Comments on: “Don’t believe everything you read, guys…”

By: Adonis

Adonis — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:24:32 +0000

Nice…

By: Doodie Machetto

Doodie Machetto — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:44:36 +0000

RAGS, that’s a great story. It’s frequently said that hockey has the best fans, but the other side of that coin is that we have the best players.

By: jas

jas — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:46:22 +0000

I know people are huge prucha fans, but I drool at the thought of getting Horton. (The Horton’s been seen in a couple of places, BTW.) I think the Rangers have done a good job of building quality depth in the organization, and some of that talent is starting to trickle in. The consensus seems to be that only Staal, Dubinsky, Korpikoski, Tyutin, Lundqvist, and the likes of Anisimov, Sanguinetti and Sauer are considered near untouchable. That’s a good, solid group of players to build around going forward. If the Rangers could add a potential stud like Horton to that group, even at the cost of Montoya andprucha, I’d be thrilled. I’m not sure if this is a deal that gets done by the trade deadline, (although, with the acquisitions of Avery and Dupuis, plus the meteoric rise of Callahan; and don’t look now, but both Ryan Hillier and Tomas Zaborsky are having excellent 2nd halves on their respective junior teams), plus, perhaps Hossa finally finding his niche with Straka and Jagr, Prucha becomes VERY tradable for the right player – in this case Horton. BTW, there’s also talk that not only are the Rangers pushing hard for Horton, (who supposedly wants out of Florida very badly), but, they are also looking at Zherdev. I know Zherdev comes with some baggage, but, if Sather/Maloney could add both Horton AND Zherdev, (at the right place, of course), a system who’s only flaw is the lack of top end talent suddenly doesn’t lack top end talent.

By: lennynyr

lennynyr — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:51:27 +0000

Craig, Blueshirt Bulletin is a good board too. Both Sam’s board and BB’s board interface with the Ranger personnel and provide a conduit that was not available in the past.

Actually a few blogs out there have an interface to Ranger personnel but these two seem to provide more updates.

Bird’s board and Rodent’s board aren’t worth your time. Proboards is another good site, composed of NYT castoffs.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:31:26 +0000

Lenny,

Actually I was a “lurker” on the AOL boards. But they’ve gone to crap in the last few years. This board is like a breath of fresh air.

Rags,

You know what they say about goalies with big feet right??? They make big saves…... or something.

Gregg,

There’s no doubt we need a guy like Horton up the middle, but…. this team’s real need is a “Sheldon Souray” or “Phillip Boucher” kind of d-man. Can we clone one of the two please??? ;-) I just feel like Prucha, if used right, is a keeper. But with Dupuis coming in… I wonder how much that changes the role he plays. We shall see.

By: Go NYR

Go NYR — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:30:24 +0000

Why would the Rangers trade Montoya within their conference? If theyre gonna trade him, send him out west

By: NJ Mark

NJ Mark — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:27:54 +0000

RAGS,

Excellent stuff. Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

In regards to Hossa, he’s looked like Marian out there lately! OK, maybe not. But he is playing very well. He’s using his size to his advantage, and chipping in more offensively. It’s amazing what confidence does to a guy. I was not a big fan of his for a long while, but if he keeps playing like this, it will be hard to sit/trade him.

Sam: If the NYR leave ahead of the anticipated snowstorm, you going to go down early too…and give us dedicated fans updates?

By: RAGS

RAGS — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:43:58 +0000

“Hey Rags,

When you bumped into Henrik, did Kasper check you and say Ã¢â‚¬Å“nobody bumps into our goalie!!!Ã¢â‚¬? ????”

Lol…I was ALMOST going to walk up to Henrik and say “how you doin’?” like he does in the MSG commercial, but decided not to.

Lundqvist was stylin’ and profilin’ in his pimpin’ suit today. When I saw him outside, he had on a scarf, long coat, and sunglasses. Also, I never noticed this before but his feet are ridiculously HUGE. He’s gotta be close to a size 20 shoe size. He got bugged for pics and autographs so much, but like I said…everyone there signed anything you asked them to.

Tyutin is also a pretty big guy in person…never came across as being that big on TV.

I have to say, though, that everyone there seemed to be in pretty good spirits. I know they would have probably wanted to catch up on sleep because of all the traveling they did in the last 48 hours, but I give them credit…they all showed up and were extremely nice and polite to every single fan. It was so funny seeing all the little kids running around the place getting everyone’s autograph.

By: lennynyr

lennynyr — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:23:21 +0000

Craig, from Rodent’s site??

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:03:03 +0000

Hey Rags,

When you bumped into Henrik, did Kasper check you and say “nobody bumps into our goalie!!!” ????

Well, considering he’s down in Hartford, I’ll take that as a no. Anyhow, first-time poster, long-time ranger fan. LOVE this blog. Keep up the stellar work Sam