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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 3, 2024 11:58:20 GMT -5
Fox yet to practice this week after that knee to knee hit.
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Post by Fletch842 on May 3, 2024 14:21:22 GMT -5
Game 1 Sunday. Time unannounced as of now. Should know by mid afternoon. Thereβs some kind of 5 boro bike race on Sunday tying up traffic so I hope the game is in the evening. 4pm Sunday
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 8:11:45 GMT -5
The Leafs, my gosh
Bring on the Whalers
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Post by ovidius on May 5, 2024 11:48:59 GMT -5
Well here we go. Round 2.
We play our game, we win this series. Only thing stopping us is us.
No one seems to be impressed with our sweep of Washington. People seem to have forgotten how they played down the stretch. Split games with Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Boston. Beat Winnipeg, Flyers, and Detroit twice. All playoff teams or teams on the bubble. And we took them apart but we're still the underdogs because the candy canes got lucky in not one but two games scoring two goals in under 10 seconds. Games that could have easily gone the other way if the piles played like any other team.
I guess we'll see.
Let's Go Rangers!
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 12:27:25 GMT -5
Well here we go. Round 2. We play our game, we win this series. Only thing stopping us is us. No one seems to be impressed with our sweep of Washington. People seem to have forgotten how they played down the stretch. Split games with Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Boston. Beat Winnipeg, Flyers, and Detroit twice. All playoff teams or teams on the bubble. And we took them apart but we're still the underdogs because the candy canes got lucky in not one but two games scoring two goals in under 10 seconds. Games that could have easily gone the other way if the piles played like any other team. I guess we'll see. Let's Go Rangers! well, they won 4 out 5 down the stretch yet only 4 out of their last 11. now it gets real.
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 5, 2024 12:51:49 GMT -5
Iβm going to be cheering like a mad person obviously. If we win this series it will be because of Igor like it was 2 years ago. When we play this team they dictate the play and neutralize our PP. If we win this series we can hoist the cup. There wonβt be a tougher series than this in my mind. Carolina had the ability to hoist the cup before adding Guentzel. I hope the games donβt play out to my expectation, but I expect a gut wrenching pucker fest. Hoping for the best, LGR!!!
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 13:06:01 GMT -5
Iβm going to be cheering like a mad person obviously. If we win this series it will be because of Igor like it was 2 years ago. When we play this team they dictate the play and neutralize our PP. If we win this series we can hoist the cup. There wonβt be a tougher series than this in my mind. Carolina had the ability to hoist the cup before adding Guentzel. I hope the games donβt play out to my expectation, but I expect a gut wrenching pucker fest. Hoping for the best, LGR!!! Idk, Fla imo is just as tough but yeah, this is as tough as it gets.
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Post by Fletch842 on May 5, 2024 15:34:30 GMT -5
terrible call for that penalty on Rempe. He was clearly checked into the goaltender. Officials are at it again...
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 15:57:34 GMT -5
What a 1st Period.
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Post by ovidius on May 5, 2024 16:03:30 GMT -5
Could've had 4 goals if Zibanejad shoots there and gets the hat trick.
Horrendous, absolutely atrocious call on Rempe. Glad Laviolette let the officials have it.
That lone goal by the candy canes, such luck... bounces off Lafreniere's stick and perfectly placed in the upper corner from what 20 feet or more away... We need some of that luck.
They had 5 shots on goals. We need to keep playing like we are and game 1 will be ours.
They're going to push this next period.
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 16:14:48 GMT -5
Pk Subban going to cry?
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 5, 2024 16:35:22 GMT -5
He was fine with the bogus interference on Rempe. PK hates the Rangers which is only aggravated by the fact that he has to sit next to the Captain.
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 17:11:21 GMT -5
Better start skating and playing offense
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Post by Fletch842 on May 5, 2024 18:03:05 GMT -5
That was an exciting game. Very important to start the series strong, and was a great win. Carolina's so much stronger then the Caps. This is going to be a tough series.
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 5, 2024 18:50:17 GMT -5
To be honest if we can carry that much of the play we have a great chance to advance. We were far better than I expected. In the 3rd we tried to shell with the 2 goal leads. That dumb against the Canes, they have proven it over and over. You have to continue to play your game. We did it to get back to 4-2 and then we stopped again. Hopefully we learn from that. If we play our game when they are behind and pressing it will open up tremendous chances. They get 5 guys below the dots frequently.
