Game 3

[chuckd3534]

Never happen. Not our style. We need to play our game and actually finish.

 

[Ranger71]

The first 10 minutes yesterday could be the turning point in the end.

 

[chuckd3534]

We get a PP goal there and we could roll. What can you do.

That is why the 1st goal Wednesday is HUGE IMO.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Jam, you nailed it. I was thinking the same thing. Flyers own the pens because they goon it up and beat the shit of them, crash the net and forecheck like crazy. Pittsburgh is not a physical team by any means.

 

[jamsim67]

Never happen. Not our style. We need to play our game and actually finish.

If you get mad enough, it's everybody's style. You take offense at anyone who crosses the blue line, hit, and hit some more

 

[chuckd3534]

I agree that is a way to beat them. I just don't think that is the way we play. Either way I strongly doubt game 4 of the 2nd round we change our game. We went the other way tonight actually.

Carcillo back in for Fast and go from there. Keep Diaz in.

 

[Stepupstepan]

The more I watch Stepan, the more I cant stand him. He is so useless, it is mind boggling. Never done anything in the playoffs ever. I gave him a pass before, since he was a young guy. Not anymore.

 

[Messiah717]

This team is soft physically and mentally. That's a big problem.

 

[Messiah717]

The more I watch Stepan, the more I cant stand him. He is so useless, it is mind boggling. Never done anything in the playoffs ever. I gave him a pass before, since he was a young guy. Not anymore.

He's overrated

 

[Stepupstepan]

AV went overboard with the lineup changes. Keep Carcillo. Fast does not bring anything.

 

[Stepupstepan]

Is there any chance that CK comes back for game 4?

 

[jamsim67]

Jam, you nailed it. I was thinking the same thing. Flyers own the pens because they goon it up and beat the shit of them, crash the net and forecheck like crazy. Pittsburgh is not a physical team by any means.

Yeah, but they've been physical against the Rangers ... especially game 2. The Rangers have to pay them back Wednesday. Pain, for 60 minutes!

 

[sorr]

Annnnd now here comes the schedule excuse from AV. BS. The team didn't look tired, they looked the way they always do - inconsistent with no killer instinct.

Starting to really dislike AV.

 

[jamsim67]

The more I watch Stepan, the more I cant stand him. He is so useless, it is mind boggling. Never done anything in the playoffs ever. I gave him a pass before, since he was a young guy. Not anymore.

The more I watch Nash and Stepan, the more I realize their game is more suited to the regular season. Postseason does not suit either of them.

 

[Ranger71]

Stepan is probably best suited as a good 3rd liner. Most of his points are garbage its not like he makes plays himself.

 

[Stepupstepan]

One other thing that kills them is the rangers defenseman CANNOT shoot the puck or at least get the puck on net consistently. I would look at least changing two d in top four next year. I know Staal has been very good this playoffs but I would look into getting a guy that can shoot and be a decent defender. Replace Stralman also. Terrible at getting the puck to the net.

 

[mrmel29]

Hard to say you got shut out 2 games in a row by fleury. AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!. This team needs to come out strong wednesday and take a lead and start dealing out some physical pain to these penguins which I still think they do. Unfortunately, if they don't I think for the first time the crowd is gonna make Nash realize he's not in columbus anymore. I'm waiting to see which newspaper tmo puts a picture of Nash on the back of a milk carton with the caption have you seen this man. Stepan is as soft as the pillsbury doughboy. I hope they don't even think of bringing back Kreider until we at least win another game. If they go down 3-1 let kreider heal and come back in training camp.

 

[panzerporter]

Another tough loss, many posts mention the mental state of the Rangers and Pitt's two goals came as a result of critical mental errors but we're not to mention that the Rangers are the first team in 25 years to play 5 playoff games in 7 days, guess we'll just chalk it up to coincidence. The Rangers looked tired to me and to guys with a lot more experience playing the game and calling the game yet they still put up some numbers.

First goal by Cindy Hank gets beat because he's too (lazy/fundamentally unsound/tired?) to put his stick on the ice and close the 5 hole. Yes Staal's lapse allowing one of the best scorers in the NHL to slip behind him was equally brutal and Cindy's scoring ability is prolific but Hank can't get beat 5 hole there. Second goal jump started by an errant hobbit pass in the wrong direction leading to another breakaway, terrible mental error by Zucc, terrible job by Richards moving in at the PP's conclusion. Every once in a while a no look Zucc pass will find it's way between the skates of two opposing defenders but more often it leads to a turnover and a scoring chance for the wrong team. Seems like every player/announcer in the know except Hank is aware that Jokinen has made the same move on every breakaway in his career. Hank played great hockey last night but just good tonight but Hank's not going to be the deciding factor in this series, Nash, MSL, Richards & Stepan need to do something.

Benching Carcillo, by far the team's most consistent player/agitator for Fast, was an absolute bonehead move by AV, just one hit by the guy keeps the MSG crowd in the game. I think Miller is a better option than Dorsett though and I would play Diaz again. Huge game Wednesday, can AV solve the PP's befuddlement? can Nash/MSL/Richards/Stepan notch a point or 3? Time will tell, hope you bring the Blueshirts good luck Chuck. Let's Go Rangers!

