Game On, Game 4 (updated)
Don’t know what else to say, except this:
I keep hearing “the winner of Game 4 wins the series.” And I may have even agreed to some degree with that on our video chat yesterday.
But I’m not convinced that’s true. Let’s put it this way. If the Rangers win Game 4 and go up 3-1, they should be able to close out the series in Game 5 or 6.
If the Capitals tie the series tonight, though, I don’t think it’s an absolute given that they then go on to win two of the next three. Not at all. Unless the Rangers continue to be as offensively challenged as they have been the last two games—not to mention pretty much all season long. They’re not likely to win two of the next three scoring one a game. Not to mention none a game.
I just heard John Amirante warming up his pipes again. I wonder if he’ll be drowned out by the crowd tonight, because he sure wasn’t drowned out before Game 3.
And as I wrote in the comments of the previous thread: If they hand out thundersticks tonight, people should thrown them onto the ice BEFORE the game, and P.A. announcer Joe Tolleson should be forced to say, ‘Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Arco Arena.”
My buddy Kenny Albert is the go-to guy when it comes to numbers and statistical information. Here’s his Game 4 numbers column on MSG’s Web site.
And here is Tarik El-Bashir’s Capitals Insider story with Ovechkin making some comments on Avery.
I’m going to listen in on Matt Gilroy’s press conference around 5:30. If there’s anything interesting, I’ll post it. If he’s boring, I’m going straight for the pregame buffet.
Enjoy the game. Let’s see if we can hit 1,000 again!
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EVENING UPDATE, 6:09 P.M., FROM MSG: Hobey Baker-winning Boston University defenseman Matt Gilroy, signed by the Rangers last week, is at the Garden tonight.
Couple of things about him. Apparently he wasn’d drafted, and thus a free agent, because he grew about six inches after his draft year. He even said, “To be honest, I didn’t hit puberty until I was 18 years old. I still don’t even shave and I’m 24… it’s embarrassing,” he said.
He played for John Tortorella in the World junior championships, and both Tortorella and Chris Drury (another former Hobey Baker winner from B.U.) called and helped recruit him away from two other teams in the running. Drury, his idol, told him “Matty, I’ve been all over the NHL … and there’s nothing like being a New York Ranger.”
He got a one-way contract, which means he gets the whole amount whether he plays in the NHL or in the minors.
About playing for Tortorella: “We were skating him at the Worlds, the first day of practice, and he’s screaming at Patrick Kane and (Zach) Parise, and I’m like, ‘Geeeez.’ This guy’s honest. But that’s what I had with (B.U. coach Jack) Parker. He didn’t care who you were. If you were wrong you were getting called out on it, and that’s what coach Tortorella is: Honesty and full of passion and that’s what draws me right to him.”
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Gomez for the hat trick! Rangers win 6-3.
Ok off to the Blarney Stone and then to the game…LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
sweeeet stumped Rick!!!
GO
RANGERS
GO!!!!!
Go Rangers!!!
“Gomez for the hat trick! Rangers win 6-3.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
You might as well have said Doodie Machetto with the natural hat trick!
All I have to say is tonight is a must win.
If we don’t win tonight…well you know
I’m outta here!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!!
yeah doodie , did ya come up with rexy by yerself or did ya need a lil pc help?? just wondering.
LGR!
Doodie, I just sent you my 10 day pic.
Hopefully the Rangers’ offense will show up this game. Varlamov really hasn’t been tested much.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
Miami Pimp, can I forward this to my friend so he can text this to his future ex-wife? Pretty much describes her to a “T” !!
I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, fore-fleshing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, ugly-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, bush league sack of monkey he is.
Oh,.,and Happy Birthday Pimp!
LIQUID … you’re more than welcome to spread the joy
Why Thank You!
Redden with 4 goals 7 assists 25 hits 35 blocked shots 20 takeaways 69 saves 15/15 on face offs 3 zamboni rides and 2 eight-balls.
Rangers win 7-0
I needed a little help. The name was on the tip of my tongue, and I even knew the year of the cup win (which when you consider there had been 5, it was worth something).
But I couldn’t come up with the name without looking at the roster, but as soon as I saw it, I knew it.
No “Power Sticks” tonight Carp!
RALLY TOWELS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Let’s go Rangers!
http://5-hole.com/?p=1747
Stupid Honor Society inductions and meetings with faculty and the President of the College. Why do they have to schedule these things when it is playoffs time?
Must be Sens fans, since we are so close to Ottawa.
RICK should do a story in my honor … I’m the most ardent hockey fan to come out of Brazil, and probably the only Brazilian in the world who prefers hockey over soccer
Carp, I get the impression that the crowd doesn’t drown out Amirante during the anthem (as it used to in say the 94 run) out of a reverence for the anthem, not because it can’t. Perhaps this is a post 9/11 new-found reverence for the anthem? I’m not sure. But, it’s my impression that the crowd purposefully holds back—at least until the very end.
“Redden with 4 goals 7 assists 25 hits 35 blocked shots 20 takeaways 69 saves 15/15 on face offs 3 zamboni rides and 2 eight-balls.
Rangers win 7-0”
What happened to the other 4 goals Redden was a part of?
I think the very last part before the scoreline of that might actually end up being true.
Ok, I’m off. Be back at game time.
Carp, Here is some trivia…
In 1983, when the Rangers lost to Iceholes in OT, in Game 5 and were eliminated from the playoffs….
Name the NY Rangers players who in OT:
1) Missed an empty net at point blank range
2) Couldnt clear the Defensive zone which lead to the Morrow GWG
Rangers win it 4-2 tonight. I have ABSOLUTELY nothing to base that on. I just see everyone else guessing what it’ll be… :)
Let’s go RANGERS!!! We can go back to Washington 3-1 and finish up the series in 5 at their house.
1,000 posts of pure win and celebration tonight. Lets do it.
LGR!
Evening folks!
I’m not sticking around for long here cause I actually have a date tonight. I’m shocked too! I might ruin the whole thing by watching being way more into the game than him, but that’s his problem, right? Hehe.
My nerves are just out of control today!
LETS GO RANGERS!
Need need need the first goal tonight…
I hope we drown out Amirante, there is no more electric way to start a game anywhere in any sport than MSG with John A.
Too bad Edmonton didn’t make the playoffs if only to watch the Edmonton playoff transition where “their Amirante” sings the first half of O Canada and then holds up the microphone to the crowd which sings the rest together.
And by transition I meant tradition.
I’m on the train to the game now. It’s filled with Ranger blue. I love it.
Let’s go Rangers!!!!!!
I know you’ve said it Carp but I honestly don’t see how the Rangers lose tonight and still win the series. I’m not saying that if they win tonight they win the series… but lose and it’s over.
I agree Riche’
no win tonight, no win series
I hate John Amirante with that shoe black in his hair.. he snubbed me at the 94 parade. I’m Sicilian I never forget.
That Not withstanding
We Need This…
LETS GO RANGERS
The Mouth
Ranger Crisis # 22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwbrBusxmRo
Hey Mouth….replace Chris Simon with some George McPhee footage for your intro to Show #23
thanx in advance !
so all day i could not wait for this game. i am a college student at seton hall university i go to check my email and what does it say? the school apologizes but the cable is out for the night and wont be fixed until tomorrow morning… r u fn kidding me? guess illleave it up tou you guys to let me know what is hapeneing
Torts to the guys right about now …
“I think you’re all f’ed in the head. We’re 2 games from the f’ing Eastern Semis and you want to bail out. Well I’ll tell you something. This is no longer just a series. It’s a quest. It’s a quest for fun. I’m gonna have fun and you’re gonna have fun. We’re all gonna have so much f’ing fun out there on the ice we’ll need plastic surgery to remove our damn smiles. You’ll be whistling ‘Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah’ out of you’re a$$holes! I gotta be crazy! I’m on a pilgrimage to win the Stanley Cup. Praise Stanley! Holy $hit!”
Carpy,
What’s on the menu in the green room tonight? How bout the kielbasa kid special. The Polish Prince better be in the house tonight. They should bring back all the oldtimers. Let’s get fired up.
jcalz88:
Umm, how about walking a couple blocks and finding a restaurant / bar that has the game on (satellite, etc) ...
miamipimp i would love to but did i forget to tell u its seton hall univeristy? i cant walk into any of the bars its 3 months till im 21 and they dont cut any slack
jcalz88
That sucks, sorry
Scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just kidding Jcalz!!
Just put up an update on Matt Gilroy. He had some interesting things to say about Tortorella.
I also forgot to ask you: Are you guys pumped, or what?
shoe black in what hair? it’s a wig, and a bad one at that.
