GDT: ECF: Game 5 - New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers, 8pm ET, ESPN

[Row I Goon]

 

[Overcast]

LFGR!!

 

[Nickmo82]

Series is tied and we've sucked pretty much the whole time. So many players are "due" good games.

Quietly confident for good things to happen while thoroughly expecting them to turn up with no jump, no intensity and no chance.

Sports!

 

[Rangerboy030]

Can’t win 16 until you win 11 first.

Some day, you'll do this and we'll get swept in the first round. Just 4 consecutive posts of "can't win 16 until you win 1 first".

 

[LORDE]

The excuses end tonight.

I don’t know what history says about a team tied 2-2 at home losing then losing the series but I’ll bet it’s not a good result.

Big players show up or not.

 

[OthmannOut]

WAR RANGERS

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

Just get refs that call a fair game. Thats it. Then may the best team win.

 

[Jack Hanson]

Lets just play all 3 periods like the 1st period of last game.

The tough thing is the Panthers play a tough, dirty physical game but dont seem to take penalties. Yet we get penalized a lot and in the last 3 games the Panthers have 5 goals on 12 power plays. I think the refs are out to get us but it could be I'm imagining it.

They've taken out of commission Vesey and hurt Lindgren without being penalized. I really hope we hit them super hard but when they have the puck and not in the head. Then maybe we can match that dirty hard hitting game but not get penalties either. Because that Panther pp is bad news for us.

And I really wish Kreider, Mika, and Artemi could get a spark and recapture their magic, score some goals. Without them and getting help from our other clutch guys like Laffy and Goodrow its not impossible but its an uphill battle.

Im really hoping Lavi has some good ideas to increase our puck possession and up our level of physicality and improve our defense.

Lets Go Rangers.

 

[94leetch]

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

Some day, you'll do this and we'll get swept in the first round. Just 4 consecutive posts of "can't win 16 until you win 1 first".

…..and one day I’ll hopefully post can’t win 16 until you win 16 first and we win a cup.

You gonna tell Ed the Rangers aren’t scoring 4500 goals with Rempe scoring 4472 of them and Kravstov 1?

 

[nsvoyageurs]

Things need to change. Whether it's the system/scheme, whatever they have been doing isn't working. It's a miracle this series is tied 2-2; the NYR are lucky this series isn't already over in a sweep. They can't get the puck out their own end, get hemmed in and are hanging on for dear life, leaving Shesterkin out to dry. They are gassed. They never have the puck.

The Panthers are a heavy team; the Rangers are as far away from that as you can get. Not many, if any, teams win a Stanley Cup playing how the Rangers play, you need to be heavy; it's not in their DNA. It's hard to envision the NYR winning 2 of the next possible 3 games playing how they are. Their best players need to be their best players. They need to play a 60+ minute game, not a 10-20 minute game. The time is now to show what/who they are. They've stepped up before, but the Panthers are the better team; they know what they need to do to win.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Should we even watch tonight?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795671029714501751

 

[Brother Mouzone]

 

[Crease]

Should we even watch tonight?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795671029714501751

Do we believe in interdecade momentum?

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

We were the better team the first two games of this series. Coming back to MSG can only help us.

 

[leetch99]

Things need to change. Whether it's the system/scheme, whatever they have been doing isn't working. It's a miracle this series is tied 2-2; the NYR are lucky this series isn't already over in a sweep. They can't get the puck out their own end, get hemmed in and are hanging on for dear life, leaving Shesterkin out to dry. They are gassed. They never have the puck.

The Panthers are a heavy team; the Rangers are as far away from that as you can get. Not many, if any, teams win a Stanley Cup playing how the Rangers play, you need to be heavy; it's not in their DNA. It's hard to envision the NYR winning 2 of the next possible 3 games playing how they are. Their best players need to be their best players. They need to play a 60+ minute game, not a 10-20 minute game. The time is now to show what/who they are. They've stepped up before, but the Panthers are the better team; they know what they need to do to win.

In a nutshell that is what it is . We are not the better team in this series and only on account of Shesty do we have 2 wins.....it certainly is not on account of the play of Kreider one of our leaders . Leave Rempe/Wheeler in the stands and put Jones in to help the overwhelmed D . They are getting no help from our Blueline /RedLine type guys in Panarin/Kreider during these times they are trapped . They stay as far away from physical contact as they possibly can....at times I think they are still in the dressing rm . Please for the life of me.....remove Mika from PP1 and go with Laf . That is so obvious .

