Yea. There's other goals where the defense dropped the ball and screwed him over, but he basically got beat by a wrist shot from the blue line. That's not a goal Hank typically lets in.
The OT goal was poor by HL but against Tampa it's always a problem of letting them find open spots and break the defense down.
Hank might show up Friday but the offense probably won't ... Always something with this team... If you told me they would score 5 goals I would think they would have won... Fucking pissed more than that loser Ward scoring with 1 second left
Look not once did I say he isnt at fault... At the same time... RANGERS have played like shit too many defensive lapses and yet it's only hank who is at fault right? We even had one genius idea to start Talbot. The last goal was weak ass hit that hank has to stop. With that said, they don't advance to this series without him. Need to play smarter ESPECIALLY UP 2 to start the game.
chuck, do you feel good about Friday's game? Please tell me how they plan on stopping Tampa's offense?
chuck, obvious bad goal by hank but just stating what I see other teams doing in standing up the one forward coming in to take away even a poor shot thats all. Regardless, hank has to stop that one and he knows it.
What sucks the most is at 2-0 we all felt awesome. Then at 4-2 we were like "shit shit shit." 4-4 "it's a game again!" 5-4 "shit shit shit" 5-5 "alright!! We got this in ot!!" And then Hank screwed the pooch and a mass suicide happened on this board lol. It's only a game at the end of the day. Yea, it's nice to win them, but at the end of the day, win or lose, we wake up the next day and life resumes as it normally would. Just let everyone vent their frustrations on here, get it out, and then we move on to game 4 b
Can't defend the last goal it's a complete joke BUT the D was awful all game. These mistakes are fixable. At least they scored some goals tonight I guess. They must fix the defensive lapses or they have no shot. I am more concerned about the defense and getting nothing from top players then Hank playing like this again Hank first Ranger goalie since '58 to give up back to back 6 goal gms playoffs. Ouch
The D hasn't play well either, but tonight the main issue was Hank. He wasn't good tonight. It is rare we can say that, like 1% of the time?, but that's the fact tonight. He was the main issue in this one Al. As for Friday night, I expect Hank to play much better. I expect our team to show up and play well. Will that be enough to win...don't know as TB is a very good team in their building...but I expect Hank and the team to play well and let the chips fall where they may from there.
Good news going forward is that we scored more than 2 goals!!!! WOOO!! Bad news is that we let up 6 lol. Gotta find a balance in there somewhere
And I also agree Dis. I am more concerned about the D than Hank overall, but tonight Hank was the main issue IMO. I don't expect that to be the case again in game 4.
It doesn't matter how they play Friday becauSe G4 is a must win... Can't play and lose 2-1 and pat themselves on the back.
