Why would you ever, EVER, do this???

[@marksterslysz]

Taking a penalty vs the Rangers just looks like you're automatically surrendering a goal. Absolutely lethal looking.

[@oikeinkivajoo]

imagine a edm - new york cup final, the special teams would go crazyyyyyyyyyy

[@ultimatesteve]

its a curse tho sometimes, refs dont want to give them a pp after they score a few.

[@Havre_Chithra]

Imagine The Rempire State Building hoisting the cup....

[@trevnev2780]

​@@oikeinkivajoowould be the highest scoring finals of all time lol

[@bbb462cid]

On the other hand, don't rely on not having to score when you're 5 on 5

[@Michael_CDK]

The penalty at 35 seconds honestly just made me laugh. I called it happening, but five seconds later was something else, man.

[@rustybrown771]

Enjoy this series. This should’ve been the conference final. Next round won’t be as fun to watch.

[@obcereall]

Every matchup in the second round is top tier hockey. Man I love the playoffs.

[@nflfan22]

yeah now that the non playoff caliber teams got weeded out and all the teams still left are legit cup contenders, it should be a great 2nd round.

[@Kmartsmart]

I think Panarin has a good shot and kinda picks goalies apart so it looks like a weak one

[@samuelluria4744]

I think that's a very astute observation.

[@FirewagonHockey]

Rangers have a roster to play any sort of game. Speed, grit, dirty, defensive, barn burner, etc

[@fishby8070]

Rempe is already getting reputation calls. He needs to somehow change the narrative around him if he wants to stay in the league.

[@bryankriser8656]

or maybe not call reputation bullshit calls.

[@Altiveda]

@@bryankriser8656 reputation calls aren't neccesarily incorrect calls. they're just soft. Whenver you have a target you have to lay low. I don't think his game can afford to lay low either though.

[@antoniomoreno131]

Rempe steps on the ice Refs: TO THE BOX

[@headponcho8265]

Wah wah

[@denglish5]

@@headponcho8265 You got beef with rempe? or just chronically online and need to start some drama with people to feel something again?

[@seanconway6837]

Good.

[@bradenalbertson6367]

@@headponcho8265 NUN TO CRY ABT RANGERS OWN U

[@antonforsman8099]

Well he did make a bad first impression his first 3 games with the refs.. Other than that he might actually be the difference maker a couple of games with his style of play..

[@Higsby100]

It feels like the league is trying to police Rempe early and make him an example of the kind of league they want in the future. Kinda like grandfathering in the helmets and visors. Sucks and I hope I'm wrong!

[@oatmealtruck7811]

I want you to be wrong, but… I think you’re on to something 🫤

[@pineapple3798]

The weirdest part of the schedule is the oilers and and cannucks being done for days but the bruins who just finished play before them????

[@bsheaves]

Since the stars played on the 5th they get a day off. In the second round they schedule the games so that there is only 1 western conference and eastern conference game game each day. So the earliest the stars could play is Wednesday. To keep the scheduling the way they want, Canucks v. Oilers can’t start until Tuesday.

[@hectorvelazquez9894]

That’s what I was saying, rangers play again tomorrow and the oilers and nucks don’t play til Wednesday

[@seanl67]

You get rewarded for finishing off your opponents early.

[@TheJttv]

It wouldn't be a Canes game if they didn't forget how to play in the second.

[@IsraellDFend]

Rangers are the best team this year for a reason. 9-2 in last 11, 17-4 in last 21 and 40-0-1 when scoring 4 goals. 5-0 in playoffs. This team is for real this year and the Ranger haters can talk all the shit they want. This is THEIR year this year. LGR!!!

[@system331]

They’re incredible this year. Y’all aren’t getting past Florida though.

[@thatonewriter8043]

I've thought the same in the past. We will see how it plays out.

[@jimbosmith6327]

Yeah but the penguins took good care of the rangers the last time they played them in NY. I wouldn't say that they are better than the penguins, so I can't say they are better than most other teams.

