Before gametime, with everything that could possibly be discussed already discussed:
I have covered every one of the four all-time Rangers-Capitals series, and some things stick out—in addition to the fact that all four were played at the old, dark, dank dump of an arena known as the Capital Centre, originally, in middle-of-absolutely-nowhere Landover, Md.
1986—I had to miss Game 2 in beautiful Landover because my sister was getting married (Happy 23rd Anniversary Dana & Rick). Didn’t matter. The Rangers lost 8-1, but they won the series in six and went to the conference final as a huge underdog.
1990—John Druce, John Druce, John Druce, John Druce.
1991—This was the series that changed Rangers history. although not many remember it that way. After being eliminated, Neil Smith spoke to the press while sitting on a folding table in the basement of the Cap Centre (that was the 51st anniversary of the 1940 Cup, too, 4/13/91). He was seething, talking about how he felt he had built a car to win the Indy 500 only to have somebody crash it in the first turn. It was the impetus to purge all the existing veterans—Bernie Nicholls, Kelly Kisio, etc.—and ultimately led to the summer-long discussions that brought Mark Messier to New York the following October, preceeded by Adam Graves.
1994—Two things stand out. One, the Rangers led 3-0 in the series, and had won their first seven playoff games, when the Capitals took Game 4 and were physically beating up the Rangers and threatening to extend the series. But Brian Leetch completely took over the series in Game 5 and began his run to the Conn Smythe Trophy. Who knows? If the Capitals had extended that series, maybe the Rangers would have run out of gas in the conference final (they were going on fumes by the middle of the Stanley Cup final). The other snapshot was Esa Tikkanen kissing the generous proboscis of Caps pest Keith Jones during one of many run-ins.
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The Capitals (and some other teams, I think the Rangers included) have stolen our Playoff Beard idea. Or maybe we stole their idea. Whatever.
But on the Caps site you can build your own beard in case you can’t grow your own (grow your own?). So I thought I’d give it a go.
So that’s what I’ll look like for the Stanley Cup parade.
You can see our current slideshow (and our video chat from this afternoon) by scrolling down to the previous post, or by clicking here.
I also wanted to point out, completely unrelated, that I have yet to find a single print media person who picked the Rangers. Me, Jane, the News, the Post, Newsday and USA Today all picked the Caps.
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If you’re around and interested, the Rangers are hosting two viewing parties tonight, at local pubs in Manhattan and in Hoboken, N.J. Here’s the release:
New York, April 15, 2009 – The New York Rangers will provide fans with an opportunity to gather and cheer on the Blueshirts as they take on the Washington Capitals in Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Fans will have the chance to watch the game on big-screen televisions at Stout, located across the street from Madison Square Garden, and at Black Bear Bar & Grill, in Hoboken, NJ. Former NY Rangers great Glenn Anderson will greet fans at Stout while Nick Fotiu will be on hand at the Black Bear Bar & Grill giving away playoff tickets, autographed merchandise and Rangers products. The game will be telecast live on MSG Network at 7 p.m. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
(FYI, the Black Bear is at 205 Washington St. in Hoboken; Stout is at 133 West 33rd, between 6th and 7th and across the street from MSG, in the city).
I’ll be right here in the comments section with you throughout tonight’s game. Enjoy it.
936 Comments
First…YES!!!
Carp, wow nice growth, you almost look like Mara
3rd…hehe
Gotta work on the stache a bit though. A little thin
Thanks, Staal. But I play like Redden.
Stout was a madhouse before the DMB concert last night, long line. Good bar though
is that a picture of Carp-Lamarx? (Carl Marx)
Rick, look on the bright side, better than playing like Voros…
DMB is still playing…I didn’t know that, who plays the sax?
I forgot to ask: ARE YOU GUYS PUMPED OR WHAT?
Hey Carp not up to date on the Drury situation. Maybe you covered it earlier today. Any word on his status for the game tonight. Thanks
P U M P E D & S T E A M I N G
Brian, likely to go…
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418440&navid=DL|NHL|Home
PUMPED AND NERVOUS.
Let’s Go RANGERS!!!!!!!
First, Carp, you look a little Amish in ur “create-a-beard”. Second, I AM PUMPED!!! C’mon, all you bloggers out there, and you know who you are, the ones who were saying towards the end of the season that you hoped our Boys wouldn’t make the playoffs, how ya’ feelin’ now??? You don’t deserve to feel the Playoff Pump!!!! It’s a different feel man, a new season, a clean slate and all the media can predict the Caps winning, but like I said before, these are the Capitals not the Red Wings or Sharks or the Dynastic Oilers or the Flying Frenchmen!!! We can do this! Are ya’ with me? Let’s do ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt! (Blutarski reference)
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i got waaaay too much time on my hands lately! lol
Yup Im pumped but forever a pessimist …. I think Caps in 6… also …. Carp …you definitely look very Amish!!
Lets Go Rangers!
Just got my 18 month old daughter to say Rangers for the first time. Took about 10 minutes of bribing her with chocholate and it sounded like “angers”, but it’s a lucky sign none the less!
This last hour of work is killing me. I instructed my wife last night that I am NOT to be disturbed tonight. She looked at me weirdly. My first playoff game on the LCD-HD!
Good job, CCCP.
I forgot to mention earlier, and I’ll remind y’all again later if I remember, that my buddy Tarik El-Bashir, who used to cover hockey at the NY Times, has a good Capitals blog at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/
... you know, in case you care about the foe.
Artie,
I am totally pumped, but I call it like I see it, common sense tells me the Caps have too much firepower, however Hockey and sports in general are not always about common sense. I love an upset and could see it!
Tarik El-Bashir?
Man, I am pumped….Not only because its 3 hours till game time….
but also due to me drinking one of them 6 hour Energy shots you find at the local gas station….
My heart feels like its gonna burst out of my chest, and If this is still the case during game time, I am gonna run through a wall when the Rangers score…
LET’S GO RANGERS !!!!!!!!!!
Drop the effing puck already!!!!!
This is the longest day of work i can remember.
I can’t concentrate on anything, I’ve had way to much coffee, I need to swap the shirt and tie for some Red White and Blue.
Yes Carp, PUMPED
I had a colonoscopy a couple of months ago, and before the procedure they give you a shot to put you out. When you wake up, it is like the time was lost in space and you just wake up like you were before you got the shot. Well, this morning I was begging that someone can give me one of those shots and that I could just wake up at 6:30 tonight. This had to be the loooongest day in a long time for me. DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!!!
Rick are you tell us to “stir the pot” as it where over there at Mr. El-Bashir ’s blog?
Oh, and you have to sign up, and it’s free, but here’s the Washington Post’s web site with some columns that might interest you … including one on Avery, one on Theodore.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/capitals/playoffs/index.html
I like TEB, I had no idea he used to be at the Times.
I love my Rangers and hope they will win but… Caps in 5.
At least they will be entertaining games, which, short of a Cup, what more could you ask for?
Dopplerbob, the shot is great, but leading up to the shot isn’t so great at all … and you probably are hoping the Rangers don’t do what you were doing up to the shot … if you know what I mean.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
“but also due to me drinking one of them 6 hour Energy shots you find at the local gas station….”
Redden gets those in powdered form from a guy at the local gas station
some funny Craps fans at the Washington post:
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Tortorella is getting nervous. Does he know we are 29-9-3 at home? I hope all the fans going to the game cheer so loud that the Rangers won’t be able to hear anything, they’ll be deaf.
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torts is just doing coach speak. visiting team would always rather be on the road to avoid the pressure and “be together”. while the home team says they are glad they are at home to get energized by the crowd, yada yada yada. you know torts would rather be at MSG. go caps.
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F the NYR…ROCK THE RED…BE LOUDER THAN LOUD!
Posted by: lylewimbledon | April 15, 2009 3:38 PM | Report abuse
I’ll be screaming from my a$$ groove on the couch!!! Even during warm-up’s …..gonna annoy my Penguin fan neighbor!!!
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Silly little f*ckers!
C’mon kids, repeat after me!
SAY IT LOUD!!! I AM THE RANGERS FAN AND I AM PROUD!!!
It will not be a short series. I absolutely think the Rangers can win if the stars align a touch, but I am picking the Capitals in 7—- on an OT goal by Green.
However the Rangers will do themselves proud in the battle level department, and the season will be looked back on as the beginning of the end of accepted mediocrity.
Let’s Go Rangers
“you probably are hoping the Rangers don’t do what you were doing up to the shot
The Rangers will do that ON the Caps! All night long like I was!
Lol Carp…!
Thanks for the Wash Post link- nice to read the “other sides’” view of things
Carp, funny picture. I like how your eyebrows almost connect to your beard.
how can people say they absolutely think the Rangers can win and then pick caps? im confused…
I AM RANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
Carp, is it too late to enter the beard contest?
Yo Carp , I did see 1 person in the media who picked the Rangers. Nick Kypreos yook the Rangers in 7 .
GO RANGERS!!! Nervous? huh ….were the UNDERDOGS here….the Caps are more nervous then us ,expecially when we take game 1!!!
I am gonna remember every doubter in this joint who did not give the Rangers a shot !!!!
They will most likely all dissapear and end up slapping pappys with LI Joe & Co. over on Zipays Blog….
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
Ovenchicken and Craps out in 6 !!
NOWAY Doodie , beard away man …it’s never too late!!! Im doing mine soon.
GO RANGERS!!!! POUND OV , a guy who hits and hits like him ,,is BOUND to get hurt!!!
If Jim Rome likes hockey, why would he invite Pierre McGuire on his program? Ugh.
Hell YEAH LIQUID !!!! Thats right … great Ranger passion , I love it!!!!!
Anyone going to Black Bear in Hoboken tonight? I would love to watch this game in a place with some ATMOSPHERE. Could we get an unaccompanied goal song going? And of course plenty of “LET’S GO RANGERS” chants.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
RANGERS!!!!!!!
Just because I think the Caps are going to steamroll the Rangers doesn’t mean I don’t hope with every ounce of my body that I’m wrong.
I’m the first one to eat crow when I’m wrong, and I hope that I have to eat a lot of it by the time the playoffs are done (I don’t think the Rangers can take a series against any team in the east other than the Habs or Devils).
HOPEFULLY ILL BE BLASTING NEIL’s SWEET CAROLINE COME 940PM TONIGHT…....
LETS GO RANGERS
LETS GO RANGERS
any update on Poti?????????????????????????????/
F THE CAPS
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
You couldn’t pay me to go to Stout.
i think i am the only one on this blog who made no predictions… i cant wait to hear all the excuses in the world from the people who made any predictions… win or lose… i will predict only one thing… this team will make us proud!
FCK ALL THIS NEGATIVE CRAP! I AM A PROUD RANGERS FAN!
Doodie , thats fine , but you do fail to realize the Rangers are no ordinary team . We can beat the Bruins , Penguins and also Carolina . Add Washington to that list too….
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!1
f- stout,,,blue moon on Upper East Side good Hockey Bar, a Sabre bar and since they are out LETSSSSSSSSS GO RANGERS
WASHINGTON come playoffs…..SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
whooohohooo RANGERS!!!
F the Caps!
LET’s GO RANGERS!
YESSSSS F them Caps!! love it!!!
I went to a few Rangers/Caps game back when they were at the US Air Arena… my first game I was so young I asked if they skated on the roof haha; really odd shaped white roof they had.
Worst experience at MCI/Verizon Center was when Bondra scored a hat trick many years back.
Now I have every bandwagon Caps fan messaging me today how the “rangers are going down.” I told them to watch their ankles when they jump off. Hands down biggest bandwagon team ever. Even real Caps fan agree with me.
Doodie, come back to the Hall of Justice…..The Legion of Doom is not good for youuuuuu….....
HENRIK
DRURY
M. STAAL
CALLAHAN
AVERY
ANTROPOV
GOMEZ
DUBINSKY
ZHERDEV
BETTS
ORR
SJO
NAZZY
REDDEN (cough)
ROZY
GIRARDI
MARA
MORRIS
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!
i am pumped carp!!! nervous too though. drank too much coffee and monster coffee drinks. game prediction- rangers win 4-3. kinda like the last game we played against philly.
Mike-
I have Rangers 5-3 hanging at work!
not a regular poster… but LETSSSS GOOOO RANGERSSSS!!!!
SOOOOO STOKED!!!!!!!!!!!! less than 2 hours now!!!
CAPS GO HIGH, TOP SHELF ON THE KING!
HIS ACHILLES HEEL, BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!
SATHER PLEASE RETIRE!
Doodie, ZzZ, never too late. Send me a photo.
ZzZ, don’t forget, Kypreos still thinks he’s on the payroll. I said “print” media because I know there are plenty of “electronic” guys out there who are picking the Rangers (Fischler, I think)—some who believe, and some who just want to try to pick upsets so they can brag about it.
Seth … Blue Moon used to be owned by some Rangers, including the current GM of the Washington Capitals, who I guess is an enemy this week, but was a legendary Ranger.
Carps, Do you remember when McPhee blasted Dave Brown’s face in the Playoffs?
Old Time Hockey!!!
