HAV go time for a HAV franchise. I’ll add the poll later. Glass is in, Buchnevich out.
Lines in warmups via Justin Tasch (@j_tasch):
Kreider-Zibanejad-Zucc, Vesey-Stepan-Nash, Grabner-Hayes-Fast, Glass-Lindberg-Miller; McDonagh-Girardi, Staal-Holden, Skjei-Smith; Lundqvist
All but over if we lose to a team better then
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Glass in? Vomit
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SHEA Butter + McD = Leetch
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Is this thing on?
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AV is so predictable!
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Good evening all! MUST WIN. LGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4th line be limited I bet. So much for depth
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First!
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I’m so nervous, it is almost embarrassing, considering how long I’m in this business. Besides, tonight lines doesn’t add any optimism…
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I feel pretty good about tonight but it won’t be easy. Ottawa hasn’t won a game yet but the Rangers have lost 2.
TIME TO TURN THIS SH*T AROUND! LGR!
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Dammit! I was hoping for Amirante.
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This guy can belt it
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Amirante singing game 4. Spoke with today.
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Good thing Glass is in. Guarantees that Lindberg has another 5:30 minute night. AV is a dufus.
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Eat my Shorts, Anderson!
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Excellent anthems!!!! Hope this crowd rocks it tonight.
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LGR!
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Did he get the sesame seed or the everything bagel?
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Really Eric???
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Rather have Amirante today. Get the crowd into it.
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How’s he take his coffee, Eric?
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Haze cannot skate
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Is it me, or do the Rangers lead the league in careless, needless icings?
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TYM, they definitly lead the league in unable to catch a pass icings!
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So, question. Is Klein injured or is Nick Holden this much better than Klein?
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Oscar!!!
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BTW, Karlson wanted no part of the puck in the corner when Kreider was blowing past him on the forecheck
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Here we go again… making zero out of 100 percent chance.
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they excel at making nothing out of something
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Good start but need to score first or it will get ugly in that building
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YEAH!!
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Zika to Zuca!!!
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SAINT ZUCCCCCC!!
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jambayahtzee!!!!!!!! ZUCcccccccc!!!!!! ZIka!!!!!!
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Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccc!
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ZUUUUUCC. Rangers are flying
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Awesome start. Keet it up.
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Woot
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Just don’t stop, keep going!
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Kumbaya!
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I was just about to post how I can’t breathe until we score first goal…..excellent timing!
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How do you spell D.O.M.I.N.A.T.I.O.N.?
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Now THIS I like! Let’s get a few more before the adrenaline wears off. After the last game we might need 10 goals to ensure a win.
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Just keep playing with pace.
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Regular season JT appears to have shown up tonight. Nash is finishing a lot of checks. Good signs.
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Worth noting that came on the carry-in, not the dump-in. Good combo of both so far. Would be nice to get another in this one-way traffic.
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Yobogoya!!
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It’s all about Tanner.
Have the Sens had been he puck yet?
How did we lose to this team – must finish!!
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I want to go on first break with 3:0. We know already that even 2 goals difference is not enough for Rangers sometimes…/
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Two egg whites on a toasted seedless roll is amirante usual breakfast.
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Nice to have the Woot Master in the house!
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LGR !!!
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JT away from Haze
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Pageau, you ain’t no John Druce
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I’m sick of hearing about the grand and heroic Pageau
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Semi jinx Papa…
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D had puck, why advance puck to lone forward for dump while changing?
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Here is interference ….
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BLATANT interference on Hayes. No call.
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Nash has a pulse again!
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Girardi completely vacating neutral zone – big problem
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Kreider found his Burst
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Have bury some more now.
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Pound for pound, is Haze like the weakest guy on this team?
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They’re gonna need more than one with their ability to hold a lead.
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Those two anthems were indeed a rare breath of fresh air. Guy sang ’em big and straight, no warbling, great voice. Sign him up.
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Great long possession…has to bring some fruits ant the end…
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Crazy stat: Ottawa is 4-0 in 2017 playoffs when the opponent scores first!
