Avalanche at Rangers
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- February
- 28
Tonight the Rangers host Colorado, and the team had a practice this morning in Greenburgh. John Tortorella worked with some new lines, although in typical Torts fashion he would not confirm that this is the lineup for tonight’s game. He reiterated that he liked Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky together, however.
Lines:
Naslund, Gomez and Zherdev; Dubinsky, Drury and Callahan; Dawes, Korpikoski and Prucha; and Sjostrom, Betts and Orr.
On defense, the pairings are Mara-Kalinin, Roszival-Redden and Staal-Girardi.
Voros, Valiquette, Reitz and Mark Bell are out for tonight’s game.
I spoke to Fredrik Sjostrom, who still has two nasty cuts from a skate to the face. He said the stitches made him look too much like Frankenstein so they took them out and replaced them with some kind of medical glue… hope no one was eating when they read that, sorry to gross you out! He said he feels fine though and is ready to go.
Tortorella said he really missed Sjostrom during the penalty kill on Thursday when he sat out to get a look at Aaron Voros, who you may notice is not playing tonight. Tortorella said the Rangers have only given up nine scoring chances in each of the last two games, a stat he liked.
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Girardi is centering the second line??? ;-)
No Zherdev?
jane please tell me thats a boo boo with no nikki z
Hahaa!! Girardi playing center!!????
:P
Fixed!
When did Sjostrom take a skate to the face? I didn’t remember it happening last time he played.
Voros is done as a Ranger as soon as Bell sees some ice time. I won’t miss him.
thanks Jane. You mean Zherdev not Girardi with Gomez?
Damn almost got in 1st LOL Well its good to see a coach who can see Voros for the human traffic cone he is !!!!!!!! Then he wondered why people called him CLUELESS. Hopefully tonight will be the night we net some and start the March surge. I`d give a penny to know whats in Sathers mind this morning besides a cigar and an afternoon nap
I truely believe that tonight’s their entire season. If they can’t find a way to beat a struggling Avalanche squad there’s no hope. At all.
anyone have a link to a stream for tonights game? nothing on channelsurfing or atdhe. whats the justin.tv page that usually shows games? damn pix 11.
Zherdev is up there… boo boo. Mea culpa and fixed…
PRUCHA
I think it happened in practice.
Good to see Virus out. What a disappointment he has been, he was one of my favorite players in the beginning, now he’s such a waste.
we need to see some goals tonight. no excuses tonight. were facing a bad goalie. if we lose this were all but out of playoffs. i cant see avery comin in and gettin us into the playoffs. we’ll need alot more than him but doubt we can do anything else.
ryan- atdhe has hockey back on i watched the pens game last night on it. by gametime the game should be on the listing. yesterday early they had no games listed but i checked later on and they had all the games on. so check it later it probably be there and if not try selfacst.com. then search for rags2riches. it’ll bring you to his site he shows ranger games.
selfcast i mean
rags2riches, thats what i couldnt remember, thanks. hopefully atdhe gets it up, the streams are awesome there.
i dont like redden and rozy on the same d pairing. break that up torts
JERKINS
Lol, bad goalies love playing Nyr.
Raycroft is gonna look so good tonight, he’s gonna think he deserves an extra million or two.
Hank needs a shut out, he should have gotten two in a row, so he better get the W tonight.
ryan i know. i like rags but his stream lags sometimes. atdhe will most likely have the game. i cant see them having some but not all games. they already have 2 games listed. should have rangers listed soon or later on.
Yeah those scoring chances stats are a good thing. I really have a good feeling that they will start to go in in bunches. I have a lot of faith in Torts and really loved the way they played the last game. It will pay off, I just know it!!!
The NHL’s worst goalie’s come into MSG and step on the ice and magically transform into Vezina candidates. This isn’t just this year either, it’s been forever. What a curse.
orr- i know it sucks. i hate how they play like the 2nd coming of roy. either its that or our guys have to seriously work on accuracy. hank needs to stop the stoppable ones and not worry about the unstoppable ones. its almost like every game he gives up a bad 1 and then its all over. that backhander last game was pathetic. i love hank hes awesome, but if he can stop the easy ones, he’ll be gettin us wins. all the other goalies are outplaying him. if u think about it. with all the chances we had last 2 games, the goalies were playing really well, and even though hanks been good, hes not been as good as the other teams goalie. i also think that whole panthers game was fixed. that whole non goal thing and then gomez not shooting the empty net and then the bad goal by hank. idk, we cant be that bad maybe im just confused as how they couldnt get 2 goals out of all those chances
Voros and SJustrom will be gone at the deadline.
Avery will take one spot and then we will go from there.
they really really need to win tonight…
the Florida loss really really hurts expeciallyy since they should have won..
Please g-d give us a damn win.
stuart- i already prayed to GOD for tonights game last night. lol. yea this game is soo damn important right now for us. we win, we possibly get in the playoffs, we lose, well, were probably toast because we got philthy 4 times, then the bruins twice i think.
I guess we are rooting for the devils today.
Nasty
Yep, unfortunately
Devils already up 1-0 first two minutes of the game. Parise.
I trust Trots jugdement but why are they not giving Mark Bell a chance?
not even 5 min into the pd. WSH v BOS tie 1 – 1
Hockey Gods, Chuck Norris, nor Torts can help us …. we need to have a fire sale and begin the purge NOW – I am not really sure how to move those dead contracts w/o giving up some valuable assests – I think that we really need to hold onto Staal and to Dubi – in my mind, all others are expendable (sorry Callahan, I love the hustle dude)
It should all be on the table, and not just for a 6-week push when we are going to be out of the play offs anyway. the only help the Hockey Gods can give us is if Glen retires and someone takes over who can put a competitive club together.
