Ok, before some clowns accuse me of being on the rose colored glasses team again or whatever, let me just give it to you like this.
Good:
-We're scoring at 5v5. If we keep getting ESG, we're winning the Cup yesterday.
-If we just won our overtime games, we win the Cup in 2014 and go back to the Finals in 2015. We're doing that.
Bad:
-Man, that was the worst Rangers playoff win in my lifetime.
-We haven't had a win that wasn't overtime or a miracle comeback since game 1 against Carolina.
What I'm not that concerned about: the powerplay and the big forwards. They're gonna heat up. The team just sucked today. You can't expect your big guys to be good when the whole team isn't good.
What I am concerned about: our defense corps sucks. It's Gustafsson for the little time he plays and half of Adam Fox. Everyone else is unwatchable. It's a legit weakness. We knew it was a weakness but they can't be as bad as they were today.
I'm not trying to be negative. All I'm saying is, we're six wins away from the best thing that's ever going to happen to us outside of wives and kids (and in some cases even then). Now is the time to step it up and close this f***er out.
I think Laviolette needs to make a few adjustments despite the win. The powerplay needs a long look in practice and need to stop chasing behind the net so much.
Get back to playing the way we did in games 1 and 2 and we go to the Finals.