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Get out, Dan. : )
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Surprised we didn’t get a PP yet…
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Woot woot
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Oh banana trees!!!!!!!!Grab it and say Jambayahtzee!
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NBC flashed that stat earlier…which means they jinxed it!! 😉
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Oh,ho!
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GRAB THIS!
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Grabner!
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Grabalicious!
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That was awesome.
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Yahtzee!!
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Great plays by Zucc and Zika
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Thank you Mr. Anderson!
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The Rangers are not that great a forechecking team, but that shows what sustained effort can do. As well as goalie worse than Hank at puck-handing.
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Zucc on fire so far
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Huge 6 min now. Must take 2 goal lead into locker room.
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That was very very pretty
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As I said before, I couldn’t believe we lost 2 games to THAT team. Look lost and almost pathetic…Sorry, shouldn’t say that out of superstition.
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Wingers no like Girardi banga!
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One freaking thing drive me nuts we take such careless icings.
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Hook by Karlsdon on Zika
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Zika hooked on a scoring chance….play on.
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However, it is just one period. We know how Rangers can spoil any great efforts and good game with selfdistraction.
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Zibanejad the Rangers’ best forward tonight by a lot. That was a move you don’t see a lot.
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Rangers play well when they play a physical game.
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Now, no late goal, foot on the gas.
LGR!!!
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Big spot in game here.
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Tanner wide open in front but puck doesn’t get there
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Get Staal Hokden off for rest of period
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How’s that white flag holding up?
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I like THIS Zibenajad.
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Great hit by Zucc on The Methot Man
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Haze, Eat your Wheaties!
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That was a good period! Hope we have another one left! 😝
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Step with fuggin stupid back pass – dummass
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They’re flying so they think they can fancy boy pass. Smh
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Wonder if a Senator called for that drop pass from Step. No harm, no foul, though–nice last five minutes, and gave them NOTHING that period. Impressive.
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That was their best period of the playoffs so far. By a lot.
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Such a dumb drop pass
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Del-zaster avoided (for now)
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Little MONSTER period by Zucc. Holy moley! We all knew it, but Rangers are SUCH a better team.
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Good period. Hopefully we’ve got more than one in us tonight.
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Now that’s NY hockey! Of course Step tried to fancy-pants away the 2 goal lead in the last minute.
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who is that with Milbury and Jones?
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The Rangers looked pretty good that period.
I was wrong, Glass did make a difference.
Two goal lead! Insurmountable.
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Great first, except for the last 10 seconds! That fancy boy pass attempt is what gets me worried. Seems that when we’re up (especially when we’ve had a ton of opportunities that don’t go in as well), then the fancy boy crap starts. Just keep going to the net!!
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Like the 4th line, quite a bit of snarl there. Passing looks better too, well except that last stupidity by Step.
Woder if AV considered THE/Z/Beep for a line? Some impressive speed on the wings there.
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How the hell does Ottawa have more hits than us? Guess they count bumping.
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Loving me some of our 4th Line!
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Now, dangerous 2nd period coming, habitually bad for Rangers (don’t ask why). I’m not resting on my couch until there will be at least 3 goals difference.
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how in the hell are we behind to this team? thsy have nothing when we try a little
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Holden only 4:15 of ice time in 1st. Him and staal seen least
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When you fore-check AND consistently finish your check, you force your man to make a hasty, errant pass. Get it, Haze?
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I don’t understand why 5 minute major penalties now automatically come with an ejection. What happened to 10 minute misconducts and just 5 minute majors with nothing else?
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And why can’t you have a 4 minute double minor without an injury or blood when the play is somewhere between a minor and a major?
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4everanger said couch. N0rm would be happy
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Great. Another hopeful stat. Smh
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I can’t be fretting over the woulda, shoulda coulda….too frustrating anyway….let’s take this game, then next and so on…..it’s never easy right?
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Get the puck deep!!!!!
Kreider is a moron
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Why stop play??
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We had the puck! Thanks for blowing the whistle.
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Show us something and make it 3-0.
