Devils vs. Rangers game 7

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Maybe someday people will realize that all these vets that people like Al idolize have shown us time and time again they’re not going to win us anything and need to move them on and develop the kids.
So last year in the playoffs the kids played awesome...what's the excuse this year? Lack of pp time...right...
Great board work is only what kakko can do...not sure what Laffy is great at...not skating...not hitting....not a heavy slap shot..not that great of a wrist shot...

He should have been sent to Hartford since he needed to develop. This is the N H fucking L...
 
I completely misread this team. After the Tarasenko and Kane trades I thought it had a legit chance at winning but man, the usual players came up way short again.
So wait..I idolize players yet you misread the trades...what a way to talk out both sides of your ass
 
This whole series, the Rangers up and down the entire roster were not interested in working to win the series. They wanted to coast and rely on the names on the back of their jerseys.
 
Just a worst case scenario of a game seven loss. Hate to keep saying it but their game three loss says a lot about the heart and desire of this team. Up 2-0 they let up and stunk up home ice. If this team had the it factor they're atleast up 3-1 in this series.
 
Everyone knows the talent they have and what they could achieve if they wouldn’t stick their head up their ass as soon as the playoffs start.

Core needs breaking up.
 
Drury better not come up lame and put out the same team next season. Seismic changes are needed.
 
This was a massive step backwards coming off of last year.
 
This whole series, the Rangers up and down the entire roster were not interested in working to win the series. They wanted to coast and rely on the names on the back of their jerseys.

Just a worst case scenario of a game seven loss. Hate to keep saying it but their game three loss says a lot about the heart and desire of this team. Up 2-0 they let up and stunk up home ice. If this team had the it factor they're atleast up 3-1 in this series.
I think these are spot on. We scored TWO goals in 4 + games outside of game 6...TWO. And sad part is let's be real, we have no clue if their kid goalie is good or not. In the 4 + games I'd say single digit times we really tested him, maybe you can count on one hand. It was pathetic, and can be summed up by watching the replay of the Devs first goal tonight on loop. That comical S show.

And we need big changes, it is stale and time for moves. Issue is what can you do with some of these contracts and NMC's. Tough spot for Drury.

Goodrow has to go - we need his money. All the UFA's should go. We need a real legit hockey 3rd line. The "kids" need to be in the top 6 if they all stay. And I'd say Panarin needs to go also, but not sure how you pull that off with the NMC and big cap hit. People see he is sh*t in the playoffs.
 
This was a massive step backwards coming off of last year.
Massive failure and step back. It blows my mind that we are talking about effort and heart in a playoff series. This team played with ZERO passion and effort in the past 5 games outside of two periods. That is a huge knock on everyone on the team and the coaches. Worst thing you can say about a team.
 
Panarin was terrible in the playoffs last year, follows that up with zero goals this year, and no points in the last 5 games. The guy makes over $11M per year, what can you do with him - I think we are stuck with his huge AAV and NMC. He is a huge problem. At least Kane we can move on from, but Panarin is a big issue moving forward.

And Kane - what a disaster that was. He is either very hurt, or very old and done, or very weak mentally and never could fit in. Not sure which it is, but they are all bad.
 
I know we all feel it and see it, but I don't think I have the words to express how bad that really was. Outside of two periods in game 6, and let's be honest in hindsight that was a total mirage, we got destroyed from game 3 on. The Devs have to get credit for bit*h slapping us. They dominated our as* 3-7. That was one of the most embarrassing displays of playoff hockey I have seen in a very long time.

What's the over/under on how quickly Gallant gets fired - has to happen sadly.
 
Panarin was terrible in the playoffs last year, follows that up with zero goals this year, and no points in the last 5 games. The guy makes over $11M per year, what can you do with him - I think we are stuck with his huge AAV and NMC. He is a huge problem. At least Kane we can move on from, but Panarin is a big issue moving forward.