Renny looks like a genius for getting them to play so well early in the season – even the mighty Torts cant go out there and score for this crew. They all need a new venue to play in – they need a change of view in order to get confidence back.
PLEASE HELP HOCKEY GODS
A few weeks ago I had made a silent vow to myself not to attend another Rangers game until the current coaching regime was gone. Then someone offered me face value tickets in the blue seats for the game against the Caps and I decided that figured it was worth seeing Ovechkin/Semin/Green.
So I got tickets for tonight’s game and hope to see the first win of the Torts Era. Anyone else going tonight?
Ryan -rags2riches is being shown at ustream on my2p2.eu. Also someone is noting problems at ustream. Nothing else showing yet.
Anyone know why Valiquette is out or does that just mean that hes not starting? The way it is in the post seems like hes a scratch for the game.
2 – 0 Devils
Vally’s still recovering for the 10-2 loss to Dallas. It was just brutal on him.
As far as Stuart’s comments that Sjostrom and Voros are going to be gone.
Torts already doesn’t like Voros, but he likes Sjostrom. He likes Sjostrom alot. He missed him on the Penalty Kill with Betts Thursday. Torts won’t let him go. When Avery comes back goodbye Voros.
Wouldnt it be nice to have Parise…
Zach Parise with two goals in the first. The difference with the Devils and the rangers is that sather and his team are clueless when it comes to drafting. Zach Parise should be a ranger just like green on washington but sather is a moron.
Did Sather pass on Parise? Uneffingbelievable.
I like the lines stated above. They are the best he could do with what he’s got. Both defence and offence. I hope he leaves them together for a while.
Sec 326 tonight
Parise is a superstar. 38 goals.
and that moron Sather took Hugh (the flop) Jessiman in ‘03 five picks before Parise was taken by the Debbies
aaargh !
Did Sather pass on Parise? Uneffingbelievable.
Yup, 2003 entry draft…
NYR 12th pick…Hugh Jessiman
NJD 17th pick…Zach Parise
Really would it have mattered? Parise would probably still be in Hartford if we drafted him or traded for a bag of pucks to make room for Redden.
Voros out… again?!
Is that a first for this season? Voros sits 2 of 3 and Prucha plays 3 straight?
I can get use to this coach guy.
Dallas has lost 3 straight… I think the Avery news scared them, again.
that is why it is hard to have any faith in Ranger drafting either, because the final decision comes from clueless Sather.
he has a long history of bad picks.
Parise’s 2nd goal was a thing of beauty. Like AO you can tell that when he has the puck he’s got one intention and that’s to score. He’s going to be the biggest gun for the US Olympic team next year, that’s pretty much the only time I’ll root for him.
Although Chico did say that he’s nipping on the heels of AO in the goal scoring race and he’s 6 goals behind. C’mon Chico that’s almost 10 games worth of production and that’s if AO doesn’t score himself.
I’ll be in sect 306 tonight. I’ve got a 2 game winning streak at Rangers games going and guess what 2…Carolina and the Caps.
You can 2nd guess choices in every draft since the draft began. Jessiman was a lousy choice, but don’t forget that guys like Sjostrom and Bell were drafted higher than Parise too, albeit in different years.
let’s see. one guys father was solid NHL player, and the other guys father drove him to the rink.
Hmmmm, who should we pick?
what a moron.
Bell over Voros, anyone can handle. Bell over an Anisimov promotion is disgusting. Orr over anybody is the Strudwick/Hollweg nightmare revisited. Long way to go before this train pulls out of the station.
3 – 0 Devils HAHAHAHHA Shanny scores.
Shanny can lift the puck!
I guess Florida is going to be marty’s 100th shutout victim? oh boy, it’s going to be a marty lovefest on all things nhl for the next week.
Joey
Yeah they are already starting the “Marty is the bestest goalie ever” ugh barf.
Ovechkin just scored.
wait till Avery starts bumping Marty. he’ll flop like a dead fish. he is the biggest diver there is.
that was great when Avery knocked him on his ass that time.
Boston just answered
damn Bruins are sooooooo good.
Has anyone ever taken the Tour of the Garden ?
I’m in NY next week ( Boston game section 232) & was thinking I’ll do this. Is this worth going or is it just another $18.00 in Dolan’s pocket ?
Yep. Marty is a diver alright. I have a hard time hating Parise though.
Couple of nice fights in the Devils game. Good result for Rangers this.
I don’t hate Parise. I hate the guy who didn’t take him
Tony – I did it on Valentines day and there were no games or anything and they let us in the locker rooms and everything. I personally loved it. I’d say it’s worth it.
i caught some of the caps bruins game and just in time to see ovie rip a wicked low wrister behind thomas. his shot is like 20mph faster than anyone on our team. and way more accurate. then kessel ties it froma pass from a guy that is playing wing but is a defenseman. lol it doesnt matter the stickboy on that team could score more goals than any of our guys. man were as good as if we get in 7th or 8th. both those teams will make a mockery of us.
id like to take a tour of reddens house when he isnt home. i hear his wife is smokin hot
Marty loses his shutout. good
Mike in IA
She is.
5 – 1 Devils LOL
WE NEED GOALS TONIGHT!
Please someone come through…
Drury, Zherdev, Dubi, Naslund,
I’m talking to you!!!!
