that’s f’d up
Probably can’t change the core, but they can improve the makeup of the team with gritty 1RW, 3C, and 3LD.
Can’t get rid of Mika, regardless, because there aren’t any promising centers in the pipeline. It’s probably their worst position as far as prospects go.
If you can’t change the core…you cant get it done when it counts. Everybody has to buy in and play the same way. Florida showed us how it’s done in embarassing fashion.
this was the most lopsided 6 game series in the history of playoff series.
Rangers were dominated by a bigger, stronger, smarter & hungrier team from start to finish.
Roster is a real Gordian (Druronian?) knot
Thanks for being here to bounce my negativity off of you boneheads. I really appreciate that. And thanks for other people’s optimism because it helped keep me sane this season.
My father is pretty much the only Ranger fan I know down here, so having you guys around makes the season more enjoyable.
Think the rude comment was through a vpn, removed either way
EV you can write it in what ever format you want though keep in mind some nerves will be sensitive after the loss of their season 😉
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Pecan is kind of a nut behind the bench, Rich.
wait till next year …..
I wonder if Gallant is laughing on his couch right now.
Drury clearly needs to make some bold and ballsy moves to address the teams lack of grit, battle, heart, skill, size and compete in the summer. They had no response for the Panthers physical grit in this series.
Now that you’ve got embed working you can give a game review through interpretive dance posted to Twitter.
I mean, it’s up to you obviously 😉
So they are starting over from scratch?
Certainly expect Drury to be active going into the draft, buyout window and ufa opening.
E3 at least can devote my time to the growing season now 😁
it’s not the losing it’s the not punching someone in the face before losing ..this team has too many birds
Not sure where Valley is going with that “learning” comment. The guys that under performed most have been around the block a few times already.
trade Kreider and hopes that upsets Ziba to move him too
love this team, love the aura of the Garden, love us diehard fans, love the blog….
hate the outcome
One coaching change I’d make right away is: get a new strength coach. Panthers were not physically the bigger team but they were definitely the stronger team. We got out muscled by a mile
what was the rude comment beez?
I want to thank all of you guys for being my friends….more than that actually…. family.
I’m still pretty pissed off at this moment though.
Gallant shouldn’t be laughing thry got,to semis
Beezle they need a Balls coach
at the start of the season I didn’t see ECF as a lock. Sad right now. Depressed really, but I’ll look back fondly at the season in a few weeks
E3 had to do with James and someone’s grudge
They really better be busy at the draft sending those players I mentioned earlier flying elsewhere. They have already proved three times that they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to win the big games or even show up for them.
Make those trades, grab some first round picks, prospects and cheaper hungrier players. If it can’t be done….well then we are in for the same feature film again and again ad nauseum.
Well, I’m not going to let NYR’s elimination ruin my summer. I have Copa America and Euro to look forward to.
I hope I don’t have to see this again for another 17 years. Lol
JBytes
Lots of great soccer coming up!
Wow, you guys are taking this loss better than I expect! Respect!
We know what to expect from this group. We have seen it for three years running. Do Drury and Dolan just want to play it back next season? That is the safe thing to do. We will know soon. If they say they were close and a break or two could have made a difference we know nothing much will change. I suspect that’s what will happen. I don’t think they will roll the dice
thx beeze. Always a loon in the crowd.
October will be here soon enough. Not expecting much from my Gmen but rangers will be a good team next year. Not the greatest team at the onset but things can change…
I don’t know people are surprised. I’ve been consistent saying rangers way to soft to win a cup. Drury needs to make changes, get more grittier on wings and defense.
Need to find a way to move mika or make him a very expensive third line center. just doesn’t look like he has the will to be a force in the playoffs and hard to see that getting better as he ages.
get people like the physical element trouba brings, but $8m/yr to be a bottom 6 defensive liability not a recipe for greater team success or cap flexibility
shuffle out kakko/chytil if u can, but hard to trust they’d bring in the right type of guys back.
miller deserves be moved, but could live with him playing a full year with schneider on 2nd pair
The team needs to have guys on the third and fourth lines the coach is willing to roll with consistently, especially when Bread and/or Mika are struggling.
Deep down I don’t think many of us thought NYR were better than FLA, so the result isn’t a shock. As the series went on, there was no obvious or consistent play that changed that perception. We just hoped they would score enough or Igor would steal a few more.
