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Who wins the East?

  • Walker, New York Rangers

    Votes: 17 37.8%
  • The Pink Panthers

    Votes: 28 62.2%

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BlackDogg

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Oct 3, 2015
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Rangers are getting the southern discomfort from the officials
 

Messrules11

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I hate, hate coaches who pull the goalie so f***ing early. Whatever happened to waiting for the last minute of play? F***ing BS.
 

CrazyJoeDavola

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Rags just aren't capable of doing anything, eh? I guess we'll have to play FL to win the cup. Damn, they are f***ing scary. Very nervous about them. Obvs have to get through Dallas first, but I really fear they just physically dominate us into submission if we end up matching.
 

Captain Fantastic

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FLA has more difference makers that show up in big games than the Rags. Just a better team. Rags with way too late a push after FLA took the lead. Barring some miracle this series ends next game.
FL will be a handful in the Finals. Can't see NYR going back home for a game 7. Panarin and Zibanejad don't look right. I'd prefer NYR in the Finals vs the Oil though.

I hate, hate coaches who pull the goalie so f***ing early. Whatever happened to waiting for the last minute of play? F***ing BS.
I think 2 minutes is the usual now. Just don't pull when you don't have possession in the o-zone. Knob's pull the other night, infuriated me
 

Messrules11

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FL will be a handful in the Finals. Can't see NYR going back home for a game 7. Panarin and Zibanejad don't look right. I'd prefer NYR in the Finals vs the Oil though.


I think 2 minutes is the usual now. Just don't pull when you don't have possession in the o-zone. Knob's pull the other night, infuriated me
It’s usual and it’s stupid. For 50 years coaches waited til last minute now these dumb f***s think they’re so smart.
 

Ritchie Valens

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Coaches should really be doing it around 1:30 left with your best players on the ice and full possession.
It practically all started when Roy coached the Avs and he’d yard the goalie out with 4 minutes to play.

Rags just aren't capable of doing anything, eh? I guess we'll have to play FL to win the cup. Damn, they are f***ing scary. Very nervous about them. Obvs have to get through Dallas first, but I really fear they just physically dominate us into submission if we end up matching.
Neither team has faced a McDavid, Draisaitl, Ekholm or Bouchard yet.

I think they can get to Bobrovsky easier than Shesterkin. Dallas first though. Tough sledding, need to win tomorrow and close it out at home.
 

TheNumber4

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Neither of these eastern teams can offence and possession with the skill and speed that the Oil display.
 

Gordian Knot

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Rangers had no business winning that game. Florida doesn't even need to give it all and they are cruising past that bunch of suckers.

Can't stand those fairweather NY 'fans' in stands when camera was looking there, 10 minutes left of the game they were one short and heads were already down, no noise or anything. Dead building, then 4 minutes left people are leaving and when they scored 3-2, there was already 1/5 of seats empty. That audience doesn't deserve anything else than futility a'la Leaves.

Florida isn't any better but they win this hands down because Rags are what they are.
 
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CrazyJoeDavola

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Neither of these eastern teams can offence and possession with the skill and speed that the Oil display.
FLA is an elite possession team. Also, unlike any team we've played, they shoot and shoot a lot. For volume. It will take a huge adjustment in game plan to contain these guys. I believe we can, but if we give them a freebie game we might not be able to recover. As long as we can handle their forecheck, limit the amount of bad bounce goals we tend to give up, and match them physically. We win. But it will be a war
 

TheNumber4

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FLA is an elite possession team. Also, unlike any team we've played, they shoot and shoot a lot. For volume. It will take a huge adjustment in game plan to contain these guys. I believe we can, but if we give them a freebie game we might not be able to recover. As long as we can handle their forecheck, limit the amount of bad bounce goals we tend to give up, and match them physically. We win. But it will be a war
I know. But so are we and our possession game is better. And only one team can have the puck. It’ll be a battle but ultimately we will do more with our possession than they will cause of our high end talent. That said; yeh their forecheck presents a challenge. That hard forecheck a lot of other coaches seem to avoid against us due to our ability to turn it back and burn them on the rush. I guess that would be the key to counteract their forecheck, let them overstep one too many times and when they make a mistake make sure to bury the odd man rushes.
 

CrazyJoeDavola

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I know. But so are we and our possession game is better. And only one team can have the puck. It’ll be a battle but ultimately we will do more with our possession than they will cause of our high end talent. That said; yeh their forecheck presents a challenge. That hard forecheck a lot of other coaches seem to avoid against us due to our ability to turn it back and burn them on the rush. I guess that would be the key to counteract their forecheck, let them overstep one too many times and when they make a mistake make sure to bury the odd man rushes.
I wonder how Skinner will do facing 35+ shots a night. My biggest concern. And FL has some really good snipers
 

North Cole

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Jan 22, 2017
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FLA is ex-Flames V3. I think we beat them like we beat ex-Flames V2 in Vancouver.

Rangers are the opposite of the Oilers. We're in a WCF slog cause our goalie gives backbreakers away for free, theyre in the ECF from blessed goaltending despite being outplayed every game. If we get past Dallas we can get past either remaining team. Dallas has unquestionably had the most difficult path these playoffs and we're right there with them.

FLA deserves their flowers but they've played a couple of exceptionally flawed teams which were barely held together by superstar goaltending in NYR and BOS. I'd be curious to see how a lineup with an actual functioning structure does against them. This WCF is pure 5v5 scoring, which everyone tells us you need in order to win...we aren't seeing 12PIM/g over here
 

Oilhawks

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Nov 24, 2011
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was listening to boomer and hahn (like Boomer, he's awesome) and they related a stat that Skinners numbers were
better when he had lots of work - they dipped when his shots against dipped as well

Boomer is good, kind of old school but admits his biases. Hahn is more or less a troll / hater and makes countless excuses for teams that he 'likes'
 

TopShelfGloveSide

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Rangers had no business winning that game. Florida doesn't even need to give it all and they are cruising past that bunch of suckers.

Can't stand those fairweather NY 'fans' in stands when camera was looking there, 10 minutes left of the game they were one short and heads were already down, no noise or anything. Dead building, then 4 minutes left people are leaving and when they scored 3-2, there was already 1/5 of seats empty. That audience doesn't deserve anything else than futility a'la Leaves.

Florida isn't any better but they win this hands down because Rags are what they are.
3 OT games and 1 goal games in every game but 1. That series is close.
 
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