29-11 with him.

anyone who can’t see his value is a moron.

of course he at times goes over the line. that is part and parcel of his act. if he was a choir boy, he would be of no value. it is his sandpaper edge that fires up his teammates, gets the opponents off their game, and creates the victories, dumbasses.

if you can’t live with occasional penalties and misconduct, then go watch the ice capades.

Last night, Rangers losing, he gets 2 mins, then gets a misc. He is not in control of himself. He costs the team.

Why, after a long injury layoff, would he fight in his first game back and then injure himself? (About a month or so ago when he hurt his wrist.) That makes no sense. We need him in the lineup, not on IR. We also need him on the ice, not in the penalty box.

Don’t get me wrong, he lights a spark with this team. He is a good player. He hits people. He gets under the opponents’ skin. He has some offensive skills. All good things. But, he also gets under the refs’ skin and that costs us.

Drury is a consummate team player and sacrifices himself for the team. Avery sacrifices himself for himself.

Drury doesn’t take dumb penalties (most of the time). Avery takes them too often.

I give Sather a lot of crap on things but him calling Avery a detriment, while harsh, was not out of line.

It isn’t that I don’t like Avery, I do, but the overall improvement of the team comes first.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but they quoted Don Meehan last night saying that Hank’s deal would be done before the end of the month.

I don’t believe how people can say this. He is so clearly a catalyst for this team to get their heads in the game where they need to be. You want to talk about intangiables? Avery is much more important to this team than Chris Drury has been. I’ve knocked Drury all year, and am very happy to see that he seems to be coming around a bit… but I still don’t see how you can give him $7M/per and then go petty on a guy like Sean Avery who has been the balls/heart/soul of this team since his first night in NY. He may be a detriment at times because some refs hate him just as much as the players do… but to say that having him in this lineup doesn’t dramatically change the way the Rangers play a hockey game right now is beyond asinine.

Said Lundqvist:
“If you think you take a step back every time you lose, or every time you win you get too excited, it’s going to be a tough season.”

Since a lot of fans appear to be down on Lundqvist right now, think about his two previous seasons. There has always been a period of time during the season where he has slumped and just played ordinary, or even a little less a times, but always bounces back and becomes lights out again. Yeah he let in an easy one last night but I’ve seen many elite goalies do the same thing. OK, for those of you who are having second thoughts signing him, just who will play goal for the Rangers if he is gone? Valiquette? Montoya? I don’t think either guy is ready to be a #1 goaltender in the NHL. Sign Lundqvist ASAP Glen.

In Avery’s case, I like him, he’s a Matthew Barnaby type but not worth a big contract in my opinion. If the Rangers can sign him for 1 or 2 years at a reasonable price, then do it, or else let him test the market.

Malik and Hossa have to go. I was willing to see how Hossa did when he played on the first line and he failed badly. Malik caused at least 2 of the goals last night with his non physical play and should not play another game for the Rangers.

Drury and Gomez have been good signings for the Rangers. Maybe Drury isn’t putting up the numbers he did with Buffalo but he does other things that I’ve noticed and I’m sure some of you have. Winninf faceoffs, doing PK, blocking shots and did you see how he saved a goal against the Rangers by just getting that puck out of the ney before it crossed the line. Both these guys are keepers. Drury has also benefitted Shanny.. Renney needs to limit Shanny’s time by not using him on the PK so he has some energy left for the 3rd period and beyond. For the most part, Shanny is a statue out there but can shoot so use him to take advantage of that.

What the hell was Renney doing putting his 4th line out there when the Rangers were behind? How does he expect to win a game doing that? Also should have Dawes and Prucha playing with Dubi instead of Hossa and Callahan. Callahan is hustling but not able to finish strong like last year and is on his butt too often. A trip to Hartford for him would definitely get him back to form faster. With moves like Renney has been making, he will never be an elite coach. He needs a good third line and I bet Prucha, Dubi and Dawes would give it to him.

On the defense, already mentioned Malik. Rozi can shoot and score but is terrible in his own end, Mara has been invisible for the most part. Strudwick is a nice guy who sticks up for his teammates but he is too slow for the NHL. Staal is learning, like last night when he was beaten for the 3rd goal. He’ll be fine though. Girardi is the best Ranger defenseman period!! I’m concerned about Tyurtin, he’s beenm knocked on his butt once too often this season, does he need strength training?

Rangers aren’t going anywhere until they get at least two muscle defenseman. Where Sather is going to get them, who knows? But until they fill that need, the Rangers remain a middle of the road hockey team fighting to make the playoffs.