As a rangers fan we’ve been outplayed for 5 games and bailed out by Igor for 3 of them. This team has played like gallant is still the coach. Absolutely pathetic. Edit; I have no clue how they won this series when being outplayed 75% of the time (actually I do and his name is Igor) - but wow. What a series.

How did we go from making 1994 references to potentially reliving the NJD series 😭

Man certain Rangers fans were already booking the cup parade tickets because they beat one of the worst teams to ever make the playoffs in the first round.

Did they think that this was a 5 game series

This is inexcusable these guys need to lock in for a FULL 60 MINUTES I'm so pissed rn

As soon as I start believing in them and feel confident they'll win, they always do this!! That was a disgusting, embarrassing lack of effort tonight.

Carolina have been really good this series, how they found themselves down 3-0 is crazy

“Where is Panarin?” He’s on the ice when the Canes score judging from his -5 in the last 2 games. This bread is stale yo. Oh and Kreider was -3 in game 5.

Carolina has some of the best offence in the lead, this whole series the Canes have been losing to a goalie. Can’t be surprised.

Game 6 is the Rangers last shot to win the series, if they don't win then I won't have any hope for Game 7.

Imagine it goes to Game 7

honestly this extra day off between the games is gonna be really good for them, like if you saw fox during this game it looked like he hasn't gotten any sleep since saturday. but until thursday, i think im gonna stare at the sun so if this happens again i wont be able to see it

Story is Special Teams. Canes (largely) absolutely control 5v5 play. Games that get a lot of broken up time with Powerplays muck us up bigtime. Our PP has been real bad, and though our PK is decent, that is the one place the Rangers DOMINATE in general. So I'm not surprised the tilt of this battle so far has really to do with Special Teams play. It is ironic that the Game 4 go-ahead goal was a PP goal by the Canes tho. Squirrels eventually find a nut I guess. Games 4 and 5, minimal penalties, and Canes grind out Rod's system and trust it'll find a bounce. It did. I'm still not putting the mortgage on the 0-3 to 4-3 reverse sweep happening, but this series went from bummer to massively entertaining and interesting. EDIT: The other part of the game that the Rangers do VERY well and we've mostly minimized in the last 2 games is transition play. generating 2v1s , clean 3v2's, etc. We've done a better job mitigating or breaking those up as they come. The Trouba SH 2on1 being the last fruitful one.

As an oilers fan, i didnt watch this game but at least you were 3-0 up, the oilers are down 2-1 and are playing like shit, so its funny to see you go from being happy to being pissed.

As a hurricanes fan. I'm still worried. Idc that were going back home we HAVE to pick up our PP. We got 2-3 day's to work on it. So yeah.

This is so concerning. We shouldn't have won Games 2 or 3 either. I said before the series the Hurricanes in 5. It's basically Hurricanes in 5.

This type of performance after going home with a chance to close it out feels like they might've gotten too comfortable and thought a win was preordained. This is why I'm so fond of the mindset Tocchet's got the Canucks buying into right now. Every team in the post season if they play hard has a shot of beating another team. They might be skating uphill to do it, but as long as you're still pushing for a result and not letting your ego start cashing in cheques before the job is done, you can still upset expectations. Winning the cup is hard and even perennial contenders get bounced for unlucky or silly chances(key injuries, untimely bug in the locker room, poor ice surface one game, stanchion another). Just convince yourself that you haven't done anything until that thing is done, don't get too high, don't get too low. The only thing to focus on is focusing on staying in your zone to get the job done, everything else is a distraction.

Yeah that third period was a violation; really worried and concerned like you said Eck, it’s looking dicey

Every. Single. Year… But I have faith they’ll wake up and play like it’s their last game and play much better than these last two games. Panarin and Mika gonna be on a mission.

im rooting against the rangers simply for that flop show trouba did, when guenztle gave him a jab.