LIQUID, was it Bob Brooke?
SUPER PUMPED!!
jcalz88
i would go to a local bar if i was you… but i am not you so im watching the game at home. :P
thank you jeseus christ the game will be streaming live on justin.tv
Everyone watch thisloud and get yourselves PUMPED (always works for me):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_fCqg92qks
MIAMI, is it your birthday? If so, Happy Birthday. Now two things: Pele or Gretzky?
And please watch the language. I only had a problem with one word in that previous rant.
they should be mad about that OV-backstrom stunt. I don’t care if they did it elsewhere.
it is like them going into, and walking all over the Rangers logo in the dressing room
btw did anyone c the e60 about ovechkin where he speaks about driven 180mph in his sl blak seres amg mercades in front of the white house and how he wont stop doing this
“It’ll be the hap hap happiest time since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kaye.”-Torts to the team.
Carp
Pele was good… Diego Maradona was better. :)
RICK – sorry about the language, I’ll watch it (I’m just modifying quotes from movies …)
Pele or Gretzky? That’s a tough one, but I’ll pick Pele because: Gretzky was never a “true” Rangers like Messier was, and I was fortunate to work with Pele for several years so I have a bias
Back to Gilroy: as a BU grad who has spent many a year following the Terriers:
1) Gilroy, you rock! Outstanding job this year and thanks for bringing the trophy back.
2) Better us getting him than someone else, for now. Let’s see how he handles the pros (lord, I love college sports. Where else can a 24-year-old be a senior!)
Go Rangers !!
That’s it, that’s all that needs to be said.
Along with Megan Fox is hot.
Carp, you should seriously put a pic of Megan Fox on the blog, the guys here would probably complain less, I know i would. If you need some proof of her hotness, ill send you the pics !!
Fox is absurd, a monument
I forgot. C’mon all, let’s give Carp 1,000 tonight! Hey Sally and Linda, where are you girls?!
umm miamipimp , pumped like in sexual..cuz it aint no Ranger pumping that comes to my mind..nice video though!!
I expect our offence to lay another egg tonight. They had been able to find the net during the regular season; I have no idea why you guys think things will be different in the playoffs. And when you can’t score, it’s only a matter of time before your defence succumbs. I see a 3-1 loss; and I’m being generous here.
Al Trautwig
How long has he been working on TV? More than 20 years? You would think he’ll prepare himself better and learn how to pronounce a foreign name by now.
Its Semen Varlamov not Saemion Vablah-blah
alright ORR , now im reallly really curious ..I heard ya mention her a few times..looks like im gonna google her!!
Here’s hoping Dubinsky and Drury switch spots because Dubinsky will be better for the second line right now.
I’m so pumped for this game, I’m going to do my best impression of a reporter and live blog it on a Facebook note.
Hey Laurel
Linda told me that you wanted the pictures of my cat for the pet blog! I sent an email to you few days ago. But it came back to me… should i resend it again? thnx!
CCCP who cares how he pronounces his name.
Threeormore ain’t taken then to the promised land and neither is Vablah-blah
tv is back on babie im ready to gooo
RANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
CCCP – Apparently, Semen is an alternate spelling of his first name. How is it really supposed to be pronounced?
btw if we make it deep into the playoffs for one away game rick shuld pick bar and make it ranger report night ha wuld be interesting to meet some of u characters
all this posting about Semen. I can hardly contain myself
Staal
its not about taking anyone to any land …three-or-more at least sounds funny… but Al completely butchered the name. I dont really care about that other team it just Trautwig does sh*t like that all the time. But anyway…
its Simeon or Sem-yo-n Varlamov. Fck him!! lol
Semin is a pussy , hes a little girley boy!! Slapping at Staalsie during the season…Let’s pound the tar out of these losers , OV thinks hes better than Bondra or something!!?? Least Bondra scores during the playofs!!
Im not jinxing us either , it’s just that we owned them in thier own building and got stage fright in ours..we’‘l be back to our ol selfs and take it to these goofs!!
CCCP
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Redden with 4 goals 7 assists 25 hits 35 blocked shots 20 takeaways 69 saves 15/15 on face offs 3 zamboni rides and 2 eight-balls.
Rangers win 7-0
lol did he get the primary and secondary assist on all his goals?
CCCP. Damn…try again. lbabcock@lohud.com
Let’s Go Rangers!
YO BILL , were are you ? you dirty filthy Caps fan you!! Come back so I can tear a strip outta ya!!!
Present and accounted for with the lucky coffee Laurel!!
If I saw correctly, that wacko Sally has a date on the night of a game..gotta question the priorities there, so she may not be joining us tonight, unless SHE has an imposter also!
RANGERS BABY
in 3 hours i’ll either be euphoric or suicidal.
LETS
GO
RANGERS!
We’ve got this tonight. I cant wait!
Redden should sprinkle some of his cocaine on Drury’s hand.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!! Stick it to them and take them down!
Ag won tickets so now we are going to the game!
I still think CCCP is the dude with the Bauer helmet in the Beard contest slide show!
10 minutes baby!!!!
btw, i was thinking about this the other day.
Ovechkin in Russian comes from word Ovechka ( A SHEEP )
and Kozlov comes from a word Kozel ( A GOAT )
That team is full of sheeps and goats!! The rangers will take control over the bunch of sheeps and goats as a masterful shepherd!
Linda … wrong…try again :P
congrats Ag & Jo!!! gonna see a WIN we hope!!!
Faithful!!! are ya ready girl!?!?
Love that Gilroy says “Coach Tortorella” LOL
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn damn damn CCCP!!!
lmao @ sheeps and goats! that could get very..uh..uh
I’m wondering who that guy is with white Ranger cap , tilted to the side?
No Country For Old Rangers
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
RANGERS BABY
in 3 hours i’ll either be euphoric or suicidal.
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LOL exactly! But I rather homicidal than suicidal ;)
aw crap freecredit voros commercial! is this a good sign or no???
Laurel
i resent the pictures again just now.
Is it you Greg? lol
good going Krispy!!
Yay!! Thanks Linda :P
whoever’s watchin on versus…are you ready for the caps lovefest from patrick, jones and engblom?
YA MAKO it will be a combo of both. If we lose i will probably go on a homicidal spree and then kill myself
Unfortunately Linda, I am watching on Vs. I thought about bringing Maloney and Albert in but it probably wont sync up
Kiefer Sutherland: “The following is a presentation of the National Hockey League.”
Maybe the only good thing about Versus.
No way Krispy , I look young for my age but not that young!!!plus I have my cap on proper in my pic (hehe)
GO RANGERS!!!!!!
No Country, tonight its Albert and Pete Stempkoski, and when I had it going the other night, it was only 3 seconds off. Forslund and Eliot on versus…let the man love begin!
So according to Verus Varlamov is the talk to the NHL. Did I miss something?
sorry Krispy, Greg lead me to believe he was pulling a mind ‘scramble’ on us. My bad
TONIGHT AVERY WILL SCORE
i guess mary pitchin a hissyfit last night was NOT the talk of the NHL
Federov is the only guy on the team that I dont despise yet
HAHAHAHAH No Country.
im redy for mr amaranteeeeeeeeeeeee
greg the mets cap??
Ew, I don’t like the lines, especially Antropov with Drury.
i am devastated that Voros has been scratched! heartbroken even!
LETS GO RANGERS!!! CRUSH ‘EM!!!
Whooohooo Rangersss!!! Hell Yeah Aves will score and Dubinsky too!!!! R
A
N
G
E
R
S
!!!!!! go go go!
Yeah I dont like Antro with Drury either.
Hey Laurel
Did you get my email? :)
my brother is at the game. he is the biggest jinx in the world. youve been warned
Where did you guys see the lines?
earthy players..callahan avery and dubinsky… can we please get off the earth day references! This is a mans game damnit!
Yeah, I wear my hats right also Greg.
I thought the same thing Linda. Ah well haha.
why yet again is it so dam dark in the garden
Freshly showered, doobie ready, LET”’S GO RANGERS!
C’mon Aves! Smart hockey. Let’s go Rangers.
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!!!!!!!!!
deja you should have duct taped him to the fridge and not let him go! My coffee is already curdling in my gut since you said that!
Get ready for a lot of “he melts it down” from Forslund on Versus. I’m guessing this wasn’t the combination on Monday because Forslund had to be in Carolina? He’s only slightly better than Beninati, if only because he doesn’t say it’s the National Hockey League on Versus in high definition every 10 minutes.
Why did Amirante come out from over there with the Flag? He usually doesn’t do that.
woo hoo Liza is here!
