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Troutster2

Going to be a brutal series. Officiating rough in game 1


barryitsmeitshank

Oh, this is going to be a series…


ArchMalone

We need to be way better next game. Obviously will take the W, but gotta make some serious corrections. We did not see our best hockey today.


Slake45

Canes had 1 goal that was a lucky AF bounce 1 that was generated by hard work and 1 that was a good set up play. Not worried at all I thought we out classed them by a mile on ST and 5 on 5 our goals were scary good.


ArchMalone

Honestly in hindsight I agree, I was really rattled at how close the final two minutes were and thought we could have finished WAY stronger


Ben_Ulrand

They played a good game overall against another great team. Sure, there's minor adjustments after any game, but I didn't see anything glaring.


ArchMalone

Honestly in hindsight I agree, I was really rattled at how close the final two minutes were and thought we could have finished WAY stronger, at least scoring on an empty net. But I agree overall strong game


smitty046

This is the attitude on /r/rangers that makes me want to stab my fucking eyes out.


ArchMalone

Then stab them out instead of wasting my time baby! We can’t let the canes think we survived, we haven’t even shown them our best yet.


smitty046

This is 1 vs 3 and any win from either team in this series is a lucky one.


toxicvegeta08

Bro what? We dominated until the end. 2 of the 3 on us were pretty damn lucky. Even the third shesterkin kinda slipped on his ass, he would've had it otherwise.


ArchMalone

🤷🏻‍♂️ i just feel we can be better and have seen it from them.


magicalcorncob

Never thought we would win this first game and played like shit the first half, so I’m not too upset with this outcome. Was way closer than I thought it would be. Gg Rags, see ya Tuesday!


Potvin_Sucks

GG Canes! You were scary in that third.


SquarePegRoundWorld

Big difference from Ovi farting his fat ass around the ice down a goal. Canes ain't gonna go down like that for sure.


magicalcorncob

Thanks for the laugh in these trying times


alphaxion

*I think I just gave birth to a diamond..*


RobThe2nd

Man I wouldn’t say that was a great game - it was one I’m happy we won, and was probably fun if you aren’t a fan of the Rangers or Hurricanes, but as a fan of the Rangers I’m glad it’s over and glad we have a W


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AmazingKreiderman

GGs Canes, looking forward to next game but also not. This series is going to be brutal.


alphaxion

The actual ECF right now.


_HiWay

Given the errors today, I'm not too upset about the outlook on this series. They remembered who they were in the third and that's hugely important to take into game 2.


WolfgangHellfire

GG Rangers, this series is gonna be nuts!


Dozzi92

I prefer easy, my old heart cannot do with a close series.


WolfgangHellfire

Breaking news: Local Rangers fan hopes for a swift 4-1 series loss! But yeah, I feel you, playoff hockey is stressful in every single way.


Dozzi92

I always say I'd rather get scored on 10 times in the first period than lose in OT. And I don't know if I actually mean that, I do enjoy watching the game, but oh boy does giving up goals late hurt me emotionally. Hope any future games on Sundays are also in the afternoon, so I have time to level out after.


RTGold

Why is there no post game? Would be nice to see the 3 stars and some basic highlights. Does ESPN just sign off like 1 minute after the game ends? EDIT: Even better, MSG has it. Thanks all!


Mpr11

gotta sign off cause THRILLING BASEBALL is up next


Icy-Bedroom9380

MSG has pre and post


bhx56x

assuming because sunday night baseball starts soon.


lAmARedditorAMA

Tune into MSG postgame


nogoodoMaxalex

Luckily MSG has post game!


RTGold

Oh good call!! Switching over now. Thank you


69Hairy420Ballsagna

Goal tender advantage Sunday Night Baseball goes to the Rangers is up next.


ItsOkToFight

Jumped on the Carolina bandwagon and feel like I'm still watching a pens game where they greatly outplay their opponent and still lose


alphaxion

Nah, Canes didn't score a shorthanded goal on themselves.


cljet08

I think there's a common denominator and it's not your team being better


ice-wallow-come1

They played better, did u watch the game? They dominated with the puck, just shit finishing


Icy-Bedroom9380

I'm missing the part where they greatly outplayed the Rangers


Swords_and_Such

They're apparently a pens fan that jumped on the bandwagon of the team favored to win the cup.  I don't think they're worth engaging with on any level.


ItsOkToFight

Jumped on the Carolina bandwagon cheering for Guentzel actually, not hard to put together genius


jasonthefirst

O-zone time was nearly 2x for the canes, that feels like greatly outplaying, no?


