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  • Igor Shesterkin

  • Artemis Panarin

  • Adam Copp

  • Ryan Stone

  • Mika Zibanejad

  • Chris Kreider

  • Fred Vatrano

  • Filip “the Pubes” Chytil

  • Kaapo Kakko

  • Alexis Lafreniere

  • Broccoli Goodrow

  • Ryan Reavo

  • Tylones Motttt

  • Adam Focks

  • Ronald Lindgolren

  • Jacob Tuna

  • K’Andre Millier

  • Bevin Schnoder

  • Paul Braun

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My new Fox shirt should be here by tomorrow,
Just in time for Game 2!

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mti79 said:
Funny how nobody says anything about Colorado facing backups....
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My answer to those is that the rangers trainer is so much better than all the other teams in that he’s able to keep the players healthy.
 
Yeah, I'll go along with the TB-rusty narrative... we took advantage of it. Compared to Game 1 Carolina, where we didn't take advantage of a sleepy Canes team. So, we did what we're supposed to do last night, catching an off-kilter Tampa team. If we lost last night, HFBoards would have given the Cup to Tampa right there. WoW, THeY hAd 9 DaYS oFf ANd STillL BeAt tHe RAnGErS!
 
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I just want to provide some reality to all of us here, because we're feeling so good right now. It is time to come back down to earth and I hope the Rangers are coming back down as well. This Tampa team is a veteran team that knows how to win. They know how to shift momentum in a series. They know our weaknesses and they WILL start to expose them and take advantage. It's a fact. IF and I mean IF we win this series, it will be by an inch, not a mile. Game 2 is going to separate the men from the boys. LFGR.
 
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Leonardo87 said:
My new Fox shirt should be here by tomorrow,
Just in time for Game 2!

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I've been wearing the Norris one during elimination games.

Actually I threw it on when I got home before game 5 of the Penguins series and didn't take it off again until G7 was over.

Went on again for games 6 and 7 of the Car Series.

Haven't washed it and won't wash it until the Rangers either get knocked out or win the whole thing. My girlfriend thinks I'm f***ing nuts.
 
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Uninstaaled said:
Strome's defensive play is going to be a problem in this series and possibly the next one if we can get through this one. His inability to finish grade A chances is whatever, but he was single handedly responsible for like 3 of Kucherov's grade A scoring chances.

Panarin's too. Weird game for Panarin where he was abysmal for most of it but also single handedly completed more seam passes in this game along than the Florida Panthers did as a team in 4 games LOL. Great catch and release on his goal as well.

Thats one reason why I'd caution getting too high from this game. Every single goal we scored yesterday was on a pass that either had Vasi moving laterally save for the first Chytil one, and that was maybe the toughest chance he had to face all night (Cernak fell asleep on that one.) Someone on twitter tracked that we had SEVEN chances off of seam passes yesterday - Thats as many as Toronto had in their entire series. Leafs are many things, but they aren't a bunch of scrubs.

Those are NOT going to be there that often going forward. If there was ANY rust in their game, it was there.

Vally analyzed Vasi and Tampa really well. When those passes aren't there, we're going to have to shoot for rebounds and pounce on a few of those. We're not as good at that.
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Vatrano's wasn't a seam pass either. A bit of a broken play ripper from far out with enough of a screen to throw Vasi off, similar to Stamkos.
 
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duhmetreE said:
all we need to do is tire them out for a full minute of zone time.... voila... Seam passes open

we were playing with extreme pace from the 2nd period on.... but I do expect the TB's defensive coverage and middle clogging to be much tighter.

They didn't seem that rusty in the 1st period. We failed a bunch of forced cross seam passes... but when we picked up the pace, it changed. When your opponent starts chasing/over compensating, things open up.
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Yup, for the first minute and 30 seconds the seams were wired shut. It was point shots, dump ins, and hard work along the boards with a few poor clearing attempts thrown in. Then a little look off by Miller got 2 tired desperate TB players trying to cover the point which opened the nice seam to Chytil and Miller made no mistake wiring the pass perfectly.
 
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Vatrano's wasn't a seam pass either. A bit of a broken play ripper from far out with enough of a screen to throw Vasi off, similar to Stamkos.
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Yeah I forgot about that goal... I actually referenced it in a later post lol.

So it was really 4 that were, 1 that kind of was and then the Vatrano goal.

we're going to need more Vatrano type goals.
 
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Vatrano's wasn't a seam pass either. A bit of a broken play ripper from far out with enough of a screen to throw Vasi off, similar to Stamkos.
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That was a really good breakout sequence, rare for us. Then Fox and Vatrano skated into each other as Fox tried to cut inside after gaining the zone. Vatrano luckily got possession and shot.
 
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Glen Sathers Cigar said:
Still waiting for ESPN to show a replay on the Panarin/Strome 2 on 1 that Strome must’ve airmailed.

Kakko’s pass on the 3-2 goal from behind the net was awesome, similar to his pass to Laffy in game 5 vs Pitt. And then that shift by the 4th line where they hemmed Tampa in and made a full change and the kids came out and kept them pinned and scored to make it 4-2 was insane. Terrific all around.
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ESPN didn't show the replay of that??? I was on the lower level on that side of the ice and I can tell you that Vasilevskiy made possible the best save I've ever seen an opposing goalie make at MSG. He definitely got a piece of it.
 
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