GDT: ECSF: Game 5 - New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes, 7pm ET, ESPN

[CasusBelli]

Reading on 72, wonder if he has migraines from PCS.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Brind'Amour looks like a parking garage attendant who may or may not have a collection of human skulls in his apartment.

 

[DevilDog99]

No Brodzinsky please. Let’s finish this off, take a breath and watch the Florida series.

I believe in us.

 

[Breaded Fox]

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He's got a face only a mother could love. Perfect for HC of that team!

 

[FultonReed]

missing this one to attend a concert.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

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just a franchise with googly eyed ugly motherf***ers

 

[Row I Goon]

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Christ. If you had a face like that you’d go home and slap the piss out of it for a week!

 

[will1066]

it ends tomorrow

Posted right at midnight, so should have been "tonight"

missing this one to attend a concert.

This is what Emily calls me.

 

[Chytilmania]

Posters get butt hurt that other fans call us Rags or think the Hurricanes will win but then turn around and call their players and coaches ugly.

 

[Leonardo87]

I'm sorry but I have to call you out on this... That's "you're".

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[duhmetreE]

It’s gonna be another “nevermind” Ray Ferraro night

I’m guessing if chytil can’t go, Rempe will be in….

For nothing else to get the crowd into it

 

[Kane One]

This color username feels refreshing.

 

[Leonardo87]

This color username feels refreshing.

Oh suuuuuure, rub it in.

 

[qwertyaas]

Please don't be Rangers of the last 15 years. Learn from round 1. Close out a series. Come out wanting to win; not not wanting to lose.

This team had so much trouble closing out a series and it always destroyed them in later rounds when their opponents were rested. This is our chance.

Go for 4-1.

 

[Mike in Houston]

I think it's a must-win tonight.

1.) Yes. Everyone said this would be a close series, but when you go up 3-0 you can't allow it to go back to Raleigh. Sure, you still have Game 7 in your back pocket, but...

2.) If Carolina were to win tonight, then Game 6, then the whole mental game comes in to play, if it even doesn't after a loss tonight. You can't close them out. The Rangers have never, to my knowledge, blown a 3-0 series lead. Players might let that creep into their minds. That they can't finish this.

So get it done!

 

[qwertyaas]

I think it's a must-win tonight.

1.) Yes. Everyone said this would be a close series, but when you go up 3-0 you can't allow it to go back to Raleigh. Sure, you still have Game 7 in your back pocket, but...

2.) If Carolina were to win tonight, then Game 6, then the whole mental game comes in to play, if it even doesn't after a loss tonight. You can't close them out. The Rangers have never, to my knowledge, blown a 3-0 series lead. Players might let that creep into their minds. That they can't finish this.

So get it done!

Agree. It's a must win.

You can't go up 3-0, then go back to Raleigh with a possible 3-3 outcome forcing a game 7. I mean you can, but it'll absolutely torture the fan base, and like you said, mess with the team itself on their ability to close.

 

[Guyute]

Back home. Put the Candy Canes down tonight, preferably in convincing fashion.

Why not make it a Laffer, say 6-1?

 

[will1066]

Y'all are doing the opposite of manifesting abundance.

 

[qwertyaas]

Y'all are doing the opposite of manifesting abundance.

8-1; Malik closes it out with a between the legs.

 

[Machinehead]

It's very alarming that our powerplays went down to 4 in game 3 and 1 in game 4.

I think we have 2 powerplays in the last 5 periods.

It reeks of either "this team is up, don't give them help," or the universe brain refs avoiding 'being an influence' by burning the rulebook.

We responded fairly well and scored 3 non-PP goals in both games, but it's going to be a significant challenge playing without the powerplay.

I hope it's just the venue change and they go back to calling the games tonight, but I'm expecting our powerplays to be counted on one hand combined the remainder of the series.

This is one of the many dangers of leaning on a special teams advantage. If one team is much better at it, they'll manage it out of the game.

 

[Clown Fiesta]

This team has already shown it’s not the same team we’ve grown accustomed to over the years but let’s solidify that by ending these pricks season tonight!

Posters get butt hurt that other fans call us Rags or think the Hurricanes will win but then turn around and call their players and coaches ugly.

To be fair, they are.

 

[CasusBelli]

just a franchise with googly eyed ugly motherf***ers

And the POS Czar known as Svechnikov

 

[NYR94]

LGR, finish this tonight in front of the home fans

 

[OthmannOut]

I expect they close this tonight.

Must win? I understand the trepidation, but this is not a past iteration of the NYR. This team is damn good, much more business-like, and one of the best NYR teams I’ve seen at finding ways to win.

Carolina will not beat this NYR team 4 games in a row.

I feel the same way. "business-like" is a great way of saying it. Losing 4 in a row seems pretty impossible. In fact, that would tie our longest losing streak this season.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

How about instead of “weathering the storm” we just step on their f***ing throats for once?