Going to be really tough to come back from this L...really tough. The Canes are the better team and favored, and when you blow opportunities like this it is really tough to win that series. We'll see how it goes, but odds are that loss will be the one that really ends the series. To me makes game 2 just about a must win. Hard to see us winning 4 of 5 against this team. Shame, and bumbling idiots in our own zone on that winning goal. Missed 32 chances to clear, and then a perfect tip by Lindgren. Shame...
Blah blah blah...you giving up already eh...smh...this one game isn't going to be the straw that breaks anything...
You guys really are crazy sometimes. Soft goal? Lindgren with a perfect deflection by Igor - how is that soft. And I have been critical of the coach recently also, but what did he do tonight? Team dominated for two periods, and I know this is hard to understand, but two teams play in these games, and the Canes controlled the 3rd. If we could finish any chances we win. We didn't and it cost us. I think in a series like this against this team it will be difficult to overcome this one. Such a huge game IMO to setup the series. We would have been in a great no pressure spot for at least the next two games, now we go to a must spot in game 2, and the Canes are due to be better than they were in tonight's game for 2 periods.
What could our coach do???? Seriously??? Call a fucking time out for one. ice was tilted big time. You call a timeout and calm everyone down. We started breaking down with about 2 minutes left in the second. Canes made adjustments. Changed up lines. We did the exact same thing and when it stopped working we didn’t adjust. Not even a little bit.
I don't think it's about giving up or not. I think it's about being real. This is a very bad loss. A loss that is going to be difficult to come back from against a better team. They were pretty much handing us this game for 2 periods, and we couldn't take advantage. If we just lost that would be different, but how we lost adds to it and makes it difficult to come back from. The Canes will play better in game 2, I have no doubt there. Plus we had a little swagger after 3 straight W's. That is all gone now. And for the record Al, just blindly saying the Rangers will win the Rangers will win doesn't make you a better or worse fan. I try to be objective, and you play with fire down 3-1 and low chances you come back. They did, but not a place you want to be. Then losing like this is very tough to come back from. They can if they win game 2, and maybe they will, but now I think they have to. Could have played with some house money for a couple of games if they win tonight.
And the coach didn’t deplete any ice time for them. Kept putting Z out there for crucial faceoffs despite the fact he couldn’t win one to save his life. That is bad coaching any way you slice it.