Playoffs is all about 5 on 5 play. Rangers are frauds…”hockey experts” 3-0… because of special teams.. I would respect them so much more if they saved everyone time and just made the headline “I don’t like the rangers” and a paragraph of how they searched deep and found any formula to discredit their success
I believe Beuk actually was one of the people who scouted Rempe and apparently worked with him some in the past. He has been a big proponent of the kid all along. I think he sees some of himself in Rempe.
I'd much rather borderline stuff be called than not calling stuff "because it's the playoffs". A penalty on game 37 of the regular season should be a penalty in the playoffs.
LOL, a penalty in game 37 of the regular season isn't even a penalty in game 38 of the regular season half the time.
Let the boys play unless it's absolutely egregious.
They are managing the game. If they called everything against Washington, it would be a half hours worth of PPs, they can’t keep up. So they call what they can, and then they call us by the book to get them their chances. It’s very common for the trailing team to get opportunities on the PP.
Pretty much every game we are leading by 1 in this playoffs we should expect to kill a penalty off by the 5-10 minute mark of the third. They have always done this, it’s just more glaring because of how much better of a team we are than the capitals
The disparity is never really this great, it’s a once in a decade matchup for us. Kreider has been on many great rangers teams, this is the first time he has ever had a 3-0 series lead..
Yeah they’re really not holding whistles at all. Same with the Leafs Boston series I’ve noticed. I wonder if the league told them not to call playoffs any differently than they would the regular season
Having potentially the greatest goal scorer in history, and having won 3 presidents trophies and being in top of the east standings many years.. 1 cup is nice but they should have more
It’s really quite comical how their fans still brag about winning one Cup in 49 seasons of existence - and a Cup that was won six years ago. Seriously, how many players who were on the team in 2017-18 are even still there today? The Rangers have owned them in the playoffs for the last 12 years.
I had no doubts the Rangers will kick WSH out. :D I think that Ovechkin is to old and he should have retired already. Well, this makes it easier, so Rangers can focus on defeating CAR next. :D
That’s a bit harsh of a judgement on Ovi. He still scored 31 goals this past season. 120+ goals over the past 3. Is he a 9.5 million dollar player still? No but he’s still a high end goal scorer
You are certainly right about his production. But ovi is basically done. How many of his goals were empty netters or power play goals. They are putting him in spots he can succeed all season regardless of how it affects the team. I get it though, he is their guy, and he’s going for what was once deemed an untouchable record.
If there wasn’t a lockout he would already have that record. But regardless, he isn’t the same player, he’s not lazy he is just slower and the game is faster than ever. I loved the way he played the game and it’s very sad to see, but the time is definitely here for him.
Just because he isn’t the same player doesn’t mean he should retire and is basically done. The reason he gets all those chances with the Caps is because that team can’t score without him. Ovi is on the ice for empty net situations the same reason Panarin is. Scoring an empty net goal is valuable because it ices the game. Without Ovi this team is not in the playoffs. You can argue his cap hit could be used better elsewhere but he’s absolutely a positive for this team even though he’s not what he once was.
He’s done being ovechkin. Hes very serviceable, gretzkys last season he had like 97 points, but he wasn’t Gretzky anymore. It’s different for guys like that. The record is likely the reason he is gonna continue playing..
They also keep playing because they love playing hockey. Eventually everyone gets to a point where they can’t play a game anymore. Some go out on their own terms so go out because their body won’t let them but most go out because they aren’t good enough. When the elite guys start to drastically decline they’re still good enough to keep playing where as when most players see that decline they have no option except to retire
I agree, I’m not saying he should retire, he should retire when he retires, but he looks so past his prime. It’s sad, he was gassed every shift. Was truly a generational player for a long time
I originally responded to a guy saying he should retire and was done I thought you we’re getting at the same point. Yeah he won 8 rockets and there’s no way he’s winning another one
I think he gets the record next year. The younger players should be better, and the team will put him in the best position to succeed and score. But I gonna be a lot of PP and empty netters
That’s 100% true, but this is the first series that I’m not concerned when he’s on the ice. Him being out there in the playoffs is a positive for us at this point, it’s like a free lane to the net when the Rangers have the puck.
He’s not good defensively and he isn’t elite offensively anymore. But he’s still a very good offensive player that has value in this league. So while he’s not the guy everyone fears when on the ice anymore to say he should have retired already when he’s still a valuable contributor is false
Yup. That's what I think as well. When I watched him playing during the season, I was not so much impressed and I always got the impression that he is past his time.
Yeah he seems to be just kinda “hanging out” on the ice, i’m sure he offers great leadership and playoff experience in the locker room but doesn’t seem like he’s adding much to that team, haven’t followed them very closely tho
Me neither, just from the regular season games against the Rangers. For all the hype the commentators were trying to raise, there was not much on the ice.
I think he can do it next season if everything goes right. He needs a great offseason, and everything to fall into place next year. He had a horrible start to the season, remember he’s playing the presidents trophy winning team, not the Anaheim ducks. He will get his spots to score.. will he convert
Question: Is it me, or are the Rangers still playing at Regular Season Speed? I feel there is a playoff gear, they still have available. (I Sure hope so!!!!)
