Game 2, Eastern Conference Quarter Finals
Rangers lead series 1-0
Rangers at Canadiens -7:00 PM MSG, USA, 98.7 FM. Online streaming is available on nbcsportss.com or the NBC Sports app.
After leaving victorious on Wednesday night, the Rangers return to the Bell Centre for game 2 of the first round. The forwards will have to do a better job scoring on Carey Price or else we will have to rely on Big Game Glass to carry the offense. And we still need to see if Lundqvist is back or whether he just gave his final vintage performance.
Thank you to E3 for putting up a clean slate while I was at the children’s museum with the family. Clearly, this is a HAV.
Tonight’s probable lineup for the Rangers, via Steve Zipay (@stevezipay):
Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey-Mika Zibanejad-Rick Nash
Michael Grabner-Kevin Hayes-JT Miller
Tanner Glass-Oscar Lindberg-Jesper Fast
DEFENSE
Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi
Marc Staal-Nick Holden
Brady Skjei-Brendan Smith
The big news of course is that Kevin Klein and Pavel Buchnevich remain healthy scratches in favor of trade-deadline acquisition Brendan Smith and game 1 hero Tanner Glass, respectively. Smith started slowly but finished strongly. Glass, well, there isn’t much more that can be said about him from game 1. Let’s hope the rest of the team plays more like him. Did I really just say that? Henrik Lundqvist obviously gets the start. Here’s hoping he can maintain his vintage form.
No changes for the Canadiens. They will try again to be the first Canadian team to win a playoff game in nearly two years, as this year’s teams went 0-5 in game 1. One thing to pay attention to are the defensive matchups. Weber had almost a 75% 5 on 5 corsi, while the Beaulieu-Nesterov pairing had only a 35.1%.
The Rangers are something like 2-13 since 2012 when they have a chance to take a two game series lead, so I fully expect this to come back to MSG at 1-1, as would Carp, who would also expect 2-2 and probably 3-3.
I just hope tonight’s game is as entertaining as Wednesday night’s. The teams were credited with almost 100 combined hits, which is almost like Matt Martin being tracked by the Islanders. I saw somewhere that his hit total dropped by almost 100 this year. Color me unsurprised.
Don’t forget to tell everyone you know and to follow me on Twitter @rangersreport2. And don’t forget to vote!
Uh-oh. Two Go time posts. I is confused.
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Ignore the one after this. This will be the Go Time Thread
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You ain’t got no problem, E3. I’m on the motherhartnell. Go back in there and chill them boneheads out.
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And wait for the Carp, who should be coming, directly.
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I’ll take a fifth!
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LGR!
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The Carp man cometh
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FIRE SATHER!
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Let’s
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Go
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RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You sending in the carp? Damn, knee blow, that’s all you had to say….
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Step aside, E3.
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Let’s turn these canades in to cheese wiz!
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You ok?
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Fairly jacked up for this one or maybe it’s the day drinking, either way…..
LGR !!!
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Step Aside Butch!
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THE NEW YORK RANGERS are in da HOUWSEEEEEEEEEEE!!
LETS DO THIS!!!
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Norm your turn to sing the Anthem tonight
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Big Game Glass
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C-Dubb – did you throw a Darty?
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I’m gonna party like its game 2
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WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO it is TIME!!!!!!!!!! Go time that is so …Take your french frys out of the oven and put out your french poodle cuz it’s hackey TONIGHT!!!
LEts go gog go gg og ggog gogogogogo oo!!
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Sure, now Trautwig is using “it’s go time”
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You don’t need a leash for Glass, short or otherwise. He’s a good soldier. That’s why AV takes him wherever he goes.
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Big Game Glass – “say my name”
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LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!!
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RAAAAAAANGERS LETS GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!
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Date night with the wife I will have to catch the DVR replay! Happy wife Happy life! Go Rangers!!!!
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Coos, editing mistake. That was from my game 1 go time post.
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My wife is watching with me. She’s tied to the couch with chains, but stil….
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NASH will crash
Zucco will pass
and THE KREIDER will dash!!
BIG GAME!!! HUGE!! Take this and it will be grand theft!!
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1-1 after 2?
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omg st pete… its the frickin playoffs!
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GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!
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Salmon Joe first thing they said:
Montreal lost home ice – hahaahahahahahahha
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Actually, Stranger, unbeknownst to me, I Did!!!
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Did Sam freshen his hair?
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Good evening all!!!!! Holy heck, already annoyed by NBC… “Previously, in the stanley cup playoffs….” Am I watching Survivor??
LGR!!!!!!!! Pozzy! No neggy!
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Byte your tongue 🙂
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Whether he’s right or wrong, don’t like my Captain saying this will be a long series.
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Bring the heat boys!!!
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I like whatever said in advance!
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Welcome to New York Rangers Hockey!
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…what everyone……..oy, trouble already
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Let’s Get Physical.
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Don’t remember an editor ever apologizing to me before, Doodie, but god knows they own me! 🙂
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Mama!
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A message to Rangers players:
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Own or owe? 😉
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Fat ass Dolan selling me Nissans during the National Anthem again.
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2-13 in last 15 when taking series lead.
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Physical. Physical. Let me hear your body talk. Body talk
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Hah! Freudian slip, Doods, and a classic!
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GOGOGO! they never win game 2 surprise the hell out of me boyzzzzzzzzz..BALLS!
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NO PIERE mcguire please i hate that guy
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Trail 2-0 after one. Book it
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Olga!
Coos, USA/NBC selling me carcillo too…..anyone care about the Beverly Hills dog show?
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James Dolan – “I eat paste and like furry ponies”
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Speaking of short leashes, I’ve got salmon Joe on one.
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Old NY/Philly games without a rousing anthem would have lost half its meaning.
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Track meet style start, strongly favors us.
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Body before puck boys, body before puck
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First
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Give Montreal “The Death Blow!”
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Staal put a shot on net? Check outside to see if a star is rising in the East. We might have another virgin birth.
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what in holy hell?
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Hondo, no Pierre. Gord Miller and Ray Ferraro.
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First!
LET’S DO THIS!
LGR!
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Carp!
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I’m dropping a MOAB in the can right now – can’t see the game…
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Molson Centre is a tad louder than MSG.
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Most Silent Garden
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Staal and VC = Goal
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HARTNELLLLLL!!!!!!! WTB!!!!!!!!
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I hear the Molson Siren. Ugh
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Ev
Too late bro, I called first a few posts ago 😉
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Rangers need to be a lot more aware there and get a whistle. And give Lundqvist a stick.
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Plenty of time…
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Lundqvist being a baby again. Snow angel city leads to a goal against.
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Great defense while your goalie has no stick. Way to give him one. Idiots.
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Why didn’t they ice the puck so #30 could get a stick?
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Gallagher, the midget, causes havoc, shooter untouched.
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It’s giveaway city over there.
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Miller to Weber: you ain’t so bad!
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jt going after that big puzzy
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Rangers needed to go offsides their.
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well at least the pressure of another shut out is gone
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That goal gets uglier every time I see it.
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When slumpers like Girardi and Staal finally play half way competently, the announcers like to say, “he had a TREMENDOUS night.” Gimme a break.
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Zibanejad sure was doing a good job taking himself out of the play on the goal.
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I didn’t see the goal. Was dropping another MOAB
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That was an avoidable situation…..infuriating.
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The Nancy’s are starting early. They are all a Ledged Ranger fans.
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Mental fail there. WTF weren’t the coaches yelling at them to get a stop..or give HL a stick?
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Refs miss another call…turn the page….
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How was that not a penalty on Benn?
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Price is taking a nap back there.
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Zibanejad had a Plekanec like effort on that play, Doodie
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Our sexy boys needed to get a whistle for Hank
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Hank needs to toughen up and stop being such a GD baby when something doesn’t go his way
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Very clever with A Ledged but what’s with the Nancy possessive? Chicago sucks by the way.
