Comments on: Welcome back Thomas Pock?

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:33:55 +0000

Straka has a shoulder injury that will require surgery and a knee injury
Staal can not come back until his season is over (up 3-2 currently) as someone else mentioned
Shanny was real good vs Atlanta
We will miss Rozy a lot since he is the best d man we have

can’t blame the refs we committed too many penalties and they were not the hard hitting type either

obviously a huge game on Friday – if we can come back to the Garden 1-1 watch out.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:26:59 +0000

One more point on our defense. I can confidently say that our #1 defenseman would be sitting if he were on Buffalo’s roster. He might make Spacek sit. Maybe. But, this is another problem. Never mind their forwards, their defense is clearly superior to ours.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:24:54 +0000

Of course it matters, in that the same problems that the Rangers had in the regular season presented themselves tonight. They didn’t have an answer to the speed then, and they don’t now. Our defense was terrible against Buffalo in the regular season, and it’s terrible tonight, and Rozi’s absence doesn’t help.

All I am trying to say is that maybe a little humility is in order. I was taken aback how cocky Avery and Renney were in the past few days. Buffalo is #1 for a reason, and we are #6 for a reason.

By: GB

GB — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:23:29 +0000

Shut up Mark. You are outclassed by the rest of us!

By: AngelusMortis

AngelusMortis — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:20:27 +0000

Mark, the regular season doesn’t matter in the playoffs. Everyone is 0-0 when mid-April rolls around. Back in ‘94 everyone forgot very quickly the Rangers’ regular season sweep of the Devils, especially when their series ended in double overtime in Game 7.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:17:14 +0000

Hopefully this loss will sober up the fans. Let’s face it, they beat up on Our Sisters of The Poor, aka the Thrashers. All the fans got all giddy after beating up Atlanta, but they were terrible. Easily the best 1st round draw in the NHL playoffs.

And Avery, what a douche. He said something like, MAYBE WE WON’T WIN IN 4. IT MIGHT BE FIVE GAMES!! WTF has this guy ever won? He has a nice 20 game run, and all of a sudden the media is saying he is a combination of Claude Lemieux and Esa Tikkanen. Give me a break. His act wore thin in LA, and tonight, we saw why – the diahhrea of the mouth before the game, stupid penalties, and lack of any impact in offensive zone. This is the Avery Hat Trick™.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:09:54 +0000

Is it inconceivable to anyone here that maybe, just maybe, the Rangers are outclassed by the Sabres? They’re now 5-0…

By: GB

GB — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:00:04 +0000

For what we are paying him imagine what we could get…

By: GB

GB — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:57:40 +0000

I think that for me it might me time to face facts about Shanahan. The only thing is…he seems to be a great face for our team (missing tooth and all). The guys seem to have really bought in. This is of course uncompromisingly important, and for an extremely long time, the very thing we had been missing. Can you keep a player around for reasons of team morale?

By: GB

GB — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:53:34 +0000

JohnM
His statistics from earlier this season tell me that he must be hurting.