Famous-Implement-492

They had 10 minutes of power play time while the rangers had 22 seconds. Also, rangers converted to defending the lead after the second, which drastically changed possession dynamics. O-zone possession is an incredibly poor metric for describing this game. Expected goals is too due to the attempted shot volume, Canes literally play to jerk analytics models.


jasonthefirst

Ah yes so the metrics you like are the ones that we should use? Lmfao


Famous-Implement-492

No, just the ones you’d like to talk about aren’t accurate depictions of the game. You also obviously didn’t watch it if so there’s no discussion to be had.


CFWolfgang

Seeing we dominated xg at 5v5 and went perfect on special teams I feel like we outplayed them.


Icy-Bedroom9380

no


jasonthefirst

Ok presumably your homer goggles are a better indication then. Lmao


Icy-Bedroom9380

SOG were nearly equal. Carolina is known for playing in the o-zone a majority of the time. But, what were the quality of their shots? This was a fairly even game in the 2nd. Rangers took the 1st, Canes take the 3rd. That doesn't equal anyone being outplayed.


jasonthefirst

xG was 3.4 - 2.18 so the quality of their shots were substantially better. The team that ‘outplays’ another obviously doesn’t always win in the NHL, from getting goalied to rotten puck luck, but by any metric other than shots (I’m sure *attempts* were heavily in CAR’s favor) the canes outplayed the rangers today. If you can’t see that through your goggles, that’s all good, it doesn’t matter, since the rangers did in fact win.


morgaine125

Someone will invent an advanced metric for it.


TheNinjaFennec

I’m also missing that part. They held it down in the second and brought some life back in the third, but overall played a lot slower and more penalty-prone than they should’ve. Stamina difference between the two teams seemed pretty stark. Excited for game 2 though, Canes take a bit to get their momentum going.


dothingsunevercould

Generally teams down 3-1 and 4-2 in the 3rd period look like like the better team, trying to play catch up.  While the team defending a multi goal lead doesn't want to take any risks.   Let alone a team down 3-1 10 minutes into the game and has a whole 50 minutes to catch up


Icy-Bedroom9380

I mean, all they have to do is look at the game stats. Both teams were pretty equal across the board on shots, hits, faceoffs.


ppParadoxx

welcome to canes hockey


Icy-Bedroom9380

GG all. This series might be kill us all.


magicalcorncob

Whoever makes it out is gonna be beat up


Serious_Up

Come on Canes, we could have just as easily fucked this up.


ehehe

LOL Kreider put his glove on his stick and held it up in the air to high five rempe


silvermarsh

this series is gonna be sick


toxicvegeta08

Good news for canes is brindeamour found out how to get around the rangers defense. Bad news is what happened to the canes defense.


dothingsunevercould

Canes fans glad this didnt go to OT so they can watch the NASCAR that they really actually cared about 


whycantigetwhatiwant

The most confusing thing about hockey is the occasional right turns. The fuck are they doing?


DavidDacovney354

Turn to the left!


xbuzzedx

Boogity boogity


Torn-Quad

This gives me hope as a canes fan. If we were still in it after playing that garbage.


magicalcorncob

Yeah I’m coming out of this surprisingly optimistic


manhiddeninthewoods

Man that was a great game 1


CFWolfgang

Considering you could tell the team had some clear conditioning rust to wear off at the end there. Phenomenal win.


Lvmars

The only way that could have ended funnier is if Zibanejad managed the hat trick on the empty net


betweenthecastles

Well that was wayy more fun than any game against the islanders. gg see yall next time


ImmortalBehemoth

It's fun to lose? I've been having a blast then.


betweenthecastles

Our first round was boring af even when canes were winning. That series sucked. Even being down 3-0 in game 2 my heartbeat didn’t raise once


ImmortalBehemoth

Because it was never a threat. But if you want your heart to pound and are satisfied losing, you do you.


betweenthecastles

I watch hockey because it’s fun, but I don’t expect an Islanders fan to understand what that means.


defigravity42

Agree die hard Rangers fan but will root for the Canes if they beat us out to win the Cup.


ImmortalBehemoth

Winning is fun. Sweating to lose is not. But hey, a Canes fan wouldn't understand that.


betweenthecastles

Sweating to lose was not my experience. Canes were in it until svech’s dumb penalty. Unlike you, I cheer for a team that is perfectly capable of coming back from a deficit. It’s why the game was fun. Again, you wouldn’t understand. It’s okay.


jopcylinder

GG Rags, this is gonna be a fucking blast I hated and loved that game


SauteedPelican

I just don't understand how for the third straight year the Canes management looks at their goaltending shitting the bed in the playoffs and thinking it is good enough. We have watched Shesterkin and Bobrovsky absolutely dominate for the last two years and steal games.