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Just frustrated, Olga, plenty of time….but man I wish I’d thought of that!!!! LOL…..
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It is now Kreider time – let’s break something in Price – leg, nose, stick, anything.
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Staal chaos theory again
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Refs are calling a good playoff series imo, rangers up 2 games to 0 going back to worlds quietest arena
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Way to back off on the shooter at even strength. Smh.
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Coos, put the red pencil down…..
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I can’t blame Hank for going ape when AGAIN he suffers behind an ill coached D.
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Doodie, his own defense didn’t go his way with that one though.
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I swear when the fans chant I am hearing Potvin Ducks…..
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It’s not the coaching, it’s the player constant
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Ok I think he’s refocused now
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Way to go Hank!
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Never believed in refs conspiracy, but so far no calls is so onesided, that I do think zebras not gonna let Habs to lose in this game.
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thinking to himself “Brodeur was getting calls by the time he was 35…”
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Way to not go AGAIN defense!
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Let’s see what happens if the Rangers start sending guys through the Montreal crease.
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Not a smart decision there by girardi with Mcdonagh in deep.
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Girardi nods again and Donuts allows himself to be bothered by Gallagher. Just like in the Montreal playbook.
Dumb.
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I say it every year good teams win in spite of bad officiating.
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France in the air – Le Monteal?
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God , this is a good game!
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Holy Snoikees
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What a move?!!
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WHOA. ATTA BOY GRABS!
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Jambayahtzee !!!!!! he shot and scored!!!!
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Speed kills
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Grab, Grab, Grab, GRAB, GRAAAAAABNER!!
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That a boy grabs
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Grab Price in teh puzzy
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What a finish!!!
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Michael “no hands” Grabner with the awesome move!
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Price looking for his jock in row 5
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That my friends is a first goal…
YAHTZEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Grabner has no hands! They said…
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grabner. very glad av left him on 3rd line
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I feel better now…..
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Haze getting battered like a pinata in the corner before the goal
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That faceoff should go all the way back…but it won’t.
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Beep Beep!
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I’m with you mama. Whew!
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undressed that pipe smoker! how you like it!!
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Wowza – that was a move for the ages. Price with his jock hanging next to LaFlower’s jersey
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BOOM!!! GARTNER 2.0 LETS GO GO GO GO GO GO I love Hankkkkk
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Auntie and John G in the front row
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Grabner surprised himself with that move lol
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I used to think the pen fans were the worst and on my number one dislike list until I realized it’s the candiens fans who I dislike the most.
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oh man. You could feel that one coming.
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Staal Chaos theory Part 3
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Fug nuts!!!!!!! This is gonna be a long night
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Freaking Holden and Kreider
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It’s a good thing both defenseman were behind the net. Seriously?
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Get up, Zuch.
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Where is Klein?
Staal/Holden chaos theory
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Ugh….
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not the last goal they’re going to score with that Staal- Holden pair on the ice
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the ugly flaws of this ranger team are starting to show, the defense, puke.
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Game two… Kreider still sux.
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Still Plenty of Time… Nancies?
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There’s the overrated defensively Stepan doing a solid job watching the front of the net go uncovered
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Nitwits. Will it never end? Both D men behind the net. Won’t even mention THE.
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You’re not wrong but that play starts with both dmen going behind the net, Doodie
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Everyone but me wants Stepan to shoot from there. [He doesn’t have that good a shot.]
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Gotta love when your team has the better play in the period and is losing because of breakdowns at the worst times.
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First line has been terrible so far this series. Terrible.
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Unforgivable mistakes – Kreider not handling puck, Hank making rebound of weak shot, defense at al…
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All the accolades Step gets here for his D and all I see is lead-footed bending.
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HOlden/Staal Chaos theory Part 4
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Pit 1 CBJ 0
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Boy, all that Rangers defensive depth sure could learn something by watching the Habs in this period.
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I need this period to be over…..
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2 defensemen behind the net rarely works out well.
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A simple Holden pass can’t be handled by. Kreider leads to goal. Holden continues regress
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Chaos theory?
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Montreal on the scoreboard, but good period for the Rangers, I thought. Some mistakes in the D-zone, though, give the Habs credit for punishing them.
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And hartnelling seriously??? TV timeout with less than minute left?????
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Buy an Audi, Mama 🙂
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We can still pull this game out.
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There was a third player zooming in behind the net on that goal too! No one took the guy in front. Smh
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Couple people mentioned that Holden staal pairing was the worst by far after game one… not redeeming themselves so far
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Gallagher is a smug little troll……
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This Gallagher fellow is quite irritating
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Somebody give that tadpole Gallagher a tattooing, say what?
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good period?
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Same old nash
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THE very disappointing. No offense and turnovers
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Nash in PO form
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If I’m Kreider, the next time Gallagher is yapping I tell him if he doesn’t stfu I’m going to take it out on his goalie
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Holden has to go. He’s doing everything he can do to make sure Vegas doesn’t take him
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Nash in playoff form again this series. Shoot into Price’s belly.
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and its nash! not finishing
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Is it me or does the krieder seem tentative? Did Montreal media get to hom?
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Nash is Mr. Clutch.
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I would’ve liked Nash to make the move there…c’mon, it’s Nash, all he does is try to make moves…but I’ll take the shot.
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Holden is a disaster waiting to happen every time he’s on the ice
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You guy are awesome.
carry on.
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Mid game substitution:
In Ein Klein. Out Holden Caufield
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All 3 goals…4th line. What the friggidy fudge?!
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Rangers have lost 22 postseason games in a row when allowing 2 or more 1st period goals.
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Someone needs to cheapshot Kreider and get him going.
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Since Jan 1 Holden been in disaster.
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Former NHL star Anson Carter!
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Holden giving AV every reason to go back to Klein next game
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the invisable never know what the hell he’s doing nash well you always know hit the goalie with a limp wrister collect paycheck
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Anson Carter and JR. Barely an IQ point between them.
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22 games? Is that a real stat or an alternative one?
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Anxiety level climbing on this blog by the minute. Where’s Carp?
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i need another drink i wanna kill someone
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Rangers 4
Habs 3
GWG Big Game Glass
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Eric, don’t be such a chart boy. ; )
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Real stat when allowing 2 or more 1st per goals in playoffs lost 22 straight.
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I have been saying it all season that Holden is mediocre and that he just got hot for a little while. Everyone else thought he was the steal of the century.
Sister, I said that about Kreider in my game 1 review. Not nearly aggressive enough.
EVrock, 4th line?
E3, mr. Clutch his stick.
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Hondo, I’ll send you a list of names…
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Rage? I just stabbed my neighbor 11 times. Then shot him twice.
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Kreider- Lindberg-Glass to start the 2nd.
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Kreider playing like he’s timid.
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I think someone slips model glue into Kreider’s smelling salts
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Klein hasn’t been a picnic this season but my hope is that he’s close enough to 100% in body and instinct to be an upgrade over Holden.
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James Dolan – “I eat model glue”
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“THE” now know as “hardly”
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Jpg’s sister!!!!! How’s bro holding up???
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Man, you add up all the lousy players on the Rangers roster, listed here, and it’s amazing they’re even in this series. Boneheads pushing panic buttons is one of my favorite things! Like warm woolen mittens.
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Nash should have played baseball. Mr. October isnt bad.
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Norm -your inner Troll is showing.
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He’s mr. September.
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A tourism commercial just encouraged me to visit you bag man!
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Ooops. I stumbled into a Penguins fan blog.
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Norm, So far I’ve just seen the Stepan line and the Staal pair.
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make it a long list…….the is timid cuz he’s afraid of all the negative press
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Heading off to the Hood River Canal, off the grid. LGR!! Hang in there, Nation.
