We've been rock solid in NY so it's very possible this goes 7, but the road performances have been pretty dire during the playoffs.
I still believe game 1 will be the difference in the series. Uphill climb - 87% of teams up 2-0 win the series, 79% of teams that win game 5 of a 2-2 series win the series. We can dismiss %'s all we want, but there is a reason they are what they are. Doesn't mean we cannot win, of course we can and I think we have a good shot to win game 6, but those %'s are real telling. Game 1 L was turning point in series to me. That was our shot.
Yep. Completely no show from most of the team including the coach. Why wait until the third to make adjustments? I was screaming from period one when it looked like they were half asleep
Something will have to give as Carolina hasn't lost at home and hasn't won on the road in the playoffs.
Panarin is obviously a major disappointment but Kreider needs to be ashamed of himself. Has one shot in the three road games this series. Seems uninterested in getting in front of the net.
Look - go back home and win game 6. Then you play an anything can happen game 7. All we can do. Can't feel overly confident we'd win a game 7, but you get there and see what happens. First things first, need to focus on game 6. You have to figure that at some point Carolina will play a good road game, they are due, so game 6 will not be easy.
Not sure what the coach should do when Panarin is invisible just about every game, and Kreider hasn't made a flight to Carolina yet. Lazy and weak to blame the coach for that.
