GDT: ECQF: Game 1 - New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals, 3pm ET, ESPN, MSG

[Irishguy42]

no caps

 

[Rempe73]

 

[bleedblue94]

Can someone post the lines from the last practice?

 

[CasusBelli]

McIlrath tribute video?

After Jessiman jersey retirement ceremony.

 

[Speedtrials]

Want to see Mike step up and have a big series.

 

[SML2]

apparently we are rolling with "teeth out". lgr! #nocaps.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[bl02]

Can someone post the lines from the last practice?

unchanged from game 82

 

[NYR2007]

unchanged from game 82

Wasn’t Chytil taking line rushes ?

 

[Larrybiv]

Already drunk. Really drunkt. LGR

Oh yeah, I did that yesterday big time watching my Mets when they're 6th in a row and looking forward to today. Life just doesn't get any more exciting than this. At least for me now. Used to not be that way. Losing Alvarez for at least a couple of months really sucks though. Was looking forward to this kid really doing some damage.

 

[Larrybiv]

Just need to go 16-12 in the next 28 games.
Eazy Peazy

Well, we were 55-23-4. So that pretty much equates to 16-7.
Series wins of 4-1, 4-2, 4-2 & 4-2.
Sound good? Everybody okay with that? That would mean we would finish off the last 3 at somebody else's barn. Would love to hurt the Boston fans hearts.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Just don’t lose at home the rest of the way and we’re good.

 

[FultonReed]

I'll be there.

@Leonardo87 we out.

man, part of me wants to ask if you boys wanna get a beer before you go in

 

[Siddi]

man, part of me wants to ask if you boys wanna get a beer before you go in

Listen to the other part

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

I’ll be at this game, section 103 row 14.

Love you all! Let’s f***ing go rangers!!

 

[OriginalLimbo]

Without objection, I’d like to request that my new avatar be added to the official record…

 

[will1066]

The NBA playoffs usually start (and end) before the NHL playoffs, IIRC. The NBA added the play in games, so that pushes things later for them.

That assumes they play the same system they played under Lavi, which I don't think is the case. Carbery has done a good job there. Washington is the 5th worst team in the league in terms of scoring, and they are right in the middle in terms of keeping the puck out of their own net.

Carbery is the MacGyver of NHL coaches, cobbling together victories out of hair pins and duct tape. They are absolutely going to have a strategy to frustrate our rush game. They want to turn this series into trench warfare because they know that, and staying out of the box, is the only way to beat us.

Lavi knows what he is doing, though. Unlike Gallant, he will make adjustments to counter whatever Washington is trying to do. Even if Washington's gameplan works, I don't know that it will be enough to beat us in this series.

I dunno. I seem to remember the NBA season starts in November and they play a similar amount of reg season games (80?) so therefore their playoffs start later than hockey and lag by a round.

 

[FultonReed]

Sam not doing the game today

 

[will1066]

Sam not doing the game today

He's attending his granddaughter's bat mitzvah.

 

[NickyFotiu]

18,309-0 NYR

Rempe (18,217)
Panarin (65)
Kravtsov descending from the rafters (14)
Lafreniere (7)
Shesterkin (4)
Trocheck
Trouba

Is Krav playing today?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

What are they going to show? Tarasanko undressing him?

Still one of the most humiliating moments in Rongo history

 

[GAGLine]

I dunno. I seem to remember the NBA season starts in November and they play a similar amount of reg season games (80?) so therefore their playoffs start later than hockey and lag by a round.

I don't ever remember the NBA starting in November (in normal years), but you are right that it usually starts a bit after the NHL.

If you go back and look at the Knicks' schedule over the years and compare it to the Rangers, you will see that the NBA typically starts after the NHL and typically finishes before the NHL. So, the NBA plays a more compressed schedule.

The last day of the NHL season this year was April 18th. The last day of the NBA season was April 14th. The NBA had the play-in games between April 16th and April 19th, and then the 1st round began April 20th, same day as the NHL playoffs.

If the NBA didn't have the play-ins, they would have already been in the middle of the 1st round when the NHL playoffs started.

 

[nevesis]

Don’t underestimate these f***s. Go out and dominate. LETS. GO.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Huge respect for Sam putting his family first.

 

[will1066]

I don't ever remember the NBA starting in November (in normal years), but you are right that it usually starts a bit after the NHL.

If you go back and look at the Knicks' schedule over the years and compare it to the Rangers, you will see that the NBA typically starts after the NHL and typically finishes before the NHL. So, the NBA plays a more compressed schedule.

The last day of the NHL season this year was April 18th. The last day of the NBA season was April 14th. The NBA had the play-in games between April 16th and April 19th, and then the 1st round began April 20th, same day as the NHL playoffs.

If the NBA didn't have the play-ins, they would have already been in the middle of the 1st round when the NHL playoffs started.

Ok not November but definitely the end of October, while NHL is beginning of October, so that means 2 to 3 weeks lag. And they both play 82 game seasons. I vividly recall hockey playoffs being ahead of basketball by a round or so. Now they're simultaneous. Something definitely has happened to push NBA playoffs earlier. Maybe it's NHL introducing bye weeks and I think now the season starts second week of Oct. And NHL had participated in the Winter Olympics a couple of times that pushed out the season.