6 – 1 Devils. OY VEY!!!! Poor putty tats
Tony, if you have kids, the lockerroom tour IS pretty cool. But as an adult, I’ve seen more of the Garden as a fan. But who knows what or WHO you might see on a game day!
UESblueshirt, I’ll be in SEC426 as usual, but with my nephew. Hope they can win one for the kid! He’s coming down from Hartford to see the game.
It’s always tough comparing the cross-generational greats. Brodeur vs. Roy vs. Plante vs. Sawchuk. You could start with the Brodeur getting the benefit of shoot out wins but Roy might have had OT wins that were not available to previous generations.
It’s a bit of a paradox with wins for goalies like wins for pitchers in baseball. Obviously they have the single-most influence on the outcome of a game yet they can’t win without their teammates scoring goals and playing solid D in front of them.
Given that Marty played behind a pair of HOF quality D in Stevens and Niedermayer (whether Niedermayer gets in is debatable, but he’s probably the best 2-way D after Lidstrom of this generation of players) it is easy to say that a lot of his work was already done for him. Overall, I begrudgingly say he’s top 5, probably top 3 by many measures. Yet, I’m willing to bet his ex-wife probably has him tops on her $^% list.
Fruity Cupcake (kinda funny to type that), most of the games I attend I buy off of a season ticketholder in 421 Row A. I’m going with my father tonight and since we haven’t had many chances to go this season together I decided to pay the extra $ to move down a level.
Jeez, even the Panthers in the midst of a blowout can net more than the Rangers.
Shocking the game after a team plays the rangers mail in it.
OMG did anyone see Semin’s shot?
clowns 16 other teams passed on Parise… Not 1..
SJustrom is a FA at the end of the year and will not be back so why not trade him if you can? He stinks.. Betts is the key to the PK not SJustrom.
Voros does stink also but that is besides the point..
NJ scored today when they had empty nets the rangers did not…
It is staggering how offensively inept the rangers are, look at the players #’s vs previous years or career everyone is down…..
the devils are OLD.. the only young guys are zajac, parise, and clarkson.. they have about 10 guys over 34 yrs old…
I hate brodeur but he is by far the best goalie off all time no contest.
brodeur and the devils play so much smarter then the rangers and hate to lose and win about 8 games a yr. they should not and the rangers lose games they should win also…
I’m sad that Bell is not playing. He should replace Dawes. Nigel Dawes has no business on the Rangers, let alone the NHL.
He undressed an aging Pronger OOO what has he done since?
Get some bodies to the net. Bell likes to hit too, and he can take a beating and score a garbage goal (like the kind our captain scored 37 of before he got the 2nd worst contract in NHL history).
Jim Matheson of the Edm Journal says the Rangers are sniffing around Tkachuk and Derek Morris
oh boy, more old guys
Lol, i love how that retard Chico was going on and on aboot Broduer’s 5 period shut out streak, and potentially getting his 100th career shut out, and then BOOM, Cats score. Lol. Idiot should have kept that Gyro in his mouth.
Sad that Nyr cant score more than one goal, but the Devs score 7. Same old story.
Either way, gotta pick up two points tonight. Avs suck, but they’re dangerous because Nyr will make them look that way.
To bad Bell isn’t in the lineup, i was hoping to see what he can do.
that’s a dumb comment. those teams before the Rangers took Jessiman took Fleury, Staal, Horton, Zherdev, vanek, Michalek ,Suter, Coburn, Phaneuf,Kostitsyn, Carter
so, NONE of them were clueless jokes like Sather
they all got good quality NHL players except him.
At this point, I just want Hank to get his 30th win because he deserves it.
hey new Pete how bout a name change there
Stuart….
i have to disagree with you.. Marty is a phenomenal goaltender… but hes still chasing the best one of all time… Just like Tiger Chasing Jacks major records at the moment i reckon….
your not the best until you surpass the best in the all time books
Just in off the wire—- Rangers President and General Manager has just signed Theo Fluery of the now defunct IRISH HOCKEY LEAUGE. According to Sather ” Theo looks to be in good shape and still has some legs under him ” As compensation the league took an old fashioned Irish 7 course meal for Theo, that being a potatoe and a six pack. Sather was very hard in the negotiations but finally caved and made the six pack Guinness and threw in Aron Voros as a speed bump for the local school.
Potatoe? Dan Quayle anyone?
I just bought a Belfast Gaints Jersey so I could put Theo on the back! lol
Well I’m heading out to the Garden in a few for the game tonight. If anyone’s at the game tonight I’ll be in sect. 306 row B wearing a white Leetch jersey and Mets hat.
Staal was drafted 12th who were the 11 guys picked before him.. most will never be what Staal will be and your point on Parise was??
Let’s talk about Jessiman for 10 more years.
Also morons you root for NJ today they played the panthers or you are more mental midgets that want the rangers to miss the playoffs for some idiotic reason???
so we missed parise… yes it would have been great… how about when we picked up hank and every other team passed him a bunch of times…
you can go up and down the list over what could have and would have.. fact is you win some you lose some… we should get over the spilled milk and not cry to long over it
Ok so Staal is a solid 1st round choice. It doesn’t excuse the other 10 choices.
Hugh Jessiman being drafted wasn’t as much spilt milk as it was more like an oil tanker spewing oil in the ocean.
He/the draft was a disaster for the Rangers. When 29 players make it to the NHL, several picked late in the round become stars and our pick doesn’t even excel at the AHL, that is a huge huge problem.
clowns 16 other teams passed on Parise… Not 1..
.....
great point.
LET’S GO RANGERS.
BIGGEST GAME OF THE SEASON IN T-15 MINUTES.
