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I know the Caps were the easiest draw for the Rangers but it's hard not to be impressed with a sweep - especially when the games were split 2-2 in the regular season.

As you say, Bread was impressive. A real nuisance and the secondary offensive players really stepped up.

Overall, hugely impressive. Well done.

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on April 29, 2024, 06:10:01 AMI know the Caps were the easiest draw for the

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on April 29, 2024, 06:10:01 AMI know the Caps were the easiest draw for the Rangers but it's hard not to be impressed with a sweep - especially when the games were split 2-2 in the regular season.

As you say, Bread was impressive. A real nuisance and the secondary offensive players really stepped up.

Overall, hugely impressive. Well done.

it's hard not to be impressed with a sweep - especially when the games were split 2-2 in the regular season.

As you say, Bread was impressive. A real nuisance and the secondary offensive players really stepped up.

Overall, hugely impressive. Well done.

BTW, I am in complete envy of you being in Greece, a place I would absolutely love to visit one day. The aqua blue Mediterranean Sea against the beautiful backdrop of the country's seaside towns is where I would love to vacation and explore its ancient history one day.

Enjoy it to its fullest!

Peace!

Quote from: kartanoman on April 29, 2024, 09:01:34 AMit's hard not to be impressed with a sweep - especially when the games were split 2-2 in the regular season.

As you say, Bread was impressive. A real nuisance and the secondary offensive players really stepped up.

Overall, hugely impressive. Well done.


BTW, I am in complete envy of you being in Greece, a place I would absolutely love to visit one day. The aqua blue Mediterranean Sea against the beautiful backdrop of the country's seaside towns is where I would love to vacation and explore its ancient history one day.

Enjoy it to its fullest!

Peace!

Thank you my friend, it's beautiful and very different to the 5 degrees we left at home.

Thankfully my good lady was fine with watching the game this morning, but she did have a few too many Margaritas last night lol

Quote from: EDjohnst1981 on April 29, 2024, 09:13:08 AMThank you my friend, it's beautiful and very different to the 5 degrees we left at home.

Thankfully my good lady was fine with watching the game this morning, but she did have a few too many Margaritas last night lol

I bet fans of the Predators had one too many as well!

I suspect midnight will fall on the Isles season tonight and, although their season would end exactly as it did last year, I have to give some due respect to Patrick Roy for putting some character and spirit into his team that has been lacking for a long time. His players' battles against the Rangers, to close out the regular season, infused new energy into a series which lie somewhat dormant since the 1980s. It's good for the northeast if the two Metro New York teams bring back their rivalry to match the old days. It will make for better hockey for the league, as well.

One thing that is really starting to irritate me is this so-called coronation of "paper champions" many are so quick to bestow on Carolina. For starters, they didn't even win their own division. Second, they ended up on the short side of the stick against the Metro Division Champs. Finally, the team which knocked them out last season just sent packing the one team nobody, not even the Canes, wanted to play this playoff season. So, why are so many pundits convinced the Canes are going to make short work of the Rangers when, in the final analysis, all this talk about everyone's "Paper Champion" is merely adding more pressure in their camp, not the Rangers. I just do not understand it at all. Can someone explain it to me?

Maybe I should continue to pull for Patrick Roy and the Isles to pull off a huge upset tonight and send the series back to Long Island.

Peace!

Quote from: kartanoman on April 30, 2024, 06:55:01 PMI suspect midnight will fall on the Isles season tonight and, although their season would end exactly as it did last year, I have to give some due respect to Patrick Roy for putting some character and spirit into his team that has been lacking for a long time. His players' battles against the Rangers, to close out the regular season, infused new energy into a series which lie somewhat dormant since the 1980s. It's good for the northeast if the two Metro New York teams bring back their rivalry to match the old days. It will make for better hockey for the league, as well.

One thing that is really starting to irritate me is this so-called coronation of "paper champions" many are so quick to bestow on Carolina. For starters, they didn't even win their own division. Second, they ended up on the short side of the stick against the Metro Division Champs. Finally, the team which knocked them out last season just sent packing the one team nobody, not even the Canes, wanted to play this playoff season. So, why are so many pundits convinced the Canes are going to make short work of the Rangers when, in the final analysis, all this talk about everyone's "Paper Champion" is merely adding more pressure in their camp, not the Rangers. I just do not understand it at all. Can someone explain it to me?

Maybe I should continue to pull for Patrick Roy and the Isles to pull off a huge upset tonight and send the series back to Long Island.

Peace!

Isles have played hard in this series. Obviously they had the big collapse game when they were up 3-0 and lost, but they haven't had one game where they have been blown out for three periods. Have to give them props. Hopefully they win tonight, but even if they don't, they have given Carolina more trouble than the Caps gave us.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on April 30, 2024, 07:27:15 PMIsles have played hard in this series. Obviously, they had the big collapse game when they were up 3-0 and lost, but they haven't had one game where they have been blown out for three periods. Have to give them props. Hopefully they win tonight, but even if they don't, they have given Carolina more trouble than the Caps gave us.

