Has New York been the luckiest team these playoffs?

[olli]

Has New York has been the luckiest team these playoffs? No disrespect this is a hell of team that finds ways to capitalize on their chances but let’s be honest with all the OT wins they’ve been very lucky. Just like Florida last year.

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[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

No, they keep playing bad teams.

They need to play a team that can actually challenge them

 

[UnSandvich]

Has New York has been the luckiest team these playoffs?

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EDIT: To give an actual answer so i don't get banned: lolno.

Most comeback wins in the league this season for a reason.

 

[Danarqhy]

Igor Shesterkin is not luck, friend.

 

[Circus86]

Has New York has been the luckiest team these playoffs? No disrespect this is a hell of team that finds ways to capitalize on their chances but let’s be honest with all the OT wins they’ve been very lucky. Just like Florida last year.

It takes more than luck to continuously win in OT. You should know that.

 

[Matty Sundin]

They lucky they have Igor?
They have solid goaltending and been clutch and take advantage of opportunities. That’s not luck

 

[tabness]

Can't deny they have been fortunate but they also have the best goalie in the league and a guy ascending to superstardom in Laf so

Plus they have the leadership of Mark Messier Leadership Award winner Jake Trouba, leads through the bows

 

[Gardner McKay]

I mean, I guess having Sheshterkin and watching Toronto's ping pong ball get nudged to the side by the Rangers ping pong ball in the 2020 draft lottery to get Laf is luck?

 

[DitchMarner]

No, they keep playing bad teams.

They need to play a team that can actually challenge them

Weren't FLA and CAR considered two Cup favorites? FLA is easily the best team in the Atlantic.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Luckiest team in the postseason...no.

They were lucky to win today though. Florida dominated most of the game.

 

[Kupo]

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Were the Habs lucky to win 10 OT games in 1993? I’d rather think of these Rangers as clutch.

 

[Calad]

Igor's better

 

[LionsHeart]

During the playoffs? No.

Today? Yes.

They also have a world class goalie. Last time I checked they’re still a part of a hockey club.

 

[D Wakaluk]

No disrespect but here comes the huge disrespect

Voted yes but I dunno. Igor is back being a beast. Everytime I watch the Rangers they just eek out wins, they feel like the worst best team out there, but they do keep on winning

 

[HockeyVirus]

No, they keep playing bad teams.

They need to play a team that can actually challenge them

Exactly. Panthers had the easiest path to the final four of any team. I've been saying the same thing, Rangers would expose them and they have been

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Weren't FLA and CAR considered two Cup favorites? FLA is easily the best team in the Atlantic.

My favorite part about these playoffs has been how the Carolina Hurricanes entered as the betting favorite for the Cup on pretty much every single sports betting site, but the moment the Rangers beat them, they were shitty pretenders and another asterisk victory for them.

 

[jay from jersey]

Short answer, no.
-They have the best goalie on the planet and rely on him.
- they have solid scoring depth 3 outta 4 lines
-they do not quit. All year even when shit has gone sideways, they nut up and play thru it….
- no team dominates every game every night. That’s just a cold hard fact. To win a cup you have to win the ones you do play well and don’t play well.
- they have made comebacks all season long and weather the momentum shift storm better then any other NYR team I have seen since the 90’s…..
Even the teams with Hank, and the cup appearance, this team does it better.

So, do you need bounces/luck to win a cup???? Yes, no matter how good you are, puck luck and bounces need to go your way. In Game 1, rangers had neither.

I’ve been saying since the start of the playoffs, not just because I’m a fan, not with all the weird 1994 similarities and voodoo etc
This rangers team seems like a team of destiny

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

For anyone who's watched them or a while whether it's a rival fan or a fan of their team knows that this is the best they've been 5v5 in years, like I legit personally can't remember them being this good 5v5 under a coach since maybe AV in 2014 (guess what happened that year). They have the best goalie in the world + best special teams that keep games in reach + the superstars that can strike at any point in a game. I would agree today they were undeserving of the game but this Rags team, coming from a Devils fan, has done shit like that for a decade+. You can't give them an inch or else they'll run all over you when time comes

 

[EdJovanovski]

Some call it luck, some call it Matt Rempe

 

[Mobiandi]

Lining up for another Western conference 5-game finals win

 

[NVious]

Yeah I doubt they'd even beat Chicago if they weren't so freaking lucky. Stupid lucky Rangers, they learned from Boeser

 

[Fatass]

It’s not luck. It’s having a goalie that can steal games when the guys don’t have their A legs. Shesterkin is amazing.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’ve never understood why having an elite goaltender win games is called luck and stealing a game while having an elite forward or D win games is considered having the better team.