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

[fsanford]

Panthers should change name to Pythons cuz they squeezed the life out of Rangers

Forecheck is relentless

 

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[ThrowDemTongs]

Florida is inexorable

 

[Kcb12345]

Man, already this reminds me so much of Dallas vs Vegas last year in the WCF. Vegas was just slightly better in every way than the Stars and it was unbelievably frustrating. Panthers just seem slightly better than the Rangers enough-so where they'll come out on top in most of these close games

 

[Channelcat]

Wtf is that ref doing?

 

[PanniniClaus]

Rangers know they are in a series now.. Florida get pucks out and get pucks in.. Not rocket science

 

[Bruce Granville]

Good thing…Cats get to play another away game…just repeat.

 

[TheNumber4]

Tkachuk with the game winning goal. Bennett with the empty net dagger.

Can't wait to see those former Flames lift the cup

Why they don’t even like the Flames and didn’t want to be there.

 

[dhfa]

That was a fairly lopsided game. Never really felt like the cats were in trouble other than a few flurries by the rangers.

 

[SI90]

Imagine spending all that money on ECF tickets and your team doesn’t even score lol. Ouch.

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

What are Florida fans' opinion of Lomberg? The kid was an absolute tank last year in the playoffs too. Love the way the kid plays but definitely seems like a different animal when playing during the reg season from the 10 or so games I've seen of him over the past year.

I want him on my team though. Guy's an engine in the ploffs.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

We'll definitely fix that... in 4 months...

 

[JurequeparJuraj]

Laff hit the post and then scores in his own net could have been the hero but was the zero.

 

[Andre Palot]

Patrik Stefan Jr. over there is Florida's MVP

 

[Vilam]

Looks empty in MSG; maybe the Rangers should relocate to Quebec.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Wtf is that ref doing?

You need to be more specific. Could be any minute of any game…

 

[Tofveve]

Riccola looking to see.who was the next contestant

 

[Fern111]

Man that's just a brutal loss for the Rangers. We absolutely smothered them all night. Even when they had their chances, Bob outplayed Shesty by a significant margin.

This series is far from over but it's hard to not be optimistic after a textbook game like this

 

[eviohh26]

Man, already this reminds me so much of Dallas vs Vegas last year in the WCF. Vegas was just slightly better in every way than the Stars and it was unbelievably frustrating. Panthers just seem slightly better than the Rangers enough-so where they'll come out on top in most of these close games

On paper NYR is better. But Florida is playing like a team that knows they can win and has everyone buying in. No passengers .

 

[iam76]

long series... on to the next one

 

[Channelcat]

Lol what's Wheeler gonna do. He'd probably die out there

 

[MikeyMike01]

Even 6v5 the Rangers generated nothing

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They are even better than last year. It would be rough to lose two finals in a row though. Dallas is tough.

I think Florida wins it all this year. Bob is clearly the best goalie remaining of the 4 teams. When he’s on, the other 3 can’t match him.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Man, already this reminds me so much of Dallas vs Vegas last year in the WCF. Vegas was just slightly better in every way than the Stars and it was unbelievably frustrating. Panthers just seem slightly better than the Rangers enough-so where they'll come out on top in most of these close games

We're being compared to the trapping devils despite playing opposite, so I'll take it.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Man rangers with no backbone. Half their team got rekt on that last shift and nobody did a thing.