Comments on: The dreaded letdown game

By: joefroh

joefroh — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:36:54 +0000

bad loss of historical proportions for this team. there are no gimmes in this league or the nfl. how Renney did not blast his players at the first timeout shows he still doesn’t get the whip part of being a coach. its taken 2/3 of the season for the players to understand how to drive to the net in order to be a contender and then they take the night off against a team that was a must win. all of our games are must wins now. sutter has got the devils cranked up and in position with an inferior team that has been missing many of its key players. this is supposed to be our year and we’re docile for the most part. there were no checks in the first period and relatively few in the second although that was a good period and we just couldnt bury a puck in the traditional ocean. no excuse for the start and overall lack of 60 minute performance. and please get rid of strudwick and mara asap. i dont care about his leadership abilities, i dont want him on the ice. get me a dman like blake and bundle it with a couple of non essential kids.

By: New Newman

New Newman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:56 +0000

joejoe315….you don’t get it. we have to win the easy games with the low hanging fruit where the only possible acceptable outcome is 2 pts. this was one of those games. we only play the worst team in the league once or twice a year, those are points you just can’t let get away. every team ahead of us has 2 or 3 games in hand on us. last night’s loss was unacceptable on so many levels.

if we lost to detroit last night, no one would be screaming.

By: Spiderpig

Spiderpig — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:37:35 +0000

Hoperfully that’s just a one-game thing. Luckily, if we make the playoffs, we only get to play good teams (unlesss we’re sixth and play someone from the South), and we only play a Western Conference team if we make the finals, and we haven’t played Detroit or anyone from their division, so there’s no telling how we’ll do! (I think I got more sarcastic as that paragraph dragged on)

Let’s see what happens on Thursday. I hope Shanahan comes back because I feel like Betts might have that dreaded MCL sprain that plagued us last season. Maybe a fourth lin of Byers, Callahan, Orr?

By: Salty Hangdown

Salty Hangdown — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:20:03 +0000

That better be the wake up call that you are not to take an opponent lightly like that.
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(The 5-1 Coyotes game called and left you a message)

You want call this blog bi-polar? We take after the team.

By: hockeymanrangers

hockeymanrangers — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:44:43 +0000

Sam is amazing he called it, we must worship him. Sam will they win Thursday night, oh great one????

By: Nasty 1

Nasty 1 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:41:02 +0000

That better be the wake up call that you are not to take an opponent lightly like that. LA OWNED us in that first period. Completely OWNED us. Humiliating! I hope they come out and respond physically on Thursday night. At least the Isles and Boston lost.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:55:03 +0000

From Dellapina…
Close to finalizing a new, long-term contract for Lundqvist, agent Don Meehan will resume his negotiations with GM Glen Sather today. “They’re getting close,” a smiling Lundqvist said. Reached last night, Meehan said: “I just got back from Europe and I’m going to talk to Glen (today). He’s my first call in the morning. I feel positive about the tone of the discussions, but we’ve got work to do.”

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With that off his mind and his dad progressing well, it should bring him back to form for the stretch.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:49:17 +0000

dave – Right on with the HBO line off the ice. I can’t say that Frolov/kopitar & crew would have been as dominant if they were matched up against a line that understood defense. We’re going to miss Betts for sure.

Newman – the only thing I can respond to your post is that Pelino does the scouting and prep work for opponents.

joejoe – bipolar, good call. Watch it happen today.

I don’t get how after the time out the guys regrouped and started playing the game we’ve seen in the last 2 weeks. Then they reverted right back to the bad habits. We need a defenseman pretty badly. 2 great saves by Gonzo(if you guys remember that) or 1 less turnover in the D zone could have been the difference last night.
Amazing how Jags goes all retarded and talks around the questions that are being posed to him postgame after a loss. Right back to the “I don’t know, sometimes it doesn’t work”. A broken friggin record. How about layin into someone or the team for that matter, for poor play? That said, though his production is down, his play looks more spirited than it did a few weeks back. Jags’ production is so closely tied to Straka & Gomer its not even funny.

Thought Byers shows some promise. And though its certainly premature, if your name is mentioned in the same sentence as Holmstrom…you definitely have something going for you.

My reaction to last night is… Hol y crap

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:20:13 +0000

Since you all have been a big part of my life for a year, though you probably don’t at all realize this, I thought I’d share my first experience at MSG. I flew in from Los Angeles to watch my favorite team, the Kings, play my favorite player, Sean Avery on the year anniversary of the day he was traded. Game-wise, I couldn’t have asked for anything more: a win from my team (and a great effort) and a goal from my player (though I must say it was also quite hilarious to watch him unravel otherwise before his former team). As for the fans, I must say, I expected a little more. The insults were uncreative, the remarks unintelligent. Someone actually said to me that they were happy to let me watch my team do well because the Giants had just won and I had made the long journey from Sacramento.
But I guess the most surprising thing was watching Avery crumble before the Kings. He acted exactly how other players usually act before him, allowing himself to be thrown off of his game and goaded into a stupid penalty. I knew he’d probably be anxious about playing his old team but I’m pretty shocked that he let it all get to him. Yeah, he scored a goal but regardless of the win, it’s Kings 1, Avery 0.
Thanks for a great experience New York.

By: Rucchin20

Rucchin20 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:02:25 +0000

Ah, Sam, I just got home from the game and logged on here. I thought I was reading the RECAP of the game, not the PREVIEW!

Bad game. They pressed often but couldn’t finish. They needed what should’ve been an easy 2 points, but the first game off a road trip is always tough.