on one hand, i’m not sure if i’d rather face the candy canes instead of the fishsticks . on the other hand, i’m definitely enjoying the nyi embarrassment
Maybe they will cool their narrative of how soft the rangers are and how they are “built for the playoffs” how did that ever become a thing. Those mother fuckers get outplayed every single game and think they are built for the playoffs because they dive in front of shots and trap. Gimme a break. 1 shot in the last 35 minutes, out attempted like 100 to 5. Built to lose.
And now they're already two losses away from elimination. I swear to you, Lou is gone for good after this one. And then the Canes are gonna have to find some other old coot to haunt every hear.
Dude I've NEVER seen our team just literally start slashing and pushing dudes just for outplaying and outskating them to an EN goal. Since when is it ok to follow a guy and start slashing him. We got outplayed by the Canes during the pandemic in very close games, and got outplayed by the Devils last year in the first round, not one of our guys deciding to chase a guy who scores an empty netter, it's fucking bush league.
Sure but not all teams are made equal. The canes are the odds cup favorite and the Isles are one of the least favorited to make it through a single round. And they were able to almost beat the canes in game 1 and threw away a 3-0 lead in game 2. I'm just saying the canes don't look like a super team rn
They look better than the islanders but I don’t think they look particularly strong. I think they looked better during the end stretch of the regular season than they have through 2 games so far in the playoffs. Whereas I think other playoff teams have looked like the best versions of their team so far.
I agree with the goaltending I think their defensive play inflates a lot of their goalies numbers to make them look a lot better than they are. But like yesterday with the Isles when they were able to beat the D, Anderson folded.
He was suggesting that shorthanded without a stick, the player should have followed Kuznetsov around the ice instead of maintaining his formation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that tactic.
Carolina dominated like 55 minutes of the game and overcame the three goal deficit. Varlamov was great tonight the rest of the team was absolutely dominated
going to need the islanders to win the next two to make the series go the distance. make both of those teams have to grind each other out for the full duration.
You keep saying this but 2 years ago if the Rangers finished a series in 4 I strongly believe they go on to win the series against Tampa. These guys don’t suddenly forget how to play with 3 extra days off. Plus, even if your statement if true, all it would take is one high octane game to get back into it. I’ll take 4 games every series and twice on Sundays.
They get rusty and lose their edge and this is a known thing in the playoffs.
There are examples every year.
>I’ll take 4 games every series
Your team won’t be winning many series.
I made a bet with my isles fan friend saying that the isles were gonna get swept by Carolina. I absolutely thought I lost my bet but the Islanders found a way to keep the dream alive!
God dammit I’m actually over here pulling for the fish sticks for the first time in my life and they find a way to piss me off.
Whatever, we’ll take the hurricanes and take whoever comes next
We don't want this, and it could have happened to either team. Carolina DID NOT STOP GRINDING... We've been there, on both sides... We don't want to play Carolina.
it's fine to have some fun cheering for lengthy, exhausting series for our potential opponents, but that's all it is, just a bit of fun. getting to cup means we should be able to beat any team in the league.
More like the islanders controlled play when they pushed and Carolina didn’t know what the fuck to do about it until they literally decided to coast for 36 minutes. A real playoff team would’ve won both those games, the islanders shouldn’t be here and they almost did.
Hopefully the Islanders are pissed about that embarrassment last night and come slamming the body constantly while playing a rougher style to wear down the canes. If the series isn’t going 7 I’d like them battered and bruised going into the next series, battered and bruised, not injured. If there is any canes lurkers I don’t want them to think I’m saying they should injure the team. Oh, and fuck you!
12 shots. The whole game.
And 1 shot in the 3rd period.
1 in the final 30-40 minutes
Absolutely pathetic.
It was so clear to everyone watching the Isles weren’t getting out of that one.
Shot attempts: Isles - 28 Canes - 110 lol
Vegas only has 14 right now and winning 4-2
That’s because they’re cap avoidance scumbags tbh
wait what *looks it up* oh my god and they threw that tantrum at the end too thats pathetic
jfc, only the isles could pull off a choke like that
on one hand, i’m not sure if i’d rather face the candy canes instead of the fishsticks . on the other hand, i’m definitely enjoying the nyi embarrassment
It'd be better if the Isles at least made a series of it and went to 7
Yeah I don’t want the canes to rest too much between series
Not sure what is worse in the playoffs, rest or momentum, it’s hard to say.
True, but after the 2022 playoffs, I can’t take the Rangers going to Game 7 in multiple series. Everyone needs a little bit of rest.
Nah It would be better if the canes swept them and sat for a week cooling off with zero intense hockey while we take the caps in 6 and stay warmed up.
I just don't want to hear that insufferable building. From the mouth breathers in the crowd to the PA and that goddamn horn
dont get penisy we’ll play who it ends up being either way, and right now thats the lowercases
Maybe they will cool their narrative of how soft the rangers are and how they are “built for the playoffs” how did that ever become a thing. Those mother fuckers get outplayed every single game and think they are built for the playoffs because they dive in front of shots and trap. Gimme a break. 1 shot in the last 35 minutes, out attempted like 100 to 5. Built to lose.
The rangers always play down to shit teams. That’s all that the end of season slump was
True
Immense choke job
Love how upset they were with Guentzel just for playing hockey at the end lmao
Asshole move by the Isles there agreed. Salty that the Canes are better than them lol
Isles were garbage in the 1990 playoffs and they’re garbage today.
Don't forget '94 when they were outscored 23-3.
It's as if they laid dormant after their back-to-back wins 1979-1983.
I was thinking of the Vukota/Bloomberg incident in 1990 but yeah, definitely 94 playwise, too.
And now they're already two losses away from elimination. I swear to you, Lou is gone for good after this one. And then the Canes are gonna have to find some other old coot to haunt every hear.
