Here we go boys. Game one against Andy, Princess Karlsson and some French Canadian twat named "Brass-nards" or something stupid shit like that
Lineups remain unchanged. Wouldn't mind seeing Mike continue his strong play and make them regret trading him. Continue the strong play, continue taking our wins on the road and let's wake up tomorrow with a fucking lead in this series
Let's fucking go, boys. Twelve more fucking wins
And the goalie played it. That shouldn't be icing.
I didn't see it.
Kreider, Hayes, and Miller all really need to wake up. We need those guys and they're all playing like shit.
I didn't see it.
I thought the NHL has hybrid icing, not no-touch icing?
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the goal line or after it, in no-touch icing (like the NHL has) the goalie can play it after the goal line and icing still gets called if appropriate.
I didn't see it.
I thought the NHL has hybrid icing, not no-touch icing?
Yea, you're right, it's technically hybrid, but the defensive team doesn't need to touch it to be icing, they just are supposed to be at the face off dot first and the goalie can play it behind the goal line without negating icing.
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In comment 13446182 pjcas18 said:
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the goal line or after it, in no-touch icing (like the NHL has) the goalie can play it after the goal line and icing still gets called if appropriate.
I didn't see it.
I thought the NHL has hybrid icing, not no-touch icing?
Yea, you're right, it's technically hybrid, but the defensive team doesn't need to touch it to be icing, they just are supposed to be at the face off dot first and the goalie can play it behind the goal line without negating icing.
Got it, thanks.
We better win game 2.
Really fucking frustrating.
Garbage game. Better win on Saturday.
I still don't know which team this is - the team that's gets its shit pushed in out there every couple of games, or the team that rolled Montreal three games in a row.
Just a fucking pathetic disgraceful effort tonight. Pathetic. Maybe (I hope) they just came in tonight under rating Ottawa. We'll lose in 4 or 5 if whatever the fuck that was tonight is our series compete level. Burn the fucking tape that was awful.
Garbage game. Better win on Saturday.
agree with this. things just seemed a tad off the entire game other than Hank, who deserved much better. would be wonderful if Kreider or Miller can show up at some point this postseason...
just insane that Hank makes a highlight reel worth of saves and we lose on that bullshit. fucking brutal.
Once again they are making Hank do it all and its pissing me off. I accept poor defense with this group, the talent level is what it is. But these forward better start stepping it the fuck up.
agree with this. things just seemed a tad off the entire game other than Hank, who deserved much better. would be wonderful if Kreider or Miller can show up at some point this postseason...
At least Kreider was somewhat involved tonight. At one point in the game, I wondered what happened to Nash and Stepan? While everyone is focusing on the end result, Step had a dreadful shift on the GW goal. Even Zucc can't lift the nothingness of Hayes and Miller. Too many of the forwards are MIA.
and goalies have said most players don't realize how hard the bad angle shots are to save (and they showed the Crosby goal off Hank's head).
I think Hank would like to have that back obviously and no doubt it's what you'd call a soft goal, but that angle and the tip off Stepan makes it harder than some people think.
Just have to hope Hank has a short memory.
Flat.
I hate to point at 1 play in a hockey game. but when they were up 1-0 with about 7 minutes left in the 2nd, Kreider made that horrible, lazy clearing attempt up the middle that was kept in, and from then on it seemed like the ice was tilted towards the Rangers net.
They didn't sell out a single first round game, and now they had 16K last night.
This is so not true. Step is playing pretty huge minutes and generally drawing the toughest assignments. He always does. It isn't sexy, but he's very very solid.
Nobody has brought it up because it isn't true.
That's not to say they necessarily did.. I don't know what the collective mindset of the team was. But that was the type of game they played.
I expect a much more focused effort tomorrow and a win.
Game 1 is where you size up your opponent and see how they're going to play you and from there, you've got to make adjustments and start formulating a plan of attack. These series' are a chess match. We just need to counter and I believe we will.
As I said from the jump, though.. this was never going to be a short series.