Post-Game Talk: Hurricane VII

[Psycho for Perreault]

He became great when he learned how to bench Nemeth.

He will become elite when he learns how to bench Reaves.

 

[LokiDog]

I know the circumstances were different because we won the president’s trophy a year earlier… but I think the 94 Rangers were the last time to win the Cup after not making the playoffs the season prior.

Hurricanes won after the lockout. They didn’t make the playoffs the season prior, but technically there was a non-season in between and they had 2 full off seasons to retool.

Can’t think of any others off the top of my head.

 

[archanfelnsx]

“The Rangers move on to Tampa”

If you know you know

Oh great, the call from the most overrated announcer in NHL history.

 

[yrrebbor]

It’s been a little while since we’ve had hockey in June. I’m still concerned about the hot/cold differential of this team, but when they are hot, they have a chance to go all the way. They also finally figured out how to deal with the aggressive forecheck.

No quit in NY!

 

[Ruggs225]

No joke, that was a huge turning point in that series. He would constantly kill momentum with his bad play and his terrible penalties.

Avalanche fans warned us about him and they were right. He’s okay in the regular season, but what the playoffs start he’s a disaster.

I do not want to see him in a game for us ever again. Hell i dont evwn want him at practice as he can show bad habits to the kids. if he must be at practice the coach should say, “watch what nemeth does and do the exact opposite.” Like a learning exercise from mistakes. Bc Nemeth is just one big mistake

 

[Joe Ranger Fan 1960]

Can we talk about how bad the announcing was last night?

Serious, what the f***. The first half of the third period was spent lamenting about the Hurricanes injuries. The final 10 minutes was focused entirely on Tampa.

Other than a few comments on Lindgren blocking a shot, they didn’t compliment the Rangers a single time. They just rambled on about how difficult Tampa Bay is going to be. How is that acceptable?

The ESPN broadcast effort is an abomination. I would love to just let it go, but I see that the Eastern Conference Finals are on ESPN and the West gets TNT. Bummer. So, forgive me as I preach toward our choir...

ESPN, how much do I despise thee? Let me count the ways. Where to start? How about with Messier. Love him as a player and a captain. Public speaking is not his forte. Mess is continually stammering when attempting to enunciate from out of his wheelhouse. (The word you are looking for is "exuberant", Mr. Messier). He's still better than Chelios. Smile dude, you're on TV. That sad pair of deer-in-the-headlights personalities are led by the smarmy (just a tad less creepy than Barry Melrose) Steve Levy, making for less than compelling analysis. And that's the best part of the broadcast.

Sean McDonough is tediously boring as he drones on in monotone fashion while Ferraro audibly winces when stretching to make a favorable comment about the Rangers. Last night Ray was less negative toward the Blueshirts, as they took control early and forced Ferraro's hand. But the voice quality... Ray gets excited and sounds like a mouse in a glue trap. Get somebody with pipes in that chair. Meanwhile Trouba lands the best hit of the playoffs and poor Seth Jarvis is dragging himself to the bench like Billy Ray Valentine begging in the park. Do the crack announcers even notice? Sometime after the PP goal, I think.

Then there's the camera work. It's like being drunk on a rollercoaster as we watch the director shift back and forth to the behind-the-net cam. So bad. "I know, let's put a camera near the worst seats in the house and jiggle it." Nice call, ESPN.

Sorry for the rant. I should be happy today, and I am. But the ESPN coverage is a disgrace. That's what you get for going away for almost twenty years and letting the talent thrive elsewhere. ESPN is good at a number of things. Hockey is not one of them.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Walked into the school I teach at today to a 25-year old man, Isles fan, saying, "have fun playing a real goalie this series" as if his team wasn't handed the Pens series last year thanks to Jarry. So many jealous POS's that I should honestly be happier. Regardless of this round's result, the future is extremely bright here and fans know it.

You are so right about that and rival fans don't like it one bit.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Also a big fat LOL to Pittsburgh beat writers crying about the Trouba hit tonight.

What a bunch of unprofessional sacks of shit they have covering their team.

You can set your watch to it at this point. f***ing clowns.

 

[bbny]

Chytil scoring and skating straight to Mika has to be my favorite Celly so far

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Good ol' Brady Skjei with the dastardly turnover there - with an assist from Fast by basically skating almost right into him. The Rangers knew what Skjei was. He was horrendous last night and for most of the series really. Sorry Canes. Ya'll got bamboozled in that trade.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Did Fast even play this series? He was invisible.

 

[Stugots]

Walked into the school I teach at today to a 25-year old man, Isles fan, saying, "have fun playing a real goalie this series" as if his team wasn't handed the Pens series last year thanks to Jarry. So many jealous POS's that I should honestly be happier. Regardless of this round's result, the future is extremely bright here and fans know it.

