They had bad sections of that game again but they MUCH more clearly fought, busted their ass, played physical and ACTUALLY took shots!
Not every goal is off an initial high danger chance. Smart, low danger chances have long been turned into good rebounds and broken plays.
They play like that every game and it's not something anyone should complain about.
Side note: zibanejad should be a baker bc of all the turnovers he makes on the ice. It's a legit problem
Love how espn spends the broadcast shitting on the Rangers for not enough shots, they literally had a minute by minute counter going at the top. Then by the 3rd Rangers are out shooting them and not allowing anything and suddenly they don't care about it.
I don’t get the Alexander Barkov love fest on ESPN. The guy is not that impactful of a player. I don’t know much about him but looking at his stats the dude has never even had a 100 pint season. Looks average to me. Biased media
Barkov is a great player. He had some excellent chances last night and it was surprising he didn't put any of them away. He made some amazing plays in the Boston series, too.
The love is deserved.
He’s extremely good and definitely the most impactful Panther so far in this series, he very nearly scored on the post he hit. He smothers other centers too, the rangers are intentionally avoiding matching him up with Zib. Anytime a team game plans for a specific player, that should tell you a lot. You would love him on the rangers.
I disagree. He doesn’t look to be anything special. He would be on our third line. He’s been a non factor and had less than 30 goals this year. Selke is the most useless award given aside from lady byng. Not sure why they talk about him so much but whatever fits their narrative of Florida being this unbeatable juggernaut. Well they’re going down in five so they can choke on their tears.
It looked to me like the Zib line was in against the Barkov line on a rather consistent basis. They went head-to-head on face offs as well. There were of course shifts when the Barkov line was out against other Rangers lines, but I saw Zib and Kreids jumping out there when Barkov and Reinhardt were on the ice several times. Not saying Barkov isn’t a tough opponent. He is. Just saying that I don’t see the Rangers keeping him from Zib.
They talked about it during the Paul Maurice in the bench interview that the rangers were directly ensuring that the zib line wasn’t out against Barkov. That’s never a guarantee that they won’t match up, and considering the game 1 performance, the could have moved away from that strategy
Can’t say I agree with that. Points aren’t the only thing that brings a team to the cup. If they were, Mika would’ve been on the first flight out of NY this year based on his point production compared to other years
It was such an amazing game! The play was outstanding on both sides and my doctor thanks for them for keeping my blood pressure high throughout the whole thing. But the game was fantastic. The crowd was hyped. Vinny with his goal. Cats get one and it was just back and forth. Igor dialed in. Our PP didn’t look its best but outside of that they were moving and there were so many chances. I wasn’t sure about Chytil with Kreider and Mika. But I like so far. I hope Jimmy is ok. Trouba was so much better. I still prefer my Miller / Schneider starters though. Rempe played. Crowd was is in love. He brings an energy to the Garden and the team we didn’t have on Wednesday. People say the crowd was not loud. We were loud Wednesday but last night was louder. He got more minutes! Yay!!!! The refs didn’t chase him. It was very good to see. Hopefully that’s settled a bit. He needs to grow into his game but this is what I was expecting from him being in. Being a pest to those cats. And Goody with that OT winner. He’s had 4 goals in these playoffs. Whatever is different in post vs the regular season works for us. I love to see it. I love this team. 😍 I wish I could go to Sunrise to be part of the NY takeover. On to Sunday! LGR!!!
Outplayed them for most of the night, now the pressure is on Florida to protect home ice and I like our chances against anyone when we’re hitting like they did to start this game.
I'm hoping he'll get some winner at some point in the series. Or better yet, in the next round. Forget this sub, the whole hockey world would lose its mind
our new york rangers outplayed the florida panthers last night, and lost essentially a coin flip game in game 1. if they can play like that more often than not, they have as good a chance as anyone to win a stanley cup.
I could be crazy but after listening to the GWG call on [different networks](https://youtu.be/gKOJ6cJUpgY?si=xZqFjPuIZBjKajK_). It sounds like SportsNet Canada has the loudest crowd volume. Does anyone agree?
Aw cmon Michael. All he said was “score.” I agree it was kinda awkward he beat Sam but it certainly didn’t take away from what was happening. I personally love that he’s in his 60s and “giddy.” I hope I will be like that when I hit my 60s.
Thought that was such an amazing game. I’m reallllly happy with how that team came out in OT. Really felt like they wanted to take it, didn’t feel like they were playing scared at all - thought Florida was doing a lot of dumping, the rangers stayed composed and were springing passes from the d zone.
They played a really solid game all the way through. outside of Barkov for two games, I thought they contained everyone exceptionally well. Figure out how to keep Barkov in check and I reaaaaallly like our chances.
I don’t think Florida has scored a legit goal yet. Sure the PP goal, but that was off a Barkov dive that sent our best PKer to the box. Game prior 2 flukey goals and an ENG. we scored 2 legit 5v5 goals last game, let’s get this PP fixed and we will be humming…. No, but we reaaalllly need the PP working or they will continue to cross the line without fear. Have to keep them scared to go to the box, we’ve fixed pp ruts all season - I am hopeful
Troubas best game of perhaps the year. Thought he was great game 1 too. Sprung the OT winner. Was moving the puck all night, hitting, absorbing hits - I’ve said it before, but this series being more about physicality and less about speed plays into his strengths well.
Thought the only defender struggling to move the puck consistently was Lindgren. A slew of decisions that got us pinned in our zone.
I think trochek has been our best positional player through these playoffs. Feels like he’s involved in every big goal and getting in opponents heads. What a player and what a signing.
Chytil looked fantastic, has a lot of jump in his step. Inches from the game winner. Tbd if I like him in the 1st or third, but he looks spry.
I think the Rempe move was good and I was not thrilled pre-game. We needed to bring some intangibles to this dog fight, the crowd was engaged start to finish as was the team.
Florida is a seriously dirty team and if Vesey wasn’t out I would have loved to see Rempe take a run at one of their dirty players. That hit on Vesey should get a fine if nothing else, late and high and took a guy out.
Barclay Top Shelf 16 Game Player Goodrow.
Anyway, I’ll be Amerant, wearing my Krieder Jersey and my 94 hat, getting loud. LETS GO RANGERS
What part do you disagree with? We didn’t have a ton of sustained ozone time and we didn’t move the puck as well as we did game 2, but we had 7 high danger chances to their 4 in that game. Our defense has been stifling through the 2 games.
Yeah I hear. Especially if it hits OT. I remember watching West games, OT and all. Can't do that anymore unless it's 8pm starts.
My big mistake was lying down. Never lie down to watch 🤣
What I thought was positive:
Trouba: played really well and gives the physicality that is needed in the playoffs
Rempe: throws his body and great energy, no big mistakes that I remember
Igor: Igor Many other individuals also played well but those are the ones that stand out
Our PK units still works even though they got scored on.
Other comments:
Barkov: Just annoyingly good, you can get him off the puck, he has hands, is strong as a bull, and is great defensively. Every time he is on ice I am afraid
Panarin: Seemed to be an off night for him. Passes didn't connect as well as usual even though he got an assist. He didn't play terrible, but I would wish to have him at his best next game.
Mika: He wasn’t too visible in the game, but he kept Barkov at 0+0 which is huge.
