2011-2012 Season

[Lucy Brown]

It's about time they woke up. Why cant they play this way all the time

[Lucy Brown]

They continue to fail to clear the zone. This is getting ridiculous. I've never seen a team that had some much trouble clearing the zone. They just gift wrapped that goal for the Devils.

[Lucy Brown]

They let that one just slip away. Torts should have sat Gaborik the whole 3rd period for not blocking that shot that beat Hank at the end of the 2nd period. Gaborik obviously feels he's above going down to block a shot. That goal killed us. Torts must have ripped into him in between periods.

[bigjack]

It's not good when a 20/21 year old kid right out of college has the same amount of goals as Gaborik does and he's played two less games! In addition, except for Richards, Kreider is tied for second on the team with 4 goals in 14 games!
The team looked slow, they sucked on draws, and they gotta catch the Devils pinching on the walls and create odd man rushes! It's obvious how aggressive that the Devils were in pinching on the walls and forechecking and the Rangers have to be quicker and smarter with the puck and catch these bastards trapped in the offensive zone!
Where are the even strength goals also?
Oh well, 1-1, what are the odds?

[slashtrey]

1-1 again. We've obviously been there before and we know to keep playing our game. Chickensh*t move by Gaborik. Dissapointing. Oh well. If you don't block shots, you don't play.

[bigjack]

BTW, Clarkson's deflection was lucky. He catches it in mid-air and it just happens to squeak in off the right post and that Brodeur save with his leg lifted on his stomach on Gaborik was totally lucky!
As bad as the Rangers played, it took two fortunate or lucky plays by the Devils to win by a goal!

[Lucy Brown]

Originally Posted by slashtrey

1-1 again. We've obviously been there before and we know to keep playing our game. Chickensh*t move by Gaborik. Dissapointing. Oh well. If you don't block shots, you don't play.

You know I really dont llike Gaborik. He was fine this year during the regular season because of the scoring but as far as anything else the guy is a f'ing pylon. He is soft steaming pile of sh*t. I would accept that if he was a scoring threat in the playoffs but as it stands right now Kreider is much more of a threat on the ice than Gaborik is and I like the way Kreider is playing much better. Gaborik doesnt like getting his hands dirty. That prick probably doest have one bruise on his body. Feds plays a harder nosed style game than Gaborik. Bottom line Gaborik=pussie

[nyrgoal]

Ill admit that Clarksons goal was pure luck and 999 out of 1000 times he misses that. But we had this game, we had it when is was 1-1 then we scored to make it 2-1. The Rangers relaxed and ended up letting the Devils come right back in the door. They shouldve kept the pressure and the hitting and physical play up and the Devils wouldve never got the momentum back on there side.

Also did anyone else see that pure luck save Marty made on Richards, when he flopped on his stomach and just kicked his leg up in the air and kicked that puck, otherwise resulting in an empty net goal for Richards!!! That is another play that every goalie in the world will only make that save 1 our of a million times.

Bottom line this game was NJ came out guns blazing and hitting everything in sight just like the Sens did in game 2 and the Rangers lacked the phyiscal matchup.

[bigjack]

Originally Posted by nyrgoal

Ill admit that Clarksons goal was pure luck and 999 out of 1000 times he misses that. But we had this game, we had it when is was 1-1 then we scored to make it 2-1. The Rangers relaxed and ended up letting the Devils come right back in the door. They shouldve kept the pressure and the hitting and physical play up and the Devils wouldve never got the momentum back on there side.

Also did anyone else see that pure luck save Marty made on Richards, when he flopped on his stomach and just kicked his leg up in the air and kicked that puck, otherwise resulting in an empty net goal for Richards!!! That is another play that every goalie in the world will only make that save 1 our of a million times.

Bottom line this game was NJ came out guns blazing and hitting everything in sight just like the Sens did in game 2 and the Rangers lacked the phyiscal matchup.

I mentioned his lucky save except that was Gaborik shooting and not Richards!

