Post-Game Talk: ECSF #1 - 5/16/13 | New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins - Damnit!

[LORDE]

Am I the only one who thought Nash played well tonight?

Feels like he's going to score a goal pretty soon.

Yay!

Can't wait for him to score "A" goal!

His best move of the night was getting out of the way of a point shot that had "eyes"

 

[Championship*]

There's just too many things to correct right now, it's suffocating to think about

 

[Championship*]

“I know it’s going to be tough, but I’m confident in this group,” Sather said. “We were good enough to beat Washington, and we’ll have to be better than that in order to beat Boston.

"Good enough" to beat Washington. Tonight was not better than they had been.

The whole team needs to be better. Quickly.

 

[LORDE]

What a gross exaggeration. Being morbid over losing what was largely a close game on the road doesn't make you a good fan either.

Really?!

I take exception to everything you just posted.

That performance was horrific top to bottom. They never started playing. The Bs came out slow and instead of jumping all over them we waited... When they turned it up, we tried to. We tried to match them until they outmatched us.

Again, one lame goal at the end of 2 does not a game make.

Worst game of the post season... I'd say the yr. but we all know they've certainly been ****tier.

PP - laugh
PK - made their PP look better than wash
Offense - never a threat (per usual admittedly)
Defense - between bad and ok
Goaltending - between brilliant and horrid
Coaching - meh at that point who cares?

 

[Kershaw]

"Good enough" to beat Washington. Tonight was not better than they had been.

The whole team needs to be better. Quickly.

I lol'd.

The way this team 'beat Washington' was by playing a very unsustainable brand of hockey, one which relies on the goaltender to stand on his head night in, night out. The Rangers are like the 2010 Montreal Canadiens. They won games in miraculous fashion.

 

[Championship*]

I lol'd.

The way this team 'beat Washington' was by playing a very unsustainable brand of hockey, one which relies on the goaltender to stand on his head night in, night out. The Rangers are like the 2010 Montreal Canadiens. They won games in miraculous fashion.

When you get by without a PP, luck out so you don't have to be on your Horrid PK that often and don't get contributions from your top line players and STILL win the series? That's luck.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Its kinda ironic when Dan G saids "our PP needs to be better."

Step one, Dan, would be to take you off of it.

Honestly, the PP is so bad in two departments. One of which is Torts fault. One of which is a personnel issue that we haven't addressed.

a)Transitional movement on the PP. Torts fault(you could also fault him for some player mismanagement).

b) Lack of a PP triggerman to play the off point. Sorry guys, but they need a bomb from the point. Nobody on this team has that shot. Even if its just a that threat from one of the points, it would completely change our PP. I can't blame Torts on that.

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

I wish they would win an Overtime game every once in a while at least

 

[ImIdaho]

Its kinda ironic when Dan G saids "our PP needs to be better."

Step one, Dan, would be to take you off of it.

He was off it. Remember Del Zotto and Stepan being on the point?

What this team needs is to have one player in front of the goalie and two players down low on the left and right. NO ONE should be behind the net.

Quicker decisions with the puck, quicker releases with the puck.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

He was off it. Remember Del Zotto and Stepan being on the point?

What this team needs is to have one player in front of the goalie and two players down low on the left and right. NO ONE should be behind the net.

Quicker decisions with the puck, quicker releases with the puck.

Yeah, towards the end of the game they tried Step on the point. Which is rather pointless. Two passers on the points. What the hell are they going to do?

At this point the only shooting options they have from the points are Stralman or Moore. Pair up Del Z with one of them and Zuc/Step/whoever with the other.

Its not perfect but thats the best they are going to do. Team needs to have a simple PP that shoots high and screens. Nothing more.

 

[ImIdaho]

Yeah, towards the end of the game they tried Step on the point. Which is rather pointless. Two passers on the points. What the hell are they going to do?

At this point the only shooting options they have from the points are Stralman or Moore. Pair up Del Z with one of them and Zuc/Step/whoever with the other.

Del Zotto can shoot..okay, most of his shots go wide but I'd have no problem with Stralman or McDonagh back there.

 

[SA16]

We also don't seem to use players on their off side on the point on the pp making it almost impossible to take one timers

 

[NYR or Bust]

....

 

[JohnC]

We also don't seem to use players on their off side on the point on the pp making it almost impossible to take one timers

As if they would even take them. They're terrified of the impending nuclear explosion that would follow a New York Rangers one timer

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Del Zotto can shoot..okay, most of his shots go wide but I'd have no problem with Stralman or McDonagh back there.

I have no problem Del Z QBing the PP. But Del Z is not a shooter, he doesn't have scary shot. He isn't a trigger man. He can be a seconday shooter if he can sneak into slot for wristers. But thats only if the opposing Pk plays a large box. Most teams just cut the middle against us because we have no shooting threat from the points.

