Nash 1 goal in 21 playoff games as a Ranger. Don't want to hear anymore about shots or chances...SCORE SOME GOALS. JR nailed it, he just refuses to put himself in positions to score in the playoffs. 0-28 on the PP. It is a joke now. We get a PP and it kills us. Kills our MO. Gives the other team energy as we don't even get decent looks on most PP's. In the zone...and out of the zone. JR right again when he said we are just not working hard on the PP to win the battles. 13 straight L's with a series lead. Haven't won a playoff game with a series lead since 2009. Totally a joke really. And we come out flat and soft just about every single time we have a series lead. Really a knock on these players/this organization. To me 2 of the above need to end if we want to beat Pitt, and I feel like # 3 has to be 1 of the 2 since it will be difficult to win game 7 on the road. Tonight is large. I want to see how we rebound from a shit effort last night. Usually we do pretty well, but at some point in time we will go to that well and it will be dry. Let's hope it is not tonight.
Like Joe Torre always said. Game three in a seven game series is the big one. Pretty much swings the entire series.
biggest worry tonite is fatigue factor on the D, especially Mac and Girardi. Pitt will come hard and will try to pound those two, this being the 6th game in nine days. Nash, Step and Marty must come up big tonite. Expect Sid and Malkin to have strong games
In a 2-1 series to me Gm 4 is the big one, b/c out of that game you can come out of that game down 1-3 and facing elimination going forward.
I think we'd like to win tonight. Not a good look if we lose back to back games, and quickly give back home ice, after winning game 1. Would put a ton of pressure on us game 4, and give the Pens a lot of confidence moving forward since they'd be up 2-1 and would have beaten us two straight.
I don't know, I think if they were tired yesterday they're going to be that much more tired tonight. I think Pitt wins 4-2 tonight and the Rangers use the next 2 days to completely rest and come back at full strength. It's not an excuse for last night as they just sucked for the most part, but tonight may really show tired legs.
Were they tired when they put in similar shitty performances in games 4 & 6 at Philly? When I see them play tonight like they did last night, which I do not expect, then I will say they are tired. Until then I chalk up last night to another crap performance with a series lead. 13 straight now.
I stopped counting. How about beating Pens in regulation. These playoffs Pens have only lost in OT. Collect themselves and beat Pens in regulation.\ Just win,,,,
Who knows, maybe they aren't that tired, maybe they just letdown as Ranger teams "tend" to do. I guess with the way the played they can't be too much more exhausted.
