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By: GB

GB — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:40:40 +0000

Didn’t read all the posts but the assertion that we should dump prucha ie. scratch, is ridiculous. Am I frustrated with prucha? Absolutely. Is he currently a better option than any of the rookies who will make the team in place? Yes!
As for switching Dawes to the top line with Gomez and Drury (suggested by bob), and moving Naslund down with Dubinksy and Zherdev I think that this might work! Dawes is a pure goal scorer at heart. He is not a play maker as much as he is a finisher/potential finisher. He needs to develop confidence and to play with good set-up men. Given a chance on the top line I believe he could flourish. I really think that Dawes can thrive with the responsibility of a first line winger and that he can be a sniper with gomez as the set up man, and drury in front looking for the rebound. Also putting naslund on the second line adds some more experience/depth and potential offensive dominance to the line. I like it! Thouhts?

By: Greg L.

Greg L. — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:07:56 +0000

ahhhh yes yes i do own that left nut of orrs ….looks a lil lumpy in my pants right now , but hey i sure got balls!!!!

Rangers win was awsome …i can’t believe how suspensful a preseason game could be ….awsome!!

By: Who Needs Lohan

Who Needs Lohan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:49:46 +0000

Welcome back to me!
So ready for Saturday…...

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:17:55 +0000

Weinman, your cuts are mathematically impossible. The three of them will not cover our cap deficit – they’ll be around 500k short.

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:29:23 +0000

beer – it could be worse than being the guy who gave up the puck. could be like the soccer player from Colombia who put in own goal vs the US. he was killed I think by drug dealers relatively soon after.

By: Rob C

Rob C — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:07:52 +0000

Yesterday’s game was fun to watch. Metallurg were definitely a solid team, and I think they’d give a lot of NHL teams problems. That said, you could still see that the Rangers were superior in all facets of the game, and when they had to turn it on, they did, and dominated.

Drury, maybe for the first time as a Ranger, really stood out to me. I think he’s more suited to play the wing. He can be more active and look to finish, rather than set plays up. His “F—- Yeah, let’s go boys!” after the first goal (you could read his lips) was really encouraging. I think he had trouble fitting in last year with Jagr and Avery…he never got that fired up, even after a big goal. Well, it’s now him and Gomez’s team, and they need to step up and bring that sort of energy EVERY NIGHT. If they do, I’ll be much more confident in this team going forward.

By: Spiderpig

Spiderpig — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:05:26 +0000

Good job Kaspar! I didn’t notice that. Holmstrom must be part-something-other-than-human to take such a beating in front of the net during his career.

By: vogs

vogs — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:53:06 +0000

I will go ahead and eat some crow after watching the game last night.

A very inspiring win for this team of “strangers”, who may just be able to use yesterdays comeback as a way of bonding together and moving forward.

I saw guys smiling and yapping with one another as they lined up on their blueline after the game. Guys who are new to New York were yuking it up with guys who just got here. Great to see them taking a team picture together with a trophy in front of them, I think this could be something to build from.

Callahan an Drury both with big games, Prucha was involved, Redden looked more comfortable. Korpikoski looks like he is getting more and more comfortable out there.

The power play looked real good as the game went along. Although there seems to be a lack of intensity on the power play sometimes, overall it looked better.

Dawes looks a step slow.

By: Kaspar

Kaspar — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:29:34 +0000

Best part of that “save’ was how after he made it and Holmstrom ( who I believe is part Troll) was pushed down in front of him Price crushed his head into the ice…makes me feel warm all over

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:21:31 +0000

wow, that was a nice save. Not so much a save, but just having the ‘whereabouts’ to not quit on the play when he couldn’t see the puck.