That's hilarious. We've lost more games while dominating our opponents this year than I can remember and rarely won games we got outplayed in (mainly because those games are pretty rare), yet we're somehow WORSE than our record. We have 16 games where we had 40+ shots this year, I'll be shocked if we won 6 of those.
Those games where we peppered goalies were infuriating. Some of them we produced a metric ****-ton of chances, but there were several where most of those shots were "cupcakes".
The Rangers won a good amount of games. I can't say anything to the contrary. But there were very few games where I thought they really convinced me that this team can go to war. Every forward but our 4th line and Zucc has been streaky beyond belief, our defense would go from inpregnable to infuriating from game to game (do you remember what Girardi looked like earlier in the season? I thought he was making snow angels half the time), and the only skater who's played like a star is McDonagh.
I like how fast they skate. I love some of the things we try in the offensive zone. I HATE how soft a lot of our forwards are on the puck, especially in the neutral zone. I'm not exactly impressed by the forecheck, and I miss the grit of past teams.
If this team goes anywhere, it'll be on the backs of Godqvist and McDeity.
Or, I get to eat tasty, tasty crow, and Nash, Stepan, and MSL just light the ****ing world on fire.