Pete

I didn't notice the play you're describing, but he's playing left-wing for the first time... You would expect some misplays.

At the end of the day this is sports. Anybody trying to reduce it to what a spreadsheet says is doing it wrong. Carolina has played well in the last two games. They have every reason to believe they deserve the split out of games two and three. They had carried the play for long stretches during both of those games. What it has come down to is that the Rangers have an ability to generate a high quality shot off of a high danger chance, and Carolina doesn't take any high quality shots. They lack the finishing ability. The HDCs they get either miss the net (aka hit posts) or Igor is making the save. They just don't have any natural finishers the way the Rangers do. I said this many times about this team, they take what you give them. Carolina isn't giving them much, but when they give, the Rangers take and it winds up a goal.

At this point the 2nd unit should probably be Wennberg line + Lafreniere and Miller. Get a line out there that's a least familiar at even strength. Gus and Trouba should be out there as little as possible.

100%, this coach knows what he's doing. On the other hand we still have fans complaining Rempe didn't play, when Chytil almost won the game twice single-handedly, and after the initial shenanigans that settled itself very quickly, he would have been completely useless out there.

And in 5 years there won't be any, so...

At this point, seeing Chytil on the ice might have a similar crowd reaction to Rempe. Again, I will repeat, I love Rempe. But he's not an everyday player and probably never will be. And that's fine. But let's not bitch and moan every time he sits like the team is somehow worse for it.

It won't be that obvious. The poll will say whatever Smith wants it to say.

He should take a shorter term deal now and see what his point totals look like when he gets PP time.

What you mean is, they're going to doctor it. They're definitely going to doctor it.

They would probably have a couple more cups if they had him.

Same. And he just keeps getting better.

Very. Last change means they get Aho's line out all night vs the 4th and that's a nightmare scenario for Rempe.

Panarin spoke up in the locker room. You love to see it. Chytil was an animal in the third. He just said on the post game that it was so impressive what the team was able to do to get here "But with me they'll be better". What a fucking beauty. I love this team. There's definitely something special happening.

Vally in the post game basically saying the Rangers have figured out how to play the hurricanes, and it's let them get their bullshit chances, limit anything high danger, and just wait them out. It does not matter how many shots Carolina gets, they cannot fucking finish. I don't care how many shots they have against how many we have, we shoot efficiently and that's why we're fucking raking right now.

Undefeated in the playoffs when Rempe sits.