Post-Game Talk: Rangers @ Canes

[CLW]

Full credit to the Canes, they completely dominated us, but my god that was hard to watch at times. GOt absolutely nothing going 5v5 and our premier forwards were invisible for 85% of the game.
Shows that we are at least a step behind the true favourites for the cup. I can't see us getting 4 wins against the Canes as currently constructed.

4th line tried, Goodrow tried, I liked Schneider's game. Every else ranged from 'meh' to 'sucked'. Nemeth needs to sat in favour of someone younger/better.

Kids mostly invisible again (most memorable moment between KK, Laf and Chytil was probably Laf's penalty). Schneider shouldn't look more dangerous in the o-zone than all 3 of them combined.
We are getting to the weird spot where there doesn't appear to have been any improvement/development to their games through half a season. If the plan is to legitimately compete in the small window where we've got Panarin and Shesty locked up along with low-cap hit youth, then we really need to see something soon

I said at the start of the season that the vets need to integrate the kids of the team is to have success. I don't see any chemistry whatsoever between the vets and the kids, and the kids are talented there is no doubt about that. Something is very wrong somewhere.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

I'm going to be really pissed if Drury moves Schneider

What if it's part of the package for McJesus?

 

[Alexis Lafailure]

What is this team about? Does it want to build around players pushing 30 or does it want to be a rebuilding team that needs more time to develop?

 

[Machinehead]

What if it's part of the package for McJesus?

McDavid would come here and be a 65 point player and you all know it.

 

[NYR]

You know it’s a bad loss when @Machinehead has to defend Adam f***ing Fox

Wait until the playoffs..

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

All the whiney bitch boys need to calm down. This is the NHL. The Canes are one hell of a team and if you come out flat, you get stomped. This was just one game, they were the better team. We'll see them again in April. Lots of work to do between now and then.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I'm going to be really pissed if Drury moves Schneider

All that talk from Vally was concerning

 

[steam whistle]

why they do the clap celebration?

 

[DanielBrassard]

The Rangers are the worst team in the league at 5v5. I hate to say it but at this point in the season the odds they make a drastic turnaround is very low. Obviously some trades should help but there are huge problems structurally that aren't going to go away.

 

[Machinehead]

I wonder if gg is shielding Igor’s vezina stats

It wouldn't surprise me if Gallant couldn't name a single Vezina winner

 

[TheBloodyNine]

What is this team about? Does it want to build around players pushing 30 or does it want to be a rebuilding team that needs more time to develop?

It's built around vets, aka a half-assed rebuild.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

There are people in this thread really crying over the fact that we let go a racist, team-cancer piece of shit like TDA?

Every time we play them yip

 

[egelband]

I feel like when the Avalanche steamrolled us twice we never once were able to match their intensity and their speed and in this game there were times where we did match the canes and good things happened. I really hope this is the game where we finally realize to a man that we have to play more intensely. Because we are really talented and look scary when we get into that next gear that you need to win the cup. We are beating normal teams so easily now because we are talented. But you need a lot more to beat elite teams like this who do not relent on harrassing you and making you look stupid. These teams also know that we like to take it easy and they crank up the volume even more because I see them play against other teams and they dont play with that same intensity all the time.

Exactly. I didn’t see this one but my sense overall is there’s improvement and development. It’s just hard to get up onto that last summit. Replace Nemeth. Kakko and Lafreniere start playing aggressively. Might not be this season, but I’m still optimistic.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I'm going to be really pissed if Drury moves Schneider

That's gotta be a non starter. This kid looks like a player

 

[bl02]

Ok you're skeptical...but id still rather him in the top 6 over hunt and kakko.

I would take pajuniemi over Kakko and hunt right now not even close

 

[TheBloodyNine]

The Rangers are the worst team in the league at 5v5. I hate to say it but at this point in the season the odds they make a drastic turnaround is very low. Obviously some trades should help but there are huge problems structurally that aren't going to go away.

Yup, there is not magic player they trade for that is magically going to make them better 5v5. And these problems have been here LITERALLY all year.

 

[Machinehead]

Wait until the playoffs..

The last time we were in the "playoffs" the Hurricanes didn't score a goal with Fox on the ice in three games.

They scored like five with Johnny Cash on the ice walking the line.

 

[Brutananadilewski]

McDavid would come here and be a 65 point player and you all know it.

Still would be triple to what Kak and Laf are doing, combined!

 

[DanielBrassard]

McDavid would come here and be a 65 point player and you all know it.

If that happened the team should be banished to some remote island off the coast of I don't even know

 

[Shesterkybomb]

It's built around vets, aka a half-assed rebuild.

A typical rebuild takes 5 years....what are we year 3? Its not done yet, far from it. Its why i was disappointed to see Gorton go because he was willing to finish it, i feel Sathers puppet is gonna do what happened in Philly when Hextall left and f it up.

 

[LOFIN]

I think the issue is that we didn’t bother getting anything for him when we had the chance. If he was really on his last strike, they should have moved him before it happened. I know it’s not an easy job but Gorton-JD, for all the good they being brought, were a day late and a dollar short on a few big issue items. Not saying those guys were awful, just a few regrets. At least that’s how i feel.

What's more annoying, they changed the FO and repeated the same thing with Kravtsov.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

Omg Deangelo scored? No way!

 

[bl02]

Vally basically saying country club time for Kakko and Laf. No stress or urgency boys

 

[Kocur26]

A typical rebuild takes 5 years....what are we year 3? Its not done yet, far from it. Its why i was disappointed to see Gorton go because he was willing to finish it, i feel Sathers puppet is gonna do what happened in Philly when Hextall left and f it up.

The rebuild is OVER - we Dolan canned the entire staff - it died.

We are making our push

No more rebuild talk

 

[Do you want ants]

We didn't suck tonight, we got shellacked in every aspect of the game, against a team you have to go through in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs. In a 7 game series, the Canes beat us in 3.

It’s one game. We’ll see where the season series ends up. I think they’re a bad match up for us but I came into this season thinking we’d make the playoffs. That’s a win in my book. I also think Shesty and his puck play will help neutralize some of their forecheck. I also expect us to make some trades. Either way 2 of 4 points vs Toronto/Carolina. I’m happy. I don’t expect game in, game out dominance and 60 minute teeth caving sessions.