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55 minutes ago, Br4d said:

Panthers are 0-4 against the Bruins this season.  2-2 vs the Leafs.

 

2 of the losses to the Bruins and 1 to the Leafs happened after TDL.

Interesting stat.

Is there anywhere this twat would like to play?

Dammit

Boston please just end it so we can start moving on to the next round.  If the Rangers have to wait until Monday/Tuesday to start that would be refuckingdiculous.

21 hours ago, Keirik said:

All i know is, why not us? I don't want to hear about the Hurricanes when we've been kicking their ass for years and they can't even fill an arena without our fans. I get that they have made some additions, but so what? We have been waiting for this moment just as long, if not longer, and have been largely a sleeping giant all year while winning the Presidents Trophy. We have a Vezina winner, a Norris winner, a Hart candidate, experience, youth, special teams,and pretty much every bit of depth you could ask for. And we have a home ice advantage in both buildings.

 

We are kicking their asses and it starts right during game 1. 

On 4/30/2024 at 11:36 PM, 4EverRangerFrank said:

3. Round 2 doesn’t start until all of Round 1 decided. Right? (And what happened to the short lived best of 5 series for Round 1 from a number of years ago? Do we like that?)

My earliest playoff memories are from 1991, the season the Rangers won the Presidents' Trophy.  Its been 4 rounds of best of 7 for as long as I can remember.

On 5/1/2024 at 12:23 PM, Albatrosss said:

5. Why can't they make goalie gloves smaller?

All goalie gear was made significantly smaller coming out of the 04 or 05 or 06 lockout.  Whichever year it was.  Gloves and blockers were both made smaller.  Leg pads were only allowed to be a maximum of 11" wide throughout the entire pad.  Chest pads were no longer allowed to have raised ridges on the shoulders to help take up space.  In the years since the initial changes, there have been more reductions.  Chest pads and goal shorts were both streamlined again in the last 5-6 years.  Leg pads are still only allowed to be a max of 11" wide but now the height of each pad is specifically measured to each goalie individually based on their height and leg length.  Large thigh rises(the area of the pad above the knee) are no longer allowed, which was the craze after the initial size restrictions.  The way goalies are getting around these rules now are wearing the pad higher on their skates and allowing them to slightly ride up their leg a bit more to cover the five hole.  Its gotten to a point where there isn't that much more that can be taken away from goalie gear without sacrificing safety.  Gloves and blockers could be reduced a little more, and I think leg pads could lose a little bit more in width but that's about it.  

I will also state that most goalies have just gotten better as gear has been reduced.  Less bulk equals more range of motion.  We bitched about the loss of coverage but in the end, the smaller gear allowed us to move better.

1 hour ago, BrooksBurner said:

i was looking for one. Why is it in the off the ice bar room

 

delete this thread

7 games...idk who to pick though.

Bruin's in 5

I hate to admit it but I feel like the Isles take this in 7.

1 hour ago, Karan said:

Speaking of which, anyone know whatever happened to Al Trautwig? 

His teeth all rotted away

Our fanbase is pathetic lol.  Always trying to draw back to 1994.

2 hours ago, Sharpshooter said:

One thing that just popped into my head that was special right off the bat was that 5-0 western trip they did early in the season. They started out 2-2 and go out there and do something this franchise had never done. That's when I knew they were all in with this coach and staff and as a group. They never looked back. Really only one bad month, two tops, all year. That was nothing. Insanely good and consistent.

So should we equate the early west coast trip to the 94 London preseason trip?

8 hours ago, Albatrosss said:

Prucha, WWF, Rempe, big physical men in general.....could be a trend

 

To be fair, @Phil prefers the less desirable AEW nonsense over WWE.  Which is odd being WWE is the hottest its been since Ruthless Aggression.

Crazy two nights of hockey

25 minutes ago, Scott said:

For what it's worth Sam said all of the Ranger playoff games will be broadcast on MSG.  Sooooooo hedge your bets that's not correct.  I don't think that's ever been the case. Pre/post, yes but not all the games themselves for however long the run lasts.

He probably meant 1st round only.  Coincidentally, 1994 was the last year local markets were able to carry games for the entirety of the playoffs, IIRC.

1 minute ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said:

If (when) they win game 1 you have to go out to dinner and not watch all playoff games, I hope you know that

Just now, Long live the King said:

Aren't all playoff games on national tv?

1st round is often blacked out locally because its broadcasted locally.  Or they simply air an out of market game nationally since local games are broadcasted locally.  But yes, sometimes 1st round games are only national, usually the weekends.  So some of you may be in luck.

4 minutes ago, Long live the King said:

Move dinner up to 3 and take her to a sports bar.

 

Its her 40th birthday, reservations have been set for a month, its a surprise to her that we'll have a party of 12 other people waiting for us to get there.  It is what it is.  Just fucking let me be pissed and leave me alone lol.

16 hours ago, Albatrosss said:

Dinner at 4? Take her to a midnight snack at 7:30

Yes.  Its Sunday, earlier dinner means more time to drink.  Babysitters don't like being out late on Sundays.

51 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said:

Take this for what it’s worth, but friend of mine who works at the Garden said he heard Game 1 is Sunday at 3PM.

Noooooooooooooooooo I am taking the wife out to dinner at 4 for her birthday

Just now, 4EverRangerFrank said:

Ottowa will suck and not pull the goalie if down 0-3.

You're probably right.  They have 0 reason to.  All they have to play for now is preventing Panarin getting 50.