Think about how this game changed. 2-1 we were starting to ply better. Chytil catches a clear and blatant high stick and no call. Few minutes later, Canes player puts himself in a vulnerable position with McKegg already coming in for the check and he gets a penalty called on him. Canes score. 3-1. After all the soft ass, BS calls these refs made against both teams in the first and second period, to miss a CLEAR AND OBVIOUS high stick like that makes you question what the hell the refs are doing in this game at the NHL level.
Played horrible totally. Looked flat and a step slow but the amount of penalties, and the questionable penalties that were called, really made this game a total bore. Refs did an AMAZING job at making this game unwatchable. Kudos NHL.
Asswipe, I said they’ve been bad for both. I’ve said that since the first period that they’ve been awful for both. And they aren’t the reason we lost. But they ARE the reason this game was unbearable. No flow to the game. No way for either team to really get into the game when you are constantly on a PK. It was an embarrassment to hockey how these officials took control of the game. These are playoff games. Call them as such. No way that there should be this many penalties in a “playoff game.”
This game wasn’t lost because of Hank. First goal wasn’t great, but the other two goals were legit. He also made some great saves to keen them in the game. We were a step slow all game long, which can be due to time off and also refs calling a ridiculous amount of penalties and ruining any chance of either team getting into a flow (which hurts the Rangers more as they are the younger, more inexperienced team).
Team couldn’t score
I’m not a fan of them playing Hank. Shest should have been in. What this does, if Shest isn’t injured, is kill the kids confidence. Imagine if you’re Shest and are told “hey kid. We know you’ve been carrying us in your games and are the future and everything, but we’re going to go with our worst goalie out of the three because we feel he’s better for us right now.” That can fuck with a young kid’s confidence big time. All that being said, the loss isn’t on Hank. The loss is on the entire team. Slow to the puck, didn’t crash the net, PP was fucking ATROCIOUS.
Shesty wasn’t saving the second or third goal. And the refs weren’t swallowing the whistle in this game so those PP chances were going to happen. The first goal Shesty probably gets. Outside of that, what “confidence” do you know of? If they weren’t going to start Shesty it should have been Georgie though. Rangers went sentimental instead of best chance to win.
He’s a young player and was told that the third best goalie gives the team a better chance to win then him. That 100% can have a mental effect on ANY player, especially a young player. Now, he could come out and play lights out in the next game to show to Quinn that Quinn’s an idiot and that He should have started game 1 (and I hope that’s what happens). However, it is not out of the realm of possibilities that this could hurt the kids confidence or leave a sour taste in his mouth over how he was treated by Quinn.
You serious? If you’re healthy and don’t start but the third best goalie does, then that’s EXACTLY what’s being said, verbally or not. We are ALL basing this off the fact that it’s being said that Igor will start game 2. If he was so unfit for today’s game then how is he so fit for a game in 2 days? Of course, Igor could have tweaked his groin or something and may not be in net for game 2 and then having him sit makes sense. But if he starts game 2, then odds are he could have played today which means he should have been the starter. It’s a poor coaching move in that Quinn has pigeonholed himself here. If he goes with Igor and Igor is totally fine and healthy then he has to answer why he didn’t play him in game 1. All this is for nothing anyways as Hank didn’t cost the team the game, but it COULD mess with the kids head unnecessarily. We all get to make these assumptions based off the fact that Quinn wasn’t forthcoming and started Hank out of nowhere. Nothing in that exhibition game made any of us think Igor wasn’t ready to go, therefore this is 100% a coaches decision unless there truly IS an injury and if there was I’d be shocked that he recovered that quick from one that kept him totally out of the game. Him sitting in the stands to me doesn’t mean he was fit enough to play, just means he doesn’t have Covid.
100% correct. When I’m saying healthy I do mean that as well. But that’s also why if he was truly ready to go and Quinn didn’t go with him, it could do more harm then good even if Hank would have won this game. We don’t need another Lias situation here. I doubt it happens but you just don’t know with this young kids nowadays. Back in the day they were tougher mentally. Now, not so much.