If we are going to maximize Del Z's game on the PP, Rangers need a designated shooter for his off point to pair with him. If for the only reason to give Del Z a safety option.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I hope when the playoffs are over Lundqvist publicly asks to removed and traded from this joke of a team. How do you NEVER show up for OT?? HOW??

Goodnight.

Maybe the team should ask to have him removed for that first goal he gave up. Today is not the day to bemoan Lundqvist's plight, quite frankly. If he was average we win this game. That first goal was a joke. The second one I thought was deflected, but he probably could have stopped it. Seriously, the first 3 periods were pretty even, the team didn't even bother to show up in OT. What an embarrassing OT. If Lundqvist didn't have his head up his ass we win this one.

I just don't get Lundqvist, he either plays above his regular season play or well below. Like he's bipolar or something. He rarely is in the middle. He play 8 games, 2 were awful, 2 were mediocre, and 4 were amazing. I'm sorry he doesn't have this many bad games in the regular season. That's why I've called him a choker. I guess choker is a misnomer, but the guy has a much higher rate of flat out bad performances in the playoffs. Seriously in the regular season he can go 10 games without giving up a bad goal, he's done so like 4 times in 8 games already.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

god forbid hank doesn't get a shutout...

That's not the ****ing point. It's the soft goals that kill this team. He didn't even make that many great saves. You can't allow those soft ****ing goals. It's not that he didn't get a shutout. It's that he failed to do his job today. He was awful.

 

[topcat986*]

Personally outside of the overtime period I felt the Rangers played well. That Being said Calgary must be *****ing a storm out of missing out on bartkowski, Koko and a 1st rd pick. But yeah Jerome really "cares" about the flames lmao.

 

[NYR or Bust]

I thought the Rangers played a pretty solid game tonight and outplayed the Bruins a majority of the game. I think we just got a little winded after Moore took the interference at the end of the 3rd and Dorsett took one at start of OT.

Hank had a couple I'm sure he wants back but still played pretty solid as well as bailed us out quite a few times. Nash, was a lot more solid and very involved. I was glad to see Nash drive hard to the net as opposed to skating backwards into the D.

- The POWERPLAY what else can you.... It's gotta pick up a some point.

Anyways it was only one game and I don't see this series going any less than 6 or 7 games. After tonight game I'm pretty confident for the Rangers in this series. This is the best of 7 and I'm sure the Ranger will make the right adjustment to take this series.

 

[poeman]

Boy that Power Play just never dissapoints

 

[ImIdaho]

Boy that Power Play just never dissapoints

What else do you want from them? They almost scored..and by "they," I meant Boston while being shorthanded.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Can someone explain something to me? Was the second Bruins' goal deflected by Stepan or anyone? If it was, why is it considered soft?

That first goal was an atrocity. Unscreened, not deflected point just goes through him. Seriously between that and the Chimera goal in the Caps series, Lundqvist gave up goals that he gave up maybe only a couple of times all season. MAYBE. Seriously, he tends to give up the worst ****ing goals in the playoffs. Then he teases us with a lights out performance. Instead of having lights out performances and dreadful performances, why can't he have lights out performances and good but not great games? What is it about the playoffs that makes the guy give up these horrible goals?

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Can someone explain something to me? Was the second Bruins' goal deflected by Stepan or anyone? If it was, why is it considered soft?

That first goal was an atrocity. Unscreened, not deflected point just goes through him. Seriously between that and the Chimera goal in the Caps series, Lundqvist gave up goals that he gave up maybe only a couple of times all season. MAYBE. Seriously, he tends to give up the worst ****ing goals in the playoffs. Then he teases us with a lights out performance. Instead of having lights out performances and dreadful performances, why can't he have lights out performances and good but not great games? What is it about the playoffs that makes the guy give up these horrible goals?

Eh, even Tim Thomas who won a conn smith in the bruins cup run, had some pretty mediocre games during that playoff.

I would put down the pitch forks over hank. He had a tough game, but it happens. Its not like he had a Marc Andre Fleury meltdown or something. He was average in the game. He needs to better than average and I'm sure he will be.

 

[poeman]

Bad loss for the Rangers, but its a typical loss...Meaning a garbage powerplay and just some horrendous control of the puck...We were way out of zone on the two goals by the Bruins.

Very disappointing considering how well Lundqvist played

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Eh, even Tim Thomas who won a conn smith in the bruins cup run, had some pretty mediocre games during that playoff.

I would put down the pitch forks over hank. He had a tough game, but it happens. Its not like he had a Marc Andre Fleury meltdown or something. He was average in the game. He needs to better than average and I'm sure he will be.

But 50% of his games have been mediocre of worse. This happens every year too. I just for the life of me don't understand how it seems he's either in HOF form or ECHL form (at least on some goals). He's not even remotely this inconsistent in the regular season. Does the pressure get to him? If so why does he have legendary games relatively often? Can he either concentrate really well or his head is in the sky or something in the playoffs? His play in the regular season is usually excellent, but in the playoffs it's either ultra-elite or poor. Why?