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just did 3 shots of jack better now
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Complaining is fun!
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Mr Smith is awesome
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer player.
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Brenden Smith has snarl.
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wow!! smith got away with a assault with a deadly weapon.
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Nice backcheck by Zucc
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Joe M: “Great defensive play by Girardi!” Gimme a break. He’s out of position, which presumably makes his desperation swipe a “great defensive play.”
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The defense in this game is the exact opposite of the first game#
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4th line havoc – me likely
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Habs are tiny – pound these Frenchies
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Glass has been invisible so far… what are they paying all that money to him for! 🙂
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Buch in for VC next game. Unless VC scores.
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Must Win!
Staal & Holden…E.A.T. M.E.
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Staal’s positioning is pathetic.
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Is it just me or do the Rangers seem afraid to crowd or crash the net?
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Uncle Fester is very upset
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I’ll take even a delighful opportunity at this point….
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Time for Kreider to M.A.N. U.P. & G.R.O.W. A. P.A.I.R.
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Anybody else not expect a thing out of this power play?
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WHY IS STEPAN TAKING O-ZONE FO ON PP?!
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So much for a huge series from Kreider…. so far. Man… wtf is he doing out there….
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Gotta cut the minutes on the top 2 lines. They are useless again. Cant even get zone time
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PP dribbling down their collective legs
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FUUUUUKKKK THE HABS!!!
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I hope we don’t get another pp out of this.
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Pp is freaking hideous
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WWWeber looking for JT after TJ lined him up twice in 1st.
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Their passing is atrocious tonight and their puck control isn’t much better if not worse.
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Im half way through Jameson botrle and im goimg for more!
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Haze…. WAKE THE F. UP!!!!!
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Man, this game is doozy.
Screw Le habs!
Let’s Go Rangers!
Weber is a lady dog.
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The hit wasn’t so bad; Zucc has to man up. Ott ain’t so big.
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Weber didn’t forget what Miller did to him. But I take five minutes of no Weber for five minutes of no any player on the Rangers other than McDonagh, every time.
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Ott should be out of this game.
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….and Kreider’s wondering if the game will end in time to make his Reading Club meeting
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WWEber tossing JT like a rag doll. HOW THE F does MONTREAL WIND UP WITH A PP?
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Montreal gets a PP – WTF???
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How the godamn hell does Montreal get a pp out of that?!!!!!!!!
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this is where they need to get pissed off enough to turn this game around
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How did we end up down a man after all of that?!
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Guinness Blonde…. on my second sixes! TRUCK STAAL & KREIDER!
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Because it’s the canadiens, in canada.
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Ott with the cheap shot away from the puck and Montreal gets a PP?
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How the f do habs get pp
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Ott charges Zucc and the Rangers end up with the extra penalty. What a joke.
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Jordie Benn dropped his gloves and threw a few on zucc. What the holy hell?!
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Someone needs to hurt Gallagher. I’m sick of it
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What an embarrassment by refs giving rangers extra 2
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Nash in PO form Part 5
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Montreal could ice a full o and d line with their schmucks. Ott, Gallagher, Shaw, yemelin and Markov.
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I take it back
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No part 6 coming , SN!!
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Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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B-!!!!!!
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Big boy goal nash
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NASHHHHTYYYYYY!!!
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Nash? ::rubs eyes:: Nash!
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Ok. I take it back. Nice shot Nasher!
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SUCK IT MONTREAL!
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Great pass by VC
Rifle shot by Nash in full steam ahead mode.
1st goal by top 6 forward
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Finally!
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Tied up. No big whoop.
Btw
YAHTZEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
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1 million shots later…….NASH SCORES OMG what a GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!?!?!
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Hank slightly sweating… Good sign?
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that’s how you respond to the refs massaging your colon
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I was just thinking…. I don’t think the Rangers have put a deflection on price once in this game.
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CBJ score a goal and then give up one less tham a minute later… Torts’ hockey at its best.
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Wow, when even Greg is on you, you’ve struggled as a Ranger.
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I could be wrong but it appears to me every time Nash gets ripped on here he scores a goal, keep it up boneheads, maybe start ripping Kreider and he will wake up.
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See how Nash scored btw? It’s because Norm E3 and I stayed pozy pozy pozy!
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LICK ME!
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Yo! Greg! Whats up?! Freddy missed you!
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Btw, the penalties and the scrum happened because of classic incompetent NHL officiating. They don’t call anything all game and then when the players realize that and start policing themselves, refs have to call a bunch of penalties to try and regain control.
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Although if he missed that one I woulda driven to Montreal and strangled him so…
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Rangers passing tonight, even when are not pressed, leaves much to be desired…
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Exactly doodie. regain control until about 9 minutes into the 3rd when they decide to just let everything go again
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Torts is a joke. He’s a caricature of himself. Bobrovsky had a monster season and of course Torts was happy to accept the credit.
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I’ve been ripping Kreider alll night, Tommy. Ain’t working. He’s playing like a Kitty
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4ever, not just the passes but the handling of good passes also very bad.
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Smith is my favorite Dman; just pounds guys in front.
Diving?
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See what I mean? Miller tackled galchenyuk with no call, but skjei called for that.
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That was worth it
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These fuggin refs
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We need to overcome this potentially detrimental circumstance.
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Oh…my…GOD
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After the whistle! Total Montreal ref bias now. Wow.
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That’s an enormous pile of bogusness
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Gallagher sucks
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It is no harm-no foul when Ott sprints 20 feet to wreck Zucc away from the puck, but they call that. NHL officiating.
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Disgusting call. Disgusting.
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Man nothing coming easy for Staal tonight. And I’m not one of the guys that kills him
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It would behoove us not to get a whistle on this PK to keep Weber off the ice.
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Absolutely shameful call! BTW, Smith looks like our best defenseman so far in the series. Girardi and Skjei share 2nd.
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Pit 2 CBJ 1
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I guess they’re afraid of hitting Gallagher because they know its going to be another penalty even if it’s clean eh?
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Girardi pack to pylon mode at end of period
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To me, the worst non-call
in this game was Miller on Galchenyuk.
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I guess next time Skjei should let Gallagher hit Lundqvist. Though Lundqvist would probably get a penalty in that situation with these refs.
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PK has been clutch in this game so far
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Time for Gallaher to get choked out.
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For those of you praising smith, he almost had an awesome primary assist to Ott.
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This Gallagher guy is why you need a dman with some snarl
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Seedubb do you know what Messier would do to a guy like Gallagher?
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4th line havoc + Zucc!!
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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ZUCC!!!!!!!!!!! Very very Happy!!!!!!!
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Now you’re talking!
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Sweeeet
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YEAH!!!
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SUCK IT YOU SONS OF BITCHERS!
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Me likey Mr Smith
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Oh My Freakin Yahtzee!!!!!!!!
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Say it with me:
FUUUUUK THE HABS!!!
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WHICH RANGER IS GONNA GO OFF NOW?
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Eyes/hand coordination – elite!
!
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You can’t challenge a kick anyway. Where’s the knowledge?
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hobbit is god
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PP PLAN:
1-keep your heads out of your asses
2- take a lead
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2- take a 2 goal lead*
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Let’s go pp now please build on this.
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Love the physicality of this series so far. And Vesey looks like a veteran power forward stud in the offensive zone.
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kiss the ring or die
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Ruh oh.. anothet delicious opportunity for fancy pants passing
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Any day you get 3 or more goals on price is a good day.
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I’ll admit, wasn’t big fan of smith but he has been really good tonight, by far rangers best d-man.
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I just went on a wicked “liking” streak after that goal celly.
It felt like I was high fiving youse.
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Seriously, price being outplayed.
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(from the road) How are them panicky thumbs holding up, fellas? Sore?
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Our PP takes the “statue” part of Statue of Liberty play too seriously.
