Series Talk: Rangers @ Hurricanes - Metropolitan Division Final

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

This is a BIG problem.

It's been an issue all season. We clean it up and it continuously rears it's ugly head

Our Center play has a lot to do with it. The wingers needs to start collapsing to the middle or something.... It's been rough and Pittsburgh did expose us

Luckily Carolina does not have that experience but they do thrive in skirmishes. We need to be a lot stronger in front of Shesty. I hope and pray the necessary adjustments are made

We're allergic to the middle of the ice

Our breakout is to blame for a lot of that. Dmen forced to wing it up the boards and it quickly just ends up back in the slot for a Grade A scoring chance against. If we can't breakout against Carolina, it's going to be a long series.

 

[mas0764]

What is ESPN'S #1 Broadcast team?

It's not Bob Wischusen?

 

[pld459666]

Our breakout is to blame for a lot of that. Dmen forced to wing it up the boards and it quickly just ends up back in the slot for a Grade A scoring chance against. If we can't breakout against Carolina, it's going to be a long series.

While I get the point, it really won't be all that long.

 

[mas0764]

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement.

All time.

Bring them back!

 

[mas0764]

I'm still in a good mood but since we're looking forward in this thread...

Still hate the lines. Vatrano is a tragedy with Zibanejad and Kreider. I can at least see why they thought Panarin and Strome are good. Where did we think this one works, again?

Lafreniere was with Zibanejad for five seconds and they scored. Can't have that. Don't like the way Lafreniere plays defense enough to give him those minutes so we can score goals. Meanwhile, it's fine if the 4th line has a 30% xGF.

Speaking of the 4th line...



3rd pair makes me wanna eat snails. Nemeth-Schneider sucks. Schneider-Braun sucks. If only there were some sort of common denominator between those two pairs.

Not much we can do about some of this now, but for god sake, shake up the lines.

Lundkvist should have gotten more of a chance before the playoffs started. Or Jones.

 

[NCRanger]

Bet the usual suspects here accuse the refs of helping Carolina next series.

When have the refs helped Carolina? Hell, their own in rehab color analyst whines worse than the Penguins do about calls against the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes DO, IN FACT, take a lot of dumb and undisciplined penalties. That said, the same call is not made against Pittsburgh.

 

[Cygnus 2112]

Hate to say it but the Rangers will not get far if they play the Canes like the Pens. Need to tighten up, play like the 2nd place regular season Rangers- apply pressure, make an effort on the forecheck. We will see….

 

[PuckLuck3043]

I think we've collectively accepted our fate here which makes a very likely loss in this next series easier to swallow but I just don't have the amount of vitriol for Carolina that I do for other teams in the division/conference. I'd easily root for them against anyone else still playing other than maybe Florida, but thats because they're just fun to watch and they make a habit of spotting other teams 3+ goal leads and winning anyway.

Svechnikov is low key a f*** stick but thats about it.

Carolina is a bunch of low key dirt bags also. You will see. Most here also collectively accepted our fate when we were down 3-1 to Pitt after an atrocious game 4. Carolina is a better and deeper team but Boston took them to 7 games and we are better than Boston. If Igor plays like Igor can we have a shot. We need to win a game at Carolina.

 

[JimmyG89]

Leg fracture or ankle fracture for Goodrow. If he still has a walking boot on, this round is probably wishful thinking.

 

[will1066]

Do you think McKegg will get in a game? He used to be play in Carolina. He is faster than Reaves and honestly above Brodzinski in the Gallant caste system.

(You also don't have to take this post seriously. It's Monday afternoon, post-Game 7-victory shitpost fodder.)

 

[NCRanger]

Carolina is a bunch of low key dirt bags also. You will see. Most here also collectively accepted our fate when we were down 3-1 to Pitt after an atrocious game 4. Carolina is a better and deeper team but Boston took them to 7 games and we are better than Boston. If Igor plays like Igor can we have a shot. We need to win a game at Carolina.

The Bruins got under their skin. Only way Boston had any chance in that series was to turn it into a muck and grind battle. The Hurricanes can become undisciplined and take bad penalties. Only problem with the strategy is that they are otherworldly in killing them off.

Get a few calls, Brind'Amour starts yapping and they get off their game, especially on the road.

The only true as****e on that team is Svechnikov. Aho can piss you off, as can Teravinen.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Our breakout is to blame for a lot of that. Dmen forced to wing it up the boards and it quickly just ends up back in the slot for a Grade A scoring chance against. If we can't breakout against Carolina, it's going to be a long series.

Short of either nutting up and giving Jones a go and/or Trouba playing better, there really isn't an immediate remedy for improving here.

Clean touches out of our own end have been an issue for most of the season. It cleaned up a bit towards the end of the year, but it was back in full force in this last series.

There was an extreme lack of urgency (which was TEAM wide) in our own end the entire Pittsburgh series after the first period of game 1. Lots of mindless throwing around of the puck, guys floating to get to loose pucks, players taking way too long to do anything with the puck or making high risk passes that are just unnecessary.