I agree. The one thing I will say, as a myopic, one-eyed Ranger fan that, as much as I hate the Isles, I have truly grown to admire, and even respect, the work of Patrick Roy whom I've known only as a winner and a champion from the old days. Further, I don't even mind dropping the "hating" part of it, as I get older, because I appreciate players who wear their heart on their sleeve and put out an honest effort in their endeavor to succeed. The Isles of today do that and, when they add more talent to that roster of theirs, then the rivalry will kick into a gear not seen since the early 80s; I look forward to that!

But back to Carolina, as hard as they've had to work in Round One, many conveniently forget that the Rangers are one of the few teams who love to play in Raleigh and have been very successful there. While their crowds are parochial, my hope is to hear the Rangers close out the series there to the sounds of "I-gor!!! I-gor!!! Let's go, Rangers!!!" It would be quite the joy to hear the deafening silence of all the pre-season prognosticators who picked the Canes to go all the way. Quite frankly, They aren't good enough to make it out of the East and I have a funny feeling an old-fashioned Boston-New York match-up is coming before the dream final between the Avs and Rangers. Let the prognosticators chew on THAT!

Peace!

Respectful Islanders chat for a change in this thread. I appreciate that. So I will be respectful when I ask the following honest question to you Rangers fans. Why is Rempe so overhyped? He has played 21 NHL games and has 3 points. When he is not scoring at a .14 PPG pace he is committing an ungodly amount of penalties and is on suspension watch by the league. But he is all over the ESPN like he is some prodigy Conner Bedard and their hosts and Rangers fans won't shut up about him.

What am I missing here? He seems like a one dimensional big guy who plays an outdated game when stars needed protection. Yes my team is guilty of having players like this. In fact he reminds me a bit of Matt Martin when he broke into the NHL at a similar age with similar stats. But no one overrated him and the Islanders were in a rebuild at the time with a young superstar John Tavares, not a playoff team trying to win the cup. Surely even great teams need roll players but they never get as much hype as he has gotten. The John Scott types only make sports center when they do something wrong. 

Quote from: TDToomer on May 01, 2024, 09:31:16 AMRespectful Islanders chat for a change in this thread. I appreciate that. So I will be respectful when I ask the following honest question to you Rangers fans. Why is Rempe so overhyped? He has played 21 NHL games and has 3 points. When he is not scoring at a .14 PPG pace he is committing an ungodly amount of penalties and is on suspension watch by the league. But he is all over the ESPN like he is some prodigy Conner Bedard and their hosts and Rangers fans won't shut up about him.

What am I missing here? He seems like a one dimensional big guy who plays an outdated game when stars needed protection. Yes my team is guilty of having players like this. In fact he reminds me a bit of Matt Martin when he broke into the NHL at a similar age with similar stats. But no one overrated him and the Islanders were in a rebuild at the time with a young superstar John Tavares, not a playoff team trying to win the cup. Surely even great teams need roll players but they never get as much hype as he has gotten. The John Scott types only make sports center when they do something wrong. 

It's a combination of a couple of things but the gist of it is he's just fun.  He make his debut in the outdoor stadium game and fights a guy in 5 seconds.  Wins the fight.  And the fans go nuts.  Then he goes on a tear fighting everybody and winning just about every fight he's in to the point that they almost had to tell him to tone it down because you can't keep fighting every single day.

His actual play is not skillful by any means but he does set a tone.  I have to admit, for the last like 5 years or so I've agreed with you that a guy like him probably isn't necessary anymore and the team would be better off with another skill guy instead taking that roster spot.  But after watching the impact that Rempe has on the team with his energy and bone crushing hits and the way the fans get going every time he's on the ice...he does provide value to the team that another 4th liner with more skill like say a Goodrow wouldn't. 

Tom Wilson, noted jackass, has terrorized the Rangers in these playoffs games for years with all of his nonsense.  Picking on guys smaller than him regularly and just being a scumbag of the highest order.  But Wilson didn't do much of anything this series besides shove Adam Fox around after the Rangers scored a goal in Game 4. And I don't know that Rempe being around had anything to do with it or not, but I know I kept waiting for Wilson to do something dirty so Rempe could put his fist through his face and it just never happened. 

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.........

Quote from: Gmo11 on May 01, 2024, 09:55:20 AMIt's a combination of a couple of things but the gist of it is he's just fun.  He make his debut in the outdoor stadium game and fights a guy in 5 seconds.  Wins the fight.  And the fans go nuts.  Then he goes on a tear fighting everybody and winning just about every fight he's in to the point that they almost had to tell him to tone it down because you can't keep fighting every single day.

