Game 64 Sabres vs. Rangers

This team is absolutely fucking terrible in the defensive zone. Good god man. All those trades are going to be for absolutely nothing if we can’t figure this shit out. Jesus Christ.

 

Lafreniere needs to work on his skating and quickness, he's very slow getting to loose pucks.

 

That’s total horseshit he’s fine. Kane is the slow one who can’t get the puck out of his own zone.

 

You saw that even up penalty coming

 

This team has sucked ass since Kane made his woe is me comment and forced his way here. Since then this team has played without heart, lazy and just coasting all over the ice. The whole team has gone to shit because of him. Wasted all those picks for absolutely no reason. One and done. What a fucking waste.

 

Defensive clusterfucks

 

They’ll make the playoffs but 100% do not deserve to do so. So many guys just playing lazy fucking hockey and watching the puck. So many players waiting for the other guys on the ice to make the play. So much puck watching and not playing. Fucking awful team.

 

This is the Shesterkin they have to have going forward.

 

It’s nice when fox actually shoots once in 100 opportunities

 

He waited so long to shoot the puck I thought he was going to totally fuck it up.

 

Nice win.

moving on

 

Not playing very well other than Igor last 2 gms but 4 pts

 

IGOR absolutely stole this one but Jesus that defense. Hope IGOR is back in the nets tmo in Pitt

 

Halak will start in Pitt

 

Lindgren should be back by Tuesday.

 

The Devs look damn good. We won two straight - 4 of 4 points - but we have to play better in our own end and the neutral zone, stop trying to be fancy, get pucks deep, and shoot more. If we don't do those things the Devs series is not going to be a long one.

 

I think we will play the Canes. Devils are playing great hockey.

 

It is certainly possible with how well NJ is playing. With that said, the Devs schedule does get a little tougher going forward though. If the Devs beat the Canes Sunday in NJ I think you may be right. If the Canes win they'll be 4 up with a game in hand and will most likely hold them off. That game could be for he Met.

I think I'm rooting for CAR, but it is getting closer given how good NJ has looked.

BTW - for those of you pushing for the Rangers collapse and fall from 3rd, with 17 games left if we play just .500 hockey and get 17 of 34 points, that would put us 24 ahead of Pitt and the NYI.

Pitt would need 24 of 34 points to tie us - 70.5%. The NYI would need 24 of 28 points to tie us - 85.7%. So once again we are very much in the drivers seat when you actually do the math. I maintain the only way we lose 3rd is if the Pens go 6-0 or 6-1 points against us in these 3 games. And if we were to win Sunday in Pitt, I say it is over and we just about lock up 3rd.

 

One comment on Panarin, I admit he scares the hell out of me for playoff hockey. Everything he does is high risk, East-West. Try to be fancy out of his zone. Fancy long passes through the neutral zone. Doesn't look at the net sometimes, and rarely shoots, instead likes the cross ice risky pass. He scares me in playoff hockey.