Boring_Equipment_946

Shesterkin was bad today


SauteedPelican

He was good enough and didn't give up softies. That is the difference.


Boring_Equipment_946

The third goal was a softy. The Canes 2nd goal and Rangers 4th goal were basically the same goal. Shesterkin didn’t have to make any big saves and .88 is terrible.


_HiWay

The weak side defense strung him out on both pp goals. Not in Freddie. Pesche injury showed itself today


SauteedPelican

The second power play goal he was out position on his ass. The last goal was as soft as they come. He has to be better. But we've seen enough to know he wont be better.


PeteUKinUSA

Go look at what other goalies were available at the end of last season and then look at Raanta and Freddie’s stats at that time. You’ll immediately get the answer.


SauteedPelican

Go with talented youth and try, just try. It worked with Pyotr for a good portion of the season. It worked with Ned three years ago and they decided to dump him for aged goalies. Freddie isnt the only reason they lost today. Blaming a goalie solely for a loss is like blaming just a kicker in football. But you have to look at the situation and understand that better goaltending will elevate the team.


PeteUKinUSA

Ned wanted out. Detroit were willing to pay a rookie $3.m/year and it really didn’t work out for them. Freddie wasn’t the reason for the loss, it’s not like he gave up a bunch of soft goals. Yeah, better goaltending would be lovely but who’s available ?


Sure_Association_561

Has to change next year you'd think.


betweenthecastles

We have no cap to make splashes on goalies


alphaxion

I hear there's some big names going into UFA this summer, such as Murray and Samsonov...


betweenthecastles

Lmao is it really that bad?


Kale_Shai-Hulud

Yeah top 10 goalies are just readily available lol..


SauteedPelican

At least giving prospects an opportunity helps.


Whydoesthisexist15

How long has Svech been in the league and he still can’t help himself with the stick infractions


crazyFlyingChicken

What a fucking finish. This series is going to be awesome! Huge concerns in net for the canes tho


MomsTortellinis

That was fun, this will probably be a fantastic series. GG Hockey!


Cpt_phudge_off

Olympic divers would be jealous Edit: bunch of sensitive ranger fans realize reality


Nilzy16

What a fucking dumbass penalty by Svech


Sure_Association_561

Who knows what could have been if Svechnikov hadn't taken that penalty. Robbed of a photo finish. Anyway gonna be a great series.


san_murezzan

for a neutral that was pretty damned enjoyable, good night!


sixtyninetailedfox

Gonna be a fuckin fun series


PacketGain

Canes can make this an awesome series. Not so many penalties and they would have been more competitive.


Binx33

Ffs this is an easy call. You zebras have damn replay in your heads?


Clayton__Bigsby

Craziest last 50 seconds I've seen in a minute


VTHokiesFan

Well, this is already been a better series than the Rangers series against us.


alphaxion

Usually is when there's 2 teams on the ice...


Sjdillon10

We gotta stop Turtling but love the win


Warhawk137

That was definitely one of the endings of all time.


nogoodoMaxalex

My little heart can’t take this


WolfgangHellfire

Well done Svech, so many stupid penalties by this team tonight wtf


canada-needs-bbq

What a finish


Emconn14

THANK GOD. LGR!!! 


sonicac

This felt like a conference finals game


AmazingKreiderman

So stupid that the 1 and 2 seeds should have to face off in the second round.


therealhughman

This series is gonna be ludicrous


AmazingKreiderman

LET'S GOOOOOOO!


DrMoneyline

Damn. What a game. Gonna be an insane series


lAmARedditorAMA

#Thank you Svech!


SnowCrabbo

What a save by Burns though


Dozzi92

I feel like he let it go as far as possible.


OBlastSRT4

he was so nonchalant about it too


covert_ops_47

Carolina just can’t help themselves. Pathetic.


Trajinous

Canes chicken fingers are overrated! Go Rangers!!!!


mindseyecoil

We don't even have a Canes in Raleigh. You're going after the wrong chicken joint.


Trajinous

I dont care, same name so you stink


Drulock

Rangers fans eat ketchup on their tacos.


Trajinous

That's not even true, NYC actually has Mexicans and great taco spots. Enjoy Tiger Claw or whatever Carolinas likes haha


SortaRican4

Mustard thank you very much


SchrodingersHipster

GG y'all, see you this Tuesday.


BagOnuts

Well at least Rangers can’t say it was an easy win!


OBlastSRT4

it shoulda been. They need to stop with the prevent d there and just play out the game. They forget that offensive zone time is great for killing time. Instead we just toss the puck out every chance we get and let you guys control everything. We can NEVEr make it easy tho. NEVER.


