Comments on: Conference title? At this point, how about eighth place?

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:55:49 +0000

Yes, Avery does and can bring energy to the Rangers but he is not a first liner; he does have a tendency to miss good set-ups. Move Freddy to the 3rd line and sit Straka and insert Prucha on the 4th. The weekend was an embarassing disaster and having to watch Strudwick on the ice made me cringe all during the 2 games. Except for Freddy and Henrik, this team looked as if there was no motivation to win 4 points towards the end of the season. Ugh, and Tuesday the Pens come to town. I still want to think the cup is half full…maybe some optimism will help. But there is no excuse for highly paid professionals to perform so poorly.

By: JAB

JAB — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:57:38 +0000

Jagr phone home….he has no passion, is he saving it for the playoffs or something?
Or is this guy just finished?

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:24:51 +0000

Buckmeister – are you Robby Bonfire. if so I thought you were going to stay away.

By: RangerRick

RangerRick — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:42:37 +0000

Last night was an absolute disgrace. How can “professionals” take a complete game off? I’ve seen more physicality in Olympic figure skating competions. I’ve seen more determination in a miniature golf match. I’ve seen more spirit in a high school chess club tournament. What a bunch of lazy bums!!! If they don’t pull their collective heads out of their backsides real quick they’ll get buried the next two weeks. Oh yeah, that Backman trade was a great deal, right? Wonder what his penalty vs ice time ratio is at this point? What a stiff.

By: Salty

Salty — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:21:18 +0000

It’s an unfortunate reality kiddies

By: ivrydov

ivrydov — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:58:49 +0000

You have an entire posse coming after the Rangers. The Sabres are doing it on will power, the Panthers are doing it by hitting everything in sight, the Caps are doing it following Ovechkin. The Bruins are working their asses off and only the Flyers are in a tailspin. When the Rangers were going good, they played hard-nose hockey. Since Backman came, everyone has come down to his level, doing figure 8s and pirouettes, including Avery, and waving meekly as the other teams swarm the net. They got this far by momentum, but now there is no more momentum. Hollweg is not a complete solution to this situation, but at least he won’t go down like they did against Tampa Bay without a fight.

By: graves9

graves9 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:36:23 +0000

Btb Buck nobody and I mean nobody has suggested keeping guys like Shanny and Straka after this season. I’d rather watch that ‘’choke-up team the Mets’’ than jumping on the Stankees bandwagon(you know the team that blew a 3-0 lead in the a series 3 years ago)

By: graves9

graves9 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:32:25 +0000

Buck Re- read the post I said the last few games read before jumping thanks in advance. As far as Hollweg after this many games out he’ll come back extra motivated and throwing the body and agitating imo.

By: Buckmeister

Buckmeister — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:43:36 +0000

Gomez a pumpkin? You’re kidding or you’re blind. Since the trade deadline he is winning 58% of his faceoffs (57-98), and has a 14-5 takeaway-giveaway ratio, which indicates he is really working his ass off. Jagr, takeaway-givaway ratio is 2-7, par for the entire season for him; Shanahan 2-4; Avery 2-4.

It’s been a long season for the old guys so many here were giddy about,last summer, and they just want to go home for the summer and drink coolers. “Let’s keep Nylander, let’s sign this old RFA; let’s keep Straka, Shanahan, and Jagr around till they are 50 and imprison the talented kids in the minors until they are 25 and become Tomas Pock journeyman clones,” you whined. You jerks have egg all over your face now. This next off-season, which is coming up soon, we don’t need to hear the Sather-mentality stick-in-the-mud mantra, again. Go root for that other choke-up team, the Mets.

By: Buckmeister

Buckmeister — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:24:16 +0000

Since his acquisition, Chris Backman has been hit with 16 penalty minutes, while drawing ZERO penalty minutes vs. Rangers opponents. Christ, Sather got taken to the cleaners (again). He STILL thinks the farm has nothhing better to offer than Backman, Mara, Strudwick, and Malik. UGH! And some here, as well as Sather, think this team will make a playoff impact. Go watch “Wizard Of Oz”, again, or “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” reruns, children. Reality doesn’t seem to phase you.

I have NEVER seen a more disorganized “power play” than what the Rangers offered vs. Tampa Bay, Saturday night. The Tampa Bay penalty killing unit looked more potent.