RangersIn7

He didn’t wait 3 years to do it though. That’s a misrepresentation. Hes always worked hard by all accounts. He needed the time and growth and physical development that comes with going from age 18-19 to age 21-22.

Yeah. There is a significant bit of it that Laf needed to do on his own. Brian Boyle made a good point on this a couple weeks back on his podcast. We questioned his attitude and work ethic. We were wrong about that though. The kid just wasn’t ready yet and didn’t have the physical capacity to make those strides yet.

Yeah. As we’ve all stated many time, that 1OVA typically goes to a terrible team and can immediately play top-6 minutes, top PP unit, play with that teams best players, and be allowed to just play, make mistakes, learn, and grow. Laf came into a team that was an also-ran team, but not an awful one, and got none of that. And it hurt him.

Well they were never going to gift him minutes. And he was always going to be stuck behind CK and Panarin, because they weren’t going to move him in his first season, and probably his second season either. I don’t put much if any on Quinn. But they needed to move him to RW and up his minutes last year and they didn’t. Thats totally on Gallant.

It was a decent watch. But it’s nearly 30 years ago, and quite honestly it’s not that interesting a story to begin with. And ESPN dramatizes this shot beyond belief. Colorado was going to figure it out someway. I firmly believe that.

I’m saying in relation to the Caps “crossing the line” as you said. If they do, they’re calling penalties.

I never understood the deal for him. The price they paid to acquire him essentially made it impossible for them not to extend him. You get a rental at that price, you have to keep him long-term. But it isn’t like they needed him. 4th highest scoring team in the league. They were already loaded up front with plenty of offense and depth.

The Hamilton injury hurt them for sure. But before that… they let Graves go and traded Severson and replaced them with 2 kids that are offensive defensemen. All for the purpose of keeping Timo Meier, whom they didn’t really need.

Agree with this Though that likely results in Washington taking penalties and if they do that, the Rangers will kill them. Even matching minors hurts them.

I’m hoping that the building collapses during Canes-Isles

I 100% agree. I wouldnt be running to play the Rangers or for that matter, any other team that finishes 1st in the league in a playoff series ever.

Even in more 1 sided series there are rarely easy games. And the Caps do present some challenges. Nevertheless, they should beat this team and not need many games to do it.

I may be wrong about this, but if it’s anything like baseball, and their analytic stats and metrics, I believe that many sites as well as teams have their own proprietary way of calculating them. Many similarities but some significant differences too. Again… might be wrong.

That’s entirely possible. I just don’t get too hung up on analytics. They fill in a picture, they don’t paint one on their own. My point I guess is that winning or losing a lot of games in gimmick OT or a shootout can be misleading. Look At that Panthers team 2 years ago. They won 16 games in OT and SO. Thats not sustainable in the playoffs when those rules go away.

Talk about the metrics all you want. They were great defensively and in goal… 2nd in the league in GA. But 2nd to last in goals for. They got hot at the right time, Carter was a big addition for them, and they capitalized on the fact that their style of play was conducive to playoff hockey.