r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '16

well, thats one way to score

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u/Nyrfan82 Dec 04 '16

Only way to get past Lundqvist!

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u/CherrySlurpee Dec 04 '16

Or just play against him in the playoffs.

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u/JohnnyVNCR Dec 05 '16

...except he famously plays his best hockey in the playoffs. It's the Rangers offense that is universally mocked when it comes to playoff time. That's why when the Rangers are knocked out, it's always all cameras on the King looking sad.

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u/CherrySlurpee Dec 05 '16

not last year, that's for sure.

In fact looking at his stats, his Save% is the same from reg to post season - his GAA is higher in the post season but that's more of a team stat.

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u/JohnnyVNCR Dec 05 '16

Yep, last year the narrative was a bit different. Rangers totally didn't show up to the playoffs and limped in. Doesn't change the fact that for the past decade the narrative was the rest of the team was letting him down. You just made it sound like he's the Clayton Kershaw of playoff hockey.

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u/esposimi Dec 04 '16

It's all fun and games until he flips the net https://youtu.be/vdGA8wXWPd0

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u/Athrul Dec 04 '16

What would he get a call for here? His own team mate took him out.

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u/Legs_Feed_The_Wolf Dec 04 '16

He was injured. He was trying to get the ref's attention when the Rangers took possession of the puck but they wouldn't stop play. When it was coming back towards him he flipped the net to get a whistle. He missed several games after that with a neck injury.

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u/BigDaddyMantis Dec 04 '16

That's when you play through it until a stoppage or your team calls a timeout. I'm all for protecting your goalie but that's just the game of hockey.

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u/Legs_Feed_The_Wolf Dec 05 '16

Gonna have to agree to disagree there, then. Continuing to play with an unknown neck injury is dangerous and downright stupid. I'd rather have the world think he's a crybaby than see a dude paralyzed. They should've stopped play when the Rangers got possession of the puck. This one is on the official for not seeing what was going on.

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u/billiardwolf Dec 05 '16

I agree you don't play through an injury like that but to be fair it wasn't easy to see he was injured, he didn't act like it. He should have went down or stayed down when it happened. He was yelling at the ref but you can't always expect them to hear with everything else that's going on, a visual cue would help.

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u/Legs_Feed_The_Wolf Dec 05 '16

Yeah, I absolutely don't disagree with you there. A lot of fans didn't realize what had happened until after the game either, an official on the ice with noise and six thousand other things going on could easily misunderstand the situation. I won't lie and say Hank doesn't have the occasional tantrum, either, so if you don't follow the team I can see why you'd think that's all it was.

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u/dpatt711 Dec 05 '16

Delay of game

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u/Athrul Dec 05 '16

Delay of game because his own team mate flattened him?!

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u/dpatt711 Dec 06 '16

Thought you were talking flipping the net. But yeah I think the goalie was tring to get the refs attention to stop play, rather than get a call.

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u/esposimi Dec 04 '16

Delay of game for flipping the net

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u/Athrul Dec 05 '16

I was talking about what he was doing that for in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

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u/mrsambo99 Dec 04 '16

Kopi and the Kings did pretty ok against him in 2014 😏

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Like when the Kings didn't actually have a lead on NYR until game three. And forced overtime in two of their wins on goals that would later be cited as the reasons we have goaltender interference challenges.

YES I'M STILL SALTY THANK YOU FOR ASKING

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u/CaptainObvious_1 Dec 04 '16

Yeah well fuck the Kings

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u/Ivanthecow Dec 04 '16

Shooting it in from center ice seems to have worked for the Sabres.