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GDT: Game 2 - NYR @ Habs – Mon May-19, 2014 - 8:00 pm

XPOFAN said:
By the way xposbrad, how soon into game 2 will you lodge your first anti-Markov post?
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I watch a lot of james bond movies, so I don't trust russians to begin with, but as soon as he gets beat which usually happens within the first 1-2 minutes. I think he's still got some offensive punch to him, but his D game has gone from like a 7/10 to a 4/10 in the playoffs.
 
I had a great feeling that we were going to win game 6 at home against the Bruins but not so great about tonight.
 
Montreal forward Brandon Prust said Kreider could have at least tried to avoid a feet-first collision and pointed out that the Rangers winger has a history of running into goalies.

Kreider elbowed Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury in the head while crashing the crease in the conference semifinals, and he injured Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson by plowing into him during the 2013 playoffs.“Everybody says it’s accidental, but it’s accidental on purpose,” said Prust, a former Ranger. “He did nothing to really avoid him.

“We’re in the NHL. We know how to fall, how to not put our skates first when we fall. He did the same thing against Fleury in the last series. It’s not totally intentional, but he doesn’t do anything to lighten it up a bit.”

Therrien agreed.

“I reviewed the incident,” he said. “Obviously, it was an accidental contact, but let’s put it this way, he didn’t make much effort to avoid the contact.

“I’m sure the intention of the player was not to hit the goalie, but you have to try to do everything in your power to avoid contact and it’s tough to say if he tried everything to avoid that contact.”
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http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014...njury-with-status-for-game-2-still-uncertain/

“I’m sure the intention of the player was not to hit the goalie, but you have to try to do everything in your power to avoid contact and it’s tough to say if he tried everything to avoid that contact.”

Rangers alternate captain Brad Richards said Kreider was moving at such high speed there wasn’t enough time to minimize the collision.

Budaj, who has awful numbers in his limited career playoff experience, replaced Price for the third period in Game 1 and allowed three goals on eight shots, although two of the goals were on the power play, including one on a two-man advantage.
“I’ve never seen a hockey player that can score an important goal on a breakaway but would rather run into a goalie,” said Richards. “I mean, he’s trying to score a goal.

“If you’ve watched him, he’s a pretty fast, big player. When he gets going, it’s hard to stop sometimes. It’s a split-second thing that happened. We’re trying to score goals and get ahead 3-0, not manufacture something like that. They can say that. They can think that. That’s their right, but we know how Chris plays. It’s a fast game out there. A lot of things can happen.”

Rangers coach Alain Vigneault made a little smile when informed that Price may be injured and said: “I’m sure Price is going to be there, so we’re getting ready for him.”

The series was billed as a rematch of the Sochi Olympic final, when Price bested Rangers star goalie Henrik Lundqvist as Canada beat Sweden 3-0.

The Rangers were all over the Canadiens in the opener on Saturday afternoon, catching Montreal flat-footed with a high-tempo game unlike anything they saw against Boston.

With New York up 5-1 in the third period, Prust went after Kreider, slashing him on the hand and giving him a cross-check. He was handed two minor penalties and a misconduct.

But the Canadiens don’t expect to be looking to avenge Price in Game 2.

“No, there’s too much at stake,” said Therrien. “We have to stay focused on what we have to do.”
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Exactly. Once again the Habs will do nothing about it. Of course you don't telegraph that you intend to but I believe they won't.

Kreider is habitual at this too. He is reckless. He missed the net on the play where he plowed into Price and should have been called for a penalty. The Emelin stick did nothing to put him into Price. The Refs better start dealing with this bullshit.
 
Krustchev said:
I had a great feeling that we were going to win game 6 at home against the Bruins but not so great about tonight.
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Price being less than healthy enough to perform his duty at an elite level changes our mindset a bit.
 
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It's doing it again, it will only let me look at page number one and will not let me read any further....what the hell, only in the G.D.T. this happens, no other thread. freaken fracken
 
15 minutes before morning skate, Budaj and Tokarski are on the ice. No Price - although he's been skipping these anyway.
 
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