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One time this pp
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Kreider is a fuggin moron
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What a freaking moron sit this clown
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GD you Kreider.
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Yup – THE is a moron
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Thanks, Kreider. Idiot.
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No brains or maturity in THAT guy.
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Kreider, Kreider, Kreider. How many times before the Rangers get sick of it. Such a good player, such stupid penalties.
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Other than Nash, the bigger you are, the dumber you are on the Rangers.
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Great play by Fast. Nothing new.
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FIRE KREIDER!
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Brodeur: Did someone say roll a goalie??
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Andersen is so lucky
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Lucky stop of the night
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You think one time we could break a game open. Neverrrrr
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That’s two big stops by Anderson since 2-0. Need to get another past him.
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If BC gave Kreider a degree, they should be investigated by the appropriate credentializing authorities.
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Zack Smith will not return. He got clobbered. But I can’t remember if it was Miller/Glass hit?
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Carp, it was a double hit by both of the named perps.
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Don’t want a 3 goal lead. 2-0 the rest Of the way please!
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Mama that chocolate cake you once promised me will keep you from fretting about much of anything
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thought so, thanks, coos.
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Brassard accidentally high sticked Zika. Play on.
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Carp, you there?
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Kreider got 64 credits in BC just for ability to jump out of a pool
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3rd forward now too high, allowing Sens to break out – need to press, not play prevent!!!
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Every time they reference Harpur I hear Heartburn
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Kreider’s got the skills, the size, the hands, the shot…..and a negative hockey IQ.
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Chelsea Clinton got a degree. Say no more.
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Whole complexion changes with next goal.
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Andersen has looked behind him 5x so far – need another
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OMG Nash!
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B- !!!!!
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That a boy Nash.
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Nice no change
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GAME OV’A!!!
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Offside?
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Nash!! jambNasher!
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Woot woot woot
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THE Nash. Nice Dishey by Vesey, me Likey.
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Nashty!
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Sweet!
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Just keep pouring em in, boys.
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Karlsson got stoned
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Fuggin’ Nash!!!! TRAID NASH!
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Short side. You gotta be good to go short side.
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Thank god he scored because Stepan took himself out of that play.
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I officially don’t want to hear anyone knock Nash anymore.
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In other news, Gardner using Judge’s bat or found ARods leftover juice supply… 2nd 2HR game in last three
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Holden and Staal and Haze Chaos Theory
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Good note, Evrock
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I want 10!
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Can they coast thru the third with a 3 goal lead? I’m afraid that they will try.
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You can knock Nash for his playoff goal production, but if he played like Richie Rich, he could probably score a slew. Problem is, every rush against us would be an odd-man rush.
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LGR!!!!!!
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Eat that, Bazinga
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Hayes is worthless.
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Why the icing why. Manage last 2 min
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Shea with a very stupid icing – make the easy pass!!!
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I’m worried about Hank – not enough shots on him, could be rusted when it comes to important time of storm.
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Hayes gets it here a lot, some of it deserved, but man it must drive the other team nuts when he has the puck. Wears you down trying to get the puck off him.
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Wow….just wow
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Jerome Timothy Miller!!!!
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Machine!
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Lindberg Baby!
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Beauty!!!
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Woot woot woot woot
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YAHTZEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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CHEESE!
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Way be patient Jt
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Miller TIME! Great awareness
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That was allllll Mills.
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Only Zibanejad deserves a goal as much as Miller now.
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Miller – Lindberg works = persistence, resolution, execution!
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Does anyone think that AV told his boys to ‘go out there and kick the chit out of them?’ Unlikely. He did dress Glass, but seems to me that Girardi, Donuts, Miller, and #15 did a little pre-game rah-rah.
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The good Miller has made an appearance.
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God freaking dammit.
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Horrible defense one that one. Someone deck that guy.
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You can only hope to contain Pageau. Fancy-boy pays off for the Sens.
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Maybe he is John Druce?
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FACE PALM… PAGEAU… AGAIN!
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Can’t make it ALL game without some screw up.
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Why is Mac following Danny on that goal instead of defending his piece of the crease?
