Post-Game Talk: We win

[RGY]

Different Coach, Different Response

 

[Rangers in 7]

Watch the last 25 seconds, he raises his stick towards Igor at the other end and is telling his players to hold the puck and bring it back into their own zone

@Lays

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Kreider, Fox and Shesterkin Post Game Interviews.

 

[Machinehead]

-Fox won a Norris

-Panarin scored over 100 points

-Zibanejad scored 40

-Ryan Strome

 

[Kords]

Awesome

 

[pld459666]

I’ll tell ya … not right now …

but Nazeem Kadri makes sense here …

Down the middle snarl - mark it down .

I'd welcome the addition

 

[Machinehead]

Awesome

I've heard Merzlinkins is a really nice guy and I think this was an olive branch after what happened with Kreider.

It's hockey. Things happen in the moment.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Gerard Gallant Post Game Interview.

 

[pld459666]

-Fox won a Norris

-Panarin scored over 100 points

-Zibanejad scored 40

-Ryan Strome

I laughed hard when he said it and again just now.

That was hysterical

 

[SnowblindNYR]

-Fox won a Norris

-Panarin scored over 100 points

-Zibanejad scored 40

-Ryan Strome

Poor Ryan Strome.

 

[Levitate]

I liked the team's reaction after Gallant called them out after the loss to Calgary. There are still a lot of tactical things to work on, and a few players have bad habits and/or things to work on in their game but overall so far so good. Gallant is going about things the right way and the players are responding which is good to see.

They still get mixed up and a bit scrambly in their own end sometimes but honestly they locked it down quite well until they were comfortably ahead, At that point it's not surprising that Columbus pushed a bit more but the game was mostly in the bag

Good bounceback win

 

[bl02]

Awesome

I thought that's what he did. I've never seen that before. He saluted Igor from across the rink.

 

[bl02]

I've heard Merzlinkins is a really nice guy and I think this was an olive branch after what happened with Kreider.

It's hockey. Things happen in the moment.

Gotta say that's quite the sportsmanship saluting Igor like that especially after the Kreider 2nd goal.

 

[Levitate]

I feel like we're seeing good things out of Miller but people want to keep pointing out perceived flaws, I don't really get it.

He has never been a hugely physical player, he never will, that was never his game, yet he does use his size and strength to force guys to the boards and win battles and he's coming along pretty dang nicely this year in a lot of ways.
Maybe enjoy a player for what they do well instead of complaining that they're not all superstars at their positions

 

[Synergy27]

I thought Fox was pretty bad tonight, at least by his standards. He took a penalty (albeit a nonsense one) and uncharacteristically gave the puck away several times.

That said, the pass on the Laf goal was obviously insane. I marvel at his vision and feel so lucky to get to watch him night in and night out.

Kakko needs to start finishing.

Trouba has been excellent.

The third pair needs sorting out.

 

[pld459666]

Would love to see this Kreider for the first 80 games of the year

 

[Machinehead]

Would love to see this Kreider for the first 80 games of the year

He's been good pretty consistently so far. His only stinkers that stand out are games where the whole team stunk.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

He's been good pretty consistently so far. His only stinkers that stand out are games where the whole team stunk.

he had a quiet game last game because zibanejad was really bad.

He had one shift away from him. He and Hunt basically kept the flames hemmed in their zone for a minute and a half.

 

[gravey9]

There was a lot more space out there tonight than versus Calgary. And I think we look really good in those situations. But, there was a lot of positives to build off:

1. Kakko looked really good. Really is the best fit on the roster for Strome/Panarin. As much as I don't like it for him, he makes those guys better. You can really see Kakko's intelligence and awareness out there in all zones. He really pays attention to where P&S are and he makes sure they are not getting caught up ice. I just think it's going to hurt his production, but he played really well.

2. Laffy, had a great 2 periods. 3rd he wasn't really as visible, but I think it had more to do with special teams taking up a good chunk of the period. A much better game from him. He even won a board battle. He really shines when he has more time.

3. Hunt looked phenomenal

4. Lundkvist had a pretty good game. He's not perfect back in own zone, but he was playing a little less safe and he was able to have a positive offensive impact.

5. Eventhough Kreider scored twice, the Zib-Kreider-Goody line was the least impactful. I really thought they were very mediocre offensively. They were fine otherwise.

Great to have a game where Kakko, Laf and Lundkvist all make a positive impact. We need more games like that. A game like tonight makes it clear that we are able to beat the easy teams, but due to youth and other factors we will likely continue to struggle (at least for now) against the beefier skilled teams.

 

[hackeyman]

Gerard Gallant Post Game Interview.

Reporter : What did you like about Shetserkin's game ? Turk : The way he stopped the puck .

 

[Leonardo87]

Kreider has returned to manimal status, dude is a beast in front of the net. Fox is just amazing and Makar can sniff his jock strap for all I care. Shesty looking great, and just a great response after that 5-1 loss a few days ago. This team is heading in the right direction.

 

[nyr2k2]

I know I'm going to be in the minority but I'm not a fan of Merzlikins telling his guys to basically stop playing. I'm cool with the salute or whatever (I wouldn't do it, but it's harmless I guess) but no one wants to get shut out. There was nothing particularly special about this shutout for Shesterkin so I'm not really sure why Merzlikins felt like he needed to tell his guys--who, again, don't like getting shut out--to just take it. I wouldn't like it if Shesterkin randomly did that.

 

[Fitzy]

-Fox won a Norris

-Panarin scored over 100 points

-Zibanejad scored 40

-Ryan Strome

I mean, if that isn't the perfect description IDK what is.

Strome is Hawkeye for the avengers here lol.

Also, if the pause was intentional that's 100% perfect comedic timing.

 

[Fitzy]

I know I'm going to be in the minority but I'm not a fan of Merzlikins telling his guys to basically stop playing. I'm cool with the salute or whatever (I wouldn't do it, but it's harmless I guess) but no one wants to get shut out. There was nothing particularly special about this shutout for Shesterkin so I'm not really sure why Merzlikins felt like he needed to tell his guys--who, again, don't like getting shutout--to just take it. I wouldn't like it if Shesterkin randomly did that.

Hopefully if they didn't think it was OK they'll talk to him about it after the game.

Agreed- at the very least if you want to throw in the towel with 25 seconds left you should just skate up and put the puck deep in the zone a few times instead of just chilling in the defensive zone like they're mocking the 1-3-1 formation.

 

[nyr2k2]

Hopefully if they didn't think it was OK they'll talk to him about it after the game.

Agreed- at the very least if you want to throw in the towel with 25 seconds left you should just skate up and put the puck deep in the zone a few times instead of just chilling in the defensive zone like they're mocking the 1-3-1 formation.

Yeah, and I recognize it's not really a big deal, but it just seems like a weird thing to do. If I'm a forward a want to crank a couple shots and try to get one on the board. Whatever, I guess.