GDT: ECF Game #6 - Rangers in Tampa 8pm ET. Time to Get Engaged & Crash The Party in Tampa

[17futurecap]

Who would score first in a game, this lineup or the game 7 team vs Tampa a few years ago?

 

[essen]

Don't understand this "very tired" meme, the Rangers are one of the youngest teams in the league and they're professional athletes. This isn't peewee anymore. They're not "tired".

 

[LoveGoons]

Strome cost us the game

He needed to be scratched..

 

[Overcast]

No they lost 4 games to 1 in the 2nd round to NJ.

2018-19 they were swept by Columbus in the first round. 2019-20 and 20-21 they won the Cup.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Should have played Goat.

Kreider - Zib - Panarin
KID
Copp - Goodrow - Vatrano
Motte - Rooney - Goat

Breakaway or drawn penalties

That's what I said but it wasn't popular. Gauthier at least goes straight to the net. Strome is so bad that I'd prefer Gauthier.

 

[Gordon Bombay]

Its what will happen if there is a nuclear war.

Is that the mask to prevent radiation? Or what radiation does?

 

[Tob]

me, @Ail , @Krams , @Killem Dafoe

 

[Cag29]

Hunt and Laf only forwards throwing hits.

Your crazy. Gallant is even tempered excellent coach. Who took us to the conference finals.
Who do you want in there KK has been invisible.
Strome probably told the coaches he could go.

Motte throwing hits too.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Yep, I watched the Henrik era Rangers too. It feels identical. I remember the Dubinsky years saying “why can’t this team complete a clean pass, why are they always in the skates or out of reach?” The more things change…

The only time we can cleanly complete a pass is if we're skating full speed back into our own zone toward Igor.

And it seems we've replaced taking the body since the 3rd period of Game 3 with waving your stick at the guy & hope he's distracted. Which is exactly how Panarin took that lazy penalty.

 

[duhmetreE]

As good as Shesterkin has been. It’s another really soft goal in a big spot. And he’s been great really has but that puck can’t go in.

Strome is an asshole. He’s got no business being out there and he knew it before the game started. To sit kakko here is a jackass move by gallant to appease this guy. The only good thing about this loss and it will be a loss we are absolutely finished here. Zero fight left, is that Strome won’t play another game in a Rangers sweater.

And Mika looks like covid Mika today whiffing on everything. Just awful performance.

The kids should have been playing 20 mins a night these last few games

He was probably thinking, 'WTF IS STROME DOING' and lost focus.

 

[claireb04]

I'm sorry for your loss. Obviously it's not on the same level. But it just feels so helpless like we know how this will end and the Rangers aren't able to do anything about it.

Yes and yes. Thank you.

 

[PalmCoastRanger]

Panarin, playing like crap as well, as at least taken the puck into the offensive zone and has taken shots.

It's Zib forgot how to shoot without someone passing it to him.

They both need to do more. A whole lot more. The contracts they signed demand it.

 

[17futurecap]

You can be mad at the goal Igor gave up but he's the only one to even show up so what does it even matter at this point. Two pathetic periods of hockey, going out on about the biggest whimper one can imagine.

It should be 4-0, people are idiots.

 

[TankLarkin]

So who we trading for this summer boys? Schiefle? Johansen? We need a 2nd line C and someone who can score a goal

score a goal and not afraid of contact with the opposing team

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

That still isn't an excuse for the past 3 games and lack of scoring

Tampa does this to everyone.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

This team is exhausted , what you are seeing is due to that not lack of effort. Their brains know what to do but their bodies are not cooperating , TB has that extra gear that a champion has to push thru it. Rangers are not there yet , but this lesson their are getting these POs will go towards that . This game is still not over , only down 1 . LGR

Exactly. It's mental and physical fatigue. It's so obvious. That and they are playing the cup champs who allowed 3 goals in 4 games against high scoring Florida. All the armchair GM's just have to blame somebody. Shesty, Gallant, Mika, Kreider. What have you done for me lately? So many here are so clueless.

 

[Chytilmania]

Honestly, going up 2-0 in the series may have been the worst thing for us. They have sat back since.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Gauthier drives to the net. Misses.

Crashes into Vasi, gets a 2 minute penalty.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

... so we really scratched Capo. I thought I was medicated enough ... nope

 

[Synergy27]

Hard to believe we actually had a 2-0 series lead.Cooper has outcoached Gallant so bad!y,I'm ready to throw in the towel for him.Gallant has no idea what to do right now and its showing

I don’t want to agree with this but I do.

This team dominated Tampa in the first two games. We were all drooling over our kids and overwhelming play.

Next thing you know, we’re being shutout of the season yet again.

No adjustments, outside of nonsense line shuffling and questionable (at best) lineup decisions.

How did he get us this far?

 

[Fataldogg]

Yep, I watched the Henrik era Rangers too. It feels identical. I remember the Dubinsky years saying “why can’t this team complete a clean pass, why are they always in the skates or out of reach?” The more things change…

World class goaltending with inept play in front of them.

Same story line.

Its just proof, you can have the best goalie in the world and its not enough.

Rangers have had elite goaltending for the last 15 years and they haven't won a thing.

 

[claireb04]

Don't understand this "very tired" meme, the Rangers are one of the youngest teams in the league and they're professional athletes. This isn't peewee anymore. They're not "tired".

I'm just watching the game and they are getting out skated and out hustled. That indicates exhaustion.

 

[Tob]

When was the last time a game and a series looked this grim and didn't finish exactly as expected?

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

2018-19 they were swept by Columbus in the first round. 2019-20 and 20-21 they won the Cup.

Oh. You said their first Cup which was 2004 so I misinterpreted your post.

 

[duhmetreE]

Usually when the Rangers are swarming and overwhelming the opponent but can't score, the other team scores and puts us away somehow.

Maybe we get lucky here.

you need to shoot and get players in front to get 'lucky'

We're playing exactly like Florida, but Florida wasn't gassed.

They need major adjustments here. SIMPLE hockey.