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 19:01:25 GMT -5
To be honest if we can carry that much of the play we have a great chance to advance. We were far better than I expected. In the 3rd we tried to shell with the 2 goal leads. That dumb against the Canes, they have proven it over and over. You have to continue to play your game. We did it to get back to 4-2 and then we stopped again. Hopefully we learn from that. If we play our game when they are behind and pressing it will open up tremendous chances. They get 5 guys below the dots frequently. notes: - You have to continue playing ice hockey. Zero attempted shots over the last 11 minutes. - thankfully Staal is a moron and tripped us up 6 on 4. - weβre great defensively yet Canes stopped taking penalties and avoided the Rangers power play. - Laf has to shoot more imo. Too many passes by many. Just throw it to the net. - great board work though. Rangers won the board battle
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Post by ovidius on May 5, 2024 19:06:14 GMT -5
That was an exciting game. Very important to start the series strong, and was a great win. Carolina's so much stronger then the Caps. This is going to be a tough series. I don't know. I'm not overly impressed with the candy canes. When we played our game, we dominated them. Could've easily been 4-0 after the 1st period but a dumb play by Zibanejad and a ridiculously lucky bounce made it only 3-1. Where are they better than us? We're faster, bigger, better in net, maybe defense? That second period they tried to open the game up against us and guess what happened? We outshot and out chanced them despite them getting two power plays. We're not the islanders, they can't outskate us like they did them. If we play like we did for 90% of this game 1 we wrap this series up a lot faster than everyone thinks. We got into trouble by suddenly deciding to not skate, not be physical, and turtle... NHL equivalent of a prevent defense... With about 6 minutes left in the game. Asking too much of Igor which happens too often. Intangibles went against us in this game. Every bounce went their way and once again the officiating was dreadful. 4 penalties against us, two were so wrong it made our coach blow a gasket, a third that I thought was questionable and one that could be called. While once again we got tripped, hit in the face with sticks multiple times with no calls. I was waiting for them not to call that trip in our zone, full expected it, and was mildly surprised that they did with 34 seconds left. Also, we're tougher and we pounded them. Multiple candy canes players bent over on the bench in pain after getting hit, but no one on our bench. That will take a toll on them. In the third, I saw a Carolina defender flop like a soccer player in the corner to avoid a hit. That will add up each game. We'll see what goes on in game 2 but, as I said, the only team that beats us is us. Maybe I'm drinking the kool aid too much but I like what I'm seeing when we're playing our game. We need more play like period 1 today and less like the end of the game. Messier between periods saying this is the best, most well-rounded Rangers team in ages. I think that says a lot coming from him. 5 down 11 to go. Let's Go Rangers!!
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Post by Rangers13 on May 5, 2024 21:08:42 GMT -5
Wow, Dallas eliminates Vegas. What a Series
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Post by Dezzr on May 7, 2024 17:00:36 GMT -5
Mikas second goal the other night was a beauty.
Get em tonight! LGR!
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Post by Rangers13 on May 7, 2024 18:54:23 GMT -5
Throw the puck to the net already
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Post by Rangers13 on May 7, 2024 20:51:56 GMT -5
ESPN is awful.
How with under a min to go can you go to another game? Then come back
And these camera angles along with zooming in on players sitting on the bench during play??
the commentary, ugh
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 7, 2024 21:55:12 GMT -5
This is stressful. Both teams had chances to end it.
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Post by Rangers13 on May 7, 2024 22:15:28 GMT -5
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
we win!!!!
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 7, 2024 22:23:06 GMT -5
Iβm going to have to call a doctor after this thing last longer than 4 hours!!! LGR!!!!!
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Post by repeatchamps on May 7, 2024 22:37:17 GMT -5
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
we win!!!! Absolutely HUGE win! Igor is a machine. 54 saves on 57 shots. Beyond sick.
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Post by Sarcasman on May 7, 2024 22:47:56 GMT -5
Mikas second goal the other night was a beauty. Get em tonight! LGR! great passing
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Post by NAVY2323(ret) on May 7, 2024 23:04:19 GMT -5
At the end of the night our guy between the pipes was better than their guy between the pipes. And make no mistake, Anderson was good. But Igor was phenomenal. And now game 3 is a must win for the Canes. Huge game. 5 shots at 2 wins.
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Post by ovidius on May 8, 2024 1:38:25 GMT -5
Wasn't crazy about how we played most of the game but we seemed to get into a different gear as the OT wore on. A win is a win.
Igor was an impenetrable wall right when we needed him to be.
This was a big win. Double OT. That is a gritty tough win.
6 down 10 to go.
Now we need to step on their throat, show some killer instinct like we did in the 1st round. They will be as desperate as they can get on Thursday. I want to see us play better and put all the pressure on them. They know, they lose game 3, it's over. Hell, what was that stat? 86% chance to win the series going up 2-0? Something like that. Igor needs to maintain but we need to play better. We lost a lot of the puck battles tonight. Need to do better.
Honestly, we're up 2-0 and I think we played our best hockey, played our game in the 1st period of game 1. Need to get back to that for game 3.
Let's Go Rangers!!
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Post by Fletch842 on May 8, 2024 7:17:15 GMT -5
ESPN is awful. How with under a min to go can you go to another game? Then come back And these camera angles along with zooming in on players sitting on the bench during play?? the commentary, ugh I almost lost my cookies when they did that, flabergasting!!! That was a great win, in a game that almost got away. Very exciting/stressful game
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Post by Dezzr on May 8, 2024 8:21:43 GMT -5
shot differential is unacceptable but for some reason it really didn't seem like that big of a difference in the 2nd and the 3rd. I dont know if its because we had some really good chances or Canes get nervous when we had momentum in their zone. Great effort by both teams last night. Great game. Impossible to fall asleep right after though.
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