Linda , Mets cap!?? I dunno who that is either , can’t be me I always wear a Rangers cap , all year round.~~~~and rockets red glareeeeeeeeeee!!!
They talk about the Rangers on Versus like they are down 0-3.
You’d have no idea NYR has the lead in the series.
Somebody needs to flatten Ovechkin right at center ice. How beautiful would that be? A motionless Ovechkin laying face down on the ice.
Nah, not even Deja’s bro could mess this up :P
We’ve got this game, no problem.
my cat is singing along with Amirante
hahaha paul mara’s beard is phenomenal right now.
o babie i got the chilllssss
The PA guy said “Remove your Caps!”
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
As long as we are revealing our identities, I’m in the grey shirt with the championship beard
Let’s go baby! They can do it.
“chris drooooooooopy”!!!!!
BANJ
Puff-puff give bro!
Lines were shown a few minutes after the top of the hour by Sam and Joe.
“the bombs booooooooooooisting in aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir!”
COME ON NIKKKKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Decent pressure to start.
get it goin boys letss goooo
Chuck, Mara’s beard has taken on a life of its own! I heard it actually has a show comin up on MTV.
Gonna head to Bed, Bath & Beyond with the wifey….
and if we have time, shoot on over to the Home Depot,
when is the next Rangers game???
i love sean
Who are these announcers on vs? i’ve never even heard of these guys. Zherdev sucks, put him in the vs booth
They look good off of the rush so far.
ohh damn cally
Avery is causing trouble already.
NOW THIS IS WHAT THE FANS SHOULD SOUND LIKE!!
friday night is game 5.
callahan is unstoppable.
mike green is a soft on D
where is the accent in varlamov? why is it now varLAmov instead of VARlamov?
Shotgun for CCCP….POOOOF!
Like the way they are pressing!!! KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!
nice redden
nice play betts!!!
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO SEND THOSE BODIES FLYING@!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Hits!
great hockey
Brasher and Orr are gonna go tonight.
Gotta keep this pace up. It’s no use if they relax after the first 5
You know… with Gilroy signed they “CAN” waive or trade Rozsi…
good pace so far. need a goal!
Wow, how much does Nylander suck that he’s been the scratch to let Brasher play?
Do they look good or what? I just hope they don’t run out of steam
We have to do a better job hitting the net with those shots.
another decent play from redden!! wow!
boys are feisty tonight I’m LOVING it!
what is withy nazzy with the blind spin passes?
Shoot low, crash net, score goal!
nicve hit aves!
Good start, but we need some payoff from it here. First goal will be huge.
man they cant hit the net
exactly banj!!
fans at the garden sound great
haven’t really heard ovechkin’s name yet. and that’s a good thing.
Get the first goal boys!!!!!!
jason – Especially when Brashear only gets less than three minutes in game one.
Run this kid through the back of the net, he’ll break.
jcalz what feed are you getting??
Has Varlamov made a GREAT save yet this series? He hasnt really been tested
great start so far…need to keep up the pressure
linda, im watching tv now my school decided to turn it back on but i was orig watching the dc comcast feed
Caps look a little overwhelmed at the moment. Hits lopsided. Shots 4-0 for Rangers, but they’ve missed the net four times, and Rozsival whiffed on one.
Good crowd. Nice buzz during stoppages. Amirante almost drowned out at the end.
naslund looks possessed tonight & i like it!!!
get a goal boys the place will explode~
mara needs to work on his accuracy badly. im nervous until the first goal happens. cmon rangers get it in the net. this kid aint nothin.
almost 200 posts and we rnt even ten minutes in
I love the Matteau commercial! :D
come on NYR!!!!!
glad you’re not stuck with the dc comcast feed jcalz!
beninati is part of satans army!
maras beard needs its own jersey
linda, ya thank god it kinda makes u realize that miccaleti isnt that bad
If Mara’s ability to shoot was the same as his ability to grow a beard, he’d score 100 goals a year.
Come on Drury, pretend its the little league world series you bum
I’m so sick of this team not being able to score a damn goal.
if we win its all because of mara’s beard and nothing else
there 1 shot was better than all of ours combined. we need some better chances
argh
bs call he jumped into the airrrrr
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Gimmie a break
nazzy should just start the game in the box and get it over with
bettmans runnin this show im not surprised
these refs suck
that matteau commercial brought a tear to mym eye. let’s gooooo boys.
kind henrryyyyy!!!!!
what a save
HANK BABY!
wooo holdin on the craps
those were big boy saves.
Wow Hank… Wow.
ovie got robbed!!!
At least they evened up the bad call on Naslund with a mediocre call on Semin.
HEN-RIK!!!!!!!!!!! HEN-RIK!!!!!!!!!!!
awesome deja! save us the aggravation lol
We sure caught a break on that call.
i have noticed over the last couple of games the rangers d have been poke/stick checking the incoming offensive players very well
redden scares me
damn these turnovers
makin bad passes
Any form of the phrase “melts it down” should be a drinking game by itself for a John Forslund broadcast.
if redden scores a goal, i may or may not have a seizure.
We can’t slow down. we slow down just a little and we lose.
nazys a penalty machine but hes an old fart. hes alright. zherdevs the one that pisses me off. 23 years old he should be skatin circles around their d and varblabla
If Redden scores a goal, the world will spontaneously combust.
nice spider..just like the gomez interview
it’s pee pee time.
Oh good. Varlamov took English lessons in Hersey. Then he’ll understand it when Avery gives him an earful.
did dubinsky get hit with that shot…damn
just go in the net puck!
Maybe we can add “Korpikowski” with a w to the drinking game if we want to be dead.
CCCp. Got em! thanks. Will post Monday when I’m off furlough. This period is killing me!
Very sloppy in our zone.
Come on boys, lets get this done.
sloppy play by redden n co. freakin waste of a hockey player
i swear redden is gonna give me a bleeding ulcer
OMG!!!!!!!
woo what a save
there was your chance z
UGH! So close!
ARE YOU F-ING SERIOUS?
i do not know what to say props to that kidddd
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
yea!!!!!!!
NAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He can’t save THAT one!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HERE WE GO BOYS!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NAZZY!!!!!! YOU OLD BASTARD!!
wave ‘em proud!
VARLAMOV SUCKS!!! RANGERS IN 5!!!!
goalllllll
WHOOOOPS THAT WAS MARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLL YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!1
did maras beard score???????
SUK ON THIS SEM-YO-N!!!!
its cause were back to the rally towels not thunderstix!!!
ohhhhhhh baby!!!!!! mara!!
Man versus guys are having an orgasm after every varlamov save. jeez, this guys is a freakin AHL goalie, relax.
Maybe it’s Dubi’s goal.
youre funny deja! superstitious huh? lol
WOOOHOOO OK NAZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYY!
effin versus missed 10 seconds of play!!! holy sheeeit! this is the worst run operation in history!!!
lets get another one this period and put this game away
now they have burst his bubble. maybe the dam will open a little now.
well, doobs won a clean faceoff that started it. already were seeing an improvement from drury. wtf was that on versus?? lol bill patrick u doofus
No Country…i swear this has to be their worst telecast of a playoff game ever!!! they have no clue what to do!! can we get some professionals over there
ugly goal but i will take it. about time we get one
R-R-RANGERS , R-R-R-RANGERS!
What a nice deflection goal after the robbery. Then Versus gets all wacky on us, taking a break where they shouldn’t, then coming back too early so we get to hear the announcers talking to each other and see Jack Edwards practicing his smile for the camera. Hilarious!
that’s mara’s goal
Well, if we can’t score on Varlamov, we’ll have to rely on Caps scoring on him.
Bill Patrick, not Jack Edwards, duh!
its gotta be Mara’s BEARDs goal!!!
i dont know if the damn will break it was a double deflection. but a needed “bad” goal!
ok streaks over for this kid lets show him about the nhl
well whoever the hell scored WOOOHOOO!!!
Mike – very i blame game 3’s loss on the fact that a lady friend of mine was watching the game and she didnt watch any of the others.
whoever called dubi and aves to score tonight youre half way there. goal was changed to dubi
lol these announcers are freakin drunk!
DUBI baby
whats the deal with VS?
they’re a bunch of f*cking amateurs!!
oh boy nice save
Lundqvist > Ovechkin
whew
i dont like this game right now back and fourth
HANK!!!
ohh man freakin post!
HANK IS AMAZING
YIKES crossbar!!!
Are we sure that didn’t go in?
ovechkin is such a scumbag everyone thinks its great that he stays on forever but hes stealing time from someone who is fresh that could score.
not that i want that to happen of course
damn gomez, that fancy crap is what gives them the turnovers they want to get their forwards going
avery’s goal is coming! it’s gonna be sweet to see him score on this team!!!
