GDT: ECQF Game 4 - New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins - 7pm EST, MSG, ESPN - Series (PIT 2-1)

[DialUp]

1. Are we playing the same way we did in the regular season?
2. Are the Pens?
If yes to 1, then we are getting out coached.
If No to 1, then why? Youth? Nemeth? Injuries?
No one should be surprised the Pens turned it up, we aren't as good as last year's Islanders and their goalie is doing just enough.

 

[Siddi]

Our defensemen are gettin caved in allowing extremely high danger scoring chances. I don't think its logical to blame Shesterkin, especially with his performance in game one.

The difference is the team playing differently. It doesn't matter how many goals we score, we are literally not playing defense.

Neither does Pitt. That is the point.

 

[duhmetreE]

Everyone is waiting for someone else to do something

No one wants to be 'the guy'.

Our leaders ( I use that term loosely ) have been average at best

 

[Irishguy42]

So it would be back 120 years?

Did I stutter?

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

The most frustrating part of this series so far is that every time we score or something goes our way, we immediately give up momentum and allow shitsburgh back into the game.

 

[RangerLifer]

Losing Goodrow has really hurt our PK.

 

[Kravtsov420]

It’s not solely his fault. No one wants to shoot, our PK has been horrendous, and Shesterkin shat the bed last game.

im not sayin its solely his fault, but on the other hand i cant deny that hes been at the helm for a large portion of goals against or directly responsible. I agree with everything else you said

 

[TominNC]

My bad. I thought this was game 4 in the series.

Same if you include the other games. Igor has better GAA and SV%. Try again

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Everyone is waiting for someone else to do something

No one wants to be 'the guy'.

Our leaders ( I use that term loosely ) have been average at best

Thats why there is no captain and a bunch of A's

 

[Filip Chytil]

So it would be back 120 years?

 

[Crease]

Everyone is waiting for someone else to do something

No one wants to be 'the guy'.

Our leaders ( I use that term loosely ) have been average at best

Definitely need more from Zibanejad, Panarin, and Fox. Way too much passing from them.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Nemeth is a f***ing problem. If he's going to be a useless traffic cone out there, that's bad enough. If he's putting us on the kill, I'd rather literally just bench him and play with one less player rest of the game.

 

[I Eat Crow]

People just discussing the game like it's nothing when we might be without one of our best forwards. We cannot afford to lose that depth and if he's hurt we must take one of them out.People just discussing the game like it's nothing when we might be without one of our best forwards. We cannot afford to lose that depth and if he's hurt we must take one of them out.

Dude. Calm down. He got hurt from a freak deflection. He didn't get two handed or elbowed in the head by the other team.

Despite the stats, he's been very pedestrian this series anyway.

 

[Jauffre]

Our defensemen are gettin caved in allowing extremely high danger scoring chances. I don't think its logical to blame Shesterkin, especially with his performance in game one.

The difference is the team playing differently. It doesn't matter how many goals we score, we are literally not playing defense.

A goalie shouldn't have to be perfect every single damned game. He literally had a bad, what 10 minute stretch, where a bunch of fluky shit happened. For christ's sake Rodrigues shot, it hit the boards and not a single Ranger picked up on it and the scrub got his own rebound. Zibanejad standing around like a passenger from what I remember.

Igor had one bad period, but we need to play better defensively too. Period 2 of game 3 (correction), we were in lanes, covering late men, stick checking, getting to the body, etc. It was a night and day difference defensively.

At this point, we're losing because of special teams; which we were apparently going to excel at.

 

[duhmetreE]

we're literally refusing to shoot against an AHL goalie.

I'd be throwing shit in the locker room and pulling my hair out.

We need a Torts' type of nuclear explosion

 

[Gordon Bombay]

Where's Bill Pidto these days?

Better question where’s @Pidto Files

Dude has the best name on here

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

The most frustrating part of this series so far is that every time we score or something goes our way, we immediately give up momentum and allow shitsburgh back into the game.

Thats when Nemeth is on the ice, getting called for somethign he did

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Gg needs to roll 5 rest of this game

 

[AirGut]

CMON BOYS LETS f***ING GO
GET THIS NEXT GOAL
f***ING BURY THEM

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Don't worry our Captain will step up.

Nervously checks notes...

 

[CLW]

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That's Gallant in his younger days yes?

 

[Bluto]

I feel Laf wants to be the guy and Gallant won’t give him ice time.
Vatrano also wants to be the guy.

 

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

Welp. Time to see what the team is made of. Need a character win in the face of adversity.

 

[RangerLifer]

On the Canadian feed they report him returning

You'd THINK MSG would know? Rhetorical question.

 

[SA16]

Nemeth is a f***ing problem. If he's going to be a useless traffic cone out there, that's bad enough. If he's putting us on the kill, I'd rather literally just bench him and play with one less player rest of the game.

I said this before the game and was told you absolutely unequivocally could not play only 4D (or 5) in a game.