Post-Game Talk: Devil I

[bl02]

Look at the ESTOI. Excellent job by coach and team to keep it very balanced.

 

[ReleasO The KakkO]

Gallant not giving away much in the presser

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a person say “Yeah, no…” every time he gets asked a question.

Yes?

Or no?

It can’t be BOTH !

 

[IDvsEGO]

No game will be easy but the Devils are strangers to playoff style hockey. They played pond hockey all year. We started wearing them down already and them trying to push back wore themselves down more. They’re frustrated and the seeds of doubt are taking root. It’s not going to get less frustrating for the Devils. This series is ours to lose. If NYR keep playing their game almost no way this series goes past six and will prob end sooner.

They're also not really big enough to play that type of game. Aside from Meier their forwards are small.

 

[Machinehead]

 

[McRanger92]

Gallant should fine Panarin and Kane $100,000 every time they refuse to get the puck in deep.

The Rangers used the cross corner dump. Chip and chase was effective. The Devils like to have their D stand up in the neutral zone. Chip the puck behind their D and go get it. Pucks deep.

Panarin should not be lumped in with Kane. Outside the overpass to Lindgren, he was very good

 

[duhmetreE]

Gallant should fine Panarin and Kane $100,000 every time they refuse to get the puck in deep.

The Rangers used the cross corner dump. Chip and chase was effective. The Devils like to have their D stand up in the neutral zone. Chip the puck behind their D and go get it. Pucks deep.

I would have benched Kane after he didn't make the redline ( with a lot of space) and lazily backhanded the puck to a Devil instead of getting it deep....

 

[Draft Guru]

Best game of the season for Goodrow.

 

[nyrage]

Great road win. Nice to see them step up their effort and intensity.

It's a miracle, but for the first time all season I don't have a complaint about Panarin. Nice to see him step up defensively. I thought I was hallucinating this one shift that all three forwards including Panarin skated back hard on defense.

Man, what a steal with that Tarasenko and Mikkola trade. On the other hand, Kane, not so much. It's early though and at least he looked a little better in the third. Some of the guys that got off to a rocky start played better as the game went on. Miller and Trouba were a bit shaky at times though.

We need to get pucks in deep against this team.

Shesty looked sharp. Let's take game two.

 

[duhmetreE]

Kreider Zibs Kakko
Panarin Tro Tank
Laffy Chytil Kane
Motte Goodrow Vesey

 

[will1066]

the Peg 2 goals in like 1 min in Vegas

 

[Chytilmania]

Me: "I didn't hate that."

This guy: "Cut the hubris!"

"Cut the music hubris..."

 

[Row I Goon]

Look at the ESTOI. Excellent job by coach and team to keep it very balanced.

Helps having a 3rd and 4th line who would easily be 2nds or even 1sts in other teams

 

[JimmyG89]

Might have to switch Kakko and Kane.

Late in games, Kane shouldn't see the ice. You're going to give him the 5v5 time in the 1st 50 minutes cause he could still make amazing things happen. I'd expect Vesey slots there, and Kakko to his spot, even though they should be switched.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

They only gave Goodrow credit for one hit? Maybe they shouldnt have the home town homers be in charge of stats.

 

[ohbaby]

We set the tone early, and the Devils just couldn't handle it. We took away their time and space and they were lost, without a clue on how to go forward. And that was kind of surprising. Generally, a team has some kind of push back. But when we neutralized their speed game by getting in their face, they had no answer for it. It was only when we took our foot off the gas, early in the second, that they looked like a contending team. But soon after, we went back to attacking, pressuring and closing gaps, leaving them lost once again.

This can be a short series if the Devils don't find a way to handle playoff type hockey.

 

[smoneil]

Low key happy stat? Chytil was 77% on faceoffs (10-3).

 

[Machinehead]

 

[Kovalev27]

Seriously did the devils throw one hit? Softest team I’ve seen so far in these first games

 

[LeetchisGod]

We need to win game 2 and take a stranglehold on this series. Can't be playing seven game series in the first two rounds. That's why we've run out of gas in the past.

 

[bl02]

Might have to switch Kakko and Kane.

To like where? At the pre-game meal seating arrangement? Sure. On the ice no way. I'm not breaking up our best forechecking line to put a guy that is allergic to get 5 feet within touching someone. Let Zibs and Kreider deal with it.

 

[Ranger Wolf]

That felt good.

 

[Chytilmania]

Igor
Goodrow
then flip a coin Fox/Kreider

If our top six cancel out the Devils, our bottom 6 will give us a big edge.

Mistakenly had the Devils' broadcast for the 1st period and they put up a stat they're 23-12-3 or something after giving up the first goal lol.

Kane was atrocious. We have to stop going backwards in our zone. Get the puck out, then get it deep.

 

[Greg02]

Stepped away for a bit to go make dosa batter. Coming back with a little bit more space and having reflected on the game some more, it's just unreal how much Adam Fox dominated that game.

 

[McRanger92]

Stepped away for a bit to go make dosa batter. Coming back with a little bit more space and having reflected on the game some more, it's just unreal how much Adam Fox dominated that game.

Native NYer and childhood Ranger fan Adam Fox understood the assignment against New Jersey

 

[Chytilmania]

Stepped away for a bit to go make dosa batter. Coming back with a little bit more space and having reflected on the game some more, it's just unreal how much Adam Fox dominated that game.

Honestly one of his best performances on the PP. If he's going to be a threat to shoot it's a gamechanger.