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I did... then I remembered how you said that Coaches and players tell it exactly how it is to interviewers.

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This is good.. give Emery more time to study shooter's tendencies.

They're out there... taking dumb penalties! Honestly, I thought Read was a scratch in gm1 and 2... didn't see him until very late in the games. I have to take a look at the numbers, but it sure does seem like Berube is runnin the 4th line out there quite a lot.

Yes, absolutely is a 'must win'. When you consider their problems at MSG, recently, the last thing they can afford to do is to go back up there down 3-1. It just seems like it might be rollover time at that point. Tbh, I think they broke me about half way through the 3rd period last night. I just came to the conclusion that the Rangers have already taken hold of this series and it's theirs to lose. I mean, beyond the obvious series score... they've taken the psychological lead by beating us up and down the ice. G has 2 shots against them in what? 6 games? that is the definition of demoralizing.

This has been a problem most of the year. They tend to play too fancy and G is a prime offender in that. They give up too many shot opportunities looking for that perfect shot that's never there. Fancy play syndrome has been a big problem.

'ease into the game' might be an understatement. They seemed to have eased into the series... didn't really start playing until about midway through 2nd period of gm2. That has to be the most frustrating hallmark of this team.... Late starts.

It's AN idea. GrossmanN is seemingly hobbled from injury still. He is looking less mobile than usual. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't mind suiting up Gill. Sure, he's slow as dirt, but he can clear the porch. I thought he stepped in pretty nicely at the end there... and really, what do we have to lose? We're losing this series. Why do we look so bad? The Rangers are simply the better team right now. They're playing better than us in almost every area of the ice, so we don't even deserve to win this thing right now.

Read has not only been missing, he's just been playing plain bad. I'm surprised no one's looking into his head shot on Carcillo as well. or.... maybe they are?

well... his track record IS pretty good with such predictions. Let's hope he's right on again. We need him to be cause this series is over if they don't win Friday night.

He def took his time sizing up Girardis tendencies.

I just laughing about Emery thinking about Stepans shooting tendencies as he was depositing the puck in the net from 3 inches out.

uh.. I've played some goalie too. I still don't think that makes either one of us qualified to be an authority on the topic here on a fan forum. Not that you're saying that... Just as I'm not claiming Mason is the next coming of Hasek either. In fact, this topic has sort of gotten out of hand as far as over-analysis. It's pretty simple.... Mason has been our #1 all year. He's played better than Emery all year. His numbers bare that out. I dunno why we're even having this discussion, other than it's a non-game day. I'll just leave this little quote here from Emery himself..."We talked about it," Emery said. "I'm always mindful of how the other team plays. That's not to say that if the guy has the puck normally I'm focused on that guy and you want to be aware of what else is around kind of secondary. I still kind of approach things the same way." So there you have it... Emery is NOT focused on each individual player. So that would seem to indicate that it's overstated to suggest he has a read on players now that he's played them 2 games in a row. And... from Berube... speaking to the point that it(the cross-ice passing) was a team adjustment... NOT a goalie adjustment. Coach Craig Berube said Sunday his team did a better job taking away the cross-ice passes in the final two periods. "On the first two goals they made the seam passes, we were outnumbered," he said. "They're a good attack team. Their defense is very active up in the rush and it opens things up, gets you spread out. Our guys did a better job with sticks and time and space. We didn't back in so much, I thought our gaps were better. That's real important against this team, having good gaps and not giving them a whole lot of time with the puck."

That's kinda my whole point. Mason is THE better goalie. I think he proved that over the course of the season, hands down. However, Emery has played well enough to win both games. Last game, he played very well. So, that's great... everything is going according to plan. That's why he was brought in... for this very situation, to backup Mason. If Mason isn't 100%, then I think we can feel comfortable to let Emery play again without much worry. But, again... Mason is the starter if he's 100%.

Emery was still slow on the cross ice, they didn't execute it fast enough because our D adjusted the coverage.... and stuff. Mason will be in net... because, well... we all like stats around here, until we don't, and Mason has the bestest stats ... and stuff.

Yeah.. I wouldn't know, I don't play it. But, thankfully Berube will use logic and reason, other than... gee, Emery has played these guys recently. I think Berube will just take a look at how Emery's lateral movement is easily exploited and Mason gives us a stronger option in net... you know... because of his numbers and stuff.

Speaking of which. I don't see a lot of talk here about McDonagh. Clearly, the Flyers(primarily G) are really annoyed with his embellishments. As I am as well. He's giving Cindy a run for his money on trying to let the fan in 703 know he's been slashed. He's been a disgrace, IMO. Becoming a great D man, but also becoming a Diva.

this is classic fan forum fodder(FFF tm) ... there's no conversation in Berube's head... it's Mason when he's healthy. All this talk about knowing the tendencies of the shooters is a bunch of hullabaloo(tryin to keep it pc here). Mason is the better goalie. If you don't think the Rangers would love to have another crack at Emery goin post to post, you're not paying attention.

that's what's I'm sayin at this point... this is basically an argument over reality at this point. We need independent verification for one side here.

We won. That's about all I can say about it. Was not even close to a great game by them and they still pulled it out. Emery was great and avg at the same time, but he made some huge timely saves. I still go with Mason as well, however, I'm feeling less bad if Mason needs another day to be perfect. Real classy move by Berube how he handled the kid Akeson. Putting him out to start and having him on that PP unit, I mean.. you just can't buy that kind of class. We're in the driver's seat now, going back home, but we need to play a lot better from here on out.

come on man. i was kidding about blocking. i meant that very me•ta•for•ically how many playoff games does he have to sit out before you can admit that your story is ludicrous?

i agree absolutely. i just feel that Mason, game in and game out, gives us a better chance to win. Razor certainly played well enough to give us a chance to win and I don't fault him. EOD, the goalie wasn't the difference last game and our guys need a better attack and better team D. simple as that, just do everything better... lol.

that was my first thought too. I mean.. he's a pro embellisher, really goes the extra mile to sell it by sitting out 2 playoff games. Your move Crosby.

thing is... I thought that would carry them through Gm1 and they'd elevate their play. Did not happen.

@OccamsRazor actually... we *could* blame his linemates though. Read and Couter were god awful in gm1. I saw both of them standing around on 2 goals. Puck watching.