Series Talk: ECFs Discussion - Panthers vs Rangers - (4-2 Florida)

[Ratsreign]

Oh shit, Chukky broke his heart once.....

 

[Desert Panther]

You coming over for any of this? At least for the parade??

I'm sure as hell going to try to get out there. Can't guarantee anything though. The selfish in me wants a DAL/FLA SCF though I'd need to take out a second mortgage to go to one of the games.

 

[Egblad]

I expect that Rempe will continue to target Forsling like he was in late season match-ups.

 

[Idiot Stick]

Can we still call @Idiot Stick an idiot?

My post calling myself an idiot on the mains got deleted lmao

 

[Ratsreign]

My post calling myself an idiot on the mains got deleted lmao

Now, now, we Can’t have you offending yourself.

 

[Stanley Cup Boundd]

Thus thread is not about anyone's disdain for NYers, every fanbase has trolls, this is just part of finally being relevant. The best medicine is having the boys beat them where it counts, on the scoreboard.

There are assholes everywhere, close to home and even abroad, lol.

Lets remember to keep it non personal in here guys.

 

[Stanley Cup Boundd]

Oh shit, Chukky broke his heart once.....

Any chance this guy from the Longest Yard is Rempe’s dad?

 

[Ratsreign]

Any chance this guy from the Longest Yard is Rempe’s dad?

Lollol, perhaps is his grandpa

 

[Two4Fighting]

More Reddit drama (read the comments)

This is si hilarious, I vividly remember when the comments were the other way around. " " what a weak team" "a bunch of **ussies" "who wants to play in that team" "a retirement contract for NHLers"
Now, they hate us because we are not that anymore, so .." there is no making you happy"?

 

[Mogo]

Of course many finns over here didnt get the Maurice humor

 

[Gentle Man]

Completely forgot McAvoy's sister works for the Rangers.

They just continue to haunt us hahahaha

 

[FrolikFan67]

Feel free to fact check me if I got any of this wrong. Tried to pull together some stats in case anyone finds this useful or interesting.

Panthers:
2 PP + 1 SH
Lightning:
4 PP + 1 SH

Had one stinker where we gave up 6 goals. Otherwise, the other four games we gave up 1 or 2 in three of them, and 3 in the other one. Most goals we scored in a game was 6 (and scored 5 in another but the last was an EN).

Panthers:
6 PP + 1 SH
Bruins:
1 PP + 0 SH

had one stinker in the opening game where we gave up 5 goals. Otherwise, gave up either 1 or 2 in all other five games. Most goals we scored in a game was 6 (twice).

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Rangers:
6 PP + 2 SH (one of those PP goals was on an EN)
Capitals:
2 PP + 0 SH

Rangers gave up only 1 or 2 goals in three games and 3 goals against in the one other. They scored 7 non-special teams goals in that 4 games series. Most goals they scored in a game was 4.

Rangers:
5 PP + 2 SH
Hurricanes:
2 PP + 0 SH

Rangers gave up 3 or 4 goals in five of the games and 2 goals in the one other. Giving up 3 or more goals in five of 6 games even though the canes only had 2 PP goals and 0 shorties may be the most telling thing from this series. Most goals they scored in a single game was 5 but the last one was an EN.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

I love hearing the whining and bitching after 30 years of mediocrity.

 

[sinDer]

I love hearing the whining and bitching after 30 years of mediocrity.

When other fans hate your team, you know you now have a good team. Unless you are a Leafs' fan.

 

[Felidae]

I don't worry about the goaltending. I worry about the defense being played in front of the goaltending. You play good defense, you get good goaltending.

Tell that to the Hurricanes.

 

[Last Rat Standing]

When other fans hate your team, you know you now have a good team. Unless you are a Leafs' fan.

Nobody hated Tampa in 2008 and look at them now. Same situation here and now

 

[Ratsreign]

Nobody hated Tampa in 2008 and look at them now. Same situation here and now

Is the asterisk they will try to stick onto a (potential) Panther Cup going to be because we hurt too many feelings along the way?

“that team had Nick Cousins on it!!! Aaaaaargh”

 

[CanePanther]

I don’t know what y’all think about beating the Rangers will essentially be beating their PP. One way to deal with that is to stay away from stupid penalties and it seemed we did that against Boston.

 

[CatscratchFever]

I feel like I need to see the intensity and play. It's easy to say dont take penalties. How will they handle our forecheck? How will we handle the NZ? Whos gonna make the mistakes?

 

[Stanley Cup Boundd]

Panthers walking into MSG tomorrow!

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I love hearing the whining and bitching after 30 years of mediocrity.

The Panthers weren't even mediocre for most of those thirty years. They were just plain bad.

 

[Idiot Stick]

the Rangers will essentially be beating their PP

 

[Idiot Stick]

inb4

Game 1 we look sleepy as hell and get down, just fall short of a comeback.
Game 2 we win 3-2 OT
Games 3-4: lose both at home
Game 5: 4-2 win
Game 6: 2-1 loss

PP goes for 1/14
PK goes for 16/20

Chucky aint up to his last season self (still good but just not 100%), Barkov finally turning into Beastkov but he cant do it alone. Swaggy/Reino were quiet and hopefully breakout this series for us to win. Reinos shooting % went from 25% in reg season to 10% these playoffs, his reg season % was unsustainable but still, big drop.

If the 2nd line can get goin with lundy thatll solve a lot.

Tank is an x-factor, been not bad but quiet

Our defensive scoring is a lot better than the rangers, may make up for our defense getting burned 24/7 cause were gonna see a lot of ranger breakaways.

Bob, gonna need last years ECF Bob, but the way hes playing rn should be enough to win if the rest of the team shows up.

Not even gonna bother on the PP, theres been no adjustment all year and its basically up to the players. As soon as the bumper play got sniffed out its been horrendous outside of game 3 since like march. Maybe swap montour out with someone else, id say forsling but not sure i wanna raise his TOI more with the minutes he already plays. Our main goals came from in front of the net which we seem hesistant to do a lot.

PK has been good, but vs tampa basically just had stamkos and he still killed us, rangers have a lot more firepower spread around there and massacred the canes PK which was better than ours. Boston is pretty much a shell of itself offensively so it makes sense we went 15/16

Also id like to throw lorentz back on the 4th in place of either lomberg or cousins. Okposo i dont think will keep up with the rangers speed. Having lombo/cousins is a nice energy boost but both is just a waste tbh, and we dont need to give the rags anymore powerplays.

Ekblad was decent vs tampa and god awful against boston every game. Need to drop him to a lower pairing or something, prob still injured from the regular season. Hopefully the rest helps him out

One thing thats interesting is the rangers give up tons of shots, avg like 30+, hopefully means less stifiling defense than boston

 

[IdleTraveller]

Another article from The Athletic on the match:

Breaking down the Rangers-Panthers series

The Athletic's Peter Baugh and Michael Russo analyze two evenly matched teams.

www.nytimes.com

I had to laugh when Michael Russo pretty much said nada to any weaknesses in our team. I mean, come on - hadn't he watched the last couple of games?! I like his rosy spectacles although it does make me nervous... I appreciate finally having a beat writer for the Panthers at the Athletic (albeit one borrowed from the Wild) but I heard in a podcast that Russo used to be the beat writer for us years ago. Was he any good? Do we have any other beat writers on other platforms?

 

[PSLguy]