His actual play is not skillful by any means but he does set a tone.  I have to admit, for the last like 5 years or so I've agreed with you that a guy like him probably isn't necessary anymore and the team would be better off with another skill guy instead taking that roster spot.  But after watching the impact that Rempe has on the team with his energy and bone crushing hits and the way the fans get going every time he's on the ice...he does provide value to the team that another 4th liner with more skill like say a Goodrow wouldn't. 

Tom Wilson, noted jackass, has terrorized the Rangers in these playoffs games for years with all of his nonsense.  Picking on guys smaller than him regularly and just being a scumbag of the highest order.  But Wilson didn't do much of anything this series besides shove Adam Fox around after the Rangers scored a goal in Game 4. And I don't know that Rempe being around had anything to do with it or not, but I know I kept waiting for Wilson to do something dirty so Rempe could put his fist through his face and it just never happened. 

+1

Rempe adds a very necessary physical factor the Rangers have lacked for a long time. When Laviolette unleashed him, during the regular season, he took on the league's best goons for a reason; to send a message that the days of intimidating the Rangers, during the playoffs, are over.

Bring on the "paper champions" and thank you, Isles and their fans, for tenderizing them up, a bit, for the home cookin' at the Garden next week!

Peace!

Blame Vegas, I guess, for the "paper champions" (NOTE: lower case intended):

1st-place Rangers open as 2nd-round underdog against Hurricanes

Still makes no sense. But it will make even less sense when the series winner is decided.

Peace!

Quote from: kartanoman on May 01, 2024, 03:15:24 PM+1

Rempe adds a very necessary physical factor the Rangers have lacked for a long time. When Laviolette unleashed him, during the regular season, he took on the league's best goons for a reason; to send a message that the days of intimidating the Rangers, during the playoffs, are over.

Bring on the "paper champions" and thank you, Isles and their fans, for tenderizing them up, a bit, for the home cookin' at the Garden next week!

Peace!

I watched all 5 games and we did almost nothing to tenderize them. They skated all over the Islanders and made them look like they didn't belong in the playoffs. The one win was a miracle. I think you are underestimating them.

The rest of the Eastern Conference contenders should have put a claim in on Kuznetsov when he was waived. Brilliant move by the Canes who got home pennies on the dollar.

Quote from: TDToomer on May 01, 2024, 04:13:12 PMI watched all 5 games and we did almost nothing to tenderize them. They skated all over the Islanders and made them look like they didn't belong in the playoffs. The one win was a miracle. I think you are underestimating them.

The rest of the Eastern Conference contenders should have put a claim in on Kuznetsov when he was waived. Brilliant move by the Canes who got home pennies on the dollar.

No. I've watched enough Carolina games this year and your boys worked hard during your series with them. Just a lot of pressure goals, as well as lucky bounces off the boards, when it counted made it seem easier than what it was.

Don't underestimate what Patrick Roy did for your team this season. Your boys still have a talent gap, no question about it, but they came to play and fought hard. They made the Canes sweat a few out and they're about to get hit with another level of intensity and talent where lucky bounces and goals 30 seconds apart won't be happening.

Your Isles now have to go and get some talent and they're going to be dangerous as long as the boys buy what Roy is selling them. Develop some leaders who can translate his fire into results on the ice. As a Ranger fan, even I can see  the foreshadowing of the New York rivalry coming back to life again. Roy planted the seeds and now it's time to get more talent and cultivate that team into a winner. When they played "never say die" on Saturday afternoon, it was beautiful to watch. It was too much to ask for yesterday's game but not for lack of trying.

Folks on the Island should be optimistic about the future as well as pushing the "paper champions" around, even if only for a little while; the Rangers and their fans appreciate it sincerely.

Peace!

Quote from: kartanoman on May 01, 2024, 04:25:41 PMNo. I've watched enough Carolina games this year and your boys worked hard during your series with them. Just a lot of pressure goals, as well as lucky bounces off the boards, when it counted made it seem easier than what it was.

Don't underestimate what Patrick Roy did for your team this season. Your boys still have a talent gap, no question about it, but they came to play and fought hard. They made the Canes sweat a few out and they're about to get hit with another level of intensity and talent where lucky bounces and goals 30 seconds apart won't be happening.

Your Isles now have to go and get some talent and they're going to be dangerous as long as the boys buy what Roy is selling them. Develop some leaders who can translate his fire into results on the ice. As a Ranger fan, even I can see  the foreshadowing of the New York rivalry coming back to life again. Roy planted the seeds and now it's time to get more talent and cultivate that team into a winner. When they played "never say die" on Saturday afternoon, it was beautiful to watch. It was too much to ask for yesterday's game but not for lack of trying.

Folks on the Island should be optimistic about the future as well as pushing the "paper champions" around, even if only for a little while; the Rangers and their fans appreciate it sincerely.

Peace!

The Isles have about $6 million in cap space for next season with a few RFAs to extend. There will be no big splashes. We don't get a Panarin to fall into our laps like you guys. We need to develop talent but all the prospect rankings say we are near last in the league.