Quote from: Messiah717 on May 30, 2024, 10:58:28 PMSoft team that will be soundly eliminated in Florida. Mika should be told to lift his NTC and be sent out of here. Completely invisible and useless out there. Panarin went from MVP like play during the season to just wanting to skate around the perimeter. You can't win when your top line produces absolutely nothing. Very stubborn by this coach to not move Lafreniere up to top PP line. No adjustments and stubbornness from a HOF coach.
The Rangers have been soft since the Emile Francis days, except for one year. Why do you think my posts have an aggressive, even violent lean to them? Why do you think I've wished for an infusion of Ranger fan frustration into the personna of this team ala Young Frankenstein? (AB Normal) If that were the case then Tkachuk's mouthguard would need to be surgically removed from his chin. Panarin has opportunity to shoot from the high slot on the PP but doesn't. They are doing a good job of screening Kreider. So instead of looking for Kreid's stick/body for a deflection do the same with the screening Dman. If it goes in off a Panther it's still a goal. Create some chaos in front of their net by aiming for deflections off Panthers, from the sides, and from behind the net. They can win two games in a row. We're down, and frustrated. We want to WIN. Winning for us is The Cup, winning for the league(Bettman) is $$$$$$, and fan interest. A fundamental difference. That's a discussion for another time. If Florida wins then I hope Dallas wins the West. A ho-hum series in June that won't draw large viewership except for die hard hockey fans, and the 12 people in Toronto that will still care since Edmonton will be out. Dallas will be consumed with the Mavs.