That is all.

Only in Renney World do we bench Prucha and Korps and put in traffic cones in Ranger uniforms Voros and Fritsche.

This team is deluding itself and it’s fans if it thinks it’s going anywhere in the post season.

Claude Lemieux was called up to the Sharks.

AWESOME.

This game was so unique ( at least in the first period- I missed the rest of the game due to errands.)

It was fire wagon hockey with one sortie after another five men up and amazing hard accurate passing and shooting. Every shot it seemed was on the goal and the goal tenders Toskala and Ward were magnificent. It was attack and then counterattack with no whistles or stoppages in play to
slow things down. And every thing at TOP SPEED. None of those leisurely stroll that Rangers are so fond of.
And I don’t recall a single instance of dumping in the puck and chasing it. There was very little board work except for the passing bang of a checker, but no scrums of note.

It was absolutely the most exciting period of hockey I’ve seen in many years. The crowd in Toronto never had a chance to catch their breath,,,it was a constant roar from the opening faceoff. Only two penalties called one early on against Canes and one later in the period against Leafs, and that’s when Corvo blasted one in from the point.

I still don’t know who won the game, but it was sensational.

I know a player still gets paid in full if they’re on a 1 way contract in the AHL, but I was thinking of the players union arguing them being there at all. Money is obviously the most important issue with the players union, but if high-paid borderline players are stuck in the minors with any regularity, they might take issue with that. Take a player like Redden for example: not worth his contract, but still an NHL caliber d-man. If lots of players like that find their way to the minors because of salary, the union might take issue.

Mike,

They need to do something. Franchise players would be a good option to look at. Also, they should/could allow teams to spend over the cap and then be fined accordingly(I believe this is how it is in baseball). Put the money from the fines into revenue sharing.

It really sucks that in a big market like NY, the fans are made to suffer because the team can’t afford to resign some of it’s players due to the cap. A cap instituted so 3,500 fans can go to a hockey game in Atlanta or Florida. Fans of big market teams shouldn’t have to suffer just so small markets can retain their teams.

Can’t pay yer bills? Can’t afford to be competitive? Too bad then, you don’t get a team. Contract.

Lol, i can totally see that happening, except replace the dolls with some sort of Clothing Catalog, or a list of NYC’s top Prostitutes.

Im looking forward to this “Sean Avery” movie. It’s probably gonna be one of the worst movies ever. Aves said he wanted the lead role, well now he has all the time in the world to do that.

all hail – the article is prob painting a picture a bit worse than reality (but it will be bad). if a guy is parked in minors guy still gets real $ of contract it just does not count vs cap. the rangers will be well served to sign no outsiders this yr. and explore loopholes to let rozy go back to europe with no cap hit, like kaspar did. maybe even letting another team poach z and taking the picks as compensation. at least that should keep staal safe, prob dubi (his should not break the bank), and maybe even mara if both sides are reasonable. other thing is no more 4, 5 7 yr deals at least until some of the others expire or somehow go away. other teams likephilly you noted will have to also be creative. one thing it would be buyers mkt for teams with cap room like islanders