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I looked on NHLNUMBERS for the stats on their cap. Hey I really like Bou. Anything other than Redden or Rosi right now would be an instant improvement. Im always winning to give the benefit of the doubt, but 20+ games into the season and you still cant get it together… there is something wrong there.

Torts is a very emotional coach and doesnt take any sh*t from his players. I think he would be able to motivate this team. But like you said… Maybe he is good friends with Renney. But ultimately, its Dolan & Sather…

“Rocket-Do you really think that if Potter and Sanguinetti were ready for the NHL, the Rangers would purposely keep them down?”

Do you think that either of those guys could be any worse than Rozsival or Redden? I don’t.

As for being ready, weren’t Callahan, Staal, Girardi and Dubinsky supposed to be “not ready” also? We were calling for them to be called up and inserted into the lineup for months, but we kept getting that answer. Then surprise, when they got their chances, they did fine. They played better than the washed-up veterans they replaced.

My opinion is that SatheRenney don’t want to embarrass Rozsival and Redden – or the Rangers organization which gave them disgraceful contracts – by replacing them and having the kids play better.

Same with Prucha – if they ever gave him a real shot on the PP and he started scoring, they’d have a lot of answering to do for their horrible treatment of him. They’d rather have the worst power play in the league than to take a gamble that Prucha will revive the PP and show that they don’t know their asses from their elbows. So Prucha sits.

It’s full-blown cover your ass mode at MSG.

I heard that at the last game, the fans were chanting “We want Melrose” – LOL!. I wouldn’t go that far, but we certainly need a better coach than we have to get the team rolling on all cylinders. Tortorella, Laviolette, Nolan are all better coaches than Renney, and all are available. I’d be fine with any one of the above.

For fighting majors, those typically balance out (one drawn, one taken for each fight), so the effect on Penalty Plus/Minus is nil.

And don’t knock Redden too much for his -6; most teams have someone below that figure, and 8 players are at -11 or worse!

UK & Beer- Yes this board is different from 2 years ago. It seems like when the Rangers were building from the rubble of 4 years ago, everybody was happy to see progress in little steps. Now everybody expects to win every game and even when they do win, it wasn’t good enough. I still like to check out this board during the day, but it is definitely different and less fun/friendly then before.

Question on one of your other comments though. You mention that the next two months will be embarrassing but I’m not sure what you mean. I’m of the opinion that this is a 4/5/6 positioned team in the conference. Not to say I wouldn’t be thrilled if they won the division but realistically I think Pittsburgh has more weapons.

If the team is in the 4 through 6 spots at the end of January, is it really “embarrassing” or just the team equaling out to where they belong?

Spriderpig, interesting stat. I’d say the reason Cally draws so many penalties is because he always keeps his legs moving and never quits on the play. Players take penalties when they get beat. Hell, we should know that for watching Malik and Rozy as long as we have. Player gets by you, so you hook, hold, slash, trip, interfere… The problem is, how many goals has Cally cost us by getting those PPs and us giving up shorties?

I’m not looking for Redden to turn into Lidstrom. In fact, if he could disappear on the ice that would be great. Same for Rozy. Because that would mean that they didn’t make any glaring mistakes. Strip the puck in the defensive zone, make a good pass up, forward gains the offensive zone. Perfect. I don’t need huge hits, or laser slap shots ripping through the net. Just smart, rudimentary defense with a shot from the point that is at least on goal and deflectable. Staal and Mara have been the closest we have to that, with the exception being Mara’s shot, which I swear is going to kill someone in a luxury box before the season is over

On another note, for those of you that want to read about Renney calling out his players in the media – any coach who does that will have already “lost the room”. What a coach says to the media is nothing near what is said behind closed doors.