Big Blue Huddle

We haven't won anything yet. As a lifelong Ranger fan I've experienced enough disappointment to fill the Grand Canyon. Our heros have won 3 one goal games(2 in OT) that could have had different results. Carolina is very capable of winning the next few which would tighten our throats considerably. However so far this playoff run is a reflection of the regular season. This Ranger team is a consistent, and resilient(like the Knicks) bunch. What are they putting in The Garden water? This series is actually very close, and is playing out again like the regular season. 114 pts to 111 pts. I/m/o the division clincher was the 1-0 gem on 3/12. Another 1 goal game. As I've mentioned Carolina plays with one style, one level, pressure pressure in the o zone. Balls to the wall. That's Brind'a'mor's modus. Unless RB pulls a rabbit out of a hat it's not going to change, hasn't for as long as he's been w/the Canes. They did make an adjustment on their PP, getting shots from the deep slot. Something the Rangers will need to react to. Really pleasant surprise to see Chytl in the lineup. He gives the Rangers more SPEED, and talent flying off the wing. He also gives the opposition something they haven't scouted since previously he predominately played Center. We are in the best position possible currently in these playoffs. That's all. I look at all the seven other teams left and know the Rangers can beat all of them, they can also lose to any of them. While the latter has been true before, I don't recall if the former has, maybe in 94'. Every winning team in the Cup playoffs has a defining moment where they overcome adversity(Matteau, Matteau, Matteau). Our's is coming. We should look forward to it. All I know is this, like on 6/14/94 I want to be bent over three feet in front of my TV screen when the second period buzzer goes off and thinking "O xxxx, we're twenty minutes away" LET'S GO RANGERS.
P.S. I love how Ranger fans despite the attempted ticket lockout by Cane management managed to get in the building anyway. Don't F#CK with New York fans.

Quote from: Uncle Mickey on May 06, 2024, 10:40:54 AMThis team like the Knicks seem to have a special level of intangibles. Their cohesiveness and ability to perform in the clutch makes them really unique. Also if Shesterkin continues his post all star performance throughout the playoffs, I like their chances to win the whole thing.

I know what you are saying. Very few teams can score a PP goal, Zibs' second, in the manner they did against a TOP rated PK. Very few. I don't yet want to talk about the things I see in this team, because they could lose the next four games by one goal each, and do so playing superb hockey. It's that close in all four series.

Yes Igor got his stick on the second goal, it happened very quickly, and Anderson should have stopped Panarin's eventual game winner. Carolina will make some adjustments within their structure. However they play one game, Pressure, and at a consistent, constant level. They will need to raise their level of play to beat this Ranger team. I don't know that they can. If they do, hats off to them. That's their DNA under Brind'A'Mor. Love that already in Game 1 they are frustrating Goetzel. He got chippy yesterday.  I'm watching all the series. This Ranger team can beat all 7 remaining teams, and can lose to the same. It's that close this year. Would love to see an Adamms Family train wreck between Fla-Bos. 

I'm ridiculously calm. I should be a little tied up in knots, and I'm not. Do I know something?

Carolina had serious puck luck last night in the carom right onto a stick for the 4th goal, and 8 seconds later a very strange bounce off the boards for a tap in. Hope that's their quota. The Rangers are the better team. Now that does not mean they will definitely win the series. Carolina plays at one level pretty much at all times. High level mind you, but I feel, and have seen the Rangers play above that level. NO MISTAKES IN CLEARING YOUR ZONE!!! This is the imperative. Wouldn't it be nice if Lavy can enjoy victories over former coached teams on the way.........to.........

I absolutely LOVED Panarin's borderline hit to Oshie. Last season's Panarin would never do that. That was payback for the non-call high stick. The hit shows his determination, and the confidence that his team has his back. Speaks alot. The Caps tomorrow are going to come out of the gate like a quarter horse. It's going to be nasty. CLEAR THE PUCK, just dump it out. Catch them with odd man rushes. Before this is over I see Cuylle mixing it up with Wilson.

