Pete

Report is they expect Pesce to play games in the series, but they're not sure at what point. And how good will he be when he comes back from an ankle injury? Good enough to get away from Rempe? We'll see!

So are the Rangers.

I think you're underestimating the Rangers. They're a great team, well-coached, and can play any kind of game the opponent throws at them. Going to be a battle and the Canes need to be sharp defensively because they're missing 2 NHL D-men, one of their best defensive forwards, and their goalie can get injured or lose confidence at any point based on how his career has went so far.

He was also playing against...The Islanders.

Not the vibe I've gotten all season long, despite what's in this thread.

That doesn't really apply to what I said. Of course Ranger fans are going to pick the Rangers. But read the comments. Too many shook folks in the chat.

Agreed. Too many people here think Carolina is good on purpose and the Rangers are good by accident. These teams are quite close with the Rangers having an obvious edge in goaltending. Do the Rangers need to play their best hockey to win? Yes. Does Carolina also need to play their best hockey to win? Yes. Did either team play their best hockey through 100% of the previous series? No. But only one team swept their opponent...

It's almost like anything can happen in the playoffs.

Just more proof playoffs are a wildcard. People here are complaining about the Rangers even though they just swept the Capitals yet Carolina just is talked about here as head and shoulders above the Rangers... yet they can't even close out the Islanders properly? It's like people just want to look for any little nitpick to show the team is bad because that's what fits their narrative.

This game was over 7 minutes in, forget about going seven games.

#QueefsForever

He's gonna need a MetroCard to exit the chat.

The problem is you selectively remember things that I say and then try to throw certain other things back in my face out of context in some childish game. Weird obsession. Find another hobby. I never complained about his goal scoring prowess. Not once. What I've said is that it's incredible he scores the amount of goals he does while shooting the puck so little. It's other areas of his game that are lacking, mainly physicality and the forecheck, and his contribution on the cycle is non-existent, which means his line mates need to work harder. There's more to hockey than goal scoring. He's a player with many tools at his disposal, yet he only uses one of them.

I'm not upset he didn't have Gretzky's career, I'm upset he didn't have the career he could have had.

I told you guys this. This guy's an extortionist. He extorted the entire NHL. To think that what went down wasn't his plan all along would be crazy. I don't think he knew how much money he would make, but he knew he was going to be able to sell the team for more than what he bought it for, which was his plan all along. To never invest anything in the team, it was a total cash grab.

In addition to that, it's highly unlikely that OV breaks the record next season anyway. After that, Oshie is a UFA. It's highly unlikely that the Caps would bring him back at 39.

Feels like he's about to request a trade and he wants someone friendly with the GM to broker it.

He's a point per game player. I can't see him taking less than what he's making now, nor should he. The question will be if Tampa wants to continue to pay that. On the other hand, he's made a shit ton of money and if he wants to stay in Tampa then he'll take a cut.

Netfront is probably relegated to second overall picks I guess? Because here's Byfield playing net front for the LA Kings. Draft position has nothing to do with where you are positioned on the power play. Look who's wrong now!

You have a wild fixation with me. You act like I'm the only one who complains about Kreider. Go take your arguments up with everybody else who feels the same as I do, cuz there are quite a few. It hasn't sucked hating Kreider at all. It's actually been really easy, because no matter what stats you want to throw up, the fact is if he wasn't half-assed all the time his stats would be even better. The funny thing is when he was a close to a 30 goal scorer and I said he was capable of more, people like you bitched and moaned about it. Then he scored 50, 40, and you're all on that dick... But I was right all along about him having the ability to put up more goals than he was. So yeah, I'm still right.

Well you spent a large amount of time arguing otherwise. No they don't. Maybe Panarin but not Zib. Left handed shots on the left half wall aren't much of a thing if you look at other successful PPs. They want one-timers.

This is how almost everybody felt, myself included.

I don't know why you're coming at me, oh wait, I do...You're always trying to get me in some "gotcha" moment that doesn't exist. I doesn't matter what I said about ice time. I'm talking to Laf stans (which I was not) who said the reason he sucked for 3 years was role and no PP time—But a lot of those folks also stan Kreider...So you can't whine about Lafreniere not getting PP time and also be on Krieder's jock...Who was going to take reduced ice time or be taken off the PP for Lafreniere? Wasn't gonna be Panarin. Can't have it both ways, whine about not giving Laf a larger role and also praise the guy standing in his way.

It must be tough to stand Kreids and Lafreniere, since Kreider is pretty much the main reason Lafreniere hasn't gotten the prime ice time and PP time other #1 picks get. Can't have it both ways (if anyone is among the "team messed up Lafreniere development" crowd.

The rule is really simple and it's not being enforced. You cannot enter the crease area on your own. If you're pushed in by a defenseman or during a battle, that's fair game. Neither one of those plays were intentional interference with the goalie with the express purpose of stopping him from performing his duties. Cooper is correct. They're the ones wearing all the pads, but if you breathe on them it's interference.