GDT: Game 1 (ECQF) : New York Rangers @ New Jersey Devils - 7pm EST, MSG2, TBS / (Series 0-0)

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I feel like I'm in the minority. I'm expecting to big brother them

That's what my gut tells me. Easy work.

The rosters arent comparable. We are clearly the better team with bigger fish to fry than the "happy just to be here" Devils. I think our guys know they have to handle business.

I look forward to future Rangers/Devils matchups in the coming years with more on the line, but not this year. Spare me the "bad matchup" narrative we've heard for months.
 
Gotta turn this game into a grind. Don't go looking for hits, just take every opportunity to make the hits.
This.

Cant get out of position trying to be physical. Just ride guys out if the opportunity presents itself. Prevent the D from joining the rush, the forwards from being the 2nd or third man in on the forecheck.

If a byproduct of this is some wear and tear on the Devils and them retaliating, even better. Takes them further away from their game. The Rangers arent a big physical team, but they have some guys who can make life a little harder for them.

What they really need to do is simply make this series a brand of playoff hockey that is easily distinguished from the regular season. And that will take the Devils out of their comfort zone.
 
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This Devils team can bite us and bite us quick if we fall back into that lazy and predictable turnover filled game we’ve been prone to at times, this is when we see if this team is for real or not, time to show what we learned from last year and how determined we are to change the outcome
 
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The rosters arent comparable. We are clearly the better team with bigger fish to fry than the "happy just to be here" Devils. I think our guys know they have to handle business.

I look forward to future Rangers/Devils matchups in the coming years with more on the line, but not this year. Spare me the "bad matchup" narrative we've heard for months.
I'm with you. Rangers in five.
 
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Hit the shit out of him. Preferably legally.
I'm perfectly fine with borderline hits as well.

Top pair D-man Kevin Bahl? We are so much better than this team.

Look at the scores last night. Everything close and low scoring. Once the time and space goes away, I have my doubts the Devils can consistently play in our zone 5v5. And are their goalies going to make a big save in a close game late? Vanacek was getting pulled against Florida last year and Blackwood has never played a meaningful game in his career. We know Igor is coming to play.

Manage the puck in the neutral zone and play below the goal-line in the OZ and this series can be over quickly. It's not the Devils year yet, and the Rangers have business to attend to. LGR.
It's up to each 5 man unit to take that time & space away from them. If we can do that & efficiently manage the puck, I like our chances.
 
I'm probably going to be a bit saltier than usual and I don't mean to be.

It's just that some of you are not at all prepared for the possibility that we're the second best team in this series, and if we lose, the only explanation that's going to make sense in your brain is that we didn't work hard enough, blind Panarin bashing, or both. I don't wanna read that all summer after last summer was mostly pleasant.

The Devils are good and will be good for awhile. Please accept that for the sake of my sanity.
 
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