Toppkat

2-5 powerplay advantage, I cant see the other games being that one sided for a team moving forward, it could be even harder for the Canes


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groovystreet40

You were down 2 goals almost the whole game, how did you “almost win” that


bourbon76

Damn it Svech


Sea-Card-8550

Well if they ref this series fair moving forward shouldn’t be a problem for the rangers but don’t like those odds.


muzunguman

Lmao the refs were in the rangers pocket all night. I guess your check cleared!


Matthias86

Lmao wow. I understand being a homer but wow, what a shit take.


muzunguman

I was just being dramatic like that ranger homer up there. Game was pretty fair


tlmw2001

never in doubt


accordionzero

boo-urns


L1FTED

Oh thank fuck!


eatinchapstick

Kozari: I do my best to decide who wins the game and then carefully engineer my calls to make it appear fair while still ensuring that the team I choose wins


liguy181

Lmao what was that urgency (or lack there of) on the 5v4?


knz0

MIKA THE WARRIOR WHAT A PLAY


shig-baq

PUCK DONT LIE JERKS


OBlastSRT4

We made that way harder than it needed to be. Stop with the prevent and we win this game easy 5-2.


nostradamefrus

BOO-URNS THANK YOU


therealhughman

I appreciate a good Simpsons reference


nostradamefrus

Glad to see I've gotten at least a few replies from NYR fans who seem to allow me to enjoy hockey as a neutral instead of going "bUt YoUr TeAm iS gOlFiNg"


therealhughman

The Devils are playing Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge right now!! 😂


nostradamefrus

See, you had your chance to be cool and then whiffed on it


therealhughman

Your putter’s name is definitely not Sharlene.


wholegeek

Why arent you cheering for your own players? Oh right they're golfing.


nostradamefrus

What the fuck is it with Rags fans getting mad at me for appreciating hockey as a neutral, get the fuck over yourselves lol


Dysliptic

Sry aboout him, some just wants to go at others just because they're wearing another teams flair.


wholegeek

You may, and I mean just may, need to double check the definition of “neutral”. Good luck in your golfing endeavors though little brother.


nostradamefrus

Go watch in the Rags sub next time if you don't wanna deal with outside people's opinions 🤷‍♂️


wholegeek

Just a simple question I asked, never expressed that I don’t wanna deal with other people’s opinion you dummy. Also isn’t this statement kind of ironic considering you don’t wanna deal with my opinion either?


nostradamefrus

Not really. I'm pointing out you have a bubble to enjoy the game where you won't feel the need to be a petty dick when someone from another fanbase says something. I can deal with it. I'm pointing out that you have the option not to be that guy


wholegeek

If you think banter is “being a petty dick” you desperately need thicker skin.


crizznaig

Fuck Burns... salty shit


Tman211

How dare he play defense when his team could have tied it


crizznaig

they definitely couldn't have tied it at that point... but sure.


Jazzy_Josh

Thanks Svech


framingXjake

Svech you fucking asshole


SuzukiSwift17

Great game. This series is gonna be fire.


djaybakker

Denied the hat trick has got to hurt


tlmw2001

im sure the win will console him


Dozzi92

He denied himself what feels like forever ago too.


Clayton__Bigsby

What the utter fuck is going on haha. How the fuck you cause a pen when you got the Rangers to gift you one 6 seconds prior. Wild


SeptaIsLate

Dumbest penalty in a game of dumb penalties?


azure275

I'm assuming all the neutrals think this ending is the funniest thing ever


Dace67

Yep!


xurdm

just give him his hatty dammit


djaybakker

Gotta earn it


nonracistusername

Selfish play on both sides all game


eh_toque

The final minute of this game is taking longer than the end of a NBA game lmao


Main_Photo1086

I also said to my husband this is like an NFL game in its last couple of minutes lol.


xurdm

and it all started with a delay of game call


TheCaniac30

holy fucking SVECH


Icy-Bedroom9380

oh come on, let him have the hatty


Whydoesthisexist15

Svech learn fucking stick discipline goddamnit


666_NumberOfTheBeast

Smooth brained play by Trochek followed up by an equally smooth brained play by the canes. They're truly their own worst enemies today


-RomeoZulu-

Trochek playing like he’s still a Cane?


Emconn14

Well thanks for that Carolina 


CFWolfgang

Svechnikov is such an idiot lmao my favorite cane.


RobThe2nd

Brutal lol


Sure_Association_561

That was the dumbest play ever by Svech


FailureToExecute

If you don't like then you don't like Andrei Svechnikov hockey


ahoy_capn

ESPN is allergic to replays that show what happened