And into the frying pan....Rangers at Capitals

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And Chuck, save the locker room nonsense. At this point we have Hank, Girardi, Staal, McD, Nash etc who can lead these kids. MSL has nothing left in the tank it seems like and whatever his "presence" might be in the lockeroom isn't worth the bad on ice play.
 
Too much soft passing still on the PP. Watch the Caps PP. Hard, crisp passing with the puck being passed in the shooting area for a one timer. Our passes are slow and soft and often behind or in the skates of our guys.
 
I'd like to see them use the savings on St Louis for someone like Glencross or Tlusty in FA.
 
That's an incredibly selfish play there by Moore not leaving the zone on the offsides. Now it's an intentional offsides and faceoff in the Rangers zone.
 
That's been a problem for years, weak passing and people not in shooting position for one timers. Hopefully Yandle helps alleviate that with his vision and mobility. They haven't had it really since Leetch and Zubov.
 
Very good period for us. Playing a strong game for sure. Just wish we could get the PP going. If we did this game would be over. Take MSL off and put Hayes and/or Miller on.
 
That play there by Kreider shows me that it's the linemates he's playing with and not him that's the problem. Entering the zone, MSL should have fired it in as Kreider was headed to the boards to get the dump in. Instead MSL tried to skate around a defender, got the puck into the corner and tied up. Idk if it is just a lack of communication, but this line just isn't working at all.
 
It is funny, but if you read these games threads and had no clue of the score you'd think we were 0-65...LOL.
 
I was about to come on and say this is McDonagh's best game in awhile and is playing very well against Ovi, but I see he's still getting no love. Ovi has one shot on goal...where are the props for McD and G?

Glass had an awful shift in the first where he didnt grab the outlet pass, and was then in no man's land as an uncontested shot then came from his point. Other than that he's been ok.
 
Girardi has been very good but to me McDonagh still looks behind the 8 ball for some reason. Overthinking it looks like, he just needs to be instinctual.
 
Actually MSL did something finally to set up his buddy and Boyle missed the net by five feet.
 
The problem is that there are some weaknesses in this team that need to be fixed by playoff time. The PP and MSL are two MAJOR issues. I'm not sure if MSL is just tired or what, but he's making a lot of bad decisions and bad plays lately. The PP just refuses to do what is needed to be productive. Put the Hayes line out there a few times. Get Kreider in front of the net, and get Stepan off of it as all night he has been in the middle of the ice just standing there, clogging up the middle and making it easier to defend against.
 
The team just wins and wins and wins. If we have weaknesses to fix then I feel bad for the rest of the NHL. I also wonder what the F do the rest of the teams need to fix...LOL.

In the NHL there are no guarantees of anything, even winning a round, but my lord just be happy for a little while people. It isn't all bad...
 
Apparently this team has flaw after flaw after flaw after flaw after flaw after flaw
 
So you are ok with this PP and MSL sucking lately? Ok. The PP is going to kill us in the playoffs if we can't get it going. Having an effective PP means that it makes the opposition less aggressive because they're worried about taking a penalty. When your PP struggles, teams will take more runs and not be afraid to take a penalty to shake a team up and get them playing their game more passive.
 
Great play by Kreider and nice to see MSL find that extra gear and be able to tap that in.
 
What a win. Back to back against the Isles and rested caps, surviving the onslaught in the third and getting 4 points and giving them zero is huge. Talbot huge game, McD and G tie for second star.

Need Klein to be Ok.
 
Sure it would be nice for the PP to score some goals, but let's put it in context please. The team has been AWESOME since early December, by far the best in the NHL. So while the PP getting some goals would be nice, it isn't this major huge issue.

This team is playing some amazing hockey. Winning tonight is ultra impressive. We just beat the Hawks the Isles and the Caps in 4 nights, 3 of the top teams in the NHL, ALL on the road and allowed 2 goals. BE HAPPY PEOPLE. Best team in the NHL right now and it isn't close.
 
OMG...I am going to puke. Enough from the Caps to think they are equally as good as the Rangers..ARE YOU KIDDING ME JONES. My lord it PAINS these NBC guys to admit the Rangers are the best...LOL.
 
Pretty incredible they got 9 out of 10 points in the last 5 games cosidering the opponents. I was expecting them to drop at least 3 of those games...absolutely incredible. Cam's GAA over the last 5 is amazing.
 
Cam has been awesome. Struggled early, but now that he has gotten comfortable he has been a monster. Controlling rebounds and great glove as well. Guess he just needed to settle in as the starter, awesome stuff.
 
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