Post-Game Talk: Bread Truck Delivery

[eco's bones]

Nasty game. Good win or at least that was the whole point of tonight.

Mika looks almost like his old self here. That's been very welcome. If he's going and Trocheck's line is going we're in good shape.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

lindgren and trouba on the ice for the final 2+ minutes and the caps had the puck in the zone for basically the whole time.

still won though so whatever.

Coaches all suffer from the same disease. Staal - Holden all over again

 

[Hire Sather]

Roslovic with the Erik Christensen snipe

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

You need to chill. Canes have their own problems with the Fishsticks. They got dominated in game 1 and was down 3-0 in game 2.

Fish sticks are way better than the Caps tho

 

[Hire Sather]

I mean they weren't out there by choice, we kept icing it

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Fish sticks are way better than the Caps tho

Not much.

 

[bl02]

Fish sticks are way better than the Caps tho

They are better but not sure about way better

 

[Siddi]

Fish sticks are way better than the Caps tho

Marginally

 

[Levitate]

Roslovic with the Erik Christensen snipe

that was an absolutely perfect shot

Fish sticks are way better than the Caps tho

eh...kind of, sort of. Caps are doing what we all assumed they'd do and in the first game the Rangers had none of that and played a strong disciplined game and shut them down.
This game the Rangers just kinda played into the Caps hands, f***ed around and found out and then said "oh yeah we're the better team" scored some goals and then went back to f***ing around

Take them seriously, be patient, and force them to make mistakes. Not fly the zone early leave your D men out to dry with no outlet pass keep trying to make hard and high risk passes and play a reactive game because you're always having to backcheck from your high offensive zone turnovers and your D men can't stand up the neutral zone like they were in game one with the team getting back to clog it up

Rangers just forgot what won them game one and got loose. Can't have that all the time

 

[HolyHagelin]

Glad they pulled it out.

But that's an L or certainly going to OT vs Carolina.

Way too sloppy with the puck.

PP so disjointed and lackadaisical. Zero sense of urgency in the 3rd.

Better tighten up or they will be in for a rude awakening.

Comments like this make no sense to me.

The deployment decisions, tactical decisions, and lineup decisions would be different vs. carolina. The team has different strengths and weaknesses. Had carolina been on the ice instead of washington, the entire game would have been complletely different.

Playoffs are hard. They have a 2-0 lead. They own carolina. Breathe. Relax.

 

[Alluckks]

Panarin is fine, he is significantly more engaged these playoffs, as he has been all season

Caps play a trap system as even strength and our PP hasn't come alive yet

 

[hardnosed]

f***ing pricks man that last sequence was ridiculous

How did Lindgren and Trouba get stuck out there in the first place?

Forwards kept icing the puck

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Having Lundqvist era flashbacks.

Barely hanging on against this shit team at home is nothing to celebrate. Idc how “desperate” they are.

 

[Levitate]

Anyone catch that Lindgren and Trouba are out there the last two minutes and change? Anyone catch that? Anyone catch that Mika was the best player on the ice, anyone catch that? Where’s that big mouth who thinks I work for or announce for the Rangers, where’s that big mouth?

I swear he got his shot on goal in the third when he had a bit of a break down the wing and let one rip. Could swear that went off Lindgren

I think Panarin is playing OK, he's trying to do the things that he did in the regular season. He's shooting, his shots are getting blocked. I think maybe trying a bit too hard though.

 

[RangerLifer]

I'll take this version of Mika. He's showed up the last 2 games.

Hell yeah!

 

[HolyHagelin]

Neither would I. I wouldn't mind Brodzinski and Jones in Washington. I didn't think Gustafsson had a good game despite his two points.

Gustaffson slung several bad passes in the first two periods, i didnt see the third thiugh

 

[nyrallday]

For the people freaking out, the playoffs are a grind no matter who you play. We've had years as an 8th seed and we gave the 1st place Caps team hell, almost beat them too.

No team is an easy out, especially when they have clowns like Wilson and Oshie running around. Oshie mouthing off to Panarin who never fights, Wilson hitting Igor on the back and acting like a tool with Cuylle. Seriously, sweep these bums and send them into their rebuild so we can move on and actually play a good team and see some hockey.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Comments like this make no sense to me.

The deployment decisions, tactical decisions, and lineup decisions would be different vs. carolina. The team has different strengths and weaknesses. Had carolina been on the ice instead of washington, the entire game would have been complletely different.