Ask him how it feels to have a senile fool running a team full of aging nobodies that just fired one of the best coaches in the game.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I woulda told that guy whilst looking at my watch “hey, if you’re real quick you’ll catch Anders and the team teeing off at Shinnecock Hills….“

Don't you mean Eisenhower Park?

 

[Draft Guru]

Good ol' Brady Skjei with the dastardly turnover there - with an assist from Fast by basically skating almost right into him. The Rangers knew what Skjei was. He was horrendous last night and for most of the series really. Sorry Canes. Ya'll got bamboozled in that trade.

He was a huge culprit in game 6, too. Turnovers and terrible pinches, that’s the Brady Skjei we know.

Said it at the time of the trade, simply moving out his contract was a win in itself. Carolina was desperate as they had some big injuries to key defensemen, but getting a 1st round pick (which turned into Braden Schneider after we moved up) was such a great move by Gorton. We were playing very well at the time too, but Gorton pulled the trigger at the right time.

 

[Creepingjeff]

Anderson wasnt that far off from a vezina caliber season, but yea the narrative that we beat only backup goalies is kinda BS. We all know Raanta isn't some scrub, he put up like a .930 in the first round and he's always been a starting caliber goalie

Complete correct on this. Look at his career numbers, Raanta has been just as good as Andersen. I honestly think there is very little drop off between them. He is good enough to be a starter in this league, but he just very injury prone that no team would hitch their wagon to him. Raanta ended with a .922 SVP for the playoffs while also being on the positive side of Goals Saved Above Average. That is the exact same SVP that Andersen had during the regular season for them, which was tied for 3rd best in the league.

 

[duhmetreE]

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I don't know how I missed it... Had no clue what this meant.

until I saw this

 

[ArPanet]

Kucherov better keep his head up

Him and Stamkos both heavy hitters and Stamkos seems to really enjoy pounding Rangers

 

[McRanger92]

He was a huge culprit in game 6, too. Turnovers and terrible pinches, that’s the Brady Skjei we know.

Said it at the time of the trade, simply moving out his contract was a win in itself. Carolina was desperate as they had some big injuries to key defensemen, but getting a 1st round pick (which turned into Braden Schneider after we moved up) was such a great move by Gorton. We were playing very well at the time too, but Gorton pulled the trigger at the right time.

Thank God we didnt have to lose that series to the Rangers burnouts. Pesce/Slavin(nice D on Kreider's breakway)/Cole are legitimate defenders, but Smith/Skjei/DeAngelo actively hurt Carolina all series. The Canes building their D around David Quinn's 3 Stooges was never going to work for them.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Him and Stamkos both heavy hitters and Stamkos seems to really enjoy pounding Rangers

Last time these two teams met in the ECFs, Stamkos was cheapshotting our guys left & right until Kreider stepped up & blasted him. Stamkos isn't nearly that physical these days.

 

[JHS]

Can we talk about how bad the announcing was last night?

Serious, what the f***. The first half of the third period was spent lamenting about the Hurricanes injuries. The final 10 minutes was focused entirely on Tampa.

Other than a few comments on Lindgren blocking a shot, they didn’t compliment the Rangers a single time. They just rambled on about how difficult Tampa Bay is going to be. How is that acceptable?

So true-and worse, they started talking about a Rangers win with like 8 minutes to go in a 4 goal game. I get it, 99.9999% of the time the Rangers win here but I actually said out loud, " can you stop talking like they've won until it's over." Some of us are very superstitious and know it's totally against the hockey gods will to think you've won until it's totally over.

 

[Cmox]

The 1.56 GAA for Igor this series is godly. The D game was on this series too. Keep it up.

 

[nevesis]

The tears of crying children and adult Canes fans kept me well hydrated throughout a blissful sleep.

f*** TONY DEANGELO.

 

[duhmetreE]

Can we talk about how bad the announcing was last night?

Serious, what the f***. The first half of the third period was spent lamenting about the Hurricanes injuries. The final 10 minutes was focused entirely on Tampa.

Other than a few comments on Lindgren blocking a shot, they didn’t compliment the Rangers a single time. They just rambled on about how difficult Tampa Bay is going to be. How is that acceptable?

I was hoping to be on TNT.

Getting stuck with ESPN has been painful.

 

[romba]

what was carolina doing leaving the best net front player in the league wide open in front of the net?

Covering Fox who burned them earlier, and Mika who's got wicked one timer. Their aggressiveness caught up to them.

 

[Rempe73]

Oh great, the call from the most overrated announcer in NHL history.

Oh come on. Doc was great. And that call was amazing.

 

[romba]

This was Panarin's best game of the playoffs so far IMO. He didn't really have any brutal turnovers that I can remember which is a big improvement from his usual 4 brutal turnovers per game.

Hopefully playing against his buddy Kucherov gets him locked in. He's helped a team beat them in the playoffs before, let's hope he can do it again.

And he hustled his ass off on theat early PP to prevent a SH breakway. Honestly that was the best he's looked skating-wise since he got injured before the POs.