PRUCHA SCORES TONIGHT.
the analogies i get here are excellent: some examples from the past 2 weeks
“Hugh Jessiman being drafted wasn’t as much spilt milk as it was more like an oil tanker spewing oil in the ocean.”
“benching zerdev for lack of effort is like putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage”
“saying that Renny is the best coach the rangers have had in a long time is like saying having hiv is better than cancer”
WPIX will be the good luck charm! after all, it wears #11
Two 7oclock games just added to atdhe.net, still no Rangers though. Hopefully rags2riches will stream it.
and there it is… sweet!
YES@!@#$@!Q%#Q%
good evening gentlemen and ladies…
and thank you mike for the atdhe info
and THANK YOU CALLY!!!! wooooooooooooot wwwwwwwwwooooooooot
Nice start!
HOLY COW!@!!!@#%%^
It’s about time this team gets some lucky bounces.
what the hell!!! WOOOOOOOOO Ya blink and ya missed it! who ARE these guys???????
Of course, the one game I give up my season tickets to since I have bronchitis, they start out like this..
Lets Go Rangers!
Cally and Z!!
Lets go Rangers!!!!
wow how much did this guy bleed???
LOL I leave my tv for 5 minutes and we’re up 2-0. Let’s hope they keep attacking instead of Renneying the game.
Way to go boys, now don’t let up, still got play tough D.
Went to the Devils game today (free tickets from someone I work with, GREAT seats). I took my dad, who is an architect by training and he’s wanted to get out there to see the building. As we watched them utterly destroy the Panthers, he leaned over to me and and said “so this is what a good team looks like?”
Also, their crowd activity is all stolen from the Rangers. They do the Potvin chant except they say “Rangers suck,” something I’m sure made Dennis Potvin smile today. They also have started chanting “Marty” Like we chant “Henrik.” And they had some jerk dancing with moves like Larry, except he works for them, danced thorughout the entire game giving out t-shirts, and moving from section to section.
They also stole from the Piles: they have dancers.
Great start for the Rangers, let’s see if they can keep it up.
i like cally and dubi together…
#’s 5 and 9 in the NHL in hits
Doodie, your dad sounds pretty funny. How is the “Rock” or, as some Rangers fans I know call it.. ‘the pebble”?
We’re getting the Avs feed here, of course they went on about how good of a coach/guy Renney is. These guys are pretty monotone so far, then again, they’ve had nothing to get excited about lol
Kudos to Ryan & Jerkins Perkins for turning me onto atdhe.net…no Ch 11 down here is Philthy-delphia. Thanks guys!
Who needs a dish?
Guerin traded. No details yet, but supposedly he was pulled off the ice during warmups because he waived his NTC.
It’s the second time I’ve been there (Game 1 of the playoffs last season being the other). I will say the same thing I said then: When they redo MSG, they better copy as much of the Prudential Center as possible.
Guerin traded? Oh my daughter is gonna be furious! Kid grew up a Rangers fan, and some boy brainwashed her to the dark side and she now is a .. i cant even say it!
\WOOHOO PRU!
PRUUUUUUUU!!!!
I went to two consecutive homegames, and figures this is the third.
lol, Dave: “and Prucha’s a happy cowboy!”
Prucha just increased his trade value. YAY!
The Guerin thing is a very heavy rumor. This is not an Eklund.
Then your daughter should be happy because I’m sure it’ll include a high draft pick.
HELL YEAH!!!!
WE WANT THE CUP!
See, Korpikoski is still off of my fantasy team and he is scoring. Dawes in on my bench, but Prucha is in the lineup of course, since he plays on the power play! This is a Rangers-based team, or else I would not have these guys. I get the rights to all Rangers but have others, as well.
This is it guys!
This is what we’ve been waiting for!
Wow… just wow
PRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH YEAH BABY!!! FU TOM!!!!!!
GOMEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I bet you guys they wont hang back either.
I knew it!! I just knew it!!!
TORTS !!!! TORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY CRAP!!! 4-0! So happy Pru scored!!!! And now the little smirking fool gets one. It’s a cavalcade of pucks!
Renney woulda gone into protect-mode full-on trap after the first goal. And I’m not completely kidding either.
God I am glad that guy and his fears are gone from this team.
Callahan had a great game that period =D
THATS WHAT I CAL AN ONSLAUGHT…
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYONE
How long until it’s 4-4? Oh wait, Renney is not coach anymore!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Riquere,
Exactly what I was about to say. Four goals in one period and right to the end we were putting on great pressure and got a few good shots on goal in the last minute.
You are absolutely right, Renney would have had us protecting after the first and the second goal probably wouldn’t have even happened.
i’m expecting a 12-0 final score
Nice job boys, heavy D now.
Tom Renney: “Boys, the unsafest lead in hockey is four goals, so if I see anyone of you behind their goal line from here on out, you’re fined.”
pinch me
Any more word on Guerin?
These players can’t go thinking the elephant is off their back’s YET. OHH YESSS this helps SO MUCH BUT. They have to keep playing like this for the rest of the season. Then maybe they can say the Ellie the elephant is finally off their backs.
we look incredible. Granted the Avs look like a slow AHL team, but these are the games we absolutely need to win…
Good aggressive play MAKES stars. Who thought Boston would be this good at the beginning of the season? yeah. NOBODY. But now everyone throws their names around like they were proven stars, Lucic, Krejci, Wheeler. Winning makes stars. If we play like this more often, the league would be talking about how unfair it is that the Rangers have Cally, Korpi, AND dubinsky! Keep it up!