I hate that I don’t have the ability to just enjoy the accomplishments of their regular season. I just can’t turn a blind eye to the glaring fact that if not for our goaltender, there’s no way we make it this far. This was supposed to be our crack at the cup… the season in which mistakes of the past were learned from and we were a seasoned veteran team. Yet, I didn’t come into this season with excitement. I knew they were good enough to make the playoffs, but when it mattered most I couldn’t help but think that grinding opponents down just wasn’t in their DNA. I was right…. it wasn’t. It isn’t.
Way too many holes on this roster, and what’s worse… we’re stuck with some of the biggest offenders. Good luck getting Mika to waive is NMC, and I don’t even think Drury would go that route. Panarin…. turns out, shaving his head can’t transform him into a heavier player. I don’t even know what to say about Trouba at this point other than he’s gotta go. Players have figured him out and it’s become much harder for him to line someone up skating across the middle. What else does he offer, not to mention his foot speed is just atrocious. We’ll most definitely have to eat salary for someone to take him. Kreider has the heart, but he just doesn’t play to his size. He should be a wrecking ball out there, yet the most aggressive he gets…. is throwing mouthpieces. Lindgren…the guy’s a warrior, but, he’s too small. Chytil…. the epitome of what ails this team- not made for the post-season. Speaking of which- Fox… plays too small when it matters. Injury or not, this is what we’ve seen out of him in the playoffs. I can’t say this loud enough: SOMETHING FOR MILLER WHILE YOU STILL CAN. It’s time to cut bait with Kakko… he is what he is at this point. I also fear that Gabe Perreault will be the “forward” version of Fox… soft as dr’s cotton. We need to get mean up front. Florida deserved to win and it’s not even close. They are the blueprint, and I just don’t see how we can replicate that with the awful contracts we’re stuck with.
What’s worse is that we’re 100% wasting Shesterkin’s prime. It’s Henrik all over again, isn’t it….
Craig, hard to argue too much, but it’s about balance. The Black and Blueshirts were one of my favorite teams, but ultimately not enough skill to score enough. I think they can win with Bread and Mika if they surround them with the right players.
And never have to apologize for having a great goalie, you need that to win too. Question becomes what to do with Igor after next season. Hard to spend $8-9M on a goalie when they need other critical positions filled.
Igor is gonna get $10-11m/yr, which isn’t great but can make work with a rising cap….BUT it means Trouba has to be off the roster when that new contract kicks in
Panarin just isn’t ever gonna be the same player in the playoffs given his size and doesn’t play as fast as say kucherov who has had no issues in the playoffs.
But less of a concern than Mika in my opinion as his ineffectiveness means we are a one life offensive team until proven otherwise
*NEW POST*
It’s over for another year. As negative as it sounds I knew it all alone. Since we all know the 2 elephants in the room are not going anywhere, Disco Mika & the Loaf. Drury must find a way to protect them. Kreider Vermont Lafreniere should be the #1 line next year. Find a way to get Alex Tuch on RW with the DJ and Krusty. Then rebuild the 3rd and 4th lines starting with Cuylle and Goodrow big and nasty. Trade Miller at the draft, he sux and always will. Keep Schneider, the rest of the D is a cluster bomb. The only way Fox will ever be effective in a war-zone is with an extra large badazz partner. Just venting, I presently have no hope this organization as any idea what it takes to win the prize. In my eyes they remain the cotton candy crew. I’ve seen this show before. The Minx has Spoken!
Valley’s chart is consistent with the eye test. For the series they played the Panthers even in the first period, started to tail off in the second and completely collapsed in the third. Lavy and Drury need to have answers for why this happened. There have to be changes unless they think the outcome is ok. Some may be Xs and Os but why were the systems ok in the first, but not in the third? The players, if they are honest, know if they just wore down and/or when FL upped their game the Rangers didn’t have the ability or the will to answer. Schneider is the only guy who struggled last night that we can say it was youth and he will learn. Is it better training, better management of TOI during the season or different players? They were close. 28 teams were at home watching them. They need to start planning right now to get better.
Craig – your 8:36 post is spot on. I couldn’t agree more with every one of your points.
Gravy – I agree with you that most of us thought that Florida was the better team. Even though I thought that Florida was the better team because they were built for the playoff style play, but the real disappointment was the lack of compete level by most of this team and the total domination of this President Cup winning team. They should be embarrassed for being so badly out played in every game. I think Igor will be looking to go as a UFA in 2 years, he doesn’t want to be the next Henrik. He will be another HOF player with no cups if he stays with Rangers. I also agree that the Rangers cannot afford to pay him 8-9 million with all the other roster problems they have.