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SnowblindNYR

SnowblindNYR

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First of all, this loss stung like no other loss has in my life. It hit a particular nerve. I literally have thought of radically toning down my Rangers viewing habits. So I don't know if this is me getting back on the horse of what, but I'm completely shellshocked. We didn't lose by a large margin or anything and we dominated the first and even outplayed them in the second. But seeing the way they played in the 3rd gave me the realization that this team isn't winning **** this year and likely isn't getting past this mediocre Flyers team is a tough one. This has been my favorite team post-lockout and that's why this loss has hit me particularly hard because I realized this team is the same **** as every year, no matter how they look and no matter the advanced stats, it's all a bunch of heartache every year and it's grinding on me, I should be enjoying life spending Friday trying to get girls not depressed that my favorite team has disappointed me for yet another time. But more specifically to this team another realization, a daunting one hit me:

Canucks fans were right about AV. Rather playoff AV. The guy can't make an adjustment in the playoffs to save his life. To see the Rangers look as helpless and as overmatched as they have just 2 games ago by this mediocre as **** defense in the 3rd period made me lose faith in this guy. The Rangers have had moments like this in the regular season, but more often than not they played well in the 3rd but just couldn't solve the goalie. However, twice in the same series the Rangers looked helpless and lost in the 3rd period. It was humiliating. And it's not all AV by a long shot. The Flyers were quicker to every puck, won every one on one battle, and generally looked like they wanted it more. Maybe it's more of a flaw in this team that seems pretty one dimensional and the dimension doesn't work down in the 3rd. However, I legit don't remember Torts teams looking this inept in 3rd periods of playoff games when down. At least not twice in a row to the same ****ing opponent. The team looked lost, had no direction. I have really lost a lot of faith in a man I respected and enjoyed his style of play. Anyway, this was a very long winded way of saying, anyone else lose some faith in the coach after seeing everything Canucks fans criticized him for come to fruition? Oh and get outplayed by a rookie meathead coach. I think this deserves it's own thread and it's probably an overreaction based on 2 out of 4 losses, but playoff AV has really disappointed me. Seems like Canucks fans were right and we have a coach that can't adjust in the playoffs and that means we have a coach that we probably can't win with unless we get an absolute juggernaut and even with that he couldn't win in 2011.

If the mods think this belongs in the post-game thread or isn't thread worthy lock her up, but I think talking about playoff AV is important, early on in his tenure or not, because this isn't his first coaching job.
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I with you, it was frustrating to watch. I want to give AV a little more time. When your best offensive player isn't getting engaged in the action it's tough for us to win. MSL has been good. Zucc has been good. It's time for Nash to get us some scoring. This was the only game I've been disappointed in. I thought they played well in Game 2, this game however when they fell behind it's like they gave up. Didn't really test Mason after that, who made some nice early saves.
 
nyrleetch said:
I with you, it was frustrating to watch. I want to give AV a little more time. When your best offensive player isn't getting engaged in the action it's tough for us to win. MSL has been good. Zucc has been good. It's time for Nash to get us some scoring. This was the only game I've been disappointed in. I thought they played well in Game 2, this game however when they fell behind it's like they gave up. Didn't really test Mason after that, who made some nice early saves.
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This game was similar to game 2. They were pretty good in the 2nd I thought, though not nearly as good as the first. But that 3rd period was a disgrace, it was humiliating. I've NEVER seen a Torts coached team lie down like this in the 3rd period two consecutive games in the same series. This wasn't Boston we were playing. This looked like men against boys. How AV hasn't come up with a way to beat the ****ing trap and this "juggernaut" defense in the 3rd is inexplicable. Once I was ok with. My confidence in him has been completely shaken. This is bush league coaching. Did they not practice or talk about what to do after game 2? Or is the team so terrible that it didn't work?
 