This is so awesome, I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a Rangers game as much as I’m enjoying this one!
Of course since I have to complain about something (otherwise it doesn’t feel right), Drury is still not good and Rozy is having a rough game.
Can anybody believe that Redden and Kalinin actually look like a good fit with Torts’s system!?
any news on Guerin??
is this display because of the opponent? Does any of it have to do with the rangers and they actually can skate?
Listened to the panther game about 2 sundays ago against the rangers and the florida announcers constantly said the panthers were faster then the rangers!!I think the rangers should have a fast team, am I mistaken?
thanks…
holy balls
See! We told you there would be a difference!
So now all you renney lovers can shut the hell up again. Torts did in one period what renneygade hadn’t been able to do in almost 2 months.
gonna be interesting to see how they play on thursday after they’ve have 4 days indoctrination into the new system and the purging of the ‘trap’ from their minds. They are flyin tonight, and it’d be great if this is a full 60 minutes of hockey from them!
At the game, wow most people just settled in and it’s 2-0.
I’ve been to the Canes and Caps games as my most recent games, I need to ask Dolan if they can pay me to show up the rest if the season.
Avs are having no luck with their breakout passes. They are constantly on their heels because of the forecheck. Most of our breakouts are starting at the red line! (sure. one period. awful team….but YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!)
predictions on the final score?
5-3
Well it is about time. Great to see Prucha score. Torts said before the game that he was going to give Prucha a wack to give him the opp. to score. well he did score. Now give him the same time you gave the other forwards not 3+ minutes vs 7+ minutes for the other guys.
from tsn:
A somewhat bizzare chain of events occurred tonight involving New York Islanders forward Bill Guerin.
Guerin was pulled from the Islanders’ lineup after the warmup, just prior to this evening’s game against the Buffalo Sabres.
According to a source, Guerin is not hurt and there is a strong belief he was taken off the ice and out of New York’s lineup in order to wait for a trade.
Guerin, who would be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, has a no-move clause and sources close to the veteran forward say he has not yet been asked to waive it.
However, it would appear pending his approval, Guerin is on the move.
Details to follow.
HAHA I beat TSN!
Still no details.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=269203&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl
Oh My Gosh, I thought I was ranger classics!
There’s nothing like a 1st period goal Orgy when you’ve celibate as long as the rangers have
It was a great first period, but how excited can we b, facing the worst team in the Western Conference?
Just tuned in. WTF!? Is this a joke?
It would be nice if they scored on this PP.
thanks Dubiiiii.
another power play opp! Wow, it sounds kinda quiet there right now!
Do ya think Drury may actually get one tonite?
i like that they’re moving around on the PP
Examiner, the turnaround has to start SOMEWHERE! Who cares who its against, it’s gonna help them get some offensive confidence back, and that could lead to good things! And here comes another power play. They gotta score on one or two of these eventually lol!
5on3 coming up! 30 seconds is plenty of time to make this 5-0
DRURY!!!!
nice call Linda!
holy shat!
and there ya go… drury with a power play goal!!! wooooo freakin hoooooooooooooooooooo!
Great for dru. Nice play by gomer.
thanks Dubiiiii!
lets see…who gets next??? I’m gonna go out on a limb and say…..Girardi lol…why not!
Hank really wants a SO.
OMG. What a save. Lets give Hank a shutout. Go D!
haha, this is my favorite commercial…ny lottery…”monkey”
In three games, scoring chances are up, and chances against are down. Accident? And to think Renney has (had?) this reputation as a strong defensive coach?
I’m a little late to the party but posters like ford, true fans, salty, wd40 and others had this coaching situation COMPLETELY figured out long, long ago—- more than the media and more than a LOT of knuckleheads on this board.
Our defense is better under Torts than I can remember it being under Renney in quite some time.
when the rangers score, these guys just say… “goal” very flatly, it’s kinda weird.
The colorado commercials have been nothing special yet. Nothing like Mr. Lube from the other night…That monkey guy in the ny lottery commercial is funny.
Still waiting on that Girardi goal!!!
Really aggresive defense on that top Avs line. Great stuff, and a quick breakout? Are we watching the Red Wings or the Rangers?
subtle change… rangers D finally sliding down to take away the passing lane on 2 on 1’s. never did that under renney this year.
goddammit no SO. 6-5 loss coming up
WTG Kalinin
Cryin Ryan ruins Hanks shutout…with help from Kalinin lol ;-)
The dreaded 5 goal lead is now the dreaded 4 goal lead LOL!!
;-)
No excuses, you have to stop that bouncing puck
sighI want a five goal lead. Time to make it 6-1Damnit!
Drury for Smyth?
Zhervalev
February 28th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
goddammit no SO. 6-5 loss coming up
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LOL!! classic
Need a goal now…. I don’t want another Caps debacle…
Anyone else notice Dawes’ lack of ice time?
6-5 Avs
Anyone else notice Dawes’ lack of ice time?
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Smurftastic!
Dawes has about similar TOI as his linemates (within 45 seconds, they haven’t gotten many shifts).
As of 90 seconds ago, do you know who led in ice time? Hint: NOT a defensman!
It was Brandon DUBINSKY!!
Dawes!? I totally forgot he was playing! Does that mean I’m having a senior moment or is he that forgettable.
Anyone else notice that every time the opposing team ices the puck, it’s Redden that gets the touchup like 9 times out of 10?
marc staal has been showin showing some offensive moves in torts system…i like it
Holy crap Nashville is up 5-0 on Detroit?!
ok these announcers where talkin about prucha and how his goal scoring has dried up… but did not mention the fact that he’s been a healthy scratch for MOST of the damned season under renney! DUH
Dubiiii, any update on Guerin?