[@EemMiIiLlLl]

@@jimbosmith6327 you're delusional with that comment, every team has a bad game now and then, the Rangers are literally miles ahead of the Penguins

[@IsraellDFend]

@@jimbosmith6327 Clearly you don’t know the game

[@paullubrano5632]

First playoff game I’ve been too what an experience, still can’t figure out why mika would pass that

[@warrcoww6717]

Andersen expected him to shoot, if he drops it it’s a guaranteed goal. It’s a standard move for that line, he just didn’t realize how close Carolina was on the rush

[@rew3809]

Feeling happy and feeling good as a ranger fan. No sense in feeling bad they played an overall good 60 minutes.

[@alexvukasin9769]

Last ten minutes were bad

[@brutalplanet1708]

You know what they say...... Do bad, no one forgets. Do good.....no one remembers.

[@stevenfleet1382]

Hell of a 1st period

[@Dhemize]

That Rempe penalty was a make-up call. 3 seconds earlier he hit someone into the boards a little hard and I guess they wanted to call boarding on it but waited too long to decide if they should call it or not and missed their window. So they called that weak ass goalie interference instead. I've said it once, and I'll say it a thousand times. Hockey is the best sport, but the NHL is the worst league.

[@godssss42]

Yeah i watch all the major sports leagues and I am always flabbergasted when ppl don’t see how nhl officiating is distinctly worse than nba, nfl, epl etc.

[@Dhemize]

@godssss42 It is shocking. A game is officiated completely differently in October than it is in May. Why on Earth this is allowed to be the case every year is baffling to say the least

[@bmgrosso]

@@godssss42 I watch them all and the NHL is not any worse than any other league, they all have horrendous officiating. The MLB takes the cake by far though currently.

[@kylehart8829]

NHL reffing is not drastically worse than any other league. Make-up calls and "balanced" games are stupid of course, if a team commits 5 penalties and the other only commits one it should be 10 PIM vs 2, but overall NHL reffing is just kinda the same as american sports in general.

[@park_zen0_0]

I was at an off-season clinic a few days ago my coach is already evaluating players for a spring select team and the zibanejad move was pulled on me and it worked. Definitely one of the weirdest goals I've ever given up. It's just something so unexpected and it catches the goalie off guard. Only difference was the two guys on the odd man rush were far ahead of the defense so there wasn't a defender that could poke check the puck away.

[@michaelcapone175]

Scheduling playoff games is tough. You will always see strange things. You have to remember the many arenas are dual sports (like the Rangers and Knicks who share MSG) so the NHL scheduling department has to take that in to account when scheduling. Plus many arenas are not just sitting by idle waiting for games. They are booked for other events and concerts way in advance. You only find out about playoff games days in advance. Considering how short of notice arenas get on when playoff games will happen, you can understand why it is hard for the NHL to schedule unbiased. It is not to let one team have longer rests than other teams...it is scheduling conflicts with the arenas for an unscheduled event.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Rangers may actually break the President's Trophy Curse this year

[@DannyAmbroze]

that myth has been busted. Historically, the pres. trophy winner has gone on to win the cup more than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams.

[@itslouiemoo8018]

​@TheNavySeal913 Actually, there has only been 8 teams to win the presidents trophy and the Stanley Cup.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

@@DannyAmbroze I don't ACTUALLY believe in it, it is just a nice way of saying they may win it all this year.

[@beamerball666]

How about a 2nd win against the Canes before we talk about if they can do that

[@tomblade]

not happening

[@CanesNate]

Everyone is complaining about what the refs did to rempe, but they called an even weaker penalty against deangelo

[@Brakarei]

0 use trying to reason with rags fans - if it's against them "weak call, let them play" etc. Meanwhile they swear up and down that every other team in the league is full goon squad and paying off the refs.

[@seanl67]

DeAngelo should be penalized for simply being the biggest douchebag in the league.

[@dominickangelo4319]

As a rangers fan, I think both calls were accurate. Rempe didn't do enough to avoid goalie contact - interference. DeAngelo got his hands up into Cuylle's face - that's roughing 100% of the time.