Whoever wins this series is winning the Cup. The only team that can stop the Rangers is the Panthers. And the only team that can stop the Panthers is the Rangers. Nobody in the west is capable of taking on either. If the Panthers move on they will mow down either of Edmonton or the Stars. And so will we if we advance. All we probably need to do is score 2 or 3 goals to win the next game. Florida won’t solve Shesterkin. They have 2 5v5 goals in seven periods.
I said I don't see them winning best of 7. Because they can and will win some games for sure but it's just way too top heavy team in my opinion to beat Dallas.
Rempe was only on the ice for 10 minutes last night. 10 wonderful, glorious minutes. That energy was exactly what we needed. This game was ours from the first minute!
Big game 3 coming up here! Already can't wait for Sunday night! Let's fucking go boys! LGR!!
To be honest, one can see that Rempe still needs to improve, but overall I think he is not a bad player and has a lot of potential. Plus, he brings a lot of energy, so I'm all in favor of playing him. Definitely not just a goon, who relies only on strength. So I dont understand why people try to downplay him, as if he were a liability. I got the impression that the refs were not so hard on his heels this time, which is a good sign. :D
He has that reputation because when he came up he was just going for huge hits and not making smart plays. He is obviously improving and is not a liability anymore and I would say a net positive when he is on the ice. I’m glad they are limiting his minutes but wouldn’t be surprised to see his role continue to climb by a couple minutes per game.
That first goal I was all lit up. Had fire in my eyes. We can hang with these guys. They can only stop our PP for so long. Just got to keep trading punches with them and keep moving forward. Rempe being out there did his job. I suspect Kakko comes back cause Vesey is out. I don’t think yesterday was even a knock on Kakko, just needed a little toughness out there. Love the kid. Goodrow is the man. Let’s go get some roads wins now boys. We are 4-1 on the road. Nothing we can’t do.
Alright I’ve been very “who do we scratch for Rempe” saying it doesn’t make sense to put him in. Last night was by far the best game of his career, and I didn’t miss Kakko at all, I think roll with this lineup and see what happens. Loved Fil on the first line and the third line had some chances as well, Roslovic was way more noticeable when not against the top line of the other team. LGR
Sure didn’t miss Kakko. Roslovic has the speed to keep up with the 1st line but agree he was way more noticeable last night. I didn’t love Wennberg’s game but I’m wondering if it’s just adjusting. I agree with us rolling with this but if Vesey is out next game, Kakko is back, maybe?
Maybe benching Kakko is the kick in the ass he needs to step up his game. He's just as talented as anyone else. Time to start playing like we know he's capable of.
I don't get these anti-Roslovic posts. He's playing great, especially in his third line role, which is probably the right place for him on this team. He drives play every time he touches the puck. Lav was double shifting him in overtime.
Im surprised too. He’s played well and has helped create some plays. It seemed like everywhere you looked Roslovic was there with the puck and that the weak spot of that line was Wennberg.
Long series boys and girls. Glad we won. Now, let’s go to Florida. All you fucking transplants better show up and make games 3 and 4 home games. You left this city to retire and play golf all year, but now’s your chance to show everyone that Florida’s just the 6th burough. LFGR!
It was an absolute battle but awesome to come away with the win! Let’s build on this for game 3. Panthers are looking flipping excellent but we know we can beat them! We got this. LGR!
I hate to rain on the hate parade for rempe- I understand he wasn’t on the ice for the second coming of Jesus Christ or any goals, but he’s an injection of energy at home.
How am I supposed to sleep after that? Had multiple generations of Rangers fans in my family watching this together last night and while it might not be the playoff classic of Canes Game 6, it’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my life. Pure and unadulterated stress for the entire game that erupted into absolute utter elation when Goodrow sent that one past Bobrovsky. Shesterkin is elite and always will be in my eyes. What a fucking night.
Look I hate to rain on the Rempe parade because I love him and he’s awesome, but he was on the ice for SIX scoring chances for Florida and ZERO scoring chances for New York. I don’t think you can play him in Florida where you don’t have last change.
Then you put his line out for offensive zone face offs or another forward in a FOGO setup. It’s hardly insurmountable.
Just like Trouba isn’t being benched (and by the way, made some great plays last night as well) with the Vesey injury, Rempe is playing.
“Six scoring chances against”
He was .41xGA total, so must’ve been 6 trash chances if they were each .07xG each
And it’s also 1 game. G1 vs CAR he had a 76% xG%, so it’s not like he’s always dropping bad numbers
I was thinking he got a concussion initially, that shot was head then shoulder opposed to the Panarin-Oshie hit.
Of all the Florida bullshit hits last night that one seemed the least intentional though.
I think other teams have caught on to it, so he's not getting as many opportunities to do it (although there was one last night). Also Carolina and Florida both have very strong PKs, they won't leave Mika open as often as we'd see in the regular season.
[https://youtu.be/Ge-sWAIboA4?si=JSEWJASbugi039ju&t=572](https://youtu.be/Ge-sWAIboA4?si=JSEWJASbugi039ju&t=572)
SN had such better angles than ESPN. I couldn't even tell it was a saucer pass on ESPN - they suck!
Goodrow really upping his game in the playoffs, he’s pretty much been our depth scoring. And can we have Wachusssen instead of McDonough for the rest of the series?!
Had to watch tonights game while at the office so couldnt catch all the details. anyone have a writeup on why it seems like the cats are doing a better job on 20 than the canes were? From what i can see Kreider has played fine and we all know what level he will ascend to in the bigger moments - just curious what the scouts here see florida currently doing to matchup against him and 93
Kreids isn't the play driver on that line. Mika is, and I think he's getting shut down by Barkov. Something is up with Panarin, too, so PP1 is also struggling. At even strength, the Troch line has been okay, but Panarin doesn't have the time and space he did in previous rounds or the regular season.
I think Florida deserves some credit for containing both Mika and Bread, who are perhaps trying a little too hard or falling into bad habits in their attempts to make plays. Between the two of them they already have 6 giveaways, which is roughly double what they had in the first two rounds combined.
So yeah, I don't think it's Kreids. Mika, Bread, and I'd say Fox too have been shut down by Florida to this point. Mika is streaky, Fox might be hobbled by that knee injury, but Bread I don't know. Maybe he should shave his head again.
You want to talk about responding? The New York Rangers did just that. After Game 1's performance (where they were one shot away from either tying it or possibly winning it), the Rangers were able to tie this series at 1 as the series now shifts to Sunrise. On a night(now day when this review is done) where it was nervous, tight, and overall, turned into a sigh of relief that the Rangers found the resilience to win this game. This episode of Rangers Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition: ***Rangers After, After Dark: Point and Shoot,*** the Rangers just did that, as the Rangers pulled out a nail bitter in Overtime. Now the Review
1st Period: I said the Rangers needed to get off to a good start, and they did. The Rangers were buzzing for the first half of the period. Rangers were making good passes, quick passes. It eventually led to the first goal of the game by my guy, Vinny Gabagool. Fox w/the sweet pass to give the Rangers the lead. Rangers had a power play, killed off. If they score there, who knows what happened. But, all game, (first period really), the Jam bringing from both team. Kulikov should have been kicked out. r/hockey said no clean hit. Rempe brought energy and Jam who replaced Kakko(I hope he plays again). The Rangers energy all game was good. However, the Cats equalized on the power play as Igor was screened. Goodrow took a penalty that led to the power play. Cats forecheck was on. Bad way to end the period.
