Post-Game Talk: Leave

[PuckLuck3043]

There's no way Kreider is 100% when he's playing 13 minutes at even strength.

He will have over a week to heal after Friday's game.

 

[irishlaxburger2]

Also, they're going to need that experience to grow as players. Being able to close out games only comes after having done it. Imagine a game where you have a line that is dominating the entire game and you have a chance to let them rise up and carry this team to a win, and instead of believing in them, you show them zero trust? f***in gut punch for our kids.

And then we wonder why the kids go long stretches playing visibly with zero confidence.

The coach doesn’t facilitate it in any way.

 

[Kocur26]

Drury could fire Gallant soon. … it wouldn’t shock me at all.

He wouldn’t go Trotz etc he’d go internal / ex teammate .

 

[Kovalev27]

Gallant simply doesn't trust the Kid Line to help hold a lead in third periods. But sometimes, the best defense is possession for 2DAMN MINUTES in the offensive zone, Gerard. I hope you're reading this.

He doesn’t trust them yet we’re one of the worst teams in the league at holding third period leads. So his beloved vets certainly aren’t getting it done

 

[huerter]

It's hard to take the 'the kids should have played more' narrative to heart because it's said every game. Boy who cried wolf syndrome. We're supposed to take it to heart today because they were balling?

 

[RGY]

Cant get over how bad Kreider was. Someone needs to pour water over his head to see if he is actually awake.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

He doesn’t trust them yet we’re one of the worst teams in the league at holding third period leads. So his beloved vets certainly aren’t getting it done

Plus the game fell apart when he shortened the bench.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I officially hate Panarin.

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[Leonardo87]

The guy has a .635 winning % since he has been here. He is going nowhere unless they have a really bad showing in the playoffs.

Yeah, this was a tough loss, and didn’t agree with some of his decisions. But they are coming off a trip to the ECF, and are in a playoff spot. If anything is going to happen, will be in the summer. I know people are upset, but got a point from a top team in the league.

 

[huerter]

We got half a win today. People forget that. Gallant got half a win today.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Cant get over how bad Kreider was. Someone needs to pour water over his head to see if he is actually awake.

Think he’s still pretty hurt.

No one rushes guys back from injury like the Rangers do.

 

[gravey9]

Lots of positives in this one. One ISN'T Kreider. And also not Trocheck. Half the vets just make too many lazy, boneheaded plays.

Panarin actually hustled quite a bit in the game. But gets so much ice time he doesn't fully deserve that he makes some poor, lazy decisions.

 

[Richard Banger]

Feels like a loss that a lesser team takes. Couldn't hold a 1 goal lead against a good team on the road.

The type of game a bad team losses

Good teams lose that way more often than you think. They just don’t lose like that often.

 

[irishlaxburger2]

It's hard to take the 'the kids should have played more' narrative to heart because it's said every game. Boy who cried wolf syndrome. We're supposed to take it to heart today because they were balling?

It’s hard to take the “Gallant just rolls the lines, so being the 1st line or the 3rd line doesn’t matter. Stop crying. They’re going to get the same ice time as everyone else” narrative seriously. Because it’s never true.

 

[McRanger92]

I'll answer: nobody.

Trotz wants a break imo and Boudreau is just another retread that everyone will hate when he starts in with his own habits.

It's not happening mid-season.

If you want to argue we should bring in a coach that requires a more consistent effort from guys like Panarin, I'm not saying you're wrong.

Agreed. But it all depends on how much pressure he’s under to win. Like I said he has a 9 day break and if something changes with Trotz they should jump at it. I like the chaos, give the NMC boys (mainly Panarin & Kreider) the kick in the ass they need

 

[Machinehead]

Tough game but it is still one game. We were going good for awhile.

Let's head into the break with a win on Friday.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Drury looked annoyed. His team isn’t good enough and there isn't much he can do. Too much money.

He certainly can and he will at the deadline.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Think he’s still pretty hurt.

No one rushes guys back from injury like the Rangers do.

Then he should stay home, we have Kravstov sitting, he could jump in until Kreider is healthy.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Gallant needs to put some lines together and stick with it. The constant jumbling and shuffling and using players for different roles (Vesey, Goodrow all over the lineup non stop). How about some solid lines and some solidly defined roles? Is that too much to ask for?

 

[will1066]

They definitely rushed Kreider back into the lineup. His alertness isn't there. His reflexes are turrible.

 

[Synergy27]

That wasn’t fun.

 

[RickChartraw]

I just don’t understand why the kid line gets basically demoted in the third. They were dominating the game every time they were on the ice while other lines were struggling.

Gallant loves to preach earning it and stuff but their play warranted them being the de facto first line tonight and instead we have to watch the other 2 lines turtle and eventually blow the lead in the third. What realistic explanation could there be for not running them out there every other shift in the third BESIDES their age? Them being young players is really the only thing because there certainly wasn’t anything on the ice tonight that should lead to that decision. This is why I don’t like lumping the kids together. They get sat late in games basicslly just because they’re kids. Tonight their play warranted them playing the most 5v5 minutes and heavy in the third but it didn’t happen. This has to be one of the most egregious examples of something like this all year from Gallant because they were literally dominating every shift they were out there. It’s not like we’re just mad they didn’t get more time for their development, they deserved more time bc their okay warranted it and it would’ve been the best thing for winning tonight’s game.

It is beyond annoying. The one line that was going tonight. why the F are we sitting them late in the game. just dumb coaching decisions.

 

[zlev]

Kreider can barely play hockey right now and whatever line he ends up on gets caved. he should've been sitting getting healthy for the past week.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Frustrating that we played well when we were rolling our lines and as soon as we got away from that we lost control of the game.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Let’s play a game. I’m going to post ice times for tonight then I want everyone to guess who played what:

18:39
15:00
18:59
17:22
16:05
19:18
15:25
20:32