Post-Game Talk: bruins @ Rangers

[kovazub94]

All these games seem to look exactly the same. Solid defense. Anemic offense. K'Andre and Fox look great. Flashes by both Laf and Kakko, but no points. We lose.


Rinse. Repeat.

Anemic offense? Last game?

 

[Unpredictable1]

agreed the GM should step in and trade him so DQ can’t play him. He’s Just meh .... fills a spot and doesn’t kill ya but doesn’t chip in enough offensively

Send Howden back home here to Calgary in a deal with Tony D for Sam Bennett. I'd be perfectly fine with that.

 

[Unpredictable1]

Was watching on my phone, since none else in the household wants to watch hockey, but the play were I believe Ryan Strome came out of the penalty box and got a pass in the offensive zone exemplifies this perfectly. He had time to except the pass and take it to the net for a breakaway, but instead stood still in the faceoff circle and waited for the defense to get back and breakup a cross ice back pass. he plenty of time to go to the net and would have easily got there ahead of the defender, but didn't want to possibly get checked. This how you lose games.

I totally agree, that there is called 0 killer instinct.

 

[Fitzy]

I totally agree, that there is called 0 killer instinct.

Strome should probably get a game in the stands for his decisions last game. He won't, but he should. And this is coming from a common Strome defender.

Lazy Penalty
Poor decisions
Dumbass between the legs shot attempt

 

[Unpredictable1]

Strome should probably get a game in the stands for his decisions last game. He won't, but he should. And this is coming from a common Strome defender.

Lazy Penalty
Poor decisions
Dumbass between the legs shot attempt

Nail on the head.

(ultimate fail on trying to add an image and I can't see how to remove the broken part lol)

 

[will1066]

I totally agree, that there is called 0 killer instinct.

Panarin and Strome will never do net drives. Just not in their DNA. KZB, I expect more net drives from that trio.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Send Howden back home here to Calgary in a deal with Tony D for Sam Bennett. I'd be perfectly fine with that.

Im sure you are but Calgary says no

 

[NYR3]

Buch went after him; so there's that

Lol you call that going after him? Marchand bitched our star player while he was hurt and then scored the game winner. This team is a bunch of soft bitches and they are becoming the punching bag of the division

 

[Shesterkybomb]

There's no way Georgiev should be playing as much as he has.

Sooooo. Their expected goals was over 3.84 they scored 3, ours was 5.57 and we scored 2, and your takeaway is our goalie shouldn't have played? I don't know what to tell ya.

 

[Unpredictable1]

Im sure you are but Calgary says no

Hey, I can dream lol

 

[Unpredictable1]

Panarin and Strome will never do net drives. Just not in their DNA. KZB, I expect more net drives from that trio.

Well, yes and no for me on that. Panarin probably wouldn't drive the net like Kreider, but he would have dashed with that head start and got a good shot on net. Strome was just..."whoa hold up here now, whose with me..."

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Sooooo. Their expected goals was over 3.84 they scored 3, ours was 5.57 and we scored 2, and your takeaway is our goalie shouldn't have played? I don't know what to tell ya.

That's not the only takeaway but he did not have a good game and Rask dominated him.

 

[Brief Candle]

Half the time I watch these guys, it's like watching a pond hockey game. There doesn't seem like there's a cohesive plan. It's like Quinn sends them out with the message "just play hockey or something".

So many blind drop passes. So many obvious "plays". They're easy to defend against because they seem to live to play along the boards rather than using their supposed skill to open up the ice.

I just don't see Quinn's plan. I know he isn't entirely at fault, but it's his job to maximize the potential of the team, and I just don't see where he's taking them.

 

[Tawnos]

That's not the only takeaway but he did not have a good game and Rask dominated him.

I thought he had a good game and Rask had a great one.

 

[Larrybiv]

Getting tired of the standard “opposition goalie stood on his head in a Vezina worthy display”.