And Kane - what a disaster that was. He is either very hurt, or very old and done, or very weak mentally and never could fit in. Not sure which it is, but they are all bad.

Kane never fit in. The bottom line like you said. In four loses they were shut out twice and managed two goals in the other two games.
 
I guess you can keep Kreider to stand in front of net and deflect a few pucks on the PP, but Panarin, Zib and Trochek make obscene amounts of money and don’t merit coming back. If we want to ever win a SC that is.
 
Very disheartening and leaves you wondering how they get to where they want to go now. Top 3 goalie in the world but the roster is very locked for right now.
 
As soon as I heard Drury is getting Kane I knew they weren’t winning shit. It’s like they went back to what the rangers used to do. Only worked by a miracle in 94 because of Messier who wouldn’t let them lose.
 
Very disheartening and leaves you wondering how they get to where they want to go now. Top 3 goalie in the world but the roster is very locked for right now.

Drury needs to get nasty and make players’s lives miserable until they waive their NMC.
 
As soon as I heard Drury is getting Kane I knew they weren’t winning shit. It’s like they went back to what the rangers used to do. Only worked by a miracle in 94 because of Messier who wouldn’t let them lose.

Kane is a 3x cup winner. I thought his experience (and obvious talent) was going to be a big addition during the playoffs, but clearly didn’t work out well at all.
 
I guess you can keep Kreider to stand in front of net and deflect a few pucks on the PP, but Panarin, Zib and Trochek make obscene amounts of money and don’t merit coming back. If we want to ever win a SC that is.
I just don't know what you do - who is taking those contracts, and they all have NMC's. I hear you sit them or make their lives miserable, but that's not realistic and won't be done.

Z I keep because he is a C, and is damn good, this series notwithstanding.

I never was a fan of the Trocheck signing, and said it day of. More years and money than Strome or Copp, and to me he is in the same ballpark as those guys, and I have never seen a guy so unable to finish and miss as many glorious chances as Trocheck.

And Panarin needs to go, I just don't know how you move him.

It is going to be very interesting to see what Drury can do, and does. Starting with the coaching decision. I think the Rangers need a Torts light. Someone who instills a D system and discipline into the team, without being an a**. Both AV and Gallant are softer "player coaches", and we need a change from that (Quinn doesn't count as a college coach here as a caretaker for a few years when we were not good).
 
Defense sucked this year in the playoffs. Very overwhelmed. Mikkola is a Fuckin lunk, they were better off playing that other lunk Harpur.

every line sucked. 4th line didn’t work out. Vesey should have never gotten a 2 year extension and Motte 2.0 backfired.

this is definitely the most disappointing team I’ve ever seen. We did not get the Patrick Kane and Tarasenko of yesteryear
 
We cannot go backwards, and what is done is done, but I think this franchise was Dolaned again, and that is why we are where we are now. You fire JD and Gorton, who set this team up, to bring in unproven and untested Drury. Not smart, and certainly not deserved. Drury had a great trade DL last season, and then all those guys left, and he has been terrible since.
 
Panarin needs to go. At least Rick Nash shot, hit and played hard during those runs. You can’t compare this guy to even Nash in the playoffs. Outside of the goal v . Pittsburg he hasn’t done much to help win a playoff series and definitely doesn’t it play to the level he plays at in the regular season
 
The jury is still out on Drury but I can't get on him too much for this years moves, trading for Vlad and having Kane basically force his way here. Just didn't pan out, though Tarasenko was good imo.
 
I can’t believe they no showed in a G7.

I was also very wrong about this roster of players. Extremely disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe this playoff performance. There is no shame losing to a really good Devils team. But how they lost is inexcusable and I will also say you can’t bring Gallant back.

Roster wise Panarin is the guy you have to move on from somehow. Some guys just can’t play in playoffs and he is one.

Beyond that I’m too pissed off to care right now. Other than saying I couldn’t have been more wrong about the way this team was built.
 

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