PleaseCutStewart

Good, hopefully they sweep Toronto. Toronto is the only team left that I can't stand.

And you could hear a pin drop in the Leaf's arena. Their fans have been completely taken out of it by the Panthers.

I've always thought that if their team was more committed to defense and blocking shots, that they could be very good. They have a ton of scoring depth among their forwards

That's a compliment to us. I don't think ESPN has literally ever been right on anything

It's interesting going on the Devils boards and almost all of their fans aren't worried and still have no doubt they will beat the Canes. I know this was a letdown spot for them, but man they look overmatched against our forecheck. They were lucky the posts saved them from having a TD scored on them. Also funny that all of their fans are saying that the Rags are a way better team than us - While the Rangers top 6 is made up of better scorers, our forwards don't get nearly enough credit for their backcheck and covering for our dmen when they pinch. Their forwards also had zilcho chemistry and it became even more obvious during their playoff series. We just have to be smart with our positioning, because it seems like the Devils rely on counters for scoring. We can't be overly aggressive in our forecheck and give them odd man rushes. Keep running our 2 to 3 man forecheck, keep a couple back deep for breakouts, and keep forcing the Devils into turnovers in their zone.

Also, who started this trend of pulling your goalie down 3? Has it literally ever worked?

Well, that was a beat down. 3 more of those please

Let's score here and kill their momentum

Until refs start calling penalties and players start getting big bans, they will keep doing it. The bigger problem is our skaters aren't doing it. We saw kadri's cheap shot last year that hurt binnington and he didn't even get a game. I'm surprised more players aren't coached to do it

I guess you are just allowed to railroad the goalie like that...

Just walked into the bar and see we just scored our 3rd goal already. Very nice!

Yeah, two in 13 seconds also. Dallas' defense was very bad in the 1st period

Didn't watch OT and didn't see the Kraken's first goal, but not sure any goalie was stopping goals 2, 3, or 4 for the Kraken. 2 was terrible D from the Stars after a turnover (all 5 players close to the left boards) and Schultz sniped it top left shelf after a wide open cross crease pass. Goals 3 and 4 were crazy deflections that would be borderline impossible reactions to make to save (honestly, the only way to save them would probably be being out of position). Honestly, I thought Otter made some really good saves in the 2nd and early 3rd when Dallas was mostly on the defensive. Dallas folded like a house of cards to the Kraken forecheck in the first and their terrible turnovers/positioning gave the Kraken most of their goals.

Good, announcers are already giving us no chance against the Devils. Just the way I like it

A few of the teams that went all-in at the deadline (Rags, Bruins) and some that made splash trades (Islanders) are out in the first round. Even Timo has been a bust for the Devils (so far). Meanwhile, the Canes, who are rotating in AHLers, made it further in the playoffs than those teams.

Well, the good news is they don't know dick about the Devils either probably. I am going to guess all of the talk will be about Schmid, which is fair enough since the dude had a hell of a series for against the Rags

Yep. We have to stay disciplined on our forecheck. If we do what the Rangers did and give the Devils 15+ odd man rushes, we will lose. I don't mind physicality, but when you have cheap shot artists like Trouba, it's just annoying. Somebody just needs to take a stick and slash Trouba's knees as hard as possible

The Devils gifted them a head start before they got serious and put Schmid in net

Did this announcer just say Shesterkin is better than Otter? What the hell is this guy smoking - Otter is way better

I will say, it will be nice to play a series for once that doesn't involve a team with multiple players that look for dirty hits. fug the Bruins, Rags, and Islanders

Not sure if that makes much of a difference. Dude has been a ghost out there since he went to the Devils

I would say the Rags choke would be the most hilarious of the playoffs so far, but the Bruins said hold my beer last night. As much as I hate the Rags, I think they would have been an easier 2nd round matchup. Their team has looked like poo outside of Shesterkin

Was definitely our best player (offense or defense) last year IMO

Shaq is already undersized enough at ILB. Chinn would just get steamrolled trying to stop runs up the gut. Chinn is best in space, not near the trenches. I would imagine we will run some big nickel defenses in obvious passing downs or with certain personnel for the other team, which will allow Chinn freedom to play in space.

God I hope the devils win game 7. Not because I think we have a better chance of beating them - just that I can't stomach losing to the rangers again and their annoying ass fans. Make sure we are sending all of our positive thoughts out to the Panthers and devils the next two nights