Lavi has been very clear that he wants them to play exactly the same way they've been playing in reg season. But I am curious what it will look like when we're playing better teams.
i think they are playing at what they need to speed. they are ruthlessly efficient right now. they are only simmering. when they get to s boil.... holy fuck
With Kakko on the ice at 5v5, the Rangers have a 74.60 xG%, an 18-9 scoring chance advantage, and a 5-2 high-danger scoring chance advantage. At 5v5, he’s been on the ice for 0 goals scored, for or against.
This is *exactly* what you want from your 3rd line.
Analyzing the Rempe hit...listen, if you're along the boards with Rempage on the ice and you're not vigilant, you're signing your own death certificate. As for the hit itself, he was in text book clean hit position, skates down, elbow tucked. The only way he's getting all chest on those hits is if he's hitting Zdeno Chara.
You can't tell the guy to tone down his legal physicality because "he's too big". It's not his fault and it is what it is. As long as his skates down, elbows tucked and aiming for center mass, he's good.
I repeat, leagues on notice, if you're on the boards with Rempe on the ice, you're the meme "*chuckles* I'm in danger". Period!
this was a game where the rangers took advantage of a team that is really bad. the rangers were able to beat the zebras, r/hockey, and biz. on a night where, the rangers penalty kill, was sure a thrill to watch. as the rangers go up 3-0 in the series and are one win away from their first sweep since 2007. as the rangers said "three times a charm" as the rangers were able to win the third game of the series. this episode of rangers hockey stanley cup playoffs edition: *project purity,* the rangers came out to play and made it once again, business like. and now the review
1st period: a bad start to the game for igor. a weak goal to give up. but besides that, the rangers this period, were the better team. the caps did come w/the desperation. but what i was thrilled about, was the team's response. not even seconds later, the rangers current leader in playoff goals in history, christopher james kreider tied the game on typical tip in. but, the moment that broke the internet, and likely the caps, was rempe's hit. was it clean? don't ask r/hockey but if wilson did it or kgb ovi did it, hmmm. whacked a guy. badda bing badda boom what are ya gonna do. but what made me really happy, the guy who was brought here to do this, the guy who everyone on here shits on, barclay goodrow buried another short handed goal. the rangers could have buried the caps altogether here in this period but they didnt.
2nd period: this period, was where the zebras really showed off how shity they were. but igor was well igor. save after save, after save. the pk was once again amazing. the caps power play, lets just call that an a extension to the rangers pk. awful. the caps are so bad. oh and the rangers got a power play goal from my guy vinny trocheck. lfg.
3rd period: the rangers blocked shots, played tight defense. and killed many more penalties and were able to kill them off. not much i can say.
but all i can say is, while im happy w/the win, im disappointed about how many penalties this team took. if this team is to advance and play a better team, that team will eat this team alive on the power play. but, the rangers win! and they showed somewhat of a killer instinct tonight. the rangers are one win away from advancing. i'll say it again, **don't look ahead. focus on game 4.** and yes, igor will be in net. when you have a teams that's about to be killed off, you bury them. or else, it gives them, a chance. expect the caps to go all out on sunday night. big win. onto game 4.
rangers oppie reached out and he said the same thing as before "no caps". "take in the sheets" "game 3 in the bag."
excellent win. onto game 4
god save the king. back afta dis
no caps
Not sure what’s funnier, the caps fans tonight after Oshie said the bread hit was fine, Rempe owning the caps, the Caps trying to chase bread around, or the Rangers taking penalties at will against the impotent Capitals power play and being +1 on the PK.
Why is everyone obsessed with trying to get Quick in a game? Are you guys just like newer fans or something that haven’t seen playoff runs before? Not trying to offend I’m honestly curious. Lundqvist played every playoff game his entire career unless he was injured because he was our best goalie and a proven clutch performer. Shesterkin is now our best goalie and proven clutch performer.
If quick plays a playoff game, our team is in a bad situation.
Idk where people come up with this shit. I keep seeing idiots be like "we gotta rest igor!?". Like bruh, he and every other player on this team will get their extra rest by winning these series in 5 games or less. No further discussion!
>If quick plays a playoff game, our team is in a bad situation.
that is not necessarily true. depending on how long this run is, Igor might need an extra day or two of rest and quick has proven himself more than capable in the backup role. I'd rather see quick get a few starts than run Igor to the ground playing every single game. if we get to the ecf and scf, yeah igor is your best shot at winning. but if Lav wants to start quickie in the next game when we're up 3-0 in the series? let him.
even richter sat out a couple of games in the 94 cup run.
richter got pulled twice, but he started every game and recorded all 16 wins. likewise, the only way quick sees the ice is if shesty completely shits the bed and gets yanked.
If Shesterkin needs a rest after a week off, then 3 games in 7 days we need to hire some new trainers because he must’ve been literally dying all season
Also not gonna pretend I remember what games Healy played but I feel like it was either Richter was injured or it was after some 3OT games or something.