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Wow, that’s was fast. See what I say above. No good. At last minute in particular. Giving them hope instead of embarrassment.
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Now OK to Crosby Paj-in-oh
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Step and VC didn’t want to press in Ozone so puck heads the other way
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The dreaded late goals. Tired of them in periods
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Pageau had the last 4 goals for Ottawa. Think maybe he’s worth keeping an eye on?
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Got to keep working – don’t stop now!
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AV again looking smart pulling the Glass out of the cupboard. Dreadful late goal. Do NYR lead the league in those? Sure seems it
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How many goals have we now given up in the last 3 mins and 19 seconds of a period?
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Two good periods. Let’s see if we get the put-’em-to-sleep Rangers or the sagging, icing, nervous Rangers. No pressure on Ottawa at all–they should come out crazy.
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Word out of the locker room is that, in the 3rd, AV is only going to play Stepan-Kreider-Hayes up front and Holden-Staal in back. He said there’s no need to go with all the lines! 😉
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Mac is either allergic to Pageau or guilty of really underestimating him. Can’t let that happen. But otherwise we look really solid on both ends of the ice.
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That’s a great reverse pass by Ryan, gotta give ’em a little credit.
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Real Madrid 3, Fake Madrid 0
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5 goals against in the last 3:19 of a period against Montreal and now 3 against Ottawa. We’ve had a total of 5 for in the playoffs. If this score holds up then 4 out of the 5 will have been meaningless goals. And now at least once in each series we’ve given up 2 in a single game. And both of those games were OT losses.
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Boka Haram against Boka Juniors?
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Real Hellmann’s Mayonnaise
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Good period!!! Two in a row!
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That’s a CLEAR inability to hold on to leads and a negative killer instinct. Let’s change that crap, starting now.
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I’m looking for the trifecta of good periods.
Rinse, lather, repeat.
LGR !!!
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A belated Jambayahtzee for Oscar…..I missed that post….
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Never too late, Mama.
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I want more goals! Someone tell JV.
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Looking soft – can’t play prevent all period
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Zac Smith got the Mallachi Crunch.
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I really hope that this “Home Syndrome” is over and Rangers will finish them in 6.
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This stupid MSG crowd has been told this is a critical playoff game, and that we are winning, right?
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More lack of discipline….
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Put the freaking stick down
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Here we go… losing momentum, allowing their surge.
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Another stoooopid penalty.
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This crowd sucks.
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Kill baby Kill
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15 mins – got to press and hit
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Why can’t that idiot get a penalty just for diving? That makes no sense.
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This crowd has paid good money to suck.
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Are they just going to let Hoffman tee it up all period?
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They’ve stopped hitting and started poke checking. Ugh.
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Like I said…..negative killer instinct.
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Hank is good again. Leading in scores obviously takes some weight from his shoulders and gives him more confidence.
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Vintage third period Ranger lead.
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McD needs to do basic d 101 stick under stick maybe once or twice.
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JV IS A MORON!
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Smoking in dynamite shed
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Such a great game…. please don’t throw it away now….. HATE when they sit back like this.
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That will leave a mark on Bobby Ryan. Ouch.
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This is the playoffs, bury this. Don’t play around. Make them afraid to take a penalty in the future.
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This has not actually been much of a push from Ottawa. Some shots from outside. Old pro move there by Stalberg.
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And the shaky third payoff lead play continues. At least Pageau’s in the box.
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That is a BS call. At least Pugeut is out
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Of course Hayes pussies out
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I really want Glass to get a goal tonight. Need heads to explode
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Again Stepan takes himself out of the okay. Grrr.
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*play
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Crowd noise! Jambayahtzee!
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It took 10 minutes for the crowd to wake back up.
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No shaky on THAT pk. Mika has, what, 15 shots tonight?
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This is the third period I wanted from the get-go!
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Zorro not happy aboot that call
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Zucc has just been masterful with the puck tonight.
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Please let Zibanej… wait, save his goal(s) for Game 4. What a game for him!
