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Sorry Underdog & Senators.
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The senators apparently didn't get the memo that shooting the puck greatly increases your chances of scoring goals.
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Let's see what those Bolts are made of tomorrow...
And @ Isles/Caps.
And @ Isles/Caps.
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lol, they celebrated in Montreal like they won the Cup
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TacoBello (04-28-2015)
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Its interesting. All the pundits are explaining away the lack of playoff success in St.Louis to a lack of goal tending. Miller last year and Dubnyk this year. But isn't St.Louis a defensive team?
Meanwhile in Ottawa, Price makes 162 saves to steal the game and series.
Maybe there is something to this goaltender thing after all.
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Holy cow...what's with the Pens' poor OT record? One thing's for sure, they did tighten up nicely defensive despite missing so many key players.
Still, now...they can't score suddenly with that type of talent (i.e. Malkin and Sid) is somewhat weird.
Good luck next year and congrats to the Rangers to moving to Round 2.
Still, now...they can't score suddenly with that type of talent (i.e. Malkin and Sid) is somewhat weird.
Good luck next year and congrats to the Rangers to moving to Round 2.
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They couldn't score in the Bruins series or the second half of the Rangers series last year. They have mastered the collapse perfectly. They did tighten up defensively, but they had no puck moving defensemen to get the rushes going, so they would just skate to the blue line and run into a wall of Rangers D-men. Disappointing, but not surprising the way they were playing. No sour grapes here
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I'm sure he'll do a lot better when he has real D-men and the other side isn't punching him in the back of the head every shift
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0&wearing my 2011-2012 didn't happen thank you collapse Ranger PreZ trophy T-Shirt.
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30 seconds offensive zone faceoff miracles are real?
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Congrats Washington, see ya soon.
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Rangers’ Zuccarello out indefinitely with suspected concussion
Rangers? Zuccarello out indefinitely with suspected concussion | New York Post
The Rangers weren’t going to get through this postseason totally unscathed, but now their depth is really going to be tested.
The team announced Monday spark-plug winger Mats Zuccarello will be sidelined “indefinitely” with an upper-body injury, most likely a concussion. Zuccarello was hit in the left side of his head by a slap shot from teammate Ryan McDonagh with 4:30 left in the first period of Friday’s Game 5 against the Penguins, skating slowly to the bench and then to the locker room without returning.
It was a game the Rangers would win 2-1, taking their first-round series and advancing to the second round against the winner of Monday night’s Game 7 between the Islanders and Capitals. But the victory surely came at a price.
Zuccarello had spent either Friday or Saturday night at a hospital, and it’s hard to know when he might be ready to practice or play again.
“He brings a lot to the table, the way he plays, a lot of energy,” Henrik Lundqvist said. “He can open up a game with his passing. So we’re going to miss that.”
Far from a replacement, yet most likely taking his spot in the lineup, will be James Sheppard, who was a healthy scratch for all of the Penguins series. Sheppard came to the Rangers just before the trade deadline in a deal with the Sharks, and was solid — if unspectacular — in his 14 regular-season games.
“A lot of it is just — and it’s a bad habit to get into — but trying not to make the wrong play as opposed to being aggressive and making the right play,” Sheppard said after Monday’s optional practice. “The first couple games and weeks, I just didn’t want to screw anyone over or let my teammates down. So I was playing a little bit more backing off. And that’s not a bad thing, I was just looking out for my new team.”
Sheppard does have the experience of 24 postseason games, including the seven-game first-round series against the Kings last season when his Sharks blew a 3-0 lead to the team that eventually beat the Rangers in the Cup final.
“That had lots of ups and downs,” he said. “I’m just glad that [the Rangers] battled here, and I like where we’re at as a team.”
Coach Alain Vigneault said the preliminary plan would be to have Sheppard join the fourth line with Dominic Moore and Tanner Glass. Vigneault would then move Martin St. Louis up to a line with Rick Nash and Derick Brassard, and bump up Jesper Fast from the fourth line to St. Louis’ previous spot on the right next to Kevin Hayes and Carl Hagelin.
“I think sometimes guys have a plan to do more than they can do, and that’s not something that I’m looking to do,” Sheppard said. “I’m looking to do whatever I can do to contribute.”
Vigneault said there would be a forward called up from AHL Hartford at some point after their playoff game against Providence on Tuesday night. The Wolf Pack can be eliminated with a loss, down in the best-of-five series, 2-1.
“One way or the other, you need at least one spare at both positions,” Vigneault said.
Yet no matter who plays, it’s going to be very difficult to match the contributions of Zuccarello. The diminutive Norwegian had two assists in the four-plus games he played against the Penguins, and he was fifth on the team in regular-season scoring with 49 points, his 34 assists third only to Brassard and Derek Stepan.
He led the team last regular season with 59 points, and put up five goals and 13 points in 25 playoff games in the run to the Stanley Cup final.
Having just signed a four-year, $18 million contract extension, Zuccarello not only figures into this year’s picture, but into the team’s future, as well.
