GDT: ECSF - Game 4: New York Rangers @ Carolina Hurricanes, 7pm ET, TNT (Warning: this GDT may result in Carbicide or Diabeetus)

[Gordon Bombay]

Guitar Guy and his daughter are gonna write songs together in a few years. The window (of sanity) is closing.

Trouba jacket girl will be in the music video, I’m sure

 

[zlev]

they wouldn't say illness if it was concussion related

 

[AKrangerfan]

Goodrow, Vesey and Johnny B have been an outstanding 4th line. They keep the other team pinned in their own end most of the time.

 

[DialUp]

brod sucks, everyone knows this. all I ask is he isn’t a net negative. I don’t care if his only contributions are dumping the puck in and changing. I just don’t want to see him try to do too much and end up hurting the team in the process.

right, and if he stays out of the box then it's a wash

 

[MysticLeviathan]

I'm pretty f***ing sure Laviolette isn't making this move, it's Chytil not being available. And I hope that him not feeling well is genuinely illness, and not concussion symptoms.

it’s hard to not feel like it’s concussion related.

the big question is if whatever he has is short term. maybe his body just needs an extra day and he’ll be fine tomorrow morning. but you have to hope it’s just a slight bump in the road.

 

[LOFIN]

Canes going back to Freddie Andersen

 

[will1066]

Hank is driving rally cars and tightrope walking in Monument Valley. What can't this man do?

 

[AirGut]

LFG
NO f***IN AROUND

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Goodrow, Vesey and Johnny B have been an outstanding 4th line. They keep the other team pinned in their own end most of the time.

Johnny B as a 3rd line C is not good.

Johnny B as a 4th line C/W is fine to even good.

 

[DialUp]

they wouldn't say illness if it was concussion related

that is exactly what they would call post concussion symptoms. we don't know anything for sure, but that phrase would apply.

 

[Kovalev27]

They just completely glossed over it in the pregame. I mean like didn’t spend 19 secs on it. Said illness and moved on. Didn’t even say oh that’s a loss. Nothing. Vally didn’t even break his smile.

Gag order stuff

 

[Greg02]

Interested to see how engaged the Canes are tonight. I felt like they started to give up in the third.

@Leonardo87 live thread is off again.

 

[LOFIN]

they wouldn't say illness if it was concussion related

You would hope so. But if Chytil is not feelin well, that would correlate with concussion symptoms just as well as it would with flu.

Let's hope it's just a flu or whatever.

 

[Leonardo87]

Interested to see how engaged the Canes are tonight. I felt like they started to give up in the third.

@Leonardo87 live thread is off again.

Got it.

 

[LOFIN]

 

[94leetch]

Don't mean this in a cold way, the concussion stuff is heart breaking, but they've gotten this far without him.

 

[will1066]

Boyle saying what I've been harping about the Canes PK

 

[CasusBelli]

JB!? Are you serious!? At least Edstrom if you're not playing Rempe. Good god.

 

[Cmox]

Something weird is happening with the oage loads right now, i am getting pages out of order

Marner probably sneezed.

 

[CasusBelli]

Interested to see how engaged the Canes are tonight. I felt like they started to give up in the third.

@Leonardo87 live thread is off again.

I think Rod will have lit a fire under them again. How long that lasts is anyone's guess. If they score a PP goal, though, anything can happen.

 

[Zuuuuuc]

Looks like meat's back on the menu boys. LGR!

 

[Levitate]

I think Rod will have lit a fire under them again. How long that lasts is anyone's guess. If they score a PP goal, though, anything can happen.

How many times can you come out like gangbusters because it’s all on the line, last first period was about as good a period as they could want and they ended up losing the game

IMO the rangers need to not feel like they have to weather the storm but instead push back and put the canes on their heels a bit

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I think Rod will have lit a fire under them again. How long that lasts is anyone's guess. If they score a PP goal, though, anything can happen.

Had the same thought earlier. PK/Canes PP has become such a story line if/when the Cands inevitably get one it could be a big momentum boost for them. Let’s get one more big game from the PK.

 

[SA16]

They just completely glossed over it in the pregame. I mean like didn’t spend 19 secs on it. Said illness and moved on. Didn’t even say oh that’s a loss. Nothing. Vally didn’t even break his smile.

Gag order stuff

That has nothing to do with Chytil. It's the playoffs. Teams never disclose details on injuries/illness/roster decision unless the player is known out for the year. Lavy already said he's not going to talk about the roster.

You can say it's a bad thing to do because it invites speculation but I don't think they care if people speculate.

 

[Siddi]

LETS f***IN GO!