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In Mika we trust
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Zorro? Boucher’s scar?
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Phenomenal game for Ziba tonight – deserved to score more than anybody … Pleasure to watch.
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I love this version of Ahmadinejad….
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lol Kreider offside twice in 5 seconds
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Kreider needs to go to Hockey College this summer to learn how to play the game. Dumber than a bag of hammers with skates on.
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Stepan SUUUUUUCKS!
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Good power play no penalty this time
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The whacky Iraqi
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The changes at the bench have been atrocious this game…this playoffs. They need to clean that up. Maybe that’s something JV might finally take that upon himself…..Nah!
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At least the Rangers controlled the majority of that pp. But why is Skjei the only guy that skates around while everyone has cement feet?
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Poll has been added. Don’t forget to vote after the game.
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What’s the record?
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We’re creeping up to the witching hour……3:19.
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Polls open early in WA: Zibanejad, Miller, Girardi.
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Doodie said poll
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Kane didn’t consume too many gatorades last month, eh?
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The Ottawa team that showed up today reminds me of the Rangers team that showed up in game 3 against the Canadiens.
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Up by 3 with 3 mins to go in a series we’ve sucked in and the crowd sounds like it’s already left.
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They can’t even get a Henrik chant going. Pathetic.
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A lot of Turia praise from Pierre for a shot that hit Hank in chest
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The dreaded final 3……
Craig, every time I see that commercial and hear “game over” I then say,”season over.”
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Zib/Beep/Machine HM G
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They should be on their hartnelling feet at the Garden!
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I don’t see a poll.
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The Rangers are feeding off the lack of crowd. They’re ahead by three with 2 minutes to go and Hank gets slashed. No pushback.
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Blogmama- I think the same exact thing lol
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Vote in the poll!
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I think I just heard the crowd’s second attempt at a USA chant. Embarrassing. Save that for the Olympics.
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You’d thInk someone would be smart enough to pull ad…..
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Nice close-out. Sens had one sniff.
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Good period?
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SALUTE!!!!
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yay!
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Is the poll in a separate post?
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Imagine if we played a third period like that against Sh*ttsburgh or the caps?
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NOOOOOOO! Stupid NBC!!!!!!!! I don’t need highlights from a game I just saw!!!!!
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It’s at the top of this post Norm….
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Good game for the home guys! Lundqvist should be super fresh for the next game! He doesn’t even need a shower!
Now, let’s even it up before we go back to Ottawa!
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I hate when 2 games are back to back on the same channel. We get almost zero post-game.
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Don’t see the poll. Rigged!
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Found it. 27 36 93 hike
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Let’s play a game, kids. Name that player.
I have 8 goals and 8 assists in the last 18 playoff games. Who am I?
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If you can’t see the poll, reload the blog and come back into this thread. It should come up.
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CCCP, how many of those points came in games 1 and 3 of those 18?
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Well that was refreshing! Mika=Monster in that game. Just really solid all over the ice. Please let that continue on Thursday!
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Nice version of the anthem. But we had to miss a post-game for another anthem?
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Now….go Blues! Sorry Olga.
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Maybe Big Game Brass will return to the series after missing Games 2 and 3.
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MSG does its own post game that doesn’t have Milbury.
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Well, I’m happy to sign out happy! Have a great niters all! LGR!!!
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zuuk #1 as usual
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My kid after the Rangers game: Who the heck is Vince Gill?
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That was more like what we have come to expect
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Doodie
Just answer the damn question!
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Vince gill sung that anthem?
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Doodie, that post-game does nothing for me down here. Unless you wanna give me your cable provider user name amd password? 😉
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CCCP, it’s the same guy with 5 goals and 4 assists in his last 15.
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NHL Network does one too
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How am I gonna watch the Blues if I’m watching NHL Network?
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3 goals and 2 assists in his last 9.
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lol Doodie… still better than anyone on this team! 9 playoff points in 15 games! Fuggin’ great!
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Stream blues on tablet or phone, and/or use a DVR
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Right… I know Doddie..he sucks. 🙂
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He’s a good player. His contract is an absolute joke.
