Game 6 Panthers vs. Rangers

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Some of these guys have to be hurt or that was just an utter charade.
 
Some of these guys have to be hurt or that was just an utter charade.
Maybe they are, but I say doubtful because it is the same thing year after year. And they keep pulling us back in, we get excited this year is different, then it ends same way with 0 or 1 goal in a no-show elimination game or games. That has been the case for a very long time now.
 
Any of his at bats are more exciting than the shit we just watched.
lol you mean like he strikes out almost on every single at bat in the playoffs? I like Judge but to me he is Panarin of baseball with better numbers in the regular season
 
Somehow they were an OT away from going up 3-1. Regardless, none total games and they couldn’t beat Florida once in regulation.
 
Just remember one thing about East West this season, he was 4th in points scored with 120 and 5th in goals scored with 49. Those are big-time numbers, and he did it by being aggressive and shooting. Then he gets into round 2 of the playoffs and it all stops, and he goes back to East West. All I can truly think of is he and Mika are terrified of getting in there and getting dirty and mixing it up. I cannot come up with another reason why they no show every playoff, and why East West goes from shooting aggressive, to outside and overpassing just like that.
 
He goes back to east west because other team takes his space away and surround him with two defenders. He panics and reverts back to east west garbage.
 
He goes back to east west because other team takes his space away and surround him with two defenders. He panics and reverts back to east west garbage.
Yup, which is soft, and afraid to play the way you need to play in order to win in the playoffs. He is not a Cup winning player, as awesome as he is and as valuable as he is in the regular season.
 
Gotta give Florida some credit, they are a tough, solid team and their GM who understood that grit wins playoff games not speed and finesse. I'd attribute part of the Rangers performance to AV 2.0's obsession with winning the President's trophy and playing top players unnecessary regular season minutes, one of many ways coaching does influence player performance. There was a lot of excitement from the team this year and many young players to take Roslovic and Wennberg's spots to look forward to watching next year but Drury has to make some drastic roster changes at the top offensively and defensively to take the Rangers to the next level.
 
I think you can win with Panarin if you have enough secondary scoring and don’t rely on him solely. The rangers never have enough secondary scoring or other top guys falter like Mika and Kreider for example.
 
Gotta give Florida some credit, they are a tough, solid team and their GM who understood that grit wins playoff games not speed and finesse. I'd attribute part of the Rangers performance to AV 2.0's obsession with winning the President's trophy and playing top players unnecessary regular season minutes, one of many ways coaching does influence player performance. There was a lot of excitement from the team this year and many young players to take Roslovic and Wennberg's spots to look forward to watching next year but Drury has to make some drastic roster changes at the top offensively and defensively to take the Rangers to the next level.
Agreed, Florida is a very good team, and they deserved to win, won't take a thing away from them. Still doesn't change the fact that the Rangers do the same thing season after season not scoring and wasting Hank and now Igor regardless of which team they are playing, but that shouldn't take away from Florida at all.

I think it has less than nothing to do with the players playing in the last few games of the season. They had 5 days off before the playoffs, 6 or 7 days off before round 2, 5 days off before the ECF. So, I will disagree with you on that one.

At the end of the day, just like last season, the players are not good enough and don't get it done in big spots in the playoffs, that is it. Your point on Florida nailed it. we need more of that, not guys like Mika and East West, regardless of who the coach is.

Also agree on Drury, going to be difficult though with all the NMC's.
 
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East West makes $11.6M to be THE guy, not so we don't have to rely on him. He is 1A to Mika's 1 on this per the usual rinse and repeat playoff failure.
 
They need to bring in Messier into the organization in some sort of way. He will have these softies like Mika on the first train out of Penn Station
 
They need to bring in Messier into the organization in some sort of way. He will have these softies like Mika on the first train out of Penn Station
I actually think that is not a bad idea. Bottom line is this team has ONE Cup in 84 years, and it is thanks in very large part to Messier. At this point I would like to know what the downside is of bringing Messier in to run things or be a big part of it. He is the best leader in sports, won 6 Cups, and we haven't done sh*t in 84 years outside of one year led by him. We have absolutely nothing to lose IMO, because it isn't working as is.
 
damn that’s cold. Not my fault you follow a sad sack franchise that’s done nothing for 30 years. Watching windows open and close having two solid hof goalies back to back and not being able to get it done. Man damn

I cleared your report for you. You’re not too bright huh?
 
lol just wanted to make you feel useful tonight. Knowing you haven’t seen a cup win in 30 years wasting yet another window

About as long as you haven’t seen a naked woman besides your mother.
 
I actually think that is not a bad idea. Bottom line is this team has ONE Cup in 84 years, and it is thanks in very large part to Messier. At this point I would like to know what the downside is of bringing Messier in to run things or be a big part of it. He is the best leader in sports, won 6 Cups, and we haven't done sh*t in 84 years outside of one year led by him. We have absolutely nothing to lose IMO, because it isn't working as is.
It would also be good for all the youngsters coming in the few years. They need a better leadership at the top.
 
It would also be good for all the youngsters coming in the few years. They need a better leadership at the top.
New push, fire Drury who is in over his head, and hire Messier. Bring in a winner who is the one guy who actually delivered for the Rangers in 84 years!! Nothing to lose.
 
Honestly, Drury deserves to be fired. His Buchnevich trade was an absolute disaster. Not finding a way to keep Vatrano was an absolute disaster. His Tarasenko and Kane moves were moronic. Mainly Kane which wasn’t what they needed.
 
Honestly, Drury deserves to be fired. His Buchnevich trade was an absolute disaster. Not finding a way to keep Vatrano was an absolute disaster. His Tarasenko and Kane moves were moronic. Mainly Kane which wasn’t what they needed.
I agree, I didn't have an issue with the Kane deal given the circumstances, but it certainly didn't work out. His trade DL this year was a total disaster and worthy of getting fired for that alone, got nothing for Buch, let Vatrano who fit like a glove walk, not getting Buch or Vatrano back at the DL this year, gave out a bunch of NMC's. It is quite a list for a guy that never should have been Pres from the start, it is a job he was not ready or qualified for, GM okay that was his next step, but not Pres as well.
 
That’s the big issue. They’re hamstrung with these contracts so there’s not much they can really do.
 
This is kind of why I said before OT in game 4 it's almost like a must win. They would've only needed to muster one win out of 3. Instead it's 2-2 and you have low odds of getting 2/3 against these guys.
 
This is kind of why I said before OT in game 4 it's almost like a must win. They would've only needed to muster one win out of 3. Instead it's 2-2 and you have low odds of getting 2/3 against these guys.
Technically, they shouldn't have had to go up 3-1 to win this series, but we should have seen 1 and 0 goals coming when it mattered in games 5 & 6, because that is what they do. You were spot on, OT in game 4 was the chance, and we never really had a shot as Mika gave that up with a terrible play, and it was over in a blink. That was our chance.

It is truly amazing how quickly things turn in the playoffs, 4 days ago we are up 2-1, now we are done again.
 
I think this article is spot on in many ways:

Rangers eliminated by Panthers in Game 6 as long playoff run ends (nypost.com)

One snip:

Florida broke up every one of the Rangers’ East-West pass attempts, but at least there was occasional sustained zone time while goalie Igor Shesterkin stood tall at the other end.

With less than a minute left in the first period, however, Erik Gustafsson’s weak backhanded clearing attempt — a Rangers trend all series — allowed the Panthers to barge back into the zone. Trouba went for the hit as Sam Bennett slipped the puck to Evan Rodrigues, who left a drop pass for the Panthers forward to one-time into the back of the net for the 1-0 lead.
 

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