Agreed. They didn't play hard, and it is a joke, but I am not really surprised. Let me ask you this...what does it say that this was a 2-1 game, that worst case was pretty even, and we didn't even play that hard? Again, I really truly think we are clearly the better team, but it doesn't mean much when you look up and see 2-2.
Nash is a loser. Look no further than him when you expect a better effort from others. The guy plays with no heart and is invisible for a majority of the game. The guy simply doesn't give it all he has every shift.
I still think we will win this series but I'm pretty annoyed at crap efforts in playoff gms when. This franchise has 1 ECF in 17 years Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
What are you talking about? If we come out in game 5 like tonight we lose. We had NO answer when the Flyers started forechecking us. Sorry I'm not confident that this coaching staff can figure it out when we couldn't tonight. It's just stupid that this team continues to fuck up and play with ZERO urgency in a playoff game. They were flat for a majority of second and ALL of the third period. They couldn't handle the Flyers forecheck at all. You want to think that we controlled this game with your red and blue tinted glasses, that's fine. I saw the game for what it was...Flyers figured out a way to beat the Rangers and stayed with their gameplan because the Rangers couldn't figure out how to counter it.
i don't know how anyone can say the rangers played well in any period, and whats worse is the flyers BLOW, by far the worse series in PS
How is it not concerning to you though that it's a playoff game and we didn't play hard? Maybe they did but aren't physical enough for the Flyers. Maybe that's the problem.
I think they will play well Sunday, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't concerned. I hate the 12:00 start. And we have a lot of pressure on us in that game. We cannot lose it or we will be done. I was VERY confident we'd be 1-1 and 2-2. I think we pay well and win Sunday, but I have to admit I am concerned. Big pressure game for us. And Philly is loaded with confidence now. 1-0 with Mason. Knowing us it wouldn't shock me if we lost Sunday and won Tuesday...LOL.
The only team in the playoffs that cant make any sort of comeback when down a goal. Yeah, this team is going places. I am trying to stay positive but I just cant't anymore.
Now we are going to reinvent the game? It becomes unreadable in here after L's. We totally controlled the 1st. And of course it concerns me 28, but I am used to this and quite frankly expected it as I have said time after time in here. THIS IS WHAT WE DO. Why do we act surprised when it actually happens?
The all-time record for losing games when up in a series has been extended to 11 straight. Un-frickin-real. Think about that for a second - the last 11 times we've had a chance to go up by 2 games in a series (and even close some of them out), we lost. Talk about a lack of killer instinct.
Yeah, not much to say about Nash. You really nailed it Mess. He is a soft player. That is why his playoff career is a joke. He doesn't play hard every game, shocker last shift when he went all out he had chances, but worse yet he is simply too nice and soft. Doesn't work in the playoffs. I expect a MUCH better effort on Sunday. We'll see if it is enough for a win, but I am very confident we will play better. Not as confident we win. We'll see on that. I edge us, but certainly no lock.
Because I would like to think that they'd learn from their mistakes. Instead they just make the same mistakes over and over. What concerns me is the fact that when the Flyers started forechecking big time, we had no answer and no one responded and hit them until Zucc hit Giroux. It's sad that Zucc made the biggest hit if the game for the Rangers. That's why I'm not confident here. AV has a history of his teams being soft and wilting under pressure so that's why I'm so concerned. They need to figure out how to counter the Flyers pressure and must crash the net and make Mason uncomfortable in the crease.
Sad but true sorr. And what is even more amazing is you would think just ONCE we'd have to luck into a two game lead. The fact that we lose EVERY SINGLE TIME in this situation is mind blowing. And really tells you something about this franchise IMO.
this is playoff hockey. up and down with emotions. wait and see how things play out before panic sets in.