They spent their own dough to get here, and they came here to see us! All right, let’s show ‘em what we got, guys! Get out there on the ice and let ‘em know you’re there. Get that fargin’ stick in their side. Let ‘em know you’re there! Get that lumber in his teeth. Let ‘em know you’re there!!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!
yes Rick, i think leetch was a part owner as well…. i saw dawes, staal, callahan, gomez and orr there way back on a monday night during the preseason
shocker Melrose picked the CAPS…...f that guy as well! and the same to pierre/milbury/potvin/brodeur/etc etc etcccccccccc
LETS GO BOYZZZZZZZZZZZ
LETSSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBY
Off topic, since there’ nothing really to say yet… For anyone who is tivoing “Lost” tonight, Al Trautwig has a video blog about “Lost” on msg.com, and I have to say, he is a genius! Not only does he cover every sport in the world, he has amazing insight into “Lost”—very impressive, Al.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRS
Holy crap I cannot WAIT until game time!!! I had to leave work early today for personal reasons, and thank God I did because I was going nuts just sittin there with nothing to do!!! Now I’m sittin at home, ready to break a wall down cuz I’m going absofreakinlutely INSANE!! Thank God my fiance doesn’t get home until 9:45 CST because I scare him at playoff time!!!
Rick, your beard looks like that magnetic toy ya give kids where they put the beard on the guys face!!
Did other teams fans post here last year during the playoffs? That happens frequently over at Topix, especially Islander fans, and we’ve seen what goes on at Zips blog, but how bad does it get over here? Real fans are one thing, but those bandwagon fans who, all they can say is the other team sucks are pretty lame.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
One hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CCCP – I didn’t make any predictions either. This season I’m just along for the ride.
Last year at Blueshirt Bulletin I remember there was no end to bandwagon Pens fans posting garbage.
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neil Smith on NHL LIve right now (Center Ice)
Nothing else to watch right now
did cowlishaw just say MALAKIN????? if so, thats nuts! They pretty much all picked the Caps too. WOW, an upset would be sooooooooooo fantastic!
Shoryuken…. i remember two seasons ago, it was Sabres fans instigating on the Isles topix talkback (terrible reffing in that series) and then moved on over to the Rangers one…there was this one guy Dave who told me he’d send me a sabres shirt when they won the cup, needless to say, when they got bounced, he disappeared! There are a lot of Pen/Flyer fans that post on the NYPOST, they all came outta the woodwork when the phillies won also.
Are we wagering on the beard contest? If so, I’m gonna put my money on Sally! She’s a sneaky one!
HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
by the way, Happy Tax Day
LIQUID, I know McPhee tangled with Brown a few times … but I think the one you’re thinking about was McPhee-Tocchet in ‘86.
Jay Feaster on NHL Live…he knows what he’s talking about.
My buddy is a big Habs fan and he used to call Jose Theodore “Swiss Cheese” when he played on the Habs, so I went out and bought a pound of swiss cheese
Jay Feaster NHL Radio Insider just said the Caps will get beat because of that swiss cheese guy.
Yeah Clive you heard it too!
My refresh button just told me it was tired…
I’m so board…its it 7:00 yet…
ARGH!!!
Lets Go Rangers!
kc
April 15th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Off topic, since there’ nothing really to say yet… For anyone who is tivoing “Lost” tonight, Al Trautwig has a video blog about “Lost” on msg.com, and I have to say, he is a genius! Not only does he cover every sport in the world, he has amazing insight into “Lost”—very impressive, Al.
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what the hell is “Lost”? is it related to sport? Or is it that good that a sport personality has to blog about it on a sport website?
1 hour & 12 mins til the playoffs begin, this is that start of a war, a battle of epic proportions. Gentlemen, all we need is 16 wins and the first one starts tonight. Drury, Gomez, Naslund, Antropov, Zherdev, Dubinsky, Callahan, Avery, Betts, Orr, Sjostrom, & Korpikoski, now is the time to bring your A game. Mara, Morris, Staal, Girardi, Roszival, & Redden, you need to defend your zone and earn your salaries. Henrik, bring your Vezina style goaltending.
Steal this win, and you control your destiny, NOW GO OUT THERE AND BRING US A VICTORY, LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!
yeah I don’t see any electronic or paper guys saying Rangers at all. Nick K did say some negative stuff about the Rangers while we got Avery back. He didn’t like our Trade deadline moves and he didn’t think Torts could be a difference…but yet he picks Rangers in 7 ?
My friend just PM me on MSN and said :
Sheldon : man the guys on tsn didnt have much faith in the rangers ,,could be a short playoffs lol
Sheldon: ya might have ta continue there playoffs on 360 lol
Sheldon: after the first round
Sheldon: is typing a message.
Sheldon: pits an wings in the final again?
This guy sure got an EAR FULL BY ME!!!!
RANGERS!!!!!!
“WEe WILL win Tonight”
...Mark Messier
Come on NYRangers! Pleassseeee don’t bush-league this game …
Mark? ARE YOU THERE!!!??
ILL SAY IT IN PRINT
RANGERS
IN
SIX
3-1 win
4-2 loss
5-1 loss
6-1 WIN
3-2 win
1-0 win
FIN :)
Wow Fin- we only give up 7 goals in 6 games?? Well, ya never know I guess
bad math? no, we give up 13
Yeah sorry- I was just adding the right column. One too many already!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Series-Preview-Washington-Capitals-2-vs-New-?urn=nhl,155830
the guy didn’t mention Rangers Report for top blogs for NYR. I commented twice on the page bashing him for forgetting. Oh Puck daddy you are no Carp and Jane…
carp.. if i predict tonight correct.
we gotta see just how well i do.
i can be your offical predictor.
Good news, I just payed Rangers-Caps in NHL09. Rangers win 4-3 in OT!
If we win this series, we have to do it in 6 or less. Game 7’s are tough on the road.
dopplerbob,
One too many…let’s hope the same goes for Theodore.
hahaha thats how i got my predictions in nhl09 haha
LETS GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!
What we do in playoffs, echoes in the… training camp? damnit.
Rangers in Six, but being rational Caps in 5. Please Zherdev, dont come comatose tonight.
Dear Naysayers,
The last new york team that won a national championship also had all the analysts rooting against them…. so carp jane and everyone else go ahead and pick caps in six….. there is not any team in the east that is guaranteed a victory in a series against us…. we are contenders… and we will contend… play hard gritty passionate hockey…. crash the net and god willing put some pucks in the net. 28 33 40 94 2009. Lets Go Rangers
nyrinphx,
what level r u playing on ive lost 2 to 1 and 5 nil on all star. about to play another game soon.
Paul- Same goes for Redden. Please Redden, at least try to look like you are alive on skates tonight
Deep breaths everyone! Keep the faith! Lets go Rangers!!!
strokes lucky beard
playing online team play
Fifteen min till pre-game
5 minutes into the game, a shot deflects off a stick in the Rangers’ zone and knocks out both the Verizon center organist and the “Let’s Go Caps” airhorn guy. The Caps fans go silent in shock from losing their 2 most annoying features of the building, the Rangers win Game 1 and ride the momentum to a 5 game win.
Eh, I’m bored, but I can dream can’t I?
please wish me luck that i can actually view the game tonight…damn i hate this laptop and gamecenter live!!
I am so ready for this game!! Let’s Go Rangers!!! They need to believe that they can win. 40 minutes to go.
Linda
Try channelsurfing.net, myp2p.eu, and atdhe.net if GameCenter starts screwing around.
Good luck Linda! We need you with us!
RANGERS need to realize that , yes OV will score a few and we will score too. This is no Renney run team , we will attack and with all the momentum from the Washington fans cheering on thier Caps. So What? we came back against Philly so I can’t see us panicking if Ov and company score first.
110Th!!!!
Wow…..everybody pumped up?
I’m pacing around making believe I care about school work and the beautiful weather
Crap! I’m going to have to watch the Caps feed on center ice
Daneyko picks Devils to win the East…I’m stunned.
But Butch Boring picked us to beat Washington!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!! I’m sooo pumped – wore red, white and blue to work today with my Ranger pin on my collar (had all I could do not to wear my jersey). Everybody enjoy the game.
even Butch Goring picks the rangers. Maloney picks the caps
NYRin PHX
A few times recently I watched center ice and put the rangers Radio feed on thru the website..
A couple of times it was in sync
once though the Radio was like 30 seconds ahead…that was annoying
But I’m gonna give it a shot tonite
I don’t see Dru
Just got home. As told, all means of communication to the outside world are turned off!!! Dinner is heating up and I cant WAIT for the game!!!! DROP THE PUCK!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Garden –
I know I wanted SOOOOOO bad to wear my jersey to work today, over the suit LOL
thanks Shoryuken and Sally! I’ll go absolutely insane if i can’t be here with you guys for the game!!! half an hour, I should start trying to bring gamecenter live up soon!! I’ll probably just go to channelsurfing, as long as the evil, ratbastage run NHL has NOT shut ‘em down again!
Sally, I’m puttin my money on you for the contest!
I’m sorry, those guys are not pirates! Call em what they really are..TERRORISTS!!
Mike Green looks like a radish.
errr tucking my Caps / Ovechkin fitted had waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in a draw LOL
Guess Dru will play
the Ranger game is on center ice, but only in Standard Def, thanks to that pos Dolan, who will not allow fans outside the cablevision area to see rangers in HD. he pulled this crap in Jan, and it goes for all 4 MSG teams, the Rangers, debbies Isles, and Sabres.
JUST WIN.
i’m too superstitious to wear team apparel on game day!!! hope i can wear some team apparel to the gym tomorrow! maybe the AVERY RULES shirt!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sally, are dubi and gomez ready for the ride?
If Mara’s beard was gray he could be Santa Claus. Maybe he can bring us a nice early Xmas present!
So Al just said Drury left the ice mid warmups, not looking good :(
guys and gals
I posted 3 links to watch the game online but its awaiting moderation…
atdhe.net has the tsn feed and seems to be up and running. LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!
Thanks for your support, Linda!
The kittens are all riled up and ready to go. Let’s hope Princess Dubinsky takes over her spot on top of the tv and deflects one in for us!
I’m sooo nervous and excited for this game!!!
http://atdhe.net/
http://www.channelsurfing.net/
i think i just threw up in my mouth a little…
oh great, now we have to depend on Voros, mr free creditreport.com, to lead the way. yikes !
yea, the nerves finally hit me in the last 10 minutes!!
I got channelsurfing up, they are the TSN2 feed. not even gonna try gamecenter cuz then i can’t ‘chat’ with all you fine folks!
love the clips they are showing of Avery LOL
Those are some SICK PP stats…
voros will definitely take 2 penalties which will lead to goals. us against the world fellows
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
A Guy who Likes the Rangers – Puck Daddy was not mentioning any reporters’ blogs, just ones written by fans.
dopplerbob, Messier never actually said that. The Post headline writer said it. When Messier said “We will win” it was the day before Game 6. The headline writer took some liberties, and now it’s known as “We will win tonight.”
A Guy Who … thanks. We here all know which is the best blog, not only in New York, but in hockey. Maybe in sports. But I don’t want to get carried away. No blog can match this, because no other blog has you guys.
I disagree with Duguay, by the way. Never read too much into a guy leaving warmup early. It happens all the time. Why risk aggravating something in warmup. I think he’s playing because the Rangers would have recalled somebody from Hartford if they thought he wasn’t.
Not sure if I said this here, but I did on the live chat and in the paper, I think the Rangers steal Game 1. I really do.
R A N G E R S RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rangers in 6
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
i just hope that quiznos commercial doesnt come on, its just not right!
Thankzzzz Rick !!! You and Jane run this blog the best!!
Rangers steal game 1 …sweet prediction!!! I knew ya had it in you RICK!!!!! RANGERS GOOOOOO!!!!!
Aw Carp, we love you too man.
RAAAAAAAANGGGGGGGGGGGGEEERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
man i gotta get a huge glass of water and the rolaids or tums or whatever it is i have here!!!! Lets get this party started!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! LETS GO BOYS!!!!!
I think we may set a record for comments tonight.
only to be broken saturday rick!
Here we gooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
the game hasnt start yet and i already cant watch it!
go away cindy bettman!! PLEASE!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no drury…
who gets called up tomorrow now? someone said it may be a broken hand.
Dru scratched per Zipay.
Oh jeeze who is playing Virus? ugh
http://www.justin.tv/heaveho94
incase anyone needs a link to watch
Good luck fellow Rangers fans….
I must leave right now…
gonna go to Bed , Bath, & Beyond with the wife….
and if we have time, we will head over to Home Depot….
LET’S GO RANGERS !!!!!
No Dru but we got Aaron Voros =[
awe man!!!! stuck with the Caps feed. Joe Beninati is highly annoying.
Ugh, Voros in… hopefully he gets nothing more than 2 minutes if that much.
No Dru- The Wolfpack start tomorrow too. Who knows if they go with Voros on Sat?? Or Dru comes back by then. Or call up someone on emergency basis
2 months of this. Boy it is going to be a great Spring!
f’cking Redden couldnt break anything…it had to be Drury!
double shift Sjostrom!!!!! NO VOROS!!!!!!!
Drury – Out
Voros – In
Me – Sick
:(
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!
HERE WE GO!!! LETS GO RANGERS!!!
check the curve on Ovechkins stick!! :P
WTF are you kiddin me
Pull that stupid chain off AO’s neck
OH CHRIST!!!!!!! NO NOT THIS CALL EVERY SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!
that freakin airhorn is annoying beyond mortal belief!!!!!
effin penalty already….argh
Anyone else’s full ice picture suck?
