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So fucking casual, playing like it’s game 3. We’re fucked

Well yes, that’s my point.

You didn’t see his assist on our only goal?

Islanders instead of Pens/Caps/Det in the 1st round and loses home ice in a potential 2nd round against Carolina. Just a huge fuck up right at the finish line… Still got 20 minutes left to save this. They’ve done it before.

No worries, a coach with a system fixes th… oh wait

Season on the line in the 3rd here. They’re losing in the 1st round against the Islanders if they lose today.

I didn’t watch the 1st, but in the 2nd he’s been pretty invisble. Was on the PK the first 5 minutes tho.

Zibanejad has been good today, but Roslovic is just a black hole atm

Gus with a great shift. First a shot that barely moved forward and then a pass right to an Isles player in our own zone…

No I didn’t, ha! Losers

Mr one-dimensional with a great play on the PK there, love to see it

Well fuck I jinxed that

SCHNEIIDS!! Huge goal Fuck these talentless shitfaces, 6 minute of PP and down 0-1. Losers

The one on Trocheck was 10x worse lol

With an Islanders win today a Rangers - Islanders 1st round matchup looks likely. I hope that won't be the case. 5-1 Islanders

It's not like they can't take him out again if it doesn't work. Brodz is used to being in and out of the lineup, I don't see that ruining anything. Chytil had 22g, 45p in 74 games last year playing 3rd line with barely any PP time. He had a really strong season after the good playoffs and most people thought he would have his real breakout this season. Wennberg has 1 goal in 16 games. He's been fine, but I think he would be just as effective on a 4th line with Goodrow and Vesey. And I do think Chytil would provide more offense on the 3rd line than what Wennberg has and this team could use some more secondary scoring.

I don't know, if he's cleared and good to go I think he's a significant upgrade on Brodzinski. Chytil and Kakko has had chemistry together before, so make a "Kid Line v2" and play Wennberg on the 4th line. Cuylle - Chytil - Kakko Vesey - Wennberg - Goodrow

Yeah, it’s the same team they’ve been for the last 3 years. Great PP, solid PK and a great goalie. The coaching staff was supposed to magically fix the 5v5 problems according to some people in here, we see now that they haven’t. That’s not to say this isn’t a good team capable of winning it all with a bit luck, just like in 2022.

The "no draw" is an American thing I think. Most team sports when played in a league format usually have draws. Obviously not the same in cups/playoffs.

It's all that matters to the game really. Score more goals than the opposition. Kreider is great at it.

Well yes, they're playing a team sport. I don't get this argument? Do you say the same about Ovi and his one-timers on the PP? He scored the GWG three games ago, last game he got us going and gave the team life. First with a great tip and then screening the goalie for the 2nd. No one else on the team does that, not even close to it. Players play different roles on a team. I'm not gonna get mad at Panarin for not going to the net and screening goalies and I'm not gonna get mad at Kreider for not skating all round the O-zone trying to do things he can't do with the puck. He's reliable defensively and he scores loads of goals. At the end of the day that's all that matters.

So then he does more than just standing in front of the goal, actually a lot more. I can agree on that. Kreider pre-2021 was very frustrating because you could see the potential, mainly in his speed and size, but it felt like he refused to do it on a consistent basis. Now he might not have turned into exactly the player we envisioned and hoped for, but he's turned in to one of the more consistent scorers in the entire league and our leading goal scorer over the past 3 years. I think he deserves a lot of credit for finding his place and actually turning into a consistent and clutch player.

A bit contradicting, no? I would say that if a player isn't participating in the play, he is a liability. In a cap league a players salary is very important context when discussing a players productivity. How you perform relative to your salary/cap is all that matters really. You need most of the team to perform at or above their salary if you want to be successful.

This all boils down to you expecting wayyy too much of a 6.5m LW. You're over exaggerating hos "invisible" he is and he's not even close to being a liability in any way. If he did all what you wanted him to do + score 40-50 goals he would be close to the best player in the league and would demand double of what he makes now.

Saying Kreider does nothing else than score easy goals is so disingenuous. Just because he doesn't use his body like a wrecking ball it doesn't mean he's not doing anything. He's actually a good two-way forward, both the eye-test and underlying stats agree on that, he's got almost as many assists (33) as goals (39) this year. That's not including A LOT of goals that doesn't happen without him screening the goalie, something our entire roster hates/refuses to do. 39 goals, 33 assists, +17 for 6.5 million. Insane value.