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[DeadsetAce]

this girardi character is a straight up bum

knee jerk reaction much?

No one cares about the regular season hockey you don't watch doe.

Anyways...Drew Doughty

Justin Williams gonna get that Conn Smythe.
[John Calipari Voice] Mark Messier ain't walking through that door [/John Calipari Voice]

don't be so sensitive.

Game would be so much better with no loser point.

eh...sudden death v a tie. don't think you'd get a playoff like OT every time. that said, 10 minutes and no shootout is what i'd love to see. i'm OK with ties.

 

[Retroballer]

as long as the kings can limit those stupid turnovers they will be fine, it seems like the only scoring chances the rangers had were from those turnovers...

Same can be said for the kings 2 goals. Just shows what pressure and a forecheck does.

 

[coltfanb]

Same can be said for the kings 2 goals. Just shows what pressure and a forecheck does.

yeah but the kings had plenty of scoring opportunities that werent off of turnovers, it seemed like most or all of the rangers real scoring chances were off of turnovers...

 

[proshares]

Girardi is a bum now?

I agree with Osh about the loser points.

 

[jjs07]

don't be so sensitive.

Game would be so much better with no loser point.

Didn't say anything about the loser point...I've been opposed to it since it's inception.

You not watching the regular season? Don't care.

 

[jerkstore]

I went to the game last night (and game 4 and 6 of the WCF) and it was awesome.

Nothing compares to playoff hockey and the final is just epic.  The electricity is indescribable.  There were more blackhawk fans in the WCF than Rangers fans last night.

Kings were slow and off their game for the first 40 minutes and then played their game for the last 26 minutes.  New York has some good shooters but their lines are not as deep as ours.  Although they did rough us up a lot (normally it's the opposite).  Another 2 days off will be great. 

Rangers needed game 1 to take the series and they didn't and you NEED to get those wins against the Kings or they will make you pay.

Doughty for Conn Smythe.

#GKG.

 

[theenorthstar]

Girardi is no bum

Mistakes happen.

 

[frink85]

Watching the replay on DVR again, for a 5PM PST start the crowd was pretty live at Staples. That roar when Dewey left em in the dust GKG

 

[SoleByThePound]

Guess I jinxed the Rangers with my G1 prediction.

As soon as I remembered your predictions from last season's World Series; I am more than comfortable when you pick the Rangers to win a game.

 

[DeadsetAce]

NYIslanders ‏@NYIslanders 14m
#ISLES TRANSACTION: Islanders Acquire Defenseman Dan Boyle from #SJSharks - http://nyisl.es/xG6mb pic.twitter.com/NKM087C5kl

 

[ognikehead85]

 

[mez 0ne]

Same can be said for the kings 2 goals. Just shows what pressure and a forecheck does.

yeah but the kings had plenty of scoring opportunities that werent off of turnovers, it seemed like most or all of the rangers real scoring chances were off of turnovers...

Rangers had a TON of chances in that first period alone and should've had more than 2 goals, Quick made some great stops so you have to give him credit.

Rangers have to sustain the same high level of play they had in the first period and bits of the second if they want to win this series. Lundqvist kept them in the game in the 3rd.

 

[nykickstape]

Great game last night

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Don't really follow, but since it's an LA team il be rooting and watching

 

[coltfanb]

Kings definitely have the best intro out of any playoff team in 2014, that Aerosmith dream on is

 

[jewseejay]

So the isles have added halak and boyle

They might be a problem as soon as this yr.. barring tavares is fine

 

[champcruthik]

As soon as I remembered your predictions from last season's World Series; I am more than comfortable when you pick the Rangers to win a game.

Good or bad? I sincerely don't remember details. Know I had the Cards, wrongly winning. Think I hit a hot-streak the first four games then fizzled out.

 

[proshares]

You think they end up signing Boyle?

 

[jjs07]

Penguins fire head coach Dan Bylsma

Although I'm MUCH happier with the hire of Trotz, rumor is that the Pens waited until the Caps made their hire before letting Bylsma go.

 

[jewseejay]

You think they end up signing Boyle?

They alrdy did

Also pens fire bylsma hire bill guerin as asst GM

 

[DeadsetAce]

Billy Guerin

 

[lvjordan238]

They alrdy did

Also pens fire bylsma hire bill guerin as asst GM

They traded for Boyle's rights. He's a UFA July 1st. He and Halak aren't the answers for the Isles anyways. Boyle is nothing more than a 3rd pair PP specialist at this point. I think he's going to end up back in Tampa anyways.

 

[proshares]

They alrdy did

Also pens fire bylsma hire bill guerin as asst GM

They traded for Boyle's rights. He's a UFA July 1st. He and Halak aren't the answers for the Isles anyways. Boyle is nothing more than a 3rd pair PP specialist at this point. I think he's going to end up back in Tampa anyways.

I thought that's what I had read. If he signs with them, SJ gets a 4th rounder. He's still going to become a FA on the 1st.

 

[jewseejay]

My bad coulda sworn i read isles inked him

I do believe a puck moving defenseman and a solid netminder are the solution to their woes tho.maybe not all of them but they will def be a problem. Took us down to the wire 2 years ago and tavares and okposo are on a whole nother level than back then

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Peguins don goofed imo.

Firing guys based off the results of playoff series is stupid, I don't really see any evidence that Bylsma is a bad coach, people here talked about him as one of the best young coaches in Hockey.

I think it's a complete overreaction and a sign of bad ownership.