[@CanesNate]

@@dominickangelo4319 that wasn’t in his face, btw, that was his upper chest

[@Squidgyy_]

Mika almost redeemed his hat trick chance after that questionable drop pass with the empty netter until he got robbed last second

[@elliottryan13]

I feel "Clickbaited"

[@par000002]

The DeAngelo penalty was just as much BS… seriously, was a good solid hit that led to a man advantage goal. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@robwest2813]

Maybe if his feet didn't leave the ice... Skates can't leave the ice through the hit. That's 2 mins. No question.

[@Netcentric-fk6ek]

@@robwest2813 nope

[@robwest2813]

@@Netcentric-fk6ek I don't understand. You hit a guy high with your skates leaving the ice and you're going to get called for a penalty every time. Are you guys seriously complaining about the penalties? You had 5 Powerplays to our 2. You literally pushed Rempe into your keeper and got one so don't blame the refs just because your PK was non existent. The Hurricanes are a great team but it makes you sound soft.

[@thefriesens1071]

I feel like complaining about any call in hockey is totally useless. Refs are so random, many times making calls based on the score, or to even out penalties. I've given up trying to understand anything. Calls are random, one team blatantly gets away with a mugging, then two seconds later the other team touches someone with their pinky and gets a penalty. It's totally ridiculous.

[@redfive5856]

I saw this game and Evgeni worked his Kuznetzov

[@robwest2813]

Nailed it

[@seanthepro69]

I heard that Rempe has been getting over penalized because of the fact that he is an aggressive player and hits people and starts fights and they don’t want that in the league

[@Falllll]

He also does a lot of stuff that's kinda borderline and hasn't exactly made a good case for him being given the benefit of the doubt.

[@seanthepro69]

@@Falllll yeah true but I remember in game 2 there was a play where the capital passes the puck and Rempe hits him like right after he passed the puck. any other player would have gotten long away with that

[@Falllll]

@@seanthepro69 if you're talking about the hit he made in game three on Trevor van Riemsdyk, you're only right in the sense that no one else gets called for it because no one else gives the guy a concussion by hitting him in the head there. It was not a good hit. Tom Wilson also gets called for that hit 9 times out of 10.

[@seanthepro69]

@@Falllll no it wasn’t that hit I know what your talking about though and yes that is a penalty

[@Falllll]

@@seanthepro69 hm. I watched Game 2 but I don't remember anything specific about a Rempe hit in that game and I don't quite care enough to actually go hunting for it. I'll take your word for it though. Officiating was weird for the entirety of that series.

[@TheMediumChannel]

I thought the Rangers played an overall good game. Very few high danger chances against with 5 kills. Still they will have to be better than that as Carolina will tighten up...shaping up to be a great series.

[@paulweed9405]

31 Carolina guy,reminds me of 31 from Toronto maple leafs guy,oh same guy ,put in KOOCH 52 THIS GUY OUR FUTURE REMINDS ME OF 29 FOR TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS MIKE P

[@solomon_doors]

“Rangers power play is too good so we’re not gonna give them any anymore no matter what” -refs probably

[@overwatchtactical888]

Rempe is getting a penalty just for stepping on the ice. Fact that two rangers got sticked in the face and there was no call is bad. It took a cross check across fox's face to finally get one.officiating is bad so far. And Mika does Mika things I wouldn't cry to much about the drop pass. I get it. He would have easily scored but most the time these plays work out and I'm glad it happened now in game 1 while they were up and not later on rangers look good sherty looks focused in net and trochy is a game changer.the skill and speed of rangers attack is evident. And laviolettes disciplined style is working. Don't forget krider lafrenairre and kakko playing the forecheck . Carolina is a great team . And it's going to be a good series . The rangers need to treat game 2 and every game after like it's game 7

[@jerelbonner6716]

Mika definitely blew that opportunity trying to be fancy.

