Lets do this. GAME 3 THREAD BABY - thoughts and predictions and whos going?!?

[Stepupstepan]

Good point. It is stupid to drag this thing into June when there is like 80 degrees outside. They need to shorten the regular season and start the playoffs in March.

 

[Ranger71]

Maybe this will stop people from knee-jerking reactions and assuming they'd sweep them. You're only setting yourself up to be letdown.

 

[Stepupstepan]

great point, 71. Some people here were talking about sweep during game 2.

 

[sorr]

It's not about not sweeping them, it's about letting them off the hook. Hank's mojo might very well be gone after an incredible 5 game stretch. Their no-name goalie now has confidence after 75% of the shots he stopped tonight hit him in the chest. And MSL and Nash went back to not burying some pretty damn good chances. We've seen this before. It's worrisome. Simple as that.

 

[chuckd3534]

One quick comment. The letdown is not from the Rangers, the letdown is simply the fact that sweeping a team, especially in the ECF, is NOT an easy thing to do. That proves the other point more IMO. Settle down it is 1 loss. Doubt anyone thought we'd sweep them, outside of mel..., so just win game 4 and we are in the best shape we can be in I think.

 

[strudwickisthebest]

Yea but just like MTL had a chance to get back in the series with one goal, the rangers had a chance to put a stranglehold on the series with 1 goal. With that I still say Rngers in 5. Tokarski isn't bringing the Canadiens to the Cup.

 

[Ranger71]

I said at the beginning i'd be happy with making it a best of 3 but i hope now that certainly isnt the case after taking the first two. Need to win game 4 or it tilts a little in their favor for sure. Get pucks at Tokarski's feet, he looks solid side to side with his athleticism.

 

[Ranger71]

I'm still a little curious how Lundqvist missed kicking or sticking that puck away on the gw. Maybe he got it at a bad angle.

 

[mrmel29]

Ok, everybody relax and take a chill pill. We carried play for the most part and just didn't take advantage of a bunch of good scoring opportunities. The kid played well in net for montreal but didn't make many spectacular saves imo as we either missed the net or just shot into his pads. Hank was fine and got beat on 1 soft goal and 2 deflections. Refs for the semifinals should be 4 of the best 8 left. If that is who ref'd tonight nhl is in dire straits. How they all somehow missed an open ice hit shoulder to the head on stepan by prust is a disgrace. The nhl should suspend prust a game or 2 for that hit. Carcillo rightly or wrongly because of what happened was out of control and will be gone the rest of this series at least. Doesn't matter cause brassard I think will play sunday and we go from there. Part of the problem tonight as it has been all season is our defense although good skaters, shot blockers etc for the most part are just not physical enough. Too many times guys should have been wiped out on the sideboards and end boards and get a good scoring chance because of a weak stick check. My ranger tsunami wave hit a beachhead and now they have to settle in and make sure they take game 4 to control this series. Is it me or do the refs have blinders with suppan wielding his stick like an axe slashing people at will and never gets called on it. Gallagher is a very good player but we need to be a lot more physical with him. On to game 4.

 

[chuckd3534]

To me it is all about game 4. That simple really. I won't get fired up or upset until after game 4 if we get beat, which I don't see.

If we win game 4 we got this IMO. I don't see us blowing a 3-1 lead. But we must win game 4. If they walk out of here 2-2 with this kid beating Hank twice on Garden ice it will not be a good situation as we head back to Montreal.

What happened last night was we lost our cushion, and chance to make it real easy. That's business as usual for us. How we operate. I expect us to play well on Sunday night. I will stay with us in 6. And I personally think the winner of game 4 will win the series. So from that POV I am excited to be at the game of the series.

Like I said often last night, outside of the 1st period I truly think that was a pretty even game. We played fine, nothing to hang our heads about, but I think Montreal was pretty much stride for stride with us after the 1st, good for them in their game 7. We need to remember that Montreal is a good solid team, and got to the ECF for a reason. Tip the cap to them for playing a solid game after the 1st period and winning their game 7. Now we return the favor by winning the series defining game 4 at MSG on Sunday night.

That's the bottom line to me.

 

[panzerporter]

I thought the Rangers outplayed the Habs offensively but stunk it up defensively as well. Too much tending the BBQ with the reaching sticks instead of dropping the shoulder. A plethora of scoring chances (10? 15?) missed the net and MSL has to bury one of those doorstep goals. I think last night's loss will serve as more of a wakeup call to get back to basics and no Carcillo only helps the Rangers in this series.

 

[chuckd3534]

The goal here is to win this series of course, but we also want to give ourselves the best chance possible to win the cup, as do the Habs.

From our POV the best chance possible is win game 4, and then finish this in 5 or worst case 6. We cannot allow this to go 7. Not only do I think it would be very difficult (unlikely IMO) for us to win a game 7 in Montreal on a Saturday night, I also think if we go 7 again we can kiss goodbye any real chance of actually winning the cup, which again is the main goal here. We want to see the WCF go 7 games, and we finish this in 5 or 6. That is our best hope I believe.

So take care of business Sunday night, and we'll go from there.

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

This is all my fault for wishing the rain to come yesterday and to start looking into a hotel along broadway

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[Ranger71]

As fans of this franchise we should know, one game, one period at a time.

 

[mrmel29]

As fans of this franchise we should know, one game, one period at a time.

…with liberty and a ranger win for all………………Sorry 71, I couldn't resist.