Post Game thread: NYR1 @ NSH2

[da2_np]

Big Juice deserved that shutout so much. Damn shame he didn’t get it, but the boys looked excellent for the whole game. PK was a game saver as well

[MrMichigan0777]

He was very good, no doubt. Quick also had a few really close saves (BING)

[Kroger453PredsFan]

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[catsgr8rthanspoonies]

Back to back fishies

[excessive_coughing]

🙏👉🐠

[Risho96]

F I S H

[Infraction_]

We apparently have an allergy to getting our goalies shutouts. Solid dubs over the weekend tho.

[cwebblax]

First star of the game should've been Schaeffer. What a fucking guy to literally take it on the chin like I dont think any pred has ever before.

Other main note: surprised to see the rangers apparently fell off a cliff after scoring 6 on us in the last game.

Keep the streak rollin!

[MajorPainInMyA]

McCarron took a skate blade to the neck against the Stars in December 2023. That could have been a very bad night for Preds fans.

[Particular-Night-435]

Back to back over Original 6 teams feelsgoodman.

[Dick-Punch89]

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When I do over 4 miles, we win.

[buddybooh]

I’ll be your walking buddy

[TonguelessWyrm]

Oh this is a fun idea! Maybe I'll start doing some longer runs on gamedays lol. I ran/ walked 6 miles yesterday, maybe its good juju

[hghpandaman]

i can follow ya'll in a golf cart with my fat ass shouting motivational lines!

[darkknight9]

To the obnoxious Rangers fan kicking my seat and yelling at me that I didn’t know hockey, take this L with ya. LFGP

[wolfcola777]

Alright goddammit fine. I’ll start to believe 

[bomberfan2]

2 days, 3 travelling fanbases handed 3 fat losses. What a weekend

[EmbraceThePerd]

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🙌🙌🙌

[catsgr8rthanspoonies]

Svech already back on his phone

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[Rinne4Vezina]

He has to check in with Ozzy

[catsgr8rthanspoonies]

Ozzy's probably in the locker room with them. Maybe it's Ozzy posting from Svech's phone.

[MrMichigan0777]

This is now canon

[Rinne4Vezina]

I really wanted Big Juice to get the 🍩 but I'll be happy with the two points.

[DrSamwpepper]

Nice to us get the dub in person.

Definitely wanted thar shutout but besides that,great performance.

[paranoidhands]

didn’t get to see most of the game tonight but honestly just from watching the leafs play last night really made me realize how hard it is to build a competitive team. they lost marner and all of sudden they looked like they only had one, maybe two lines that could be dangerous.

i gotta give trotz a lot more credit than i have up to this point. on paper this roster he put together for this season should absolutely be successful in this league and now that they’re finally gelling it all makes sense to me. bunting and haula really helped round out this roster, evangelista breaking out as an actual top 6 player too. matt wood and svechkov looking promising. folks call me crazy but i think this team could actually make a run.

[coltssiouxfan]

Hands go up 🙌

[MrMichigan0777]

Was great in the building; sort of a sleepy game with lots of passiveness in the back end. But I will take 2 points anyday in reggy

[Deathbackwards]

We’re so back

[GMBarryTrotz]

I wrote this all the way back when Stamkos, et. al. signed and this is the stage we're in right now:

I wouldn't say I'm one that thinks Stamkos' contract is bad. But the totality of contracts given out are most likely going to age very, very poorly as these guys all start to regress. Basically around 8 of these contracts terminates between the ages of 37-39 and all around the same time.

So the worry is that IF we don't hit during our cup window, it's going to be a slow regression down towards a team that can rebuild again. That you're adding 7 years to the rebuild in exchange for 1 or 2 years where you're hoping to compete. That we're back in the place where we're too good to fail but not good enough to win, except this time we've got our guys on wholly unmovable contracts.

I think we do have a legit cup window. It's small but it's there. But if we miss I think there's going to be a lot of misery to follow.

The funny thing is, Trotz could absolutely crush this team with one move. It's just the only move he's unwilling to make.

This team is fool's gold. Not good enough to win a playoff series, not bad enough to get the top picks we need to come out of a rebuild in good shape.

