Small comparison. Watching the Rangers trying to clear the zone sometimes in the 3rd period there was like watching a football team go for a short screen pass on 3rd and 20. The plays were too short. It happened a lot on the series. The high forward along the boards needs to be a little higher up and that would fix that problem.
First of all, hats off to the Sens. Hell of a fight, hell of a series.
Second of all, take a minute to just be damn proud of this team. This took a ton of resiliency. Savor it, enjoy, then on to the next.
On to the game:
Is there any doubt who the series MVP is? Bravo Mr. Lundqvist. I will admit I was probably too harsh on him after the Turris goal, he was damn close to flawless tonight.
Loved seeing Girardi and Staal chipping in offensively. Girardi stepped the physicality up as well. Overall our D played a great game, really helped out Hank tonight. I feel like I say this every other week but the sky is the limit with McDonagh.
Kreider-Stepan-Cally is a joy to watch. Callahan looks reinvigorated. Stepan as well, and the assist on Staal's goal was a thing of beauty. I posted in the Kreider thread already but the rate at which this kid improved is something I never would have seen coming. He was making plays all over the ice in game 7...his 5th NHL game! What a feat.
Lastly, nothing new but Hagelin adds SUCH an important dynamic to our lineup. His suspension changed the entire way Richards/Gabby play and their ability to maintain offensive zone time.
Last note - GREAT effort by Dubi on Girardi's goal. He made that play.
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"Here we can see the agression of american people. They love fighting and guns. when they wont win they try to kill us all." -HalfOfFame
Girardi, McD and Staal were monsters tonight. If they can play like this every game, we can go a long way. I know it is only a bit over a year, but McD has Hall of Fame talent and smarts. If he keeps improving like this every year, he will win the Norris trophy soon.
Unfortunately, the power play still looks awful. Those two power plays in Game 7 were ultra-mega pathetic. If they expect to beat Washington, and I think they will, they need to have more offense.
And, please, stop sitting back so much every time you have a lead and chipping the puck to the blue line.
Would like to have 2 days off, not one, before the next round, but what can you do.
(this is meant to be read as playful sarcasm, not mean-sprited sarcasm)
Yeah he is very young so hopefully that's something he can figure out and be the good Stepan more often. On his game I fully believe he's a 60 point a year guy at least. He just needs to be more consistent and we need to be patient with him.
Still need to be better clearing the puck out of our zone. We threw the puck right to their defensemen plenty of times and we're lucky that didn't bite us in the ass.
That one powerplay looked like absolute CRIPE! What the helllll was Stralman looking at?! Let's not repeat that again.. please.
Erik Karlsson to Henrik when hand shaking after the game "Jävla gris-as" meaning "you ****ing pig carcass" haha
Really liked the shake hand ceremony, no hard feelings. Good game, hell of a series, now Capitals, gonna be awesome!
Erik Karlsson to Henrik when hand shaking after the game "Jävla gris-as" meaning "you ****ing pig carcass" haha
Really liked the shake hand ceremony, no hard feelings. Good game, hell of a series, now Capitals, gonna be awesome!
Him and Neil's handshakes were incredible. Both incredibly considerate and friendly. Awesome display of sportsmanship.
The three headed monster on D. Girardi,Staal and McDonagh. The Habs had a three headed monster in the 1970s with Larry Robinson,Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe.