[@sunsetafrica6589]

Officiating was just piss poor this game. The call on rempe was a makeup call because they didn't make another call earlier. The refs then changed the penalized player during a major review (which you can't do). Weak calls and uncalled calls as well. Refs just wet the bed completely. Edit: grammar

[@kaz7690]

Not really sure how that Panarin shot is a "weak goal" when it was an odd man rush and it slipped past Freddie. If it didn't hit his armpit that would've been considered a "snipe"..arguably it would be considered weak if it wasn't a top 3 Hart candidate scoring it.

[@Lax_edits2010]

Wow the rangers are scary

[@carterpochynok4874]

I'm feeling a full 7-games on this series. Two absolute juggernauts just coming off series against much weaker opponents.

[@quonslecn7755]

I hope the NHL starts next season during the Finals!

[@RONMCFEP]

Bro zibbys goal on b2b2b backhand pass was absolutely filthy. Sewage swipin

[@norrislaitinen5011]

Officiating in the playoffs have been the worst Ive seen in years

[@filmstuff1546]

since last year

[@garryleonhardt4925]

So what was the answer to the "why would anyone ever do this ? "

[@wally-walleye]

The canes have a history of playing bad games after coming back from a break, I’ve noticed it especially this year. As long as they clean up their pp/pk game, I’m not too worried and I’m excited for some amazing hockey during the second round!

[@19trebor53]

The Rempe penalty was a joke: two minutes for being pushed into the Carolina goalie by a Carolina player? Terrible call.

[@cjlb49]

The Boston/Florida schedule was released minutes after the Bruins won the series. Why hasn't the Oilers/Canucks schedule been released yet?

[@Hudson-j8w]

This was a good game

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Technically the second round started before the first ended lol

[@subman721]

1:53 He just didn’t want all the fans to surrender their hats. He would’ve felt bad if he took them all!😅😅😅😅

[@beneasler8868]

I didn't think the Rangers would have enough of a special teams advantage considering how dominant the Hurricanes usually are at even strength. I'll be curious to see if Carolina's power play can pick it up. It might be the deciding factor

[@matthewboik421]

Alright, thank god you opened with: It's weird the 2nd rnd is starting before a game 7. Blew my mind when I saw the scheduling.

[@jmizzy6914]

A win is a win

[@Makeshift_Mulder]

The Rangers were probably hoping to let everyone down and make excuses for months and were like "gaaasp we won oh, great..."

[@spritz1124]

i dont think the deangelo penalty should have been called. it was not high enough to bee considered an elbow. if you look closely it was in the collarbone region so i dont understand what h got called for. i think they said roughing but idrk

[@Aidan_minotti]

Avs sweeping the stars

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Yeah they wanted more games on the weekend and the knicks series is starting soon at home as well so they can’t play on the same night during weekdays.

[@trakzherer]

Yes it's rare for teams to go 2/2 and the other team to go 0 for whatever... WELCOME TO THE NYR'S BABY. They capitalize, and shut other teams down. This will be the theme of THIS series. Also 5 on 5... Mark my words - Rangers WILL show a SICK improvement from the regular season as the playoffs progress.

[@Straight_Az]

Let's go! They already have. Right outta the gate. Boom 5v5 goal for Zibs. They're scoring both ways so you gotta love it. 5v5 was overblown considering our best line was literally #1 in the league at 5v5. Oh and Laffy only scores 5v5 since hes on the 2nd pp unit. He had 2 at even strength the other night. Rolling right down to Raleigh, let's take 1!

[@acerock013]

ha ha ! i'm watching vegas getting KO'd as i watch this. Rangers had strong showing, i liked what i saw.

[@williamwright4813]

I could see this series going to 7 games. Gonna be a lot of potential prowess from both sides.

[@conlinlundnerg3749]

New York and Carolina it's always a war and they came up around the same time they both got good around the same time well it's never forget what they did to the king

[@Kel336]

Is PEAK Hoops his 2nd channel?

[@hello_world_104]

What does the title have to do with anything

[@michaelcapone175]

I think both teams' defenses were slow in this one due to the roughly week off they both had prior to starting this series. Look for both defenses to step up in game 2. The Rempe call was not a penalty as he was clearly pushed in to the goalie BUT about five seconds prior to that Rempe got away with either a roughing or boarding in the corner that went uncalled. I think the Rempe call was a make-up call by the ref for missing the one he did make in the corner.

