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Glen Sathers Cigar said:
When you hate the Penguins but want the Rangers get as few points as possible the rest of the season so you're hoping they lose:
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I made this face when they won in Overtime.
 
romba said:
Talk about a bitter pill for Hank to swallow, but he really seems to get it
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Meaningless games at this point so he probably figures the kid should get rewarded for his strong play and not sit just because. The kid has looked good and needs as much playing time as possible, Hank is getting older so pointless games can put unneeded miles on him.

Really I just want Hank to get one more win this season so he gets 450 this season.
 
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Harbour Dog said:
Don't worry, this will soon be forgotten, and we'll get to read all about how Hank is sulking because his numbers matter more than the team. Or some other disrespectful horse****.
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The Rangers should make a special exception for him and retire #30 the season after he retires.
 
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Harbour Dog said:
Don't worry, this will soon be forgotten, and we'll get to read all about how Hank is sulking because his numbers matter more than the team. Or some other disrespectful horse****.
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I hate when people say shit like that because most of the time it’s basically entirely constructed in the fans’ heads based on basically nothing or them inventing a mountain based on a crumb.

His entire career Hank has taken sole blame for basically 99.9 percent of losses, most times when it’s jnot his fault, always saying that he needs to be better. Then one time he looks frustrated or doesn’t answer like the perfect person he usually is and people focus on that .1% and use it to define him.

Truth is that for all intents and purposes he has been an amazing teammate and leader for his whole career, especially with leading by example and being famous for his unrelenting work ethic and compete level. When a guy works as hard as he does and has been as good for as long as he has (always backing up whatever he says with his performance) it really is ridiculous that people will harp on the rare odd non-perfect comment (bc he never even says anything that bad) or him being frustrated after a goal against.

The hate on him for being mad after getting scored on has never made sense to me, people drawing conclusions from it and saying he’s showing up his teammates when truth is he’s prob 9/10 times mad and yelling at himself not his teammate. All of this going aside the point that if anyone hs earned the benefit of the doubt it’s Lundqvist, it always is surprising to me when people outright hate on him.
 
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Glen Sathers Cigar said:
I hate when people say **** like that because most of the time it’s basically entirely constructed in the fans’ heads based on basically nothing or them inventing a mountain based on a crumb.

His entire career Hank has taken sole blame for basically 99.9 percent of losses, most times when it’s jnot his fault, always saying that he needs to be better. Then one time he looks frustrated or doesn’t answer like the perfect person he usually is and people focus on that .1% and use it to define him.

Truth is that for all intents and purposes he has been an amazing teammate and leader for his whole career, especially with leading by example and being famous for his unrelenting work ethic and compete level. When a guy works as hard as he does and has been as good for as long as he has (always backing up whatever he says with his performance) it really is ridiculous that people will harp on the rare odd non-perfect comment (bc he never even says anything that bad) or him being frustrated after a goal against.

The hate on him for being mad after getting scored on has never made sense to me, people drawing conclusions from it and saying he’s showing up his teammates when truth is he’s prob 9/10 times mad and yelling at himself not his teammate. All of this going aside the point that if anyone hs earned the benefit of the doubt it’s Lundqvist, it always is surprising to me when people outright hate on him.
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On one hand, I do understand where people are coming from when they say they don't want him to get mad on the ice, because it's not North American hockey culture. That said, we do need to understand that Hank grew up in Sweden playing soccer where he was also a goalkeeper. Goalkeepers are the defacto captains of the defense because they can see the whole field. As such, it's proper culture in soccer for the goalkeeper to shout out directions and point out mistakes. It's not to be a dick; it's their literal job description.

As you said, I think he's mad at himself more times than not, but even the times where he has been directing teammates, [I think back to Stepan trying to calm him down, and I understand where both of them were coming from] I don't think it's to show people up. I think that's what he was brought up to do in a sport where goalkeepers are commonly team captains. When Hank gets the call someday, he'll be only the third European goaltender in the Hall of Fame (pretty crazy) and only the second to have played in the NHL. I think he simply brings something we're not used to from netminders.

If a center did the same thing, he'd be Messier and nobody would question him. :dunno:
 
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