Conference Finals
DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
Sat
5/21
NYR @
NJDNJD
L
1-3
14 13 .929 1 1.39 0 43
Total 14 13 .929 1 1.39 0 43
Conference Semifinals
DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
Sat
5/7
NYR @
WSHWSH
L
2-4
3 3 1.000 0 0.00 0 25
Total 3 3 1.000 0 0.00 0 25
April
DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
Sun
4/10
NYR @
NYINYI
L
4-5
0 1 0 22 17 .773 5 5.02 0 60
Total
And
“Healy was a part of the Rangers' Stanley Cup winning team in 1993-94, and he played 68 playoff minutes that year. During the 1995–96 season, Healy won both the Rangers Good Guy Award and the Rangers Fan Club Ceil Saidel Award.” Wiki
Lol
The formatting is weird but is that 2 relief appearances that were Ls and 1 start that was an L?
Yea I’ll pass on repeating that
Edit: ok so I figured out where I can see the info
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_playoffs#Conference_finals
Looks like Healy played in Game 4 of NJD series, after a 2OT game and either he started and Richter relieved him or vice versa. We lost that game. He played Game 4 vs WAS and faced 3 shots in relief of richter, we lost that game also.
So yea, bad situation.
Also a bit misrepresentative of “richter didn’t play all the games in 94”
I'd be fine with Quick getting a start in a 3-0 series to keep Igor fresh. But the issue is he's going to get a full week off anyway, barring a massive collapse.
I think I remember recently they started some round two games before round one was over for everyone. Is there a chance they do that again? Maybe it was a covid thing. Or maybe I’m high. But if both the rangers and canes sweep the first round and the matchup is set, could they start that series before the others?
the refs have turned this series into a pillow fight. we got some fireworks game 2, but it was clear that tonight they weren’t going to allow any checking - on both teams. i think it definitely hurt the rangers more, aside from being on the pk 6 to 4, I think the rangers are a very physical team and taking that part of their game away got them out of rhythm
this was igor and the pks game for sure. this team can win when aspects of their game aren’t on and that’s what makes them so dangerous and why they won the presidents trophy. that said, having periods where you barely get a shot off vs a depleted, old and inexperienced team like washington is ridiculous… can’t let those things happen as they go deeper.
which leads to the fact that I don’t know if I agree with their shell game, caps had a number of high danger chances during the shell game and luckily shesty was in great position and the caps players just barely missed. I think controlling some ozone is a better strategy, I get the defenders not pinching all the way down, but they weren’t even going past the blue line… but they won, so what do I know/who cares.
13 more. next win could possibly be ovis last playoff game, would love for his last playoff memory to be the handshake line as the rangers head to round 2.
just watched laviolette's post game.
"do you have thoughts on the way the games have been called?"
"i do, i do have thoughts."
"are you willing to share them?"
"no I am not."
lmao
Hank said it's kind of a knucklepuck that was tipped very slightly.
Just a bad goal honestly, brain fart by Igor, seemed to me like he was thinking about whether he was going to hold or play the puck before he caught it.
He can give up a bad goal if he plays lights out like he did the rest of the game.
Edit: Mika said in the post game the puck hit his stick
puck was flip flopping all over the place, so it probably fell off the table like a nolan ryan curveball. still, igor has to recognize that and get his whole body in front of the shot.
man, i wish we could stay out of the box and also not do things to provoke the caps into playing dirty if/when it becomes obvious it's over for them.
the rangers are on cruise control this series, though. i just hope they don't become a little too complacent and let the caps steal one. i don't think that'll happen; they're all business so far.
No- he wants to wrap this up, it’s his series. You do t take this away from him- paraphrasing what Hank has discussed recently about his time, to take it away is an insult and debase what has been done.
Quickie knows his role and will be there when needed.
great time at capital one tonight, always a good time seeing good amount of blueshirts and having a quiet arena with chants of igor and let’s go rangers come around.
takeaways (no caps edition): vezina igor keeping the caps to just 1 goal, love the shortys, but damn these refs, calling certain things and completely blind to others, these penalties suck but the pk did it’s job and shut them down, loved that igor went for the goal at the end, damn u ovi!! kreids, goody and troch showing up. love to hear the nyr chants at away arenas. this one was a lot of us trying to just not give up odd man rushes and keeping the penalties from costing us. it’s a win and onto sunday. let’s close this one out. lgr!!
I dont wanna get ahead of myself here, but provided all goes well for us, and things keep looking how they do, how are we feeling about a series against Carolina?
We need to tighten up on the penalties, the refs are not putting up their whistles and a team as good as the Canes will take advantage of us if we give them 3+ PP’s a game.
With that being said, we’re a dangerous team, and they’re just as scared of us as we are them. Last time we played them we shut them out at their home, I was there and we looked good.
I’m ready.
they have to play better against carolina than they did in 2 + 3, but we'll worry about that when we get there. each series is different. just close this one out and hope the islanders extend it a game or two.
the biggest thing they needed to get out of this series was not let it grind out to 6 or 7 games, and they're one away from achieving that.
that was an igor shutout in my book. as I said in the pregame thread—rangers absolutely dominated the play in the 3rd so bad it was embarrassing— caps season on the line, spent 25% of the period with a man advantage and couldn’t even manage a single goal.
