Tonight we can punch our ticket to the Conference Semi-Finals in a cool 5 games if we're able to take care of business. I think we've seen about the best we're going to get from the Pens in this series. Between injuries and lack of depth, they're just not very good. Crosby is still good enough to do the damage on his own as he did in Game 2 but fuck that shit.
Major opportunity to get out of a first round in less than 7 games here, which is something we've not done since Renney was behind the bench and we disposed of LOLDevils in 5 back in 2008.
Klein is 50/50 to go tonight per AV. Sounds like it's basically Klein's call at this point.
No bullshit. Start fast, score first and have them with one foot on the golf courses nice and early.
#LGR
Love when you get those great nights across multiple sports. Good stuff.
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Genius.
Nobody outside of maybe MSL is playing poorly. Few guys playing below potential (Zucc prior to the injury today), but no one is dragging the team down.
Agree there's no anchor, though
Completely disagree
Yandle has been solid and the stuff he put on Crosby the other night was a thing of beauty.
Movin on! Great series win.
Yup.
You fuckin muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuush.
You fuckin muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuush.
No, it's not. Ever.
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Ottawa isn't gone yet. Let them all go 7 games
There's no reseeding anymore, so the Rangers play the winner of the Caps/Islander series.
Ty - too often i just look at the conference standings.
This one:
The one that lead directly to a goal the other way.
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Nobody outside of maybe MSL is playing poorly. Few guys playing below potential (Zucc prior to the injury today), but no one is dragging the team down.
They are all playing well. Boyle is a little weak handling the puck, but his d is ok. Four solid lines and 3 solid defense pairings.
Who sits when Klein comes back - Hunwick?
Onto round 2....
Congrats, fellas. Well-deserved win. Aside from one little hiccup where the Yinz just crashed the net, we kept Sindy and Malkin at bay for the whole game. Gotta give it to the Yinz though. They took us to the limit despite being undermanned. MAF was fantastic the whole series and it certainly wasn't his fault that they lost.
Way to be clutch, Hags. Rest up, get well soon, Zuccs and Klein and let's keep some ass in a few days.
Hopefully enough time to get Klein and Zuccs back, and everybody else who's sore at the moment some much needed rest.
I'm indifferent on who we play - each present challenges and opportunities. My concern with Washington is their heavy hitting wearing us down later in a series + their postseason experience... versus the Islanders would be a media zoo, extra intensity, plus a little more talent on their roster than WAS.
We 'should' advance past either but its the playoffs... nothing's easy and it usually comes down to a few inches.
Enjoying these ~6 days off!!
Ugh. And to think we could've signed him and he would've been cheaper than Tanner Glass. That's why I was saying all offseason we should sign Winnik.
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Was Winnik NOT on the ice for any of the goals we scored in this series?
Ugh. And to think we could've signed him and he would've been cheaper than Tanner Glass. That's why I was saying all offseason we should sign Winnik.
Anak, Winnik was awful. That's what arc is saying. He was a -6 in the series and we only scored 8 even strength goals. That's pretty hard to do. So yeah, good signing suggestion?
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Was Winnik NOT on the ice for any of the goals we scored in this series?
Ugh. And to think we could've signed him and he would've been cheaper than Tanner Glass. That's why I was saying all offseason we should sign Winnik.
Anak, Winnik was awful. That's what arc is saying. He was a -6 in the series and we only scored 8 even strength goals. That's pretty hard to do. So yeah, good signing suggestion?
I know, I was being sarcastic. I was echoing what we were saying in the offseason. I was one of them. I did want Winnik over Glass.
djm, i seem to remember him having at least 3/4 BAD give aways because of panicked passing in EACH if the last two.
I want him to do well, but he looks overwhelmed to me. He looked much better earlier in the series. But i am literally nervous whenever he is on the ice
He makes some of the best crisp, on the tape passes I have seen from a Ranger Dman in quite a while.
Him, Hayes, Kreider, Hags, Zucc, Fast, Brassard, Stepan, some of our guys in juniors and the mimors, and our deep defensive corps really set us up for long term competitiveness.
I'm just a little disappointed there hasnt been more overtime in that one.
Hoping for a few OT on Monday too.