Said it in the GDT, I'll say it here. I don't care who the opponent was, losing 4 straight after going up 2-0 is a monumental choke job.
Ryan Strome missing the easiest goal of his life to lose us game 5 and then playing hurt in game 6, contributing to the first goal against and then leaving the game is just almost too on the nose for being a perfect encapsulation of him as a Ranger. Good guy, tries hard but isn't what we need. I hope you get the bag somewhere else, assuredly some bottom dweller. Good riddance.
Trouba pressing too deep and allowing that 2 on 1 (not to mention his pathetically slow back check) just seconds after we tie the game was abysmal. He almost single-handedly lost us two games in the ECF. He's supposed to be a cornerstone of this team. What a joke.
Igor gave us a chance and that's all you can ask. He was unreal all night with the amount of difficult saves he was making. He would want the first one back, that was a softie that clearly caught him by surprise. The second goal was flat out bad luck, you'd love him to squeeze that puck but that puck doesn't go in 9/10 times.
