Post-Game Talk: ECQF Game 1: New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

[Siddi]

What a stupid f***ing post, congrats. Dude almost sets a record for saves and gets left to dry on 4 goals. What a joke.

Oh, the irony.

 

[Hire Sather]

Just gotta bounce back

We lost the game after the Gaborik 3OT win

 

[Machinehead]

Too many people want to kiss Gallant’s ass because he took a team that has some in their prime superstars and corrected a botched coaching job by Quinn which led to what would have been like a 6 seed under the old playoff format.

Gallant did a good job but not a perfect job and his management of the kids has not been good.

Gallant is a good coach relatively speaking but the whole f***ing sport is tic-tac-toe while football and soccer are chess, coaching wise.

Coaching has never really evolved in the NHL from the beginning. It's been get pucks deep, lean on my favorites since the 1920's.

 

[KotsyJr]

I'm mostly upset because the overturn ruined my night on like 3 different levels. What a joke.

 

[bl02]

Not the reason we lost but Copp is not more than a 5 million per player. He is a nice all around player but overpaying him will be a mistake

 

[DuneGoon84]

A triple OT, a goal taken away that was the game winner, no real leader/captain in the locker room, and home ice advantage gone now.

I wish it wasnt true but sadly.. This series may be over quickly just the opposite of what we all thought and want

Bro, its game 1. Penguins do not scaree in the slightest. Their game is simple, shut down stretch passes. Slow old team. No excuses

 

[Wtp99]

Game 1 was a must win. We needed the confidence as a young club. This loss hurts tremendously and ultimately i think the end of the series

Sorry to disagree, this was a quality learning experience do to the fact they went toe to toe with a very experienced playoff team. Hopefully they get past that crappy second period. This Is a very young inexperienced team and are very resilient. Yes it’s a downer to lose this game but they can get the advantage back by winning one in sh'tsburgh. On to Thursday.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

BTW, let's not lose the forest through the trees. We wouldn't have been in this position if Nemeth wasn't such a penalty-making machine.

 

[Hire Sather]

Snowblind is defending our goalie

Can't make sense of anything anymore

 

[TheDirtyH]

Schneider-Nemeth was overwhelmed often.

That game was a little like the New Jersey game after the deadline. This year's team gets the benefit of the doubt for me: I think they'll show up for game 2.

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

At least we arent getting blown out 7-1 right now.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

Yes but we scored a goal in the 2nd period on like, the only time we touched the puck

It was early in the period.

Rangers could have stood back and continued laying in their hits, but they weren't even doing that.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

And Pittsburgh who was already playing their backup goalie has to turn to their 3rd string guy in 2nd and 3rd OT and WE STILL HAVE PLAYERS OVER PASSING THE PUCK. It’s f***ing overtime in the playoffs. These games aren’t won with globetrotter plays, they’re won by throwing the puck at the net and going for the best. We lost the cup in 2014 to a team for this exact reason, I can’t do it again. Shoot the f***ing puck.

Posted in the game thread, but the Rangers are "too unselfish" for their own good, that's the common main core issue.

 

[Hire Sather]

Game 1 is not a must win

We won Game 1 at home almost every time when we had it during our run

Still needed 7 almost every time too

 

[2Leetch_94]

I'm always told faceoffs don't truly matter but I'd sure love to find out for myself what it's like to watch a team win them consistency. One day maybe....

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

On the bright side I thought Kakko had a nice game. He was his usual gun-shy self, but he made some really good plays.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Coach has to make some changes

nemeth out

chytil out

Brodzinki in
jones in

 

[LoveGoons]

What does that have to do with Panarin blowing chunks all night?

Though I was reply to another post.. panarin might the only Russian that doesn’t now how shoot right now

 

[LokiDog]

The Penguins went exactly (to the second) 97 minutes without being penalized while playing playoff hockey.

Either we’re going to overcome the fact that we aren’t going to get the calls or we’re going to play like we did for 100 out of 126 minutes and let it defeat us and then whine about it like beta boys. Up to the guys in the room.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Game 1 is - literally - never a must win. Take a breath folks

Game 1 wasn't a must win, until it went 3 OTs, the pens had to put in their 3rd stringer, and the Rangers looked like the more gassed team. Then it became one.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Oh, the irony.

The irony? I shit on him when he has bad games. He made almost 80 saves and had no chance on the 4 goals and you're getting on him. I give him shit when he deserves it, what's your excuse?

 

[Hire Sather]

Coach has to make some changes

nemeth out

chytil out

Brodzinki in
jones in

Jones is not playing unless we have multiple injuries. He was clearly down in the pecking order based on the regular season lineup choices

If Lindgren is out, Braun will play.

 

[Bob Richards]

Losing game 1, even in that shitty fashion is not worth dooming over.

If panarin and Copp are hurt then that is worth dooming over lol.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Worst part of tonight (well the second worst) was that a lot of what happened tonight proved every naysayer right. The NYR got severely outplayed at even strength and relied on Shesty to bail them out. Super disappointing.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Snowblind is defending our goalie

Can't make sense of anything anymore

Yeah, maybe because I don't shit on him when he has good games?