Craps did not show up in Buffalo last night. Holtby was knocked out of the game. You can be sure he will have a turn around game today. They probably were thinking about the game today..........5PM start. I will be interested to see if the Rangers play a full 3 periods competently. The Craps have demolished the Rangers in last two games. And yes, the Craps should be 3-0 against the good guys. Can they beat the Craps in Washington?.....try #1 Next 2 contests between these two teams will be in DC. Does Lundqvist play the 2nd game of this back to back? Points are at a premium heading into the 3/4 stretch. Lots of questions entering this game. I'm sure there will be plenty of answers.
Have a bad feeling about this one. Raanta was announced as the starter earlier in the week, so no Hank tonight. Klein also a game time decision, so we may see McIlrath in for him. We'll see how it goes, but this has 5-2 or 6-2 Caps written all over it IMO. BTW the Rangers have 38 games left including the Caps game. We also have 8 back to backs starting this evening. So maybe 30 Hank starts and 8 Raanta starts to end the season. We'll see if that works out well for us.
Chuck, the score isn't the issue. They way the Caps dominated on the boards and their forecheck didn't give the Rangers any fluidity in the OT loss. And yes, I am not optimistic about today's game. BTW, in yesterday's game, Lundqvist stopped at least 6 point blank shots with nary a D man near them. Should this continue today, Raanta is in for a tough game!
Chuck still lives in a world of fantasy where he thinks the Rangers can compete with the Craps in the playoffs. The Craps are probably about to take 10 games off. They have lost what? 9 games? There about ready for their down stretch of the season.
Yes...they were dominated in that game. They have been dominated in every game. They are not really in 2nd place that is all a mirage. Last year finishing 1st or winning the Pres trophy meant nothing. This year it means everything dump...I agree. They should actually hand the SC to the Caps now and move onto the summer. The Flyers had some chances, that is weird because the standard should be ZERO chances against our 8.5 cap hit goalie...remind me again why we don't have a 2 mill goal and allow ZERO chances every game. This board is comical now. Disgraceful really.
And if the Caps take it to us today, which I think is possible today, this thread is going to be awesome to read I am sure. Should be a real winner. Shutdown the whole team and season...LOL. And if a dman makes a mistake...wow it will explode in here. Looking forward to it.
Well if you're just going to take stupid penalty after stupid penalty you don't even give yourself a fighting chance.
Played a really strong period. Crap goal allowed by Raanta, what can you do. Overall played well though. Good to see. One comment I will make though, I think AV needs to have a little talk with Zucc, dude simply refuses to shoot. He doesn't even look at the net sometimes. He has a good shot, but who would know it because he doesn't shoot. Frustrating.
Zucc is too unselfish. Thats his problem and what he is. AV wont change it so you have to live with it. We've heard this over and over before.
I agree, but he should say hey Mats...you need to shoot the puck more bro. Right now we are in a stretch where he doesn't even look at the net.
Dylan needs to stop hanging out with Girardi and Staal. Stay on your feet, big boy. He played well int the first and should be in for Boyle who is useless.
The refs are fine...our PK sucks. That is a huge issue, and it has been since we let Stoll go. As for Zucc, no clue what AV has said to him, but I know I'd be saying shoot more or you are sitting. He has to shoot. Now this game is becoming what I expected. Right now we are not equipped to play the Caps, especially without Hank. And yeah, that 1st goal was not a good goal. He was more than 10 ft away, and it was not a typical OV shot...has to be stopped...is what it is. And BTW...you see us not scoring on good chances we get...we so lack finishers. We make every goalie look like a stud, even though Holtby is a stud now, we do it every night.
That PP goal was almost identical to the one they gave up to Simmonds in Philly, and both times it was a man sitting in front alone at Girardi's post. He can't honestly be that dumb, can he? Is it a scheme thing?