Boy do I wish I had Warren Buffet type of financial assets. As a fan I'd wreak financial ruin on the teams' ownership that get in the way of the Giants acquiring who they want. Go ahead Minnesota trade for the right to draft JJ, and then watch out Wilf family. I really like JJ, BECAUSE HE WINS. There's no telling what I'd try to do to Jerry Jones. I would acquire the real estate under Jerryworld(everything has a price), and require Jones watch every game with his finger up his nose. Back to reality, we really need to part from Jones. Mara paid him, and now it's time to go.

It seems customary that most new regimes get to pick a QB of choice, and then live with the circumstances of that choice. Daboll is seen as a QB guru. He developed Allen, actually made the playoffs with a flawed, oft injured QB that he inherited from a ruinous GM, and actually managed to coax wins with a local H.S. QB that is right out of central casting. Daboll/Schoen deserve to have their own guy. 

"Somewhere, files58 is smiling after watching this one."

I missed the first half of the game, and picked it up at 3-1. I know it's the playoffs because my yelling at the screen to "get it out" had some extra on it. Must keep the puck in front of you at all times if possible. I've watched a good number of non-Ranger games. I've noticed that the Rangers are not the only team that gets in trouble when in their defensive zone they pass backwards, and/or laterally between defensemen, or they are not decisive with the puck. That's my peeve whether it's a Ranger game or other, just get it out. Anyway as mentioned by others good start, long way to go. The Caps in Game 2 will crowd the net, and pound the dee. Sooner rather than later Wilson needs to take some form of hockey abuse. An errant shot to the mouth or cheek is my preference. A discreet slash to the boot would do as well. The Caps will mug it up in Game 2. Lavy knows this. Alot depends how things are called by refs. Carlson played almost half the game. He needs to be pounded some, wear him out. It's going to get nasty, the Caps know that's the only way they can win.

Quote from: Gmo11 on April 16, 2024, 09:34:42 AMGenerally I would agree with this but when you look at this draft vs next year's draft the 4th best QB in this draft might be better than the best QB next year.  So if they don't take one now, and don't end up with the #1 or #2 pick next year (which means a historically awful season) then they may not be in position to take a new QB for a long time. 

Jones, while awful, is juuuuuuust good enough to keep you out of the top 1 or 2 picks in the draft.  He's the worst kind of terrible you can be.  If you're gonna be bad be exceptionally bad so your team can replace you.  He is tantalizingly awful because he can flash some good moments surrounded by terrible ones and enough of those good moments gets you to 6-8 wins and out of the QB lottery.  It's QB hell and the Giants are right smack in the thick of it.

Once that is recognized cutting bait is required. Instead of a new contract Mara should have given Jones a severance package. I maintain the contract was Mara's doing, and the two year out was the compromise. If one can read a horse racing program then one can see Jones getting injured again.

Worst scenario Jones is the QB, and history repeats he gets hurt again in game 5, enough to be out for the year, and maybe retire. They manage to win a meaningless game at the end of the year losing out on the college darling QB for that year who becomes an All-Pro. Best scenario our first pick becomes All-Pro, and the other picks all contribute to a growing, winning atmosphere.

"So, if Ranger opponents are going stuff four defenders in front of their goalie to literally give the Rangers no chance to score,"

More simple solution, fire the puck. Let's see how much a stomach the opposition has when they're ducks at an amusement park game. The Rangers should have a contest how many teeth they can land on the ice. IT'S TIME TO PLAY WE HAVE ONE GOAL AND THAT'S THE STANLEY CUP, AND WE DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOUR WELFARE ON THE WAY TO THAT GOAL. That's the attitude needed starting tomorrow. When approaching the Blue Line or Center for a dump in whiz the puck by the Dman's ears. PLAY EFFING ANGRY HOCKEY. Some open ice body checks would be nice. It's Attila the Hun time on ice. 

The last few games they are skating as if on Wollman Rink, and not The Garden.

Do these guys(talking heads) get paid per word?

Should he be available to the Giants when they pick 3rd-4th round then let's see if they learned anything from the La'el Collins fiasco, and take a shot with this guy. We're here to win football games, not run a Finishing School. He got caught, how many 21-23 year olds don't. I'm not condoning his behavior.