“We don’t know what he’s going to be back,” Lundqvist said. “We’ll just have to wait and see. He’s definitely an important player to this team.”
Rangers’ Zuccarello out indefinitely with suspected concussion
Rangers? Zuccarello out indefinitely with suspected concussion | New York Post
The Rangers weren’t going to get through this postseason totally unscathed, but now their depth is really going to be tested.
The team announced Monday spark-plug winger Mats Zuccarello will be sidelined “indefinitely” with an upper-body injury, most likely a concussion. Zuccarello was hit in the left side of his head by a slap shot from teammate Ryan McDonagh with 4:30 left in the first period of Friday’s Game 5 against the Penguins, skating slowly to the bench and then to the locker room without returning.
It was a game the Rangers would win 2-1, taking their first-round series and advancing to the second round against the winner of Monday night’s Game 7 between the Islanders and Capitals. But the victory surely came at a price.
Zuccarello had spent either Friday or Saturday night at a hospital, and it’s hard to know when he might be ready to practice or play again.
“He brings a lot to the table, the way he plays, a lot of energy,” Henrik Lundqvist said. “He can open up a game with his passing. So we’re going to miss that.”
Far from a replacement, yet most likely taking his spot in the lineup, will be James Sheppard, who was a healthy scratch for all of the Penguins series. Sheppard came to the Rangers just before the trade deadline in a deal with the Sharks, and was solid — if unspectacular — in his 14 regular-season games.
“A lot of it is just — and it’s a bad habit to get into — but trying not to make the wrong play as opposed to being aggressive and making the right play,” Sheppard said after Monday’s optional practice. “The first couple games and weeks, I just didn’t want to screw anyone over or let my teammates down. So I was playing a little bit more backing off. And that’s not a bad thing, I was just looking out for my new team.”
Sheppard does have the experience of 24 postseason games, including the seven-game first-round series against the Kings last season when his Sharks blew a 3-0 lead to the team that eventually beat the Rangers in the Cup final.
“That had lots of ups and downs,” he said. “I’m just glad that [the Rangers] battled here, and I like where we’re at as a team.”
Coach Alain Vigneault said the preliminary plan would be to have Sheppard join the fourth line with Dominic Moore and Tanner Glass. Vigneault would then move Martin St. Louis up to a line with Rick Nash and Derick Brassard, and bump up Jesper Fast from the fourth line to St. Louis’ previous spot on the right next to Kevin Hayes and Carl Hagelin.
“I think sometimes guys have a plan to do more than they can do, and that’s not something that I’m looking to do,” Sheppard said. “I’m looking to do whatever I can do to contribute.”
Vigneault said there would be a forward called up from AHL Hartford at some point after their playoff game against Providence on Tuesday night. The Wolf Pack can be eliminated with a loss, down in the best-of-five series, 2-1.
“One way or the other, you need at least one spare at both positions,” Vigneault said.
Yet no matter who plays, it’s going to be very difficult to match the contributions of Zuccarello. The diminutive Norwegian had two assists in the four-plus games he played against the Penguins, and he was fifth on the team in regular-season scoring with 49 points, his 34 assists third only to Brassard and Derek Stepan.
He led the team last regular season with 59 points, and put up five goals and 13 points in 25 playoff games in the run to the Stanley Cup final.
Having just signed a four-year, $18 million contract extension, Zuccarello not only figures into this year’s picture, but into the team’s future, as well.
“We don’t know what he’s going to be back,” Lundqvist said. “We’ll just have to wait and see. He’s definitely an important player to this team.”
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Time to borrow some of yummy cakes asahi magic for game seven. I just barely showered the bitter aftertaste of game 4 off. Got a bad feeling Detroit will regret not having a killer instinct tonight, they just did not show up on time and ended up chasing all night.
Oh, and I want to pound the fucking smirk off of Tyler Johnson's clownface.
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Why are the Rangers playing the Caps? Does the NHL not still re seed after each round? If the Wings win they'd be the lowest seed and should play the Rangers.
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After the recent realignment, the Count decided to enforce divisional play until the Conf Finals. And no reseeding. Duh.
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They bitched and moaned and cried until they got the count to fuck up the alignment of the league with less teams in the west than the east. That lead to a stupid divisional bracket based playoff system where you don't even need to be in the division to play in their bracket. Because of idiotic preset brackets, no more re seeding.
Had Ottawa and Pittsburgh switched positions in the regular season standings, Ottawa would have been playing for the "metropolitan division champ" and Pitt would be playing for the "atlantic division championship".
Lastly, Detroit is a 3 seed. There were 4 #3 seeds in the 1st round. Yeah, that makes sense.
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@ Bolts/Fings...
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nothing like a game 7
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That only happens in special markets...
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hory shet!!!
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Keep in mind, this is not the Stanley Cup...it's the Stanrey Cup. It's a l33t trophy only teams that are nevar wrong get.
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Obviously...
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And the winnar plays Team Finrand.
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For the Thuperbowlcup!
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