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A couple awful turnovers and that's all it takes. Aside from the third period I feel like the Rangers held their own. There were a couple opportunities when the Rangers had glorious chances and instead of taking the shot, opted to pass or pull up (D Moore's pass to St Louis when Quick was already down and not on the post and then the 3 on 1 when Nash decides to stop driving the net then loses control of the puck).
What worries me more though is that the Rangers didn't have ANYTHING working aside from the low cycle. The two goals they scored were on breakaways and you can be sure the Kings will adjust their defense to minimize those chances the Rangers get.
At least the Rangers stood up physically against them. Some great hits and tenacious forechecking.
The series is far from over, but the Rangers wasted a great opportunity tonight.
 
With the third period they played they didn't deserve shit tonight. Also keep in mind the Rangers were fortunate on the Hags goals that went off a LA skate.
 
Right Mess, but we played well and should feel good according to Duguay and Joe M. That is funny...and sad...and scary...LOL.
 
I saw a team that looked like the first period made them tired. They were a step behind the Kings the rest of the game. It could've been a 5-2 loss.
 
Question Mess...if the 1st period made us tired after 5 days off for us and 2 days off for them, what does that say looking forward?

That's my concern. BUT we'll see if it is a legit concern on Saturday night. I think that game will tell us all we need to know.

I 1000000000000% believe we will know all we need to know about this series after Saturday night...ALL.
 
chuckd3534 said:
Question Mess...if the 1st period made us tired after 5 days off for us and 2 days off for them, what does that say looking forward?

That's my concern. BUT we'll see if it is a legit concern on Saturday night. I think that game will tell us all we need to know.

I 1000000000000% believe we will know all we need to know about this series after Saturday night...ALL.
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It's like any other sport. They have to regroup and play a much better game on Saturday. Los Angeles has played 22 games themselves. To me the Rangers just made life too easy for them.
 
Yup...all about Saturday. Let's see how we show up. Maybe we come out with a huge effort. We'll see.
 
Aside from another no show by the first scoring line Staal played like garbage, he's playing himself out of a future here.
 
The bottom line is this team had plenty of chances for that third goal and didn't get it done. Scoring two early and hoping to hang on against LA isn't going to work. I expect a much better effort Saturday simply because too many guys played like absolute shit last night.
 
Burnside is funny. Already done to him. Title of his article:

Series already tilted in Kings' favor.


Can we at least play two games first before we write it off...LOL.
 
last night's loss was very unfortunate. After going up 2-0 we needed to hold that lead. The goal to make it 2-1 before the end of the 1st was big. Need to regroup and try to win Gm 2 b/c otherwise we're in a hole that'll be hard to get out of.
 
chuckd3534 said:
Burnside is funny. Already done to him. Title of his article:

Series already tilted in Kings' favor.


Can we at least play two games first before we write it off...LOL.
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He's not wrong as the Kings are up 1-0 and not us. And Gm 1 was supposed to be the best game to "steal" b/c the Kings would be tired and not us. That didn't happen and now with 2 days off before Gm 2 there is no "tired legs" advantage.
 
I will wait until after game 2 to make any big comments regarding the series. We all believe game 1 was the game to steal, BUT if we win game 2 then that was the game to steal. Let me see us play game 2 and then I'll make my big statement.

If we win game 2 we are in good shape IMO. All last night did was pretty much make game 2 a must win.
 
panzerporter said:
Aside from another no show by the first scoring line Staal played like garbage, he's playing himself out of a future here.
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I also thought Staal had a rough game. I want to see more of Klein than Staal at this point. Maybe Mark is not 100 %, who knows. Hopefully he can step up his game.
 
I dont know guys, the first two periods last night showed me that this will be a long series. I still stand by my prediction, rangers in 6.
 
I think the Rangers certainly have the speed to play with the Kings 5 on 5. Last night the Rangers just stopped skating for some reason. As for just holding a early 2-0 lead the Kings have shown time and time again in these playoffs you're not going to get away with that against them. You have to keep playing and bury your chances to add goals.
 