Guys like Messier and Gordie Howe and even Potvin and Bobby Clarke must be puking to see a ticky-tack grab like that called a penalty … It used to be No Blood, No Foul in the playoffs. Geez.
can someone please link me to an audio feed of Maloney & Albert???
doppler
He didnt kiss is #8 he kissed the cross.
No penalty clock?
Big kill right there.
Anybody else think it was a mistake to not have a player up from Hartford, just in case?
Granted, Dubinsky just slides up, Korpikoski moves up, and Voros plays a few minutes, if any. But why not have somebody offensive playing those few minutes?
Anybody else think it’s a leg with Drury, the way he gingerly left the ice?
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-sports-2.php?w=598557&i=NHL
TSN HD feed
Huge mistake Carp. The Rangers would be better off with me out there instead of Voros.
Mara went flying…
i hate the referees!!
rick, they need to give amnisimov a chance
were soo lucky we survived that. this is gonna get ugly if they dont start playin. they gotta go to the net hard. now i see why they dont need a goalie to win games. cmon rangers kick their asses!!
Carp, I thought Drury looked shaky out there… could definitely be a leg.
Beard’s lookin’ pretty good!
It is going to be VERY tough for the Rangers to win this series.
LQ’s very sharp!!!
Blaze, go to the Rangers site …
http://rangers.nhl.com/
On the right side there’s a game center. Click “Listen.” You get Albert-Maloney.
rangers look very outmatched. doesnt look good right now. they look very nervous.
Sally
Drury isnt playing…
Anyone else think the MSG camera angles seem different?
It is going to be very tough for caps to beat the Rangers :P
Thanks, Sally. Took a couple of days, but it came in pretty good.
aw fudge pens just scored and i think it was the antichrist
MAKO, I know. They showed him giving it a go during the pregame skate and said he got off the ice after just a few min. He looked wobbly.
wow and i thought the caps were bad defensively
they actually are prety good
It is going to be very tough for caps to beat the Rangers
........
I have a strong feeling you won’t be able to keep telling yourself very much longer.
Sally
My apologies. I didnt know you were referring to the warm ups :/
is there a radio feed online???
Crosby kicked it in!
LQ looking good. Man these Capital announcers are homers. Its hilarious.
Boy, the Capitals are physical for a skilled, offensive team.
this is almost unwatchable. another pk to kill. utter bs
what SH*T!!! what a BS call!!!
someone care to explain how that is a penalty?
damn this feed is just as bad as gamecenter gggrrrrr!
lookin somewhat overwhelmed right now, not liking it
Salty
so far so good :P
MAKO, my bad. I’ve had a few drinks already so I’ll work extra hard to try to make sense!
UH. OH.
another BS call. god I hate today’s NHL!
will be 1 – 0 pretty soon.
Classic Avery BS call
Drury is already stuffing himself with Italian sausages in the press box. What an embarrassment.
We can hope the caps legs get tired from skating circles around us.
Lundqvist is on.
ohh how i wish we wouldve got the debbies!!!!!
That’s nice of Lexus to produce those irresponsible ads … yeah, go out and drive really fast and all over, lane to lane, like an idiot until you kill somebody.
Rangers look terrible right now..off to a bad start. The team seems slow while the Caps are everywhere.
Let’s hope they kill this next penalty too
He kicked it in AGAIN!??
This is gonna be a good series..hits all over the place. Yea, some Caps are physical, but we’re not backing down. So far.
not feeling good about this pk…
That’s a penalty, folks. Not an Avery penalty.
That “penalty” against avery is bush league. He was trying to go around the interference!
Classic Anti-Avery call.
Fitzy April 15th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
We can hope the caps legs get tired from skating circles around us.
I like your thinkin’.
Korp had a good kill there
whats going on? i lost the feed
Rangers finally turning up the pressure a little.
Oooh Cally!
OH MAN CALLY HIT THE POST!!!
callahan hit the post!
great save by Lund on Ovech
Lundqvist is ON!
HENRIK!!!! HENRIK!!! HENRIK!!!
god damn post!!!!!
Is there any doubt that the King has to be the MVP of this series, or else…?
WOW WOW WOW
AMEN CARP
did ovy pull that move off? my feed crapped out with LQ making the save..
And I was about to compliment Rozi on a great period, Damn
AO has 5 shots on goal already…rangers 2
Rozsival the Pylon.
OH WOW WHAT A MOVE BY NAZZY!!!!
hahahahahaha @ green. NICE!!!
Let’s break the trend and score on this PP!
DECLINE!
Rangers power play! LETS GO RANGERS!
PP Clock??
Boy their PK is right in position. No pokes at rebounds
Everytime the Rangers score a PP goal, an angel gets its wings.
What the hell was the deal with the Audi sign up there instead of the PP clock?
Did they take away the power play clock display so they could afford to show the Subway ads on the screens behind the nets?
why is Redden still on the PP. His “pinching” is gonna really kill us one day.
AO is a freakin’ monster.
can somebody please end ovechkins career
I’m pretty sure Stan Fischler picked the NYR in 6
y is rangers making plays inside of their own blue line????? passing and leaving puck for each other???? wtf?
this has to be the most one sided game ive ever seen in my life. please torts, kick everyones ass besides cally
I’ll take it, the longer it stays 0-0 the better
Nah, just get him out of the East.
0-0. Anyone worried that Caps got more shots than us?
I couldn’t be happier right now-
The caps gave us EVERYTHING they have and we survived with the edge of hitting the post. Swiss cheese looks very shaky
Mike in Iowa-
Have you just started watching the rangers? Did you watch the NJ series in 2005-06 or any number of NYR playoff debacles?
I thought they played a decent period, the game is tied.
Greg Cimilluca and Michael Hurcomb from cbs.com both picked the Rangers in the series.
sather- stop giving us mediocre teams that eek their way in the playoffs. id rather seeus get tavares. for gods sake man just retire!!!!!!
That was a survival period … but it was for Theodore, too. Now maybe he feels pretty good.
Rangers were outplayed, but not blown out by any means.
Now let’s see what Torts’ has got between periods.
(here’s this ad with the professional skate boarder. WTF is a professional skate boarder? Is that the word for future unemployed, uneducated, flat-broke loser?)
WEATHERED THE STORM !! ...Capitals need to get the puck past HANK and Hank aint budging!! Lots of hitting and intence action..I LOVE IT!!!
Rangers had a pretty terrible first 13 minutes or so, but picked it up a little towards the end. They were lucky to end that period 0-0 but I’ll take it!
effin brutal…i hate this damned laptop!!! i love missing 8 minutes of a playoff game… and then rebooting, getting a feed, and it skipping ahead 20 seconds. sonsabeyotches!!
at least they made it out of the first without giving up a goal. judging by your posts, they seemed to have picked up their play a bit after the aves penalty, which was the last thing i saw.
danizme, Who?
“CCCP April 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
y is rangers making plays inside of their own blue line????? passing and leaving puck for each other???? wtf”
its the left overs from Rennys crap system
they are the only team in the NHL that consistently goes backwards when pressured in their own zone
well the negative is we were outplayed. positive is its 0-0. one inch and we are up 1-0. thats what stellar goaltending can do for you. Keep it up Hank!
no country- been watching since 90. yea ive seen worse games, but not in the 05-06 season. didnt get msg till 06-07. had to watch oln outdoor network that turned into vs. so i missed most of those games. but cmon man, you gotta admit, hank is god. he is our only hope. even with a bad d and goalie our pp was the awful. naslunds cute lil spin thing backhander was so weak, but i had to laugh.
Game 1 in Washington ….after first period 0 – 0 , can’t say anyone predicted that!!! sweeeeet!!
Oh Ginger, I look forward to watching you grow old in your blueshirt.
Carp, you are on fire tonight. You have some Red Bulls in preparation of a 5,000 comment night?
AO is a freakin’ monster.
Yes, sir. That is correct.
out played!!!?? aww come on , home team ALWAYS out plays the visitor in the first…geeezeee , have some faith here.
lol @ carp. 2/4 sportswriters for cbs.com.
the other 2(the more known names) picks the Caps.
linda- my gamecenter wont show the game either. effin bs. i gotta watch atdhe with bad resolution and cuts in and out. i feel your pain. did u get my email?
By the way, the Rock looks like it’s only half full.
Pens are still getting all the calls. Hartnell gets hit, into Fluery and they call Hartnell for goalie interference.
Callahan should have made it 1 – 0 , WASHINGTON FANS you guys wanna cheer for all our good plays?...ty we will take it..I seen some good wash hits but half the cheering is when our boys rock!! WE got these turkey right where we want ‘em….love our guys fire tonight…rember Naslund is rested…hes the Dark horse here..shhhhhhh
Wow, we have to paly better and put more pressure on in the second. Rozsival totally got toasted by Ovechkin. Lundqvist is already standing on his head too much.
Rediculous goalie interference call on Hartnell in the Flyers game and not even the homer Philly announcers complained. It seemed pretty clear that Hartnell was shoved into Fleury.
I bet there are 500 people right here right now with more hockey expertise than those guys.
LOL Rick – Yes he is.
well, you have a good point greg. but just think if the caps play like this the whole game, let alone the series, hank will be worn out big time. he cant sustain it and nobody could. lets hope they got that jitters out of their system and start playin like we know they can.
Can’t believe the Captain is not playing!
We weathered this period and definitely played better as the period wore on.
GOMEZ – Do us all a favor and don’t pass, and don’t shoot – because every time you do, in ends up in the other teams skates!!!!!!!! I have never seen a player consistently get his shots blocked as much as Blowmez
any truth to the broken hand rumor? we survived as JOE MICH put it….betts sjos great period…..lets go boys we gotta win the puck down low and when they dump in our dman cannot panic, a few times girardi, redden with a panic pass cmon fellas
outshot 14-3 but they made it an interesting period the last 5 mins
seems like all the home teams are dominating early
danizme – I agree about Crosby’s goal. That looked like a direct kicking motion, even if he was trying to stop; it was with the side of his foot.
I hate Naslunds spin-o-rama too but against a goalie like Theodore I dont hate it as much. he is looking really shaky.
Crosby gets lucky on a garbage goal the PP, and reacts like like it was an OT game winner
Noah, no Red Bull .. just an alcohol-free beer and a New York strip steak on the grill. I couldn’t be happier.
Plus, though some of you guys think I’m super negative … I absolutely love the playoffs. I really do. And even though I don’t root for any team, I wouldn’t mind your boys going deep so I can be involved in the Cup chase for a while. Honest.
True mike , but The Caps will wear down. The home team usually slows down half way through the 2nd with the croud more in control.
That’s cool Carp.
Enjoy that steak, I’m jealous right now lol
Thanks Spiderpig…what is a distinct kicking motion, ankle movement? His picked his foot up, and moved it towards the net, hitting the puck en route. If that’s not intentional, they need to revisit that rule, Fo Sho.
the Rangers are going to have to keep the score down on the road vs Wash. so far, so good, except for the penalties
the Cally shot off the post could have given them a lead. Theodore was lucky
lobster- blowmez had a bad one as did almost everyone except hank. and cally. our pp is what pisses me off so much. we look so confused as to what to do its so frustrating. i know torts runs it, so when is it gonna get better?
it all comes down to puck posession. we never have the puck. this is not good.
It’s time to start to fine these refs for these horrific calls in the first 20 secs of a playoff game. Are you kidding me
Honestly not missing much with the gamecenter feed, the announcing is excruciating as always
it looked like he aimed while stopping..tough call to make. It doesnt surprise me that Hartnell got called for that. Last year he got called about once a game for it, and he got pushed into Fleury EVERY TIME.
RICK why no call up? FIRE SATHER!
PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE!!!!
when is something gonna happen?
Ugh, Naslund learn the rules.
Am i blind, or was AO holding Duby’s stick when it broke? Why no call?
That video of Drury looks like he has extra padding around his right glove, esp around the thumb.
danizme, i was wondering the same thing.
Kaspar
soon…
oh was that close!!!
Not gonna decline
Wow, a penalty called on a foul on Avery good thing I’m recording this game.
WHERE IS PP CLOCK??
Glad to see MSG still hasn’t fixed their graphics in a damn playoff game. What do they think this is, MSG2?
SO LAME.
MSG, is it too much to ask to get a pp clock?
what is so hard that these guys just dont know how to run a pp? its unreal!!!
Naslund WTF??????????
cmon Naslund…trying to be cute with a dumb pass then gets a penalty
I’m sick of Naslund… SHOOT THE PUCK!!!!
OMG NAZZY SHOOT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a fin 10 on that dive by AO
Two horrible plays by Naslund. Horrible.
nice blown 2 on 1 and penalty. naslund, stop the blind passes!!!!
Naslund with the giveaway followed by the trip. Real playoof experience there.
nice betts. doin ya job!
Betts with the sacrifice again
spaslund with a terrible play. turns an odd man rush into a penalty on him, thanks to his fancy crap spinaround blind hope
Mottau scored. 1-0 Devils.
Betts is the man!!!
Got a break there.
yea nazzy needs to be benched the rest of the series and put voros in his spot. im serious i cant stand his soft lazy ass
Thanks again Naslund.
He was mad the linesman screwed up..
thanks naslund
Not there
DAMNIT!