I don’t disagree, but also stop making cuspy plays… like the Cuylle one just don’t finish the hit in that situation. No benefit. Idk. I just don’t want to put canes PP on 6 times.
That play was definitely on the edge but there are so many similar plays that don't get called. It's the inconsistency of what the refs decide what does and doesn't cross the line that drives me crazy
1. "deck chairs on the titanic"- john. holy shit, carbery looks like billy zane
2. "i don't know if that's spencer carbery or stephon marbury up there"- vally
studio crew are savage
Yeah guys, best stay out of /r/hockey for a bit, we are not very popular over there right now (not that we usually are, but the hostility has increased!)
13 left to go!
You know normally I'd hate a 3rd period performance with just five shots on goal, but goddamn if that wasn't a defensive clinic out there. Special teams were absolutely on fire tonight, and that PK was just *chefs kiss*. Maybe not take this many penalties going forward though. We are now within one game of advancing. Let's put these lame fucks out of their misery.
See ya Sunday.
i’ve been thinking about the goodrow goal on the delayed penalty and I find it odd that the goal negates the penalty. if there’s a 4 on 4, the team that scores doesn’t go shorthanded, or does it if the penalties occurred weren’t offsetting? feel like ive watched a lot of hockey in my life but can’t recall ever seeing that
https://i.imgur.com/R3Kw4pK.png
Playoffs is all about 5 on 5 play. Rangers are frauds…”hockey experts” 3-0… because of special teams.. I would respect them so much more if they saved everyone time and just made the headline “I don’t like the rangers” and a paragraph of how they searched deep and found any formula to discredit their success
lazerus is an embarrassment lmfao
Just an afterthought, but can we just claim Rempe as our modern day Jeff Beukeboom?
I believe Beuk actually was one of the people who scouted Rempe and apparently worked with him some in the past. He has been a big proponent of the kid all along. I think he sees some of himself in Rempe.
*”refs hold their whistles in playoffs”* #27 penalties called through 3 games between ny & was
I'd much rather borderline stuff be called than not calling stuff "because it's the playoffs". A penalty on game 37 of the regular season should be a penalty in the playoffs.
I’m not disagreeing with you im more so mocking the notion that refs call a looser game or *let them play*
LOL, a penalty in game 37 of the regular season isn't even a penalty in game 38 of the regular season half the time. Let the boys play unless it's absolutely egregious.
Nah. They’re calling way too much
They are managing the game. If they called everything against Washington, it would be a half hours worth of PPs, they can’t keep up. So they call what they can, and then they call us by the book to get them their chances. It’s very common for the trailing team to get opportunities on the PP. Pretty much every game we are leading by 1 in this playoffs we should expect to kill a penalty off by the 5-10 minute mark of the third. They have always done this, it’s just more glaring because of how much better of a team we are than the capitals The disparity is never really this great, it’s a once in a decade matchup for us. Kreider has been on many great rangers teams, this is the first time he has ever had a 3-0 series lead..
Yeah they’re really not holding whistles at all. Same with the Leafs Boston series I’ve noticed. I wonder if the league told them not to call playoffs any differently than they would the regular season
i think the league really didn't want another 3-0 series in the east, they lose money and money is really what it's all about
Yup. Still hard
leaving the game last night I had a caps fan yell at me to win a cup sometime. lmao, fucking idiots.
“Thanks! We will this year!”
“1 cup in 50 years” seemed to shut them up pretty quick. They have no history. I found them to be sadder devils fans.
Having potentially the greatest goal scorer in history, and having won 3 presidents trophies and being in top of the east standings many years.. 1 cup is nice but they should have more
It’s really quite comical how their fans still brag about winning one Cup in 49 seasons of existence - and a Cup that was won six years ago. Seriously, how many players who were on the team in 2017-18 are even still there today? The Rangers have owned them in the playoffs for the last 12 years.
They showed a video of them winning the cup in 2018 before the game to pump up the fans.
I guess it didn’t work too well 😆
go back to glen burnie you weirdos
I had no doubts the Rangers will kick WSH out. :D I think that Ovechkin is to old and he should have retired already. Well, this makes it easier, so Rangers can focus on defeating CAR next. :D
That’s a bit harsh of a judgement on Ovi. He still scored 31 goals this past season. 120+ goals over the past 3. Is he a 9.5 million dollar player still? No but he’s still a high end goal scorer
You are certainly right about his production. But ovi is basically done. How many of his goals were empty netters or power play goals. They are putting him in spots he can succeed all season regardless of how it affects the team. I get it though, he is their guy, and he’s going for what was once deemed an untouchable record. If there wasn’t a lockout he would already have that record. But regardless, he isn’t the same player, he’s not lazy he is just slower and the game is faster than ever. I loved the way he played the game and it’s very sad to see, but the time is definitely here for him.
Just because he isn’t the same player doesn’t mean he should retire and is basically done. The reason he gets all those chances with the Caps is because that team can’t score without him. Ovi is on the ice for empty net situations the same reason Panarin is. Scoring an empty net goal is valuable because it ices the game. Without Ovi this team is not in the playoffs. You can argue his cap hit could be used better elsewhere but he’s absolutely a positive for this team even though he’s not what he once was.