I agree with you deja, I used to like AO but after this series, I really dont like him that much anymore.
lets face it,were a worse team than last season playing a better team in washington than pittsburgh last season and were doin alright.
jcalz- no that plays into the caps hands. we gotta slow it down a little. too close for comfort a few times
i agree deja. AO is a scumbag, for that reason and many more
crap mr beardly
2 minutes on Mara’s beard.
damnit paul bunyan gets a penalty…lame
If we make it to the finals, Paul Mara won’t be able to see around that beard.
bah – weak call
does the beard get a playoff share??
nice kill boys!
that is what happens when u hustleeeee
ssssssssssssjoooooooooooo! love ya man!
FREEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDY!!!!
Shoelaces!!!
Tired Capitals on the power play costs them again.
bye bye habs
yeah shoe!!!
sjostrom might be the best player thus far, on either team.
PENALTY SHOT! come on!
Mike Green is SUSPECT on D
mara only scored because of his beard
antro is one big slow pile.
ya took the words right outta my fingers mike! they are done done done!
Clear trip on Drury!
Sjostrom is good for that exact kind of play at least once a game on the PK.
By the end of the playoffs Mara’s beard will have a beard.
STAY ONSIDES ARRRGGHHHHHHH
Apparently, Forslund thinks Drury had less than seven minutes in game three, rather than less than eleven.
cmon with these offside rushes
what do you guys think paul mara is hiding in his beard? i think it’s another beard.
lmao krispy!! thats hilarious
lmao Krispy, thats great!
OK, here comes the between periods versus wake cuz NYR are up in the game.
paul maras smuggling reddens “baby powder” into ny from mexico
LMAO CHUCK!
would love to see Avery get a goal to night!
No Country For Old Milk- I said it to my friend before this series started that it would make me hate him. I liked him in the whole crosby/ovechkin debate. I guess i hate all of bettmans hockey darlings.
Torts is sacrificing Voros to Mara’s beard as we type!
WASHINGTON UPDATE :
Capital players have removed the names from the backs of thier jersey’s and now put thier playoff status label on thier backs. Number 52 from washington has now been given the label “green” because of his playoff preformance so far , he is as green as they get.
haha you guys know its true
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mara lol. look at that thing!!!!!
Earth to Carp. Are you there?
im laughin so hard i accidentally myself
oops sorry carp
Mara intermission guest AND gets the goal!!!! it almost looks as if he has no mouth!
dubi speaks like a true leader he never says anythong wrong give the kid the C
mara’s beard just signed a 2 year, $3.4 million extension with a no shave clause.
Chuck, you were right. They just changed it again to Mara’s goal.
Assisted by his beard and Dubinsky.
I think Varlamov said he lost it in the beard.
Rick needs to make a tribute blog for Maras beard. And someone needs to make a t shirt of it!
Mara is sporting a Boston beard, that thing is seriously out of control
Has Mara been growing that since last year’s playoffs?
great period. love all the mara beard commentary. that thing is in its own time zone.
Chuck and Rick, you’re killin me! the people walkin around outside are gonna call the cops on me!
HAHAHHAHAHA Linda yes!!! Someone make a t-shirt of his beard!
I just ordered a massive bbq chicken pizza. I’m sure everybody is fascinated.
Mara’s beard for Conn Smythe
On the sacrificing joke.
Torts: Oh, Magic Beard what do you desire?
Mara’s Beard: I need Blooooodddd!!!!!!!!!
Torts Mugs Voros
Mara: Hey Coach..can you stop trying to shove Aaron into my beard
good period. no defenzive breakdowns not one..
keep it simple we are the turtle they are the hare.
dump and forecheck and play d, that is our only chance…
maras beard just winked at bob harwood. you could see bob tryin to keep a straight face.
Mara’s beard…is it contributing to global warming?
These turnovers in our own zone make me VERY nervous.
I’m awesome
“No shave clause” lmao
How can you shave that thing? Surely it can’t be destroyed by any Earth weaponry
i am laughin so effin hard i am actually crying! we may have 1000 posts just dedicated the Beardy!! How awesome is this freakin blog!!!!!
Mara’s beard needs a golden idol made of it
Shoryuken – ever heard of nair?
Paul Mara’s Beard has a new Biography
Paul Mara’s Beard: The 8th Wonder of the World
Habs are done. I know it’s a little too soon to start thinking about the Bruins but that will be a hell of a series when it happens.
did the habs fans boo the anthem again?
Mara’s beard needs one more week to surpass Charleton Hestons Moses beard in the Beard Hall of Fame!
Haha hey Linda!
It’s looking good so far, keep it up boys.
When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Paul Mara’s Beard!!!
Rick just doing my part to reach 1000…
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!
Mara’s beard has its own groupies!
If Chuck Norris’s beard and Paul Mara’s beard had a baby, i’d probably **** myself.
oh damn…no shave clause, winking at bob harwood, no earth weaponry can destroy it… Cafe Press seriously needs to make a Mara’s Beard t shirt! They had the Avery Rules shirt out like the next day!! I’m gonna email them!
The Beard doesn’t grown on Mara, Mara is growing on The Beard.
There is no chin behind Paul Mara’s beard. There is only another fist.
Chuck – Nair not good on the face at all.. (I work for the company that makes it)... to digress… Mara’s Beard reminds me of that episode of Family Guy when Peter had a bird family living in his beard
i am getting the TSN broadcast and about 1/2 way thru the first avery apparently squirted ray ferraro (the color guy for the tsn broadcast) with water. ferraro wasnt happy. i guess there is some history there?
how are the announcers that close to the ice?
do you believe in Mara-cles ?
yes
who’d win in a fight…Maras beard or Chuck Norris? My moneys on the beard
Watching the young guys trying to grow beards is pretty funny too…Cally and Dubi have like little groupings of 12-15 hairs…
..HAHAHHA no Shave clause!!!!!
I’m surprised the Caps were credited with as many as nine shots, since this period was so much better for us than the first periods in the first three games.
ferraro aka chicken parm and his yellow teeth???
Linda, Norris’s fists would get eaten by “the Beard”
They are going to start calling Too Many Men penalties against us soon, they are going to count Mara’s beard as a sixth player. >_<
I would totally buy one
Linda, ready for the win and 1000 posts! April 22nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
oh damn…no shave clause, winking at bob harwood, no earth weaponry can destroy it… Cafe Press seriously needs to make a Mara’s Beard t shirt! They had the Avery Rules shirt out like the next day!! I’m gonna email them!
Ray Ferraro? You mean the “Big Ball of Hate” as coined by Glenn Healy.
maras beard is all obama needs to save the economy
Mara’s Beard takes Manhattan.
Hey Carp Ag and I were going to say hi but we don’t know if you are north or south press box and Ag’s leg is really acting up.
beth
you work for the company that makes nair? that is frickin’ amazing. i always thought that they made one giant tub of the stuff back in ‘79 and have been using that ever since. can you disprove this theory?
ok lets get it going again there is one thing i can guarantee and its that maras beard will not back down
Mara could donate beard patches for charity
also im pretty sure mara’s beard could destroy chuck norris in a fight
too much funny beard stuff…gotta give props to all of you for being so damned hilarious and witty.
I am gonna email cafe press about doin a Maras Beard shirt.. email me your ideas for the shirt if you like..
met_girl@hotmail.com
Here we go. 2nd Period.
ok, i guess chicken parm, good call linda, ray ferraro is between the benches for this game.
ag hes in neither hes in the press box to the left of the goaltenders
Mara gets a trim…. Mara Lite Beard.
come on redden damn
okay CARP and JANE
and EVERYONE else
after an emergency procedure Sunday morning
Sugaree Blue Ranger continues to beat the odds
and lives another day!!!
and he’s in attendance for tonight’s game.
basically, he’s 3-0 while hanging around during
Ranger games.
hope he goes 4-0
btw,
MARA’S BEARD should get its own locker.
he looks like Kris Kringle.
sheesh!!!
rangers look very slow
Redden to Torts: Coach, why do we keep playing the Caps??
Torts (shaking his head): Because it’s the playoffs you idiot!
its almost disappointing when Mara’s not on the ice!
3 on 1? What are they doing?
Rangers look confused out there.
what the hell was that?
Are the Rangers aware that this period has started?
this is a poor, poor start.
A little late, but here it is:
http://www.webshots.com/user/beardcontest
I will leave the link connected to my name through the conclusion of the playoffs.
Feel free to send as many updates as you want.
