Post-Game Talk: Game 4

[LeetchisGod]

Laviolette needs to break up Miller-Trouba and Zib-Kreider need to wake up if we're going to win this series. We also continue to make idiotic passes at the offensive blue line leading to odd man rushes the other way.

 

[Kravtsov420]

I’m going to try and sell Mika zibanejad urinal cakes

 

[KennyWu]

We look like shit and it's still 2-2 with home ice

See everyone Thursday

 

[CLW]

Wtf is Wheeler doing on the ice in OT

100% this. Wheeler AND Tuba? Yes I know Zib made a serious mistake but still wth was Lavi thinking/smoking?

 

[Machinehead]

Puck moving defensemen. Need more of them. Need it to neutralize their forecheck.

"Yeah but smoll players can't handle da heavy teams!!!"

Meanwhile 300 pound Trouba and 8'7" Miller having a laugh in this series.

 

[Ruggs225]

yeah I’m not even mad we lost because we deserve it. we’re out of gas and, again, our top 3 paid forwards are playing like absolute trash. I can’t remember the last time I saw mika play such a terrible game all around.

this may be the beginning of the end. we just can’t handle them. we lost every battle, we’re slow to the puck, we’re not playing with the same intensity.

trocheck and laf are the only ones in the top 6 worth a damn. that isn’t good enough when your defense is so bad.

this team needs a real wakeup call.

This was the wakeup call

They should feel embarrased and will
Come out to play thursday.

Its gonna happen.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

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Pathetic 4 games.

IDK hockey analytics and can't interpret this for shit, but I assume this means Kreider and Zibanejad are god f***ing awful together.

 

[bouds]

Panarin putting some points on the board tonight is fine but still need more (a lot more) from him, but jesus christ.. where the f*** is Zibs? Kreider? Even injured Fox getting his hands dirty tonight.

Miller and Trouba back together again is a matchup in the playoffs that's trying to be worse than Nurse and Ceci.

Why in the holy f*** was Wheeler playing? Dude is coming off a bad injury and cold into a GAME 4.

What the f*** is Lavi doing.

Lavi benches Kakko, two games later he's on the top line, lol.

Said it two days ago, so did others, they have to split Trouba/Miller again.

Panarin had 3 great setups tonight, 1 went in. I'd love for him to get more going though, but he's not a problem to me, he's setting guys up.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I suspect Mika will take what happened there to heart and come back strong next game

Insert Chytil back in and take either Wheeler or Rempe out and we’re cooking next game

Mika only takes to heart when he plays the wrong song. His level of care is bottom of the barrell. I've had it with this guy.

 

[BroadwayStorm]

Look guys no matter what happens, Mika has run his course with this team. I really feel he is our biggest problem. Our number 1 center cannot be this much of an emo bitch no show soft wannabe hockey player more concerned with whether Daft Punk is getting back together.

 

[McRanger92]

If Laviolette doesn’t call out the officials he’s an idiot. Handle the 3 stooges wretched performance in the room.

 

[TriFF51]

If they keep up this level of play they're not moving on. Good first period, and then spend 40 plus minutes grinding in our own end. Horrible.

Also Zibanejad lost that game for us. He's useless, especially on the PP. The time is now to move Laf up to PP1. He's surpassed him easily.

 

[Atax]

I cant see the team winning another game after that showing.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

I hope people aren’t actually blaming Wheeler on that play. That’s 100% on Mika. Soft as shit pass across the blue line as the D are changing into Wheeler’s skates while flat footed with two guys closer to the puck than him. f***ing put that puck in deep. Jesus Christ that’s the worst play I’ve ever seen.

All in all, not exaggerating, that might be the worst game of Zibanejad’s career.

Not wheelers fault but Lavi can sugma balls for putting him out there

 

[17futurecap]

Not sure I get people blaming Wheeler, what did you want him to do there, would have been better if they just called a penalty shot and given Igor a one shot chance.

 

[bl02]

I wonder if Trouba will have PTSD after these couple of games seeing the red light go on so much.

 

[JohnC]

You obviously can’t bench Zibanejad, but at some point he has to be held accountable for the season he’s had.

There’s no player less deserving of the powerplay time they get than him. Laf should’ve been on that unit since January.

 

[zlev]

This isn't adversity, it was a 120 minute Panthers powerplay.

It's over.

I've been positive all year.

I've seen enough. This is the team the eliminates them.

The holes were always there. It was just a matter of if/when somebody would exploit.

Our shitty defense corps literally cannot play against this team. It isn't competitive hockey.

Maurice couldn't get the Barkov line on the ice quick enough once he saw Trouba-Miller out there. they have no chance at retaining the puck from them. i guess the one chance we have is that we have 2 games at home out of 3.

 

[rangersfansince08]

This isn't adversity, it was a 120 minute Panthers powerplay.

It's over.

I've been positive all year.

I've seen enough. This is the team the eliminates them.

The holes were always there. It was just a matter of if/when somebody would exploit.

Our shitty defense corps literally cannot play against this team. It isn't competitive hockey.

no idea how we patch these holes in our lineup, no good defenseman in our pool either

 

[chosen]

When one team is so much better than another it's tough to blame one guy, but Zib was bad.

For the usual bashers of Panarin, points on their only 2 goals, and yet again, their line was by far the best.

Lindgren as close to zero as I've seen.

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[BleedBlueNYR]

If the Rangers lose this series it’s because our big guns other than Laf who is a big gun at this point, didn’t show up. You can only ask the Barclay Goodrows to take you so far.

 

[mike14]

I was told before the series we would run through the Panthers...they weren't as good as us.Well they completely dominated us these past 2 games

Surprised someone would have said that. This is a matchup of last season's Conf champions vs a team that didn't even get of the 1st round.
Yeah the regular season records were similar this year, but not too many would have thought we'd be breezing past them. I guess it takes all sorts...

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Don’t be getting down like that machine, yall will close them out. This is just some adversity

Nobody gets dominated like this and closes anyone out.

 

[Kocur26]

Most concerning loss of the postseason.

We look tired we look overmatched we look slow. Mika looks disinterested Kreider is half ass it and Panarin is Dak PrescottingIt…

Zibanejad playing his way off this team.

 

[Boris Zubov]

The constant giveaways cannot happen. They were awful with the puck tonight.

They played scared....the constant pressure has them seeing ghosts. Plus they refuse to skate with the puck even with open ice in front of them. They keep throwing hail mary passes from blueline to blueline that keep getting intercepted & the Cats are back in our zone within 5 seconds. If this doesn't change, they could be teeing it up next week.