On this site, a poster shows it! Scroll down to post #22!

http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh...7#post49793087

[nyr2]

Originally Posted by Lucy Brown

You know I really dont llike Gaborik. He was fine this year during the regular season because of the scoring but as far as anything else the guy is a f'ing pylon. He is soft steaming pile of sh*t. I would accept that if he was a scoring threat in the playoffs but as it stands right now Kreider is much more of a threat on the ice than Gaborik is and I like the way Kreider is playing much better. Gaborik doesnt like getting his hands dirty. That prick probably doest have one bruise on his body. Feds plays a harder nosed style game than Gaborik. Bottom line Gaborik=pussie

Ok everyone, not just you Lucy so don't take this personally, needs to relax. Gaborik f*cked up, plain and simple, I am in no way defending his lack of defense on that play, and Tortorella needed to send a message and sit him for a bit...he could have used a seat regardless of that play because he needs to wake up.

But eveyone getting on him for not going down to block the shot it just focusing their anger wrong...He is not the guy you want laying out to block shots, same goes for Richards and that is why they were near the bottom of the team in blocks during the season. If he does go down and block it and breaks his arm, everyone would be screaming about why someone with that contract who is supposed to be a star is blocking shots. Remember when Leetch took a shot off the forearm from Modin and missed a chunk of the season? Yes you love them all putting their body on the line for the team, but these are guys that serve us no purpose on IR.

And to call him a p*ssy is just silly...he dropped the gloves to stick up for himself against a goon in Carcillo when no one else would jump in. Name a who's who of "stars" or snipers or whatever in the league and its a rarity to see any of them going down to block shots. That being said, he still should have attempted something to hinder the shot.

Then again, if anyone on the team had any ability in clearing the puck then this wouldn't even be a conversation today. The plus that we can take is that they played like absolute garbage last night and still almost won in spite of it. This is going 7, so strap in...its going to be ugly, but I still anticipate a NY vs LA finals.

[Lucy Brown]

Originally Posted by nyr2

Ok everyone, not just you Lucy so don't take this personally, needs to relax. Gaborik f*cked up, plain and simple, I am in no way defending his lack of defense on that play, and Tortorella needed to send a message and sit him for a bit...he could have used a seat regardless of that play because he needs to wake up.

But eveyone getting on him for not going down to block the shot it just focusing their anger wrong...He is not the guy you want laying out to block shots, same goes for Richards and that is why they were near the bottom of the team in blocks during the season. If he does go down and block it and breaks his arm, everyone would be screaming about why someone with that contract who is supposed to be a star is blocking shots. Remember when Leetch took a shot off the forearm from Modin and missed a chunk of the season? Yes you love them all putting their body on the line for the team, but these are guys that serve us no purpose on IR.

And to call him a p*ssy is just silly...he dropped the gloves to stick up for himself against a goon in Carcillo when no one else would jump in. Name a who's who of "stars" or snipers or whatever in the league and its a rarity to see any of them going down to block shots. That being said, he still should have attempted something to hinder the shot.

Then again, if anyone on the team had any ability in clearing the puck then this wouldn't even be a conversation today. The plus that we can take is that they played like absolute garbage last night and still almost won in spite of it. This is going 7, so strap in...its going to be ugly, but I still anticipate a NY vs LA finals.

You do have a point but I'm sure that Torts benched him for not going down to block that shot at the end of the 2nd period so Torts apparently doest care who it is. If you dont block shots you're not playing. Knowing how Torts is I'm willing to bet that Gaborik wouldnt have played at all in the third period if they were winning.

[nyr2]

Originally Posted by Lucy Brown

You do have a point but I'm sure that Torts benched him for not going down to block that shot at the end of the 2nd period so Torts apparently doest care who it is. If you dont block shots you're not playing. Knowing how Torts is I'm willing to bet that Gaborik wouldnt have played at all in the third period if they were winning.

