Post-Game Talk: Game 4

[MrEctions]

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

We have one that Lavi won’t put in. Why we’re not going 11-7 is beyond me. Get Jones in.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Why are you guys like this?

Our PK has been excellent in general. Trouba and Lindgren were out for goals against because of that, you know, the job they've been doing very well.

We were bad. Zibanejad had a particularly awful game. We are 6 wins from the Stanley Cup and everyone seems to think our whole team is rubbish

We are like this because we have seen the last 84 years of this team's history.

 

[Chytilmania]

Brian Boyle called out the horrendous play Mika made.
He is one of the softest players I've ever seen play.

Which is funny because one game I went to a fan yelled "why don't you hit him with your purse, Boyle!"

 

[will1066]

It’s not really close. Zibanejad and the usual suspects on D are just completely overmatched in their respective roles.

Officiating also playing a huge role. If the rules were enforced as written could be a different story.

Forwards too. I don't put the blame entirely on the D for the failure to move the puck out. The forwards are all butterfingers from the hitting.

 

[Ruggs225]

last game should’ve been the wakeup call.

Sometimes u hit the snooze button. Like i will tomorrow morning

 

[Doctyl]

I could think of a few ways to spend $16.5M in cap space better than Trouba and Zibanejad

 

[TheDirtyH]

To be clear, nobody beats this Florida forecheck. That's why they're where they are. What other teams manage to do is threaten them with some legitimate weapons and the ability to counterattack with intensity and purpose.

I'm sorry but this series comes down to Bread and Tofu. 0 goals. Costly mistakes. Airheaded shifts. Just complete non-factors. Vegas beat Florida because their big boys dominated. Eichel, Stone. Ours are non-factors except for 4 game stretches where the PP is hot--and shockingly that becomes less and less frequent the deeper we go. Pathetic series from those two.

 

[DialUp]

for the life of me i dont know how we can play a relatively even period or even one where we out play florida and then the very next period get absolutely pummeled like its USSR v romania.

Inability to clear the zone. It's on the defense mainly.

 

[Vitto79]

Not sure how much gas they have left honestly

Feels like the Tampa series . Hope I’m wrong

 

[UnSandvich]

Refs were heinous, but we were clearly the worse team on the ice tn

 

[DudMan28]

It really felt like after the 1st period they just tried to play it safe for 40 mins. Flipping it up the middle and just praying for a bounce is not going to work. Laviolette is lost

 

[2Leetch_94]

Newflash: You aren't going to get calls if you never have the damn puck. These last two games have been an embarrassment. Last I checked, the Panthers aren't the 80's Oilers.

Show some balls and take the play to Florida in G5.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Lavi calling them "lapses". Lapses are a bad turnover. Not 40 minutes of looking like a really bad ECHL team.

 

[B17 Apricots]

For the love of God they need to put the lines in a blender. Almost every goal we've scored has been from individual efforts, not sustained offense. Break up the top 6

 

[Chytilmania]

Bread also has to shave his head.

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

So you idiots that said Kakko tripped on his own stick. NOT EVEN CLOSE. And if you go back, Mika was thrown down or it’s a 2 on 1.

But this is what happened to Boston. They do whatever they want. No calls.

 

[ReddestRum]

Can someone tell my why Trouba overcommits for a useless hit and just leaves the entire circle and down low open for one of the easiest PP setups I've seen in these playoffs?

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

Three things bothered me.

1. Our guys are losing 70% of the one on one puck battles. This bothers me.

2. A lot of our guys look exhausted. Our defense is exhausted outside of Schneider and Gus.

3. People will focus on the OT goal but we had the puck in Fla end. Kreider goes to an open Fox. There is no pressure at all on Fox but the puck gets by him. Did it bounce on bad ice? Was it careless?

Excellent points, esp #1. It's hard to watch.

 

[will1066]

Sorry, but why did Kakko try some dangle shit? Peer pressure? Just put the puck on net.

 

[and 99 others]

jones would be a far better option against this team than most of the players in our d corps right now.

you want to throw in an undersized defenseman who hasn't played in nearly 2 months into game 5 against a team who has all 5 forecheckers outskating all 5 rangers players on any given shift? One man is not going to help fix the breakouts when the entire team is being outskated.

 

[Atax]

Just remember we force fed Mika and his awful one timer PP minutes to get him going for like 3 months. He’s a soft player who can’t handle a physical game. We aren’t winning shit with him and this awful defensive core.

 

[Ruggs225]

If Lavy had the balls, he would sit Mika out for Game 5.

No, that is bad strategy

 

[qwertyaas]

Not sure how much gas they have left honestly

Feels like the Tampa series . Hope I’m wrong

Only this year we swept round 1 and beat round 2 in 6.

They were as rested as can be.

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

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

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

I mean, none of our guys can handle them.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

We have one that Lavi won’t put in. Why we’re not going 11-7 is beyond me. Get Jones in.

Honest question:

Aside from size and blocking shots, would there really be a significant downgrade from Trouba? Are we going to miss Trouba coughing up pucks and taking shitty penalties?