My guess for Wed.
Atleast Dawes and Voros are gone
Probably Prucha and hopefully one of our “superstars”
From Wikipedia:
On February 28, 2009, Bill Guerin was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for Matt Cassel and agreed to a 7-year $70M contract with the Chiefs.
holy crap… did anyone else just lose the rangers game and get the wings game?!! wtf!?
Staal looks much better today. More composed and focused. Fourth line is MUCH better with sjo on there.
Avs are pretty good, great forecheck and some good players… Rangers actually look real competative, even though it’s been a more even period…
dawes is second to last in ice time ahaed of only sjostrom behind orr and betts and we haven’t taken a penalty so the answer is isn’t the pk. i guess his linemates are only about a minute up on him but still our top two aren’t playing well enough to kill the ice time of an extremely capable scoring line(compared two our top two)with dawes and prucha (who i believe can be a 30+ scorer again in this system)
Staal carries the puck end to end a LOT in this system
What just happened? Red Wings game just came on! Help!!!!!!
oh yeah. and i really, really like it haha
Reload to get the game back
don’t wait for wed, to make any trades,do it tomorrow or monday so they can practice for a few days.
Got it. Thanks!
anyone watching the hockey night in canada stuff right now…
They are saying Jay Bo not moving anywhere… Kari Lehtonen to Philly, St. Louis possibly going to get traded.. they are saying more likely than Lecavlier
wow that took forever! putting the old desktop back together tomorrow….hopefully my friend fixed up the hard drive enough for me to be able to watch on nhl.com since they got my money!!
wings are losing 5-0 to nashville btw.
Prucha’s lack of ice time is directly connected to the invisible Dawes. Keeping Dawes off the ice, where he belongs, unfortunately does the same to Prucha. Would love to see Prucha get some time with Dubinsky and Gomez.
oh also-
on what I just posted.. Dont you think now with St. Louis possibly moving he might be a good fit here with Torts now?
Chris-
I don’t think they’ll let Pru go. I think Korpi, Dawes and a prospect (Potter, maybe Sags) are gonna go, Rosie is hangning loose too. No one is going to pick up Gomer, Dru or Dredden. No one. Not on those contracts.
I think we’ll see avery and maybe, just maybe Antropov. Remember Slats was in Toronto.
Look at the ice time- this is what I said after the first game with Torts as coach. He’s not being a three line team, he’s being a two line team. They will fall apart that way.
They’re up by 4, roll your lines and rest your top guys.
wouldn’t mind Antrapov. How about Ryan Smyth i know he has 3 years left on his cotract but don’t know what he makes. He would be a good man for the anemic PP. Also Guerin traded to a team in the east. team?????
Hockey Buzz on Guerrin
“He took the skate, was healthy, but is a no show for the warm up and game against Buffalo….
Updated…Guerin has texted Andy Strickland to tell him that we will all know what is going on with him in the morning…he has left the building.
Andy has learned that it is NOT NJ or Boston. I found out that it is NOT Philly…
I am hearing that Washington, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh are all possible.
Looking into it…
As Andy Strickland reported, Derek Morris(phoenix) is in the same boat…”
Doodie….
Youre forgetting that it’s been all PP and no PK, so ice time might not be all accurate… Powerplay is not as tiring as 5 on 5…
Maloney saying Avery is here next week.
Jagr’s Father—-
Antropov is a Jagr look alike (not as good though). Great physics, composure, great shot, and a bit of that european diva-attitude… How about a line with Antropov, Gomez and Callahan? Feels good to me.
I honestly think someone else will pick up Avery. There are like 15 teams below us in the standings that can pick him up.
thanks for the update chris
Antropov would be great because of his size alone… but is giving up a 1st worth it? I’d rather go for Artyukin.
hockey buzz also saying its definatly an east team hes staying with
Artyukin is a good choice too. I doubt their letting him go though. He is better than people think.
nikki lying down in front of ashot before, gettin into it with avs bench just now. wtf?
Chris, that means he’s going to Edmonton or Calgary XD
Lets hope toronto bites because he would look good in a Ranger jersey. and about avery yes he does have to go through re entry waivers and other teams will have a chance to pick him up but he will refuse to report to any other team but NY. He wants to play only for the rangers and all the other GM’s know this so they won’t touch him. BTW whats up with Maxim Afinigenov? whats his status
haven’t moticed redden as much as the last two games. just me or is he back yo his good old fashioned awfulness
Afinogenov sucks. He’s more of a no-show than Zherdev. He has 2g/10a/12p in 34 games this year. Not worth it (unless they wanna take back Drury).
Jagrs Father——
Yeah, I have thought abought Afinogenov too, he is magic when in mood, but he is too big of a risk with injuries. Totally numb this season. I’d take Antropov over him anyday. How about Rosie and Dawes for Antropov? I could live with that…
Antropov might be hurt.. just switched to NHL Network and he was grimacing in pain on the bench.
Is that his 20th? First 20g guy this year.. Philly has like 6 of them.. lol
Antropov was grimacing in pain because he heard he maybe traded to Rangers
hahaha
Maybe he needs a change of scenery. look what it did for kovalev when he was dealt to the pens. i agree he is alot of flash but he is skilled no question he just needs to be taught disipline. maybe torts can do something with him. Hear the way Maloney and Joe the ass keep on mentioning Smyth. Do they know something? nazzy our first 20 goal man. congrats.
Nazzy!
