kravtsov doesnt play...rangers lose. tried to warn
also kreider, trocheck, panarin took horrific to a new level tonight. how many no look passes can they put on the teams tape for an odd man before maybe they sit for a bit. i know gallant is loyal to his vets and honestly as much as people hate on it, it does go a long way in the room and that makes a difference. but theres a difference btw loyalty and recognizing guys are not on it tonight - kreider and troch specifically spent pretty much every shift pinned in their zone the entire time. that had absolutely NO business touching the ice in the final 10. this is where it is baffling how he can bench some players but others cant make enough mistakes to sit. i dont mind a longer leash, but seriously how much more obvious did it need to be that the troch/kreider/goodrow line was complete and total ass out there pretty much every shift they played. they keep jumping over the boards in the final 10 and eventually... what do you know they get pinned, troch is mia, kreider cant stay with his guy who puts the rebound in to tie.
panarin was at least involved some throughout the game, but his no look backhand across the blue line with like 8 to go up 1 goal was as braindead as braindead gets. and his work to end the night by not taking a stride inside his own zone letting marner go was why he really earned being included.
the only other awful play was kandre in ot. hes got probably 50 pounds on marner and waves his stick at him cutting across the top of the crease. buddy....wtf was that? he should have been crumpled. kandre could have taken the body no problem and decided to give the olay. hes been real good lately
on the bright side, the kids were unreal. all over the puck the entire night. easily coulda had a couple more goals. phenomenal effort from all 3. so good to see laf build off his first decent game in a while with a really solid effort tonight.
other than that the rest of the team was pretty meh. thought lindgren played a really strong game. made a lot of great plays to get breakouts going and was throwing the body. vesey was also really good when he moved to the top line. braden and kreider werent bad. refs werent awful but kinda insane they didn't see a single leaf interference or stick infraction all night. they did let em go both ways at times but for the things they nailed us with they sure applied a different standard the other way.
ok thats enough. thats one of the best teams in the league and it was a game the rangers probably should have won, but all in all it was two good teams going at it and toronto took advantage of a terrible line/effort to tie the game and the rangers didnt even make an attempt to compete in ot. mistakes will happen against those teams, wont win em all. theyre gonna get their chances too, so there is some leniency in evaluating the group - there just a couple who were horrid in both decisions and effort. i cannot wrap my head around the number of absolutely bonehead passes right to the leafs - specifically kreider and troch but panarin was also guilty of some doozies. but again, the kids. the kids were flying. how do they not start ot? there wasnt even a comparison btw them and anyone else tonight...reflect that in their ice time