Ecks fired up almost as much as I am at my Oilers

Only thanks to Igor this is going to game 6, literally canes in 4 if not for Igor.

the game was pretty okay, until that 3rd period. the rangers defense and offense just died. cant sit around. also Panarin being vintage playoff form is another concern. same year same shit

As a Canes fan, I don't think the Rangers have much to worry about. Considering Andersen's shaky performances, I can tell that one of the next two games he'll have another rough night (the Trouba goal this night just highlights how he lets in easy goals at the worst times). Aside from that, most of the factors benefitting the rangers (pp, special teams, Igor) are still there, and considering Carolina has been peppering Igor every game with shots, we've only saw the other end of the stick this game, with better goaltending from Freddie and some fortunate goals for Carolina.

As a Canes fan, I am happy to see us finally stepping up the pressure.

😂😂😂 ‘Canes are good bro. I am a Pens and Bruins fan. I love this chaos!

Even despite the first 3 game losses, as a Canes fan I kept saying there was no way the series was over. The games were so close. Both teams use almost identical systems. They're built differently but take advantage of the same types of players. A few bounces the wrong way and a hot goalie, we were in a 3-0 hole. But that's just it... We basically lost to a few bad bounces and a goalie. All the games were 1 goal games. This is the first one in 5 games that kind of looked like a blowout. This series was always going to be a 6-7 game series in my opinion. And the past 2 games, Canes have definitely looked like the much more composed team, staying patient and just finding ways to outwork the Rangers and get past Igor (who is an absolute machine so far this playoffs). Losing to a goalie always feels bad, but the momentum may be shifting in the opposite direction. Either way this series is still going to be insane and dramatic. It's going to be good playoff hockey.

They played a good game 4. They had a bad game tonight. They’re up 3-2. They aren’t gonna just go 16-0. It happens. But it can’t happen again. Everyone’s just gotta breathe

As a canes fan this is a fun series :) Because the Rangers are now playing now they’re trying not to lose. While the Canes are playing to win

This series has been really close. To assume CAR was going to go away after being so close in Games 1-3 was a mistake. I do believe your gripe about NY’s third period is valid - they fell asleep but that is the first time I remember either team doing so and I expect another nail biter in game 6

It wasn’t going to be a quick series with Carolina but man the rangers are letting their guard down. I don’t think anyone expected this is how the series momentum would go.

carolina has been dominating all the games - only their goaltending is keeping them in it

It's really interesting to see the extra passion in this video because it's your Rangers. Love the videos and energy man keep it up

we’re cooked

How do you run this same team back next season if they have another massive choke job, especially after having a 3-0 lead?

from a Hawks fan, 2 damn good teams battling it out, fun to watch.

As a European fan i am unbelievably disgusted. First game this seriers that my sleep schedule can afford to stay up to 3 in the morning and this is what i get. Are the rangers just the biggest frauds ever? All 3 periods were more or less the same: hang back, let igor get peppered, lose every puck battle and the moment we gain posession we dump the puck and change lines just in time for Canes next zone entry. I just went to bed after Canes got their well deserved third goal. Couldnt even sleep for hours because of how mad i was watching how this team plays.

For years Lundqvist carried us. Now it's Igor. Our players look exhausted.

Not a Rangers fan, but I still think the Canes have a severe uphill climb. Shesterkin IMO is the best goaltender in the league, he IS the reason the Rangers went up 3-0. Anderson will blow up & the Rangers will advance. The Canes weakness is in net for sure. Anderson will have a brain-fart game that he is known for, series over. I predicted Florida & Dallas as the final at the start of the playoffs & I'm sticking to that.

I didn’t really care about this matchup at first but now I’m rooting for Carolina just to see the chaos afterwards

They left Igor out to dry last night. He kept them in it as long as he could. Credit to the Canes, they did what they had to do and they played like the team they wanted the win. The Rangers had absolutely energy, passion, nothing. Apparently there is some quit in New York. I laughed when you said that you'd be pissed off until the 16th. I'm the same way but I also have the anxiety that I'm going to be pissed off until the 18th. I can't think about after that.

The 2024 rangers reminds me of the 2014 san Jose sharks, and yes I'm a sharks fan so I have to relive that moment, don't pull a 2014 sharks rangers.

As a Ranger fan I knew from the beginning that Carolina was a tough team and this would be a hard series.