PJ – Pierre McGuire is always between the benches for TSN, so I wouldn’t be surprised that Ferraro is in the same position.
linda you should totally have a gay guy marrying paul mara’s beard put it in a wedding dress.
the irony
yea just keep givin that puck away guys in our own zone. good stuff
ya they needa get in the game maras beard cant take on the caps by itself
great news jpg!!!
ooops i forgot..Happy Birthday MiamiPimp, wherever ya are!
Chuck – I can disprove this theory!
drury! flukie!
DRURY!!!!
clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHRIS DRURY I LOVE YOU YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF ****!!!!!!!!!!!!
DRUUUUURRRYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahha varlamov almost put that in his own net DRURRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
where are all the drury haters now baby!!!!
Captain Crutch strikes again!
Yeah boys!
THAT WAS AN EFFING BRILLIANT PLAY BY DRURY!!!!
My captain!!!
AAAAHHHHH!!!!!
DRURY!!!!! YOU SHORT ONE HANDED LITTLE FOOL!!!!
lmao @ the wedding!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
CHRIS DRURY AND HIS BROKEN WING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, that just goes to show how bad all of our shooters are when injured Drury can get it in.
Mara’s Bread-Barada-Nikto!
one armed DRURY!!
DRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU VARLAMOV SUCKS!!!
RANGERS IN 5!!!
SWEET!!!!
well im not pissed drus playin now!!!
where exactly is nair produced?
what a shot!
The Captain is so much more on his game tonight. Great freakin’ goal.
That was not an easy rebound to put in either… he barely had any room there.
And, The Beard takes a penalty.
mara you stupid ass
brasheer does not want to fight maras beard
the beard is headed back to the box
Tough penalty for Mara to take.
“where are all the drury haters now baby!!!!”
Right here. Still hate him, for the next 3 years.
I’ve never doubted Drury
Mara’s beard got that call , not Mara himself…
We need to get another one real fast and rattle their goalie.
I think Drury put that in off of Varlamov’s shoulder.
Mara’s beard drilled him!
The Beard has 4 penalty minutes in this game. Mara actually doesnt have any.
maras beard as a mind of its own
Mara should’ve mugged Ovechkin not Brashear
Varlamov is now officially rattled!
Lakewood, NJ… Some over in Europe.. Same company that makes arm&hammer products makes Nair
I know Drury has taken a lot of heat but how great is it to see him come up with that goal with his injury troubles .
just as the freakin announcers were sayin how varLAmov wasnt rattled by the first goal…i’m sayin to myself, wait til the 2nd goal..and here comes Broken wing Drury!!! YEA BABY!!
Mara’s beard tried to eat Backstrom and caused a penalty
WOW that almost deflected in!!!
Bring on the BRUINS!!!!
omg rozy! nice save hank!!
betts i love him honestly i dont know where out pp would be without him
nice dive ao…great kill so far boys~!
Huge save off Rozi’s foot. How many times has that kind of play been a goal against us this year?
ovie never leaves the ice if torts where his coach he would eat him alive
come on Z, chip one in here
i got faith we can do this boys! and girls!!
I’m loving this game, great play all around…
No Country
please please please dont jinx us LOL
if z scores i’ll forgive him for everything! just score
Torts would eat Ovechkin alive? Not if Mara’s beard beats him too it.
mike in ia
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
if z scores i’ll forgive him for everything! just score
*****************************
agreed!!!
Tortorella is afraid of Mara’s beard.
“Callahan finishes every check” he sure does.
LMAO i thought they were gonna say Maras Beard but its Gilroy!
Tortorella’s new slogan: “SHAVE is death.”
Nice website Doodie! Too bad there are only four of us! C’mon people send in more pictures of your hairy friend! :P
Tortorella is just clippings from Mara’s beard.
thanks spider. they showed ferraro before the period started. i guess he and mcguire like the same spot. i dont like mcguire
Maras beard has to go on tour!
Brashear is afraid of Mara’s beard.
yea, im not gettin too confident yet. these guys can score 2 goals vry easily if we make a few mistakes. gotta just play smart. keep em focused torts
I never get tired of seeing that Heineken commercial
Heineken is afraid of Mara’s beard.
Matt Gilroy saw Mara’s beard and ran back to Boston.
Gilroy interview on vs. I like this kid already
Beauty and the Beard!
Our defence is giving up the blue line too easily.
PJ – It’s especially weird because they do that with only two announcers, having one in the booth, unlike NBC which has a trio, leaving two in the booth.
gonna be great when Mara’s beard has its own night and its jersey retired!
dubi is really moving good out there
sorry MAKO. got a little too excited there
Is Jane hiding in Mara’s breard? If so, Pulitzer!
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW WHAT A SAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohhh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEN-RIK HEN-RIK!!
Again…
WOW HANK WOW
HEN RIK! HEN RIK! HEN RIK!
king henry wow he is really showing off tonight hes taking that young russian to a goal tending clinic
What number does Mara’s beard wear?
Mara’s beard wants to take Dick Cheney hunting!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK
hahaha it’s just not fair. lundqvist is from another planet.
HENRIK!
hank is savin our skins again and again!
SOmebody in the pressbox just said “Drury is single-handedly winning this game” which was a pretty good line.
the bearded one! lol
Is Lundqvist swedish for Jesus?
Buy that journalist a cold one, Rick.
That’s a good one.
Soda, of course ;)
Yuck, yuck, yuck, Rick.
lmao Rick!
I think I just say MikeyNJ with his Hank jersey wavin his towel on that save!
On March 2 1982, a God fell to earth. He landed in Sweden and was given goalie pads. We now know him as HENRIK.
matt k that is great
This is the kind of game-stealing we need from Hank in order to win this game and the series.
wtf aves? just get it in man
DC is carrying the play. How long can we hang on?
ladies and gents, the future is bright – Henrik Lundqvist
great icing. theyre beggin them to come back in this game
It must be a very unpleasant honor to get up close and personal with Mara’s beard
wow, thank God i can take a breathe now
Boston is up 4-1… sweeping the Habs out on the centennial would be sweet..
king henry not only is a great goalie but he loves helping little kids too awww
ok, Maras beard has taken our focus away from the 2nd period. we need to concentrate on the game!
if they get out of this period up 2-0 they will be in good shape.
matt gilroy making the rounds…..hes on msg now
good riddance to the habs and especially their anthem booing jackass fans
nana-hey-hey-goooodbye !!
Just noticed that Varlamov has a Capitals-branded helmet now.
that video of Roy they just showed looks better than 90% of their current telecasts!
im tired of watchin them play around in their zone. get the damn thing out. why rozy???
crap call
We’re asking too much of our penalty killers.
Looks like the refs want to make this game closer.
Spiderpig.
His helmet is half Caps, half Bears.
Matt Gilroyd dreams about having a beard like Mara’s, but for now he’ll settle for pubes.
I’m not liking this. LGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
i wonder if the rent in Mara’s Beard is equal to a studio apartment…..
spiderpig – i think its hersey bears on side capitals on the other
i love blair betts and sjo
TRIP!!!!!!!!! TRIP you sunsabitches
freakin refs man
Do the Canadiens remind you of last year’s Senators? We can only hope that they fall even further next season.
our panelty kill really steps it up when they are needed
The best part about killing a penalty against the Caps is that Ovechkin stays out the entire PP, so when it’s over he is going to be off the ice for a while.
nice missed trip
Sorry for the delay between comments … wireless is slow tonight and it takes forever to refresh with 500 + comments.
Johanna, no prob. Tell Ag I said Hi. I’m just over the zamboni entrance. come by next game.
My heart can’t take this…
OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
some serious scrambling goin on, and some even bigger saves.
wow hank and the pp keeping us in the game
oh my god what a game
Damn… I LOVE our goalie and our Penalty Killers!
loathe ovechkin
love hank
Lundquist is a puck eating breast.
What a penalty kill by Lundqvist! HEN-RIK!!
Wow Lundqvist is a beast right now!
wa wa we wa!
ovie is a fargin icehole
I am out of adjectives to describe how good Lundqvist is.
good timeout by torts
what a freakin class act ao is another thing that if avery did it would be a penalty
ovie is cursin himself hes had what 50 shots and still cant score??
antro with that dumb pass that started the whole mess
we are so lucky to be able to watch Hank play goal on pretty much a daily basis! He’s peaked at the perfect time!
lets get this thing going and get another one we needed to bury the caps
we get one more my heart will be ok. i cant take this its crazy!!!
Linda
Yep!!! He is just spectacular – I just have no words
the more they show the replay of dubi on the kill, the more im amazed that semin didn’t shorten a second caps powerplay. that was one of the more obvious trips i’ve ever seen.
lmao @ puck eating breast!!!!
