94wasagoodyear
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- Jan 19, 2014
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Hard to disagree with anything your saying here SOS. I was so down on the Rangers a few weeks ago, I probably posted some of the most negative rants I've ever posted here...which is saying something. I've had some doozy's over the years.
We've seen firsthand the effects of the fatigue. Whether or not it will affect the Kings remains to be seen.
I am understanding about how perspective might change. I just don't understand how fans are shocked other fans don't "get" why the Rangers aren't getting respect. That's my only point.
Some of those guys were flat out flying in the OT?
People wishing for Fatigue are doing just that: wishing.
No doubt. After game 4 in Pittsburgh I wrote a scathing post about the Rangers but I didn't post it. I was so angry. I'm not calling anybody out and really at this point it's not about being right or wrong on a message board. Some posters should just know better than act offended by what's being said about the Rangers.
In the end we all want the same thing.
No doubt. After game 4 in Pittsburgh I wrote a scathing post about the Rangers but I didn't post it. I was so angry. I'm not calling anybody out and really at this point it's not about being right or wrong on a message board. Some posters should just know better than act offended by what's being said about the Rangers.
In the end we all want the same thing.
Don't disagree with the rest of your post, but it's worth noting. In the playoffs, teams fly until they hit a wall. It isn't a gradual weardown.
I mean, I'm biased, but yeah I think the Rangers have a shot. Why not? They are a good team, they have depth, they have talent. People just seem to discount St Louis as "old" or something and forget he's one of the best offensive players in the game still, even if the Rangers scoring is more by committee this season. They discount Nash, Kreider, etc as guys who just don't stack up. The center depth is shat on despite those guys being legit talented just not super star talented. No one says anything about what a player Zuccarello is, no one knows a damn thing about Stralman and Staal it appears.
No one seems to realize that the Rangers have been rolling 4 lines and 3 D pairs and any line is a threat to score against any opposition out there, and instead they claim that the Rangers lack depth and can't compete
The team is solid top to bottom and has the best goalie in the NHL in net. I'm in no way guaranteeing any kind of win or anything, I just think people overlook the strengths of this team because you don't see anyone with gaudy numbers or whatever. They're a strong team and I think they'll compete hard.
I look at it as how the Rangers handled Crosby or Malkin or Giroux. He's a great player, to some degree you can only limit the damage he can do, but the Rangers were able to do it to the other top offensive stars they've faced so far in the playoffs, and Kopitar is a huge reason Gaborik is scoring so much so if you can limit Kopitar, you're going a long ways towards taking Gaborik out of the game as well.
This isn't an easy thing but it's similar to what the Rangers have already had to face. Giroux/Voracek, Malkin/Neal, Crosby/Kunitz, etc.
Again, similar to what they've faced before...Subban was running wild until he played the Rangers and got stopped cold. Rangers have to do the same thing to Doughty if they can. I'd look for the speed guys like Kreider and Hagelin to force him to back up and play more conservatively than he'd like, much like Subban had to.
I'm always wary of a goalie that could "flip a switch" and put the hurt on the Rangers but Quick hasn't been special these playoffs and the Rangers gotta keep playing their game and getting pucks and bodies to the net.
Ultimately I think the big thing is that the Kings ARE stronger up and down the lineup than the teams the Rangers have faced in general, but most of their strengths are also things the Rangers have faced so far. So if they bring their A game and everyone lays it all out there, they could definitely win this.
Any team that makes it to the Final is worthy of respect. It's about that simple.
Like how this board gave the 2012 Devils respect?
Give me a break.
Before the St. Louis trade, I was expecting maybe a 2nd/3rd round trip, but the trade changed everything. That turned the Rangers into a legitimate threat. The difference between Callahan and MSL is, clearly, astronomical.
Yeah, a lot of his reasons we have an advantage seem more like wishful thinking than anything else. And you can't discount the potential return of Robin Regehr - could be back for game one. He's a good defenseman.
That said, if the Kings are as sloppy in their own end as they were in games 5-7, we have a chance.
How many times did the Kings comeback last night?
Some of those guys were flat out flying in the OT?
People wishing for Fatigue are doing just that: wishing.
This is going to be a straight up war. We're going to see exactly what the Rangers are made of because the Kings are superior to anybody they've faced so far. Which I'm totally fine with because I think we stack up pretty well against them.
It begins and ends with Hank. No matter how well we play, Hank will have to be brilliant. I think he is up to it.
They've played 3 straight 7 game series against the best teams in the league; I don't think fatigue is farfetched.
I'm hoping he's a little rusty. What a blue line they have. This is going to be awesome. Me Giddy.
Their blueline outside of Doughty does not impress me in the slightest.
Their blueline outside of Doughty does not impress me in the slightest.
Their blueline outside of Doughty does not impress me in the slightest.
Muzzin and Voynoy are both pretty good as well, and arguably just as good, if not better, than Staal and G.
After them, though, I take Stralman over any of their other dudes.