As a Florida fan. Opportunistic. Not lucky. Huge difference.
yea very much this! not like they're unbeatable or some crap, rangers got plenty of flaws like pretty much every team, but they're extremely good at having someone step up and making big or important plays. They're resiliant as hell. I dunno if it's enough to win the cup, I wouldn't be surprised if the fall short, but straight up stats/analytics aren't enough to decide how they're gonna doAs a Florida fan. Opportunistic. Not lucky. Huge difference.
Dallas only has 5 dmen they can depend on. They are going to be real tired after their series with Edmonton goes 7.Dallas are gonna steamroll any of these 2 teams .
That tanev is like 2 in 1 . So 6 D. Pure beast.Dallas only has 5 dmen they can depend on. They are going to be real tired after their series with Edmonton goes 7.
*Checks previous Rangers/Canes playoff matchupWeren't FLA and CAR considered two Cup favorites? FLA is easily the best team in the Atlantic.
Vegas odds had Canes as cup favorites.*Checks previous Rangers/Canes playoff matchup
*Checks regular season standings
*Checks this year's Rangers/Canes playoff matchup
*scratches head in confusion
Edit: not trying to say you're wrong. Just how wild it is that Canes were favored.
If Rangers were getting outplayed and scoring flukey goals there'd maybe be an argument for Rangers and luck. But Rangers are winning in the playoffs exactly how they won the President's trophy in the regular season: play the rope-a-dope, allow as much perimeter shots and outside edge zone time as the other teams want, and then bury quality chances when they get them.Whoops, won the Presidents trophy. Oopsie, 10 and 3 to start the playoffs.
They have a top 3 goalie and elite skill. They tend to get outshot a lot but that's just how they play. And they bury their chances more often than not. I don't think they're lucky to be in the position they're in right now.
Unless you wanna count lucky to have Igor, than sure.
Yeah, that was my point. Rangers keep getting disrespected and people keep saying they're 'done' and all they do is keep winning.Vegas odds had Canes as cup favorites.
Who cares.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.
For some reason HF posters don’t consider a goaltender An actual member of the team and rather his own entityI’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.