I wanna say something but dont wanna jinx it!! argh damned superstitions!
brewin- antro has been slow as shat all night. he needs to sit for awhile.
i hope staal takes ovie’s head off. that was a dirty hit right before the timeout. staal wont forget.
i smell number 3 coming…
where is z? i wanna c him get a point here and lets go avess put the puck in the net kid
Bettman is pissed right now.
Hank is a breast?
antro IS slow. it doesnt matter though, he’s a monster. he’s not out there because of his speed….
absolutely PJ,staal gave him a lil glove to the face and ya know he’s gonna level him at some point!
staal with a bewt
get some offense goin its so one sided!
Mara’s beard just climbed the Empire State Building.
I gotta stay focused
nobodys skating!!! wtf man
offense please guys
Carp – the beard jokes were sooooooo 8 minutes ago.
lmao Rick!!
How about a puck bronski?
when was the last time the caps won a series? the finals run?
great hit by avery wow he dropped grean
only thing that would be better right now is if Aves would get his goal damnit!
Lets just get out of the 2nd up 2-0 please
i guess we’re playing by New Jersey Devils Rules tonight
with the Caps allowed to make all kinds of hooks/holds/trips and get nothing called.
btw,
bummer about Ovechkin that he turns so quickly from a good guy for the game and then becomes an arrogant jackass even though his team has not won a thing.
no call on that cally knock downnnnn?
Im freaking white knuckled to the couch…..
effin refs what is this crap!?
what the hell~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
that’s an ABSOLUTE BOARDING PENALTY!!!!!
pathetic
lets go boysss
Mara’s beard stole the Lindbergh baby…more at 11
wow. hank is killin it out there
we want the cup chant? am i hearing that right
jackass isles commentator working Vs. just laughs off the obvious call….......saying something about the fans wanting any hit called for a penalty.
no calls on wash, they can do whatever they want. what a joke
what are they saying???
what r they chanting?
Vs. announcer says Avery is “hooked a bit”
WELL THEN
THAT SHOULD BE CALLED JUST AS THE REFS HAVE CALLED IT AGAINST US!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are they chanting?
We want the Cup
Or
You ****ed up?
that wasn’t we want the cup, it was “These refs suck”
what was the chant at the end there? these caps suck?
Twenty minutes to go!
That was the Hen-rik show
lmao deja!
Hank is amazing amazing amazing!!!
Nice 3 non calls there you freakin assclown refs!
Nice hit by BamBam, i wanted him to play the puck but then thought, just clobber the bastage into the boards!
i sure hope we dont see a 3rd period like this one unless hank is gonna play out of his mind again. it aint over yet.
How much longer can Hank keep this up??
NYR look fatigued.
i am really starting to dislike ovie. he is almost on crosby/malkin level.
I love it when Green gets popped!
Just to reiterate, beard progres photos for Nasty 1, CCCP, Unemployed Steve, and myself can be found by clicking my name.
Dubinsky went into the boards in a patented boarding penalty motion, but no call. I could see it coming, since he was almost boarded on the hit just before that.
ya ovie doesnt stop bitching like jeez i would always say how muc better he is then crosby and i backed u all the time alex but im sorry you have now lost me as a fan
What the hell was up with Dubi getting boarded 2X
Staal Wart: “TURN IT UP!!!”
Drury stepped up…
Now we need Zherdev and Antropov to make something happen.
I think Mara’s beard is credited with like 8 blocks. Can you verify, Carp?
Doodie = Drury
Paul Divorced-fromreality is a turrible ref.
After the soft calls on us, how an they not call that boarding on Dubi?
I want Orr to go out there and bust some heads!
jpg – That’s Darren Eliot, the Thrashers announcer, not Islanders.
if Avery had put a Wash. guy into the boards like that, even if there was some embellishment by Dubi, Avery would have gotten a penalty for sure, and maybe more
Torts needs to pair up Orr and Ovechkin.
“Ovechkin into the far corner, Staal swoops in to cancel him out. Ovechkin powers through, dekes around, Ovechkin met by Orr and…OH MY GOD what a hit by Orr and Ovechkin is down for the count.”
DAVID LEE…The Only Knick That Doesn’t Suck!
david lee likes hockey because he is the only white guy on the knicks duhhh
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Mara’s beard will be taken in for questioning after the game about its involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
I actually believe that david lee likes hockey
jeez MTL down big to BOS, 4-1. break out the brooms
i know were winning but we gotta start gettin a forecheck goin. varlamov hasnt faced hardly anything all night.
STAAL WART:
“TURN IT UP” after Drury goal….
I hope Debbies lose in Round 1, although it’ll break Griesse’s heart
LOL you gotta love David Lee
ok im ready for the third lets go
the yare playing with fire… get the puck DEEP…...
henrik has been out of his mind….......
no penalties and forecheck punish there d men..
Mara’s beard has it’s own zip code.
Hey Carp… Is it louder there tonight?
MARA RULE: 2 mins for puck stuck in beard. delay of game.
Mara’s beard was seen on the grassy knoll on November 22, 1963. Eyewitnesses say it fled the scene shortly after shots rang out, the FBI are investigating.
it’s obvious that the league is pushing for a Pitt-Wash series
I am afraid the refs are going to do more of the same in the 3rd, and give these buggers every break in the book
Come on, more puck possession this period boys.
Maras beard has its own gravity!
Guys, EXCELLENT JOB ON THE BEARDS!!! Hard to choose but right now…for me at least, its a tie between Nasty and CCCP. Unemployed Steve’s pic is too small.
Strap yourself in for the third period- got a feeling the refs are going to give it to us good. What, no two man advantages?
Welcome back jagrforgovernor,
hows Buffalo with the Scabs out of the playoffs.
What was up with another stupid knick bewteen periods?
Argggggg!
and least we forget
AVERYS GOAL IS COMING!!
if Bettman was smart he’d be pushing for a NYR-DET finals. Whats more classic than two original six teams. The Octopus and Potvin sucks? Plus New York is a HUGE market and Detroit is a Huge market.
joe – I bet the NHL hopes for that series in the conference final, too, so they would need all of the favorites to win in round one.
just wanted to say that my computers name is drury tonight, it’s injured. The fiance dropped a 45 pound weight on the keyboard, its lookin wacky but works awesome!
Ok, be prepared for craptastic officiating in this period! Guys gotta get a goal QUICK before the cavalcade of Bettman inspired poop starts.
antro was simply horrible in that 2nd period. he turned the puck over in his own end, and made bad decisions with the puck
Mara’s beard and Murray the Monster are cousins!
http://s-ec-sm.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2008/9/2/10/d5c417b09dae9985688557971a20966e.jpg
lol CCCP
Haha, Doodie does kinda look like Drury. Maybe that’s why he didn’t show his face in last year’s beard photos. :P
SPIDERPIG
it sounds like the color guy is the isles color guy, the same person who does NHL LIVE every so often.
can’t think of his name, but sounds like him.
linda- where do you se the pics?
great find CCCP, perfect!
635 posts!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!
HEAVE HO MARAS BEARD!
dubi 11 of 13 on faceoffs… very nice young man!
All of you that went to game 3 you SUCKED in giving support. Our 6th man was asleep, you could of heard me read the newspaper there.Tonight’s is great…
spiderpig, yes, I think they want that matchup . if the Canes beat the devils, then I think that boston would play canes and wash vs pitt
JPG, Howie Rose or the other guy?
lets go boys comeone 20 min to go and we take that 3-1 lead
hey SPIDERPIG
i wasn’t around at the very beginning due to work schedule so…..
and i just saw on the screen Darren Eliot….he still sounds a bit like the isles guy.
oh well.
mike click on doodies name!!
rozy looks horrible
why r there no calls?? whats the deal torts etter go nuts soon
Refs are missing a great game here.
billy jaffe maybe?
jeez this is gonna be a 20 minute pp again
Nikki Z benched?
k thanks linda!
i hope z takes all of this in stride and learns i hope he does not start to resent torts
Ha, maybe if I show up at MSG and demand “my” pay check, Dolan would give it to me because he clearly doesn’t give a damn about the team to know what the players look like.
Ovechkin was due.
i knew it
Knew that was gonna happen at some point.
wow. laser beam.
HOLY SH*T WHAT A SHOT!
Somebody needs to take his head off.
And here they come!
damnit to hell! where was everyone:???? sleeping??????