THERE U GO KASPAR…U WANTED FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
bye rangers
ugh… never mind
Son of a bitch.
Uh oh. That linesman must have made Ovechkin angry. :(
SPAZZ-lund cost that one
Midway thru game, Hank with 19 saves. Do you think we even get 19 shots on goal?
Really love how everyone in the world knows that we need to pressure Theodore to win…so we come out with 7 shots in 30 minutes.
GOMERRRRR!!!!!!!
Does Tyler Kennedy think he’s Alex Ovechkin all of a sudden (jumping into the glass after scoring)?
EFF YEAH GOMEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gomer!!!
greg, u think we’ll come back? does anyone think we’ll score tonight?
GGGGGOOOOMMEEERR BABY!!!!!
I was just starting to wonder if Gomez was scratched.
GOMER! Right On!
BLOWMEZ!!!!!!!!!! o wait…
U JUST KNOW THAT GOALIE SUX!! U JUST KNOW IT!!!
as i say that gomer scores. im gonna keep sayin it!!
ATTA BOY GOMEZ!!
Seriously, look at Theodore letting in that shot. SHOOT THE PUCK!!!
There we go Gomez! Exploit Mike Green with Avery’s help!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
great move by Aves, tripping up Green at the blue line
Cally’s 2nd goalpost!
HOLY CRAP!! CALLY HIT THE POST AGAIN!!!
wtf cally put one in!!!!!!
Cally with the post again.
Get shots on this guy, he is SWISS CHEESE.
Theodore – YA SUSPECT
JT Shaky!!! throw the rubber at him!!!!!!!!!
another post. o cally
mike in iowa(perkins alter ego) April 15th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
greg, u think we’ll come back? does anyone think we’ll score tonight?
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AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAA!!! Haha!
Avery didn’t deserve a penalty there on Green, but in previous weeks he probably would have gotten one. Maybe they will let him play now.
thats right , when the Rangers attack …watch out!!!
if they can stay out of the box, they can upset this team.
cmon boys we look like we got the momentum now. keep shootin at this punk. make him and ovie cry tonight
how is that icing????????????????
Callahan WOWOWOW zinggg almost 2 goals!!!!
when did they implement no touch icing? If that was icing the whistle blew before anyone touched it..and a Ranger got to if first? wtf?
I lost video!?!?!?!?
Looked like Korpikoski got hurt there.
LOST VIDEO
LGR. Come on fellas.
what was that about us needing to not take penalties?
ohh torts is pissed!!!
penalties in the off. zone, that is killing us.
WTF!!!! LOST VIDEO FEED!!!!!
Guh. Another penalty.
make-up call.
I HATE YOU DOLAN!!! THE POX ON YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS!!!!
omg you would think Cindy was playing with the Craps
DAVID – Yeah, me too. Seems to be affecting MSGHD and SNYHD but not some other channels I have tried – Time Warner in NYC. MSG regular is working, however.
hahah Voros took a penalty, imagine that!
AARON VOROS YOU ARE SO STUPID!
okay, MSG HD is out on time warner manhattan. non-hd is on.
It was green who stuck his foot out
what the F**K at that call?????????????? seriously?
MAKO with the Honeymooners reference. LOVE IT!!!!!!
Right through the hat.
So glad I pay Time Warner as much as I do…
what a great save by LQ -
WTF HD????
hank is possessed!!!!!
That’s a great save on Semin. Really.
Hank looks great. We are giving up very high quality shots though.
Dan
LOL me too LOL
It is hard to put in words how ridiculous Naslund’s play/penalty was, but two words come to mind: BENCH HIM!!!
And Voros – come on. Is this the best we could do to replace Drury? I’ll take just abiout anyone in Hartford over this m inor-leaguer!!
F the PP clock – FIX THE HD!!!!
LOL… “technical difficulties with the power play clock…”
How is that possible? Who put Redden in charge of the clocks at MSG?
Drury is out and nobody is wearing the “C”? whats up with that?
This is so aggravating. Im in the stone age without HD
Yessssssssssss lets get one for Avery
Ovechkin has 10 SOG already. Amazing.
why are we so slow.
pick it up!!!!!!!!!
skate
wow i never thought hank could be this good. if we somehow win this series, hes gonna be the mvp for sure. great stuff hank.
Let’s grab this lead Blue!
lol @ pox on you and your ancestors. sometimes yeah voros does take penalties. but that last one was just BS.
Come on you Time Warner douches! Stop screwing us over and bring back the HD video!
when redden takes those one timers, someone needs to be in front.
Whats with having noone in front of the net?
IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL!
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
anybody else starting to think we can win this?
FCK YEAH!!!!!!!
Antrooooooooooo
ANTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WENT IN! IT WENT IN!!!
WAY TO GO, BIG GUY!!!
A N T R O P O V
antro !!!
What a goal! I love that shot!
WHAT A EFFIN LAZER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice shot by Antro.
HD BACK ON BOYS@!!!!!!!!!!
That PP goal was so good, let’s get another one!
Holy cow. Are you allowed to score when you have one more man than the opponent?
Did anybody notice that the point men Redden and Rozsival, were on their off sides so they can shoot one-timers? Why don’t they do that all the time?
i was about to say, isnt that a penalty?
2-0 Mets!
NO WAY!!!!!!
WHO ARE THESE GUYS?!?!?!?!?!?
are you serious!?!?
EFF YEAH NAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW…
WOW
WOW
WOW
O LAWD
Nice shot by Naslund
IM SPEECHLESS!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!
lmfaoooo @ this swiss cheese goalie
Theodore sucks. just keep shooting
that’s 3 pts for Gomez
Greatest Power Play ever!
HD back up
looks like the Rangers have eaten their wheeties this morning.
IT’S TWO POWER PLAY GOALS!!!!!
Naslund almost made up for that terrible play earlier
No Elbow??? Are you serious?
WTF THAT WAS AN ELBOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carp said they would win Game 1. Might happen.
MAKO, it’s a landslide.
This goalie really is a joke. He once won a Vezina, if I’m not mistaken.
Just keep this up boys , games not over yet…
oh boy shoey better not be hurt
someone better lay out green. TONIGHT.
Naslund has been really good of late…
I have to watch the Caps feed on NHL Center Ice…
They are such homers. Such homers.
Rangers looking good, Hank really sharp.
I hate the Capitals.
That’s a great hit. If that’s a penalty, they might as well blow up the NHL.
Uhhhh I’ve seen penalties called on way less than that.
Uhhhh I’ve seen penalties called on way less than that.
that prick green fcking jumped!!
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
THAT SHOULD BE A MISCOUNDUCT
UGH!!!!
COME ON JOE & SAM!!!! THAT WAS AN ELBOW!!!! THIS IS BS!!!
Now THERE’s the Rangers we know and love. I was scared for a minute.
ya know, if the elbow on sjo was a penalty it would still be 3-1
NHL is a joke.
they just let him walk right in and score. staal n girardi cmon guys!
Staal did not take his man
F you sam and Mich- ,You know that was a major elbow- I am tired of you guys being anti-homer!
goal should never have happened… should have been a PP for the rangers… sigh…
nice one staal. NICE.
that goalie has won the HART!
Boy that almost seems impossible in Theodore current state.
That’s a tough goal to give up psychologically, no?
What a terrible goal to give up. Marc Staal was napping. Sheesh.
THat goal NEVER would have happened if that was called!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If we do not win this game, we will not win the series. That would be like Pittsburgh.
I am in shock about that elbow
I saw him skate by our Dman, then my feed went out.
bad goal given up but i am that is just the worst non-call ive seen all you. where is torts and his crazy temper?
that green hit was high, but there was no elbow. Rick, your point about Redden and Rosy switchin sides to take those one timers needs to be asked to Torts. I’ve been wonderin that all season.
Still a good period for the Rangers. Bad mistake by Staal, but he’s one of the good guys. Overall it’s a good period.
Ugh, no way to finish an otherwise excellent period
HD out again
bad goal given up, but that is just the worst non-call i’ve seen all year. where is torts and his crazy temper?
on the same damn car commercial again too
yikes, staal let him right on by
Rick,
Great hit!? Are you serious? Are we watching the same game?
the goal wouldnt of happened if staal played his man. very weak. he has a lot to learn still.
Late Wash goal was a killer!
callahan has been the Rangers best player by far. I did not think he was getting up after that hit.
Sjostrom hit and no penalty? Micheletti are you blind? He clearly nailed him with his elbow!
Has anyone else noticed an even more sleepy game than Usual by Redden. He has come very close several times to hurting this team tonight.
Rick
JT is overrated. He’s super shaky. I know if they keep pumping shots at him they are going to go in. 5-2 if those two Cally shots went in ;)
that goal was a killer, and Torts knows it. he just went ballistic on the bench after that one.
Yeah , well no one thought OV and the Caps would roLLL over and die …Carp , with Washingtons goalie in net , OUR whole team is an OVechkin!!!
If that was Avery applying that elbow he would have gotton 5 min. and a gammer. You know it Rick. Please.
guys, relax about green’s elbow. its 50/50, its close but not this blatantly obvious penalty. if it was orr throwing that hit and he got called for it, we would be up in arms.
that Green hit would have been a game misconduct if it was Avery. they should send Orr after Green
Torts wasn’t complaining b/c he’s not soft like all you. Sjo has to lift up his head. I’m fine with that hit. This is playoff hockey, kiddies.
Staal and Girardi bith looked like pylons on that goal. We can’t keep giving them so much speed coming through center.
The hit was high, and Sjo was not low. He got jumped, thats it. Disguisting.
Time Warner makes me more angry than when I see Aaron Voros.
Admire the hit for what it was, great. Arm tucked (yeah it came out after the hit, he’s not an olymic gymnast fer Christ sake), skate still on the ice (barely, but it was). Some of you can’t admire a good hit by the other team.
Typical Ranger BS to give up a big goal right after they score one.
Ouch. Shanny got hit in the face with the puck, and left the ice. Hope he’s ok…
Interesting fact….in Thodore’s second round series last year, he got pulled in 3’4 games!!
replayed the Green hit 3 times. He clearly led with the elbow right to the head. Momentum swinger right there. Rangers should have been on the PP. Staal needs to pick up his man….that was pretty bad.
Gomez has some interesting interviews lol
Jive,
That is just not true. That kind of hit is what gets people severe injuries, and it does not matter who or what team, it’s not ok, or acceptable because of the “playoff hockey”-argument. But thats just my opinion.
lobster, redden hasnt been that bad. hes not the one who cost us that goal. give the guy a break.
Carp
That would be a good hit if the elbow doesn’t hit Sjo in the face… but Green left his feet and threw an elbow in Sjo’s face… that is attempt to injure… which should be penalize by at least 2 minutes… im not even talking about game misconduct… Orr had a similar penalty given to him where he got right to the max penalty wise …and Orrs hit wasn’t even that bad… but since Orr is useless and Green is a 32 goal scoring Dman…. That’s the difference… that’s where the NHL is garbage.
time warner is america’s worst company. i swear. this is the 5th time in 3 months the station i want to be watching is out…and they will never give you anything for free when you complain. i always get “we can come next week or you can bring your box to 23rd st.” anyone else?
Boy Gomer looks and sounds real calm. Treats this like a regular season game making comments about the attire. I like that. Not phased at all being on the road in the playoffs. If the rest of the team has that attitude, that is a good thing.
Henrik looks shaky
Naslund will get another goal , he is definatly our sniper in the weeds.
Alex, I’m watching Rangers-Caps. Same as you, I think. That’s a clean, hard, Stanley Cup playoffs hit. Sorry.
CCCP, he didn’t leave his feet, either.
Clean hard hit.
But we got to pick it up.
We look slow.
LTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan
After my allegiance and soul to the Rangers – my 2nd fav team other than the Wings are the Caps. I dig the entire Caps team. So if it was a fair hit no problem. He took his left hand off of his stick and braced himself and and the last second elbowed Sjo right in the face.
well, to hell with tryin to watch this on ANYTHING damned bastages! I’m listening to Kenny and Dave and am much more non violent right now!!!
A 3-2 lead going into the 3rd period is not so bad…too bad they gave up that late goal!!
Just browsing through your posts and it seems like gomez is back to his old tricks and has regained his blomez nickname!
Lobster, I thought that hit on sjo was a pretty blatant elbow and nothing was called. Guess ya gotta wear a number 87 with a bird on your chest to get that!
i actually think reddens experience will help in this series. lol, j/k. but it seems whatever i say, the opposite happens
You know what is nice about a 7 game series is if Sjo remembers anything he will pay back Green with a hit of his own.
Are we having fun yet Carp?!
Did someone just say Henrik looks shaky? lol
Devils are up 3-0. So much for Carolina being the hotter team.
Who said we can’t score on the PP??
2 that period
I gotta calm myself down. Sorry boys, and Carp, about my attitude, but I just feel that it doesn’t matter if it’s playoff or not, that was elbow high. But U guess it will be scrutinized. Allright, Im done. For now. Sorry.
Go rangers?
Henrik looks shaky???? His brother must be playing in the AHL somewhere
Anyone see the phrase “classic Ranger let down” coming up in about 45 minutes?
Me too, sorry Carp for the bad attitude. Shoey works so hard and I hate to see him get screwed like that
Laurel, we’re having a blast. At least I am.
I didn’t know you were interested in hockey.