SnowblindNYR said:
This game was similar to game 2. They were pretty good in the 2nd I thought, though not nearly as good as the first. But that 3rd period was a disgrace, it was humiliating. I've NEVER seen a Torts coached team lie down like this in the 3rd period two consecutive games in the same series. This wasn't Boston we were playing. This looked like men against boys. How AV hasn't come up with a way to beat the ****ing trap and this "juggernaut" defense in the 3rd is inexplicable. Once I was ok with. My confidence in him has been completely shaken. This is bush league coaching. Did they not practice or talk about what to do after game 2? Or is the team so terrible that it didn't work?
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My biggest gripe with last nights loss and others have said the same, was how we didn't work the puck in deep or lay the body on their defensman after the Grossman injury. With only five defenseman left, you need to make the work, however we made it easy for them. No excuses on his powerplay selection to start the period. I would've gone with MSL, Zuccarello, Nash, and McDonagh. Nash and Zuccarello would attempt to at least shoot the puck. I know Nash hasn't been successful on the powerplay of late, but 4 on 3, I want him on the ice. Stepan,Richards,MSL and McDonagh = everyone just looking to pass.

Edit: I realize there's no centerman on the ice there. I would bring in Boyle just to win the faceoff and then take him off the ice, or leave him on and screen the goalie at least.
 
nyrleetch said:
My biggest gripe with last nights loss and others have said the same, was how we didn't work the puck in deep or lay the body on their defensman after the Grossman injury. With only five defenseman left, you need to make the work, however we made it easy for them. No excuses on his powerplay selection to start the period. I would've gone with MSL, Zuccarello, Nash, and McDonagh. Nash and Zuccarello would attempt to at least shoot the puck. I know Nash hasn't been successful on the powerplay of late, but 4 on 3, I want him on the ice. Stepan,Richards,MSL and McDonagh = everyone just looking to pass.

Edit: I realize there's no centerman on the ice there. I would bring in Boyle just to win the faceoff and then take him off the ice, or leave him on and screen the goalie at least.
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I forgot about the Grossman injury. Ugh. Just so much fail. Every dump in, it looked like 10 Flyers on the ice, they'd take puck away from the Rangers like little boys. It was a pathetic display. It was frankly shocking considering I really thought that the team showed killer instinct in the first. The Rangers should have been up at least 2-0 after 1.
 
4 games in and Canucks fans were right all along about AV. Okay
 
bto131 said:
I just think this man to man system doesn't work.. We constant lose guy in front of the net or in the slot
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Well, for this whole "system that doesn't work" we were 4th in GAA in the league. But stats should never get in the way of baseless arguments.
 
SnowblindNYR said:
First of all, this loss stung like no other loss has in my life. It hit a particular nerve. I literally have thought of radically toning down my Rangers viewing habits. So I don't know if this is me getting back on the horse of what, but I'm completely shellshocked. We didn't lose by a large margin or anything and we dominated the first and even outplayed them in the second. But seeing the way they played in the 3rd gave me the realization that this team isn't winning **** this year and likely isn't getting past this mediocre Flyers team is a tough one. This has been my favorite team post-lockout and that's why this loss has hit me particularly hard because I realized this team is the same **** as every year, no matter how they look and no matter the advanced stats, it's all a bunch of heartache every year and it's grinding on me, I should be enjoying life spending Friday trying to get girls not depressed that my favorite team has disappointed me for yet another time. But more specifically to this team another realization, a daunting one hit me:

Canucks fans were right about AV. Rather playoff AV. The guy can't make an adjustment in the playoffs to save his life. To see the Rangers look as helpless and as overmatched as they have just 2 games ago by this mediocre as **** defense in the 3rd period made me lose faith in this guy. The Rangers have had moments like this in the regular season, but more often than not they played well in the 3rd but just couldn't solve the goalie. However, twice in the same series the Rangers looked helpless and lost in the 3rd period. It was humiliating. And it's not all AV by a long shot. The Flyers were quicker to every puck, won every one on one battle, and generally looked like they wanted it more. Maybe it's more of a flaw in this team that seems pretty one dimensional and the dimension doesn't work down in the 3rd. However, I legit don't remember Torts teams looking this inept in 3rd periods of playoff games when down. At least not twice in a row to the same ****ing opponent. The team looked lost, had no direction. I have really lost a lot of faith in a man I respected and enjoyed his style of play. Anyway, this was a very long winded way of saying, anyone else lose some faith in the coach after seeing everything Canucks fans criticized him for come to fruition? Oh and get outplayed by a rookie meathead coach. I think this deserves it's own thread and it's probably an overreaction based on 2 out of 4 losses, but playoff AV has really disappointed me. Seems like Canucks fans were right and we have a coach that can't adjust in the playoffs and that means we have a coach that we probably can't win with unless we get an absolute juggernaut and even with that he couldn't win in 2011.