I hate AO. Its official. He is now on the same level as Cindy.
i really gotta say it…holy crap what a shot
F*CK
o boyy
unreal. we win faceof, he takes a freakin 50 footer and beats hank clean
Need one of our own now
Drury with one hand lost the faceoff that led to that goal, just pointing it out
GOMEZ, GO KILL YOURSELF PLEASE!
gomez what r u doin u had a wide open net wtf
my god i’m going to be sick if we miss another open net.
get ready for heart attack city
get that 3rd goal or theyre gonna tie this thing!!!
damnit i took a sip of iced tea instead of my coffee and wolfenstien scores! no more iced tea til after the game damnit!!!!!
Here we go again. This is killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might switch to watching golf.
hit these guys!!
We don’t look good at all in the third.
wow this is like watchin men vs 5 year old kids
SOMEBODY PLEASE STEP UP BESIDES HANK!
Why the hell is Ovechkin on the ice again? BB doesnt give anyone other than like four people on this team any icetime.
Can our defence hit anybody?
we are so flat right now
i’ll bhe surprised if we even win this thing. cmon guys
Mara’s beard was approached by the people at Subway to use it as advertising space.
like we need to step up and start to play hockey like where is our offense?
THIS IS BAAAAAD!
pffft my stomach is in my throat
Hit Somebody! God Dammit, we played more physical with ****ing Renney as coach.
sather please retire. you hired a bunch of nancys that look like defensman
We need a kick in our behinds right now, badly. I say IF Brashear is out there at all, Orr has to mix it up with him.
they need to get pucks in deep. make the caps work for every foot coming up the ice. slow it down, muck it up, keep it below the caps goal line
fiance just calls and i say to him ‘dude you CANNOT call me on game night!!” I am psychotic!!!
They look like craaaaaaaaaaap right now! Gotta get back to the energetic smart play of the first two periods.
Rangers can’t afford to play conservative here, need to find some offense and put a halt to this continual Caps pressure and scoring chances
Yeah, but it is better than when we weren’t making the playoffs.
what a game! Rosen’s time has come. How about Gary Thorne and Maloney for the TV side?
idk what torts and shoney said between periods but it had the opposite effect
how to lose games part 2: miss wide open nets.
im starting to get a bit of ajeda
I didn’t even notice it, but it looks like Zherdev has been sitting a lot. I’m guessing no power play time. Only 6:59 on ice.
How badly do your boys need a goal right here?
Why didn’t we sign Brooks Orpik in the offseason? He’d be ****ing destroying Ovechkin right now. We BETTER sign Komisarek this offseason. Local Kid out of West Islip, he’ll play with passion in front of his family.
here’s scottie gomez…must mean a turnover
CMON AVES DAMNIT
SOMEBODY STEP UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aves!!!!!!!!!!
not bad but we need to finish
That was a great shift there.
there was averys chance
watchin nazzy do that weak move again and again. stop naz!
Im thinking Howie Rose to replace Sam when Sam’s done. After all, what’s Matteau without Howie Rose.
HEAVE HO
looking a little better now, but still need to have some sustained offense.
lets keep this pace up go on the offensive attack
COME ON GUYS GET A FREAKIN GOAL!!!
Matt K. – We can’t afford any more good experienced defensemen unless there is a miracle of Redden leaving or getting injured Derien Hatcher-style.
We NEED a third goal; I have a bad feeling about things to come.
Zherdev lives in le chateau bow-wow de Torts
avery is the man
Jurchina…Done. Get Bitched.
ohh crap we dont need a penalty
...and that’s the hockey game.
What the hell is Avery doing?
What the hell?
oh come on
F!
that was not intentional at all thats bs
WHAT A HORSESH*T CALL
i hate the freakin nhl. im so sick of this crap
What are they calling elbowing? He caught him in the face with his arm, Jurchina should be more careful.
Biggest kill of the season…
complete BS
Avery’s momentum caused him to hit the guy. It’s a penalty nonetheless.
Why couldn’t have that been Ovechkin!!!!!!!????????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Avery could cost the Rangers here…
bettman showin avery how much he loves him
this is it… game breaker is up next… big kill is a MUST
whats the call though it was the glove which hit hi not the elbow
Thats Avery taking another stupid penalty!
Gary Thorne? He can’t even pronounce his own name correctly.
all you can say is WOW..and
LETS GO BETTS AND SJO… GET A SHORTIE!!!!
would love to know what Avery said to him when he skated by.
Avery is killing me
sometimes i hate where the nhl has gone. just let the teams play. no more bogus calls rewarding certain stars/teams.
adam- no we’ll have another 5 pps to kill dont worry!
Avery caught Jurcina with the butt end of his stick and the linesman with the blade. I guess it is okay to take a TV timeout on a penalty, even though it was icing.
Rick can you call play by play?
that does it. this league is a joke I posted that they would pull this crap.
Whats the difference between that and Ovechkin cutting Roszival open? oh right, Sean Avery
You’re not supposed to hit people on icings anymore.
wow avery did do it on purpose. stupid aves. cmon man
ok betts n cally make it happen kids
the clang heard round the world
fn AO hitting the post jeez
we’ve got some heavy metal here at the garden tonight
big applause if we can pull this offfffff
HOLY CRAP WHAT A PENALTY KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUGE KILL!
yaaaboysssssssssss lets do it right heree
Semin for interference.
yea thank you god!!!!!
holy
AH WA WA WE WA
well that’s a momentum shifter.
what a great/awful penalty kill.
power play time!!!
wtggggggggggggggggggggg betts and cally
SO HUGE!!
you better call it, you effin pos ref
The same four guys killed the entire two minutes? UNREAL!
please score!!!!!
Avery=redemption.
=
deja (paul maras beard’s beard) April 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 pm
the clang heard round the world
Im sorry but Nathan LaFayette still scared the out me more than that did.
WOW CANT…... BREATHE….. LOL
great kill. avery owes all those PKers. they save his ass.
NEED to score here. Biggest PP of the year.
i don’t know what was louder that pipe or my heart beating
hold on to Mara’s beard boys and girls!
The Caps announcers are complaining that it should have been a cross-check on the Rangers.
Timely repairs there by the MSG crew, hey? We need the rest!
How many heart attacks there! And they still didn’t clear the puck but were saved with the penalty.
i have never seen a team who is more do for a power play goal sam rosen is just itching to yell Its a power play goallllll!!!!!!
Matt,
bigger stage… I still can’t believe we traded for him a few years later. What a garbage season that was in terms of trades.
jbytes. they looked tired when the pp just started, forget about at the end. they certainly are gettin outworked massively. theyre at home they should be hittin guys, skating harder, gettin some goals on this kid. i thought washington had such a horrible defense. thats how good our forwards are.
Maras Beard with a power play goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yes, it will be his!!
It would be nice to get an insurance goal
that ahole Eliot, from atlanta, is a big ranger hater, from the sweep over them a couple years ago.
Can the Rangers kill two minutes on their own PP?
I just might die tonight.
I…can’t…take…the…pressure!!!
Yeah it was jason, but i almost cryed when we traded Leetch to Toronto. It broke my heart seeing him in another jersey.
matt k – it was more literal…like it probably was the loudest clang ive ever heard
i guess bettman wants an Ovechkin vs. Crosby series
and has instructed the refs to do what they can to make sure it happens.
what absolute patheticness in action!!!
(don’t know if i’m talking about the officiating or my computer that prevented me from saying all that in real time!!)
time to get it together here boys
torts is going to eat avery for lunch one of these days.
roszival you slow stupid assclown!!
just go in the net pleasee please god thats all i want santa dont give me a gift next christmas put the puck in the net now
This game is taking 7 years off my life!
I hated that year.
We sucked
Kovelev to Montreal
Leetch to Toronto
I think we drafted Jessiman that year too.
why are they so bad when up a man. they have 1 extra guy!!!!!
COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Tom Poti is supposedly DC’s best defensive defenceman. What does that say about our offence?
Was it the year before the lockout? 2003-2004 when we traded Leetch?
Wow, Korpikoski on the power play. It’s probably because Torts doesn’t want to play him at even strength and he didn’t get a chance on the last penalty kill.
play 4 corners for 5 mins and gtfo of here!
oh baby!!!!!
5:15
left in the game kids! can they pull it off?
KEEPIN THE FAITH!!!!!
Awful PP. At least we didn’t give up a shorty.
HEN-RIK
where would we be without the king?
WOW !!! ANOTHER FANTASTIC SAVE!!!!!
Holy shi. HANK!!!!
You just can’t keep that guy from shooting!
mike, they have two extra guys when Mara and his beard are out there.
How do you defend Ovechkin? Take his head off before he touches the puck.
oh man!!!
do we have a shot on nour 3 pps?
This is where we need to kill the game.