 

[DevilDog99]

Despite all of the winning….. is it just me or has this postseason not been enjoyable?

High expectations? Opponents style? Close games?

I just want Zibinashit to give a shit. And Fox to play the game- no whining or pouting. This is playoff hockey!

 

[Crease]

Despite all of the winning….. is it just me or has this postseason not been enjoyable?

High expectations? Opponents style? Close games?

I just want Zibinashit to give a shit. And Fox to play the game- no whining or pouting. This is playoff hockey!

League fans have said the Rangers series have been great hockey and entertaining. We’re probably just too close to enjoy it.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Maybe a simple swap of Panarin and Kreider. Neither of them are able to do anything. Tip of the hat to Florida. But yet I'm not sure who would do well with Mika as their center right now. He seems very lost.

 

[Jack Hanson]

Of the 8 goals the Panthers scored cumulatively in the last 3 games, 5 have been on power plays. The refs in this series have been biased f***ing douchebags there is no doubt. VESEY was hunted but no penalty. Its f***ing bullshit.

Our challenge is to be more physical but get called on less penalties. please let the refs NOT be out to get us and NOT overlook every f***ing penalty the Panthers commit. They prod and jab Igor and the refs do nothing. They injured Lindgren with a high hit and nothing. NHL should be f***ing ashamed of these asshole refs clear anti Ranger BIAS.

Being more physical will help with our puck possession and once we have more puck possession then maybe we'll get either the breakaway goal or get our own power play. We need to up our GRIT and beat the crap out of them and please Artemi, Chris and Mika - WAKE UP!!

 

[CasusBelli]

Despite all of the winning….. is it just me or has this postseason not been enjoyable?

High expectations? Opponents style? Close games?

I just want Zibinashit to give a shit. And Fox to play the game- no whining or pouting. This is playoff hockey!

Tedious defense-first opponents aren’t enjoyable to watch.

 

[Crease]

Of the 8 goals the Panthers scored cumulatively in the last 3 games, 5 have been on power plays. The refs in this series have been biased f***ing douchebags there is no doubt. VESEY was hunted but no penalty. Its f***ing bullshit.

Our challenge is to be more physical but get called on less penalties. please let the refs NOT be out to get us and NOT overlook every f***ing penalty the Panthers commit. They prod and jab Igor and the refs do nothing. They injured Lindgren with a high hit and nothing. NHL should be f***ing ashamed of these asshole refs clear anti Ranger BIAS.

Being more physical will help with our puck possession and once we have more puck possession then maybe we'll get either the breakaway goal or get our own power play. We need to up our GRIT and beat the crap out of them and please Artemi, Chris and Mika - WAKE UP!!

I think the refs have missed calls both ways. The simple explanation is that the Panthers have more powerplays because the puck is on their stick 66% of the game. Rangers need to find a way to control the puck more.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

The Stars had a forgettable game last night. It happens in every single run. I’m sure their fans are worried. It’s all about how you bounce back. It’s about who can reach down the deepest and respond when no one thinks you’re capable.

This core felt the anguish of defeat in the 2022 ECF. They bent until they broke. They know if they don’t show up tonight, it could be on the table again this Saturday in Florida.

I believe in this core, what they’ve gone through, the season they’ve had, the resilience they’ve showed.

They find a way tonight.

 

[Mike in Houston]

The Stars had a forgettable game last night. It happens in every single run. I’m sure their fans are worried. It’s all about how you bounce back. It’s about who can reach down the deepest and respond when no one thinks you’re capable.

This core felt the anguish of defeat in the 2022 ECF. They bent until they broke. They know if they don’t show up tonight, it could be on the table again this Saturday in Florida.

I believe in this core, what they’ve gone through, the season they’ve had, the resilience they’ve showed.

They find a way tonight.

I wonder what they were saying about Robertson before he went off for a hatty after going 11 games without a goal.

 

[Cmox]

Always a underdog. But I love this. Please keep shitting on the Rangers it’s when they play their best. I think they were mentioned just not pictured for some reason.