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GDT: ECQF Game 3: Your New Jersey Devils @ New York Rangers, 8 PM, ABC/ESPN+
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JrFischer54
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If we have figured out their PP for good. This series will ultimately be ours!Still a tall order and we'll need the hockey gods on our side some but, this shit is doable now!
Their pp still had tons of great looks half went wide but still maybe getting in their heads shutting it down last night I’ll take it.
D3vilsH0ck3y
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I love how they would say on the broadcast. Well Dave Jackson is ok with the call or non call. Like I give. F**k about what Dave Jackson thinks.
Anywho enjoy your Sunday everyone.
LGD
Anywho enjoy your Sunday everyone.
LGD
Mr Bojanglez
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We got some luck with the Meier/Shesterkin, and subsequent powerplay. But you know what? How often has Kreider done the "accidentally on purpose" to goalies? So fine, it was up to us to take advantage of the luck given.
I can't get too caught up on the calls/missed calls. I think it was Mcleoud? That gave a head shot in the first game with no call.
We got a series now. Win/Lose going forward - at least give me games like that.
I can't get too caught up on the calls/missed calls. I think it was Mcleoud? That gave a head shot in the first game with no call.
We got a series now. Win/Lose going forward - at least give me games like that.
Clam Jensen
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I tried that for game 2 and it didn't work. I'm glad it did for you, though.
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Where did Marino come from at the end? He wasn’t in the celebration pile. Looks like he came from the penalty box area. Was he collecting the puck for Dougie?
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JimEIV
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I am so happy they won...
But this wasn't a well played game by us or some magnificent goaltending performance.
The only difference between last night and the first two games was our PK was excellent. Had it not been, last night's game would've been exactly the same as the first two.
Had the Rangers converted on a couple of their PPs it's 3 to 1 and then we have to try to skate through their gauntlet and they pick up a couple of extra goals counterpunching. They laid their game plan perfectly again, this time they just didn't get the PP goals they did in the first two games to force us to play from behind and skate through 4 men stacked at the blue line and then collapse to their net.
The lack of scoring is still the issue for us. We can't win games regularly like we did last night.
We looked very good in OT, maybe the best flow and creativity of the entire playoffs was in last night's OT. But if we can't score a few more goals and give our Defense and goaltending some breathing room, it's a matter of time until the Rangers adjust their PP and execute their game plan just like the first two games.
But this wasn't a well played game by us or some magnificent goaltending performance.
The only difference between last night and the first two games was our PK was excellent. Had it not been, last night's game would've been exactly the same as the first two.
Had the Rangers converted on a couple of their PPs it's 3 to 1 and then we have to try to skate through their gauntlet and they pick up a couple of extra goals counterpunching. They laid their game plan perfectly again, this time they just didn't get the PP goals they did in the first two games to force us to play from behind and skate through 4 men stacked at the blue line and then collapse to their net.
The lack of scoring is still the issue for us. We can't win games regularly like we did last night.
We looked very good in OT, maybe the best flow and creativity of the entire playoffs was in last night's OT. But if we can't score a few more goals and give our Defense and goaltending some breathing room, it's a matter of time until the Rangers adjust their PP and execute their game plan just like the first two games.
This just goes to show how insane hockey officiating is. Meier was checked illegally by Schneider once, falls into the goalie, the goalie punches him twice, Schneider hits him again, and you think that the Devils 'got lucky' to get a power play there. And you aren't wrong, that is often how the game is officiated!
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what if schmid really just has *it*?
if he has another great game tomorrow i’m gonna lose my f***ing shit
what if schmid really just has *it*?
if he has another great game tomorrow i’m gonna lose my f***ing shit
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Mr Bojanglez
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Unrelated - Everytime there was a questionable (IMO) zone entry, I would get happy when the puck was cleared out by NYR. I have too much PTSD from the goals being overturned for offsides.
Ol Dirty Bstrd
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Let’s call a spade a spade, Meier intentionally fell into Igor. It was a dangerous/borderline dirty play and we lucked out with the result. That said we got the short end of the stick all night on awful officiating so it was nice to be on the other side of it
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Killing Joke
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So the devils have been the better team 5 on 5. We just can’t buy a f***ing goal. Rags have the scoring 6-1. Special teams has been a giant miss match though.
I was told our finishing wasn't actually an issue though...
Better Call Sal
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You have to start somewhere. We weren't going to figure it all out in one game given how much (aka all of it) went wrong in the first two games.
Had to get back into the series by any means necessary and we have. Overtime was the best period we've played all series. Hopefully they can build upon that for Game 4.
Mr Bojanglez
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"Accidentally on purpose" He was put into that situation by Ranger D, so he said "F it" i'm gonna knock into the goalie.
I don't condone it. But i've also seen it done enough times by other players. So i'll take it.
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So next Game is a Trouba hit, right? Feels like the timing is right for him to "change the momentum" or something.
njdevils1982
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Yeah I really don't feel all that much better after this game. We've been so offensively inept that my one hope now is Schmid just stealing the series
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If Schmid emerges as a top flight elite goalie which right now of course is a bit premature. What a f*** you to the hockey world this team will be!
Haven't seen the play again but IIRC the puck wasn't that close to this play, which makes it absurd that Meier is expected to fall the right way but Schneider's just allowed to break the rules. What we really got away with on that play is Bahl crunching Panarin after the whistle, but the officials already showed that they do not give a shit about that when Fox hit Hischier.
If the refs are just going to be bad they should do us the courtesy of being bad by just not calling anything ever.
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