Playoffs are hard. They have a 2-0 lead. They own carolina. Breathe. Relax.

I don't understand why some on here think that because Washington finished with only 91 points they aren't an NHL team with NHL players that can win NHL games. They made it in. They can win games. I also laugh at the people who think Carolina has just cruised in their 2 games. They are lucky to be 2-0.

 

[Overcast]

Bad games are still going to happen in the playoffs. Important takeaway is that the Rangers still won tonight. 2 more and on to the next round.

We know the Rangers frequently play down/up to their opponent, so what's to say that these close games don't break NYR's way when playing harder competition? This team has shown gigantic collective balls this season. Franchise season record for comeback wins. They can play in and through adversity, and come out on top to boot. These games aren't free, despite how much everyone wanted to believe it was going to be or should be a total steamrolling. The Caps are also a professional team that want to win and that usually feels like it's lost in the whole equation. But NYR just find ways to win.

Bring the rest the f*** on.

 

[nyrallday]

I don't understand why some on here think that because Washington finished with only 91 points they aren't an NHL team with NHL players that can win NHL games. They made it in. They can win games. I also laugh at the people who think Carolina has just cruised in their 2 games. They are lucky to be 2-0.

If you didn't know any better, you would think we gave up 6 goals a game and are down 2-0. Anybody expecting an easy series in hockey lacks hockey knowledge. We lost to the Kings in the cup, almost every game went to OT. That 4-1 series loss looks bad on paper but anybody who watched it knows it could have gone either way. Hockey is funny sometimes.

 

[17futurecap]

I don't understand why some on here think that because Washington finished with only 91 points they aren't an NHL team with NHL players that can win NHL games. They made it in. They can win games. I also laugh at the people who think Carolina has just cruised in their 2 games. They are lucky to be 2-0.

The Caps defense is pathetic, Carlson has to play 30 minutes, it shouldn’t have been this tough tonight. That’s okay, they got the job done, but it’s an issue if the Rangers don’t finish this in 4-5 games.

 

[nyrallday]

Bad games are still going to happen in the playoffs. Important takeaway is that the Rangers still won tonight. 2 more and on to the next round.

We know the Rangers frequently play down/up to their opponent, so what's to say that these close games don't break NYR's way when playing harder competition? This team has shown gigantic collective balls this season. Franchise season record for comeback wins. They can play in and through adversity, and come out on top to boot. These games aren't free, despite how much everyone wanted to believe it was going to be or should be a total steamrolling. The Caps are also a professional team that want to win and that usually feels like it's lost in the whole equation. But NYR just find ways to win.

Bring the rest the f*** on.

2-0 with a chance to step on their dicks and make it 3-0. I want them to zoom in on Wilson when we blow them out Friday and take a 3-0 lead.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

Hopefully, this team looks at that shorthanded goal they scored over and over and over again.

Teams are so used to Zibs and Kreider passing the puck to one another that when Miller got the puck, you could see the collective expression on the Caps faces of "WTF?!"

They need to change it up on the PP yesterday. No more one timers from Zibs or Panarin (Yes, Zibs did score one today but how many did he whiff on as well).

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I don't understand why some on here think that because Washington finished with only 91 points they aren't an NHL team with NHL players that can win NHL games. They made it in. They can win games. I also laugh at the people who think Carolina has just cruised in their 2 games. They are lucky to be 2-0.

they actually arent a team with NHL players though. Their defense is John Carlson's old ass and 5 7th and 8th dmen.
Their biggest offensive weapon is Tom Wilson.

Theyre is zero excuse for playing so badly against them.


This team just does the bare minimum required to win. Fine in the regular season (i guess) but they f***ed around so much they could have easily lost the lead tonight.


For ONCE I would like to see this team play up instead of down, even if the opponent isn't good.


Also, Carolina dominated the Islanders more than any team has been dominated in history in game 2, it was a complete fluke they were down 3-0 to begin with, NYI were lucky to not get blown out.

Im sure if we make it to round 2 they will play harder against a better team in Carolina, but theres no reason to be sleepwalking right now, i mean its still the playoffs. Begin as you mean to go on.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

One new feature of the in-game experience that I enjoyed tonight is that whoever the Rangers have running the video board has no problem showing multiple replays of bad calls or missed calls. I feel like in the past, that was just not done.

And the officials had a very bad night tonight, so there was plenty to see.