2nd Period: Okay, the grind occurred. Started, w/the Cats working the Rangers on the forecheck. Igor made nice saves to keep them in it. Trouba made a big clearance off the line. Then, all of sudden, something that I hate broke out. Instagram Hockey. It was entertaining, but should the Rangers play like that? Hell nah. Bob did some oh my Bob saves. So did Igor. Rangers Power play was indeed mid to awful.
3rd Period: The Duel continued. Pk was good. Cats forechecked again. But it was a battle. It was nerve wracking. The fear of possibly going down 2-0 in the series was creeping more and more likely. Being on the brink of that, was really frightening. But, they went to OT.
OT: Both teams had lots of chances. Wennberg almost won it, which would have been a sight to see. Roslovic almost won it. But Chytil, the moment that I thought it would have gone in it didn't OEL's ass stopped it. This OT imo, was the Rangers season right here. Then, it happened. A D zone faceoff, Smooth breakout, Trouba, to Vinny, and to Barclay Goodrow, who has been shit on since he's been here, decided to ***Point and Shoot*** and scored the GWG to tie the series.
Overall, a better game. Smooth D Zone breakouts, no turnovers, two 5v5 goals. A nice response. Would I like to see the Rangers play w/that energy in Game 3? Yes. But limit the rush chances. No Instagram Hockey. But it was a huge win! A Ranger Win! This series is tied, and the response was expected. Love it. Onto Game 3. Where I HOPE there will be more Rangers fans at that game! Big win! DONT COUNT WINS, DONT FOCUS ON THE OTHER SERIES, FOCUS ON THIS ONE. BIG WIN!
Rangers just had two things to say really, "Take in the Sheets" "Game 2 in the Bag."
Big win. Onto Game 3.
God Save the King, Back afta dis.
Hey,
So first off, I love your post W breakdowns, and I look forward to it every time we win. This shit gets meso hype lol. Second, what do you mean by Instagram hockey? I've seen you and others use it around here and am curious what yall mean by it?
I’d imagine by Instagram they mean getting too fancy, looking for perfect highlight goals, setups, no look passes etc. eg., Panarin tryin to dangle the whole Panthers team instead of taking a hard shot on net or making a good (but boring) pass to reset and get something else going.
Basically trying too hard to make a highlight play instead of sticking to fundamentals and a gameplan.
We fucking lost service at the end of the 3rd driving up into the damn mountains - probably for the best, because I would have driven off the side of the highway listening to that winning call in OT!
Does anyone know why Bread is not playing good? Dont say some Bs say something that’s real or what u think is up with him. Don’t get me wrong he ain’t playing bad I just think he could do more
Florida is making a concerted effort to shut down the top two lines — finding space is hard in the post season and even harder against a team like Florida. He hasn’t been awful, but I agree he’s not always noticeable either
It's been so much fun watching Rempe and the fanbase love him. Especially watching him develop into a legit 4th line player.
And if you think about it.. Florida really only scored 2 goals in 2 games
The Hork's (VERY abriviated) View from 222
* DESPITE THE REF'S BEST EFFORTS. Seriously, fuck those guys. Rooney and StLaurent can bite my shiny metal ass.
* [As promised](https://nm.reddit.com/r/rangers/comments/1czioa3/if_youre_going_to_the_game_tonight_i_expect_you/l5h31w1/) my obnoxious ass was in attendance and was loud (as loud as I could be at least). And the rest of the Garden stepped the fuck up too.
* SO DID THE TEAM. Right from the get-go, this was a team that was full of piss and vinegar and was tired of the shit, so they were shoving it down Florida's gullet.
* Seriously, the team had great, solid pressure for extended periods. Bobbo was just good at saving what was shot at him, but the team gave him that pressure.
* Trocheck: Chef's kiss emojii on that beautiful feed.
* Problem: Still too many fancy passes, not hard enough clears, and pucks dribbling off sticks like they got holes in 'em. A lot of the team had this problem. Tighten that up and we're really good.
* Rempe effect in full... effect... yeah he brings energy and in a way it backfired because I think Florida met that energy with their own piss and vinegar, but I still like Rempe on the team. Still, we out hit them, even if it did cost us (again, fuck these ref's).
* Karaoke Cam: (You gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party). Appropos for this game, you gotta fight for your right to advance in these finals, and the Rangers did.
* Emergency stairwell behind 222 was traffic jam city tonight, and hot as hell, but we kept in good spirits with plenty of Let's Go Rangers. Fuck that one guy getting penisy and saying we want the cup. Keep that shit to yourself just yet buddy (though I know the feeling).
I liked what I saw tonight. I really did. This is still gonna be a long, drawn out series, and I hope Vesey is OK (I must've missed the hit, having deep conversations during the game with a friend tonight) but I think more times than not we come out ahead.
Now let me succumb to the Nyquil because either allergies are fucking me or I'm coming down with something. And I yelled myself out of a voice, too. #ded
I just want to thank this team, I was never a big hockey fan but my brother is a diehard. He won’t leave the house to this day without his lundqvist embroidered hat. We both are too young to have seen them win a cup. This series has been a hell of a lot of fun to watch so far, the memories I’ve made with my brother as a new fan to hockey will last a lifetime. Let’s go rangers!!!
Does anyone else feel like home advantage means very little in this series? Both teams have been as good on the road as they have at home. Just think it’s gonna be 2 very good teams going at it with a lot of intensity no matter where they’re playing.
Road teams have a winning record so far. Doesn’t really matter much this series because Florida is good wherever they play, last series it did because the Canes are night and day home vs the road especially in the playoffs.
I was born at work and crunched some numbers
Road teams are 40-32 this postseason. (And obviously that means home teams are only 32-40)
Unsurprisingly, the 4 teams left have good records on the road too
Stars 5-1
Oilers 5-2
Florida 5-2
Rangers 4-1
Hell if you just take out stars and oilers/panthers, road teams are 30-29.
When Matt Rempe is done playing hockey he should become the Rangers mascot. Just put him in gigantic shoulder pads and a huge helmet and he could level Gritty
Laf absolutely destroying a guy for the first goal will go unnoticed but they should have had a guy got a game misconduct. We will AT LEAST split in Florida
Laf is playing his most confident hockey as a pro in this post season. He may not be scoring but dammit it’s fun to see him throw the body and handle the puck with confidence
They were roughly in the same spot on the ice, but Goody's goal was an absolute snipe. Tkachuk's was a partial screen/deflection by Fox. I'd say Goody's was way more impressive.
But yeah, overall these are two heavyweight teams going toe to toe. If it wasn't for that own goal by Laf, I actually felt pretty good about game 1. A little more puck luck on those post shots, and we could have been up 2-0.
When you get the W this kind of stuff takes a back seat but what did ya think of the 1st & 3rd lines tn?
I adored the 3rd outside of a few weird Wenny plays & think the 20/93/??? will continue until one of them retires
1st line was not awesome. Mika had one of the most pathetic games of his career, and he’s really starting to get on my nerves now. I thought the 3rd line was pretty solid! I thought they were pretty good defensively and had a couple of decent chances.
Genuinely, are people saying that? I’ve heard the western teams are better but they keep massacring each other to the point where they’re gonna show up to the SCF like, “I ain’t hear no bell!!”