Liquid yeah Hank looks shaky…
do some of you guys watch the same game as I do…
Blomez, you can’t be serious…he scored the first goal…
some of you are un freakin real…
Liquid,
ummm… huh?
Devils up by 3 now.
I definitely didn’t think we would be up by a goal going into the third this game. I would have been happy with a tie. I’m very happy with the play thus far.
Are we all friends again?
Good teams win one goals games in playoffs! Here we go!
I’ll take a 3-2 lead on the road in a playoff game any daytime.
Just checking in between periods- a borderline hit? are you serious?- Green left his feet and lead with his elbow right after NYR go up two goals… hmmm…. plus he hurts the guy… I guess as long as he didn’t take his hands off the stick the NHL is safe…. worst refereed sport there is.
or at home for taht matter
Staal…i’m lucky if i’ve seen about 12 minutes of this game, and i missed all the goals besides the caps first goal and i believe naslunds goal. I just heard Gomez had 3 points in the 2nd period, so I will take back what I wrote, but i’d only seen him turn the puck over a couple of times. Tried to catch up with the game from the posts.
No need to apologize, Alex. Not at all. Sometimes people disagree on the Festivus blog.
Have you guys seen his too often: A delay in the game for one reason or another, and the Rangers just flatten right out and give up a quick one? I know I’ve seen it.
Welcome back Linda!
so tsn keeping playing the replay of the avery non-call when it is green that sticks his leg out to trip avery. but no replays of green’s hit. interesting coverage
Yes abindy I did the same and 19 out of 20 times against the Rangers this season that would be at least 2 min… sorry guys
I’m getting the vibe that Carp subconsciously wants NYR to lose based on his prediction.
thanks sally…technology hell for sure!
Carp
All the negativity is killing me! We’re up by a goal against the unbeatable Caps here
We need to stay out of the box!!!
I was thinking the same thing blueshirt.
YAY! HD!
First playoff game that Versus is showing is Crosby and the pens… surprise surprise…
OH MAN!!!! SOOOOOO CLOSE!!!
Rick,
Yup. All season. A shutdown line is what we need, a line that can cool things down. A Sami Påhlsson line.
BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY!!!!!!!!!
this is tortally bush
That’s a trip? Yah the Green hit is a “playoff hit” and that is an “Ovechkin call”
are you kidding me-what happened to the diving calls
Review that!
It’s 3-3, but it feels worse, doesn’t it?
SH*T call that lead to a goal!!! WTF this is such garbage.
Ahhh, theres our Rangers famous 2 goal lead evaporating in seconds
that’s the game.
3 BS calls.
i would rather not watch that goal again. 3 straight rebounds recovered by wash…..not too pretty.
We’re up to 550 comments now… what’s the record?
I was worried as soon as I saw Ovechkin creep down to the goal line uncovered. I wish Henrik would have yelled for someone to get over there if he saw him.
Alex, I completely agree. A checking line. What a concept,
why did i have dinner while a playoff game was being played? i dont wanna taste it twice
so lets see… sjostrom hit with an elbow to the head no call
girardi clean hit crosby#2 goes out of the way and falls its a penalty
I think we were in the 700s once or twice, and we went pretty wild at the trade deadline, too. But for one thread … I think tonight will be a record.
Rebounds dudes! Come ON!
the goal celebrations are getting retarded. win the series first before celebrating as if you’ve won the cup.
Girardi is horrible… Redden is having a decent game.
I hate the way the Capitals all skate to each other and jump around like a bunch of high school cheerleaders everytime they score a goal
I love the way they celebrate. Much better than the typical lethargic raising of sticks, tap the guys helmet, and skate to the bench.
AO jumped out of the way lost his balance and fell…. No way that call against Giriardi was a penalty!!!!!
officiating is at an all-time low. It’s sad that they’re (Buttman’s posse) ruining the game of hockey. Besides…Rangers almost never get a fair shake when a superstar is on the opposing team.
Girardi has given it away many times tonight. In our aone.
Im telling you… if they had a good goalie and tightened up their D. They would be unstoppable!!!
Poti sucks
so, is this being set up as a cap pens series to head to the cup finals? *;-)*
Jive-
really? They act like it’s the first time they’ve ever scored a goal
Mako,
On flipside; if we had AO and a Pointman. What then?
guess the bold only works for words….my previous comment was of the sarcastic variety :-)
No it doesn’t feel worse, Carp. It feels great. We’re right on track for a “Zippy Point” before we take them down in a shootout for the other one.
Oh, wait….
great pass by Avery. No one ever in front to pop that in!!!
Cone on! That’s crap!
wow
UGH
NASLUND! Learn to stay on your feet and stop tripping the opposition!!!!!
these GD refs are ruing this game….
Blaze, if anything, it’s just the opposite. I’m starting to feel that my subconscious is actually rooting for the Rangers to have a long run so we can keep doing this. I don’t care about my stupid prediction.
I just hate it when people think every darn call is against their team … like the Rangers might not have gotten away with two interference penalties on Gomez’s goal. When people complain about every single call or non-call they sound like Pittsburgh fans, frankly.
this isnt hockey
rick your missing the point…
calling that is marginalizing the whole game
Hey No Country
Yea, I just like it, they are young guys, excited, they are getting paid a ton to play hockey and it honestly looks like they are having fun, not just showing up to collect a paycheck like too many professional athletes these days.
dont get me wrong, i can understand why it bothers some people, i just happen to like it
WHOO!
OH BABAY!!!!
HOLY SH*T WHAT A EFFING BEAUTI:FUL PLAY!!!!!!
DUBI DUBI DOO !!!!!!!!
THROUGH THE LEGS! DUBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right on!!
“When people complain about every single call or non-call they sound like Pittsburgh fans, frankly.”
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn on us Rick lol
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBI
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBI
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBI
DUBINSKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo!! Duby just scored!
Eight minutes. Hold them!
Caps goalie is DREK!! DUBI IS A HERO!!
DUBI!
despite the game being fixed for a Cap-Pens series.
count on a capitals power play with a few minutes left
DUBINSKY WITH THE WIGGLE!!!!
Just threw my cat accidentally on that goal
That one feels pretty good Carp
come on boys! lock it down and get this win!!!!!
wow Dubi. Where was this all year??
Dubinsky just bitched Schultz!!! At least Sam mentioned the defenseman’s name because Joe avoided it.
LMAO!! Dan
Mine jumped 3 feet off of the ground!!!! Sorry for all that Rick. OH BABY THAT WAS BEAITUFUL!!!
Theodore is AWFUL. Nice move by Dubi, maybe thisll make Boudreu stop leaving his powerplay guys out there for 2 minutes.
I can’t believe that just happened!
Apologies to my cats for all the jumping and screaming!
LOL @ sally and dan!!
LOCK IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay (not that I want this to happen), so who messes up now to give Washington the tying goal? Redden?
My neighbors think I am a madman
Time to shut it down Tom Renney style (just kidding)
Wow. Theodore is terrible.
I love when fans of NYC-based teams think games are fixed AGAINST them. That’s rich.
4-0 pitt
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
If Drury plays, Dubinsky’s not out there at that point. Dubinsky’s been fabulous for several weeks now.
Dubi is playing great the last 2 games because he is getting more ice time and responsibility with Drury out. keep him in Drury’s spot, and move Drury down one notch.
She sits on my lap whenever I am on the couch, I jumped up, and she went flying
Ovie has 11 SOGs.
my cat just threw up on the carpet…
They have a shiny lit up Subway ad on the boards in the Rangers zone right now. I think that’s more distracting than the fake ads on the glass.
lmao No Country
my neighbors must be pissed, but I gotta listen to their kid runnin up and down the stairs for 4 hours so they got NOTHING to say!!!
were gonna have to make sure Dubi doesnt get a rediculous offer from some team on the offseason
Dan, that’s nice. I make mine do goal dances!
Since its 3:30 in the morning here in sweden i have to scream into my pillow. It doesnt taste too good.
dan, my cat knows better, when there’s a game on, she’s either upstairs on the bed, or hiding under the couch! OOH a scrum in the battle of PA, a small one grrrrrrrr
I live in a 7 story building in Brooklyn, and I’m pretty sure my neighbors don’t care about bothering me, actually I know it for a fact, so I dont worry about them either
What a horse shit call!!!!
Of course!
SOMEONE SHOOT NASLUND!!
I won’t complain, I am just so aggravated.
Someone take Naslund out back and shoot him
Naslund messed up again…here comes the tying goal.
f’in naslund! stop it!
Naslund is killing us
Can’t complain to the refs about that one
effin Naslund is a joke. he is killing them today
god damn it Nazzy!!!!!!!!!!
WOWWWWWW
HE DROPS THE STICK AND ITS A PENALTY
BENCH NASLUND
Raider – that has been slashing all season long, what are you talking about?
not to state obvious or anything but…we CANNOT lose this game
Chris, Dubi’s agents will definitely get calls. The Rangers have committed a lot of money to only a handful of players. Opponents will try to poach Dubi and Callahan. It’s just a matter of whether the guys tell their agents to field offers with the intent of signing offer sheets or just to leverage the Rangers into giving them the best possible offer to stay in NYC.
we need a shortie here
Clear by Cally
3 penalties and 2 points for naslund…man wtf is up with him and these penalties?
All i wanna here is SAVE LUNDQVIST or CLEARED BY THE RANGERS
lol @ Dan. Dan’s think alike…
Whatever. Naslund’s just trying to show Voros how a real pro GITS ‘ER DUN.
Can I breathe now?
I bet that Ovechkin stick was shaved down ready to be broken by any sort of stick check
redden made a great play there
(is the sky falling)
Huge PK.
I haven’t heard Redden’s name too much tonight besides a couple positive things, so I would say he’s doing a decent job. :)
Oh my god. LQ is so good. He is so good.
HOLY CRAP 2 1/2 minutes left!?!! OMG
LETS GO RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
HANK, I will bake you the hugest pan of lasagna!!!!
AND A CHEESECAKE if ya win this game!!!!
HANK CAME TO PLAY
Redden is snail slow…
You know nothing of hockey if you don’t think that was a good call on Naslund.
They’re killing me….no more powerplays!!
AVES leveled green
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT..paybacks are a bitch!!
LOL Linda!
Go Avery!!! Old time hockey…knock your opponent into your bench
green deserved that
avery proving why he is such a baller
Let;s Go Rangers!
LETS GO RANGERS! YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Someone PLEASE knock Ovechkin on his ass!
What’s up with all these promos to watch the rest of the games? I mean, do they think anybody came across this by accident and now they might be saying, ‘Gee, I wonder when the next game is. Maybe I’ll watch that one, too.’?
Do they think even one more person will watch on Monday if they keep on repeating the promos?
HEY HEY HEY!!! HIT FROM BEHIND!!!!
now what fedorov did…THAT is a penalty
i think my spleen and gall bladder are gonna burst lol
Of course that isnt a call on Avery….
Hahaha, I love your cat stories. Heart pumping fast, let’s get this win!
Carp – Actually, when people complain about every non-call, they sound like Canadiens fans!
Man I’d love to know what AVES just said to JT there…
Nice job by Antropov, forced the to
55.9 seconds!!!
Pretty solid job protecting this lead late … so far.
I think those are good non-calls by the refs. That’s how hockey is in the playoffs. The refs need to be consistent though.
Empty net, come on Hank! Hold on to this one!
hold on boys
this is the longest effin 2 1/2 minutes of my life!!!!!!!
Someone give Ovechkin a face rub when he stands over Hank!
i cant watch this… im watching Oprah right now
man i called it. 4-3 rangers baby!!!!
No. 1 star: Callahan!
YESSSSSSSSSSS
Teams who win game 1 win 75% of NHL Playoff series
We win!!!!
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOO!!!! 3 more to go, baby!!!
YYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a play by callahan
WE DID IT!~!~
i love ryan callahan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOLY CRAP!!! YEAH BABY!!!! AWESOME FREAKIN WIN!!!!
YES !!!!
HEAVE HO
Lundqvist steals game 1 for us. Let’s go!
No. 1 star: HANK
Wow, you can hear a pin drop in here now. I like this!
Rick you are 100000000% Correct!!!!
cccp i had about 3 hearttacks already and am on life support right now. i cant take the drama man. caps are so good we needed this win.
Oh my god.
If you woulda told me the Caps would have 3 goals in this game, I would never have thought we would have won by scoring 4! YES!
Callahan def player of the game
Redden – please show up
Callahan: Seven hits, two posts, two blocks in the final :30.
F U refs
F U Craps
We are going to take you
What is the record for broken sticks in a game?
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
now i’m gonna need about 2 hours for my heartbeat to get back to normal!!!!
1 down, 15 more wins to go.
OMG that was awesome!!!! My heart is pounding out of my chest LOL
that was all Hank
How is Gomez and his 3 points not 1st star?
RANGERS WIN RANGERS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORE YES!!!!!!!
Super Cally fragilistic
HEAVE HO THREE TO GO
7th place teams that win game 1 win 140% of the Stanley Cups!
i was panicking in the last minute like whoa
like maloney said, caps have a better goalie its gota be a loss. we gotta come out and kick some ass saturday. we barely survived. this was one of the most tense games ive watched almost since 94
no Drury for two games… two straight wins on the road… r u pondering what i pondering?
This time of year is not good for my blood pressure, heart or brain. yeesh.
hey deja! u survived too? my heart can finally rest!
