Post-Game Talk: Cougar

[Machinehead]

Graves
Messier
Kovalev
Leech
Zubov

Those 5 alone could dunk on both the Rangers and Panthers at the same time.

The '94 team gets lionized because they won it. That's fair, it comes with winning it.

Still, that team dropped some massive eggs at home to Jersey and Vancouver. It's something to remember when we sit here and discuss one loss.

 

[LottieDottie]

imo game 1 was a must win.


i can't stand igor's leisurely strolls out of crease

 

[TheDirtyH]

No, don't even bring it up.

Let's just take an out of context quote from Kreider answering a dumb question and do seppuku over it like we always do.

Yeah what've you done for me lately, Chris??

 

[Filip Chytil]

No, don't even bring it up.

Let's just take an out of context quote from Kreider answering a dumb question and do seppuku over it like we always do.

I agree with Lord Chris. The ice didn't look the best.

 

[CasusBelli]

Igor and not capitalizing were the difference. Not even mad they lost, just a boring game to stay up for. Imagine paying for this lol

This was tedious. Like trapping Devils tedious.

 

[Machinehead]

Thread should have been called “Toast” or “Cat Turd.”

This team is done.

Buh bye Core.

Yes, let's break up TheCore® that singlehandedly dragged us here despite our below average defense corps and AHL bottom six.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Fox playing hurt is like the 15 team having a broken McD and Zuke's skull fracture.

 

[will1066]

I mean, the D going back after the puck would have gotten there first. Shesterkin just decided to come out and play it and then made a bad play. If he'd let his defenseman handle it then it would have been fine.

There are times he tries to create a chance for his forwards. He's made some awesome passes to put people on the rush or on breakaways before. Win some, lose some. And also, it wasn't like the defensemen's zone exits were great all night.

Cats are a heavy team that bodies opponents and plays stifling hockey. They pinned us trying to exit the zone, and they pinned us to the outside in the offensive zone. Not a lot of switching and cycling allowed. Not a lot of point shots got through.

 

[TheDirtyH]

The ice not being good was the only reason they didn't beat us 8-0

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Its only one game - stop pitying yourselves jesus - lets go in game two

 

[Kakko]

I ripped Kreider's comments after Carolina game 5. I ripped his play after 2 in game 6. He proceed to make me look like a moron.

Regardless of any of those things, the shit MSG ice was extra shit tonight. I don't think it cost us the game, but it played into making it boring.

 

[Filip Chytil]

Yeah what've you done for me lately, Chris??

I was convinced Kreider was gonna score on that PP off the too many men in the 3rd. I would've bet my life on it.

 

[Crease]

The second goal was really Lafrenière's fault, but it was stoppable.

Igor gets a participation trophy for playing a puck he had no business touching which started that sequence.

 

[Kovalev27]

I’m not sure if we can win with Fox playing like this. We need a Norris Dman to win. Everyone does imo. He can barely move. Looks worse now than he did right after he got hurt.

This is what worries me the most.

Secondly shesterkin cannot give up 3 a game this series with 1 softee a night. It’s not gonna fly. He’s got to give us a couple games like Bob just did. He’s got to steal a couple not just one. A couple of games.

Florida melted the game tonight after they took the lead. Like good teams know how to do. These games will be too close.

Game 2 is a must win and he needs to be the best player. Has to let us get first goal

 

[irishlaxburger2]

Blaming our bottom 6 doesn’t make much sense when they’re (again) not the ones on the ice for any goals against.

Our top 6 stunk. Our defense handles the puck like a hand grenade. And our goalie let in one stinker and misplayed another. The bottom 6 is the least of the Rangers concerns.

 

[InfernoDaLuz]

 

[Kakko]

Shout-out to Maurice losing his mind about the TMM. Imagine being used to getting away with so much shit that you're surprised at that call.

 

[Kocur26]

Lafrenniere scored 2 goals in post season and his career went to shit.
He’s been atrocious.

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

What is with this obsession with the crowd? They were loud when given a reason and not when the team was sleeping.

 

[Bondra slapshot]

was a bit nervous about their shooters to be honest. Verhaeghe has a heck of a shot. reminds me a bit of Miroslav Satan when it comes to wiring a shot. I thought Reinhardt would've also looked much more dangerous as well but the Panthers really didn't look as good as I thought they would. They obviously were way sharper than the Rangers tonight though, although that's not saying much, which is the main point really.

I expect the Rangers to look less nervous and much sharper in the next game. I thought a lot of players looked very jittery in the first period for the Rangers and not the good kind of jitters. the puck was pin balling off of every Rangers' sticks. hard passes and blown passes left and right.

 

[Machinehead]

Lafrenniere scored 2 goals in post season and his career went to shit.
He’s been atrocious.

He was an inch and half from tying this game.

 

[Kovalev27]

We need more offense from the blue line which wasn’t a problem all year because of Fox. I think it’s time to put jones in for Gus

 

[qwertyaas]

Thought the days off would have helped Fox. He was barely able to move out there.

He's definitely playing with something rough.

The rest of the D too. Felt like the days off could have been spent removing the collective shit from their heads and reinserting their brains.

And why did it feel like the 4th line played half the game?

 

[Brutananadilewski]

The '94 team gets lionized because they won it. That's fair, it comes with winning it.

Still, that team dropped some massive eggs at home to Jersey and Vancouver. It's something to remember when we sit here and discuss one loss.

That team was an offensive dynamo. Through 2 rounds, the least amount of goals they scored was 2 goals: the one loss against the Capitals.

Plus, they didn't have 1 but 2 offensive D-Men.

We have a hobbled Fox.