If the mods think this belongs in the post-game thread or isn't thread worthy lock her up, but I think talking about playoff AV is important, early on in his tenure or not, because this isn't his first coaching job.
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You are gonna give yourself a heart attack dude :laugh: If you thoguht thsi was gonna be a quick easy series than you are fooling yourself. I hate the flyers but they are still a tough team. The Rangers will still win this series but it was always gonna be a battle
 
lol are people going to blame the coach AGAIN?

If the team gets similar results from two different coaches, what should that tell you?

Besides, it's still four games in. The loss was frustrating but people acting like this is over seriously need to chill and realize it's just a game they have no control over.
 
NYRangers723 said:
You are gonna give yourself a heart attack dude :laugh: If you thoguht thsi was gonna be a quick easy series than you are fooling yourself. I hate the flyers but they are still a tough team. The Rangers will still win this series but it was always gonna be a battle
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We should have won at least 3 games already. It's just that seeing that 3rd period made me realize that I'm stuck in perpetual ******** with this team. It was daunting realization. Plus that it's not normal to get as worked up about losses as I do. I need to take a break or something.
 
BrianBoyle said:
lol are people going to blame the coach AGAIN?

If the team gets similar results from two different coaches, what should that tell you?

Besides, it's still four games in. The loss was frustrating but people acting like this is over seriously need to chill and realize it's just a game they have no control over.
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He couldn't have made adjustments after last game we didn't get a sniff in the 3rd?
 
SnowblindNYR said:
He couldn't have made adjustments after last game we didn't get a sniff in the 3rd?
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What adjustments should've been made? We've seen it before. These ****ing idiots build a lead and do nothing for the rest of the ****ing game. It's not a coaching issue.
 
Also BB, what part of this does it seem like I'm solely blaming the coach? Selective reading?

And it's not all AV by a long shot. The Flyers were quicker to every puck, won every one on one battle, and generally looked like they wanted it more. Maybe it's more of a flaw in this team that seems pretty one dimensional and the dimension doesn't work down in the 3rd.
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AV wasn't adjusting? He was just tossing random lines out at the end of the game to try to get anything out of the players. I really don't know what he should've done any differently.

Maybe he should've started talbot :sarcasm:
 
SnowblindNYR said:
I'm not even asking for them to tie it up, but look like a ****ing NHL team, it's embarrassing.
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Well if we didn't even look like an NHL team I'm glad our goalie kept us in the game.

Seriously though I would rather have "playoff AV" than torts at his best.
 
Dactyl said:
Well if we didn't even look like an NHL team I'm glad our goalie kept us in the game.

Seriously though I would rather have "playoff AV" than torts at his best.
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I HATE Torts, I'm glad he's not making the playoffs. I hate his style of hockey. That said, I can't remember the last time his team looked so inept in 2 in the same series in the 3rd down a goal. But really Hank didn't have to keep us in the game because the exciting Flyers were dumping the puck in for almost the entirety of the final 20 minutes.
 
SnowblindNYR said:
I HATE Torts, I'm glad he's not making the playoffs. I hate his style of hockey. That said, I can't remember the last time his team looked so inept in 2 in the same series in the 3rd down a goal. But really Hank didn't have to keep us in the game because the exciting Flyers were dumping the puck in for almost the entirety of the final 20 minutes.
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You've already forgotten last year's Boston series? Or the Caps series? Or basically any of the Torts series. Even in ´11-'12 they weren't that impressive and couldn't put teams away.
 
While I was pissed with their third period play, the Rangers utterly dominated the first and second periods. Unfortunately there was only one goal to show for it. That's crappy but it's gonna happen.

Really though, if you take 1 out of 2 on the road and you have home ice that's about as much as you can ask for. We should be much more upset about game 2 if anything.
 
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