Post-Game Talk: Cat in the Hat

[will1066]

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

Lol thanks Rangers Department of Information

 

[PuckLuck3043]

The Devils first goal was a lost faceoff after a bull**** icing call.

The second, a power play. It happens, although Schneider got beaten repeatedly.

Thought the Rangers got better as the game went on, but the weird bounces just didn’t go the Rangers way, except on Kreider’s goal.

That really was such a bad icing call. Comical.

 

[BroadwayStorm]

It's games like today that convince me that were not winning the Stanley Cup. Our guys don't want to win it. They get by on skill but don't put in the work necessary to win tough battles. The other team has to be toothless for us to look like a contender, the moment a team resists or even skates fast that is it for us. And people rarely come up clutch in those situations. This was a playoff preview. This is a game we had to win. We were supposed to win this and catch them, and overtake them. And send a psychological warming. Instead were the ones warned that we can't skate with them. They are not even that talented but they are hungry and we have a bunch of millionaires that are just happy to live like millionaires in Manhattan and happen to play hockey. I don't see them on a mission to bring a championship to this lousy starved franchise. It's f***ing pathetic. A team that plays in a shithole in Newark who celebrates titles in parking lots has more fight than we do. I am disgusted.

 

[Fitzy]

#HarpurWasNeverGreat

 

[CLW]

Our cross ice turnovers are going to end our season if we continue to force them.

The cross ice turnovers are a symptom.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Lol thanks Rangers Department of Information

You know I'm always right. Bookmark that post if you want.

 

[will1066]

You know I'm always right. Bookmark that post if you want.

I don't know if you're always right, but you have an endearing quality lol

Either that or I'm laughing as a defense mechanism for not buying whatever it is that you're cooking

 

[Boris Zubov]

The cross ice turnovers are a symptom.

Of the fact we can't skate the puck out of our own end?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

First missed game of the season for me tonight - cliff notes anyone?

 

[PuckLuck3043]

It's games like today that convince me that were not winning the Stanley Cup. Our guys don't want to win it. They get by on skill but don't put in the work necessary to win tough battles. The other team has to be toothless for us to look like a contender, the moment a team resists or even skates fast that is it for us. And people rarely come up clutch in those situations. This was a playoff preview. This is a game we had to win. We were supposed to win this and catch them, and overtake them. And send a psychological warming. Instead were the ones warned that we can't skate with them. They are not even that talented but they are hungry and we have a bunch of millionaires that are just happy to live like millionaires in Manhattan and happen to play hockey. I don't see them on a mission to bring a championship to this lousy starved franchise. It's f***ing pathetic. A team that plays in a shithole in Newark who celebrates titles in parking lots has more fight than we do. I am disgusted.

Holy overreaction Batman. They lost a 1 goal game to a good team, that is all. This is not a game we had to win although it would have been nice. The games in the playoffs are the games we have to win.

First missed game of the season for me tonight - cliff notes anyone?

The usual. Bad first period, 2nd and 3rd were fine, Both goalies were good.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

It’s coming.

That series still pisses me off.

we had them on the f***ing ropes.

god damn Chris Drury

 

[irishlaxburger2]

It's games like today that convince me that were not winning the Stanley Cup. Our guys don't want to win it. They get by on skill but don't put in the work necessary to win tough battles. The other team has to be toothless for us to look like a contender, the moment a team resists or even skates fast that is it for us. And people rarely come up clutch in those situations. This was a playoff preview. This is a game we had to win. We were supposed to win this and catch them, and overtake them. And send a psychological warming. Instead were the ones warned that we can't skate with them. They are not even that talented but they are hungry and we have a bunch of millionaires that are just happy to live like millionaires in Manhattan and happen to play hockey. I don't see them on a mission to bring a championship to this lousy starved franchise. It's f***ing pathetic. A team that plays in a shithole in Newark who celebrates titles in parking lots has more fight than we do. I am disgusted.

It’s not a lack of “want to”. It’s a lack of structure.

We have no system. Gallant is this teams Achilles heel.

 

[will1066]

First missed game of the season for me tonight - cliff notes anyone?

Ben Harpur is a bad hockey player

 

[Machinehead]

#HarpurWasNeverGreat

Fitzy out here bringing a take so cold, even Winnipegger's are saying "boy she's gettin' nippy out, eh?"

 

[Kovalev27]

This is how close it was to being a totally different outcome

 

[FUZfan]

Meh.

We didn't play our best game. Panarin was off, Tarasenko had some grade A chances he didn't bury, Harpur was a traffic cone on the debbies even strength goal, and Goodrow deflected Meiers shot right into our net on the PP goal. I think we can beat them in a playoff series.

Having to come back from a multiple goal deficit is like having to skate uphill. Tough to be successful against really good teams falling behind early.

 

[17futurecap]

First missed game of the season for me tonight - cliff notes anyone?

Harpur Schneider and the kid line should never be on the ice at the same time, even if everyone got sick mid game.

 

[Machinehead]

Pain

Ed, that's enough.

 

[mrmovies779]

What? They were gassed by the 3rd period lol

They were gassed by the 3rd and still managed more shots lol..cope harder

 

[will1066]

Harpur-Schneider is a wreck, but the misconception is that all of it is from Harpur

 

[Machinehead]

Harpur-Schneider is a wreck, but the misconception is that all of it is from Harpur

If we want old Machinehead, we could talk about Schneider, but I woke up and chose empathy today.

 

[17futurecap]

Harpur-Schneider is a wreck, but the misconception is that all of it is from Harpur

This is very true, with Lindgren back, we are going from 4 to 5 NHL dmen, but I wouldn’t expect Mikkola to cover up for Schneider, still going to be a mess with him out there.

 

[CLW]

Of the fact we can't skate the puck out of our own end?

We are too slow out of our own end as a team, which leads to poor puck support in the neutral zone and "forced" improvisation which leads to chance plays and therefore turnovers. The root problem is our zone marking system which doesn't lend itself to fast transitions with speed. Instead we have "cheating" forwards trying to get a step on the opposition in the neutral zone, but we often lose the puck in bad situations when we try to get the puck to that forward. The Devils' plan is much easier for them to support and much clearer in what they are trying to do as a forward unit.

 

[will1066]

I'm watching Dateline to cope

 

[Alluckks]

Even if we're healthy, I'm a tad bit concerned about their speed up against our poor transition game from the D, but getting Harpur's ECHL ass out would be a huge difference.

He's like the worst things about Staal, Girardi, and Pionk had a wretched spawn.

They were the more rested team at home. And they did all their scoring at the start of the game because of that. Let's see how quick they are by game 3 with playoff hitting.