Series Talk: Rangers/Craps (Game 1 is Sunday 4/21 @ 3pm ET)

[LaffyTaffy13]

Here. We. Go.

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[PuckLuck3043]

Rangers should not lose this series but it’s not going to be easy.

Thing to keep an eye on; Capitals very good in tight, one goal games. That can translate to the playoffs.

Rangers, who historically don’t, need to just be dropping the hammer here

Always respect the opponent. They have some good players. That being said the Rangers are better and deeper. They are also rested and healthy for the most part. There are no excuses to not win this series. Rangers in 5 or 6.

 

[HolyHagelin]

I like the idea of rempe, but rempe the actual player? God no.
With Rempe 14-2-1
Without Rempe 41-21-3

Rempe was a 6th round pick. He does a single thing well.
He should not be replacing NHL players who do other things better.
Rempe should not be in the lineup to start the playoffs.
Rempe plays on average 5 minutes of ice time per game. he gets 60% of his starts in the offensive zone. and yet somehow considering his skill is forchecking and pressure, the team has a corsi of 49% when he's on the ice.

He is not a legit NHL player at this time. I'd rather play ryan reaves than rempe, and I hated having Reaves in the lineup.

You win NHL games by doing things better than the other team.
You outscore them, You defend better than them, You out hit them. You get better goaltending.
The problem with the "out hit them model" is its the exact game the caps want us to play.
They want low event hockey. They want low skill hockey, because they don't have the skill to compete with us.
Rempe isn't gonna suddenly stop the caps from hitting us, he'll just encourage the game to ramp up in that direction, plus he's going to force the lines 1-3 to play even more, which means they'll potentially be less effective in a tighter game.

The most skilled teams usually don’t win. You can keep pretending like Rempe’s game-changing physicality isn’t a big deal, and you will keep being wrong.

 

[hardnosed]

It’s a ridiculous discussion, if Chytil is healthy, he’s playing and Rempe is not going to play over Goodrow or Vesey, he’s coming out of the lineup.

Agree. That's what will happen

 

[Captain Lindy]

Rangers lost that series all by themselves (as opposed to being goalied). The only game where he might have been a factor was 3rd.

Both are true. He (Schmid) played so well that the Devils thought they had an up-and-coming stud in goal!! LOL!!

Schmid shat his pants the second he faced a team that forced him to do anything though.

Yup! A lot of us in here saw that coming too!!

It’s a ridiculous discussion, if Chytil is healthy, he’s playing and Rempe is not going to play over Goodrow or Vesey, he’s coming out of the lineup.

I'm bookmarking this comment.

 

[Kodiak]

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Booooooooo

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Always respect the opponent. They have some good players. That being said the Rangers are better and deeper. They are also rested and healthy for the most part. There are no excuses to not win this series. Rangers in 5 or 6.

If it goes 6 this team doesn't deserve to move on. And they'll fizzle out by round 3 if they make it there. They need to close this series out in 5 max.

Enough of the lazy gentlemanly attitude.

Killer instinct. Foot on the throat. Put games and teams away and move on.

Problem is this vet core hasn't shown what it takes in the playoffs. Letting inferior teams push their backs against the wall in every series they've played.

 

[HFBS]

I'm conflicted on whether to root for the islanders to beat the Hurricanes to try to make an easier path for the Rangers, or hope the Canes beat the miserable pricks.

Not that what any of us root for will make a difference.

 

[KennyWu]

While Lindgren has had good numbers against us this year, he hasn't faced us in 3 months. During that stretch in January the Rangers couldn't even beat SJ and Montreal

 

[Savant]

Don’t the rangers have the best record in one goal games this year?

They might, but it’s also a strength for Washington.

 

[IDvsEGO]

They might, but it’s also a strength for Washington.

Our record and Washington’s record in one goal games is the same.
Everything else is a massive advantage for us.

 

[iamitter]

The most skilled teams usually don’t win. You can keep pretending like Rempe’s game-changing physicality isn’t a big deal, and you will keep being wrong.

We can't have him taking stupid penalties in the playoffs, those could decide games/series.

Ultimately he needs to work on his balance and controlling his body. Once he can do both, he'll be a fine 4th liner. Right now, he can't take a shift without falling over on his ass. You do that consistently and it leads to odd man rushes.

 

[Savant]

Our record and Washington’s record in one goal games is the same.
Everything else is a massive advantage for us.