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Can Ferraro ride Weber’s nub any harder?! Geez… all game long he’s hasnt shup up about how great Weber is!
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Stanley and/or Cup have made their own feelings known on the Gallagher situation…..my lord what I just scooped from the litter box….
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He is great.
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Such an horrific pp.
Get Nash the puck
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With the defense playing the way it has in this game, they better not play pass prevent hockey the whole third period.
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Could Fast/Machine/BGG be any worse on pp?
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Norm with the virtual troll – classic
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Can someone, please, make this, snivel chewing dwarf, about one head even shorter?
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Bad time of year for haze to get back on the gange
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Doodie
So? We know he’s good but does he need to talk Weber up every time Weber makes a play?
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BOOOOOOO. Stick it up your assens
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You can’t keep wasting pp in this building. Will come back haunt you
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Radulov is the real Machine.
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Bleed motherfer, bleed!
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Man they’ve gotta do it here.
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Rattlehoff
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LMAO at snivel chewing dwarf
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Wow – that was dangerous
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That’s awful
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Radulov is a cheap fugger
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That guy of all guys needs to shoot it
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That fancy pass was too fancy for Zucc to handle
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God damn pp sick and tired of it
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I don’t think it’s been that bad. I think you’re confusing him commenting about Weber doing something positive with unnecessary praise.
He’s been very complementary of Zuccarello, too.
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Who’s pp?
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This PP is just absolutely hot gargbage – please get Step off of it. He doesn’t add anything (watch him score now…)
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Turning point of game when we lose
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In sams defense Weber did save that goal
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So much for expectation of Kreider’s PO greatness… Guy is non-existing…
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Good period? I’m not gonna get greedy….I’ll take a 3-2 game thank you very much……
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Good period.
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CCCP, correct me if im wrong, but the accent in radulov should be on the Du, right?
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Pssshewww, I’m exhausted.
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I’d have been happy with 2-2.
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18 minutes of relaxation. Whew.
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If we’re lucky, Staal and Holden get busted in a Montreal brothel after the game and spend the next 10 days in the clink.
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Starting to feel pretty dumb for arguing Stepans playoff significance w Wicky all season
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Zika needs to use that slapper. Haven’t seen it in AGESSSS
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Bad timing by NHL. All games at intermission at the same time.
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Rangers need to make them pay for their penalties.
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Doodie call me greedy but I’m grumbling that it isn’t 4-2
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Guaranteed have kill 2 in 3rd. I’m tired of this pp never extending leads
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Zika guilty of trying to do too much on the PP. relax and fire at the net kid.
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Historically Eric.
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Yes. Accent on “Du”…. i think lol
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I take it the Rangers are winning wrong again? 🙂
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Not to be negy but I thought there was a bit too much trying to weave through Montreal dmen to get to the net instead of trying to get it deep and retrieving it
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Oh Norm
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Rangers suck at winning.
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I’m seriously pozy pozy pozy. Our sexy boys just need a strong 3rd and it’s on to the Garden, and let’s win there.
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How do you win bad?,
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had a chance to break their backs w/ a pp goal hope it dont bite em
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Haven’t won anything yet
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Always hated Radulov, this cheap shots artist, baselessly arrogant king of all SOBs, toothless moronic piece of smoking carsillo…
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Smith might make that off mistake. But he has more snarl than the other 5 D added together. Shay and McD also with a touch of anger.
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Milbury is such a d@@k head, saying that smith should be suspended 2 games for the cross check to shaw’s head meanwhile there has been much worse offensive cheap shots in hockey with zero suspensions, what a A-Hole.
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Tommy don’t waste your energy listening to that asshat
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That’s the spirit, 4ever!
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James – Stepan is a healthy scratch tonight.
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Nothing infuriates me more not cashing in on essentially back to back pp. yet later we’ll talk about someone coughing puck up
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Smitty might prove himself valuable here long term so long as he stays tough but disciplined.
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We shall be shorthanded a bunch so long as we are ahead in the 3rd. An early PPG sure would be nice for the old stress level.
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Headed to 3rd I think the ratio is like 40% excited 60% scared
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Shaw’s head was at waist level, milbury is a 💩Head
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Figured as much E
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How did Step get that assist? Must have stopped sucking for a moment.
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Kreider took a vicious crosscheck in front of the net late, no call. Play on.
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I believe he’s Russki mafia connected…. Radulov that is.
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We just need a good 20 minutes.
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Stop picking on Step right meow!
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Millbury and Liam are lovers. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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Olga quoting my old pizza guy in New Rochelle.
Can I get a large pie delivered?
“Gimme a good 20 mins”
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Who next season can we do without if we can find some quality:
Step
Danny G
Staal
Holden
And a few of the usual suspects
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a good 20 mins? That’s like an hour and a half.
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Here we go…
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Can I get a LGR!!!!!!!!
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Excitement : Terror just ramped up
10 : 90
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Stop picking on Step right meow!
——–
Supertroopers!
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Well that took 57 seconds
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One thing is clear – Rangers looked totally ready for PO, despite of all those “soft” team conversations…
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Told ya that’s one prob another come. Blame our anemic pp
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I feel a Brady Skjei goal
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LGR! Mama
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Wow. Talk about a cheap penalty.
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Yup. That’s definitely a penalty in Canada.
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There’s the first one, Eric.
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France in the air.
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refs working hard to help the canadiens tie the game up with a ridiculous penalty call on zucc.
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Calls become more and more ridiculous…
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James, friend of mine some years back, half in the bag, odd neighborhood, car-less, spots a pizza parlor, says: “Do you deliver?” Guy says yes – my buds says “Gimme a large pie and take me with it.”
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Makeup call city
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Like, really?! They called THAT?! M’KAY!
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Hey kids, I’m doing a game review for MSGNetworks.com tomorrow. Probably won’t be up first thing in the morning, and I’m probably going to have to tone it down a bit from the old reviews 🙂
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PK saving bacon tonite
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Cops, in college, my senior year roommate used to be really friendly with all of the drivers and would have them deliver him beer and cigarettes in addition to the food he ordered.
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Canadiens…. EAT ME!!!!!
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LGR !!!
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I just realized that all this time i was watchung the USA network feed lol
Back on MSG now! Hello, Sam!
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At least we have a PK
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“Cops in college?” Is that another Freudian slip? 🙂
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Gotta try to spend some time in Montreal zone
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Tell ya Grabner makes a lot of good defensive plays
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Icing?! Montreal just watched that puck go.
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Milbury is not just a tool, he’s a box of tools. Always has been.
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Plenty of reasons for them to have been called, but no, this was just iPhone autocorrect.
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I think my stomach is starting to bleed. And it’s only game 2
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Don’t change it c3po…We’re winning!
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That’s an icing in Canada
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Manage the damn puck.
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regular season vs playoff hockeyis like badmitten vs heavyweight boxing
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Lol coos one day we have to share these stories over some drinks
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Carp not too much sugar on your keys
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Our boys definitely don’t look like the pigs in line before the gates of bacon factory. No, sir!
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Fitty hits for our sexy boys tonight. They didn’t throw that many in the entire month of March
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Glass and his line much less noticeable tonight
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Tanner Glass – one hit wonder.
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I’ll go with Splenda, Beezle. It’ll be artificially sweetened.
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Glass’s scoring is way down tonight.
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And yellow.
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Biggest banger tonight other than JT is Quickie.
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Girardi burnt by Gallagher.
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Gallagher is still alive? Strange…
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Wow dangerous by Miller.
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That MUST be in!!! Damn!
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Jees, Donuts looking like Bobby Orr there.
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Cmon Rangers!
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I’ve watched the USA feed for most of this game and while I miss Sam, I’d rather this than constantly be annoyed by Joe.
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See if you can work in the word bonehead Carp 😝
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I’d like to twist off Gallaghers head and roll it down the street
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So long as we don’t get diabetes, Carp. The Scott Fitzgerald hockey report.