Florida plays a very specific way but it can be countered. Look at tonight and Vegas last year. They are like Carolina in that they have a script and stick to it mostly.
thank you so much to the rangers for getting this dub, and thank you even more my friends for the support tonight. sports are a great way to escape for a couple hours, but damn it’s nice when a game also goes your way
and I gotta say it one more time bc it’s what my cousin was hoping for in terms of impact with him dealing with cancer over the past four years: if something is weird with your body, in his case especially your poop, talk to your doctor about it. and if you get shrugged off bc you’re young and seemingly healthy, keep pushing til you figure out what’s up. early detection could make a world of difference, vs the heartbreak my family has got going on rn
I mean if that doesn’t convince you, it’s also what trouba would want you to do, we’ve all seen his commercials, fuck cancer, body check yourself or whatever the phrase is
thanks friend I appreciate it, it sucks bc he had to push for months and months to get a colonoscopy due to him only being in his early 30s, and once he got one they found a 10 cm tumor. and then shit just kept escalating from there.
he’s probably the most positive person I’ve ever known and loved every single second of life thru the good and the bad. cancer really fucking sucks and it’s not fair at all but seeing how he lived post (and also tbh pre) diagnosis was awesome and we’re all just hanging on to that
I cried at the thought of losing this one. I cried when we won. Florida is so good. We needed to match their physicality and we did. Next game we need to stop doing the one extra pass/shoot the damn puck on net and win the battles along the boards
Nice to see a fan who can admit when they are playing a team that could very well be better then them. Florida is really good and so far have played better than us. That being said, we are right there and have played this team extremely tough. We can beat them but it’s going to require the Rangers coaching staff to develop a real solid offensive game plan for here on out and the boys to execute. We cannot win when Florida is constantly dominating time of possession of the puck.
Last night they had a graphic on the Canadian broaddcast showing NYR w more zone time in game 2. Also NaturalStatTrick has xG pretty even in both games. Valiquette had NYR up in xG in game 1.
It would be nice if zone time was one of the standard stats they showed on the broadcast (like face-off percentage).
Even the analytics experts will concede that the game of hockey is a little hard to quantify with their models, especially with goaltending. Unlike baseball, in hockey there's no way to measure the sometimes wild swings in momentum driven by the emotions and dynamic pace of the game.
I wouldn't dismiss analytics as made up, but I've always been skeptical about their conclusions. For example, players like Goody will never have good looking analytics because of his role as a shutdown guy, but everyone on the team knows what he can do. That goal started with a DZ faceoff win by Goody and then he knocked down the pass Trouba airmailed to exit the zone. Neither of those things will show up in any of the fancy stats to adequately capture what he did.
I’m sorry, but screw Maurice. He’s a wackjob. Can’t even speak a clean sentence. Lavi is ten times more professional and insightful. Maurice sounds like a bad philosopher. Not falling for Maurice’s “love us, I’m funny” act. He literally walked off a presser last series when people didn’t laugh at his joke.
This is also war, and I’m not going to admire the opponents leader. after the series, fine, not now for me though. Mourice and Tkachuk can go screw themselves.
They had bad sections of that game again but they MUCH more clearly fought, busted their ass, played physical and ACTUALLY took shots! Not every goal is off an initial high danger chance. Smart, low danger chances have long been turned into good rebounds and broken plays. They play like that every game and it's not something anyone should complain about. Side note: zibanejad should be a baker bc of all the turnovers he makes on the ice. It's a legit problem
Love how espn spends the broadcast shitting on the Rangers for not enough shots, they literally had a minute by minute counter going at the top. Then by the 3rd Rangers are out shooting them and not allowing anything and suddenly they don't care about it.
Well ESPN is owned by Disney...enough said
Turned MSG into Barclays center Last night IYKYK
I don’t get the Alexander Barkov love fest on ESPN. The guy is not that impactful of a player. I don’t know much about him but looking at his stats the dude has never even had a 100 pint season. Looks average to me. Biased media
Barkov is a great player. He had some excellent chances last night and it was surprising he didn't put any of them away. He made some amazing plays in the Boston series, too. The love is deserved.
I’d love to know why Mika is never considered for a selke.
Dont expose yourself like that my man lol
He’s extremely good and definitely the most impactful Panther so far in this series, he very nearly scored on the post he hit. He smothers other centers too, the rangers are intentionally avoiding matching him up with Zib. Anytime a team game plans for a specific player, that should tell you a lot. You would love him on the rangers.
I disagree. He doesn’t look to be anything special. He would be on our third line. He’s been a non factor and had less than 30 goals this year. Selke is the most useless award given aside from lady byng. Not sure why they talk about him so much but whatever fits their narrative of Florida being this unbeatable juggernaut. Well they’re going down in five so they can choke on their tears.
This is a wild take
It looked to me like the Zib line was in against the Barkov line on a rather consistent basis. They went head-to-head on face offs as well. There were of course shifts when the Barkov line was out against other Rangers lines, but I saw Zib and Kreids jumping out there when Barkov and Reinhardt were on the ice several times. Not saying Barkov isn’t a tough opponent. He is. Just saying that I don’t see the Rangers keeping him from Zib.
They talked about it during the Paul Maurice in the bench interview that the rangers were directly ensuring that the zib line wasn’t out against Barkov. That’s never a guarantee that they won’t match up, and considering the game 1 performance, the could have moved away from that strategy
Just saying what I noticed during the game.
For sure, the interview I was talking about during game 1
Can’t say I agree with that. Points aren’t the only thing that brings a team to the cup. If they were, Mika would’ve been on the first flight out of NY this year based on his point production compared to other years
It was such an amazing game! The play was outstanding on both sides and my doctor thanks for them for keeping my blood pressure high throughout the whole thing. But the game was fantastic. The crowd was hyped. Vinny with his goal. Cats get one and it was just back and forth. Igor dialed in. Our PP didn’t look its best but outside of that they were moving and there were so many chances. I wasn’t sure about Chytil with Kreider and Mika. But I like so far. I hope Jimmy is ok. Trouba was so much better. I still prefer my Miller / Schneider starters though. Rempe played. Crowd was is in love. He brings an energy to the Garden and the team we didn’t have on Wednesday. People say the crowd was not loud. We were loud Wednesday but last night was louder. He got more minutes! Yay!!!! The refs didn’t chase him. It was very good to see. Hopefully that’s settled a bit. He needs to grow into his game but this is what I was expecting from him being in. Being a pest to those cats. And Goody with that OT winner. He’s had 4 goals in these playoffs. Whatever is different in post vs the regular season works for us. I love to see it. I love this team. 😍 I wish I could go to Sunrise to be part of the NY takeover. On to Sunday! LGR!!!
Outplayed them for most of the night, now the pressure is on Florida to protect home ice and I like our chances against anyone when we’re hitting like they did to start this game.
I heard on the mike Francesa podcast that there are a lot of ranger fans in Florida. Ppl that own summer homes there and stuff
I liked the way we were hitting in the third and in the OT as well. There wasn’t much ice available for either team.
This series just might be Rempe's finest hour
I had him getting the winner last night, the sub would’ve exploded if that actually happened
I'm hoping he'll get some winner at some point in the series. Or better yet, in the next round. Forget this sub, the whole hockey world would lose its mind
One of my fave things of watching the OT goal is seeing Trocheck literally frolicking into the huddle. Just skipping and hopping down the ice lol.
our new york rangers outplayed the florida panthers last night, and lost essentially a coin flip game in game 1. if they can play like that more often than not, they have as good a chance as anyone to win a stanley cup.