Of course, one team won the presidents trophy and one team snuck in. But this is where I would keep an eye on. Really need the offense to show up

 

[IDvsEGO]

Of course, one team won the presidents trophy and one team snuck in. But this is where I would keep an eye on. Really need the offense to show up

I mean, we have 5 players who put up more points than Dylan Strome who was their leading scorer.
We have the deeper defense.
We have the better goalie
We were hotter in our last 10 than the caps.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

If it goes 6 this team doesn't deserve to move on. And they'll fizzle out by round 3 if they make it there. They need to close this series out in 5 max.

Enough of the lazy gentlemanly attitude.

Killer instinct. Foot on the throat. Put games and teams away and move on.

Problem is this vet core hasn't shown what it takes in the playoffs. Letting inferior teams push their backs against the wall in every series they've played.

It's the playoffs and it's rarely easy. The Caps are still an NHL team and have some good players, experience, goaltending, and a coach who seems to know what he is doing. If it takes 6 games then it takes 6 games and they would absolutely deserve to move on to the next round.

 

[Savant]

I mean, we have 5 players who put up more points than Dylan Strome who was their leading scorer.
We have the deeper defense.
We have the better goalie
We were hotter in our last 10 than the caps.

And none of that matters once the playoffs starts. The best team does not always win in the nhl playoffs. NHL has the most irrelevant regular season compared to playoffs of any sport

That doesn’t mean the rangers are going to lose, just uncomfortable with the amount of people just assuming it’s going to be a cake walk

 

[PuckLuck3043]

I'm conflicted on whether to root for the islanders to beat the Hurricanes to try to make an easier path for the Rangers, or hope the Canes beat the miserable pricks.

Not that what any of us root for will make a difference.

Me too. Logically it would be best for the Piles to win but then I would want to puke because I hate that franchise and their fanbase so very much.

 

[iamitter]

I'm conflicted on whether to root for the islanders to beat the Hurricanes to try to make an easier path for the Rangers, or hope the Canes beat the miserable pricks.

Not that what any of us root for will make a difference.

There's no way the isles beat the canes. I'm not sure we beat the canes. ultimately, to win the cup, we need to be able to beat teams like them, though.

I think we got lucky that we have even one heavily favored playoff matchup (this one). Dallas had basically the same regular season we did and has to face VGK. I take washington 10/10 times.

If we make it past this one, expect the next 3 to be brutal as playoff hockey always is.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I'm conflicted on whether to root for the islanders to beat the Hurricanes to try to make an easier path for the Rangers, or hope the Canes beat the miserable pricks.

Not that what any of us root for will make a difference.

Root for game 7, with 5 OTs to settle it. And hope they kill each other each game

 

[Mugless]

Black Aces:

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Why play Rempe? There are only copious reports about how the dressing room and energy is vastly different with him in the lineup.

W/ Rempe 14-2-1
W/O Rempe 6-5

Sit Roslovic. Sit Vesey.

There were 82 games this season and Rempe played in 17 yet you randomly use only the 11 he missed since he got inserted into the lineup

 

[SnowblindNYR]

While Lindgren has had good numbers against us this year, he hasn't faced us in 3 months. During that stretch in January the Rangers couldn't even beat SJ and Montreal

That's a very good point I noticed too. Washington was lucky to play 4 games against us when we were a sub .500 team.

 

[IDvsEGO]

The most skilled teams usually don’t win. You can keep pretending like Rempe’s game-changing physicality isn’t a big deal, and you will keep being wrong.

The last team to actually grind out a Stanley cup win was the blues, who weren’t untalented, just more loaded on their defense.
You need talent to win. The caps have very little.
You need depth to win if you don’t have talent. The caps have very little
You need elite goaltending if you don’t have talent. The caps have an above average goalie.

Rempe is a one dimensional player. Game breaking physicality without anything else, is just a player who puts us shorthanded.
That’s a net negative not positive.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The most skilled teams usually don’t win. You can keep pretending like Rempe’s game-changing physicality isn’t a big deal, and you will keep being wrong.

You're not wrong, but the teams that win usually have guys who can grind and bang playing higher in the lineup and getting more than 6 minutes a game.

Rempe is way more likely to tip the scales in the direction of losing a game/series with a bad penalty than he is in winning a game/series by hitting someone. The rest of his game is not good enough to really justify playing him in any capacity.

I worry about him less against Washington but I would be terrified to play him against a team like Carolina. The puck would never leave our DZ when he and Goodrow are out there together.

 

[GG96]

There were 82 games this season and Rempe played in 17 yet you randomly use only the 11 he missed since he got inserted into the lineup

That’s right. That’s how that works.

I don’t really find game from November relevant to how the team is playing going into the playoffs. I’ll use 35% of a season sample that we have.