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Tanner Glass.
Mic drop
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At the time he got it, he was worth it, I guess… and at least it wasn’t us who gave it to him.
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Just caught up watching the DVR. Can they play like this again didn’t seem that difficult. 2-2 after 4? I hope so, another game like tonight and I’m on my way to grilled crow!
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I thought the series was over?
2-2 after 4.
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Nice game today.
Need to see this intensity rest of series.
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I varted
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Well………. You’re always right Carp.
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Kreider & Stepan for Duchene & Landeskog? It could happen, it’s possible?
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Big-Boy Pants! Great performance by the team as a whole, but i had Zib, Zucc and Smith.
If Bobby Ryan can’t go on Thursday, that’ll be a big blow for them.
Need another good start and more solid team defense in game 4.
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Kreider & Stepan for Duchene & Landeskog? It could happen, it’s possible?
——-
not happening.
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I went Zibanejad, Zuccarello, Nash … in no particular order.
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I had Zika, Danny G and Smith
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#61 got but six votes? Cheeky Monkeys!
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Haze skates away and lets JT fight his battles. Hate to see that.
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Nash still sucks?
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Nash scored a goal scorers goal on a 2 on 1 when 2 Sens collided in neutral ice. Other than that he and Step played well on PK.
Zika/Zucc/Grabber/FSt/Oscar/JT all played better IMO.
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Just me, but I admire above all #’s 61, 27, 5, 19, 15, and 24 and throw in 30. They leave their guts on the ice win, lose or draw. Draw?
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First postseason win where Hank wasn’t, and didn’t need to be, the best player on the ice. That is a really good sign that the team can actually make this a series and hopefully come out on top. I thought Zuuc, Zib, Nash, Grabner, etc were just tremendous and AV did an excellent job of sheltering Holden and Staal. Not Mac’s best game but others stepped up. And Hank was solid, making the “timely” saves when he needed to. All in all a pretty great game for the blueshirts.
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Zucc’s goal celebrations are epic in the playoffs.
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Lundqvist was pretty good vs. Montreal, though.
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Nashville’s home crowd makes the Garden look pathetic. Though I hate all the “you suck” low class chants.
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I’m glad Nash shut some people up finally. And I don’t care what anyone says, Zucc always comes to play. It doesn’t always work out, but he comes to play. He looked amazing tonight.
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Say goodnight, St. Louis.
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Carp, Lundqvist was the best Ranger every night against Montreal and in the first game of this series. I was worried after Game 2 that they wouldn’t be able to win if he wasn’t in God mode. They totally erased that fear tonight. Just a great team win.
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agree on Zuccarello and on Lundqvist.
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Rick Carpiniello @RickCarpiniello
Mike Yeo wanted a “streetfight.” It’s 2017. You’re not going to intimidate a team anymore. Skil, speed beat muscle in ’17 (and in ’15, ’16).
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I voted machine, hated, and bgg….well I would have voted glass if some lazy aasen hadn’t screwed up the poll options with buch instead of glass…in no particular order.
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Carp,
You nailed it with that tweet about the speed and skill focused preds…with McLeod and Watson in their line up! Do you even watch the games? 😉
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Carp
While I understand you have a narrative and the yeo comment made it sound like the game was going to be something out of slap shot, the reality is physicality is just as important as speed and skill and teams need a good mix of all to be successful.
Since the lost bettman season of 04-05, here are where the cup winners ranked in the “not speed and skill” stat
Canes-25th
Ducks-10th
Wings-25th
Pens-6th
Hawks-25th
Bruins-21st
Kings-2nd
Hawks-30th
Kings-1st
Hawks-29th
Pens-12th
Of the 8 remaining teams, this is where they finished in hits…
Ducks-2nd
Sens-4th
Oilers-6th
Pens-8th
Caps-15th
Rangers-16th
Blues-17th
Preds-21st
It sure seems to me that physicality seems as important as speed and skill (not more important, but speed and skill are also not more important) and judging by the numbers that is how it comes out.
Drops mic!