Stall is a work horse and a leader. Cane's an awesome team. No one should be surprised. Going 7 for sure.

If the canes win this series I’ll shit my pants in public

Unfortunately, the odds are still with the Rangers to close this out in one of the final two chances they have. The Canes' special teams will wind up being the failure that dooms them. The Canes kill is finally showing up, but being on the powerplay is the most dangerous situation the Canes can be in now...that's sad. Goaltending is also why the Rangers managed to take the first three games. I think the Rangers will find a way to win in game 6, unfortunately for me as a Canes fan. We'll see. I hope the Canes can pull off the miraculous comeback.

Carolina has pretty much outplayed them the whole series. 2010-11 playoffs sharks had a 3-0 lead on Detroit but the series was close. Detroit almost reverse swept us. Every game except 1 was decided by 1 goal. This series reminds me a lot of that series

What a nightmare night...i have to watch games from Europe, so this game starts at 2am for me. No sleep, feeling wasted...no words. Now i Imagined Canes in 7.....fuuuuuuck saaaaakeeeee.

Agreed it was so frustrating to watch the last two games so thank you Igor !!!! if we move on, I’m scared to play against the other teams

THE CURSE!

Sharks are my number 1 and rangers are a very close number 2. It always has been since watching Nabokov and Sean Avery. And istg, this is giving me flashbacks to when the sharks were up 3-0 on the kings.

As a Kings fan who witnessed the reverse sweep, I’m not saying that it could happen, but…

As much as I want my canes to pull this off we will not win 2 more games if the power play continues to be a legitimate liability for us. -1 through 5 games is unfathomably pathetic. The PK looks back to form but it’s not going to keep the rangers off the board forever

as a Rangers fan all i can say is I'm disgusted. In my opinion the momentum shifted when they decided to play Chytil in game 2. He is in no shape for a playoff game and I knew that having him play would throw off the mojo. The team was solid, playing off each other and mixing it up was not the right call. Then Chytil gets "sick" when you know its cause of his head injury. Now theres a funk in the locker room, your teammate who made the effort to come back for the playoffs got hurt again and everyone has to play knowing that. And instead of bringing the lineup back to where it was, they decide to play Brodzinski instead of Rempe for game 3 and we get bullied all over the place. With the top stars on this team not showing up like they should and making sloppy mistakes every shift it falls onto fourth line players like Cuylle Goodrow and Rempe to pick up the slack and either they don't trust Rempe and bench him for someone else or they trust him and don't double shift in the Third and keep him on the bench. There are far worse offenders who deserve that bench spot and one of them isn't Matt Rempe. Rangers in 6

The Canes have been under-performing all playoffs, so it's not surprising to me that they suddenly decide to show up. That said, the Rangers fans utterly INVADE the PNC center when the Rangers come to town, and "home advantage" isn't so swell. I don't know if they fly-in for the game, or if it's just the entire town of Cary, NC spams ticketmaster. They seriously take up at least 1/4 of the arena. They're loud, present, and demoralizing af. You could see the frustration in Kuznetsov's slash to the glass (where a bunch of rangers fans were grouped up) when he scored on 5/11 in Raleigh. In an arena famous for their LOUD home fans, it takes the wind out of everyone's sails.

Looks like that presidents trophy curse might be kicking in

All 3 games the rangers won, it was by 1 goal. This series could have been very different with a bounce the canes way. Couldnt expect them to roll over and die.

The betting odds were in canes favour for game 5 (-115) cant image what they would in Raleigh for game 6. Imagine if the canes power play was working, this series would be over.

0-3 insane comeback difficulty vs president trophy curse I wonder …

I feel the same way with the bruins-the officiating is awful but that’s not the main reason we’re losing

This things gonna go to 7 - I feel like Carolina’s been playing great 5 on 5 hockey but they need to sort out the power play issues asap

Did the Rangers really think they were going to sweep Carolina like they did the Caps? It's a series now. You're still up 3-2 in the series with game 7 (if it goes that far) in your own building. What more could you ask for?

