Igor is one of the best however those other teams also have average defense. We complain about our d-men but I will take our d over any of those teams.
Agreed, we have a good combo goaltender and D, and are lucky to have it. And what a terrible decision by Roy to bench Varlamov. He is the reason they made the playoffs; it was not his fault in games 1 and 2, and Sorokin has allowed 2 very poor goals tonight as the Isles are on the verge of being down 3-0, soon to be swept.
I think the better team won anyway, but Roy should get an assist in the Canes win with his decision in goal tonight. Isles and Lightning just about done, now let's see if we can match what the Canes and Panthers have done and go up 3-0 on the Caps. It would be very un-Rangers like, but we are the much better team, so put the hammer down big time in game 3.
Great night of playoff hockey with three series tied 1-1 on the schedule outside of the Rangers game. Will the Preds, Avs, and Kings take advantage of their home crowds and take the lead in their series.
Colorado explodes in the 3rd period to take a 2-1 series lead, playoff Hellebuyck in full effect. Vancouver and Edmonton with road wins to take back home ice and control in their series. As for today, I am very curious to see what the Stars do on the road down 2-0 at Vegas. As the top team in the West, I expect them to play well, but Vegas is very good, and excellent at home. Tough task for Dallas. The Bruins need to start Swayman and forget their goalie rotation. I would have started Swayman in game 2, but you have to start him in game 4 I'd think. We'll see what Montgomery does. And the Canes and Panthers go for sweeps. I am rooting for the Isles and Lightning to stay alive, as difficult as that may be.
The Avs and Oilers are just scoring machines. Both are very fast teams that have great puck control and passing.
And it is no coincidence they have the two best players in the league IMO, MacKinnon and McDavid. Those guys are so fast it is scary. If you watch them, it's like they play at a different speed and level than the rest of the players, even the other very good players on the ice. It is great to watch.
God dam icelanders..can you at least pretend you are playing game 7 against the Rangers and win a fucking game
Happy the Isles won. Big picture for the series doesn't matter, but making the Canes play another game and prepare for another game is a good thing. Let's finish the Caps tomorrow night and get some extra rest.
TB came out fired up and passionate helped by the return of Sergachev, but Florida has battled back to make it 4-3 TB after two periods. Can TB survive the 3rd and be the second team to hold off elimination and avoid the sweep. If they can avoid the sweep, the Rangers would have chance to be the first team to advance to round 2 with a win in game 4. As for Vasilevskiy, he has let in some soft goals, and also made some great saves. Kind of weird, but usually he is rock solid, so not to his usual level. Just saw updated odds, Canes the Cup favorite, Panthers second, Rangers third.
TB stays alive. It is very difficult to sweep a team. Up next to try and sweep and be the first team to advance to round 2, is the Rangers. If they watched today's games, they know it will not be easy to do. Two good games coming up, Toronto trying to pull even with Boston at home (with Nylander back - and Swayman smartly in goal for Boston), and can the Dallas get back into their series at Vegas.
Toronto lays a total egg against Boston. If they lose, I think they need to trade one of their stars upfront and add some D and a good goalie. How many times can you try it with Marner, Matthews, Tavares, Nylander a questionable D and goalie before you make a bigger change. Dallas with the big OT win last night in Vegas to get back into the series. Only one team still has a chance to sweep, not easy to do in the NHL. Four more big games today starting with Jets/Avs, looking forward to that one.