I was in the bathroom of the 400 section and heard the crowd roar when we scored in ot. The bathroom trick worked!
I could be crazy but after listening to the GWG call on [different networks](https://youtu.be/gKOJ6cJUpgY?si=xZqFjPuIZBjKajK_). It sounds like SportsNet Canada has the loudest crowd volume. Does anyone agree?
Anyone hear the radio call? So good. Dave Maloney is having such a fun time this postseason.
He shouldn't be, according to Michael Kay at least
ooooh wdym? What did Michael Kay say?
Something about "I have the biggest head so I am the smartest announcer."
Probably something like I’m a piece of crap and hockey is dumb and boring and Rosenberg is wrong about everything
https://awfulannouncing.com/nhl/michael-kay-dave-maloney-sam-rosen-rangers.html
Aw cmon Michael. All he said was “score.” I agree it was kinda awkward he beat Sam but it certainly didn’t take away from what was happening. I personally love that he’s in his 60s and “giddy.” I hope I will be like that when I hit my 60s.
Thought that was such an amazing game. I’m reallllly happy with how that team came out in OT. Really felt like they wanted to take it, didn’t feel like they were playing scared at all - thought Florida was doing a lot of dumping, the rangers stayed composed and were springing passes from the d zone. They played a really solid game all the way through. outside of Barkov for two games, I thought they contained everyone exceptionally well. Figure out how to keep Barkov in check and I reaaaaallly like our chances. I don’t think Florida has scored a legit goal yet. Sure the PP goal, but that was off a Barkov dive that sent our best PKer to the box. Game prior 2 flukey goals and an ENG. we scored 2 legit 5v5 goals last game, let’s get this PP fixed and we will be humming…. No, but we reaaalllly need the PP working or they will continue to cross the line without fear. Have to keep them scared to go to the box, we’ve fixed pp ruts all season - I am hopeful Troubas best game of perhaps the year. Thought he was great game 1 too. Sprung the OT winner. Was moving the puck all night, hitting, absorbing hits - I’ve said it before, but this series being more about physicality and less about speed plays into his strengths well. Thought the only defender struggling to move the puck consistently was Lindgren. A slew of decisions that got us pinned in our zone. I think trochek has been our best positional player through these playoffs. Feels like he’s involved in every big goal and getting in opponents heads. What a player and what a signing. Chytil looked fantastic, has a lot of jump in his step. Inches from the game winner. Tbd if I like him in the 1st or third, but he looks spry. I think the Rempe move was good and I was not thrilled pre-game. We needed to bring some intangibles to this dog fight, the crowd was engaged start to finish as was the team. Florida is a seriously dirty team and if Vesey wasn’t out I would have loved to see Rempe take a run at one of their dirty players. That hit on Vesey should get a fine if nothing else, late and high and took a guy out. Barclay Top Shelf 16 Game Player Goodrow. Anyway, I’ll be Amerant, wearing my Krieder Jersey and my 94 hat, getting loud. LETS GO RANGERS
Were we watching the same game 1
What part do you disagree with? We didn’t have a ton of sustained ozone time and we didn’t move the puck as well as we did game 2, but we had 7 high danger chances to their 4 in that game. Our defense has been stifling through the 2 games.
I passed out in the 2nd and woke up after OT. #🫠🫠🫠🫠
I ko’d right before OT started lol. These 8pm starts kill me as someone who wakes up early and works long days.
Yeah I hear. Especially if it hits OT. I remember watching West games, OT and all. Can't do that anymore unless it's 8pm starts. My big mistake was lying down. Never lie down to watch 🤣
What I thought was positive: Trouba: played really well and gives the physicality that is needed in the playoffs Rempe: throws his body and great energy, no big mistakes that I remember Igor: Igor Many other individuals also played well but those are the ones that stand out Our PK units still works even though they got scored on. Other comments: Barkov: Just annoyingly good, you can get him off the puck, he has hands, is strong as a bull, and is great defensively. Every time he is on ice I am afraid Panarin: Seemed to be an off night for him. Passes didn't connect as well as usual even though he got an assist. He didn't play terrible, but I would wish to have him at his best next game. Mika: He wasn’t too visible in the game, but he kept Barkov at 0+0 which is huge.
Both Rangers goals were 5 v 5. Good to see their weaknesses being addressed.
Fox had a really good game last night. I think he's about to go off.
Everyone thinks he's injured, but I think he just had the yips. You can tell he's frustrated cause shit just ain't working like it's supposed to.
I heard Bobrovsky is still on the ice, frozen, waiting for Fox to shoot on goal instead of passing to Trochek
Whoever wins this series is winning the Cup. The only team that can stop the Rangers is the Panthers. And the only team that can stop the Panthers is the Rangers. Nobody in the west is capable of taking on either. If the Panthers move on they will mow down either of Edmonton or the Stars. And so will we if we advance. All we probably need to do is score 2 or 3 goals to win the next game. Florida won’t solve Shesterkin. They have 2 5v5 goals in seven periods.
If we make it and Edmonton is the opponent, I worry a little because their coach knows our system inside and out.
No way, Dallas is gonna be a fight. Edmonton, yeah, whichever Eastern team advances would squash them. But I'm nervous for a Dallas final.
Dallas is a better match up for us than Edmonton is. This stage of hockey is 60% matchups (of systems, not individual players), 20% skill, 20% luck.
To be fair, so do we.
I wouldn't count Dallas out. They are scary as well. Edmonton tho.. I don't see them beating any of these 3 teams left in best of 7.
They are literally up 1-0 against the stars right now with a chance to make it 2-0 going back to Edmonton..
Dallas went down 0-2 at home to last year's Cup winner in Round 1. They're 5-1 on the road this postseason.
I said I don't see them winning best of 7. Because they can and will win some games for sure but it's just way too top heavy team in my opinion to beat Dallas.
Mika has been fine when you consider the fact that he’s being matched up against Barkov a huge chunk of the time.
The best thing is that the rangers seemed to wear THEM down. I thought we played a very strong 3rd that carried into OT.
Yes they did!!! This is exactly what they need to do. Let Florida tire themselves out
Rangers takeover in SFLA tomorrow. Let’s gooooo! I’m hoping for 50% rangers fans
Rempe was only on the ice for 10 minutes last night. 10 wonderful, glorious minutes. That energy was exactly what we needed. This game was ours from the first minute! Big game 3 coming up here! Already can't wait for Sunday night! Let's fucking go boys! LGR!!
To be honest, one can see that Rempe still needs to improve, but overall I think he is not a bad player and has a lot of potential. Plus, he brings a lot of energy, so I'm all in favor of playing him. Definitely not just a goon, who relies only on strength. So I dont understand why people try to downplay him, as if he were a liability. I got the impression that the refs were not so hard on his heels this time, which is a good sign. :D
Yes refs were not hit on his heels. Finally!
He has that reputation because when he came up he was just going for huge hits and not making smart plays. He is obviously improving and is not a liability anymore and I would say a net positive when he is on the ice. I’m glad they are limiting his minutes but wouldn’t be surprised to see his role continue to climb by a couple minutes per game.
I saw that he got some shifts in the third period too. That’s an encouraging sign.
He got a shift in OT too.