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ratio 19:91
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Also, it makes you realize how bad Sam’s eyes are getting when you watch a game and don’t hear name corrections every two minutes
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110% and bp 170/90
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Lol Carp
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Timeout here?
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Staal and Holden Chaos Theory Part 6
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Panic at the defensive zone
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If they pull this off, I tip my cap.
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“A good timeout, Sam”
–Joe (of Salmon Joe)
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Step skating is hideous.
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Stepan with another weak clearing attempt from behind the net led to this situation
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Step line cannot be out there with that pairing. Selke Zucc, OVerated Step and the are not the defensive wizards
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Let’s Go Rangers!!!
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C R A Z Y!!!!
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Tanner with a huge hit on WWWEber
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Staal again!!!!! – he sucks!!!!!!!!!
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This is some ugly defending. I don’t like our chances of finishing this I. Regulation
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Sam: “Here’s Nash to Petry!….. No that’s Vesey!”
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Zibs gotta be stronger on boards
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Get your cardiologist. this 5:24 feel like an hr
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Staal was never a good skater but my goodness he can’t skate at all anymore, appears to be skating in sand.
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Climb mountains and drink whiskey. Nothing can go wrong.
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“We Are Glass”
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Steal was on one knee while play was happening around him:
“Presumptive Snow Angel”
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If that’s will continue, we will need much more timeouts. Besides, I’m sure refs will find a way to make some call before that’s over.
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That, I don’t think I’ve ever seen….net nap by opposing player
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Hold on boys!
Please, please, please, please, please
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If Staal and Holden get another shift I’ll puke
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ForeGlide Final Five!
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These icings are just awful for the cardiovascular system.
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VC all by himself and ices it – please shorten the bench Elaine
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Papa – they were just on again – oy
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Is the game clock moving at all??
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WWWTTTTTTFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HANK’!!!!????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What the Fugg is Henk doing? Stay in the freakin cage!!
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Guys and gals, what the hell was THAT???
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Holy fukkkkkk
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Holtby schnikes!
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What is Lundqvist doing there? Get in net , dumazz.
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All Girardi Haters. Bite me
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Good Lord Henrik. Holy cow.
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*holy
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WTF HANK?!?! STAY IN NET!!
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Wtf is going on out there
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And… another… icing.
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Didn’t see who, but one of our guys helped there by punching puck out….
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Hank controls his stick like Holtby controls his helmet.
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🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
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Chinese fire drill upcoming
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Please pull Price and get an ENG boys please please please please
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Cannot lay back – need to attack the attackers
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2 minutes, not sure my heart can take it.
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Praise Jeebus!
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How you guys doing in here?
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Omg omg omg omg omg
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barely hanging on.
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If Julien wore a wig he’d look like Amy Schumer
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Staal and Holden Chaos Theory Part 7
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Staal and Holden
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ARGH!!??L?LL Hartnelll !L?L?L ]{+]}+]}>^}>+[*>}+[>#=]#^=[#^=[#
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Godamn it Holden!
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How’re the collective sphincters?
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God damn miller needed clear
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it figures and wtf was holden doing, praying.
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Cheap goal.
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Holden continues to suck.
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Holden cannot play the next game. Ridiculous. He sucks ass.
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FUGGIN HOLDEN!! Because of him they couldnt clear the zone and then this?!?!?
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I was so ready to be so happy……now I need defib
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Annoying because we are better than Montreal.
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Aw man, I was hoping we could avoid this.
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Why the hell was he even on the ice? AV doesn’t look like a genius anymore.
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Well that’s what you get when you constantly make weak plays with the puck.
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No worries. I predicted 4-3 Rangers at the top of the thread.
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Plenty of time now…
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Game over. Series over. Frack Holden & Staal.. 3 goals against
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Can’t be surprised that we coughed it up. We did nothing for the last 6 minutes but defend in the sloppiest manner possible. Zero possession, and for some reason we had Staal-Holden on in the last minute.
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How did Holdens stick get broken?
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Scoreboard watching would indicate Montreal dominance. 9 seconds, though–close!
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I. HATE. HOLDEN.
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Puck should been out on wall.
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OMFG
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That what you get when you defend a one goal lead for the last 15 minutes.
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That goal has the potential to shift this series.
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Just needed one more clear. Well time to put out BGG
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Who scores the GWG, E3?
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Blame Holden but Staal was running around as usual.
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Explain please, after regulation’s formula.
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This is why you don’t just play prevent defense for the last 10 minutes of the game.
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Youse guys sound ridiculous
It’s the f playoffs and MTL playing desperate
We’ll win anyway
Stephan
Go smoke a joint and relax
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Zuc gets the GWG.
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Why was Holden trying to be a goalie when he doesn’t even try to be a defenseman?
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They played not to lose rather than playing to win. Just sat back and let Habs keep coming at them. Zero pressure in has zone. Why Holden would be on the ice in last two minutes is beyond anyones comprehension. Have little faith they will find a way to win in OT and make no mistake this is a “must Win for them considering how poorly they play at home.
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here comes the 3 on 3
I keed, I keed
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Ranger goal, his first of the playoffs, number 10, JT Milluh.
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and to think rangers are stuck with staal for another 4 years, ouch.
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Two busted sticks give up two goals
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i wanna jam a knife in somebodys eye…..fuggin die
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Olga nailed it.
These Blueshirts established about zero forecheck during the third period.
Montreal played the entire period on its toes as a result.
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That’s what happens when you try to play the third like a 20 min PK. Nick Holden doesn’t belong on the ice for the rest of the post season. Idc if Klein is healthy or not
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If they lose this game and or this series this will be the defining moment of the series
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Holden thought he wouldn’t need his stick anymore; so he smashed it on Plekanec’s ankle.
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James are you advocating for Mein Kampfer?
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Well… Carp called it. 1-1 after 1. 2-0 would’ve been too easy…. and honestly, they deserve to lose this game to this crappy team. Other than Miller/Fast/Glass… the ForeGlide is strong tonight….
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I am absolutely exhausted. Can’t imagine how Hank is feeling…
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So there’s a bunch of narratives you can tell: would be hard for us to turn it on after just defending for 10 minutes, Montreal will suffer emotional let down after tying game, etc.
Bottom line: next goal is huge in this series.
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6’4″ 215 lb Nick Holder couldn’t move the 5’10” 175 lb forward so he tried to smack his stick.
This guy SUCKS!
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There’s 1000 defining moments in every playoff series. That one doesn’t mean sh1t except a longer game tonight. Stop being so melodramatic
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I’m advocating for anything but the Staal-Holden pair.
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This all started with Hank chasing the opposing player around behind his net like a Viking Warrior.
The rangers just seemed to lose a little swagger
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Oscar should have been on the ice – he is their best defensive forward now- bar none.
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They should bring someone up from Hartford before Holden ever sees ice again. Need to go to 5 D for rest of this game.
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What did the Rangers get trying to defend a one-goal lead for almost an entire Game 1? Playoffs, baby!
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Grabner had a chance to put the game away, but he shot the puck way instead.
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Holden scorses in OT.
Redeems himself.
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AV deserves to lose this game, not this team. They played as best as they could under AV’s misguided third period direction.
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Somebody pull my finger, I’ve got gas.
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Blow it out your a$$ family guy
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4 on 2 with 2 min to go and the Rangers just dumped it in!!??? Come on!!
Hank with the behind the net stare down was awesome haha .
Rangers need Grabners break away magic really soon!!
Grabner GWG take these 2 wins and head back to NEW YORK!!!
LETS gogo gg og oggogoggoogoo!!! Nail WEBER again!!!
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Good timing E3
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Might not be momentum game to game though that will define this series.
Smith and skeji need that moment before holden .
