GDT: MDF #4 - 05/07/14 | Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Rangers | 7:30 - NBC SPORTS, CBC

[SixGoalieSystem]

Fleury is looking to beat JS Giguere. Not by playing exceptionally well, just by facing a team that can't shoot.

 

[ThisYearsModel]

I continue to wish that the Rangers would have traded for MSL before he retired.

 

[Fataldogg]

Bad angle shots? I guess they don't realize they're not playing against Lundqvist and a real NHL goalie won't allow those.

Lundqvist has let up 2 goals or less in 7 of his 9 starts.

He is one of the last reasons we are losing.

He is top-5 in SV% and GAA.

If you goaltender is letting up 2 goals or less every game, you need to find a way to score 3 goals now and then. End of story.

Look at MTL, LA, BOS, CHI. None of them are struggling to put 3 on the board occassionally. Let alone 2, or 1.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

Rangers=garbage! Might as well forfeit

 

[Cassano]

Unlucky goal imo. Lundqvist isn't to blame.

 

[JCrusher*]

Other than having trouble handling the puck on that one shift i thought Kreider played decent considering he has missed so much time. Had taht one great shift where nash should have scored a few times

 

[ThisYearsModel]

I can't wait until Pitt and MAF return to sucktitude in the ECF. This is what happens when you're highest paid players don't perform.

I just want a #1 C...hell even a #2 C. I love Stepan but the poor kid has been miscast for two years now. Until we get stronger there, it ain't happening.

Stepan for Eric Staal this Summer?

 

[Fitzy]

Alright, forget it. Every attempt to have a conversation in the GDT gets drowned in the infantile wash of teenage angst.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Unlucky goal imo. Lundqvist isn't to blame.

Sure he is. He's just as much to blame as everyone else on the ice. It was a ****show from the net out on it.

 

[Callagraves]

HNIC is just tearing into the Rangers.

Coming down on the work ethic, the lack of leadership, and the complete failure to manage the puck.

 

[johnmd20*]

Alright, forget it. Every attempt to have a conversation in the GDT gets drowned in the infantile wash of teenage angst.

Buck up Bucky.

 

[JCrusher*]

Unlucky goal imo. Lundqvist isn't to blame.

Im a big Hank fan but it was a bad goal. Even Nevesis who never is critical of hank said teh same thing

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

This team is playing like the 08-09 Rangers right now. Horrifying.

 

[trilobyte]

I think the Rangers need to calm down their heads. They look so tight out there

 

[NYRANGERAMI*]

The Rangers arent even lucky..on the goal..the puck was going sideways away from the net...Stall tunrs ...clips the puck...puck goes back towards net right onto Malkins stick and he bang bangs it home...LGR!!!!!!!!!

 

[NYGBleedBlueNYR]

Just got home.

Summary of how we looked in 1st?

 

[Machinehead]

Sure he is. He's just as much to blame as everyone else on the ice. It was a ****show from the net out on it.

Exactly. Nobody logical is saying it's entirely Lundqvist's fault but Fleury has clearly been the better of the two in this series.

 

[Clausewitz]

HNIC is just tearing into the Rangers.

Coming down on the work ethic, the lack of leadership, and the complete failure to manage the puck.

And we don't have as many Canadian players as the Pens do.

 

[highandwide]

if that **** pass/turnover didn't happen, hank wouldn't have let that up. Hank is not to blame. Goal was soft but we are basically assisting on their goals.

 

[rdhstlr23]

I'm not sure Nash will be able to come back from this unless he has an A-Rod-esque circa 2009 performance. He's getting eaten alive and fair or not, it's going to get worse.

I don't think we should move Nash at all. However, I think Sather will look at.

 

[BroadwayBlues]

Just got home.

Summary of how we looked in 1st?

*****.

 

[NYRANGERAMI*]

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I just did Voo-Doo to get luck on our side...LGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[haohmaru]

The goal ticked off Staal's stick and changed direction right to Malkin. These are the goals that the Rangers never seem to get. Not that they're getting ANY goals right now but they sure could use a stinker or two like that one.

 

[Raymones]

The Rangers said that they need to get more traffic in front of Fleury but I'm not seeing it so far.

Spot on. No one in front, no drive to the net. The best shift started with great forechecking that pinned the Pens in their defensive zone. We need more of that along with driving the net.

Above all, we need our best players to step up and lead the way. Time for MSL, Nash, Stepan, McD to step up here.

This game is still up for grabs. LGR!!

 

[Fataldogg]

I don't think Lundqvist has been the biggest problem in this series, but when your team is struggling to score you don't give up a goal that even nevesis doesn't like. You just don't. Say what you want about not testing Fleury but he hasn't given up a soft goal in the last 7 periods. Lundqvist is getting outplayed by Fleury, you just can't make that **** up.

Dude, I'm just being honest, but if Lundqvist let up the kind of goals Fleury let up against Columbus, you'd have a heart attack.

Fleury let up a multitude of terrible goals, untimely goals, and had mediocre stats, and his team still won the series.

Sometimes its more than the goalie and sometimes your team needs to score big goals when it counts.

Stop pretending like Fleury is better. Maybe you didn't see a lot of the Columbus series, but when he was under pressure against the Jackets, he let up some terrible goals.

We haven't had the same quality as Columbus and we are making this series a cake walk on him.

The best game by either goaltender in this series was Lundqvist in game two and he still lost.