Thats sniping! Old school Naslund style!
Orr would rape that little bitch. RIP HIS HEAD OFF!
Where are the Renney lover’s?! Who called us out the past two games… reveal yourself! (Riggure, thank you for the props, btw).
The Avs feed just said this is the first 6-goal game for the Rangers this year… is that true?! Wow.
Again, Renney lovers, try again!
Carp, you have some explaining to do too.
cheap shot
holy crap what did i miss! yikes high hit on sjo…the guys poor face the past few days!!!
who scored????
you know Nazzy for 4m isnt so bad…. If you gave Jagr 7.5 like he wanted he was never scoring 15
Poor Sjoey. He deserves a raise.
Its his 11th season with 20 or more goals…..(10 in a row)
Yeah Markus!! (have him in my hockey pool)
Naslund, my feed is choppy but looked like he sniped one off the pipe and in.
Drury to Av’s for Smyth and player to be announced
you know Nazzy for 4m isnt so bad…. If you gave Jagr 7.5 like he wanted he was never scoring 15
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F Jagr. If he started trying in October instead of September, he’d automatically trigger another $9m salary (only half for cap hit). F Jagr.
instead of March I mean.. wow I drank a lot last night.
Not to nit pick, but awful, dangerous pass by Redden on this last powerplay
and why is he not dropping his gloves and getting lapierre OFF OF DUBINSKY
I love this team!!!
Aves clearly frustrated…things are getting ugly now
Redden has a vaj.
surprised by Naslund goal. thought it was another bad angle shot. they’ve reverted to shooting at bad angles again now that they are way ahead. hopefully, Torts gets ‘em out of that habit ASAP.
what is Lappy doing out on the ice? did time just move so quickly and his penalty was over.
agree with Maloney. Redden needs to drop his gloves and hold on to his man better.
btw,
trade Rozy
Redden should’ve laid out Lapierifag and taken a major. The garden would start loving him.
Jive
February 28th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Not to nit pick, but awful, dangerous pass by Redden on this last powerplay
and why is he not dropping his gloves and getting lapierre OFF OF DUBINSKY
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Jive, You’re really going to nit-pick about that?!
REALLY! They had almost a 14 game losing streak! They’ve had a season long-scoring drought! And that’s what pisses you off tonight…?!
People! Get excited!! This is OUR team and I love what they are doing now.
KOlton!
get ‘em COLTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL nice one orr telling Tucker where to go
didn’t think of it til now.
two hotheaded Italians coaching.
imagine being a fly in those locker rooms.
boys, better go to confession soon.
True Fans—-
I Hear ya.
I’m feeling goooooooood. Either because of all the wine or the 6-1 lead.
This team has a personality!!! This may be the best home sporting event I’ve watched since the Rangers knocked the devils out of the playoffs last year at the pebble!
Even our Assistant Coach has balls! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EMOTIONS, BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAY IT ON THICK!!!!
I love Schony !!
THERE IS LIFE ON THIS TEAM WOW!!!
I love this coaching staff
Mara Fx’d him up! Imagine if Avery returns!
Character Game…Nice Job Boys!!
Tucker turtled. what a d-bag.
hopefully, Mara used his good shoulder to give the beat down.
Mark it down.
February 28th, 2009 – The day the Rangers turned around their season.
old time hockey! =O
What’s next, Hank vs. Raycroft? That would make my year.
Old time hockey, eh coach?
So here’s the question… are we buyers or sellers?
And the Avs are going out for donuts!
Shoeny almost had another “have another dougnut” moment
with Granato
Congrats Tort’s on #1. A blowout to. Wow! I’m goin to get ripped to celebrate. Great game boys!! Keep it up.
Tom would have cried if a player yelled at him
Zhervalev,
Hank vs raycroft? Hank’s punches would be like pucks-they’d go right through raycroft
the King did very good tonight
but i wouldn’t have given him number one star.
who was the third star?
they showed Gomez and Hank during the broadcast.
I wish Shoeny was my dad he is 2 cool!!
Great game by the Rangers.
Now. Lets get Avery and Antropov.
that’s what they needed. some g d emotion from their coaches. not 3 professors chewing gum and trapping
DAMN THIS POS!!!! i miss probably the most exciting 6 minutes of the game!! finally get back and you guys, damnit i am jealous!!! argh!!!!!
Tucker turtled…gee, what a shocker!
Chris—-
Thats priceless, dude. LOL!
Drury #1 star Hank #2 Gomez #3. whoa thats strange (except hank) and we are buyers 100% sure of that
Linda..
What the hell? You drunk?
and Canes and Buff both lost. wooee.
no alex, just an ancient computer that locks up at the worst possible times!!
don cherry was just goin nuts on europeans, and why is his suit normal?
Whoa…stop the madness!!!
The Rangers are like that old saying going into March,In like a lion,lets just hope its not out like a lamb…..
Linda—-
Well i am. And Don Cherry is a tool. I have a man-crush on Antropov right now.
lol @ Alex, i was a bit lit last night… Don Cherry is NUTS, and at least you dont have a man crush on Dolan or Sather!!!
e.m.!!! you’re ‘3 professors chewing gum” line has to be one of the best of the night! Kudos!
I wish we had Avery for this game. Watching him and Tucker go at it would have been fun.
i just passed out. lets go rrraaa….. whatever… cya guys tmorwwwwwwwwww
kph i was thinking the same thing!