Hank and his ‘HUGE PADS’ STONES OVECHKIN!!!!!!!!
get the win without the captain….dubi shines…cally another awesome game…
HANK…that lasagna and cheesecake are on the way my man!!
i just noticed 1st period AO had 6 shots 6 hits, he finished with 13 shots, but no hits after 1. did anyone notice him shy away from the physical play?
LQ was pretty spectacular tonight. Did anyone see that kick save he made on his side for that 3rd goal right before it was shot in on that 3rd goal? Unbelievable!!!!!
Thank You Carp for letting me vent
MAKO, you should hope I’m wrong the rest of the way… I usually am.
No Country, same stat for Game 2, though. I wish they could put up a stat for Game 1 and Game 2 winners in series that are 1-1 after two games because the Game 1 and Game 2 stats are skewed by teams winning both games.
Hard fought victory!!! Good job boys , ya know we aint won no cup yet but to start the playoffs with this character win….is a great way to go!!
yes CCCP! i’m with you on that one
just cut out the dumb penalties (eh Naslund?) and Rangers can beat them. their PP is what they live on, and you can beat them 5-on-5
Heart attack in Game 1, what’s next for Game 2? Kidney failure?
doppler, that’s why we have blogs … for venting.
Almost 4am here and no way I can go to sleep now, heart still pounding. Can I call in ‘Rangers win’ to work tmrw?
yea but we missed dru on the faceoffs linda. i hope he comes back at least for game 3 till the end of the series. im not sayin hes gonna score alot but we still need him.
CCCP
April 15th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
no Drury for two games… two straight wins on the road… r u pondering what i pondering?
****************************************************
LOL I was thinking the same thing LOL
Liquid, is Hank still shaky?
NBC next- the next mountain to climb baby
is this deja 1, 2 or 3? lmao
man I am still shaking!!!
now to turn to the wake on versus…you KNOW they’re gonna be shocked.
keep throwing your lame-ass thunderstix on the ice haha
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBBBBBIIIIIIIIIII
We can take Jose Three-or-more
Sally, great stat. I think it’s 141 percent, though. See you at the parade.
Cally awesome performance – Ovech is just incredible – however, the Caps were out-coached tonight as well – GREAT job TORTS!!!
Boy-oy-oy-oy-oy-ing
Great win even without Drury, Keep up the battle, get rested & we will be rooting for our Blueshirts on Saturday, LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
Alright! I’m gonna go out and celebrate! Everyone just take it easy til Saturday!
blueshirt- lol i wish i could do that too. i wanna get drunk!!! im definitely getting smashed saturday. cant take the stress
Drury was playing very well in his last couple of games. I would love for him to be back for Game 2.
haha kaspar!!
Good point Carp
I had to watch the Center Ice broadcast of the Capitals feed and I have yet to see the Avery hit on Green. They talked about it but didn’t show it. Cant wait to see that.
thank you drive thru
What is the winning % of a series when the road team takes game 1?
All hanks win. Best game of the year. Good game by Dubi, Cally, Antro, Betts and Aves.
Z needs to step up. Awful game by Nazzy and Staal.
Great game by the Rangers report blog.
Thank you guys. Good night from Stockholm.
Wow….cat people on Rangers Report. Update: I’ve got two, girls — Stanley and Cup. Mine don’t like my screeching either but they don’t run from the room. That would be sacreligous….
Kaspar, LMAO. Are you a Beavis guy, too?
Wow, incredibly good game to watch.
I love this team without Drury. It seems like guys step up.
I thought Z had a decent game. Backchecked well, played smart in our own zone, and helped relieve some of the pressure on our defensemen?
Renney who?
mike, i had read elsewhere that drury supposedly has a broken hand. look, i hate for them to be down anyone at this point. They were pretty lucky all season long that they only lost what, 30 man games to injury? how effective on faceoffs can he be if his hand is broken? I’m not being facetious, i’m askin seriously.
damn NBC on Sat. all you’ll hear is OV this and OV that. and Emrick will do his debbie best to downplay the Rangers, and talk stories while the action goes on.
Awesome win. You guys have all pointed out the positives, but our faceoffs have to be better. Rangers got slaughtered. If we get Drury back, improve on faceoffs, and play more disciplined, we’re gonna bring the pain. Awesome game, incredible effort.
Naslund redeemed himself with one of those goals, however please if you see ovechkin or any of the caps out of the Rangers zone, please no chopping of the sticks, hold off on those penalties.
“I love this team without Drury. It seems like guys step up”
Lol. Stepping it up without the “captain”. Can’t imagine that when Mess was around.
I’m not leaving yet, but I want to say that you guys abso-freakin-lutely rule.
Just wondering, should I let this thread just go into the morning, or do you need a blank canvas?
I’m going to the New Yankee Stadium first thing in the morning and will post some sort of review from there.
take it easy alex…see ya saturday!
have a good celebration sally!!! get your beard on lol
versus about to show rangers caps highlights…wow, i’ll actually get to see another minute and a half..lucky me.
hahah spazzy right on
linda – its the real dying deja wasnt around much not feeling well had to go back to the hospital i have strep and something funny with my liver. watch em win and me not be around to see it lol
Renney to coach the oilers?
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275142
Yeah, Rick. This is one for the books. Good night people.
LETS GO RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS….dubiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii what a move-way to step up kiddddddddddddddddddddddd
I know its only 1 game but for all you RANGER FANS that predicted Caps in 6: Good luck having caps win 4 out of 5
goaltending is everything… Throw all regular season stats out the window
2 power play goals, and goals from 4 different players, AND we took too many penalties, imagine if we would have played discipline hockey
cant wait for saturday, LETS GO RANGERS
On the bench as the trainer was wiping Averys bloody ear…Mara gets elbowed (HAHAHAHA) in the face by the trainer , HAHAHA the look on Mara’s face was priceless with him scowling at the trainer.
someone please wake me up. did they really just win that game?? Game is over ten minutes now & I’m still stunned that we pulled this one out.
Classy fairweather Cap fans throwing garbage on the ice…nice going.
Dubi with the killer move to score the GWG. hooowa!
wow 760 posts!!! awesome display everyone!!!
best blog on the net
What i want to hear in 2 months.
Rangers win Stanley Cup after Callahan wins Conn Symthe
The Toronto Maples trade 3 future first round picks to the Islanders for the 1st overall pick.
Toronto Then Picks John Tavares.
Tavares even though he was raised a Maple Leafs fan realizes their is no hope for them and pulls an Eric Lindros.
wow i just saw bam bam’s and dubi’s goals!!! HOLY COW!!!
My Black cat with no tail (stump) sits here on my lap watching the arrow on the screen move as I scroll my mouse!!
She hides as the Rangers play …
Do I have to hear Washington players complain about non-calls against Avery? My goodness, I am laughing at that one.
the rangers are on a boat
3 stars of the game:
#1 – A. Ovechkin
#2 – S. Gomez
#3 – B. Dubinsky
This is the TRUE BLUE BLOG
Chris? Is it going Fast?
really a helluva win. especially with the captain missing tonight. i’m glad we got one win on the road because i think we can really steal this series when we get back to the garden.
good coverage, carp. as always.
My 5-3 score was close. Give me 10 slashes with a wet noodle and I promise to be closer on Sat.
big hit on Ovechkin by Cally, and big hit on Green by Aves
deja…wow. first you WILL be around, and second, i hope you get better soon!
Needed that win- especially way Rangers play in the afternoon- still, not exactly a BLUEprint for victory- need to play better and really need to get better officiating- under 10 minutes to go in a tie playoff game used to take a serious (read that as a foul that interferes with or creates a scoring opportunity)foul to award a power play- in the new NHL it depends on who you foul and whether home or road team commits penalty- check out how many pps Pitt gets at home late in third period this year- I guess if that’s your cup of tea. Regardless, mighty big win for Rangers…on to game two.
How did AO get the first star without scoring a goal. Maybe Cally didn’t jump or Kiss enough
gonna toss on the jersey and head out into the alabama night, return a dvd and rejoin you psychos!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGERS!!!!
3 stars
1-Cally
2-Dubi
3-Henrik
3a-Gomez
Wow a long wait until Sat.
I need one of those shots in the arm Carp
Thank U Joe- that’s more like it
i did say naslund would step up not step INTO the box-LOL…...i mean they were obviously penalties but how is the sjostrom hit by green not on penalry-i mean call it fair and stop f—- giving the stars every call…...betts sjostrom night in and night out get the job done…...LETS GO BOYZ
Carp
Beavis is next to Godliness
it is interesting to hear Al Trautwig talk about Crosby…especially when Al’s lips wrapped so tight around Crosbys c*ck… Unbelievable talent Al.
Carp, no clean slate needed lets set a record for posts!
can someone please upload footage of the hit when Avery put Green in the benches? My brother said that Green start swinging his skates wildly and cut Avery on the ear. Something the Caps feed failed to mention nor show.
Looks like Torts is growing out the goatee. Maybe we should put him in the contest.
Kaspar, huh, huhuh, huh huh huh.
I am the Great Cornholio, I need TP for my bunghole
WOOHOOOO!!
I’m pumped!! No WAY I’m going to sleep early tonight!!
LGR!!!!
OK, Staal Wart. First vote wins. (I was leaning that way).
Are you threatening me?
Come to butthead
matt k.
they are the kings of the world on a boat like leo
Paging Nick Schultz, please pick up your jock at the front desk. Thank you.
uuuh, huh huh huh dumbass
46-20 on faceoffs. yikes
35-21 on shots
but a lot of that can be helped by just staying out of the box.
“Butthead,Where’s Beavis?”
“Uhhhhhhh, he ate like 27 candy bars and drank a whole case of root beer,huh huh huh..”
“I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!”
LETS GO RANGERS!
Feel better Deja.
802nd!
Ovechkin just called Dubinsky’s goal: A sick move.
I will not sleep until 17:00 hours on Sat after our 4-2 win
My mom just called and asked my help for her hockey draft as she was regisering in a room full of people…I got for her …Gomez,Dubinsky,Antro,callahan – Staal(pitts)
Zetterburgh,datzuk,lidstrom ,rafalskyD sedin ….yeah she values my opinion so good luck mom!!!Good thing Theodore is bushimus-maximus
Schultz looked like Sgt Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes on that goal by Dubi
he got beat between the legs, then got his feet tangled and fell like an amateur. totally embarrassing for him
GREAT move by Dubi. really clutch .
RANGERS!!!!!!!!WHOOOOHOOOOO yeah , 4 -3 I predicted as did a few of you loyal Rangers . A few though in here are a lil …um ..shall I say…WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAA RANGERS!!
Yeah I keep watching the Dubi move over and over…its only his second year I think he does have moves and hands. He is gonna be a very good player
good prediction ZzZz but Z doesn’t rule…
at all
nice goal by daniel sedin..nucks up 1-0
LGR.
Hey, Naslund, this isn’t 1976. The sticks aren’t made of concrete. Cool the f out!
Hank, what monster saves.
Hope the Rangers can step up physically.
Yeah, Gomez. Yeah, Nik!
LGR!!!
Carp,
I get no love on this board at all and I make legitimate posts all the time. I said going into tonight that the key to the series was Theodore. I also mentioned how BIG it would be and how winning the first game could change the series. After seeing tonights action if the Refs called the game as a playoff game some of the penalties we saw tonight should not have been called. The Rangers would have won by a greater margin. One other thing is how vulnerable Theo’s glove side is. The Rangers took advantage of that a few times.
Rangers in 6!!!!
Staal wart , yeah that move was sweeet , Ovechkin does it and everyone freaks out but he missed on his shot as he went around Rozival . Dubinsky put it home . We have an excellent neuclous here with our young guys and we have a team effort out there where Washington is all OV.
Chris, if you on the shore then your sure not me oh.
i just realized…we didnt hear from ORR on here tonight…that’s really odd. He always has some great lines and interesting opinions.
1. So Carp, when you predicted the Rangers would win game one but lose the series, did you have even an inkling of how bad Jose Theodore would be?
2. As I predicted, Dubi came out, beat guys one-on-one and scored a Jagr-esque gamer.
3. Avery may not have showed up on the scoresheet or gotten involved with Ovechkin, but the Caps’ D was so concerned with hitting him and punishing him that it left Gomez and Antropov completely free to wreak havoc.
4. Theodore is terrible. He did not stop a single difficult Ranger shot.
5. Easy there, cornholio.
6. The Rangers won and I didn;t even think they played well at all. Great PK but tons of penalties, mostly bad ones. If they can stop taking so many penalties and tighten up a bit on Ovechkin, they do have a shot because Hank looks lights out. And goals do not look hard to come by.
7. Green is a defensive liability for the Caps.
8. Did I mention that Theodore sucks and the Caps will be luckt to get out of this round with him in goal?
What a big win
On the road
favored opponent
a week of AO AO AO
outshot 35-21
blew a 3-1 lead
killed in face-offs
and we were missing our $7M per year 40 goal scorer…errrrr wait
Ok
Big win
Wow! I was hoping we could steal a game but I never thought it would be game one. I thought it would be close but we would learn and have two days to work on a plan for game two. But now we can work on the plan to go for the kill in Washington!!
Dubinsky’s move was definitely “sick” haha. he faked green(i think?) out of his jockstrap.
whats even more impressive to me is that they didn’t allow a quick goal right after that
“I hate words.”