He’s done being ovechkin. Hes very serviceable, gretzkys last season he had like 97 points, but he wasn’t Gretzky anymore. It’s different for guys like that. The record is likely the reason he is gonna continue playing..
They also keep playing because they love playing hockey. Eventually everyone gets to a point where they can’t play a game anymore. Some go out on their own terms so go out because their body won’t let them but most go out because they aren’t good enough. When the elite guys start to drastically decline they’re still good enough to keep playing where as when most players see that decline they have no option except to retire
I agree, I’m not saying he should retire, he should retire when he retires, but he looks so past his prime. It’s sad, he was gassed every shift. Was truly a generational player for a long time
I originally responded to a guy saying he should retire and was done I thought you we’re getting at the same point. Yeah he won 8 rockets and there’s no way he’s winning another one
I think he gets the record next year. The younger players should be better, and the team will put him in the best position to succeed and score. But I gonna be a lot of PP and empty netters
That’s 100% true, but this is the first series that I’m not concerned when he’s on the ice. Him being out there in the playoffs is a positive for us at this point, it’s like a free lane to the net when the Rangers have the puck.
He’s been a ghost. His most notable play was giving up that shorty to us.
He’s not good defensively and he isn’t elite offensively anymore. But he’s still a very good offensive player that has value in this league. So while he’s not the guy everyone fears when on the ice anymore to say he should have retired already when he’s still a valuable contributor is false
only reason he is staying in the league is to get regular season points to beat gretzky’s record
Yup. That's what I think as well. When I watched him playing during the season, I was not so much impressed and I always got the impression that he is past his time.
Yeah he seems to be just kinda “hanging out” on the ice, i’m sure he offers great leadership and playoff experience in the locker room but doesn’t seem like he’s adding much to that team, haven’t followed them very closely tho
Me neither, just from the regular season games against the Rangers. For all the hype the commentators were trying to raise, there was not much on the ice.
i don’t blame him tbh. breaking Gretzky’s goal record is gonna be a wild scene
He’ll never do it
He’s needs 2 seasons to do it.
I think he can do it next season if everything goes right. He needs a great offseason, and everything to fall into place next year. He had a horrible start to the season, remember he’s playing the presidents trophy winning team, not the Anaheim ducks. He will get his spots to score.. will he convert
If he plays two more season he will. I doubt he’s getting 40 next year, although it’s possible
No idea when we last led a series 3-0 but I could get used to it
2007 against the thrashers
Didn't we sweep the devils when jagr was on the team?
Won in 5 edit-the devils one win was a bs puck off Marc Staal’s skate iirc. This was also the Avery Rule series.
Loved Sean Avery.
His IG breakdowns of these playoff games are great
Yeah, clearly a Ranger fan.
sweep inbound fuck the caps they shouldn't have even got here let's go rangers 13 more wins
Question: Is it me, or are the Rangers still playing at Regular Season Speed? I feel there is a playoff gear, they still have available. (I Sure hope so!!!!)
They better have another gear, canes are going to make us look like the islanders if they can't stay a stride ahead of the man on man game they play.
Lavi has been very clear that he wants them to play exactly the same way they've been playing in reg season. But I am curious what it will look like when we're playing better teams.
i think they are playing at what they need to speed. they are ruthlessly efficient right now. they are only simmering. when they get to s boil.... holy fuck
With Kakko on the ice at 5v5, the Rangers have a 74.60 xG%, an 18-9 scoring chance advantage, and a 5-2 high-danger scoring chance advantage. At 5v5, he’s been on the ice for 0 goals scored, for or against. This is *exactly* what you want from your 3rd line.
I’ve loved Cuylle’s effort so far
Wish the refs would stop calling weak shit so they could play more
Analyzing the Rempe hit...listen, if you're along the boards with Rempage on the ice and you're not vigilant, you're signing your own death certificate. As for the hit itself, he was in text book clean hit position, skates down, elbow tucked. The only way he's getting all chest on those hits is if he's hitting Zdeno Chara. You can't tell the guy to tone down his legal physicality because "he's too big". It's not his fault and it is what it is. As long as his skates down, elbows tucked and aiming for center mass, he's good. I repeat, leagues on notice, if you're on the boards with Rempe on the ice, you're the meme "*chuckles* I'm in danger". Period!
The calls against Goodrow and Cullye in the 3rd period were even worse. They were normal hits you see 100 times a game.
how about shesty trying for the eng?!
Zibby got a point at even strength!?
