GDT: Rangers @ Habs Part II

[The Gloaming]

I knew Holden was going to **** it up for us. No reason for him to be on the ice in this situation.

 

[Jabroni]

Positive note... At worst we still split the away games 1-1.

 

[GP035]

AV is an absolute joke. The entire last 2 mins without McDoangh. I don't care there was icing because he should have been out before the icing in the first place. This is the same garbage they did against the Kings in the third. Sit back the entire time have absolutely zero forecheck and the second they get the puck instantly dump it down.

McD/Girardi were on the previous shift. Going to Staal-Holden instead of Skeji-Smith was a poor choice.

 

[Crease]

I was neutral on Nick Holden before that last shift

 

[GAGLine]

Holden broke his stick slashing Plekanec and then did nothing to clear the crease.

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

People need to stop blaming staal. Holden is the damn problem he flat out sucks!. MTL is definitely going to win the OT. This is the turning stone of the series.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

I have such low expectations. Sure, I'm upset, but I'm shocked the Rangers were this close to a 2-0 series lead.

We can still win in OT, we just have to get a lucky bounce. Pretty simple lol

 

[rvdnsx]

Let's just go out there and beat these Frenchies in OT. Stepan in OT.

 

[rangerrat]

Holden Staal with 1:00 minute and down a man lmfao are you kidding me AV

And to think some fans here on boards think they have been playing well!! WTF really

 

[bouds]

Sat back too much in the 3rd.

Smith and Skjei have been excellent, how stupid can one man be.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

You don't go down to your knees inside your own crease what the hell do you mean what else can you do? Go play the body on the guy attacking the crease.

Honestly? A forward should have given him a stick

 

[Vitto79]

That goal is on AV. He had Holden out there late, and Holden ****ed up.

Holden shouldn't have seen the ice in this game to begin with.

He also turned the puck over to start that mess. What a bunch of bull crap

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

id be utterly shocked if we win in ot

just why are holden-staal on the ice? whats the justification

 

[SnowblindNYR]

We would have won this game if Grabner didn't turn the puck over at the ****ing blue line. This game is lost. All of the momentum is with Montreal and we're playing Price. It's over. And a loss like this does not bode well for the rest of the series.

 

[Maliks PlusMinus]

We've had 4 dmen play near perfect for the first 120 minutes of this series and one pair who have been very poor. Why on earth were those two out there at that point?
Regroup... go again.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Positive note... At worst we still split the away games 1-1.

It's very hard to see the positive in that when you're less than 18 seconds away from going up 2-0.

 

[Kakko]

That right there is a microcosm of why people don't like AV. How does he have that pair on the ice?

I long for the day I can happily change my username

 

[Lays]

I need a cigarette

 

[nevesis]

I feel gutted. Just so typical as a Rangers fan. It's hard to care as much when you're that close. Now, one mistake and the entire game is lost.

 

[KingStian]

It's ****ing 3.45 AM in Norway and I want to go to sleep. ****ing overtime

 

[Mordeth]

Holden and Staal being out there was bad and the icings made it worse. We can still win this!

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

AV is an absolute joke. The entire last 2 mins without McDoangh. I don't care there was icing because he should have been out before the icing in the first place. This is the same garbage they did against the Kings in the third. Sit back the entire time have absolutely zero forecheck and the second they get the puck instantly dump it down.

I think he was out there for like 30 seconds. McDonagh's unit did their job, so they took a quick shift. The Holden unit couldn't, so they were out there for like 3/4 of the last 2 minutes.

It was dumb management by AV to begin with. If the McDonagh pairing comes up at 2 mins instead of 1 minute, you find a way to make sure he's out there at 1 minute, whether thats a longer shift for him or throwing in the third pair.

AV got caught with Staal-Holden out there, and they scored.

 

[Raspewtin]

That is absolutely gutting.

That may very well have changed the series entirely.

 

[LeetchisGod]

If we lose this series, there is no way AV should be back.

 

[Blueblood2]

If some reporter doesnt ask AV why he had Staal and Holden out this late in the game I have lost any respect I had left for them.