OOT Scoreboard 2023-24 playoffs

[Bleedred]

Rod "Back up the Brinks Truck for him:" Brind'Amour doing what he does best - losing to the Rangers in the playoffs

I’m not sure if Rod is making this otherwise mid team look like a (regular season) juggernaut or if he’s sandbagging them.

Either way, this is not a contender or serious cup threat until I see otherwise. They never get to the finals, they can’t win a single game in the conference finals when they get there. They (probably) can’t even win a single game in the second round this year.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Carolina does this legit every year though. Their ownership constantly refusing to go out and pay for that big piece is killing them.

It amazes me they didn't go harder after Timo

 

[Unknown Caller]

The issue is that the Rangers are going to be unbelievably healthy and fresh while Dallas, Colorado, Edmonton, Florida, and Boston all destroy each other.

 

[Bleedred]

For all the “Rags are frauds” talk I see around here, the Canes look like the real frauds.

 

[Unknown Caller]

Carolina does this legit every year though. Their ownership constantly refusing to go out and pay for that big piece is killing them.

It amazes me they didn't go harder after Timo

They got Guentzel this year. The issue is that they really lack high end talent across the roster besides him and Aho.

 

[Oneiro]

This really has been a horrid year in every respect.

I'm rooting for a team from Texas for f***'s sake.

 

[longislanddevil]

Florida can beat the Rangers. I don’t think the Bruins would. Colorado and Dallas out of the West both could get it done. Don’t trust Edmonton and give next to no shot to Vancouver.

Have to wonder if the Carolina owner has a knee jerk reaction and whacks his Rod.

 

[Andre Palot]

Carolina does this legit every year though. Their ownership constantly refusing to go out and pay for that big piece is killing them.

It amazes me they didn't go harder after Timo

Don Waddell is the biggest clown in sports. He gave us Kovalchuk for next to nothing.

 

[Unknown Caller]

For all the “Rags are frauds” talk I see around here, the Canes look like the real frauds.

We have to be fair though, it’s crazy this series is 3-0. It’s been an incredibly even series and the Rangers have gotten every critical bounce.

 

[Bleedred]

They had a bye week against the Caps tho. I wouldn’t be surprised if they win it all, but I think Florida would have something to say about that.

Florida and the winner of the West.

Unless you honestly think Vancouver is gonna make it out of the West.

That would be even flukier than anything Rangers related.

 

[Call Me Al]

I don’t really care if it is. I think a lot of people on here spend too much time worrying about them and what they’re doing, when we should be more worried about what we’re doing and what we can do to be a perennial playoff team again.

But I do think one of the West teams can knock them off. Edmonton or Colorado.

Edmonton’s gotta do better tomorrow night than they did last night. That’s for sure.

I think Florida can possibly take them out as well, if they’re ready to get serious and take out Boston in 5.

The Rangers will probably sweep Boston also if they somehow make it past Florida though.

that’s because a majority of the board has to work and hang out with and generally be around rangers fans every single day. it’s not as easy to avoid having their success shoved in your face.

when we’re not in the playoffs and they’re on an amazing run like this it just compounds how shitty everything about this season has been

 

[MadDevil]

On the bright side, if they get swept maybe Rod becomes available. It would be ironic if the Rangers helped us get him and then we kick their asses next year.

 

[MB3]

i’d let tom fitzgerald crush my wife if he ever brought in a guy like mason marchment.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Obviously goal tending is a key to special teams.

PP shots are 21-15 in favor of Carolina in this series.

I’ve been watching the games and I can’t recall Igor having to make many really difficult saves on the PK.

Rangers in 2012 Kings mode its shaping up to be.

Yuck

what? The 2012 Kings dominated their opponents and were great in multiple areas of the game. The rangers are winning one goal games primarily by cashing in on PP’s against a team that didn’t even belong in the playoffs and another team that pulls this stupid “we can’t score in a whore house” routine every f***ing year when it matters most. They just got outshot by like a 2-1 margin. Doesn’t exactly scream 2012 kings to me but maybe I’m crazy.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Canes are legit logo merchants. Everything is into the logo

 

[Bcap88]

Obviously goal tending is a key to special teams.

PP shots are 21-15 in favor of Carolina in this series.

Most of those 21 shots are from the perimeter or one and done

They aren’t getting any second chances or anything of quality.

 

[Bleedred]

We have to be fair though, it’s crazy this series is 3-0. It’s been an incredibly even series and the Rangers have gotten every critical bounce.

Shesterkin is also better than the Canes goalies.

Andersen is an old and washed up rickety injury case at this point in his career and Kochetkov is just whatever.

I honestly think Andersen had a pretty good hand in losing them game 2. A couple of weak goals in regulation and a borderline OT goal against, despite facing roughly 20 fewer shots than Shesterkin.

At the same time, Carolina has had a well-documented finishing problem for a long time, while the Rangers seem to have a well-documented high shooting problem.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I'm even more annoyed we shit the bed against them last year.

 

[devilsblood]

lol the canes literally do this every year, they can’t score for shit no matter how many shots they pile up, the goalies that beat them then go on to lose the next series.

Shesterkin lost to Akira friggin Shmid just last year.

Schmid was good last year. In the reg season as well as the playoffs. Shesterkin was undefeated vs Vitek who was a trainwreck in the playoffs.

Sometimes being a good goaltender is as much about making the routine saves as it is the tough ones.

 

[Forge]

I'm even more annoyed we shit the bed against them last year.

Feel like Carolina is just a bad schematic match up for the devils.

 

[My3Sons]

i’d let tom fitzgerald crush my wife if he ever brought in a guy like mason marchment.

Easy there. This is a family site

 

[devilsblood]

I’ve been watching the games and I can’t recall Igor having to make many really difficult saves on the PK.

But he's literally saved every sog this series.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

I don’t really care if it is. I think a lot of people on here spend too much time worrying about them and what they’re doing, when we should be more worried about what we’re doing and what we can do to be a perennial playoff team again.

But I do think one of the West teams can knock them off. Edmonton or Colorado.

Edmonton’s gotta do better tomorrow night than they did last night. That’s for sure.

I think Florida can possibly take them out as well, if they’re ready to get serious and take out Boston in 5.

The Rangers will probably sweep Boston also if they somehow make it past Florida though.

I don't think I'm one of the ones who'd be pissed if they win, I've said they're a good team but them catching every break known to mankind the past decade on their runs is a bit annoying. And I agree, but you can't blame this fanbase for being pissy when the Rags and Islanders have alternated runs and we only have 2022/2023 in the last decade to hang our hats on

 

[vtdevils2k]

I'm even more annoyed we shit the bed against them last year.

T H I S

Devils have the formula to beat that team.

 

[Davegarri]

If they win it all this year I may be done watching sports. f***ing tiring watching rivals win every year in every sport while all my teams suck ass