Post-Game Talk: Instagram Hockey

[McRanger92]

f*** both them and Penn State but Penn State more.

They're going to get whacked by who ever wins the other game though.

Ohio State/ND is the dream ratings matchup for the first year of this format. Texas is fraudulent.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I keep telling y'all and you still not hearing me. We are not picking in the 1st round this year.

i think it goes for a C, but we all know where the problems are on this roster. Lindgren and housley

The problems are significantly deeper than those two lol

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

Penalty killing metrics are completely random. It boils down to "did goalie make save?"

Or - "Did the shooter put it where the goalie wasn't?"

 

[Clark Kellogg]

 

[bleedblue94]

It's starting to look like some of the babies on this team got the memo they couldn't just whine their way to whatever they wanted. Some guys are actively working harder and the team game seemed more put together for a change. Don't want to dump on kreider but there is nothing being lost right now 5v5 while he is out and coaching HAS to see that Mika benefits from being separated from 20 no matter how much they like each other. People can say whatever about rempe but the trend is there. Chytil being out again highlight the glaring lack of center depth in the organization, this has to be addressed.

 

[Grifter3511]

They’re not getting the 8th seed lol.

They need to jump 5 teams and 2 of them also won tonight.

Yeah. You can't make up 4 points in 41 games.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

Two straight games they’re moving the bumper around creatively and just getting Mika easy wide open wrist shots from straight on and it’s working. Laf on the right is opening things up

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yeah. You can't make up 4 points in 41 games.

If that was your takeaway then you missed the entire point.

It's not as simple as making up 4 points, you need to jump 5 teams.

There is a reason why they sit at (or under, depending on who you're following) a 20% to get in.

 

[Siddi]

They’re not getting the 8th seed lol.

They need to jump 5 teams and 2 of them also won tonight.

That would be an issue with say 10 games left not when you are only halfway into the season.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

That would be an issue with say 10 games left not when you are only halfway into the season.

Then I guess every fanbase should be blindly optimistic about getting in since there are 7 points between the bottom of the conference and WC2.

I'm just saying, it's very hard to close that gap entirely. Even more so when you've got arguably the toughest remaining schedule of any of the teams jockeying for those spots.

I get that everyone is Jazzed that they clowned on the Devils but its going to take much more than just this game to say "hey! they're getting in!" They've had some really tough slides this year and they can't afford another one.

And they'll hit another one (or five) if they keep throwing Lindgren out there.

 

[Gardner McKay]

I'm shocked. We won.

The boards are back.

We have new reactions.

We're getting snow in north Georgia tomorrow. I can finally take my kids sledding.

Word.

 

[Grifter3511]

If that was your takeaway then you missed the entire point.

It's not as simple as making up 4 points, you need to jump 5 teams.

There is a reason why they sit at (or under, depending on who you're following) a 20% to get in.

So the odds are against them, agreed. But it's not remotely out of the question, especially when you look at who those 5 teams are. There's not a sleeping giant among them. To borrow a phrase, 'it looks like a bunch of r*&^%$# trying to hump a doorknob.'

 

[noncents]

Then I guess every fanbase should be blindly optimistic about getting in since there are 7 points between the bottom of the conference and WC2.

I'm just saying, it's very hard to close that gap entirely. Even more so when you've got arguably the toughest remaining schedule of any of the teams jockeying for those spots.

I get that everyone is Jazzed that they clowned on the Devils but its going to take much more than just this game to say "hey! they're getting in!" They've had some really tough slides this year and they can't afford another one.

And they'll hit another one (or five) if they keep throwing Lindgren out there.

of the teams outside, who has the greatest chance of going on a *run?*

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Sam Rosen was the mvp this game. Great calls.
It was nice to take my mind off the fires.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

They should send Rempe back down, he was more useless than usual now that he’s afraid the next hit he throws could cost him a quarter of the season

 

[RangerBoy]

Jersey wrapped up a 6 game road trip. 1-4-1. They lost to Carolina,Anaheim, LA and San Jose. Beat Seattle. Lost to the Rangers in OT. The Seattle game was Monday night. 6 hour flight. 3 hour time change. I thought they were going to win the game in the 2nd period, Hughes was running around and nobody touches him. Up 2-1. Lafreniere takes a penalty. If NJ scored there, it would have been game over. The Devils were on fumes in the third period. Markstom held them in the game.

The Caps are the best team in the east.

The Rangers had a 14 game stretch after the Kings game. Playing 11 games against playoff teams. The Rangers are 4-7-1. Two more games coming up. Vegas and Colorado. Vegas will be in a bad mood losing to the Islanders. Colorado fixed their goaltending.