NFT: NHL Playoffs SCQ - New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Of course.

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In comment 14942134 NYerInMA said:

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Of course.

Staaaaaaaal

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left off. Still sucks. Another goal off his skate. Guy continues to look like a giraffe on roller skates out there.

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The playoffs are here and the Rangers are back and incompetent.

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for the right team finally. 3-2 game.

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Gotta change things up for Game 2. They got outworked to the puck pretty consistently.

In comment 14942145 NYerInMA said:

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Gotta change things up for Game 2. They got outworked to the puck pretty consistently.

I'm afraid so.

as playing with house money, so I am not bummed to my core. It was not something I expected at the beginning or middle of the season, though certainly expectations were raised in the last ~30 games until the pause.

One clear positive: KK, as somewhat expected, has come back rejuvenated. He had so many games 2019 (incl. the Worlds) and 2020, he was exhausted and any adjustment was too much too soon for a teenager.

He has stopped being a 'deer-in-the-headlights' player, he is willing and eager to be the guy with the puck and make plays. Maybe most significantly--as exemplified by his rush into Canes end and retrieving the puck at their goal line and firing the puck from an impossible angle (that still gave Mzarek trouble)--he showed a burst of speed and skating that he just did not demonstrate during the season.

Gauthier too, more involved, more ice time, of course Fast's absence had something to do with that.

McKegg is awful; he and Howden are borderline NHLers at best.

and not even midway through the first period

DeAngelo isn't an NHL defenseman. Move him to wing and save us the headaches. McKegg is so bad he should be in the AHL...forever. Chytil did nothing right and saw the ice like a blind man. If McKegg belongs in the AHL I'm not sure where Giuseppe belongs because he's even worse.

My 'For Shame' player is Adam Fox? Why? Because he was as bad as anyone on the team but he has real talent so there's no excuse for it.

Quinn better figure out how to get people on the ice that can contribute or this is going to be a short series and on to the links.

That sucked

I've been rooting for the Rangers since he late 60's. They're still missing a lot of important pieces if they want to build a power house. Maybe some are waiting below the NHL level right now maybe not. I'd rather they win the lottery than this tournament.

They ain't winning shit.

today and watching Libor Hajek all season in the bigs. What the hell was Gorton thinking with that McDonagh/Miller trade? What did the scouts see in Hajek and Howden? When we traded for them, everyone said that they were low-ceiling players. As of now, they're both borderline NHL players.

So we traded a top-pair guy in McDonagh and a top-6 F in Miller for two low-ceiling prospects who are now borderline NHL players, a late first rounder (we'll see how Nils Lundkvist fares in 2022) and a second rounder.


It's not Porzings trade-bad, but that was a horrible deal. The Staal trade was bad. The Smith trade was bad. The Trouba trade looks like it'll be a REAL clunker. Paying 8M per for 7 years for average play isn't going to cut it. Meanwhile, Pionk has found his game in Winnipeg and the first round pick they got from us was used on a promising defenseman named Ville Heinola.

In comment 14942225 Anakim said:

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today and watching Libor Hajek all season in the bigs. What the hell was Gorton thinking with that McDonagh/Miller trade? What did the scouts see in Hajek and Howden? When we traded for them, everyone said that they were low-ceiling players. As of now, they're both borderline NHL players. So we traded a top-pair guy in McDonagh and a top-6 F in Miller for two low-ceiling prospects who are now borderline NHL players, a late first rounder (we'll see how Nils Lundkvist fares in 2022) and a second rounder. It's not Porzings trade-bad, but that was a horrible deal. The Staal trade was bad. The Smith trade was bad. The Trouba trade looks like it'll be a REAL clunker. Paying 8M per for 7 years for average play isn't going to cut it. Meanwhile, Pionk has found his game in Winnipeg and the first round pick they got from us was used on a promising defenseman named Ville Heinola.

Oh and I forgot the Ryan Graves trade. THAT was horrendous.

Fogarty in for Fast.

Conflicting reports all over the place

What was bad was re-signing Smith.

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In comment 14942982 Giants in 07 said:

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Conflicting reports all over the place

Weird, it looks like you're right, but there are pictures on twitter of the Rangers lineup card with Shesterkin as the starter. Really not sure what's going on.

Not than Lundqvist didn't play well in game 1, but I'd rather have Shesterkin's elite puckhandling out there to help negate Carolina's heavy forecheck. Oh well.

In comment 14942990 Mad Mike said:

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Weird, it looks like you're right, but there are pictures on twitter of the Rangers lineup card with Shesterkin as the starter. Really not sure what's going on.

Igor practiced yesterday but Quinn said it would be a gametime decision. Guess he made his decision late.

Was kind of hoping for Kravtsov

God damm. I hate being a Ranger fan.

But Zibanejad and Panarin have done nothing 5 on 5.

In comment 14943097 BrettNYG10 said:

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But Zibanejad and Panarin have done nothing 5 on 5.

Isn't that the whole team?

In comment 14943114 Route 9 said:

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In comment 14943097 BrettNYG10 said: Quote: But Zibanejad and Panarin have done nothing 5 on 5. Isn't that the whole team?

Lol, true.

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going to bury one, or what? I keep hearing about how great he's doing. Would be nice to see a goal.

He's the least of their problems. How about their All-Star forwards? Be nice if they could create some chances. How about Chris Kreider and his giant salary extension?

Lol. Those guys piss me off, too. Especially Kreider.

You need goals to win. No?

Carolina is not giving the Rangers an inch.

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No life at all

Rangers looks like they're playing the 2000 Devils. Don't even show up for the 3rd game.

They win no loose puck battles.

Just lifeless

And I don't even think Gauthier saw the ice in the third, which I have no idea why

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God, I'm getting Girardi/Staal vibes...

In comment 14943178 Anakim said:

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God, I'm getting Girardi/Staal vibes...

I think it's easier if you listed the Ranger contracts over the year that weren't absurd.

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