Post-Game Talk: Columbus

[Kords]

Panarin, Kakko and Kravy made an effort.

The Vets are off to a slow start again. Same story as last year. I'm sure they will get going, but the Rangers need to start stealing wins to bide the time otherwise they will fall behind the eight ball quick.

Schneider looks raw. Laffy looks lazy. He's probably the most troubling.

Blais gets 20 games from me, but I see where this is going.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

3rd pairing was brutal
Reaves coasting again

 

[Circus86]

Is Mika back to tofu diet?

 

[DanielBrassard]

That was more of what I was expecting heading into the season, struggling to generate high quality chances in the offensive zone, sloppy coming out of their own zone. Didn't expect piss poor goaltending on top of it but that's the result. This team sorely lacks the ability to string plays together, relying exclusively on Panarin and Fox to do all of the heavy lifting. Kakko had stepped up before the last couple of games but hasn't been noticeable and Lafreniere has been useless since Winnipeg. Chytil getting hurt is a terrible loss too, he provides so much speed and energy and is one of the few forwards who can carry the puck up ice with control. Unfortunately Jones hasn't been good either so the defense is continuing to struggle in transition.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I feel bad for whoever paid money to see that game. Terrible game.

 

[Crease]

This is a good bad good bad hockey team.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Gallant is the 13th (THIRTEENTH) coach since I have been watching this team. Stop f***ing firing f***ing coaches. f***.

 

[will1066]

Can we have proper PGT titles? Wtf is pawg?

 

[Machinehead]

If you would like to hear a legitimate concern, one injury really exposes our depth.

As soon as Chytil went down we had two lines where you go take a piss instead of just the 4th line.

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

Very young team Still developing
We had a deep run last year and new team needs time to gel
This roster is not the same roster we will end the year with.

I am just thinking of silver linings

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I agree with half of this statement.

I can't fathom starting Halak in this game. The team got behind the 8 ball because the guy just BLED goals against and the team was pressing. Halak is not an NHL goalie anymore. He lost us this game almost singlehandedly.

 

[Mac n Gs]

I'm not really going to waste time overreacting to the results of game 6, but I genuinely don't get why they got so in their head about how they played defensively after the first 3 games. They were playing with so much more pace and were way more assertive with the puck, and it made it really hard for teams to defend them. They should've kept that style going and let the rest of their structure fall into place.

 

[Circus86]

I feel bad for whoever paid money to see that game. Terrible game.

If the world would be a fair place people would get a refund after a game like this

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

I wouldn’t say they were bad. They just lost to themselves. Shit goaltending performance and a failure to bury some other chances. I’d say less concerning than a loss like last game but more frustrating in some ways.

I think last game makes this one sting more too. A lot of us expected the Rangers to come out firing on al cylinders.

 

[duhmetreE]

"I'm sorry, what transpired and how it was handled was wrong. Forgive me world"

 

[rangersfansince08]

Can we have proper PGT titles? Wtf is pawg?

its a unicorn

 

[DanielBrassard]

how the hell did we win xG? we had like no HDC

They didn't.

2.21-1.73 for columbus.

Two games in a row the Rangers have been outplayed. Were those first 4 games a fluke?

 

[SnowblindNYR]

If you would like to hear a legitimate concern, one injury really exposes our depth.

As soon as Chytil went down we had two lines where you go take a piss instead of just the 4th line.

And what about our "two # lines"? Even the PP was trash where we only scored because of a gift. Also Trochek sucks. The guy blows every great opportunity he gets.

 

[Brother Mouzone]

Not playing great , but they have hit a lot of post and had some opposing goalies make phenomenal saves ......I have faith they will figure it out

 

[duhmetreE]

zero intensity. zero structure to fall back on.

Panarin was the only one that somewhat showed up. Fox had some decent looks.

Team can't finish. Can't score greasey goals. Avoid the middle of the ice again. Puck watching and floating about.

THIS TEAM NEEDS A MILITANT COACH that somewhat comprehends modern hockey.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Our offense tonight
Stick handle into zone
Dump behind net
Lose possession

 

[mike14]

"I'm sorry, what transpired and how it was handled was wrong. Forgive me world"

Board needs a "f*** no" Like-react

 

[Crease]

This is what their third game in six with 11 forwards? That doesn’t help. Also, really don’t understand the decision to start Halak given Igor was rested and they have a back-to-back coming up.

 

[NYRFAN218]

Rough one to watch. Just felt like a sleepy mid-afternoon game with nothing to it. I don't think the Rangers game was as bad as some make it out to be but it definitely wasn't their best. And I hate to break it down to something so simple but the difference in the game was their goalie was very good and our goalie was very bad. Goals 2 and 3 cannot go in and that's the difference between a 1 goal game with a team on the 2nd end of a back to back and a game that's essentially over halfway through. I really hope this isn't going to be what we see from Halak going forward because if that's the case, they're going to have to be in the market for a backup.

 

[mrmovies779]

I'm not going to go full snowblind after 2 games.I love Chytil,but the kid misses more time injured and it kills his seasons.Freak injury I know,but he's still injury prone.our entire 3rd pairing basically gives the opponent power play time..that's how much they get hemmed in their own zone