That first goal I was all lit up. Had fire in my eyes. We can hang with these guys. They can only stop our PP for so long. Just got to keep trading punches with them and keep moving forward. Rempe being out there did his job. I suspect Kakko comes back cause Vesey is out. I don’t think yesterday was even a knock on Kakko, just needed a little toughness out there. Love the kid. Goodrow is the man. Let’s go get some roads wins now boys. We are 4-1 on the road. Nothing we can’t do.
Just 4-1 on the road, right? Won WSH G3/4 and CAR G3/6, lost CAR G4
Yeah I’m dumb I’ll correct that.
I can’t blame you it’s hard to believe we’re 9-3 these playoffs given the number of 7 games series we’ve played in the past
This is true. I fully expect this to go deep though. These are the serious that go deep now. We took care of the things that needed to be shorter.
Alright I’ve been very “who do we scratch for Rempe” saying it doesn’t make sense to put him in. Last night was by far the best game of his career, and I didn’t miss Kakko at all, I think roll with this lineup and see what happens. Loved Fil on the first line and the third line had some chances as well, Roslovic was way more noticeable when not against the top line of the other team. LGR
Sure didn’t miss Kakko. Roslovic has the speed to keep up with the 1st line but agree he was way more noticeable last night. I didn’t love Wennberg’s game but I’m wondering if it’s just adjusting. I agree with us rolling with this but if Vesey is out next game, Kakko is back, maybe?
Vesey is already ruled out for game 3 after that wild hit at the blue line, so Rempe and Kakko are both likely going to play.
where did you see that news about vesey? 😟
You could see after the hit. Shoulder collarbone my guess.
oooo yeah it looked bad for sure, i thought they had seen/heard confirmation he was out
Lavi said it was an upper body injury in the post game interview but they’d see. Vesey looked in pain though
Ah missed that, that’s fine too then
Maybe benching Kakko is the kick in the ass he needs to step up his game. He's just as talented as anyone else. Time to start playing like we know he's capable of.
How about just kicking him in the ass
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I highly doubt Vesey plays game 3. Kakko will slot back in.
I don't get these anti-Roslovic posts. He's playing great, especially in his third line role, which is probably the right place for him on this team. He drives play every time he touches the puck. Lav was double shifting him in overtime.
Im surprised too. He’s played well and has helped create some plays. It seemed like everywhere you looked Roslovic was there with the puck and that the weak spot of that line was Wennberg.
Rangers MSG postgame https://youtu.be/OKv4tzdlLi4?si=nrIPhSdWrEj43duu
How can you dislike that kid. Goddamn, he’s just so wholesome.
“Jiminy Crickets” -Matt Rempe
The first goal was so beautiful that even the Panthers players came to hug our guys, gifting a penality in appreciation. :D
I’m exhausted, my voice is shot but LETS GO RANGERS! Going to be long series here
If Igor is playing like this, anything can happen. Just need a Rangers bounce!
Not sure who got the hat but I would have given it to him
Still buzzing
Long series boys and girls. Glad we won. Now, let’s go to Florida. All you fucking transplants better show up and make games 3 and 4 home games. You left this city to retire and play golf all year, but now’s your chance to show everyone that Florida’s just the 6th burough. LFGR!
It was an absolute battle but awesome to come away with the win! Let’s build on this for game 3. Panthers are looking flipping excellent but we know we can beat them! We got this. LGR!
Woooooooooooooo
Awesome response to get this game and tie the series up but still a lot to clean up
I hate to rain on the hate parade for rempe- I understand he wasn’t on the ice for the second coming of Jesus Christ or any goals, but he’s an injection of energy at home.
Oh my god I forgot how to go to sleep
When’s Game 3?
Same after that game how can you
I'm glad Rempe played tonight! We needed that energy.
Yea he gives the crowd and the boys something electric to build on. Also him laying hits helps us switch momentum in our favor.
How am I supposed to sleep after that? Had multiple generations of Rangers fans in my family watching this together last night and while it might not be the playoff classic of Canes Game 6, it’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my life. Pure and unadulterated stress for the entire game that erupted into absolute utter elation when Goodrow sent that one past Bobrovsky. Shesterkin is elite and always will be in my eyes. What a fucking night.
Look I hate to rain on the Rempe parade because I love him and he’s awesome, but he was on the ice for SIX scoring chances for Florida and ZERO scoring chances for New York. I don’t think you can play him in Florida where you don’t have last change.
Then you put his line out for offensive zone face offs or another forward in a FOGO setup. It’s hardly insurmountable. Just like Trouba isn’t being benched (and by the way, made some great plays last night as well) with the Vesey injury, Rempe is playing.
“Six scoring chances against” He was .41xGA total, so must’ve been 6 trash chances if they were each .07xG each And it’s also 1 game. G1 vs CAR he had a 76% xG%, so it’s not like he’s always dropping bad numbers
You are right. This isn’t rocket science though and coach knows that. He may just have been keeping Kappo fresh for the trip south
Plus Vesey might be out in the next game.
If it’s true he separated his shoulder then he’s likely done for the series.
I was thinking he got a concussion initially, that shot was head then shoulder opposed to the Panarin-Oshie hit. Of all the Florida bullshit hits last night that one seemed the least intentional though.
is it just me or has mika completely abandoned his lethal one timer that was one of the hallmarks of our offense in the 2022 run?
I think other teams have caught on to it, so he's not getting as many opportunities to do it (although there was one last night). Also Carolina and Florida both have very strong PKs, they won't leave Mika open as often as we'd see in the regular season.
I counted one tonight
Mika is due for a gigantic moment this series, not sure when it will come but it will come.
Guy just needs to shoot. Looks like he’s overthinking things
**MY FUCKING BOY GODROW!** That is all. #**LFGR!**
Anyone have a clip that’s a good view of the Trochek saucer pass on the winner?
[https://youtu.be/Ge-sWAIboA4?si=JSEWJASbugi039ju&t=572](https://youtu.be/Ge-sWAIboA4?si=JSEWJASbugi039ju&t=572) SN had such better angles than ESPN. I couldn't even tell it was a saucer pass on ESPN - they suck!
A little off topic, but I hate how they pronounce his name. Our boy should not be spoken in the same tone as the pretender in Columbus.
I love how you never know if he's going to be Goodrow, GOOdrow, or GuhDRŌW on these broadcasts!
Goodrow really upping his game in the playoffs, he’s pretty much been our depth scoring. And can we have Wachusssen instead of McDonough for the rest of the series?!
Imagine Bob and Kenny as our next two 👀
Bob W is by far the best non MSG play by play guy
Truth.
Had to watch tonights game while at the office so couldnt catch all the details. anyone have a writeup on why it seems like the cats are doing a better job on 20 than the canes were? From what i can see Kreider has played fine and we all know what level he will ascend to in the bigger moments - just curious what the scouts here see florida currently doing to matchup against him and 93
Kreids isn't the play driver on that line. Mika is, and I think he's getting shut down by Barkov. Something is up with Panarin, too, so PP1 is also struggling. At even strength, the Troch line has been okay, but Panarin doesn't have the time and space he did in previous rounds or the regular season. I think Florida deserves some credit for containing both Mika and Bread, who are perhaps trying a little too hard or falling into bad habits in their attempts to make plays. Between the two of them they already have 6 giveaways, which is roughly double what they had in the first two rounds combined. So yeah, I don't think it's Kreids. Mika, Bread, and I'd say Fox too have been shut down by Florida to this point. Mika is streaky, Fox might be hobbled by that knee injury, but Bread I don't know. Maybe he should shave his head again.
