GDT: ECF: Game 6 - New York Rangers @ Florida Panthers, 8pm ET, ABC (Tropic Thunder Edition, Do or Die or Do!)

[80shockeywasbuns]

This team just doesn't play real hockey.

They don't play hard, crisp, fast, fundamental hockey.

They think they know better.

They just cheat for chances based on what they consider good chances and basically let the opponent control the flow while they're waiting.

I'll give them a bit of credit because they've scored some goals and won some games going against the grain, but it's pretty clear to me at this point that it isn't a Cup winning philosophy.

All I see is a team forfeiting possession in the offensive zone repeatedly to take low danger point shots instead of chasing quality

 

[Zynbanejad]

Are we really complaining about this after goodrows ot goal where he high sticked the puck down?

Lmao did he? Got my blue glasses on

 

[Boom Quack]

To whoever wants to not sulk (or for those like me who knew it was all over when Reinhardt scored in game 4), let's celebrate a good year: we won a ton of games, beat our hated rivals, Winter Classic Comeback, got Laf on track, great year by Bread, heroics in round 2 by Kreider, Igor was great, Quick was great. Goody made me eat my words.

Some bad for sure: Chytil going down, Fox going down, Trouba not a real player, the Lindgren mess all year, Kakko bad, K'Andre regressing to Dave Karpa status.

If we lost to Carolina, I think people would've been like "OK, I get it". But we won. That was fun.

Who cares what happens tonight? It's done. You all made my year VERY entertaining. Thanks for having me!

I appreciate this take

 

[Leonardo87]

We live in Winnipeg, 2080 miles away and were annual passholders up until covid. We would go a few times a year for 10 days to 2 weeks! Wife is a teacher, so we're kind of limited to when we can go, so we've only managed Food and Wine once, but we've been to Flower and Garden a lot, which is almost as good even though I'm not much into flowers or gardens!

Got to see Hanson perform last time. They were good , and really matured. Talking to Cally and G was awesome. Bought them a beer, and they were so down to earth. Miss those guys.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

We don't attempt to. We do our own thing.

They remind me of the Yankees who also have an internal understanding of the sport that nobody else does, and also get bodied in the playoffs ever year, eventually.

The Yankees have earned leeway that we have not.

 

[DuneGoon84]

Lmao did he? Got my blue glasses on

No he didn't it was below shoulder.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

yikes

 

[Profet]

3 on 2... No shot

 

[jay from jersey]

All I see is a team forfeiting possession in the offensive zone repeatedly to take low danger point shots instead of chasing quality

Not even. Looking for deflections

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Outside of the meathead move by Trouba that cost the goal we're playing alright

 

[Killem Dafoe]

That 3 on 2 gave me lupus

 

[DudMan28]

Top line gets a 3-2 and we get a muffin backhander from Panarin.

 

[qwertyaas]

We don't attempt to. We do our own thing.

They remind me of the Yankees who also have an internal understanding of the sport that nobody else does, and also get bodied in the playoffs ever year, eventually.

We don't need to. Because in 1994 we were also down 3-2 and won the cup. So that's our strategy forever. Bringing up random facts from 1994 as if they are a prophecy.

 

[Synergy27]

Panarin is pathetic man. How does such a dominant regular season player reliably turn into this every spring?

Bob gonna be roasting him all summer.

 

[Boom Quack]

ESPN already writing our eulogy down 1 in the 2nd. I know we are up against the ropes, but C'mon.

I looked outside my window for flying pigs when I saw PK preaching the same concerns we have here

 

[Breaded Fox]

I finally couldn't take it anymore. Playing the radio call syched up through the sound bar. ESPNs garbage infuriates me.

 

[Machinehead]

Too be fair, this problem probably has held true for the last 20ish years. They haven’t ever been a team that moves the puck crisply. They haven’t ever had a game breaking talent who shows up in big games. It was Dubi, Cally, Staal, McD and G that brought the earlier iterations deep into the playoffs. Richards, Gaborik, even St Louis were passengers even compared to Zib and Bread. Thats how superfluous star talent outside of the pipes has been the past 20 years. It was like Cullye, Lafreniere, Vesey, Lindgren, Schneider being out top guys outside of the goal, except it was Dubi and Cally.

At times during the last 20 years they just never had the top talent. Now they do have some. It's just dumb hockey.

Zibanejad annoys people because he's the Rangers in a nutshell. He puts up good seasons exploiting a niche and can't play the real sport effectively at this level.

 

[DanielBrassard]

There’s just no one who can cause problems in a 1-on-1. That’s why it’s so easy to defend.

 

[LannyMcdonald]

Kakko could reinvent himself in a single season if he learns the art of playing net front. Entire careers are built on it. To bad is wasn’t last summer…

 

[Boom Quack]

We don't need to. Because in 1994 we were also down 3-2 and won the cup. So that's our strategy forever. Bringing up random facts from 1994 as if they are a prophecy.

I wish the comparisons to 94 could just stop.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

There’s just no one who can cause problems in a 1-on-1. That’s why it’s so easy to defend.

Lafreniere undressed 3 guys the other night....or does it just have to be one guy

 

[DuneGoon84]

I would love to have a speedy team. We r too damn slow

 

[machphantom]

I wish the comparisons to 94 could just stop.

They will soon enough

 

[Bob Richards]

We are allowed to solve other teams.

We can "solve" them but that's only half of it. You still need the players to execute and the Rangers roster doesn't have the horses for that.

You're gonna get a lot of fanatical answers about heart or guts or some other platitude but the Rangers are what they've been for years now. A bad even strength team that feats on special teams. Our special teams have gone ICE cold this series and thus there is no offense to be found.

 

[Captain Lindy]

That hit on Fox, SN just summed it up. It was late so he hit him just hard enough not to take a penalty. That's a skill that TB taught FL over half a decade.

They'd call us for it.