“Words suck.”
“If I wanted to read, I’d go to school.”
Beavis & Butthead
“Beavis stop talking to me when a chicks underwear is showing on TV..its like when you talk- you mess up my mind and I can’t see the underwear”
ok so, my score was a bit off
BUT WE WON!
BOOYAH!!!!!!!
1 for 1 in predictions!
He faked Jurcina out of his jock i believe
“Try the morphine, it’s excellent today.”
826!!!
Great effort, a small step in a long journey.
“Uhh, I have an injury.”
“You do?”
“Yeah, I have this great big crack in my butt.”
ahh. okay. wasn’t sure who that was. just remember it being a 50-something number.
JAY G,
We love you and respect your insight!
Actually, i was wrong it was jeff shultz
When they let in the 3-2 goal all I thought about was Atlanta. We let them back in late and then when they scored early in the third I had to hit mute and watch the rest of the game in silence!! I could not handle the fog horns going off anymore!! Torts with a 1-0 lead on the road with 2 days off should be a great chance for him to correct some of the issues tonight and try to get the 2-0 edge!
Was it just me or did Ray Ferraro teeth looked Orange like a beaver? Guys broadcasted live in the middle of both benches , would n’t ya think the guy would have brushed his teeth?
Naslund should skate at the optional practices and work on his stick work in the d zone.
Girardi played sloppy tonight too.
while i can’t say i was focused on his teeth, that’s truly a funny observation haha
JK-all I was thinking of was game 1 vs Pitt last year with a lead and blowing it and the momentum. I’m so happy we came back tonight.
LOL you guys crack me up with the Beavis and Butthead references. I had a bad feeling going into that 3rd but they found a way to steal it. No matter what happens from here one thing is for sure- they need to find someone to do a better job on A O because if hes going to get 13 shots a game things could get ugly..1 win under our belts or not. GO Rangers!
I always kind of disliked the canucks
Now I hate them
I cant stand these teams that change their uniform every other year…and no matter what they change them to they still look stupid
and add Sundin?
Lets go Blues
its so true , it was really noticable ( I don’t even have HD!!) and also Mara getting that elbow from our trainer…haha funny!!
22figure8
Thats what I thought…
3-0 last year
3-1 this year
here we go again…but Damn…they found a way
2 for 4 on the PP?
WTF?
dark horse
noun
1 a person about whom little is known, esp. someone whose abilities and potential for success are concealed : [as adj. ] a dark-horse candidate.
2 a competitor or candidate who has little chance of winning, or who wins against expectations : a preseason dark horse as the nation’s top collegiate football team.
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: originally racing slang.
I christened my Dubi jersey today (with the “C”). 1-0 and a GWG! WOOHOO!
Wow, I just scanned all the posts at once and all I can think remember is that the Rangers won, and that I have a have a strange urge to adopt a cat…
And that Carp was 100 percent right on the win!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!
I’m going to add 1 thing before sleepy time. The defense was pretty solid tonight. Staal got burnt but he is the # 1 as far as responsibility. Redden didn’t make a single mistake. Rosi got burnt but got bailed out. Mara got kocked on his ass but didn’t falter. Girardi was ok even with the early penalty. Morris, not a single bad play. The D kept us in it, along with Henrik. Great job tonight.
“put it on gentle cycle Beavis…
...it’s a poodle”
greg
i like your enthusiasm but man… put down the pipe!
“Hey, we could get Butthead to sit on a glass and fart.”
“What’s so scientific about that?”
“Nothin’. Until you light it.”
...strange urge to adopts a cat , HAHAAAHAHA that was a good one Jane!! My kitty Spoooks ,I gotten her at the start of the season (halloween) has been my good luck charm ever sinse!!
puff puff , ya man , ol ccccp I know I said the sweep word and im sorry ( cough , cough) ...just that ming Rangers won and I cand see does dare Caps winnin anything ,(puff puff)
I also said that we would win tonight. 846 POSTS!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!! If we can tighten up a few things, I like our chances here. I hate having to wait until Saturday.
I am going to play my piccolo until I fall asleep :)
I love the Rangers, I love hockey, and I love this blog.
Carpiniello/McMannus in 2012: The Real Change we all need.
Italian and Irish running the USA. What more can you really ask for?
Thoughts:
——Carp’s pre-series analysis—“the Rangers will have trouble scoring 1.5 goals a game”—proved at least for a game as feeble as his defense of Renney when he was still the coach. (“No one could coach this team! They’re at the bottom fourth of the league in talent!”)
——Hank was incredible
——Callahan is a big time player
——Girardi was positively horrid. If he doesn’t raise the level of his game FAST, we are in trouble. The second goal was on him every bit as much as it was on Staal, and there were countless other terrible plays/thoughts/instincts
——Naslund scored a nice goal, but his play away from the puck (inc. the penalties) was pathetic
——Korpedo was good!
——Roszi was not good!
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418542
I hate to spoil a good night but I can’t take this moron.
Bettman is such an ass!
Model franchise…yeah right, first they are almost bankrupt then Super Mario and JJ bail them out, then they almost go bankrupt again and can’t pay there players, then Cindy comes along and bails them out again…
I know it’s hard to wait unitl Sat. but you know the Caps want to get back even faster! I think this is great for us an afternoon game and all the pressure on the Caps with 2 days to get ready. I know we have a hard time with afternnon games but with a chance to go up 2-0 Torts will get these guys ready to GET up 2-0.
completely off topic here…but
In Baseball the Angels official name is really “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”
Let’s hope Carp is wrong about the outcome of the series though :)
Awesome win, but we flat out got lucky that our goalie was outstanding and theirs wasn’t.
Lots to like about what we saw from some of our guys…Ryan Callahan continues to flat out amaze.
Redden and Rozi are still little more than pylons when Ovie comes into the zone. Terrifying to see them buckle as he comes at them.
Great to see two PP goals…but let me ask this question:
Our PP has now been effective for two games…two games without Drury…
Is it possible our PP is better without him? Certainly seems that way.
Great win…entertaining game…can’t wait til Saturday…c’mon boys, come back to MSG up 2-0!!
It is fitting that “rangers number 30” is on before rangers in 60! I will be up all night watching replays and making sure I don’t wake up and this really didn’t happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
860!!!!
great job on the blog tonight everyone!!!
Rick and Jane…two thumbs up as always.
Is it saturday yet? Damn the next 2 days are gonna feel like a month!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
have a good night everyone
Actually more important….. I might stay up to see if we could get this to 900!!
Riguere
I agree with you about Girardi—- he was the opposite of good and composed and steady tonight. Rosvival needs to be shown the tape of Ovie undressing him again and again until he understands that you have to PLAY THE MAN! Always! Especially against the best player in the world in a playoff game.
This was a great win. The Rangers will need to play MUCH better to keep winning, but I am going to savor this one and watch the other series with that nice feeling that comes with knowing you have one in the bank and are in position to steal another before the trip back to MSG.
I gotta agree. This team last 2 games has played so well.
It is clear that Drury is a detriment.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Wow, incredibly good game to watch.
I love this team without Drury. It seems like guys step up.
Always nice to get game 1, and without our captain, no less. I’ve bashed Drury as much as the next guy, but they really could have used him tonight, and definitely will need him if they want to make any sort of run. But this was absolutely gigantic, to get this win. Lundqvist was incredible. Gomez was great.
If the Rangers tighten up their game and stay out of the box, they can win this series.
Great gutsy win!
– Cally is a fantastic all around player who Will pop 30 next year! I cannot emphasize how good a player this kid is and how under used he was by Renney the moron.
– Dubi is a real good big time player. He was in junior and he is learning to be that type of player in the NHL. To all you dopes who said he only did well last year because he played with Jagr,think again! He scored more points this year than last without Jagr and with an ass for a coach most of the year who stifled his offensive game.
– That guy in goal sure looked pretty good tonight huh Lobster?
– I think they should start negotiations with Antropov on a new contract and use Z’s money for it. Z did nothing again.
– Avery is in thier heads already. When Boudreu was asked about Avery he responded by saying ” was he out there today,I didn’t notice” Maybe you should ask your boy Mike Green who put his ass in the Ranger bench tonight.
– My one gripe is that I think it was very irresponsible for this team to have no one there to replace Drury,knowing that he was very iffy for the game. Voros is a faux hockey player and Orr is simply useless when a guy like Brashear is not in the lineup!
Ford
It is a great feeling to sit back and savor. We had it last year with the two we won in NJ but half the crowd was ours. This one win in Wash feels better then after those two. And with 9 years of nothing 4 years of a something feels good!!
Anyone want to comment on Redden? i thought he played very well… blocking shots…making plays… throwing the body in some instances.
alex b
I agree. I was a bit uneasy when they announced Drury as out and Voros in.
But….we WON!!! WOoOHooooo without the captain and without his faceoff wins! We pulled it off!
I’m in shock…but a happy shock!!
Hopefully, Drury will be back in Saturday. This has to be a big confidence builder, to say the least.
and the Rangers are the only road team out of 4 tonight that is not getting smoked
cccp-
I thought Redden played about as well as he can play. But nothing like a 6.5 million dollar player should play.
AM I THE ONLY ONE HOPING DRURY IS OUT FOR THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS?!
This team is better without him! PP was better. 5 on 5 offensive zone was better (fewer turnovers). The only thing Drury (Mr. two-way center) does is now one-way, PK! He sucks at 5 on 5 (minus … 13ish?!). He had 2 gwg all year. He had very few points last playoffs.
Geez, people, shut the hell up about Drury! He doesn’t help this team, and I actually think this team plays better without that A-hole. Awful Captain. Awful top line player.
Just got back from Bed Bath & Beyond with the wifey….
we had enough time to hit Home Depot….
What did I miss?
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
I have to say I learn a lot reading this blog. I love (almost) all of you guys. Really good stuff. Keep it coming. Props to Carp and Jane
rangers in 5
death to the free credit report.com guy (sorry, commercial just came on)
Also, somewhat unbelievably Redden and Rozi were the best D men out there tonight, Girardi and Staal looked nervous.
this is pretty good. the Rangers are on again right now and all night
” NEW YORK, April 15, 2009 –Tax Day has a bright side for hockey fans. Starting today, April 15, and through the second round of the playoffs, subscribers to the NHL Center Ice out-of-market package will receive replays of same day games. In this new enhancement which is free to customers, the NHL Center Ice package will re-air each current day’s game beginning approximately one hour after the live game ends so that fans can see games they might have missed. Each game will replay in its entirety and will repeat continuously overnight and the next day, on the same channel, until the following day’s live games begin.
The “Replay Game” feature means that there will be approximately 4-5 replays for single, scheduled games. Live games scheduled back-to-back will be replayed in that same order, so that there will be approximately 2-3 replays before game-time the following day. No games will be bumped from the package to accommodate replay games. Blackout and other restrictions apply.
No Country
I agree – I thought they both looked composed.I’m watching the rangers in 60 and Rozi makes a great block before Gomez scores.
I think Girardi and Staal will benefit from the 2 days off with Torts.
Great win tonight… Can’t believe all the comments—Huge game on Saturday, driving up to Binghamton to meet my friends at school and probably catch the game right when I get up there.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
I know they have had their share of playoff experience so far but it’d be asking a lot from Staal and Girardi to not be nervous under the circumstances. They’ll settle down. I wouldn’t worry about them too much.
JK- i’m with you on that, I expect a much better effort from Staal/Girardi (and some others) on Saturday. Maybe Redden has been saving all his good plays for the playoffs.
So huge to get that game 1 W.
Also great post by whoever put up the “Dark Horse” definition
King Of The Road- Thanks for that Center Ice update , i’m watching the game again and loving every second of it
wow great game had t go out to dinner for the gf’s bday. I went to sawa in long branch for anyone that knows the area. the guy next to me was talking bout the game and i tivod its. The moment he was about to say the sore u turned and spilled me drink on him wooopss. I bought him a beer and told him to shut the f*ck up. BTW wanted to now if anyone might have extra tickets to any of the home games to help a college students whose a finance major. which means i wont ever get a job and the tickets u give me might be the last ranger game i c in person. the economy is down help a kid out haaa.
Lundquist was simply amazing tonight! big games from Cally, Dubi, Antro, and Gomey.. believe it or not Naslund played well (minus the 3 offensive zone penalties).. and two unsung heroes.. Sjostrom and Betts.. Avery played his game perfectly tonight.. the defense had a sound game but will need to step it up if we want to win this series… I disagree with some people on here… I think Redden had a terrible game.. he is soo soft and gets pushed off the puck too easily..
You know, I killed Hank a couple times over the course of the season and I shouldn’t have done that. He’s the best thing to happen to Rangers in recent memory.
The penalty kill with 5 left was just on. The Rangers did get stuck in the zone for most of it but they played it great – lots of blocked shots and Hank coming up big to get the whistle. They need to work on that one issue it happen a few times on the PK.
right, No Country. it is also good to be able to see games that were on while we are watching another one.
however, some bad news too. that damn Versus is NOT re-running any games they are showing. THAT is pathetic. except for a game on NHL Network after NHL Live each day, no Versus games are being re-aired for those who miss one. at least none are scheduled on the guide
looks like the rangers were the only team to win on the road tonight
886 comments!
