Post-Game Talk: Cat in the Hat

[PuckLuck3043]

Devils will not beat this team 4 times in a series.

 

[Holocene]

i thought it was a really fun (and frustrating) game, pumped for this series. they'll be ready to go for the playoffs. devils have strengths where rangers have weaknesses but they can grind this team down over a series.

 

[Richard Banger]

They skate circles around us.Igor kept the game close

What? They were gassed by the 3rd period lol

 

[bouds]

Cant turn over the puck like they did for much of the game. They live off the counter, got to do a better job.

 

[EdJovanovski]

"Let them have the regular season series"
"Still think we win a series"
"If Lindgren played we would've won"
"We're not that slow"

 

[Brother Mouzone]

Outplayed them after the 1st IMHO , but you will not win many games when you only score 1 .

 

[gimbznyr]

Their speed should scare us. Really need to find a way to slow the game down against this team. Way to many players with below average speed

 

[Chytilmania]

Mikkola is great at getting shots through. Look out for him to get or create a big goal in the playoffs. He’s almost there.

 

[egelband]

No puck luck. Every bounce ended up on a Devil stick.

I was thinking this, at least up til the third. So many groovy bounces for them, especially on defense. That said, they were outplaying us for much of that time and usually puck luck is with the better team.

 

[Machinehead]

We lost 2-1 on the road against a very good team.

That's it.

There's no reason it needs to turn into a circlejerk about how we don't play hard enough, so I'm sure that's what it'll turn into.

 

[Chytilmania]

Their speed should scare us. Really need to find a way to slow the game down against this team. Way to many players with below average speed

Handled the speed fine IMO. A few Herculean efforts to get back on D kept us in it. Problem is we have zero pick support and they collapse on us quickly. Too many guys skating in 1 v 4 and then it’s back the other way.

 

[Crease]

That was exhausting. Not sure how I’m going to survive a seven game series against the Devils.

 

[17futurecap]

Mikkola is great at getting shots through. Look out for him to get or create a big goal in the playoffs. He’s almost there.

It’s coming.

 

[Richard Banger]

We lost 2-1 on the road against a very good team.

That's it.

There's no reason it needs to turn into a circlejerk about how we don't play hard enough, so I'm sure that's what it'll turn into.

Rangers are still the favorites in a playoff matchup. Devils haven’t proven Jack shit. Not even entirely sure if the devils can play grind hockey in a 7 game series let alone handle the physicality.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

I think this is overall a good lesson that it won’t be a cakewalk

 

[Boris Zubov]

"Let them have the regular season series"
"Still think we win a series"
"If Lindgren played we would've won"
"We're not that slow"

@SnowblindNYR has lost his spot as the board pessimist.

 

[Richard Banger]

I was thinking this, at least up til the third. So many groovy bounces for them, especially on defense. That said, they were outplaying us for much of that time and usually puck luck is with the better team.

Well when your playing in the worlds most shitty arena you’ll get that

 

[egelband]

Basically, I think the Devils dominated the first and took their foot off the gas thereafter. Rangers looked better after the first but it might be fools gold. Either way, I absolutely want more Rangers-Devils games this year.

 

[will1066]

Thought we were the better team in the second and third. Fix the slow start at we got this.

Yeah, these slow starts are deal breakers. Takes too long to get going.

 

[Richard Banger]

I think this is overall a good lesson that it won’t be a cakewalk

No playoff series is a cake walk. And the players will never assume that

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Two observations.
Other than the fourth line, the forwards refused to dump and chase until there was 3 minutes left in the third. Seemed odd that they wouldn’t want to take that road, especially against a smaller non-physical team.
2nd:
Something is not right with Kreider. He refuses to engage physically. In the past he use to throw opposing players around like rag dolls and his mental game is off as well. Holding the puck along the end board in the offensive zone at the end of the 2nd period with less than 10 seconds remaining is just bad decisions making.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I think this is overall a good lesson that it won’t be a cakewalk

Hopefully it comes as a "you cannot play this way against a hungry team" lesson because it felt like our lunch was stolen

 

[nevesis]

Garbage performance

 

[17futurecap]

“It took us a little while to settle in.”

Adam, someone from the room says that every game vs good teams.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

"Let them have the regular season series"
"Still think we win a series"
"If Lindgren played we would've won"
"We're not that slow"

How did that work out for Carolina last year?