RodrigueGabriel

Was driving home from a softball game last night, so listened to Kenny and Maloney until I lost the signal at the beginning of the 3rd. Walked into the house to find it 3-1 and it was just shit from then on. Sometimes these guys need a jolt. They get going so well that they seem to assume that it's all going to happen by itself - 'cuz they're just sooo good that that don't have to do the hard stuff like win board battles, clear out the front of the net, or move their fucking feet. That's understandable because the hard stuff is, well, hard. And painful. And draining. But nobody wins in the Playoffs without it. I would have thought that the Devils series was an enduring jolt, but apparently not sufficient. Hopefully last night was enough of a refresher to remind them what failure feels like, while they still have time to turn it back around.

Until it happens to one of our guys in the next series.

Sam Bennett is a dirty fucker.

Well, shit. Ok. Take it at home.

There's Igor's record.

Rangers are playing like they have a lead. Um, one more goal, please.

He would try to pass.

Andersen is starting to come apart.

Comeback victories. This is what we do!!!!

Igor! Igor!

Yess! Comin' back.

Listen to Alfred E.

Two goals down? Been here before and turned it around.

Ok. PP do yer stuff.

Fuuuuuck!

And one more time with feeling: The first order of business is to completely snuff out their will to live. NOW LET'S GO!!!

Despite the optimism of the title of the attached article and others, I don't get the sense that RBD and the rest of the team have much of any idea how to solve the Rangers at this point. https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-remain-confident-on-verge-of-playoff-elimination

Yeah. That kind of flips the script from where the were a month ago.

If NYR are up against FLA (or even BOS) I could see using Rempe again to help set the tone and establish a physical presence. But don't underestimate the Chytil story. He's been an MSG fan favorite for awhile. He scores a couple and it is a magical, epic tale of overcoming adversity.

I didn't mean to dismiss your argument out of hand. This was always going to happen at some point. I really do think that the pressure the Canes were under to win was going to naturally tamp down shenanigans. That and the need for fresh legs (that Lav trusted) made this as good a time as any. I could see him coming back early in a FLA series (should NYR make it there) and continue to provide usefulness, but we needed different tools tonight.

He was doing that windmill guillotine for awhile.

Tyyyyyypo!

This might be time to gracefully retire any residual anti- Bread takes

I could not have, with a straight face, possibly have predicted that the Rangers would win their first 7 playoff games - including 3 vs CAR. Holy fucking shit.

Oh baybee. Who the hell got it?