Rick please ask if Amnisimov or Parenteau will join the rangers.
I know everyone is on Drury but if anything he can help us with faceoffs…we could have used a few wins on the PK or icings.
I also thought that Avery should have drawn a penalty when he the little get together at the end of the game. That cross check would have been called if it was anyone but Avery. It was well after the whitle. I know Avery (lost) his legs but it would have worked if it was anyone else.
drury is a plus clowns..
they rangers got killed on the faceoffs and voros and orr played about 3.5 minutes..
great win but do not pop the cork yet..
also ovechkin gets calls. the first girardi penalty was a joke. on another call ovechkin jumped in the air and they called it.. does he go to the crosby school of diving???
I am gonna remember every doubter in this joint who did not give the Rangers a shot !!!!
They will most likely all dissapear and end up slapping pappys with LI Joe & Co. over on Zipays Blog….
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
Ovenchicken and Craps out in 6 !!
If the Caps had anyone of the goalies that are currently sitting at home during the playoffs we dont win this game tonight. We have to stay out of the box or we are toast.
PS is Naslaund too old to move his feet that he has to make dumb play after dumb play followed by stupid penalties after those dumb plays? He could have killed us tonight. I dont care about his G
I did not post the following….I wasnt on this blog for the entire game, and would never question the KING….
Henrik looks shaky
Ryan Callahan = A TRUE RANGER.
i hate how we need to wait until saturday for our next game im ready to go tomorrow ha
“AM I THE ONLY ONE HOPING DRURY IS OUT FOR THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS?!”
Drury didn’t play? funny that his DNP tonight looked similar to a lot of the regular season “efforts” by Mr. Invisible…
like you said, who cares if he comes back anytime soon…did we miss his “leadership” tonight? the team showed plenty of determination and leadership by coming back after blowing a 2 goal lead without him…what’s he gonna do if he plays? maybe win a few faceoffs? play on the PK with a lower-body injury? how effective will he even be?
oh I forgot it’s the playoffs, must be time to resurrect the “clutch” myth…well the Isles, Avs, Lightning and Thrashers aren’t in the playoffs, so you can forget about counting on him for some offense (take away his stats vs. those four teams and he had 13 goals, 35 points this year)...his points-per-minutes played ratio has to be the WORST in the NHL, especially with all the PP time he gets…
as much as I’d love to see us make a long playoff run this year, I’d love even more to see us do it without the Zombie Captain…even though Drury has his share of detractors, I still feel he gets a MAJOR pass from a lot of NYR fans (mostly offline) on being a colossal disappointment for 2 years now, and especially compared with the (deserved) heat that Worthless Wade and others get
897
898
899
900 AND THIS ONE WILL LAST… TILL NEXT COMMENT??
901 and counting. I wonder if it’ll reach 1,000.
WHOHOOOO RANGERS!!!!!! Hope those Capitals sleep like crap tonight!!!!
Still Gotta Fire Sather—
Regardless of your opinion on Drury, he only could have helped tonight.
His faceoff prowess alone would have been a gift.
Combine that with the benching of either Orr or Voros and he adds a player that can actually skate and… you know… play hockey.
He’s a big part of the team, collectively. His presence was definitely missed in the 1st period, if you ask me.
I have to say my what BIG MOUTHS alot of you guys have….wow posting so many times , Impressive!! Like the Rangers!!!
Jonathan:
I didn’t say Drury couldn’t have helped tonight, I was just venting due to the pre-game exaggerating of what a “huge loss” it would be if he didn’t play and then the post-game exaggerating of “and just imagine when Drury comes back!”-type quotes like the Caps or anyone else fears a 3rd Liner…could he help us during a long playoff run? of course, but he’s not some kind of IRREPLACEABLE talent, don’t believe the media hype…
and even your examples kind of prove my point- “he would’ve won some faceoffs”, “he’s better than Orr and Voros”, “he can actually skate”...seriously? only Captain $7 Million can do ALL that? how did we even win Game 1?
a cardboard cutout of Marek Malik plays better defense than Wade Redden, but I wouldn’t use that as a reason to praise Cardboard Malik
Drury is needed if this series makes it to 6 games. He provides alot of solid play but if Dubinsky suffers or gets changes around , i’d sooner see Drury come in and not have us to mixs things around cuz hes here now.
Last post!!!!!!
quote from Blueshirt Bulletin:
“There were few Ranger fans in the building, which was overwhelmingly red (unlike a certain arena in New Jersey when the Rangers play)—some of the few that were on hand were escorted from their seats near the press box for doing nothing more than apparently celebrating the Rangers taking a 3-1 lead.”
there is no place like home…NEW YORK CITY (Odessa, UA)
http://www.odessit.com/ser_eng.htm
I think anyone talking about Drury and saying he wouldn;t have helped last night is forgetting that we had Voros on the ice last night..!! Got to have Drury in this series, the play-offs is where he plays his best hockey.
Great win for us. Mike Green can’t compain about Avery, when you watch it in slow-mo Avery skates behind him and Green sticks his right leg out behind him which Avery very slightly clips
Going to the Wolfpack tonight to see our future Cally and Dubi’s in action! Let’s go Pack!
Can’t wait for sat. Rangers then the Pack at night. Boy I am lucky to have a great wife!
AM I THE ONLY ONE HOPING DRURY IS OUT FOR THE ENTIRE PLAYOFFS?!
............
Winning a Cup with Drury in the pressbox would be my dream come true. Clutch my ass.
I think we play much better without him wasting minutes on the ice making those heroic “dump and change” plays. The guy just really can’t skate anymore, he always looks slow and stiff. I hope he tries to come back and breaks his ankle and Torts finally realizes he’s a waste of capspace and icetime.
Does anyone know if there are any plans to have a game 2 viewing party on Saturday, and Where?
That fat piece of sh*t Bruce Budreau has the bal*s to sh*t on the refs after the game about some missed calls, 5 out of the 7 power plays they got awful calls.
Salty and Gotta Fire Sather,
You guys get it.
The guys posting this crap:
“We need Drury for his faceoff prowess” and
“drury is a plus clowns” just don’t!
Chris Drury is a minus-8 this year, minus-3 last year, plus-1, and the then minus-11 the following years!
He had 3 goals (6 points) in 10 games last year. He scored 1 goal against Pittsburgh last year, including ZILCH games 2 thru 5! The guy’s the biggest sham in the NHL!
I’m fairly certain that the refs are reminded before the playoffs begin that just because its the playoffs it doesnt mean that the same rules dont apply. I hope the ref that called that first penalty in the first 30 secs was shown a replay and was embarrassed. Great win, but they can play so much better.
6 points in 10 games last playoffs last year
I’m sorry, the idiots get me hot and bothered.
Concerning the “faceoff prowess” clowns mention here, do some hw. Open a webpage. Don’t believe the media garbage.
Gomez and Dubinsky had much better faceoff winning %’s than Drury this year!
Again, he should be put on the PK. He makes them a worse team 5on5 and on the PP.
With Drury out and the Caps not playing Brashear, why the hell dont they put in Parenteu and Anisimov for Orr and Voros. They cannot do much worse.
With all the caps offense, their D sucks and goalie is shaky at best, we really have a chance now…
stick drury on the fourth line. rather him than voros, use drury for penalty kill only.
or put drury in the booth to replace sam and joe.
Some things to consider, probably a bit off-topic and optimistic:
1. A pre-season championship in Europe, first since ‘94
2. Most regular season wins on home ice since ‘94
3. Playing the Caps in the playoffs, first time since ‘94
Oh yes, back to the actual game and series..
They just need to continue getting shots on net – Theodore allowed 6 to beat him on 23 shots (Callahan’s 2 posts). That’s less than 75% which is absolutely brutal for playoff goaltending. If he somehow continues to play into next week, we could be hearing derisive “Jose, Jose, Jose” chants at MSG (and I’m not talking about the festive type you hear at Shea/Citi).
Let’s not forget a mere 14 seconds after Fleischmann’s re-direction to give the Caps a 1-0 lead, Dave Steckel had a nice opportunity to make it 2-0 but Lundqvist kicked out his left leg to make an awesome save. That puck goes in and it’s a different outcome.
How many times has Dubinsky tried that same move in the regular season only to shoot wide or lose control of the puck at the last moment or attempt an unsuccesful pass? Great clutch goal by someone who’s putting up some big numbers in his young post-season career.
You folks wishing/hoping Drury doesn’t come back to play in the playoffs show an unbelievable lack of both hockey knowledge and common sense.
Glittering jewels of collosial ignorance!
well thank god we survived that onslaught last night and got some good goals on a shaky weak goalie and d squad. they really sucked on 3rd and 4th goals we scored. cant see us winning any more games home or not if every game is gonna be played like last night. but i do think we are definitely gonna play better now that we stole one on the road and especially at the garden i cant see us getting vastly outplayed. more even matchup in ny. gotta say that redden had a great freakin game too. staal was ok, but made a bad mistake cost us a goal.girardi too. not good. naslund would probably be benched for the rest of the playoffs if he hadnt scored and got an assist. betts and shoe were great, cally was too. gomez was our captain last night. drury, if he comes back soon, should play pk’s and 3rd line. no pp. like someone already said. all we gotta do now is win all our home games. we do that we win.
lack of knowledge. drury is certainly missed even though im not a big fan of his. but hes not so much of a gamebreaker as he is a steady d minded forward and hes good on faceoffs. well, supposedly. but yea, id rather have him in the lineup he still can score some goals for us. better than voros. but, anyones better than voros at this point. but you cant say that if say jagr was still playing for us and he was out, thered be alot more worried people right now.
Barry Melrose says Caps are still taking the series.
I was impressed with the Dubinsky goal, nice moves and IN. WOW, man this guy can play, I can’t understand why he doesn’t do this consistently. How many chances has he had like that and not scored in the past year?? Well we can only hope he is getting back to where he was at the begining of the year. I don’t think anyone can predict this series, it is way to close and any teams to take. One thing is we have to figure out how to shut down Ovechky’s quick shots, he can get a shot off in mili-seconds and in a half of a phone booth. 1 down 3 to go.
True story, I made the same move in my men’s league game 2 nights ago, walked in all alone and shot the puck 3 feet wide.
Good thing there weren’t any scouts in the stands.
did anyone else here Gianone call Theodore “Jose Threeormore”?
That was classic
Well, a good way to start the series, and I’m ready to admit that my Caps in 5 prediction will likely be incorrect.
Man, Theodore was bad. We needed him to be that bad to win that game. We need him to STAY that bad to win the series.
Not gonna even bother reading any posts before mine because there are so many. But Let’s go Rangers on Saturday, make it 2-0 and take this goddamn series
Thatta boy Doodie….
On todays menu….we are serving…..
Humble Pie
And a beautiful good morning to all out there in Rangerland!!!!!
It was a great ride on the train with people sharing their love for our boys in blue. Winks & smiles & head nods a plenty while I rode to mid-town.
First off LQ was fantastic last night – Best he has been in a LONG time VERY SHARP!!!! Even though they scored 3 – he was fantastic.
RE: JT. I really hope Torts just tells them to throw the puck at him. He was exposed last year and needs to be exposed THIS playoffs.
OH CALLY CALLY CALLY. Can this kid get any better!!! WOW He is going to have a letter on his Jersey very soon. Dubi – where have those moves been!!!! Oh one of the most perfect start to finish plays I have seen our boys make this season. Simply fantastic!!!!
Oh and AO is a MONSTER!!!!!
Im done =D
Three things I wanted to point out. The Gomez goal was the luckiest goal we’ll get all series because there were not one but TWO interference penalties on the play that could’ve EASILY been called. Since one was Avery, we should consider ourselves especially lucky not to have had it called.
The Kozlov goal. Everyone says it was Staal who didn’t pick up his man, which is partly right, but it actually was a terrible job by Scott Gomez. Staal was in front of the goal and Kozlov was allowed to skate in from the neutral zone unmarked. He comes in with a full head of steam to a backpedalling Staal, what is Staal supposed to do? Meanwhile, he breezed right past Avery at the blue line who was in the center marking Ovechkin. But that wasn’t Avery’s fault, since Gomez was just gliding along on the right wing boards. Gomez should’ve been in the middle skating with Ovechkin, and if he were, Avery would have been able to pick up Kozlov, who was able to skate in unmolested and unimpeded in anyway. Gomez HAS to track back through center in that situation and HUSTLE. Your forwards can’t just let skaters come in from the point unimpeded and unmarked. Even if Staal picked him up earlier, there was little he would’ve been able to do at that point other than take a penalty, which while better than the goal Kozlov scored, wouldn’t be the ideal solution.
Marcus Naslund. He got a goal and the assist on the Dubinksy goal (which was all Dubinsky). But STUPID penalties. I know for a fact that 2 were in the offensive zone, but can’t remember if the third one was. Either way, if Aaron Voros wasn’t our only other option since Drury is out, I would say to bury Naslund on the 4th line as a PP specialist so he wouldn’t have to take bad stick penalties at even strength to cover for how old he is. Although, he did take one of those penalties while on the PP, so, I don’t know what to do with him.
Anyone read after the game on Yahoo sports that they the Caps may have their rookie in net on Saturday?
New post is up.
Im pretty sure this is it:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap;_ylt=AtHCkpVeVhcLjyRZVc74PYN7vLYF?gid=2009041523&prov=ap