Game 6 will Panarin ever find his small nuts?

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So we went from being able to roll out 4 lines to now 2 lines. Incredible. In an elimination game too. Mind bogglingly stupid. Let’s get mad at a kid that gets 10 minutes a game as opposed to Panarin who has done equally as little with quadruple the ice time. Safe to say Kakko is gone from here and I don’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to play for a coach that gives more ice time to 4th line guys over kids who should be the face of the franchise.
 
The reason I say two by the way is because give it 10 minutes before Kreider is moved up and the third line is totally useless.
 
Love the officiating. Maroon with a late hack. No whistle. Maroon then rips off the helmet of Trouba who’s defending his goalie, no penalty. Clearly obvious that to win its Rangers vs Tampa Bay Referees.
Just watch all the post whistle shit. Watch how many cross checks, slashes, face washes etc Tampa gets away with. Also, keep track if how often we get thrown out of the face off circle.
 
TB is better. Period. Aside from one shift the Rangers have been on their heels. TB is better at puck possession and defending in the defensive zone. They stay with their man and are anticipating the Rangers cross-ice passes. It's not even close.
 
They did have a strong start to the game and obviously smell blood. Need us to start creating some chances though.
 
Why does it seem like almost every time the Rangers manage to get control of the puck in the d-zone and try to make an exit pass there are two Rangers coming together to receive it?
 
Gallant is a complete idiot. These lines are complete garbage. The guy just panicked. We won’t be winning any cups with this guy.
 
Greyvtrayn said:
TB is better. Period. Aside from one shift the Rangers have been on their heels. TB is better at puck possession and defending in the defensive zone. They stay with their man and are anticipating the Rangers cross-ice passes. It's not even close.
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Rangers continue their refusal to shoot the puck instead going for the cute east-west passing game. Panarin is teaching all his bad habits to the younger guys. The entire team is starting to do his whole “skate into the zone, stop 3 feet into the zone and then do nothing with the puck and try a cross ice pass which leads to a turnover.”
 
Kakko had barely played this season. You need fresh legs. If you want to scratch someone then Strome who should be the guy. He can barely move.
 
I don’t care how it’s done, Panarin has to be dealt. He’s totally useless. His offensive skill set is literally to just skate into the offensive zone, stop and then make a bad pass to turn it over. Yet our “genius” coach would rather he gets tons of ice time despite his clear shitty style of hockey and constant turnovers.

So far these new lines have ZERO chemistry. Just a bunch of shitty play from a shitty lineup. Rangers want to keep overpassing and turning it over. Lightning are so confident and cocky that they are literally playing defense with 4 players while they have their 5th player hanging out towards the blue line waiting for the Rangers to turn it over and then flying down the ice. That’s how terrible this game plan by Gallant is. Tampa is beating us with 4 players in the dzone.
 
They are also keeping 4 guys in to forecheck when the Rangers get the puck. The Rangers have not been able to consistently gain and clear the puck on defense.
 
Greyvtrayn said:
They are also keeping 4 guys in to forecheck when the Rangers get the puck. The Rangers have not been able to consistently gain and clear the puck on defense.
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They have no respect for this team, nor should they based upon what the Rangers have shown. Rangers are helter skelter when Tampa gets their forecheck going. Ranger players are looking to use the boards immediately to get it out but not looking at where players are. Over and over and over. Nothing changes. Terrible playing. Terrible coaching by lack of adjusting to this. It’s like the Carolina series. Carolina took away the boards and we couldn’t adjust. Tampa has taken away the boards, and once again Gallant can’t figure it out.
 
Lafreniere played over 6 minutes in that first period. Funny how after fucking him over all season suddenly in a must-win Gm 6 Gallant turns to Lafreniere to help him save his ass.
 
Messier had some pretty good insight about trying to break your opponents will to win and how that manifests with the players' body language. That being said...Fox looks completely...and I mean COMPLETELY defeated.
 
The whole coaching staff should be fired for this game. They’re treating this game like a pre season where they’re trying to figure out who should be on the opening day roster.
 
Greyvtrayn said:
Messier had some pretty good insight about trying to break your opponents will to win and how that manifests with the players' body language. That being said...Fox looks completely...and I mean COMPLETELY defeated.
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Fox has looked defeated most of the playoffs. He’s obviously just waiting to have off-season surgery on whatever his injury is.
 
Outside of puck possession, the difference is Tampa making alot more happen around the net and the Rangers not.
 
I think TB is in their winning window and a talented and mature team. We are maybe just starting to enter our winning window, and have a lot of learning to do, and need a few more pieces. At this point not sure it is about the coach, or even individual players, I think TB is simply a better team at this point and in their window.

Frustrating, but it appears that is the case, and once the dust settles we'll look back in a positive way at making it all the way to game 6 of the ECF against the 2-time defending champs.
 
Got lucky there the TB player decided to go to his backhand and completely close his angle.
 
Shesterkin could win the Conn Smythe even if the Rangers don't make the finals.
 
No more complaining about refs with no interference call there! haha
 
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