Expect radulov end it early
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Foreglide?
I’ll take foreglide.
This was foreNOTHING during the entire period.
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I give up
Babies
Someone please ban me from this blog
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Peter Griffin…hockey philosopher.
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Remember this back to back pp go up 4-2
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I’m not giving Montreal the game yet.
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JR – “extra innings”
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…and Happiness was so close, you could touch it. Sigh.
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They thought that goal was a thing of beauty? Am I watching the same game?
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We lose less than 5 minutes in.
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come on boys lets get the next one and make it 2-0
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Weber is sure getting throttled!!
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It smells like death in here.
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FG, I can do that if you actually wanted to.
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Win or lose, just pray it ends quick
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Were the Rangers trying to nurse the one goal lead, or just couldn’t create anything offensively?
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GO RAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!
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This blog must be constipated, cause some of you guys are full of crap.
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Not sure what all the whining is about. The Rangers have more hits, which is the important thing 🙂
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Happiness will be ours yet, 4ever.
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Is Matteau available on an emergency call up for OT?
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I already penciled this as 1-1 and I’m not going to erase it.
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Again, Olga is right.
I’m not giving Montreal the game yet either.
Nor this series.
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LETS DO THIS!!!
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LGR!!!!!!!! Do it!!!!!!!! You can do it!!!!!!!!!!
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Real Overtime. Chance of double even triple OT. Real hockey.
Let’s go Rangers!
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They should continue with this prevent defense. They can still hold on and win.
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Maybe they should put some pressure on in OT, unlike the 3rd….just saying. But seems like they’re playing their prevent defense after the first minute….
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Hard to score when every time you get the puck in other teams zone you go for a change.
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What the F$&@ are they doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One team’s trying…. the other one has their heads up their asses. I’ll let you figure out which is which…
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Can’t back ya there Rob…would rather win slow than lose fast
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Just Win Baby!
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OT starts the same way 2nd period ends with mtl controlling the puck.
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Game over…. screw you Kreider ya big dummy…
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Need that Grabby shorty magic now.
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Game over. That’s horrible. Well, Kreider just made his first appearance of the series.
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So, what did I say…
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First possession we have in 15 minutes and then Kreider gives away a PP. Game over, boys.
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Stupid penalty call
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when you play not to lose, you usually lose. You can always count on Kreider to take a stupid penalty
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THE = DUH
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Oh wow, kreider is playing. Hadn’t noticed until now.
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No penalty if the stick didn’t break.
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Here comes WWEber….
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Tough to say who the first star is, Holden or Kreider.
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More pozzy vibin’, less neggy juju!
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We have no shot. Can’t get the puck
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Rangers look low-energy right now
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Are picks allowed in the playoffs?
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I CAN’T WATCH THIS!
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This is like one of those games where one team does everything but score, then the other team scores on their first chance.
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Trouble is, jbytes, Kreider chopped that like he was executing Mary Queen of Scots.
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We are getting creamed. A winner for us would have to be on a rush since we are getting zero possession
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Rangers starting to get some legs back..
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Being outshot by 17
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Did I say I love playoff season? Good grief…!
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Need a commercial timeout.
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I wonder how many “Good play” Sam Rosen uses during a game.
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rangers look like I tired team.
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Too bad, gravy.
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meant a tired team.
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Montreal want this more; they’re quicker to every puck.
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It’s like the jv playing the varsity for the last 10 mins.
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Can we please start re-asserting ourselves??
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Fun season see you in October.
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This game is NOT fun anymore…
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Embarrassing play for the last 25 minutes. We don’t deserve this game.
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Gonna have to start that second 30 pack.
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Ther’s no commercial timeout in overtime. They need a broken glass timeout.
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Kreider is just sleepy…
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Funny thing is, all they need a lucky bounce.
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Hope they learned a little lesson here…. when you play prevent and you’re constantly chasing in the 3rd… you’re too tired in OT!
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Wait, commercial timeout?
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This MetLife commercial has got to go.
Brutal.
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As funny as it sounds, but I seriously questioning Rangers physical shape.
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Good timing for the ice scrape 🙂
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Man am I glad I started in on the sauce early.
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Preaching to the choir
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NYR have stopped skating. Not a good time to do that.
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The hartnelling game is not over yet!!!!!!
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Could really use an old fashioned, Gravy Woot about now.
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Hanka
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Foreglide.
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I don’t like the Rangers players’ mannerisms nor the facial expressions
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1-1 after 2
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Dislike Carp!!
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They’re lulling Montreal into a false sense of security. Rope-a-dope. Something like that.
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Krieder should hang his head like a giraffes scrotum
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Great to gallaghers mush get mushed into the boards
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They missed — but at least it was a chance. Nash looks ok
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Great to see ^
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Kreider is beyond bad. Don’t know why.
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Miller playing ?
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Seems like it should be 18 o’clock by now.
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Big win by Lindbergh.
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Smith from other hand…
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Stop with the wish passes! Geezus!
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Wow, the passing, it’s just so bad.
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Series over. Montreal has home ice advantage for the next 2 games.
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I’m out…..niters. Fug knuckles and all that noise…..sad, very sad…..but off to NYC!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nash givith and Nash Takith away
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Had radulov about 1/2 he ago.
Series over. Can’t defend for 35 min
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D.I.S.G.U.S.T.I.N.G.
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More great defense. All 4 goals are on the defense. Horrible. Exact opposite of the last game.
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That’s what happens when you’re waiting for the second overtime period to start playing in ot.
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Zbad ain’t no big game brass
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POOOR HANK.
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i thought i was watching 2014 finals vs la in the ot
montreal domination
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Welp, now I have to watch the rest of the weekends hockey on a delay so that when highlights from this game are shown or discussed I will be able to fast foward it.
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We had these losers …frustrating but yet we did what we came here to do ….split up the series. SUCKS THAT THEY FLUKED THAT GOAL in the 3rd peroid
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The Rangers urinated this game away. Absolutely typical and as always, infuriating. The play of the centers tonight was awful, and Zibanejad caps it off.
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Hank gave it all…left out to dry in his one.
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Wasted too much energy with the all the hitting.
Had no gas for the late 3rd and overtime.
Time to reinsert Klein.
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Still waiting for Zika, Stepan and Kreider to play their first game in this series.
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Nash with the turnover
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That was a lost opportunity, not a lost series. You would have been happy at the start for a split in Montreal. So…. be happy Goddam it!
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Remember those 2 blown pp.
Far from Nash fault enough. Best forward by a mile
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AA…Montreal hit just as much as Rangers. Why didn’t they run out of energy?
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Every game late is an Oriental Fireplace in our end.
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Tough to be happy with the split when we were 9 seconds from 2-0
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……It’s a much better system than chucking my remote at the screen.
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Stepan line is waste of time. Nash not much better. zero time in zone. cant win playing defense 90% of the time. that said, its 1-1 lots of hockey to be played
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Outshot by 20. T. W. E. N. T. Y.
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Guys don’t worry…. this was a “meaningless game”… you’ll see… they’ll flip this maaaaaaagical switch!
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very weak defensive play by Zindabad on radulov in front of hank for the winning goal, real weak.
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Exactly, Rob.
We had em down and let them get back up.
Damn.
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Totally different from the first game but just like the regular season. One good period. The 2nd. Outplayed drastically in the last 2 periods.
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What, 60 shots on Hank? And broadcasters counting hits and equating that with defense? Gimme a break.
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Coos the last 40 mins were a chinese fireplace
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Terrible. No way to sugarcoat it… again, top guys like Kreider, Steps, Haze, Zika and even Miller (tho he’s playing physical) are COMPLETELY ineffective!
Big game Brass trade looking like a bust right now.
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Pacioretty> Nash
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Well, you guys wallow in your misery for awhile. I got better things to do…
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Montreal had about 15 to 20 less hits than the Rangers.