Eventually you gotta realise that it’s not their goalies that are “that good”, it’s that our guys AREN’T.

Then in comparison, that meant Hank wasn't as good as we thought all those years, it was a matter of ALL those teams he beat really sucked?

Opposing goalies can stand on their head all they want (and even leave the ice prematurely, if they choose) but, the bottom line is figuring out how to score just one more goal then you allow.
For years back ups and 1st NHL game goalies have given us fits, but NOW good starting goalies arent suppose to "stone us"?

Losing to Boston ALWAYS sucks for me, but we didnt get embarrassed and would bet anything that the Bruins felt fortunate to win AND left having a decent amount of respect for the Rangers and what they "will become", in the near future.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I thought he had a good game and Rask had a great one.

I felt like he made a couple of decent saves but for the most part didn't make one big save this game.

 

[Tawnos]

Blaming a 3-2 OT loss to one of the best teams in the league, when the losing team is still building, on the goaltending and/or coach is frankly really dumb.

A low scoring OT loss in that situation is a really good thing.

 

[LOFIN]

That's not the only takeaway but he did not have a good game and Rask dominated him.

Well, one of them is a backup goalie (I would argue above average backup but anyway), the other is a Vezina winner, multiple time Vezina finalist and generally considered to be a top-5 goalie in the league. Last night played out to those parameters. Rask made multiple gamesavers, Georgijev made some good saves but ultimately wasn't able to stop two breakaways and a 1 on 1 situation.

He still gave us a chance to win the game. Sometimes your star players also need to beat the star goalie. That didn't happen, and aside Panarin our top forwards have been abysmal. Yes, need to play Igor more but the key to get us rolling is for our forwards to wake the f*** up, not expect Igor to save our ass every night with multiple gamesavers.

 

[TheDirtyH]

Zibanejad looking like zibanejad is a bigger win than the game would have been.

not every goalie is going to do what Rask did yesterday. at least the goalie who stood on his head was actually good.

Geo didn’t lose the game, but hes hasn’t made a big save all season. He stopped almost all the ones he should have stopped yesterday though so that’s a plus.

was really annoyed with an injured Panarin eating the entire 2 minutes on the 3rd period PP.

He stopped Marchand point blank from the high slot. That was the second best save of that game.

 

[Larrybiv]

There's no way Georgiev should be playing as much as he has.

I'm no expert but what I see here is Boston scored almost what was expected, problem is we were expected to score 5 1/2 goals and came away with 2. So, is that on Georgie, or OUR inability to score when they "should have" OR just kiss Tukka' s ass and agree with Valley?

 

[Tawnos]

I felt like he made a couple of decent saves but for the most part didn't make one big save this game.

How can someone "for the most part not do this thing once"?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Well, one of them is a backup goalie (I would argue above average backup but anyway), the other is a Vezina winner, multiple time Vezina finalist and generally considered to be a top-5 goalie in the league. Last night played out to those parameters. Rask made multiple gamesavers, Georgijev made some good saves but ultimately wasn't able to stop two breakaways and a 1 on 1 situation.

He still gave us a chance to win the game. Sometimes your star players also need to beat the star goalie. That didn't happen, and aside Panarin our top forwards have been abysmal. Yes, need to play Igor more but the key to get us rolling is for our forwards to wake the f*** up, not expect Igor to save our ass every night with multiple gamesavers.

I don't think it was unrealistic to get a couple of big saves from Georgiev, Rask did it for Boston and that's one of the best defensive teams in the NHL for a decade. The point is Georgiev shouldn't be starting this much, Quinn thinks he's better than he is.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

How can someone "for the most part not do this thing once"?

Poorly worded but I don't remember any big saves, there were a few good ones, but no great saves.

 

[Machinehead]

he's an 80% face off guy?

Some nights, yes.

 

[Tawnos]

Poorly worded but I don't remember any big saves, there were a few good ones, but no great saves.

Think for a second why that might have been. I'll give you time.