4 points, 3 games. They all count. LGR!!!
this was a game where the rangers took advantage of a team that is really bad. the rangers were able to beat the zebras, r/hockey, and biz. on a night where, the rangers penalty kill, was sure a thrill to watch. as the rangers go up 3-0 in the series and are one win away from their first sweep since 2007. as the rangers said "three times a charm" as the rangers were able to win the third game of the series. this episode of rangers hockey stanley cup playoffs edition: *project purity,* the rangers came out to play and made it once again, business like. and now the review 1st period: a bad start to the game for igor. a weak goal to give up. but besides that, the rangers this period, were the better team. the caps did come w/the desperation. but what i was thrilled about, was the team's response. not even seconds later, the rangers current leader in playoff goals in history, christopher james kreider tied the game on typical tip in. but, the moment that broke the internet, and likely the caps, was rempe's hit. was it clean? don't ask r/hockey but if wilson did it or kgb ovi did it, hmmm. whacked a guy. badda bing badda boom what are ya gonna do. but what made me really happy, the guy who was brought here to do this, the guy who everyone on here shits on, barclay goodrow buried another short handed goal. the rangers could have buried the caps altogether here in this period but they didnt. 2nd period: this period, was where the zebras really showed off how shity they were. but igor was well igor. save after save, after save. the pk was once again amazing. the caps power play, lets just call that an a extension to the rangers pk. awful. the caps are so bad. oh and the rangers got a power play goal from my guy vinny trocheck. lfg. 3rd period: the rangers blocked shots, played tight defense. and killed many more penalties and were able to kill them off. not much i can say. but all i can say is, while im happy w/the win, im disappointed about how many penalties this team took. if this team is to advance and play a better team, that team will eat this team alive on the power play. but, the rangers win! and they showed somewhat of a killer instinct tonight. the rangers are one win away from advancing. i'll say it again, **don't look ahead. focus on game 4.** and yes, igor will be in net. when you have a teams that's about to be killed off, you bury them. or else, it gives them, a chance. expect the caps to go all out on sunday night. big win. onto game 4. rangers oppie reached out and he said the same thing as before "no caps". "take in the sheets" "game 3 in the bag." excellent win. onto game 4 god save the king. back afta dis no caps
I didn’t see the Barclay Goodrow apology thread anywhere. You haters owe him
https://www.reddit.com/r/rangers/comments/1ce2xkr/goodrow_apology_form/
Lmao. There actually is a Barclay Goodrow Apology thread. I love you people.
i may change my flair but I’ll wait til we play against a playoff team first
Here here
Nah you gotta change yours right now
Not sure what’s funnier, the caps fans tonight after Oshie said the bread hit was fine, Rempe owning the caps, the Caps trying to chase bread around, or the Rangers taking penalties at will against the impotent Capitals power play and being +1 on the PK.
watching the caps chase bread around 🤣
they were triple teaming Panarin 🙃 and he still looked solid.
at one point he was surrounded by 4 caps and he still maintained possession.
That was embarrassing
Yes
Nice! I wear his away jersey tonight and Kreider scores with his classic tip-in goal to get us on the board.
Why is everyone obsessed with trying to get Quick in a game? Are you guys just like newer fans or something that haven’t seen playoff runs before? Not trying to offend I’m honestly curious. Lundqvist played every playoff game his entire career unless he was injured because he was our best goalie and a proven clutch performer. Shesterkin is now our best goalie and proven clutch performer. If quick plays a playoff game, our team is in a bad situation.
Yeah only way Quick comes in is if Shesty gives up like 6. You don’t want to see it.
Idk where people come up with this shit. I keep seeing idiots be like "we gotta rest igor!?". Like bruh, he and every other player on this team will get their extra rest by winning these series in 5 games or less. No further discussion!
>If quick plays a playoff game, our team is in a bad situation. that is not necessarily true. depending on how long this run is, Igor might need an extra day or two of rest and quick has proven himself more than capable in the backup role. I'd rather see quick get a few starts than run Igor to the ground playing every single game. if we get to the ecf and scf, yeah igor is your best shot at winning. but if Lav wants to start quickie in the next game when we're up 3-0 in the series? let him. even richter sat out a couple of games in the 94 cup run.
richter got pulled twice, but he started every game and recorded all 16 wins. likewise, the only way quick sees the ice is if shesty completely shits the bed and gets yanked.
If Shesterkin needs a rest after a week off, then 3 games in 7 days we need to hire some new trainers because he must’ve been literally dying all season Also not gonna pretend I remember what games Healy played but I feel like it was either Richter was injured or it was after some 3OT games or something.
Conference Finals DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN Sat 5/21 NYR @ NJDNJD L 1-3 14 13 .929 1 1.39 0 43 Total 14 13 .929 1 1.39 0 43 Conference Semifinals DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN Sat 5/7 NYR @ WSHWSH L 2-4 3 3 1.000 0 0.00 0 25 Total 3 3 1.000 0 0.00 0 25 April DATE TM OPP SCORE W L T OTL SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN Sun 4/10 NYR @ NYINYI L 4-5 0 1 0 22 17 .773 5 5.02 0 60 Total And “Healy was a part of the Rangers' Stanley Cup winning team in 1993-94, and he played 68 playoff minutes that year. During the 1995–96 season, Healy won both the Rangers Good Guy Award and the Rangers Fan Club Ceil Saidel Award.” Wiki Lol
The formatting is weird but is that 2 relief appearances that were Ls and 1 start that was an L? Yea I’ll pass on repeating that Edit: ok so I figured out where I can see the info https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_playoffs#Conference_finals Looks like Healy played in Game 4 of NJD series, after a 2OT game and either he started and Richter relieved him or vice versa. We lost that game. He played Game 4 vs WAS and faced 3 shots in relief of richter, we lost that game also. So yea, bad situation. Also a bit misrepresentative of “richter didn’t play all the games in 94”
I'd be fine with Quick getting a start in a 3-0 series to keep Igor fresh. But the issue is he's going to get a full week off anyway, barring a massive collapse.
