Post-Game Talk: SCQ #3 - 8/4/20 | hurricanes @ RANGERS

[LeetchisGod]

I can really see Carolina winning the cup.

I doubt it. Better teams will expose that goaltending. Just like Boston did last year.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

I have never been so indifferent after a “playoff” exit.

12.5% odds

much better odds that winning the tainted Covid cup

 

[ElLeetch]

It's unbelievable, really. I feel like this team could get McDavid and he would forget how to score.

If 30 other teams got Trouba, he would be a 60-point terror with smothering defense. but not on the rangers.

 

[nevesis]

Good news is, no chance Henrik retires like this. He's too much of a gamer. He'll play for 2 more years on league minimum backing up somewhere good.

What if Gorton has a nice offer for Georgiev and Hank has his retirement tour next year as Igor’s backup?

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

I can't believe I stayed up until 5 am for this shit.

Good night!

Let's hope we win the draft lottery.

 

[effen]

Kreider gave a shit, most of the rest didn't. Looked a lot like the timid teams of the start of the year that got rooked on a nightly basis. They need one or two personalities in that room to strip the paint from the walls.

 

[mrmovies779]

That’s playoff experience but uh, not a good one.

Even bad experience is good.You can bet your ass the next time they get in,they will remember this feeling and use it as extra motivation

 

[The New Russian Five]

The rebuild continues. Here's to hoping for some draft luck.

Carolina has a great team. Scary to think they're that deep without two of their top 3 defensemen.

Figures Skjei would look like a completely different player on a new team.

Finally a non-apocalyptic post. This year was a good step forward. Anyone who thought we were ready to compete were blinded by the fact that the team was hot for the last month of the season. They still have ways to go but are on the right trick.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I can really see Carolina winning the cup.

I'd like to see them play an actual playoff team before I could say that.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

The bad of this series that really sticks out
Quinn and the Powerplay. Won't mention Staal cause he's always bad.

But you just did mention him...

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

I’m not crying over this. It sucks but let’s be real we weren’t even supposed to make the playoffs this year. Carolina is a very good team and Rod the Bod is a very good coach. They’re contenders for sure, even with their questionable goaltenders.

Also I know everyone is gonna shit
on Mika and panarin because they WERE bad but it was a 3 game series against a much better team. Not the end of the world. EVERYONE was underwhelming to awful. That’s not any one or two players faults. Hank included.

anyway, this team is a few pieces and a coach away from being a contender. We have an elite goalie in Igor, two star players in Mika/Panarin, a guy about to breakout in Kakko, Fox/Tony got a taste of what it’s like in the playoffs against a battle tested team, and we have tons of assets to play around with. Y’all know Gorton ain’t gonna rest on his laurels this offseason. I see us going hard after a center and a defenseman via trade.

I think Quinn will get another year and be fired after a disappointing loss in the playoffs. But honestly I would just strike now and get a legit coach with a track record. Gallant and Laviolette would make me happy.

 

[SliceNDice92]

I see Carolina losing in 5 to their next opponent.

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Men against boys in the trenches. This team has skill but not enough grit to grind out games/series like this against teams like Car and NYI.

 

[bl02]

Carolina can win the cup. They are relentless.

Great a 31st overall for Skjei.
I am pretty sure a team like Tampa or Boston will put some goals on James"hasek" Reimer.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Do goalies really provide value? Is the difference between league average, and veznia-level big name, really worth the difference in cap hit?

We just got aced by a 33 year old journeyman. Does it make sense to play a Lundqvist 8M a year? Do we really hope Shesty gets that good and we have to pay him 10M?

I'm half tempted to ride Georgiev for a 5 year/15M deal. A Georgiev is about all you need to really make a cup run.

Really depends on the team around it, but I'm not convinced the Rangers would spend the money wisely if they allocate that money elsewhere

 

[Chytilmania]

Anyone else think we need to do what it takes to keep Fast?

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

I still love Mika and he’s obviously a star player but this series showed me he’s not a captain.

 

[Peltz]

Good news is, no chance Henrik retires like this. He's too much of a gamer. He'll play for 2 more years on league minimum backing up somewhere good.

I think he knows he's done.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I'm baffled why Gauthier doesn't play

I think he is nursing an injury, got hurt last game.

 

[Tob]

I think he knows he's done.

you're done

 

[Baby Duck Homme]

We got out everythingd in that series.

We get to make two first round picks again and perhaps upgrade at the head coach position.

DQ preaches effort and improvement but sooner or later we are going to need strategy and a system once our younger players start to mature.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

What if Gorton has a nice offer for Georgiev and Hank has his retirement tour next year as Igor’s backup?

We can only hope

Buying him out would be next level stupid

 

[CommaSynapse]

Do goalies really provide value? Is the difference between league average, and veznia-level big name, really worth the difference in cap hit?

We just got aced by a 33 year old journeyman. Does it make sense to play a Lundqvist 8M a year? Do we really hope Shesty gets that good and we have to pay him 10M?

I'm half tempted to ride Georgiev for a 5 year/15M deal. A Georgiev is about all you need to really make a cup run.

A 33 year old journeyman playing one of the best games of his career with a solid defensive structure in front of him.

Let's not kid ourselves that a solid goaltender is not a difference maker. I'm not saying to pay Carey Price money, but a star goalie can absolutely steal games.

You can't have watched 15 years of Henrik Lundqvist and tell me Hank didn't steal games. He got his teams to places they had no business being.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Carolina can win the cup. They are relentless.

Not if they don't stay out of the penalty box. Just because we were incompetent on the PP, doesn't mean playoff competition will be.