[@gabbleratchet1890]

Just here to observe the silence from all the experts who were so sure that the Rangers would be steamrolled by the Canes and that the First Round sweep meant nothing because the Caps sucked.

[@nflfan22]

2nd round is my favorite, still lots of hockey but all the pretenders have been eliminated in round 1 makes for excellent hockey.

[@mike3384]

Ranger fan here, they got caught sitting on the lead in the third. It felt like I was watching early 2010s Rangers when they just could never get the puck out of the zone, that third goal was only a matter of time because of the amount of time the Canes had in the zone. Overall they're still playing well tho.

[@Straight_Az]

That's the only concern with this team. They still get caught in their own zone for awhile but if you look across the league so are the other juggernauts. Vegas was severely outshot for stretches. Edmonton got out possessed in their zone last night so it's gonna happen. Difference with this team is when we finally do get out of it unscathed we can actually score with limited chances. Years past we needed 30 shots to score 1 or 2. This year we can put up 4 on 25 shots. Scoring has been our downfall since our runs started in 2011.

[@epo6831]

Everyone complaining about the Rempe calls. We’ve been dealing with that for 5 years with Svech. He’s never seen the positive side of an iffy call.

[@lookup49]

Don't understand your headline....did you forget to show us something?

[@thatJAWNraps]

continuing the 'wtf does the title refer too' tradition i see lol LGR!

[@oresteez]

lol at anyone whining over Rempe earning himself a reputation. I’m a Devils fan. I hate the Rangers. But I’ll give credit where credit is due. He literally has a teammate who could is a master class in his field-Trouba. I hate Trouba. But he’s terrifying to play against. He does his job. He doesn’t even need to throw a huge hit every game or even that often. He has developed the right rep to scare people when he’s on the ice. Rempe just skates around like a Hanson brother and would hit his mother if she leaned over the glass. Hes not going to last long.

[@johnburns9634]

0/5 on the power play? That's Maple Leaf proficiency!

[@hunterschwartz7738]

Penalties killed us today hopefully we can strike back on Tuesday LETS GO CANES

[@goldenspatian517]

You guys had 5 power plays and the rangers had 2, wasn’t penalties, it was your penalty killing

[@kylehart8829]

​@@goldenspatian517 That's obviously what he meant, Slavin and Burns were horrible on the PK. If they played at their normal level Rangers had literally no chance of ever winning this game (in regulation at least).

[@fralf4381]

Powerplays killed you, not penalties. You are prob gonna have to kill off more than 2 a game going forward. Especially when you aren’t getting game management calls

[@goldenspatian517]

@@kylehart8829 well that’s not the way he worded it 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️, also fox and lindgren weren’t the best so it evens out lmao

[@Justme77400]

@ 2:30; Guentzel goalie interfering.

[@oatmealtruck7811]

“New York Rangers number 73. 2 minutes for, uh… being too big.”

[@stewartholland1399]

why would you ever do what?

[@Juan_rivera]

Mika's back pass wide open in front of the goalie

[@johng8806]

Great commentary

[@TW-lg8du]

Canes played a terrible game. From Andersen to the burns-Slavin D line. We’re either gonna play better or lose in 4 💀

[@Straight_Az]

I don't know what the NHLs problem is with Rempe. I can't put my finger on what their deal is. My only theory is that they are legitimately concerned that this guys gonna hit someone and do serious damage. So they call these bs penalties on him to soften up his aggressiveness. Only thing that makes sense because it cant be argued that they are definitely hawking him the second he touches the ice.

[@realtheonlygaming4617]

I Disagree I think the rangers 4 goal was just placed well because my goalie said if he play it perfectly between a goalies blocker and pad it will go in almost no matter what

[@thatJAWNraps]

Igor > Freddy will be the biggest diff, ST's are same, both physical, both deep

[@doubledouble4g379]

This could go the same way as the Avs/Jets series, since the 'Canes have proven that they can score on Igor now...

[@Aaxolotl.]

