Game Thread 4/29/17 Game 2 New York Rangers vs Ottawa Senators

If Tanner is in for Buch instead of Hayes or Miller AV should be strung up. If AV knew how to use Buch he'd be fine. Instead, AV buried the kid for any mistake yet allows guys like Miller and Hayes to half ass it out there with ZERO repercussions. AV has to lose all credibility with the locker room if he makes that move. Seriously. I wouldn't play for him if he did that to my teammate and allowed others to coast with no consequences. I couldn't take a coach like that serious.

On a good note, at least it's early enough to drink until we forget this game and we don't have to watch this shit ass team fumble around on the ice until Tuesday lol.

 

I already explained it. They went full defensive shell for the last 7 minutes and AV didn't yell at them and tell them to quit that shit. Which is why I said BOTH players and coaches EARNED this loss.

 

I don't care much when they lose like I use to. Team is boring all year then chokes on the playoffs. It's predictable now

 

I get upset but then over it within 5 minutes. Just not worth it because A) it's a game and B) this team is who they are. A constant liability.

 

This coach has run his coach here. I say hire Sutter. Time for a change.

 

Yes. Miller and Hayes have been atrocious. Shocked by how bad Miller has been.

 

Both horrific. So much for Miller being a good physical playoff guy. I thought he would too

 

AV will not lose credibility with the locker room for scratching a guy who played 5 minutes.

 

It's not over but I have thought this team needs to go in a different direction for quite some time with their coaching staff.

 

He shoudn't be playing 5 minutes is the problem. Not when guys like Hayes and Miller are sucking ass and getting away with it.

 

didnt say it's what I would do, saying it's what I'm expecting.

This team isn't built for Hayes and Miller to be invisible. I dont see the point in scratching them. If they aren't producing we're dead in the water anyway. Pirri and Matt fucking Puempel arent saving this team.

 

Yep Prod. You can't win in the playoffs without top 9 forwards producing and we haven't gotten nearly enough from guys like Hayes Miller Kreider Nash and Step. Step and Kreider a lot better today but it's fucking game 8

 

That place up there is turning into more of a horror than the Bell Ctr is. We'll see what the deal is with them coming home and backs to the wall. My guess is it's 3-1 going back to Ottawa where they win and force Gm 6.

 

Missed the whole game as I had the grand kids all day at the park on a beautiful day. Just catching up now and checking the boxscore we lost a 2 goal lead with 3 and a half to go which is disgusting. I'm guessing we were playing the famous AV turtle shell again. Looking at ice times in game in double OT which is 80 plus minutes how is it possible Buch played 5:46 and Lindberg even less at 5:07? What the fuck did they do to earn that? And Skjei and smith got 6 and 8 minutes less than staal and fucking holden?? How is that possible. AV needs to go. Plays shorthanded 2 forwards the whole game that could have been a positive factor for us. Whoever watched the whole game could you relay what you saw with these 2 today? Unbelievable, I can't believe we're down 2 games to ottawa and we have to win 2 at home where we usually suck. Still doable but we made this a lot harder now. Crap. We should get to at least the ecf after beating montreal.

 

Real truth of today, even though it is difficult to say and certainly cannot kill him, is Hank wasn't good enough.

If you said to me who is the one person I point at today, I say Hank.

Now I don't view it that way, it is a team game and MANY people are accountable for this disaster, but today # 1 was Hank. Should have stopped 2 or 3 of the goals he allowed, including the OT winner.

We didn't finish MANY chances today, but we scored 5 f'ing goals, that is more than enough. We can always nit pick who plays where and when they play, but we had a two goal lead with 3 minutes and change left. Hank has simply got to be better than he was today.

If you see some of the post game interviews I really get the vibe the team is crushed. No way they thought they'd lose today and be down 2-0, I never saw that coming against this team that I think we are simply better than. But here we are. I hope they can rebound, and I won't draw major conclusions from post game locker room interviews after an awful L, but it didn't make me feel like this is a group of players ready to turn the series around.

 

Chuck, what did you see from buch and lindberg today that they were both evidently benched the whole game??

 

It is very easy to blame the coach, as if he's telling them go into a shell, don't try and score, but this is a team game. Every player and the coaches have to take responsibility. When you are up 2 goals with 3 and change left you win that game 98% of the time, so instead of blaming the coach blame everyone (AV included). How about Hank makes a big save today. How about we get another clear. How about Staal doesn't take an awful icing that led to their 3rd goal. On and on really.

 

Can't give up 2 goals in final 3:30. Can't lose a game when you score 5 goals especially when historically the Rangers struggle to score in playoffs.

This team is cooked I think and it's on a lot of people including Lundqvist today.

 

AV is a good coach and I really like him and what he's done here but if this team doesn't show fight and win at the Garden it might be time for a new direction.

Let's see how next week goes.