We'll see. Fans never seem to learn that hockey is pretty unpredictable. It's not likely to win 4 "coin flips" in a row, though.

Eck is so disgusted he thinks it's still game 3 in the series Honestly I agree with you on the Rangers being lucky to have won all of the first three games. Igor has been a great netminder throughout, and maybe that goaltending can steal one more of these last two or your stars come alive again.

Dont forget, the canes power play has been abysmal. However, go canes go

I’m a ranger fan and I didn’t think they would make it through this series. They easily could have been swept. Carolina got a bunch of lucky goals but the rangers had plenty of their own luck. My islander friend picked the canes in 7 and it’s looking like that was a good selection. I was disgusted watching last night…show a little fucking heart out there

They are going to blow this, I can feel it. I was telling people to calm down after we went 7-0 because obviously we were riding the streak and it was clear that the real character of this team was only gonna show when they faced adversity. And so far, when they did, they f*in failed (excuse my language, i am just pissed). All this talk about "no panic in the room", it is bs when they play like this. They sure seemed panicked to me in this game.

Canes fan here we believe and definitely believe Igor is why we was done 3 too 0

As a Canes fan I might have a different perspective. Those first three games honestly might have messed up the Rangers’ flow. They certainly messed up the Canes’ flow. But I’ve seen teams vs the Canes get power plays early in games, get a couple easy goals, get some false confidence, then get crushed. The dig about the officiating in game five I’ll let go. Regardless of how they got there, the Rangers got some JUICY power plays. Game three was gifted to the Rangers and might be the difference in the series by the end of it. The Rangers need to work on 5 on 5 play, don’t bank on power plays and definitely don’t try to “draw” any. Canes strengths right now are 5 on 5 and that’s it. Their weaknesses are power plays and goaltending.

Thanks Eck for venting all of our frustrations with our New York Rangers !!! I’m feeling your pain brother !

we've found the steve dangle of the rangers and I've never been happier someone can speak my pain

I feel sick

As a Canes fan, we haven’t really been playing our best either. Our last two games we’ve gotten better, but really our first three games we played awfully. Look at our PP. What is it now, 1 for 19 or so? It’s horrendous. Our defensive lines have been awful and our offensive lines are mismatched. If we get a game with our two teams at full strength, I’d be happy even if we lose it.

I'm a lifelong Whalers/Canes fan, and I can't say that I expect us to pull off a miracle. I wish we would, but the Rangers have our number.

that loss pissed me off.

When do the Rangers go to Quick?

Game 4 I wasn't so worried about. Game 5 I was pissed. It was like the team reverted to every single bad habit they've ever had: stars not showing up, relying on lights out goaltending that had a bad night, getting disheartened at the first sign of opposition, lazy passes through traffic that didn't work last time but we're gonna try it again, and pass pass pass pass pass pass pass, and just to be sure we're gonna pass again. Last night was also the first time I had unhappy words with a fellow Rangers fan because I wanted Rempe out there for the last 3 minutes, not so much/just to have a fight but because he actually gave a crap out there and is excited to be on this team, and everyone else felt like they phoned it in. Maybe there's a bug going around, Chytil got it first and it's spread to the rest of the team and that's why they were garbage, but man it was a bad time in the Garden...

Ummmmm, correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't the Rangers always had a problem with winning a series clinching game ? Carolina isn't exactly a pushover either . While you're at it , can you rip the Oilers a new hole as well ? Canucks aren't supposed to be whee they are , let alone leading the series 2 -1 . Is Skinner bringing the team down or are the Oilers being the Oilers when faced with adversity?

Nah the Rangers thought they were safe… they thought they could just ignore the President’s Trophy Curse. The President’s Trophy Curse will kick in. Not a matter of if, but when

As a Canes fan, I was fully prepared to have their season end tonight as I tuned in at the start of the 3rd period. But yeah, here we are.