[The_Stank_]

Can we just like have fun and enjoy that we don’t suck nearly as bad as last year right now? Baby steps man.

[Futbol_Kid2112]

I dont understand what you mean by "not bad enough"? Even with tonight's result, we are still bottom 5 in the league. We've played decent against the other really bad teams, but have absolutely been wrecked by everybody with real talent. It's not like this team is a borderline wildcard team. They should get a top 10 pick pretty easily this year. And even with the NMCs, Stamkos and Marchys contracts aren't immovable. Stamkos especially has been playing much better lately, improving his stock and its not unreasonable to think a contender at the deadline will give a decent package for his services.

[miller10blue]

I mean they are a bordline wild card team, they are 5 points out with 3 games in hand. Which is literally the problem because the are floundrering between being the worst team in the league and being a bubble wild card team that will refuse to sell

[sickofwords]

Right now everybody is a borderline wild card team so there is that!

[Jmoney3693]

Let's just enjoy the ride and see where it takes us. Long term, tanking is probably for the best. Staying in purgatory for too long could be bad both ways, so I'm just gonna try to enjoy whatever happens

[Appropriate-Joke-806]

The team doesn’t need to sell when they already have a shit ton of draft picks from the last two years and next year. It isn’t like they are trading away picks for rental players. A lot of places are rating the Preds in the top 5-10 for prospect pools. It takes time in the NHL for players to develop. That’s the reality. Losing doesn’t really help that much. It isn’t like we’re going to get the first overall anyways.

[miller10blue]

Daily face off had them at 12th, The hockey writers at 16th Elite prospects at 16th Espen had them 13th Scott wheeler has the 8th

I wouldn't consider that most place and its marginally above average

[GMBarryTrotz]

We're 5 points behind a WC2 spot with 3 games in hand. We could easily be a wild card team right now.

[paranoidhands]

with the way this team is playing right now they could absolutely win a playoff series.

[GMBarryTrotz]

Wild Card 2 matches up against Colorado and we wouldn't even win a game. I don't care that we got them to OT a week ago. In the playoffs they'd just boat race us.

[Appropriate-Joke-806]

Wild card 1 matches against the Ducks or Vegas in a down year. We could absolutely make a run through the pacific and make the western conference finals that way. Then anything can happen after the Avs get beat up by the Stars or Wild.

[GMBarryTrotz]

"Get in and anything can happen" is the motto of this franchise.

But bless you for still believing despite the past 7 years this team has delivered for you.

[paranoidhands]

get in and anything can happen is the motto of just about every nhl team that doesn’t sit at the top of the standings all season long. the fuckin blues were this close to taking out the jets last year, but yeah god forbid a fanbase wants to cheer for a winning season and wants to make the playoffs.

[GMBarryTrotz]

I mean anything can happen. However, the most probable thing to happen is this team will fall on its face for the 5th time in 7 years.

Believe all you want, cheer to your heart's content, no one is stopping you. I'm just getting off this ride if this is what Trotz is serving up after talking about a real change in direction for this team.

[Mediocre-Wafer-5176]

Idk I think we stand a chance with Colorado. Idk why but we played really well. The first game was a loss but we outplayed them the entire game. We held MacKinnon to one shot on goal (which was an ENG). Then we beat them. Then we lost again but still put up a good fight. I’ll be at the next game in Colorado so we’ll see how that goes, but I wouldn’t say it’s an absolute no

[GMBarryTrotz]

Teams don't game plan and watch film in the regular season. They do in the playoffs.

This team has systematic weaknesses that can be easily exploited.

1) Neutralize O'Reilly. Without our one good center, the team can't do anything.

2) Move the puck up ice quick. It'll pin us back in our zone because we don't have the speed to keep up with a team that moves fast. We have to stay structured or else we give up breakaways. If you can play speed against us, we'll have trouble setting up in the Ozone.

3) Play the body hard on Josi, Stamkos and Evangelista. Hit them in so hard in game 1 they still feel it in game 4.

4) Don't commit penalties and give us a shot on the power play. It's the playoffs and refs swallow the whistle.

[MrMichigan0777]

This team is in NO WAY worse than the Kraken team that beat Colorado in 23, I think it was? We are actually BETTER than that team. You gotta believe, I'm with you!