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Post-Game Talk: Game 4

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Machinehead said:
Trust me, give it half a season and you'll hate everyone again.

But it's still worth it.
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After we made it to the finals (and subsequently game 7 in the following year) I actually took a break from being an avid hockey fan for a few years for the first time in my life. The stress of those runs did a number on me.

I'm pretty confident if I ever see a cup, it'll take a long time for me to get back to where I am today. I'm praying we win this year, but every time we get knocked out, I always feel a sense of relief.

I absolutely love this sport, but it's not a joy for me watching these games. It's borderline sickening, even when we win. The one thing I want to see in my life is a cup and with each goal against it's like that dream continuously slips away, year after year. I'm self-aware enough to realize how ridiculous the investment I have in a game, let alone one I have zero control over, and the impact it has on my mental health isn't worth it, but it's too late to change that.

I look forward to us hopefully winning someday and for me to be able to finally be a casual viewer that just enjoys this sport for what it is, entertainment.

Clark Kellogg said:
Esposito was an elite player and Rick Chartraw was not (no offense Rick)
Mario Lemieux was an Elite player Jan Erixon was not. Lemieux would constantly take penalties against Erixon and even took a major once out of frustration.
Chartraw was a defenseman.
Erixon was a third/fourth liner.
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You are comparing an era that has zero relevance to this one. They may as well have been playing on grass back then. There is no way Lavi will ever do what you're saying, and if he did, we would get absolutely smoked. And not just in the attempted shots category.
 
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Clark Kellogg said:
In the 1978/79 Stanley Cup finals the Rangers took the first game of the series against the Montreal Canadiens. Three major events took place that turned that series.
1) Several of the Rangers players went out partying till all hours and were not game ready for game 2.
2) in warmups before game 2 Canadiens goalie Bunny Larocque got injured and Ken Dryden went in and was lights out.
3) in game 2 Canadien’s Coach Scotty Bowmen placed defenseman Rick Chartraw as a forward and he shadowed Phil Esposito for the remainder of the series basically shutting down Esposito.

Laviolette should consider playing Matt Rempe and have him shadow Aleksander Barkov. Wherever Barkov goes, Rempe goes. No other assignment for Matt except to be in Aleksanders face from face off circle to his bench.
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I’m in
 
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bhamill said:
When Pan is on the ice, he's generally on with our two best non goalie players: Trocheck and Laf. Artemi isn't killing us, but he's not the reason that line is outshooting Florida. He may not be a detriment (like Zibs lately) but he's not exactly a positive either. He is NOT scoring and so he is NOT holding up his end.
I agree with you on our D.
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He's averaging a point a game and has set up the most scoring chances. That's not being a passenger.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
After we made it to the finals (and subsequently game 7 in the following year) I actually took a break from being an avid hockey fan for a few years for the first time in my life. The stress of those runs did a number on me.

I'm pretty confident if I ever see a cup, it'll take a long time for me to get back to where I am today. I'm praying we win this year, but every time we get knocked out, I always feel a sense of relief.

I absolutely love this sport, but it's not a joy for me watching these games. It's borderline sickening, even when we win. The one thing I want to see in my life is a cup and with each goal against it's like that dream continuously slips away, year after year. I'm self-aware enough to realize how ridiculous the investment I have in a game, let alone one I have zero control over, and the impact it has on my mental health isn't worth it, but it's too late to change that.

I look forward to us hopefully winning someday and for me to be able to finally be a casual viewer that just enjoys this sport for what it is, entertainment.


You are comparing an era that has zero relevance to this one. They may as well have been playing on grass back then. There is no way Lavi will ever do what you're saying, and if he did, we would get absolutely smoked. And not just in the attempted shots category.
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When you’re finished with your crystal ball I’d like to borrow it.
Can’t keep the status quo. If the plan is to have Igor turn in a superhero performance every game going forward and hope for lucky breaks to win games then I would say that is not only a terrible plan but no plan at all.
 
chosen said:
He's averaging a point a game and has set up the most scoring chances. That's not being a passenger.
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Point a game and setting up the most scoring chances? Not in this series, and this series is what we are discussing. I thought Pan looked okay in the first period last night (so did Mika, and it got my hopes up). He has two secondary assists and one primary assist in this series. He's not creating the chances. Laf and Trocheck are. He's not finishing, Laf and Troch are. He's not paying the physical price or making Panthers pay it, Laf and Troch are.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's been MIKA in this series, but he's gone from about 1.5 ppg reg season to 0.75ppg in this series. Laf and Troch have raised their games, Panarin has done the opposite.
Hey, if you are satisfied with Panarin's game and don't expect MORE out of him, I'm happy for you, but don't expect the rest of us to be satisfied or withhold criticism though. If he continues to underwhelm, I'll continue to comment on it.
Note: I'm not one of the "Panarin sucks crowd." I just feel he honestly is not performing well in this series, despite his linemates playing great.
 
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Clark Kellogg said:
In the 1978/79 Stanley Cup finals the Rangers took the first game of the series against the Montreal Canadiens. Three major events took place that turned that series.
1) Several of the Rangers players went out partying till all hours and were not game ready for game 2.
2) in warmups before game 2 Canadiens goalie Bunny Larocque got injured and Ken Dryden went in and was lights out.
3) in game 2 Canadien’s Coach Scotty Bowmen placed defenseman Rick Chartraw as a forward and he shadowed Phil Esposito for the remainder of the series basically shutting down Esposito.

Laviolette should consider playing Matt Rempe and have him shadow Aleksander Barkov. Wherever Barkov goes, Rempe goes. No other assignment for Matt except to be in Aleksanders face from face off circle to his bench.
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what if we just have rempe lay down in the slot the whole game so they cant pass across the royal road?
 
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I went from feeling like Frank Dux to Chong Li about this team.
 
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Clark Kellogg said:
When you’re finished with your crystal ball I’d like to borrow it.
Can’t keep the status quo. If the plan is to have Igor turn in a superhero performance every game going forward and hope for lucky breaks to win games then I would say that is not only a terrible plan but no plan at all.
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Your plan is to sic our most inexperienced and limited player on one of the best players in the entire world. There's quite a few adjustments in between where the team is today and where you are in la la land.
 
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Filip Chytil said:
You think we played better in Games 3 and 4 than in Games 1 and 2?
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I do. I think periods 1&2 of game 3 and periods 1 and 3 of game 4 are some of the best hockey they’ve played in awhile. Florida looked lost for a bit until the circus goals tied the game. I’d say if they play like that and the top 3 get going we finish this in 6.
 
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Clown Fiesta said:
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I do. I think periods 1&2 of game 3 and periods 1 and 3 of game 4 are some of the best hockey they’ve played in awhile. Florida looked lost for a bit until the circus goals tied the game. I’d say if they play like that and the top 3 get going we finish this in 6.
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Period 3 of yesterday's game? Are you sure you're capturing that correctly? They didn't even have an attempted shot on net for like 15 minutes or something crazy and the zone time was like 80/20.
 
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We won the Deserve-o-meter in the first 2 games. I know we took a shellacking in Florida, but I think if there's anything that can help our fortunes change, it's going home to MSG.
 
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