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Ottawa coach looks like he was kidnapped, duct-taped, thrown in a cellar, then the cops came a week later and ripped the duct tape off.
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Nats 23, Mets 5. Terry Collins: “We fell behind early and just weren’t able to catch up.”
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Best first two periods of the playoffs. Then they decided to sit on the lead for most of the third until they realized that it’s more fun playing in Ottawa’s zone than their own. Of course, getting a couple of power plays helped them come out of their cocoon.
The Ottawa trap isn’t so overwhelming after all. Nine goals in the last two games. Yeah, keep trapping.
You know Brassard has been pretty quiet during this series. In fact, so have Ryan (despite last night’s assist), Hoffman and Turris. If only they could contain Pageau…
Still want to jettison Zucc because he holds onto the puck too long?
We had a JT Miller siting! He played a pretty good game last night. Certainly better than what he had been playing.
Does Hayes realize that it’s not against the rules for him to shoot the puck?
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Brett Cyrgalis wrote that the Rangers have the momentum now. If it’s on the internet it must be true.
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Good morning, boneheads!
Workmanlike approach last night. Precise passing, forechecking, using their speed. Hitting when necessary.
They play like that Thursday ( and beyond), it won’t matter what Ottawa does. The Rangers are a better, deeper, more skilled team. With superior goaltending. If they play to their strengths.
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Let’s not overthink that little push they allowed Ottawa to have at the end of second, beginning of third.
There are 8 teams left standing. And Ottawa is one of them.
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Charlie,
Yes. Whether they lose this series, or go on to win the cup, they are going to need to get younger and faster on D. Trading Zucc for D help may be a good way to get there. But this is a conversation for another time.
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Zach Smith is as big a loss for Ottawa as is Bobby Ryan. Both play important minutes. If they’re out, that is.
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Say what you want, but BBG seems to bring an intangible to this team and he has not at all disgraced himself with his hockey play as a 4th liner, but every team needs those guys. I recall reading last offseason (sorry can’t find a link) that in going for conditioning and skating work he found out one leg was significantly weaker than the other. Program seems to have worked as he does seem a bit less slow out there (fast and glass don’t go together unless its Norm’s boy #19).
Hated/Machine/Glass are like our little infantry brigade – first in battle, take no prisoners and soften up the opposition for the big strike.
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*BGG not BBG
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Zucc was their leading scorer in the regular season. He’s been one of their best players in the playoffs. If I was GM I would keep him and get D help some other way.
AV went from benching Skjei-Smith to giving that tandem second pairing minutes. Will that be the case in game 4? We’ll see.
Carp’s predictions that between two teams in the playoffs bet on the desperate team came true again. Carp, how are you at handicapping horse racing?
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Charlie,
Zucc being the leading scorer is a bit misleading. He was average at best for most of the season. Zucc overstaying his shifts happened. Zucc freelancing happened. Zucc holding on to the puck to long happened. Zucc making selfish plays happened. Zucc is a guy who gets the look away from most fans. Now Zucc has been one of there best forwards, if not the best forward in the playoffs. That is also happening.
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AV said he reduced Shea’s minutes but lost Smith ‘on the bench’ in Game 2. Holden/Stall pair’s had reduced TOI but still a lot of anxious moments with them in Dzone. Both refuse to move the puck quickly basically allowing the Sens to set up their trap.
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Jimmy Thomas Miller – gets away from Haze and plays better. Coincidence?
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Needed a center to step up and Zika had a HUGE game v his former mates. Just HUGE.
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Nash scored so he played great? Right?
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NYR better still be desperate on Thursday night…
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New post.
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Had to watch it on the DVR when I got home. as that Eric that I heard calling in toe LaGreca that I heard on the radio on the way home? The Ottawa trap has been a non-factor in the last two games. Rangers are blowing through the neutral zone. AV must be listening. Skjei and Smith get more TOI than Staal and Holder. Balanced scoring shows their strength. Need to keep it up on Thursday
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Speed and skill killed last night, great to see them have faith in their game and make the other team play it.
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