Montreal with guys like Orr, Shaw, WWEber are built a little “tougher” than the rangers. The Rangers are simply not built to deliver 70 or more hits in a 4 period game. Emotionally and physically they were drained.
Also, the fact that it was Montreal who tied the game with seconds left gave them an emotional rush, if not physical via adrenaline.
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That’s what happen when you play chip-it-out, chip-it-in all of the third period.
You can’t just switch it on.
They starting this prevent game way too early.
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I had to put my dog to sleep yesterday. This game definitely didn’t improve my mood. Thanks a-holes.
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Boy, this escalated quickly. Now coming back to the most overrated arena aka our own house of terror tied at game a piece instead of up by 2…
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StL 2 Min 1 late in the third…
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Montreal is really nothing special as I see them. Which means we also are nothing special. Good part of that is we’re probably as good and as bad as anyone. So, come get the cup, Capt McDonagh.
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Sorry Evrock. That’s tough man. I’ve been through that too. My condolences to you and family.
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At least we were spared that Ole ole bull****
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Let’s go Blues!
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Well on the bright side, I think, as AV would say, “our goaltender has found his game”…..
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Sorry, Ev. That’s always tough.
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and stoopid Nash trying to deke through everyone while his guys skate right next to him wide open.
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Thanks Akbar. Fourth time for me but this was the longest I’ve ever had a dog. He was over 15 and a half but the end came so quickly.
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Sorry Ev. I’ve lost a few fine pets along the way. It’s always hard to part with them.
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Thanks Seeedubbb.
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Sorry to hear EV def a tough time.
AV has to rearrange to 2 lines and stop the prevent nonsense.
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Thanks Olga.
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Coos, I feel the same way and ponder how they got 101 points, knowing six of those points came from us.
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Thanks Beezle.
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Get De-Klein back in
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Big Game Zbad is not an accurate name.
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Real sorry to hear that, EV. They really are family…
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At least the Blues know how to hang on to a one goal lead.
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Thanks Craig.
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Good point by Maloney on the sticks
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Pacioretty did jack squat the first six periods of this series.
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I voted Hank and called it good.
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Sorry about your dog, Evrockriser. Maybe you could adopt Kreider.
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Could’ve been worse. We could’ve been leading 4-1 and lost. Thank God that’s never happened against these….oh, wait.
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Who care about Pacioretty ?
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They knew they’d need to play even better than game 1 to win tonight. Almost stole this game, but they played almost 4 periods and were outplayed in 3 of them.
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Lol Thanks never.
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Watch the Canadiens come out like gangbusters, like they did tonight, in the next game. The MSG crowd should pump them up.
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A man takes his Great Dane to the vet and says, “My dog’s cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?”
“Well,” says the vet, “let’s have a look at him.”
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says, “I’m going to have to put him down.”
“What? Because he’s cross-eyed?”
“No, because he’s really heavy.”
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Sorry Ev. That’s never easy.
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Still though, had you asked me on Tuesday, I totally would have signed for the split in the land of poutine.
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Thanks O-B.
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Too many passengers on this team. Stephan, ZBad and Hayes are hugh disappointments and have brought little to the table this season. It’s highly unlikely that they are just going to turn it on in playoffs and have done very little so far. It’s also time to explore what they can get for Kreider as their are way too many games where he is a no show. He is a waste of great talent.
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You know if the game had slipped into the second OT we coulda taken this Go Time to over a grand.
We gotta step up our game too!
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Maybe it’s an omen. The last time I had to put a dog to sleep the Rangers were in the Stanley Cup finals against L.A.
I can dream….
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seeedubbb, we just each need to put up a few more frivolous comments and useless drivel. And we’re just the guys who can do it.
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O
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R
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I don’t know, Olga
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We’re about 800 ish
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O something like that.
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A new record, which is nice.
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Rangers report. I agree Don’t play prevent. Loss them cup before
Similarity : same coach
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It wouldn’t let me say O again because it detected I said that already. What the…?
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You’re not allowed to say the same thing twice at all? Smh
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If you get Coos and E3 rolling, you’ll hit a grand easy.
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Sorry, Ev. We lost a pet a month ago, 19 years. It sucks. Hurts more than some people.
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Sorry Ev. It’s the absolute worst…
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That’s what I was thinking, Olga.
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Ev – sorry to hear about your pup.
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Duguay said it will be as loud at the Garden. Give me some of what he’s smoking.
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Duguay is pretty
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Kevin Hayes has regressed to Last Year’s Model. Zibenajad brings mostly nothing, including being outworked by Radulov, of all people, on the winning goal. Shampoo Boy deserves to be pissed after this game.
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When Duguay wears his skinny jeans. Tight T-shirt, apricot scarf, eyeliner, and bright red lipstick, it doesn’t matter how little he knows.
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I chuckle when I realize that if Doogie played for us now, he’d be the second toughest guy on the team.
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Brass >>> Zbad.
Stepan < Zero
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Summon them and they appear. I didn’t even have to say it three times. I bet we hit a grand tonight, seeedubbb.
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No denying Hank is in the zone.
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AV is probably an all right guy, and more than, or almost as, competent as the rest of his peers, but I see him as a big doofus, hopelessly inept at matchups and erroneously revered by some – like Peter Sellers in ‘Being There.’
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I forgot to vote. I make it Dolan Sather and Hitler. In no particular order…
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Radulov is a fatter, Russian Phil kessell
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Rangers had them reeling late in the 2nd. Took their feet off the gas pedal in the 3rd. Looked kind of stunned for the start and much of the OT.
So much attention given to Hank’s stick on the first goal, but Petry Dish had 5, (FIVE!), seconds to decide what to do. Can NOT give and NHL player that much time and space.
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On the other hand, I don’t really care. Neither he nor any of the rest of this team is buying my beer and are providing me with a mere bagatelle of entertainment. These guys come and go. The sweater endures. A few will be remembered.
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Most people in charge are doofuses. You have to be to get a job like that. The smart people will just sit back and complain about how they do such a lousy job.
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Dolan – “red crayons taste good”
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Was that sarcastic enough?
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And I could never really trust a guy with a Maserati and a yacht, but Hank seems honest enough.
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Just finished watching the DVR replay what a bummer really thought they would finally win and go 2-0 in the series. But this is the NYR nothing is ever easy for this organization. If they win our nerves are short, if they lose it’s the same result! I can’t buy they were out of gas, either play every game to win or expect to lose. Nite boys I feel your pain!
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Except for Sather. He IS a doofus. A Folking doofus.
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I don’t see the sarcasm. I think you are right.
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Oilers score a shorty. 1-0 of the Great White Shark.
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Dolan is really Billy Joel.
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Except the “smart” people will never take the job. They will just keep complaining.
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Truly smart people are true capitalists. They don’t have a job. Their money works.
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Sather takes an hour to empty his bladder. That’s gotta suck.
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And I’m trying to figure a way next Fall for the leaves to rake ME.
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Hate the habs but I must admit to liking poutine.
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Olga – I dig your wit. The old days with you and Kooz late night were mucho fun
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Richie Rich: “He’s a meanie, Mister Sather.”
“Who is, Richie Rich?”
“Why the coach, of course.”
“I’ll take care of that; don’t you worry, lad.”
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Take me for example. I got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals. And yet, I won’t run anything… I’m too smart for that.
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17 effing seconds and it’s 2-0. Maybe this is better. Back to the garden up 2-0, prolly heads back to Montreal tied at 2.
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Did youse vote?
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Coos, he fought Mess.
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I should hit the sack. I’m all wound up like a ten dollar Timex.
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I wanted NY to go up 2-0. I figured they would blow at least one in the Garden.
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Olivia Munn shaved her GB QB beard and is free again. Ritchie Rich is hungry to sow some oats.