Ok but can we talk about how absolutely horrible the refs were in game 2. So many blatant penalties against Carolina and they were the ones getting called for stuff.

[@DigitalLogos]

Rangers barely held on to this one. Canes offense was off but they were dominating the Rangers zone, I expect a better showing for the Canes game 2.

[@pieking4]

Carolina had some lucky bounces and an uncharacteristic sneak through the 5-hole by Igor as well. the implication that the Rangers got lucky here is odd coming from a Rangers' homer.

[@zajac1928]

"I'm not going to complain about the officiating but one of the biggest goons in the league is taking penalties." Bound to happen

[@ElDiegoMCO]

I think that the rangers stopped taking chances offensively and concentrated on shutting down Carolina. That's why Carolina had the puck so much at the end of the 2nd and during the 3rd. Midway through the 3rd Carolina had only 14 sog. I think Carolina had luck on their side. Let's see what game 2 has in store.

[@snows12152]

I was literally staring at me screen like Mika…I’m sorry I love him so much he’s literally my favorite non goalie player but WHAT was that move from him

[@jestin5446]

Rangers dominated first and second periods. And should've had more PPs. They for sure got outplayed in the third but think youre exaggerating a bit

[@redrangers12330]

The refs screwing over Rempe every time he touches a guy is really pissing me off. It’s ridiculous. Let the guy play hockey!

[@rynor7132]

i like how the Rangers Coach was mad at Rempe for poor performance. like really? he had more goals in the playoffs than Ovechkin

[@kylebittner5100]

This is a toss up series and it will go 7. The only way this series ends in six is if a key player on either side gets injured. Just my opinion.

[@kylehart8829]

Slavin and Burns were sloppy tonight, also where the hell was Teuvo for that goal? One of our worst defensive games at least this half of the season. If we play a full 60 minutes the rangers can't even touch us and I honestly feel good about getting a road win going into game 2. Definitely overall both teams looked rough after so much time off, I'm not expecting a shot total below 40 to happen again in this series.

[@fralf4381]

Aside from the fact of being 3-10 the last 13 vs the rangers. “Can’t touch us” is so funny though. After you sniffed their asses all season long. Get a grip. It’s gonna be a long series. Could go either way. But can’t touch us is an absolute joke.

[@Straight_Az]

☝🏻haha yea this didn't age too well. Canes offense is overrated. Yea they're a great team and there's still a ways to go but look at your high danger scoring chances before you crown your boys. 57 shots does dick if majority are low percentage seen by Igor. Had some good chances no doubt but MANY of those shots were NEVER going in. Canes look good on paper with their shots. You barely put the islanders away because like i said. Mostly padded shot stats.

[@17JoshAllenMVP]

GO RANGERS

[@hyou5603]

Trocheck is a huge upgrade over Ryan Strome.

[@darranedmundson1505]

Clickbait title much?

[@samuelluria4744]

This channel is horrible for that. Also, the tone of his voice, like a 13-year-old girl. "This _one time,_ at _band camp..."_ 😖😖😖

[@pvechad3598]

Rempe gets a penalty every game for elbowing Jonas Siegenthaler two months ago.

[@iGotJuice27]

refs were on their knees for the hurricanes all night

[@godssss42]

Fyi this pausing thing just makes it look like my internet broke, dunno if there’s another way to do it, draw on the image or highlight elements or some shit lol

[@sqidvishus]

Rempe is going to forever be one of those guys who the refs never give the benefit of the doubt. It sucks, but it happens to certain players throughout their careers.

[@Cupid556]

Canes in 6

[@Justme77400]

Rangers in 5.

[@Straight_Az]

Looks like you'll need to win 4 straight. LGR

[@blakeplays3332]

Hello my favorite KZbinr

[@Chyeahokay]

Mika’s drop pass was the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Dude could have had a 1st period hat trick….

[@MrJapanApan]

The Rempe call was the same as an elbow to the face according to refs. And they missed the double-minor stick to the face. God i hope the refs doesnt decide this series.

[@antimatter2380]

Rempe's on the ice, that's a paddling.