Series Talk: ECSF: New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes (NYR Lead 3-2)

[tarheelhockey]

I hate to break it to you but 80% of you fanbase are secretly Rangers fans.

Really think about what that means, though. It’s not any better of a look on the Rangers (or Bruins, Sabres, etc) when people leave those jerseys in the closet and only break them out to relive some childhood nostalgia with a bunch of other transplants.

Ok... that's a long way of saying... not a lot? I guess?


No one said the Presidents' trophy was more important than the Stanley Cup.

I was just replying to the poster who implied winning the trophy wasn't something to celebrate.

I mean.. it's no "Expansion Divison Champions" banner, but we'll take.

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While I agree with the point you’re making, it’s worth noting that the Hurricanes recently took down their regular season banners and consolidated them into a single one which is just a list of dates (a move I strongly disagree with, because those championships do matter in franchise history, and it’s not a flex to make it all about a Cup you’ll be lucky to win three times in a lifetime).

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Again... I understand the confusion since the jerks have never participated in a Presidents' trophy season.

I'm not confused that the best, most awesome head of lettuce that wins a blue ribbon at the State Fair still amounts to just a ball of crunchy green water devoid of taste and nutrition.

If the salad you go on to make out of it tastes like shit and causes vomiting because you also used over-ripe avocados and undercooked chicken, nobody cares about the wonderful, tasteless lettuce.

 

[Profet]

I'm not confused that the best, most awesome head of lettuce that wins a blue ribbon at the State Fair still amounts to just a ball of crunchy green water devoid of taste and nutrition.

If the salad you go on to make out of it tastes like shit and causes vomiting because you also used over-ripe avocados and undercooked chicken, nobody cares about the wonderful, tasteless lettuce.

 

[Siddi]

Really think about what that means, though. It’s not any better of a look on the Rangers (or Bruins, Sabres, etc) when people leave those jerseys in the closet and only break them out to relive some childhood nostalgia with a bunch of other transplants.

Dont worry about it. Rangers have enough fans to go around.

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Oh, you'll never find me cranky or angry here, it's all just amusing entertainment. And even on the off chance a bit drunk, it's still a happy one because 1) it's just a hockey game and 2) I'm analog so nothing written on an online forum can cause my blood pressure to rise. You'd have to actually punch me in the face to do that.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

If we’re doing the fandom thing, Rags fans are also Yankees fans are also Knicks fans are also etc etc etc. Your classic “New York” fans, just move from sport to sport.

Urines fans are the diehards. No other sports in the Triangle to distract. Live and die by the team, etc. Anyone still around since the Cup through the dead years is a real one. Very few “real ones” on the Rags side. Just a bunch of displaced New Yorkers who throw on their Rags jersey whenever the team happens to be in town. More of an identification with a city and a reminder of home than a true fandom.

 

[Siddi]

If we’re doing the fandom thing, Rags fans are also Yankees fans are also Knicks fans are also etc etc etc. Your classic “New York” fans, just move from sport to sport.

Urines fans are the diehards. No other sports in the Triangle to distract. Live and die by the team, etc. Anyone still around since the Cup through the dead years is a real one. Very few “real ones” on the Rags side. Just a bunch of displaced New Yorkers who throw on their Rags jersey whenever the team happens to be in town. More of an identification with a city and a reminder of home than a true fandom.

Stop kidding yourself. Without the transplants your barn would be half empty every game.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Stop kidding yourself. Without the transplants your barn would be half empty every game.

You're out to lunch big guy. It would be half full every game.

 

[aufheben]

I know. You think being physical is pointless in a physical sport. Lol

K

Canes fans, we did not choose the new guy as our representative.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

Ah I see you've been conversing with Piles fans and not actually watching any of the games, the whiners and divers lost that series. I give that as much credence as people still thinking Aho should "answer the bell" for what was an incidental hit he was able to brace for, but then constantly excuse Rempe and Trouba not needing to answer the bell on actual dirty hits for X, Y, & Z reasons!!

I thought I was watching the Summer Olympics, watching the Urines. Svechtwohander does his thing, Orlov with the elbow to Lee's face.

Well, that’s because 80% of the Panthers fanbase were born Rangers fans.

No wonder they hated Denis Potvin so much as an announcer.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Stop kidding yourself. Without the transplants your barn would be half empty every game.

Not every place can be as packed with native-born locals as midtown Manhattan.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

battle of the Norris caliber D. Skjei vs Trouba

 

[Siddi]

Counterpoint: by saying this, you betray a lack of basic knowledge of the rest of the league and prove my point; you’re a worse hockey fan than most Urines fans. A “fake fan”, some would say.

Sure.

You're out to lunch big guy. It would be half full every game.

I have to admit. You made me chuckle. Well played.

Not every place can be as packed with native-born locals as midtown Manhattan.

Take away the tourists and suits and we would still fill that barn twice over every game.

 

[Machinehead]

Take away the tourists and suits and we would still fill that barn twice over every game.

Hell, the prices might be reasonable.

 

[WreckingCrew]

I thought I was watching the Summer Olympics, watching the Urines. Svechtwohander does his thing, Orlov with the elbow to Lee's face.

Are the Urines the Isles or Canes? If you're gonna use nicknames they gotta make at least 5% sense. Also, the fact that you think Orlov elbowed Lee's face shows you're beyond deluded...go watch a replay, the elbow was easily 2 feet away from his face lmao Talk about divers...or the "slash to the hands" in the last game, where Svech was at least 6" from both hands but guy acted like it got sawed off

All I can assume at this point is you're a troll

 

[John Mandalorian]

Rangers have the better D group and better goalie. Forwards are practically a wash.

Carolina is the 1990s KC Chiefs - high floor low ceiling. Great regular seasons based on consistency and being well coached but with limited upside in the highly leveraged scenarios. Carolina can go far but a lot has to work in their favor.

 

[GG96]

Watching this Bruins/Leafs game is giving me the itch. This waiting and sitting around is bullshit. I’m a Ranger fan and need a game to start at least every third day. I don’t know what to do when a series doesn’t go at least 6.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Would assume this series would start Monday if one of the games tomorrow goes to a game 7.

Both of these teams will be very rested.

 

[red devil]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Is this the first time in a non-COVID impacted year that the NHL starts a series when potentially 2 Game 7's of the previous round will be played on that day? Very NBA of them.

 

[Lempo]

K

Canes fans, we did not choose the new guy as our representative.

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Stop kidding yourself. Without the transplants your barn would be half empty every game.

Without transplants, NYC wouldn't have enough home-grown NHL talent to ice even 1 team, let alone 2.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Not every place can be as packed with native-born locals as midtown Manhattan.

Usually when a rat dives out of a sinking ship, it has the decency to be grateful for the driftwood.

Not these ones, though.

 

[Zarao71]

This series is a toss up. Not sure why Carolina is the odds on favorite. They got bitch slapped by Florida last year. Year before that they lost to a lesser version of the Rangers. The Canes are well coached and give 100% through out the year. The Rangers coasted through much of the year and still finished ahead. Don't think this series will be any different. Carolina will probably buzz around and out play the Rangers for large stretches. The Rangers will do what they do and cash in on unstoppable tic tac toe like plays. Eventually, the Canes will slow down and Igor will take care of the rest. Rangers in 7

 

[Siddi]

Without transplants, NYC wouldn't have enough home-grown NHL talent to ice even 1 team, let alone 2.

Water is wet...

Not sure what this has to do with the fans discussion.