Well gentlemen and ladies (?) it looks like we are getting our damned team back! they’ve been like those little kids in the indiana jones movie, under that spell, and now they’ve been released by the Godfather and are out of the coma!!! FINALLY!!!!
kph if avery was still on the ice from the previous fights
more than likely avery would have gotten suspended for life with what he would have done to tucker
ol’ time hockey. beat ‘em in the alley
puttin’ on the foil
have another donut
ogie ogelthorpe
i still say we are sellers…
this was one game folks..and we still need to rid team of Gomez, redden, voros, dawes, kalinin
have a good one guys!! c ya lata!!
Avery scored, but 6 PIMs as well
What happened, I thought we had the worst GM in the world and all our players were thieves?
Some of our windbag fans who screamed bloody murder during the end of last game almost don’t deserve the talented and tough team Tortorella, Schoenfeld and Sather are going to make.
Forget Drury,Gomez,Rdded,Rozi,Stall,Dubi,Hank,Kalinin,and probiblyCalli,,ORR,SOJO,AND BETTS,
So who gets traded,or better yet who can we get with what we have left.
the rumors are Tkachuk. I could see him replacing Dawes. he is a UFA, so no worry about long contract
please no tkachuk. Let’s throw a bunch of players at Minnesota for Gaborik. He plays , great. He doesn’t, fine, we don’t resign him and have 7.5 mill in cap room. (or 7.5 million in stupid Sather signings)
Gurin to get traded sunday to washington for a 3rd round pick
Source?
Gaborik is not cleared to play. he is still practicing half speed. and he is a UFA. and on HNIC they have the Minn game on and they just said that Minn says they are keeping him till the end of the season. he may be available on July 1
I hate being negative but they should beat this team 6-1. They are the second worst team in the NHL.
thanks joe
last i had heard, he was scheduled for a physical march 3rd.
guess not.
roc
You’re right, but since Torts took over it’s been Rangers vs. the Back of the net. We finally broke through. Let’s beat our sub par opponents and maybe squeak out a few against the good teams and we’ll be in pretty good shape.
no, you’re right on that jeff. he is scheduled for an exam on March 3 to determine if he can then go full speed in practice. that means he is a couple weeks or so away from playing in a game. anyway, he is someone to sign in the summer as a UFA, if it gets to that point.
Good win against a bad team ….. but exactly the type of team that Renney ——allergic to lopsided wins ——would get into a taffy pull with to no happy ending.
I am calling out Gargoyle, Dude, Beer Me, Timbo, Sean, JJP, Tom, Lobster, Brandon, mike in ia, and all other Renny enablers to explain something.
Not the win, because it’s just one game. Not the six goals, because who knows about the next game.
No, I wanna know about the spirit and the energy and the emotion that was generated tonight in that building. The exact type of emotion that your hero Tom “Top Five Coach(excuse me while I puke!) in the NHL” Renny was desperate to cap, to contain, to never let loose.
The guy who said on national TV (Versus) “No we do not want to get into a run and gun with the Islanders” and “Atlanta is a good team” and “We gave St. Louis something to think about tonight” has in three games, where scoring chances for are WAY UP while scoring chances against are WAY DOWN, been proven by Tortorella to be just as clueless and afraid and idiotic as all his critics thought and argued and convinced …. and those critics thankfully finally won out.
I welcome any response that Gargoyle, Dude, Beer Me, Timbo, Sean, JJP, Tom, Lobster, Brandon, mike in ia, William wanna make.
“No, I wanna know about the spirit and the energy and the emotion that was generated tonight in that building. The exact type of emotion that your hero Tom “Top Five Coach(excuse me while I puke!) in the NHL” Renny was desperate to cap, to contain, to never let loose.”—- wd40
Thank you wd40, this is EXACTLY the point! The days of yawning during games at MSG are over! The old Ranger fight is back.
Renney ought to be driving the Zamboni at the Sacred Sisters of the Poor’s rink. Anything higher than that he will mess up bigtime.
Boy, check out this stat:
“The Rangers are 26-3-2 when they score at least three goals.”
If we had even an average offense, we’d be pretty much an automatic top 4 team in the east. Oh well, guess we have to play with the cards we’re dealt.
New post up, with some Torts audio
Glen please dont be fooled by this score. The team still need a big time goal scorer. Just an idea but how about Prucha,Ansimov,Delzotto and first round pick for Kovalchuck and Nichlas Havlid? Any thoughts. U have to give to get. Kovalchuck is only 25.
Hey Gargolyle, where are all those 6-4, 5-3 losses you predicted, hunh? Three games in and scoring chances against are down in a big way———from a team that was “coached” to be defensive first. Explain that please??
And btw Carp, are you sticking to your story that this is a bottom fourth of the NHL roster?? No question they lack the talent to win a Cup, but bottom fourth?? Come on. I have them solid in the middle of the pack, say 11th or 12th, but clearly a playoff team (for whatever that’s worth)
And yes I agree that Sather is a lazy bum, but at last they are being coached by a first rate professional and not a terrified bean counter.
I was at the game with my two daughters tonight.This game was a blast!!!!!!! You see, all you Renneyaide drinkers, this is what it means to have a real coach. Some who said after the last game that he thinks he knows what they are doing wrong at the moment they are in position to score.He said he’d fix it at the next practice.I know it’s one game but he at least fixed it today.This was the best all around game they played this year.Wade Redden is reborn under Torts! Rozy needs to be traded!! he was awfull today.He is way too indicisive and seems like a poor fit for this type of system.
Again,where are all the Renneyaide drinkers? You guys should be thirlled becuase are you not Rangers fans?
Disgusting! Not the game, but the fact that there are 1/3 as many posts on a good night as on previous bad nights.