As a kings fan this is what happens every year for us we didn’t score a single power play goal and all of are players just disappeared

1st off: I'm a huge Ranger fan. Was born in 1995, 9 months after the Rangers won the cup... 2nd: I've been concerned since the start of this cane series but have remained optimistic. 3rd: I don't think we had a bad game in the 1st and 2nd period last night. However, that 3rd period could have possibly been the worst period of hockey I've ever seen. I've haven't seen this Ranger's team so deflated and lacking effort/heart since the devils series last year. Regardless if the Rangers pull through in this series, we have no shot against a team like Florida if we play so heartless moving forward...

As a diehard rangers fan myself, I DEEPLY hate how accurate not only your video is on how I feel, but all of the comments ragging on them as well. This is like watching a loved one die slowly and painfully. Well, at least there’s still two more chances? I would love nothing more than to eat my words.

Ironically the Rangers fighting back from the 3-0 deficit in game 4 was the most inspired play I’ve seen from them in this series and it was squandered. As soon as that happened I went into panic mode. I hope I’m wrong.

Was I the only one thinking the coach should’ve called a time out to wake them up after any one of those goals we gave up consecutively in the third?

Reminds me of how we played two seasons ago after we beat the pens. We just fizzle out. I don’t know if they get tired or if they stop caring.

I will say this: any fan who does not watch a team all year (and not just the highlights) year after year, would not know much about that team. The canes can buzz around the o-zone and, at times, look like they cannot be beat. They have been solid for years now, but this year’s team is different. They are underrated and this can lead to frustration from fans of other teams who think they are pushovers. This is a good team and a few bounces the other way and this series would already be over. If the canes lose, it will be because they beat themselves. I would not count this team out, ever.

"If you only score one goal (in a playoff game)...you should be eliminated from the playoffs immediately." Leaf fan here. This hits close to home. The Leafs can't score goals in the playoffs, when it matters. For a decade.

As a Kings fan in 2014 I was praying for Brett Burns and the sharks to get reverse swept, now 10 years later I'm cheering for him and the canes to do it to NY 😂

Eck I can hear the frustration in your voice. As an Oilers fan I can relate, but I still am optimistic!!

It's a very close series, and it's not about dominating every game. You just need to play to your strengths and hang around long enough and close enough to have a chance at winning. Great series

Rangers fans are on life support right now. Carolina didn't even play exceptionally well, there was so many mistakes and horrible defensive/neutral zone plays. The rangers had SO many chances to put up 5 or 6 tonight, and could not capitalize. It's genuinely a miracle they won the first 3 with the performance they've had in this series. Canes should've won it in 4 with how unbelievably lucky they got in the first 3. And that's coming from someone who wants the rangers to win the series 😭

" If you only score one goal... You deserve to be eliminated." - Laughs in Maple Leafs

I've watched the Rangers copy the way the Leafs play over the past few seasons - just selling out in playoff games, the no defense/all offense mentality, the star players disappearing... just brutal. I thought the Rangers looked focused and hungry to win this year but then they started playing like the Leafs... brutal.

Last reverse sweep in NHL playoffs was 2014, SJS lead 3-0 then got destroyed by LAK 4-3. For something of this caliber, 10 years is not...that long.

Welcome to the patented Laviolette 3rd period turtle defense model. We saw this for the years we had him in DC: team gets up by a few going into the 3rd, abandon the strategy that got you up in the first place, lose the lead, confused pikachu face in the post game presser when asked about how you blew the lead. Rangers are still in a good position here even if it doesn't feel that way right after the loss. Its hard to beat even the shittiest teams in the league for 4 straight, and the Rangers are far from a bad team. Your boys just need to settle in, play their game, and they'll be moving on in the next couple of days.

This only solidified the fact I believe had the hot pens or redwings got in over the dam capitals we could seen a very different second round, rangers have been outplayed by the canes in each game their shots were just finding the net, not anymore

THANK YOU! WE CAN NOT PLAY DEFENSE AND THE OFFENSE! This is hella concerning. We can’t even score on PP’s

Yeah wtf did I just watch? What a joke, this team sucks without 5 PPs at 40%. Boys got cooked on every board battle in their own zone and they turned into the Bruins and forgot how to shoot.

Zibadejad is too busy making sure his hair is silky and smooth lol 😂