GDT: ECF: Game 1 - New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers, 8pm ET, ESPN

[mti79]

Florida doesn’t take a lot of penalties and that could be an issue. The refs usually swallow the whistle this time of year anyway but the Rangers need to keep moving their feet and forcing PP chances. It’s an advantage in this series they’ll need to have the opportunity to exploit.

They were actually the second most penalized team in the league taking over 5 penalties per game

 

[Fitzy]

They were actually the second most penalized team in the league taking over 5 penalties per game

Yeah. They look slightly better in the postseason but buth they and we are averageing about 4 minor penalties a game. Doesn't control for incidentals, but wea re very much in an era where post-season special teams means a lot more.

And I'll take that gamble 100 times out of 100 with this group.

 

[will1066]

My butt is already clenching

 

[Jim Ramsay]

Hopefully the "rumor" going around about Sam isn't true. If it is then lets pray for a speedy recovery.

Whats the rumor?

 

[Levitate]

Not against Carolina they f***ing didn't!

We'll get our chances early, and we have to win those games.

If our powerplay starts 4 for 9 like it did last series, the penalties are gonna get turned off in the options menu like they did last series.

To me it felt like penalties were called early in the series and then fell off, partly because teams clean it up a tad to match what the refs are calling and partly because I feel like the refs want to “establish themselves” early in the series and then sit back and wait for important moments

 

[EdJovanovski]

Whats the rumor?

 

[romba]

Refs like to call the following penalties (aside from DOG)- blatant high sticks (sometimes lol), high danger areas/ruining potential scoring chances, or a penalty leading to potential opportunity for the penalty taker's team. The caveat for all the above is that they like to let shit go along the boards no matter which zone it's in.

Based on this, you really need to have good rush chances near the net or control of the puck with good O zone time in order to get many calls. We really didn't against Carolina which is why I feel we stopped getting calls after game 2. Our PP started kind of sucking then too as a side point.

I will say that I expect a tighter called game for Game 1 to set the tone, and then to gradually start letting stuff go again.

 

[Machinehead]

Whats the rumor?

It is unconfirmed that he was rushed to the hospital while watching his grandson's football game.

A Reddit thread on the topic exists but nothing has been said anywhere else.

 

[Crease]

Two weeks in a row nobody can come up with a good reason to dress a player who plays 4 minutes!

People have given reasons, you just don’t accept them as “good” reasons. Everyone accepts that Rempe is limited and prone to being called for penalties.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

I just know that I'll be apoplectic if that little shit Evan "Baba Booey" Rodrigues plays well against us.

 

[Machinehead]

People have given reasons, you just don’t accept them as “good” reasons. Everyone accepts that Rempe is limited and prone to being called for penalties.

The reasons have been

1) Stuff he can't do on the bench.

2) I don't like Brodzinski.

 

[Fitzy]

On record on Rempe- I'd be open to playing him over Brodzinski. We are coming off a lot of rest and so there's less need for a AAA jack-knife to cover minutes in the event of injuries.

That said, I'd never play Matt over Chytil, if he's good to go.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

They were actually the second most penalized team in the league taking over 5 penalties per game

Yup.

They got away with ALOT against Boston though, rabbit punch aside.

 

[Boris Zubov]

My butt is already clenching

If you experience this for over 2 hours, you should probably head to the ER.

 

[Machinehead]

Yup.

They got away with ALOT against Boston though, rabbit punch aside.

We'll have to see how it's called.

Refs looks at Boston and just go "couldn't have happened to a nicer guy." Especially Marchand.

 

[OthmannOut]

I just got off the phone with Bettman. They will be calling everything in our favor. The fix is in. Rangers in 4.

 

[will1066]

If you experience this for over 2 hours, you should probably head to the ER.

Only if they put the game on.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Mozza sticks tonight (dieting so I can’t have Pizza Hut)

 

[Boris Zubov]

Only if they put the game on.

Seems like a reasonable ask.

 

[Machinehead]

Mozza sticks tonight (dieting so I can’t have Pizza Hut)

"I can't have pizza so I'm going to have pizza inside a fried stick."

 

[EdJovanovski]

"I can't have pizza so I'm going to have pizza inside a fried stick."

 

[Machinehead]

"I'll have two #47's, a #9, a #9 with extra cheese, a #15, and a DIET coke."

-Ed

 

[EdJovanovski]

"I'll have two #47's, a #9, a #9 with extra cheese, a #15, and a DIET coke."

-Ed

 

[Boris Zubov]

Mozza sticks tonight (dieting so I can’t have Pizza Hut)

 

[SA16]

People have given reasons, you just don’t accept them as “good” reasons. Everyone accepts that Rempe is limited and prone to being called for penalties.

Here's the easiest reason not to play Rempe. He's the worst player on the roster, by a lot, and doesn't belong in the NHL.