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Didn’t know he’d have the bad sense to attack royalty, Carp. 🙂
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As a Savior, Mess is over-rated. One Cup? That’s pretty poor work for a Savior. There should have been a Dynasty there if he was a Savior. Messier was just a run of the mill savior with a small “s”.
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Don’t tell me – Gravy got between and slapped some sense in Doogie?
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Stepan’a game has disappeared as fast as his hair.
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Does Klein go back in? Buchnevich?
I worry about both of their backs. Not sure which forward would come out
Kamfer for Holden? I highly doubt AV would do that.
Kreider, Hayes, Step and Zibanijad need to be better, but obviously none of them is coming out unless they’re hurt.
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She’s a Maneater, E3. Daryl Hall had her in mind.
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Ohh baby – agreed. Step, Kreider, Haze, and Zbad have not played their best.
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Rangers were like Sham in the third and OT, no legs.
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Id tap that
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Lots of red faces out there. Looked like Ruslan Fedotenko bobble head dolls.
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Game 3 is must win.
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AV stood pat with his lineup for game two. You know that Montreal would have made adjustments based on game one. So a good coach would have figured out how to adjust to the other teams adjustments. Or show them something else in game two. Instead, the Rangers fell back and defended most of the 3rd period. It almost worked. but not quite. The Rangers looked bad starting OT, but they eventually got some good chances and either team could have won it. The Rangers didn’t.
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I’d pay money to listen to JR spew a stream of consciousness for an hour or two.
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Rangers in 5. I stand by my prediction.
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I would too, E3. But 50 cents. a dollar, tops.
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Yes. And somebody tell Hank to hold on to his stick and to stop trying to play the puck which he never does intelligently. He’s too dumb to run anything or to be a boss. He is an underling, well paid, but little more, and the sooner he realizes that, the better he and we all will be.
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Hawks in 6. Hawks always win in 6.
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Montreal’s first goal, Hank without a stick, happened because the Rangers committed the most brain dead maneuver since Edmonton’s Smith’ own goal with Grant Fuhr in net.
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What the Hell was Hank doing tiptoeing thru the tulips there? He needs to be spot welded to the net for the playoffs.
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JR could do brilliant stand up by merely talking to the audience.
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You would think most have never been through a Ranger playoff series after last 5 years with all the negativity
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I remember that Smith gaffe. I almost felt sorry for him, until I realized it was the Oilers.
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JR and brilliant do not belong in the same sentence.
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To be fair, a few of Hank’s passes these playoff games have been good. But his bad passes are earth shattering bad.
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JR: “What a coincidence that we have the Easter Conference playing on Easter.”
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Bobbyo – this was the firsy game I’ve ever watched.
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Bobbyo, 5 years isn’t long enough. Go back 17 years, when Sather took over. Ranger fans should not expect anything.
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Except for a donut, why would I remember forever a stupid name like Koharski? Strange how one’s name often lives forever without a noble event attached.
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Bobby O nails it.
Best part of the Smith goal was when the Oilers won the Cup the next year and Gretzky handed the Cup to Smith first. Smith’s a tremendous guy, BTW. Felt terrible, as everybody did, for the kid. Imagine that happening to Skjei?
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E3- San Jose is behind at the start of the third. any predictions?
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JR – “Rangers have much to be happy about:
A) they’re going home tied 1-1
2) Hank is playing great
D) they’re going home tied 1-1
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Said it before and I’ll say it again. Stall plays a lot tougher game when somebody slaps him around early.
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Now it’s on to Chicago and let’s win there…
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Hoping Oilers win. TAM is the man. My psychic powers were a bit off today. I did see 4-3. Sensed Montreal would score with Price pulled but thought our boys would win in 2 OTs.
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Stall bends and reaches so much you’d think he was stretching his back every 10 seconds…
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E3 – are we still on for a rendezvous on the Finger Lakes this summer? I’m still here…
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So do the Rangers win game 3 OR game 4?
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Olga – yes. First 2 weeks of August.
JR clocked 48+ seconds from the time Hank broke his stick till the puck when in the net. Nash had a chance to ice it.
When JR is able to outsmart you, you know you’re in deep.
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I hope we win game 3 given a choice.
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Lucic is not doing EDM any favors. Seems to be a penalty machine so far…
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Hank has faced 89 shots in 2 games? That’s a little over the top even for “Shampoo Boy.”
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Carp, I’ve got a serious question for you. How do they go from playing a really solid, structured, confident defensive game to whatever that was tonight? Is it really only because Montreal was “desperate”? I don’t get how they could go so off the rails…
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Not much advantage to winning game 3 or 4, as long as we win at least one of them. Is it better to go ahead and be caught, or to fall behind and ketchup, having momentum going back to Montreal?
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It’s been an exciting series so far truth be damned.
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And don’t give me the “momentum” lecture. There is an advantage to winning the last game played. It’s just not an “overwhelming” advantage. There are other factors that can overcome that. Doesn’t mean that it’s not there…
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Id prefer to win the next 3. Go to round 2 healthy and rested.
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Not every day you get two shorties in a playoff game. Go oilers go!!!
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Well, Edmonton is up 2-0 with 2 minutes left. Time to pull the goalie and shoot the works…
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Talbot seems the real deal… did the Rangers make a mistake there?
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All 1-1 except for Pitt.
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I think TAM is a great goalie. So good with the puck.
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Chicago needs to win Game 2. It’s Pizza Night here in West NY. I don’t want to choke on it while Chicago plays…
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893.
I wouldn’t worry about Hawks. That team is the definition of clutch and battle tested.
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Haze, Step, Kreider, Z, VC need to be better.
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894. A nice number but I guess I’m out. I fell asleep twice just watching the screen. Nytol!
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Tate’s is the best Captain in the league. Those boys won’t lose game 2.
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Tays ^^
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E3, BGG let you down tonight. (but he did have 10 hits).
Sittoo, I honestly don’t think it was the “defensive” game that broke down. It was their unwillingness to play in the offensive zone. They kept looking — as they have done a lot this year — for scoring chances off the rush, and they got a few, but had no interest in chipping pucks behind a terrible Montreal defense and going to work. Too bad, because they sure did it in Game 1, and they sure did it the first two periods tonight.
Look for my Game Review on MSGNetworks.com Saturday. Probably not in the morning, though.
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Thanks for the condolences from everyone for my furry family member. It’s much appreciated. Unlike last night’s Rangers game.
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900 baby!
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Ev
Sorry to hear, condolences bro
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Just finished the dvr’d game. I thought the rangers played well for a period and a half, then stopped going to the front of the net, then went into the prevent D, then AV decided to put the worst d pair (staal/Holden) on the ice at the end of the game. Bad choice by the coach but it’s still anyone’s game. I thought mtl was the better team in OT but we still had a shot….all z pack had to do was win a battle.
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I thought hank was great.
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I voted smiff, shampoo boy, and bgg…in no particular order
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Later wankers and LGR!!
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903 thoughts! …. and 902 of them are dirty.
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Carp nails it, as usual.
Rangers were more than adequate defensively, save for some personal breakdowns. HOLDEN comes to mind.
But the refusal to play in the offensive zone, to turn around the montreal defenders is what bit the Rangers in the butt. You can’t throw 70 or 80 hits in a game, while absorbing another 65, and play on your heels nursing a one goal lead for 25 minutes.
It’s a tough tough loss, but they deserve it and hopefully will learn from it.
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I’ve got a migraine from that game last night. Awesome
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Good morning, boneheads!
What happened last night is a playoffs hockey. Montreal did what they had to do, otherwise this series would be pretty much over.
The Rangers showed again that they can play this type of hockey- physical, tight, defensive style. A lot of ifs have been answered, including goaltending, defensive structure and its specific players, and team’s physicality. Now they have to add what brought them here in the first place-skill and speed. I like their chances. LGR.
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