Knowing how Torts is I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull Lundqvist in the middle of a shutout(he's nuts is what I'm getting at). I'm all for benching guys who need to be benched...it sends a message. Then it's up to that player to turn things around of fade further away. Obviously, unlike basketball or baseball, its hard to then come off the bench and immediately make a difference...if scoring at will was that easy everyone would do it. I think more so than Gaborik not going down to block it was his lack of clearing ability followed by that half hearted attempt to get in front of the puck...even a poke check would have been a better option.

It's been discussed on this board many times before...for the most part, the Euros don't have the blue collar mentality that US/Canadian born players do. To me they also lack the heart, so it can annoy us, but unfortunately that's the story in todays NHL. I've even said it about Lundqvist...he's at a point in his career where he wants to be considered among the best so he wants the Vezina and Stanley Cup, but overall, I think his dreams were realized when he won the gold medal with Sweden.

Let's just hope that on Saturday this team comes out much much better than they did on Wednesday.

[Lucy Brown]

[quote=nyr2;2472894]Knowing how Torts is I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull Lundqvist in the middle of a shutout(he's nuts is what I'm getting at). I'm all for benching guys who need to be benched...it sends a message. Then it's up to that player to turn things around of fade further away. Obviously, unlike basketball or baseball, its hard to then come off the bench and immediately make a difference...if scoring at will was that easy everyone would do it. I think more so than Gaborik not going down to block it was his lack of clearing ability followed by that half hearted attempt to get in front of the puck...even a poke check would have been a better option.

It's been discussed on this board many times before...for the most part, the Euros don't have the blue collar mentality that US/Canadian born players do. To me they also lack the heart, so it can annoy us, but unfortunately that's the story in todays NHL. I've even said it about Lundqvist...he's at a point in his career where he wants to be considered among the best so he wants the Vezina and Stanley Cup, but overall, I think his dreams were realized when he won the gold medal with Sweden.

Let's just hope that on Saturday this team comes out much much better than they did on Wednesday.[/QUOTE]

Thing that worries me is that they played extremely well for while. They scored the 2 goals and they were flying. I thought they finally woke up and if they keep playing like this NJ wont have a chance. Then it turned around again. NJ penned them in the zone, scored that late goal in the 2nd and the Rangers were on their heels the rest of the game. The series is tied 1-1 but the Devils have outplayed the Rangers for the majority of the two games. If they cant keep up the effort they showed for most of the 2nd period in game two we can be in for some problems in NJ.

[nyr2]

Originally Posted by Lucy Brown

Thing that worries me is that they played extremely well for while. They scored the 2 goals and they were flying. I thought they finally woke up and if they keep playing like this NJ wont have a chance. Then it turned around again. NJ penned them in the zone, scored that late goal in the 2nd and the Rangers were on their heels the rest of the game. The series is tied 1-1 but the Devils have outplayed the Rangers for the majority of the two games. If they cant keep up the effort they showed for most of the 2nd period in game two we can be in for some problems in NJ.

Yeah well that was always their problem in past seasons that they would play a solid 2 periods but take 1 off which would be their downfall...on Wednesday they played only 1 good period. They need 3 periods and a solid start for this to all work out in the end.

[Pockmarx]

Prior to the third Devils goal I thought that Bickel fu*ked up by trying to do a hard around while he was close to the Rangers blueline, thus giving the Devil defense time to pinch and intercept the puck while all the Rangers were not in a good position to set up to defend. I like how the Rangers when fighting along the boards make this little outlet pass in the middle of the ice and skate it out of danger. I think Bickel had that chance to do this and instead made a bad choice which led to the New Jersey score. Bickel, for all his fist fighting and hard play is essentially an AHLer and not as skilled or as smart in his own end as the other guys. I cringe when he is out there. As for Gaborik, I don't care if he is wearing a bra and panties under his uniform. I don't care if he hasn't scored since Labor day. He is still the most dangerous scoring threat they have and we need him to do well. Choking is a sportswriters concept, not and actual weakness among major pros in any sport, so I rarely take that sh*t for serious. If the son of a bitch scores the game winner in Game Seven you would buy him dinner, kiss his ass and let him **** my sister.