GDT: ECQF #2 - 05/04/2013 | Rangers @ Capitals | 12:30 PM - NBC, TSN

[Ail]

Yeah well, you must be injured because I think your photo shop is sub-par.

I went there.

Yeah well your fake girlfriend is ugly!

 

[Nikita4]

Oh, and if I could roundly cuff the heads of all the self-important imbeciles pounding on the glass...

it drives me nuts, the chimps in the zoo

 

[DoTheBlue]

Yeah well, you must be injured because I think your photo shop is sub-par.

I went there.

Damn ..... it's on now

 

[NYSportsfan87]

Just got in, how we looking so far? Friend said Hank is looking sharp

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Yeah well your fake girlfriend is ugly!

You son of a *****. I'll kill you!

 

[Loff]

Yeah well your fake girlfriend is ugly!

Trolololol.

 

[haveandare]

I agree with this post to an extent. The usual crowd is making things sound much worse than they actually are. "Boring, stone age hockey" has led to this game being even so far. Period was fine. However, richie and nash need to step up if we want a chance to win this game.

Sure they do. I have more complaints myself, but what's the point of putting every single one up here? The board is pretty useless when it's just a platform for complaining.

 

[pld459666]

As others have said, it's not only the "buzz" of a bandwagon fanbase, it's a lot of people with less self-control than my soon to be five year old with the banging on the glass.

Don't have a problem with thst either.

Its the POs. Happens in every arena.

I love it.

 

[Kershaw]

Nash is running into the same problems Gabby did last year -- He's the only offensive threat in a Rangers uniform, and every one on the other team knows it. That was sort of the entire point of bringing him with Gaborik.

But I thought the great Derrick Brassard is to compensate for the loss of Gaborik?

 

[Clowes Line]

Yeah well your fake girlfriend is ugly!

Oh snap.

 

[NCRanger]

I realize that Zuccarello has played with an extremely long stick in the SEL and KHL, but it seems that in a league where he gets less room (NHL), that his long stick is a hindrance when he's trying to control a pass that's not directly on his tape.

Just an observation.

 

[Florida Ranger]

Just got in, how we looking so far? Friend said Hank is looking sharp

He's making big saves for sure. There was a couple juicy rebounds, but overall. He's doing his job.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Anyone else notice how beastin' Brassard has been in the faceoff circle since coming here?

 

[haohmaru]

Truth is Caps were a point better than we were during the course of the season in a much crappier division. and both teams played well down the stretch. You should be expecting these games to be very close. Hell, if Pittsburgh/Isles is 1-1...

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

But I thought the great Derrick Brassard is to compensate for the loss of Gaborik?

lol are you for real?

 

[RiffyNYR61]

This is the playoffs, what are you "fans" expecting? Most games are won by a goal around the league. You think if we're not up by 4 goals that the whole team sucks. Bunch of drama queens.

This is the most accurate post in history.

 

[Callagraves]

lol are you for real?

Never stops.

 

[Panfork]

But I thought the great Derrick Brassard is to compensate for the loss of Gaborik?

The "Great Brassard" had 11 points in 13 games with the Rangers. 5 goals.
Gaborik had 19 points in 35 games with the Rangers. 9 goals.


Yeah, Gaborik was much more of an offensive threat this year.

 

[Kershaw]

lol are you for real?

He made a great pass to Ovie.

 

[pld459666]

I realize that Zuccarello has played with an extremely long stick in the SEL and KHL, but it seems that in a league where he gets less room (NHL), that his long stick is a hindrance when he's trying to control a pass that's not directly on his tape.

Just an observation.

Agreed. Small players should play with shorter size appropriate sticks. Allows them to retain their shiftiness.

 

[LittleKev6D9]

Pretty even period. Rangers got slightly outplayed I think, but Hank made the key saves when he had to.

That Dorsett-Brassard-Pyatt line could be good if there wasn't a cemented footed idiot in Pyatt out there. If only the Rangers had some big-bodied speedster with a great shot on their team.

 

[SA16]

Anyone else notice how beastin' Brassard has been in the faceoff circle since coming here?

sample size. he's been terrible on faceoffs 6 years in a row. 15 games post trades doesn't all of a sudden make him good on them

 

[Panfork]

Anyone else notice how beastin' Brassard has been in the faceoff circle since coming here?

He's very on and off. Has some nights where he's unbeatable, and others he'll go 40%. Still, he does seem better than Richards, who hasn't been too great in the circle this year.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

But I thought the great Derrick Brassard is to compensate for the loss of Gaborik?

Oh c'mon. This is grossly over dramatic.

And I loved Gabby.

 

[XeNo]

LGR! Feeling a big period right here