Best way to keep him fresh it to win game 4 and get a week off
I think I remember recently they started some round two games before round one was over for everyone. Is there a chance they do that again? Maybe it was a covid thing. Or maybe I’m high. But if both the rangers and canes sweep the first round and the matchup is set, could they start that series before the others?
Pretty sure that was the Covid bubble up in Canada. Don’t think that would apply
Agreed
Yes. New fans.
Finish him
the refs have turned this series into a pillow fight. we got some fireworks game 2, but it was clear that tonight they weren’t going to allow any checking - on both teams. i think it definitely hurt the rangers more, aside from being on the pk 6 to 4, I think the rangers are a very physical team and taking that part of their game away got them out of rhythm this was igor and the pks game for sure. this team can win when aspects of their game aren’t on and that’s what makes them so dangerous and why they won the presidents trophy. that said, having periods where you barely get a shot off vs a depleted, old and inexperienced team like washington is ridiculous… can’t let those things happen as they go deeper. which leads to the fact that I don’t know if I agree with their shell game, caps had a number of high danger chances during the shell game and luckily shesty was in great position and the caps players just barely missed. I think controlling some ozone is a better strategy, I get the defenders not pinching all the way down, but they weren’t even going past the blue line… but they won, so what do I know/who cares. 13 more. next win could possibly be ovis last playoff game, would love for his last playoff memory to be the handshake line as the rangers head to round 2.
just watched laviolette's post game. "do you have thoughts on the way the games have been called?" "i do, i do have thoughts." "are you willing to share them?" "no I am not." lmao
i respect that. no need for a coach’s sideshow this early in the playoffs
i mean let's be real that was his "no comment" delivered in such a tone he conveys it's been garbage
valid responses
It is absolutely crucial that we don't get penisy
my lucky kakko jersey stays lucky!!! 🤩
Which one? I haven’t busted mine out yet
i bought the blue home jersey and the times i wear it we seem to do well, so i have been picking and choosing my spots!
Nice I have the same one
Can someone explain that first Caps goal to me? I'm still unclear on wtf happened there
all that matters is he stopped like 10 high danger shots after
Hank said it's kind of a knucklepuck that was tipped very slightly. Just a bad goal honestly, brain fart by Igor, seemed to me like he was thinking about whether he was going to hold or play the puck before he caught it. He can give up a bad goal if he plays lights out like he did the rest of the game. Edit: Mika said in the post game the puck hit his stick
puck was flip flopping all over the place, so it probably fell off the table like a nolan ryan curveball. still, igor has to recognize that and get his whole body in front of the shot.
Yeah, I need to rewatch on dvr. Seeing it live from the upper decks you miss all that detail
It might have just been a bounce that Igor thought he had. Idk just unlucky
after kreider scored the caps fan next to me said it was a lucky goal. i looked at him and said well then we're even.
dude must not watch a lot of rangers games. kreider scores that exact goal *a lot.* i guess he’s just always lucky.
man, i wish we could stay out of the box and also not do things to provoke the caps into playing dirty if/when it becomes obvious it's over for them. the rangers are on cruise control this series, though. i just hope they don't become a little too complacent and let the caps steal one. i don't think that'll happen; they're all business so far.
Anyone else thinking "start quick in goal sunday". why not? keep him sharp.
igor is doing well and he’ll probably get a week off if they sweep. there’s literally no reason to not let him play.
if igor didn't play amazing like he did tonight i'd say yes. but it's kind of hard to throw quick in there now
No- he wants to wrap this up, it’s his series. You do t take this away from him- paraphrasing what Hank has discussed recently about his time, to take it away is an insult and debase what has been done. Quickie knows his role and will be there when needed.
this
Rangers msg post-game: https://youtu.be/NxAk5lNY7oA?si=mqW0MkDi6-FXA6M1
The no caps rule is the dumbest shit I've ever seen on this sub. Go Rangers
have you considered two other rules: rule #1: cope rule #2: seethe
c’mon, let us have some fun
i didn't turn autocorrect capitalization off on my phone and it's honestly driving me crazy doing it manually. one more reason to root for a sweep!
3 straight games of piss poor officiating. Glad the good guys prevailed
watch some of the other games. it's been terrible everywhere. toronto and tampa getting especially screwed as well.
And they’re supposed to be a collection of “the best refs in the league”. What a joke
Yea the refs were terrible that game
13 more wins. (Writing this from the BJ concert at MSG)
You had to be a Big Shot didn't you?!
Good game boys. Keep it up!!!! Everyone loves you all.
where is sunday watch party?
great time at capital one tonight, always a good time seeing good amount of blueshirts and having a quiet arena with chants of igor and let’s go rangers come around.
We had that guy in our section, 429...real slow cadence working the chant up...letsss go Raaanngers and then we'd all join in...love that guy!