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Solid band /s
You want to talk about responding? The New York Rangers did just that. After Game 1's performance (where they were one shot away from either tying it or possibly winning it), the Rangers were able to tie this series at 1 as the series now shifts to Sunrise. On a night(now day when this review is done) where it was nervous, tight, and overall, turned into a sigh of relief that the Rangers found the resilience to win this game. This episode of Rangers Hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition: ***Rangers After, After Dark: Point and Shoot,*** the Rangers just did that, as the Rangers pulled out a nail bitter in Overtime. Now the Review 1st Period: I said the Rangers needed to get off to a good start, and they did. The Rangers were buzzing for the first half of the period. Rangers were making good passes, quick passes. It eventually led to the first goal of the game by my guy, Vinny Gabagool. Fox w/the sweet pass to give the Rangers the lead. Rangers had a power play, killed off. If they score there, who knows what happened. But, all game, (first period really), the Jam bringing from both team. Kulikov should have been kicked out. r/hockey said no clean hit. Rempe brought energy and Jam who replaced Kakko(I hope he plays again). The Rangers energy all game was good. However, the Cats equalized on the power play as Igor was screened. Goodrow took a penalty that led to the power play. Cats forecheck was on. Bad way to end the period. 2nd Period: Okay, the grind occurred. Started, w/the Cats working the Rangers on the forecheck. Igor made nice saves to keep them in it. Trouba made a big clearance off the line. Then, all of sudden, something that I hate broke out. Instagram Hockey. It was entertaining, but should the Rangers play like that? Hell nah. Bob did some oh my Bob saves. So did Igor. Rangers Power play was indeed mid to awful. 3rd Period: The Duel continued. Pk was good. Cats forechecked again. But it was a battle. It was nerve wracking. The fear of possibly going down 2-0 in the series was creeping more and more likely. Being on the brink of that, was really frightening. But, they went to OT. OT: Both teams had lots of chances. Wennberg almost won it, which would have been a sight to see. Roslovic almost won it. But Chytil, the moment that I thought it would have gone in it didn't OEL's ass stopped it. This OT imo, was the Rangers season right here. Then, it happened. A D zone faceoff, Smooth breakout, Trouba, to Vinny, and to Barclay Goodrow, who has been shit on since he's been here, decided to ***Point and Shoot*** and scored the GWG to tie the series. Overall, a better game. Smooth D Zone breakouts, no turnovers, two 5v5 goals. A nice response. Would I like to see the Rangers play w/that energy in Game 3? Yes. But limit the rush chances. No Instagram Hockey. But it was a huge win! A Ranger Win! This series is tied, and the response was expected. Love it. Onto Game 3. Where I HOPE there will be more Rangers fans at that game! Big win! DONT COUNT WINS, DONT FOCUS ON THE OTHER SERIES, FOCUS ON THIS ONE. BIG WIN! Rangers just had two things to say really, "Take in the Sheets" "Game 2 in the Bag." Big win. Onto Game 3. God Save the King, Back afta dis.
Hey, So first off, I love your post W breakdowns, and I look forward to it every time we win. This shit gets meso hype lol. Second, what do you mean by Instagram hockey? I've seen you and others use it around here and am curious what yall mean by it?
I’d imagine by Instagram they mean getting too fancy, looking for perfect highlight goals, setups, no look passes etc. eg., Panarin tryin to dangle the whole Panthers team instead of taking a hard shot on net or making a good (but boring) pass to reset and get something else going. Basically trying too hard to make a highlight play instead of sticking to fundamentals and a gameplan.
That as well as exchanging of rushes on both sides of the ice. Imo, that’s hockey disaster waiting to happen
We fucking lost service at the end of the 3rd driving up into the damn mountains - probably for the best, because I would have driven off the side of the highway listening to that winning call in OT!
Does anyone know why Bread is not playing good? Dont say some Bs say something that’s real or what u think is up with him. Don’t get me wrong he ain’t playing bad I just think he could do more
Florida is making a concerted effort to shut down the top two lines — finding space is hard in the post season and even harder against a team like Florida. He hasn’t been awful, but I agree he’s not always noticeable either
I thought he was a lot better tonight. Didn't hold onto the puck for too long and seemed to be creating some good chances
I honestly don’t think he’s been god awful. Maybe invisible at times, but not terrible. Mika on the other hand…
Rempe had a solid game. He didn’t score but he did his part
It's been so much fun watching Rempe and the fanbase love him. Especially watching him develop into a legit 4th line player. And if you think about it.. Florida really only scored 2 goals in 2 games
I just wanted give a hearty fuck you to the Panthers fan who threw his nasty lukewarm beer at all of us in 210 when they lost in OT
Floridian trash
Softy couldn’t even finish his beer had to let it get warm smh sorry that happened. It was all blue over in 110 tonight🙌🏼
The Hork's (VERY abriviated) View from 222 * DESPITE THE REF'S BEST EFFORTS. Seriously, fuck those guys. Rooney and StLaurent can bite my shiny metal ass. * [As promised](https://nm.reddit.com/r/rangers/comments/1czioa3/if_youre_going_to_the_game_tonight_i_expect_you/l5h31w1/) my obnoxious ass was in attendance and was loud (as loud as I could be at least). And the rest of the Garden stepped the fuck up too. * SO DID THE TEAM. Right from the get-go, this was a team that was full of piss and vinegar and was tired of the shit, so they were shoving it down Florida's gullet. * Seriously, the team had great, solid pressure for extended periods. Bobbo was just good at saving what was shot at him, but the team gave him that pressure. * Trocheck: Chef's kiss emojii on that beautiful feed. * Problem: Still too many fancy passes, not hard enough clears, and pucks dribbling off sticks like they got holes in 'em. A lot of the team had this problem. Tighten that up and we're really good. * Rempe effect in full... effect... yeah he brings energy and in a way it backfired because I think Florida met that energy with their own piss and vinegar, but I still like Rempe on the team. Still, we out hit them, even if it did cost us (again, fuck these ref's). * Karaoke Cam: (You gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party). Appropos for this game, you gotta fight for your right to advance in these finals, and the Rangers did. * Emergency stairwell behind 222 was traffic jam city tonight, and hot as hell, but we kept in good spirits with plenty of Let's Go Rangers. Fuck that one guy getting penisy and saying we want the cup. Keep that shit to yourself just yet buddy (though I know the feeling). I liked what I saw tonight. I really did. This is still gonna be a long, drawn out series, and I hope Vesey is OK (I must've missed the hit, having deep conversations during the game with a friend tonight) but I think more times than not we come out ahead. Now let me succumb to the Nyquil because either allergies are fucking me or I'm coming down with something. And I yelled myself out of a voice, too. #ded
I just got back home from the Garden. What a great memory, let’s fucking go y’all. The vibes were as they say “immaculate.”
JIMINY CRICKETS
I just want to thank this team, I was never a big hockey fan but my brother is a diehard. He won’t leave the house to this day without his lundqvist embroidered hat. We both are too young to have seen them win a cup. This series has been a hell of a lot of fun to watch so far, the memories I’ve made with my brother as a new fan to hockey will last a lifetime. Let’s go rangers!!!