 

[MrSleeps]

its obvious everybody is frustered including myself, our morale is down....... but were only down 1-2, goals come in bunches but idk if we can outscore the pens rest of series......... were going to score, but its if we can keep the pens from scoring.... a shutout by hank would help extremely at this point.... our PP is killing us, idk what happened, in the regular season it was decent, but again come playoff time everybody forgets how to play on the PP

 

[Malco]

Nash is right up there with a few other guys in the race for most overpaid player in the league. For whatever reason great guys come here and turn to CRAP. MSL, I was sure he would be huge for this team. Wrong again.. If Nash is an 8 million dollar a year player, Crosby should be making Michael Jordan type money.

 

[chuckd3534]

1. Hank has allowed 2, 2, 2 goals per game thus far. If we were told at the start Hank would allow 2 goals each in the first 3 games, against one of the best O's in the NHL, we would have signed on in a second. And I'd say worst case we'd be up 2-1. The dude was beaten on two breakaways by the best player in the league, and another very good player who is great on the break. And he also stopped two breakaways. And guess what...WE HAVE BEEN SHUTOUT BACK TO BACK GAMES. So no matter what Hank had done it didn't matter. Being shutout back to back by MAF and Pitt is sad. So I really don't want to hear anything about Hank. This is not on him one drop. He cannot score.

2. I do think we are tired. Thinking back to last night, even though I feel we controlled a lot of the game, I think we were running on fumes a lot of it. BUT that is not an excuse to score 0 goals back to back games. What has hurt us way more than being tired is our joke PP. If we even have 2 PPG's in this series we are up 2-1. So you want to point at something, point at the PP not being tired. And BTW...it is mental now...no doubt. We were so tight last night and you could clearly see it. It is in our heads that we cannot score. These players are not stupid. Not being able to score against Pitt and that goalie is shocking to them...and you could see it as we hit post after post, and got more and more frustrated.

3. Nash is a joke now. 22 playoff games as a Ranger and 1 goal. That is a trend. That is what he is. That is not a few game slump. The next time that guy goes in front and scores a dirty goal let me know. He is soft and too nice. Plays with no mean streak at all. If we manage to lose these next two games and he does nothing, do we just bring this guy back and smile? I mean we have no choice due to shitty play and a NTC, but wow that is rough. Nash needs some balls. That is his issue IMO. Flat out joke now. And BTW...shout out to Stepan who disappears in the playoffs every season. He doesn't make 7.8 mill per and isn't expected to be a star to carry us, but still a joke really.

4. We need to score first in game 4. I kept saying last night if we got 1 goal things would open up for us and we'd loosen up, and I believe that. And that goal never happened...and we got tighter and tighter. That is why I wanted just 1 goal late to get us ready for game 4...never happened. So now we enter game 4 with the monkey on our back big time. That is why the 1st goal is huge. We get it and play with a lead and I think things fall into place...I really do. If Pitt scores it, especially early, I fear things could get ugly for us. We need to get the monkey off our backs and score 1st. Then I bet we play well and have a great shot to win game 4 and be right back in the series tied 2-2...anyone's series at that point. Just need 1 goal to get us started...I truly believe that.

 

[chuckd3534]

Richards said, “We might be frustrated right now but it does no good, we are in the middle of a series and out of the three games we have played two real good ones. We can be frustrated a little bit because we didn’t get it done tonight but really, we get some sleep and build on the fact that we have played some good games in the series. We are going to score, that is gonna happen and when we do we will get momentum and be alright.”



Alain Vigneault on tonight’s game…“We had some chances but couldn’t make them pay. We made a couple of mistakes. That’s hockey.”
Henrik Lundqvist on preparing for Game 4…“It’s first to four wins, we just need to take a deep breath here and regroup tomorrow and just get ready for the next one. That’s going to be a very important game for us. This is definitely not over. We’re playing well and creating chances. There are a couple things we can probably do better. Let’s not over think this, just take a day here tomorrow to reload and get ready for a very big game.”
Ryan McDonagh on playing from behind…“They do a good job playing with the lead, but we have to find ways to bring pucks to the net a little bit more. They do a good job of blocking shots. We just have to throw pucks off to the side and try to jam. Especially when he’s (Marc Andre Fleury) on his game, really seeing it, not giving up a lot of rebounds either. In those situations we have to take a read and try to bring one to the net and get an ugly one.”

 

[chuckd3534]

I think they are dead on. And we outshot Pitt 24-12 when it was 5 on 5.

We played pretty well last night IMO, just could not score. The question for game 4 is are we so exhausted mentally now that we come out with a feeling of what's the point and get rolled by Pitt. OR do we come out saying we controlled a lot of game 3, just get a win in game 4 and we have a long series that could go either way.

That is the question...and to me the 1st goal tells it all. HUGE IMO.

 

[RagFan4Ever]

Scott arniel should be fired

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Agree with that!!!