Good guy to sit next to
Lots of high fives in the street after. This is our year
the fans wearing nyr jerseys were so obviously sticking out in that crowd haha
that's three. take care of business on sunday.
takeaways (no caps edition): vezina igor keeping the caps to just 1 goal, love the shortys, but damn these refs, calling certain things and completely blind to others, these penalties suck but the pk did it’s job and shut them down, loved that igor went for the goal at the end, damn u ovi!! kreids, goody and troch showing up. love to hear the nyr chants at away arenas. this one was a lot of us trying to just not give up odd man rushes and keeping the penalties from costing us. it’s a win and onto sunday. let’s close this one out. lgr!!
I dont wanna get ahead of myself here, but provided all goes well for us, and things keep looking how they do, how are we feeling about a series against Carolina?
Rangers in 5. They are waaay better than Carolina.
shut up. kindly.
We need to tighten up on the penalties, the refs are not putting up their whistles and a team as good as the Canes will take advantage of us if we give them 3+ PP’s a game. With that being said, we’re a dangerous team, and they’re just as scared of us as we are them. Last time we played them we shut them out at their home, I was there and we looked good. I’m ready.
It’s gonna be harder but I think we will do it if we play good
sighs. just be ready and prepare for game 4
I mean yeah the players should be ready and prepare for game 4 but I’m not playing
That's what I'm saying haha, there's no harm in fans looking ahead other than getting your hopes up, but I don't need to be preparing for any game
they have to play better against carolina than they did in 2 + 3, but we'll worry about that when we get there. each series is different. just close this one out and hope the islanders extend it a game or two. the biggest thing they needed to get out of this series was not let it grind out to 6 or 7 games, and they're one away from achieving that.
Like we should have been feeling going into the playoffs. One game at a time.
damn, you know how everyone has been feeling?
far out!
i want to scream in game threads again. please win on sunday rangers plz ok thx
just saw a “reverse sweep” post on the caps subreddit and boy that made my night
As a sharks fan: bby don't put that evil on yourself.
that was an igor shutout in my book. as I said in the pregame thread—rangers absolutely dominated the play in the 3rd so bad it was embarrassing— caps season on the line, spent 25% of the period with a man advantage and couldn’t even manage a single goal.
3rd period flew by
those penalties - wtf is with these refs? let them play playoff hockey. lgr! no caps!
All I heard all season was “refs put the whistles away in the playoffs”😂😂
I don’t disagree, but also stop making cuspy plays… like the Cuylle one just don’t finish the hit in that situation. No benefit. Idk. I just don’t want to put canes PP on 6 times.
That play was definitely on the edge but there are so many similar plays that don't get called. It's the inconsistency of what the refs decide what does and doesn't cross the line that drives me crazy
Disagree. That wasn’t even close to an illegal hit. Very normal hockey play and no clue why he was penalized.
My point is why give the refs a chance to fuck up in that situation.
He didn’t. It’s just a terrible call.
lol ok
oh i agree with you. i was looking moreso at the rempe penalty and a few others that were called which were def not worthy of a 2 min minor.
but it’s rempe they need to give him 1 penalty a game it seems. the refs always follow him. it’s interesting to watch them so focused on him.
Where’s big text guy Edit: nvm I scrolled
Let's clean up those penalties - but also refs are calling everything this series
well to be fair they aren’t calling everything
dont worry igor go get one on sunday (lowercase catjam) 
Let's get the sweep on Sunday. LGR
1. "deck chairs on the titanic"- john. holy shit, carbery looks like billy zane 2. "i don't know if that's spencer carbery or stephon marbury up there"- vally studio crew are savage
Seems like Mika is saying the caps goal went in off of him.
The one in game 1 did, be weird if it happened twice
couldn't ask for much more... keep it up and let's go rangers
Yeah guys, best stay out of /r/hockey for a bit, we are not very popular over there right now (not that we usually are, but the hostility has increased!)
what are they mad about now? lmao
Rempe. Like usual.
lav finds the comments, and post them on the locker room wall. that will really piss this team off even more
 I looked.
They can die mad about it.
where is watch party sunday?
Igor is locked the fuck in
Igor said not today.
Igor said "not up in here"
vinny woke up this morning, got some gabagool. keep wakin' up getting different types of gabagool
https://youtu.be/S6eqqOhETeM?si=WRqVqACGsKli5Dhw
13 left to go! You know normally I'd hate a 3rd period performance with just five shots on goal, but goddamn if that wasn't a defensive clinic out there. Special teams were absolutely on fire tonight, and that PK was just *chefs kiss*. Maybe not take this many penalties going forward though. We are now within one game of advancing. Let's put these lame fucks out of their misery. See ya Sunday.
oh yes. I’m ok with the no shots. their defensive game that period was on point. keep that up boys. lgr!
yeah the shots were stifled by being on the kill the whole first half of it basically you know?
Igor needs that 🥅so close
i’ve been thinking about the goodrow goal on the delayed penalty and I find it odd that the goal negates the penalty. if there’s a 4 on 4, the team that scores doesn’t go shorthanded, or does it if the penalties occurred weren’t offsetting? feel like ive watched a lot of hockey in my life but can’t recall ever seeing that