This series is going to be won along the walls and in the NZ where they're miles ahead of where we are (which is why I think our run ends here.)

This is going to have to be a dump and chase approach to hockey. If you try to carry it in or get cutesy in the NZ, you're going to get killed against this team. I don't think we have the horses to pull this approach off either (and it sucks that most of the additions we made over the last year to help here are either hurt or scratched in favor of Rooney/Reaves) but this is your path to victory.

It'd never happen, but I'd try to trap this team to death and hope that we can win the ST/goaltending battle.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

we're getting swept. Carolina is just an awful matchup for us. But im still proud of the boys coming back and winning.

Their fans on HF are probably the best group of fans on this site.

nah that would be Philly

 

[nyr2k2]

Carolina is a f***ing twitter troll embodied as a sports franchise. The piss me off more than any team in the league, even when it has nothing to do with us. They remind me of like a AA baseball team, doing anything off-field/ice for attention that they can. Unfortunately they're also really damn good and a bad matchup for us.

 

[will1066]

The Bruins got under their skin. Only way Boston had any chance in that series was to turn it into a muck and grind battle. The Hurricanes can become undisciplined and take bad penalties. Only problem with the strategy is that they are otherworldly in killing them off.

Get a few calls, Brind'Amour starts yapping and they get off their game, especially on the road.

The only true as****e on that team is Svechnikov. Aho can piss you off, as can Teravinen.

I don't think our PP is going to be much effective against Canes' PK. They're highly effective because they immediately pressure the point whether you're dumping it in or carrying it in. Most teams' first move once they gain the zone is to throw it back to the point to set up. Carolina PK always as two guys on the wall as an immediate pincer. We like to throw it back to Fox. Fox got pressed immediately. You throw it in deep, and you hold the puck there like you would 5v5, and you ironically want Car's players to fall back from the board battle if you win the puck battle along the wall in order to get Car into their box, then you can set up.

 

[Peltz]

I'm still in a good mood but since we're looking forward in this thread...

Still hate the lines. Vatrano is a tragedy with Zibanejad and Kreider. I can at least see why they thought Panarin and Strome are good. Where did we think this one works, again?

Lafreniere was with Zibanejad for five seconds and they scored. Can't have that. Don't like the way Lafreniere plays defense enough to give him those minutes so we can score goals. Meanwhile, it's fine if the 4th line has a 30% xGF.

Speaking of the 4th line...



3rd pair makes me wanna eat snails. Nemeth-Schneider sucks. Schneider-Braun sucks. If only there were some sort of common denominator between those two pairs.

Not much we can do about some of this now, but for god sake, shake up the lines.

I'd hate to see you in a bad mood. Sheesh.

 

[duhmetreE]

Remember when we dominated them Covid Season.... but got embarrassed in the play-in?
Remember when we dominated Pittsburgh.... but barely survived round 1?

We were dominated by Carolina in the regular season..... PRAY/HOPE Gallant makes the adjustments.

IMO They will underestimate us. Have to smack them Game 1. Have to win Game 1.

 

[Hire Sather]

It's not Bob Wischusen?

Hope not.

 

[will1066]

I'd hate to see you in a bad mood. Sheesh.

Are you new here? Lol

 

[Hire Sather]

Against this team, Hunt for Reaves is probably the move but it won't happen.

 

[Chytilmania]

I said this before the bubble and I’ll say it again now. This series will live or die with our stars, not because our bottom 6 couldn’t handle it.

 

[Peltz]

The Bruins got under their skin. Only way Boston had any chance in that series was to turn it into a muck and grind battle. The Hurricanes can become undisciplined and take bad penalties. Only problem with the strategy is that they are otherworldly in killing them off.

Get a few calls, Brind'Amour starts yapping and they get off their game, especially on the road.

The only true as****e on that team is Svechnikov. Aho can piss you off, as can Teravinen.

If they can shut down the Rangers powerplay, I don't think the Rangers are good enough 5v5 to make up the difference.

I really do think this team lives and dies by their special teams and goal tending in this series. I didn't think that going into Pittsburgh but I was kinda wrong there - special teams was extremely impactful there too.

Rangers need speed guys to draw as many penalties as possible. And in their own zone, they must do a better job of keeping shots to the outside.

 

[RagFinMet]

I want to inject as much speed as possible
Motte JB Hunt against the canes could be very effective
Jones in for braun/nemeth as well

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

I want to inject as much speed as possible
Motte JB Hunt against the canes could be very effective
Jones in for braun/nemeth as well

Unfortunately this doesn't happen unless we are down 2 or 3-0.

 

[RagFinMet]

I said this before the bubble and I’ll say it again now. This series will live or die with our stars, not because our bottom 6 couldn’t handle it.

When ur stars step on the ice after a great shift from ur cycling, hitting, bottom 6 line it makes that top lines better.
Your 4th line especially doesnt have to score but they can gain momentum which carries over to other shifts
So the play of your bottom 6 does matter