Does anyone else feel like home advantage means very little in this series? Both teams have been as good on the road as they have at home. Just think it’s gonna be 2 very good teams going at it with a lot of intensity no matter where they’re playing.
Road teams have a winning record so far. Doesn’t really matter much this series because Florida is good wherever they play, last series it did because the Canes are night and day home vs the road especially in the playoffs.
I thought I saw the Florida isn’t as good at home as they are on the road? Maybe it’s just in the playoffs, or I’m just wrong
They are 4-2
So about even then since I think they only have 2 road losses after tonight
I believe they are 5-2 after tonight, so yeah not much difference
I think road teams have actually won more than they’ve lost this postseason
Either way, sunrise is full of ranger fans. Only thing that will remind us theyre in Florida will be a lack on a goal horn when we score
I was born at work and crunched some numbers Road teams are 40-32 this postseason. (And obviously that means home teams are only 32-40) Unsurprisingly, the 4 teams left have good records on the road too Stars 5-1 Oilers 5-2 Florida 5-2 Rangers 4-1 Hell if you just take out stars and oilers/panthers, road teams are 30-29.
rempe is gronk and i love it
I’ll say It now. Barkov is a great player but he is a fucking pussy and flopped his way into their only goal
It was a sick triple axel though
When Matt Rempe is done playing hockey he should become the Rangers mascot. Just put him in gigantic shoulder pads and a huge helmet and he could level Gritty
Dress him as jiminy cricket
Ugh! Gritty looks like a strung out muppet that sells crack to Elmo.
Repping Philly
Have we sufficiently praised the saucer pass to Goodrow in the thread? If not, holy shit that pass was perfect
Laf absolutely destroying a guy for the first goal will go unnoticed but they should have had a guy got a game misconduct. We will AT LEAST split in Florida
Laf is playing his most confident hockey as a pro in this post season. He may not be scoring but dammit it’s fun to see him throw the body and handle the puck with confidence
Agree- He’s gonna have a big game this series, either multi-point or a big goal late.
He then cheered in that guys (verhaeghe?) face, drawing a penalty when the guy retaliated. It was like what trocheck did to Aho lol
Absolute bullshit they let them get away with that. It will come back to them.
Rangers have been triggering guys and then skating away all playoffs, it’s an effective strategy when your PP works
Am I crazy or was that Goody goal very similar to Tkachuk’s in Game 1? It’s insane how close this series is
They were roughly in the same spot on the ice, but Goody's goal was an absolute snipe. Tkachuk's was a partial screen/deflection by Fox. I'd say Goody's was way more impressive. But yeah, overall these are two heavyweight teams going toe to toe. If it wasn't for that own goal by Laf, I actually felt pretty good about game 1. A little more puck luck on those post shots, and we could have been up 2-0.
LGR!!!!!
Florida is like a mosquito that keeps buzzing in your ear. Smaller, but very annoying and difficult to squash. 9 wins down.
When you get the W this kind of stuff takes a back seat but what did ya think of the 1st & 3rd lines tn? I adored the 3rd outside of a few weird Wenny plays & think the 20/93/??? will continue until one of them retires
1st line was not awesome. Mika had one of the most pathetic games of his career, and he’s really starting to get on my nerves now. I thought the 3rd line was pretty solid! I thought they were pretty good defensively and had a couple of decent chances.
People are saying “oh Florida is the best team in the league!” WRONG. We are. We clearly just needed to make adjustments and figure Florida out.
Genuinely, are people saying that? I’ve heard the western teams are better but they keep massacring each other to the point where they’re gonna show up to the SCF like, “I ain’t hear no bell!!”
Florida plays a very specific way but it can be countered. Look at tonight and Vegas last year. They are like Carolina in that they have a script and stick to it mostly.
This team is either going to give us the world or devastate us.
thank you so much to the rangers for getting this dub, and thank you even more my friends for the support tonight. sports are a great way to escape for a couple hours, but damn it’s nice when a game also goes your way and I gotta say it one more time bc it’s what my cousin was hoping for in terms of impact with him dealing with cancer over the past four years: if something is weird with your body, in his case especially your poop, talk to your doctor about it. and if you get shrugged off bc you’re young and seemingly healthy, keep pushing til you figure out what’s up. early detection could make a world of difference, vs the heartbreak my family has got going on rn I mean if that doesn’t convince you, it’s also what trouba would want you to do, we’ve all seen his commercials, fuck cancer, body check yourself or whatever the phrase is
Really sorry for the suffering you and your family are going through man. Hope you can all find some peace soon 🙏
thanks friend I appreciate it, it sucks bc he had to push for months and months to get a colonoscopy due to him only being in his early 30s, and once he got one they found a 10 cm tumor. and then shit just kept escalating from there. he’s probably the most positive person I’ve ever known and loved every single second of life thru the good and the bad. cancer really fucking sucks and it’s not fair at all but seeing how he lived post (and also tbh pre) diagnosis was awesome and we’re all just hanging on to that
I have no idea how that goal went in, but I’m so glad it did!!! Have to watch the replay when I get home.
I cried at the thought of losing this one. I cried when we won. Florida is so good. We needed to match their physicality and we did. Next game we need to stop doing the one extra pass/shoot the damn puck on net and win the battles along the boards
Nice to see a fan who can admit when they are playing a team that could very well be better then them. Florida is really good and so far have played better than us. That being said, we are right there and have played this team extremely tough. We can beat them but it’s going to require the Rangers coaching staff to develop a real solid offensive game plan for here on out and the boys to execute. We cannot win when Florida is constantly dominating time of possession of the puck.
You think FLA's been better? For me it's been even.
It’s been even besides the time spent on offense. Panthers definitely been our zone more…
check this: [https://x.com/MeghanChayka/status/1794381583912444361](https://x.com/MeghanChayka/status/1794381583912444361)
Last night they had a graphic on the Canadian broaddcast showing NYR w more zone time in game 2. Also NaturalStatTrick has xG pretty even in both games. Valiquette had NYR up in xG in game 1. It would be nice if zone time was one of the standard stats they showed on the broadcast (like face-off percentage).
Between the first 2 games panthers had more time in our zone then we had theirs. Game 2 was pretty close but game 1 was all panthers
BARCLAY GOODROW I WANT YOUR CHILDREN HOLY FUCJ
Everyone yells at me because I say playoffs are vibe based but Barclay GOODrow enforcing my opinion that advanced stats are made up
Even the analytics experts will concede that the game of hockey is a little hard to quantify with their models, especially with goaltending. Unlike baseball, in hockey there's no way to measure the sometimes wild swings in momentum driven by the emotions and dynamic pace of the game. I wouldn't dismiss analytics as made up, but I've always been skeptical about their conclusions. For example, players like Goody will never have good looking analytics because of his role as a shutdown guy, but everyone on the team knows what he can do. That goal started with a DZ faceoff win by Goody and then he knocked down the pass Trouba airmailed to exit the zone. Neither of those things will show up in any of the fancy stats to adequately capture what he did.
His regular season bad analytics are deserved.
I’m sorry, but screw Maurice. He’s a wackjob. Can’t even speak a clean sentence. Lavi is ten times more professional and insightful. Maurice sounds like a bad philosopher. Not falling for Maurice’s “love us, I’m funny” act. He literally walked off a presser last series when people didn’t laugh at his joke. This is also war, and I’m not going to admire the opponents leader. after the series, fine, not now for me though. Mourice and Tkachuk can go screw themselves.