Post-Game Talk: Spoilers

[Machinehead]

And yet they led the league in comeback wins last year and were a top team in that department for 3 straight seasons.

I'm tired of hearing about last year. They were +1 at 5v5.

I'm not talking to some boomer that @Megustaelhockey overheard telling his kid that the Rangers don't commit penalties. You should know they weren't that good last year.

 

[Bob Richards]

This is honestly where "our top guys aren't top guys" is coming home to roost.

Honestly gives me the heebie jeebies for next season lmfao. 4 of our usual Top 6 guys are over 30 and declined at the same time and then they traded for a 5th one.

 

[NCRanger]

Surprised there was only one comment about the condition of the ice.

I guess me and Megusta were the only ones who thought that ice was barely playable?

Hopefully the Big East Tournament brought in enough revenue to offset the lost playoff games.

 

[McRanger92]

My point is not that they played poorly. It just seems like no one on this team can score a timely goal this season outside of a miraculous 4 game stretch. With the exception of the Senators and first Blue Jackets games the Rangers have been playing very well since the 8-2 embarrassment against the Sabres. I guess that Penguins game wasn't great either. But overall they've been good. They're just so painfully unclutch. The Power Play shouldn't be this bad, even with the corpse of Kreider, that's a big part of it. But when they go down in the third you know it's over. It's as if every player is playing so f***ing tight because these games matter.

This team showed their mental weakness loud and clear in November and December. That doesn’t get excused away by adding a few actual NHL defenseman and a physical top line forward, which has been the main reason they’ve looked better since January.

Panarin doesn’t give us enough 5v5 to justify his paycheck, especially when the PP is simultaneously slumping at its worst in his tenure. Kreider is a shell of himself physically and mentally.

 

[Machinehead]

Honestly gives me the heebie jebbies for next season lmfao. 4 of our usual Top 6 guys are over 30 and declined at the same time and then they traded for a 5th one.

I have the heebie jeebies for the next ten seasons.

It's looking increasingly like they're just gonna have to step in shit at the draft, or try to win the Cup the same stupid ways that never worked before.

An actual Cup-winning roster feels worlds away.

 

[will1066]

Surprised there was only one comment about the condition of the ice.

I guess me and Megusta were the only ones who thought that ice was barely playable?

Hopefully the Big East Tournament brought in enough revenue to offset the lost playoff games.

The ice was bad

 

[McRanger92]

The team is tap dancing to the 2 seed in the Metro if they played the way they have this week all season. Saying they are talentless is just a long time coping mechanism here.

 

[17futurecap]

The Oilers basically flat lined in the third and scored twice.

 

[Machinehead]

The team is tap dancing to the 2 seed in the Metro if they played the way they have this week all season. Saying they are talentless is just a long time coping mechanism here.

Looking at the rosters that have won the Cup since dinosaurs roamed the earth and saying this team is anywhere near that standard is a coping mechanism.

 

[Row I Goon]

Didn't see it

Won't watch the highlights

That is all

 

[McRanger92]

Looking at the rosters that have won the Cup since dinosaurs roamed the earth and saying this team is anywhere near that standard is a coping mechanism.

It does appear that way when our highest paid players pick and choose when they show up

 

[McRanger92]

I hope this is what actually happened. Maybe time for Artemi to take things more seriously

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Should’ve gotten at least a point out of that game.

Well, I had hope for about 23 hours. Now we’ve played 2 games more than all the teams around us even the islanders are only 4 points back with 2 games in hand. Montreal 1 point back with 2 games in hand, CBJ 2 points back with 2 games in hand, Detroit 2 points back with a game in hand.

It’s too tight to not be getting points.

 

[ReddestRum]

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The Oilers basically flat lined in the third and scored twice.

I really hate looking at these when the bulk of our chances are deflections, one tee's into the crest, breakaways without dekes, and shots coming off of broken play scrambles.

 

[McRanger92]

The drop pass on zone entries on the power play is embarrassing in how predictable it is. As is Panarin force feeding one timers. As is Fox never shooting from the point. Mika and Kreider may as well have not been on the ice for it.

 

[ReddestRum]

I hope this is what actually happened. Maybe time for Artemi to take things more seriously

It looks like Panarin is just sitting there and he yells further down the bench.

 

[hackeyman]

I'm hoping we get better by the Stanley Cup finals .

 

[hackeyman]

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The Oilers basically flat lined in the third and scored twice.

So basically we got out goalied again .

 

[bbny]

Say what you want about the various warts this team has had this year, none has been more costly than powerplay inefficiency. They have been a team that depends on an effective powerplay for several years now. The lack of production there has cost this team at least 10 points this season. It’s not working and I’m not sure there’s anything left to try that moves the needle.

 

[mike14]

I really hate looking at these when the bulk of our chances are deflections, one tee's into the crest, breakaways without dekes, and shots coming off of broken play scrambles.

which is kind of funny in this one, where a deflected shot was basically the difference...

 

[NickyFotiu]

3 weeks ago this board said Drury/Lavi should be fired for not playing Jones and Othman.

Tonight the board says Jones and Oth suck.

These pretzels are making me thirsty

 

[AirGut]

3 weeks ago this board said Drury/Lavi should be fired for not playing Jones and Othman.

Tonight the board says Jones and Oth suck.

These pretzels are making me thirsty

Jones/Ottoman/Berard
some of the only sources of speed this team has right now. They've been just fine given the small sample size.

 

[Irishguy42]

The ice was bad

At MSG?

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. No way that would happen...

 

[NickyFotiu]

Jones/Ottoman/Berard
some of the only sources of speed this team has right now. They've been just fine given the small sample size.

I'm not down on them. Right now they are borderline players with some potential upside.

Just think the board swings over 3 weeks are humorous. They went from saviors to goats fast.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Sometimes you play well and lose. That’s hockey.

Wouldn’t be a big deal if there werent many instances this season where they played like ass and lost.