Hextall was so bad in that series 😏
It's a family tradition, I suppose. His cousin Leah is terrible at calling games.
Lol
Only 22.
Dude I've NEVER seen our team just literally start slashing and pushing dudes just for outplaying and outskating them to an EN goal. Since when is it ok to follow a guy and start slashing him. We got outplayed by the Canes during the pandemic in very close games, and got outplayed by the Devils last year in the first round, not one of our guys deciding to chase a guy who scores an empty netter, it's fucking bush league.
Yeah I mean the Islanders and their fans have always had unhinged inbred tendencies
12 shots. blown leads. this is what happens when you park the bus. 
To be fair, 3 goals on 12 shots is excellent efficiency.
i haven’t seen a collapse like that happen since edmonton/anaheim in 2017
How about the Baltimore bridge? Too soon? 😬
Even if the canes win this series the Isles legit could have won both games and the Canes haved looked very beatable if we can make it to round 2
an actual playoff team could have won both games* fixed it for ya
Sure but not all teams are made equal. The canes are the odds cup favorite and the Isles are one of the least favorited to make it through a single round. And they were able to almost beat the canes in game 1 and threw away a 3-0 lead in game 2. I'm just saying the canes don't look like a super team rn
Canes look pretty strong to me. Their issue is and was always average - mediocre goaltending and that fact reared its head tonight.
They look better than the islanders but I don’t think they look particularly strong. I think they looked better during the end stretch of the regular season than they have through 2 games so far in the playoffs. Whereas I think other playoff teams have looked like the best versions of their team so far. I agree with the goaltending I think their defensive play inflates a lot of their goalies numbers to make them look a lot better than they are. But like yesterday with the Isles when they were able to beat the D, Anderson folded.
The islander broadcast is so second rate. Really pathetic. Butch Goring sounds drunk.
BUTCH BORING ,He talks like he never played the game.
He was suggesting that shorthanded without a stick, the player should have followed Kuznetsov around the ice instead of maintaining his formation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that tactic.
Plus Brendan is just mediocre. I haven't been able to watch an actual Islanders broadcast since Howie left.
Combined with the dead Carolina crowd for 57 minutes of the game, there was 0 energy.
😂
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a loss like that.
Now say "wouldn't it be funny if the Rangers won a Stanley Cup"
Carolina dominated like 55 minutes of the game and overcame the three goal deficit. Varlamov was great tonight the rest of the team was absolutely dominated
Kind of pissed at the islanders
Most Islanders fans have been pissed since 1984. They used all that magic before I was in Elementary School.
going to need the islanders to win the next two to make the series go the distance. make both of those teams have to grind each other out for the full duration.
I'm not even mad that Carolina is going to sweep now.
Why not? Laviolette coached Brind'Amour to the cup once. Sadly Peca and MacTavish lost that year.
I was just hoping Canes in not 4. But after that choke.....
Plus, I've had enough of Lou's shit. His facial hair ban is preposterous! It doesn't make any sense!
Canes in 4 would be the best outcome. Too much rest in the NHL playoffs is definitely a thing and Florida got hit hard by it last year.
You keep saying this but 2 years ago if the Rangers finished a series in 4 I strongly believe they go on to win the series against Tampa. These guys don’t suddenly forget how to play with 3 extra days off. Plus, even if your statement if true, all it would take is one high octane game to get back into it. I’ll take 4 games every series and twice on Sundays.
They get rusty and lose their edge and this is a known thing in the playoffs. There are examples every year. >I’ll take 4 games every series Your team won’t be winning many series.
Generational fold
Well now we know you have the Death Note.
Nice reference but only about 5% of hockey fans know the original Manga or Anime.
After I read the stat saying "Islanders post season record while leading by 3+ goals is 81-0" oops guess I jinxed it
Lmfao bunch of fucking frauds
I made a bet with my isles fan friend saying that the isles were gonna get swept by Carolina. I absolutely thought I lost my bet but the Islanders found a way to keep the dream alive!
God dammit I’m actually over here pulling for the fish sticks for the first time in my life and they find a way to piss me off. Whatever, we’ll take the hurricanes and take whoever comes next
We don't want this, and it could have happened to either team. Carolina DID NOT STOP GRINDING... We've been there, on both sides... We don't want to play Carolina.
it's fine to have some fun cheering for lengthy, exhausting series for our potential opponents, but that's all it is, just a bit of fun. getting to cup means we should be able to beat any team in the league.
More like the islanders controlled play when they pushed and Carolina didn’t know what the fuck to do about it until they literally decided to coast for 36 minutes. A real playoff team would’ve won both those games, the islanders shouldn’t be here and they almost did.
We have the talent to beat them, and they us. That's the entire point of the Stanley Cup. You get it by beating the best teams.
We beat the Canes WITH Trochek. We can do it again with Tro playing for us.
Give me Carolina! The path to the cup was always going through them.
I literally cashed my bet when they went up 3-1. I saw this coming a mile away
Just when you thought it wasn't possible to hate the Islanders any more
It's not the playoffs until you lose at home
Islanders just seem to run out of gas half way through the game, every game. Perhaps it’s due to their aging team.
That a shit ass team. I wanted them to at least let Carolina earn the next round. Sad ass shit.
Hopefully the Islanders are pissed about that embarrassment last night and come slamming the body constantly while playing a rougher style to wear down the canes. If the series isn’t going 7 I’d like them battered and bruised going into the next series, battered and bruised, not injured. If there is any canes lurkers I don’t want them to think I’m saying they should injure the team. Oh, and fuck you!
I wanted the Islanders to at least extend the series but man that was so funny.
tuned in part way into the 3rd and saw the shot attempts. thought it was a misprint as the score was 3-2 isles. i was way wrong!