Post-Game Talk: Devil VII

[ReddestRum]

If we go back to this bullshit decade's old dump and chase, boards are my life system next season, I will cancel watching this team for the remainder. We are f***ing stuck in the 90s.

 

[McRanger92]

I trade KAM so fast it would make the collective head of this board spin. Kid is so over rated its laughable.

Insane regression since the spitting incident. Would not shock me to see him traded

 

[Taluss]

The Rangers acquired talent, the Devils built a team.

Spot on.

 

[Graves97]

Honestly stop coddling these f***ers. Take all the perks away. Make them think they are playing in f***ing Arizona or Calgary. Tired of these coddles pieces of shut looking functional everywhere else until they get here.

You always hear all thr payers saying how the rangers are the epitome of class in the nhl, well I’m done with that. Make these assholes work and scrape by like the rest of us NYers and stop making them think they are special for god knows what reason because they are playing on the rangers, an original 6 franchise. The Franchise has one cup since 1940. Honestly you need to try to be that bad.

I know I sound like a whiny bitch or even worse a Debbie or fish stick fan but I’m just livid with a goof buzz since this team pushes me to drink too much

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

He can f*** off if he wants out, tbh. If he played better in the regular season, we, hypothetically, could have played the islanders in the first round.

It’s not his fault man. There’s no way he was repeating his numbers from the previous season. The bottom line is Igor was there when we needed him this series, can you say that about most of this team?

 

[Machinehead]

Keep carrying water for Panarin to blame still developing 22 year olds. They committed hard to 10 this year and he spat in their faces. Cancer.

"Developing"

 

[Larrybiv]

Just noticed that there is a fire Gallant thread.... so I guess I will be posting it there as well, eventually. Okay here it goes......... As far as I'm concerned the difference here was coaching. If you cannot get this team to play balls out in game 7...,.with this amount of talent, then that has to be a coaching disconnect with the players. Fire Gallant.

Somehow some way, they need to get rid of Panerin and if they can't get rid of him. .then get rid of Trouba....., no matter how Trouba stands out for this team his salary is way too much for his lack of talent.
I'm so very pissed, I am so very disappointed in my team. I expected a lot more of an effort than what they gave tonight. This is totally disheartening. So at this point, just do what you have to do, mister GM Drury. Otherwise it's your head, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if you're the first to go.

 

[haveandare]

Outside of Shesty, all our best players crapped the bed. That is very concerning.

Kreider was very good imo and is a reliable playoff performer. Fox was pretty good until tonight.

 

[RangerLifer]

If it wasn't for Crosby's injury we would have lost in the first round last year as well.

Oh, please. Stop it. We had guys that wanted to work for it last year.

 

[CommaSynapse]

This is really a tough one. Not sure how to react except this will go down as the biggest blown opportunity in recent franchise history. The only thing that keeps me somewhat optimistic is the lineup will basically be the same next year and I still believe this group is talented. Shocked at how soft these guys looked.

It's the same old story, though. Great team on paper, but we got guys who were acquired just a bit too late and couldn't deliver in the playoffs.

Skill is great, but it struggles in the playoffs.

Kakko had a few shifts where he was terrorizing guys along the boards. He's one of the few we have who can do that.

It's not really sustainable, but I always think back to that 2011-2012 team. They were missing that top-end talent, but everyone knew their role and they knew Torts would have their ass if they had anything left in the tank at the end of the game.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

I wouldn’t trade a lot of the guys people mention. I think a lot of our roster can improve with a better head coach who values Xs and Os and with a real system that works with our personnel. I don’t want Panarin here anymore though. he isn’t built for playoff hockey.

 

[Tob]

At least we were able to send off Pat Kane with the vintage experience of soul crushing Rangers hockey. Let that be a lesson to him for wishing for things and stuff.

 

[will1066]

Take a hard look at Tkachuk, Bennett and Reinhart. We need those types of guys. Barkov is now a complementary component. Tkachuk is putting that team on his shoulder.

You can still keep Kreider and Zib around if a real alpha apex predator can be found.

Vally is now taking the curtain down. Just threw Panarin under the bus

 

[Machinehead]

I think Sather should retire and his DNA be removed from the organization. Gallant and Panarin can go too.

You say "retire" because you're nice but we know what you mean.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Kakko and Laf get a full long offseason to really train. Just like Hughes was getting. Good

 

[RangerBoy]

Vally in dream world

The Rangers aren't built to back check.

Steve is lost.

 

[Tob]

Jeff Gorton and John Davidson are chumps. CHUMPS.

 

[Machinehead]

The next time I care about this team will be when they show they are a legitimately good 5v5 team.

Yeah but you're staying to body them on the regular in the meantime, right?

That's a big job for just me.

 

[Maliks PlusMinus]

We have been making the same complaint since AV about the players lacking heart etc etc. Is it that?

I stand by what I said last year, we're just not all that good.

A great goalie, a quite good D and a quite good offense.
If both Kakko and Laf were superstars we would have a much better shot, but they're not (and i'm not blaming them), prospects don't always work out the way you want which is why I didn't like the whole tanking idea.

How we get better from here, I'm unsure. I feel like we're sort of stuck at this kind of level for now.

I will formulate a plan over the next 5 months.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Vally making no bones about Panarin being a playoff dud

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Kakko and Laf get a full long offseason to really train. Good

It'll help Kakko.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

everyone saying Igor was great was he ? he got outplayed games 3 4 5 7 he was terrible

He did not. Did you actually watch the games?

 

[Coffee]

This team is still legit. We need to make some tweaks sure, but anyone who says this core can’t win a cup needs to give their head a shake !

 

[SML2]

everyone saying Igor was great was he ? he got outplayed games 3 4 5 7 he was terrible

Is he supposed to score too?

 

[NYR94]

Should be an interesting offseason. I'm just not in the right mindset right now to break down the roster.