Post-Game Talk: Rangers @ Blues | 8 pm | MSG

[Machinehead]

??!?
the 2011 Bruins are a team from almost a decade ago

setting aside a monumental amount of anecdotal evidence (ground the 2013 Rangers into paste in their PO series) in the last 3 years the Bruins are 8th, 15th, and 8th in hits.

Could have been because we were putting Del Zotto-Girardi out against the Bergeron line...




...nah, it was definitely the hits!

 

[will1066]

Sam's gonna order a bunch of Papa Johns back to his hotel room and gorge himself to sleep, get ready at 4am for NFL Sunday.

 

[egelband]

Those last few seconds were more interesting than most of the game outside the first couple of minutes.

What happened? I turned it off already.

 

[Rempe73]

No it's designed to drive fans nuts.

Ah yes. I kind of like the idea of parity but there’s way too much.

 

[NYR]

But you're not talking about winning puck battles. You're talking about Micheal Haley who has not won a puck battle in his career. You're talking about hitting for the sake of hitting.

I'm talking about being physical.
That includes hitting and if you want to get technical, I thoughtfully believe in hitting and punishing defenseman in their own end in order to wear them down and take them out of the game..

 

[Uncle Sid]

Pietrangelo with the punch to the side of Trouba’s head when he wasn’t paying attention. Good going

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Trouba's not very smart

Think he was pissed Dunn tried to end to end rush an out of touch game with 6 seconds left when he left his own end.

 

[Rempe73]

Sam's gonna order a bunch of Papa Johns back to his hotel room and gorge himself to sleep, get ready at 4am for NFL Sunday.

That’s hilarious but also such a sad image for some reason.

 

[Machinehead]

I'm talking about being physical.
That includes hitting and if you want to get technical, I thoughtfully believe in hitting and punishing defenseman in their own end in order to wear them down and take them out of the game..

Ok and that would show up in hits.

 

[Tob]

Outclassed for sure but would have liked to see some more effort being the underdogs on the road. That said, I think some of the players did try their best. Blues are very good in all three zones and do all the right things and we're the opposite. We were controlled the whole game. Score sheet doesn't look terribad but it's a game that we'll lose 99 times out of a hundred.

 

[will1066]

Think he was pissed Dunn tried to end to end rush an out of touch game with 6 seconds left when he left his own end.

Good point

 

[NYR Viper]

Think he was pissed Dunn tried to end to end rush an out of touch game with 6 seconds left when he left his own end.

Exactly this. I would be. Glad Trouba did something too. That right there has been missing for a few years from this team.

 

[TarasenkosForearm]

Think he was pissed Dunn tried to end to end rush an out of touch game with 6 seconds left when he left his own end.

He slashed him about 6 times, was going to get a penalty, then Dunn dropped the mitts. Petro, idk what he was doing there.

 

[Fitzy]

The chance in this game was when we got a soft goal followed by a 4 minute PP to start.

Once the game was 1-1 this was an inevitability.

 

[effen]

Could have been because we were putting Del Zotto-Girardi out against the Bergeron line...




...nah, it was definitely the hits!

dude. they annihilated them physically and territorially. they beat Tortorella at his own game so bad he was fired!

 

[Whoot Whoot]

At least the youngins line did ok - Blues are good

 

[will1066]

Really, let's just air our grievances in this thread. This game doesn't deserve its own post game thread.

 

[nyrage]

What happened? I turned it off already.

Trouba/Dunn fight and general skirmish.

 

[Machinehead]

dude. they annihilated them physically and territorially. they beat Tortorella at his own game so bad he was fired!

You'll see what you decided to see contrary to the evidence so I'm not going to argue with you.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Just got back to watching this game from a week's vacation.

When do we start to give Kakko some time off? Forward depth is so shallow on this team that Haley and Smith are getting ice time. Gorton needs to get some veteran forward depth in the organization this summer to insulate the kids a little bit. Kakko and (hopefully) Kravtsov are going to need games off to re-calibrate and heal up.

 

[mike14]

Fox and Chytil were good, other than that we were completely outclassed

 

[Machinehead]

Really, let's just air our grievances in this thread. This game doesn't deserve its own post game thread.

Ok here's a couple:

-The moar hitz crowd is out in force
-Howden succeeding is bad for this team in the long-run because he blows and f*** him for scoring
-Not wild about these Blues jerseys tbh even though everyone loves them

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Staal is getting 30 minutes next game.

 

[NYR]

Ok and that would show up in hits.

You can lean on dmen and wear them out in front and around their net.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a bone crushing hit.

 

[Mandar]

Really, let's just air our grievances in this thread. This game doesn't deserve its own post game thread.

3 stars....Chytil, Howden, and Staal?