That's what kings do, they can shut you down just like that. The rangers went into very defensive mode, since they played on the road in 2:2 game. Reminded me of the torts era.

CK needs to be better in this kind of games. He has to keep driving to the net and using his speed like hags.
 
When i think of the Kings i don't think defense. I think offense that can come at you at any time if you let your guard down. The Rangers should get plenty of scoring chances in this series, it's a matter of keeping your guard up (ie defensively sound) b/c the Kings are very deep and just don't go away.
 
The best defense is a timely offense. That's what kings have. Having said that, I agree the rangers will have plenty of scoring chances.
 
Stepupstepan said:
That's what kings do, they can shut you down just like that. The rangers went into very defensive mode, since they played on the road in 2:2 game. Reminded me of the torts era.

CK needs to be better in this kind of games. He has to keep driving to the net and using his speed like hags.
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Nobody wanted to drive to the net last night which was frustrating. That's Kreider's game and he needs to play stronger. Nash on the other hand is just useless and soft. Pulls up instead of going strong and ends up not even getting shots off when any other goal scorer would.
 
One thing I felt watching as the game went on in the second period was that AV all of a sudden stopped rolling out the 4 lines and seemed to be double shifting players and to me that played a part of them looking like they had no legs in the third(almost like a torts team I might add). I looked at ice time later and saw mcdonagh with 31 minutes and someone like klein who I didn't think played badly with 11 minutes. Stepan took an amazing 1 shot in 19 and a half minutes and didn't look good out there so either I'm missing something or AV just has a blind love affair with stepan. Kreider was hitting anyone he got near and needs to be out there more with his speed. Hope AV's lusting for the cup doesn't result in not doing something that got him here in the first place which is playing everyone. Now I'm not advocating equal time but the difference in time from mcdonagh and kline is kind of ridiculous. Also hard not to notice in OT all we seemed to do was go to the blue line dump in and immediately go for a line change instead of forechecking in the zone for turnovers. Kings are good but far from unbeatable. 2 horrendous turnovers by 2 of our better players and a missed penalty helping doughty to walk right in and score on hank was the kings offense. We should not be anything but encouraged that the rangers can be more than competitive with this king team. AV don't forget what got you here.
 
Anything can happen.....hopefully it will be positive
for the Rangers.....in Game 2.

BTW.....for those who think that we must "steal"
a game in LA, it only proves that the Rangers
cannot win it on their merits, but rely on a
goalie to get the win. This is a TEAM sport.
We win as a TEAM, and we lose as a TEAM.
Hockey is a game of mistakes, and the Rangers
made several in game 1....one more than LA.

ONWARD TO GAME 2..... G OOOO RANGERS.
 
step/krieder/nash must be on the scoresheet this series or our chances are slim. Rangers passed on to many opportunities to take a shot and when we did shoot was often off target. L.A. is going to score goals this series. Our Offense must bear down and bury pucks, or it will be a short series. The Kings are a well coached, battle tested group, won't be easy, but the Rangers will not give up and I'm sure we will play better. lets go Rangers
 
A 2 goal lead on LA is basically a 1 goal lead with how they chip away. The Ranger PP HAS to help it's cause to have a shot of winning this. The dmen have to be assertive and ready to shoot and not look so predictable. I'd keep Diaz in there.
 
Is Nash going to even have one game where he carries this team on his back, or where he can be called the best player on the ice if even for just that one game? 8 million dollars a year does not get you what it once did. I like how some of his defenders bring up how good of a 2 way game he is playing over the past 2 series. All I know is we need him to put pucks in the net this series or the only cup we be looking at here in NY is the 2 girls one cup video.
 
malco, i dont think nash is going to have a game where he is unstopable and carries the team on his back, it would of already happened, be happy if he scores a goal or a GWG. It is what it is. Hes not that type of player.
 
Just a word on those 2 goal leads.....Chicago, a high
scoring team, twice had 2 goal leads AT HOME
on these Kings and lost both games. Kings find a way.
They are very deep.
Rangers truly are the David vs the Goliath Kings.
 
Commenting on Nash is a waste of time and energy.....
for now.
 
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