PP sucks. do better 5 on 5…can the rangers decline a penalty? lol
The game is KILLING ME
Niki Z might as well make tea for everyone while sitting on the bench.
lets go boyss
Finish this blue! 3 and a quarter left!
I can’t take this anymore.
scott gomez has the same DUH look on his face as vin diesel. weird
anyway, Mara’s beard needs to come up huge!
we all know Hank will!
i dont get how they could be so badly outplayed. they got sandbags tied to their legs or somethin
omfg
AVERY
i hate avery. i hate him
what is avery doin
awful awful awful.
WHat the hell is Avery doing? I can’t stand this. This is the garbage that comes with this guy.
sit avery please…
Torts is pissed at Avery.
take a deep breath
Now that was a DUMB penalty by Avery. I could forgive him for the one on the icing, but this one is sheer STUPIDITY.
avery wtf?
cant defend him anymore
oh man, this is freakin ridiculous! maybe torts will sacrifice avery to THE BEARD after this game! YIKES that just sucks!!!!
okay now im pissed at him
No defense for that
bench him i’m done with him
Avery is playing STUPID right now
Avery..if you were smart you wouldn’t go after the crap players.
How are you going to defend that one? He’s lucky it wasn’t a major. Still could be a suspension.
if we lose this i hope torts burys avery.
How the hell can anyone justify his play in this 3rd period?
like sean u r my favorite but what r u doing please dont cost us the game here
i love Avery but this is just DUMB
I love Dave Maloney, ” why is Avery out there at this stage of the game.”
Guys he is killing us!
Does Avery want to be benched for Voros next game? YAARGH!
wow…that was bad.
not feeling good about this
betts betts betts betts
please kill 2 mins? might be the best thing!
Great block of the pass
torts needs to sit him the first period next game
doooooooooooooooob!!!!!
how does ovechkin play all these minutes? is he a robot?
Carp – How could that last avery penalty be a suspension or a major? It was stupid, but not terribly damaging to Pothier.
sho is looking great tonight he is flying
CURSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EF YOU POTI!
nice!!! holy god thank you hank!!!!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!
OMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS INSANE!!!
Avery should buy gifts for the penalty killers tonight.
Avery is playing his way to being a healthy scratch.
nows when i really panic im clutching maras beard so tight right now
I’m scared
lets go guys comeone put this away plz
this is the longest game ive ever watched besides game 7 in 94
ovechkin = wolfenstienula
spider, I said he was lucky it wasn’t … if he had cut the kid or caused a concussion or something, it would have been five and a game and a suspension. the league could still look at it.
Zherdev saw no ice this period?
letts go boysssssssssss
I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY JUST WON THAT GAME
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
WOWOWOWOWOw
yes yes yes yes!!!!!
oh my god that was a heartattack!!
DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THANK YOU HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNDQVIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!!!
they beat the Caps, the refs, the league, even the peanut vendors were against us, but we’ve got Henrik.
I’d like a personal thank you from the New York Rangers organization for not going to tonight’s game.
Raise those sticks at center ice!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU LORD FOR LUNDQVIST!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU LORD FOR BETTS, SJOSTROM!!!!!
my heart is gonna pop out of my chest!!!
staal you the man. hank you the saviour!
The PK was the best part of our game during the season; it’s only fair that it saved our bacon in the playoffs.
One more game to go! Rangers in FIVE!!!
I LOVE NEW YORK RANGERS!!
This is more than gutsy.
Thanks Doodie.
WOW!!! ONE MORE UNTIL THE BRUINS!
sorry Rick and Jane but..
HOLY FREAKIN SHIT!!! That was the most nerve wracking 3 minutes since 94!!!!
Henrik Lundqvist=MVP it’s not even close!
DID I FAINT?
How painful does this have to be for caps fans
great game by hank
If anyone had any doubts about Henrik being the King of NY sports right now, they need their effin head examined
This effort will mean nothing if we don’t close the deal by the weekend.
what u know… Drury with the game winner!! LoL
*mockingly chest bumps Carp*
Lundqvist owns. Avery better be in street clothes next game. Im gonna go puke and drink a scotch now..
My heart is doing jumping jacks.
ge tthat damn subway ad off already
CCCP – that’s what drury does bro
Hey boys and girls… we get to do this again!
we escaped this one by the good graces of god thats for sure! we seen the best they had in this game. i dont know if hank can do this every single game. avery you need a few days off buddy. or an ass beatin by torts. i love ya but you killin us.
nothing personal but
THANK YOU DOODIE!!
and deja, your brother is no longer a jinx! But it looks like avery might be. WOW, Torts is gonna twist the screws there! I can imagine him sittin Aves and playin CheddarWurst!!!
HUGE WIN!!! Can’t wait to see Avery in street clothes next game.
I LOVE OUR NEW YORK RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO My neighbors must think Im seriously deranged !!!!!
Awesome win. Character there. AVery. You better watch your shit, and Give Henrik a big kiss for sasving your ass
jem April 22nd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
How painful does this have to be for caps fans
FCK CAPS FANS!
hey, and to think i wanted dru to sit. he was the only one who could hit the net tonight. bad game. very bad but we won. im happy, but torts sure as hell wont be
Aves better leave thru the visitor’s gate.
so relieved
Nobody said it would be easy but GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow what a game, come on boys we need one more big time effort
torts relly needs to sit down avery
Yessssssssssssssss !!!!!!!!!!
I am glad that Avery got those penalties. it made it even more exciting.
but seriously, why did Torts put him back out there after he had already taken one penalty, and the refs were watching him? Torts should have used Shoe in his lw spot in those late defensive situations.
Bassier, Sorry about the Canadiens score, you need a bigger centers, power fowards, a new owner, GM, and get that froggie smell from under your armpits I love.
I have no fingernails left
no toenails left
and a actually ate the cheese between my toes!
Avery owes Henke a nice plate of Swedish meatballs and a beer.
How many posts?
lol JamesG
man,i am exhausted!!! Gary Bettman absolutely HATES Henrik Lundqvist! You KNOW he’s got some voodoo priestess making a Lundqvist voodoo doll right now!!!
Oui Oui literally.
917!!!!
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMES THROUGH
THE KING RECLAIMS HIS THRONE
THESE PUNKS GET PUT IN THEIR SEAT
RANGERS WIN
what more could i possibly ask for on a wednesday night? a sweet south park, god?
Nice win….
Now we gotta step on their unshaven necks and put the Craps outta their misery.
Incredible! Great game!
posts i think are 926
WOWOWOWWOWOWOWOWWOW AWESOME GAME
LETS GO BOYSSSSSS
well so we go back to dc hopefully we play as well as we did in the first two games
STAALWART:
I’m sure Mitch would not approve: is that toe cheese organic???
I guess there will be no chest bump for Ovie tonight!
All I know is I am getting too old for this shift! :-)
Carp – Ah, I thought you were saying they could have called it a major on what happened.
I really would have liked to hear Maloney’s reactions to Avery on the MSG broadcast.
Thanks Versus for showing the stick salute!
yea linda- we suffered for 2 and a half hours. now i can watch a hockey game relaxed!!!
carp, do u think the league will come down on avery since they already love him so much?
ha anthony. we ranger fans are stubborn sobs lol. we love our hockey more than life sometimes.
excellent point joe. IF aves plays the next game I am betting we DONT see him in the last 5 minutes!
man, this team just, wow, ya live with them you die with them, sometimes all in the same night!
Nobody does DRAMA like the Rangers. I’m exhausted.
i know we got the 3-1 lead, but how hard is it to clinch in washington, let alone our own building
I, for one, wanted Avery back here but after tonight I think Torts has to really decide how to (if to?) deploy him Friday. He’s gotta get back to being Mahatma Ghandi Avery and but used in the right situations (4th line?). He can’t get the regular mins after back-to-back efforts like that. He’s a liability right now.
Heave Ho, 13 to go. LOL
go hank. defend avery! good stuff. even though he deserved 1 of the calls you gotta say it on national tv!! hellz yea hank
Go rangers
mike in ia
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
yea linda- we suffered for 2 and a half hours. now i can watch a hockey game relaxed!!!
\*********************************************
that makes two of us!!! Hank on VERSUS, let me bow!
Hey Unemployed, I got something you can do for me!
If we have to wring out a win every game, only Carp and Jane will be left on this post in June.
i love hank more and more every day
Lundqvist defending Avery on Versus, saying they have called it tough on him, all eyes are on him.
But you know it will still be Melky Cabrera on the back pages of the papers tomorrow. They have been preparing that one for a few hours already.
Its a shame because Avery is a great player. He is just a big target right now and some people will get away with things, Avery isn’t one of them. Torts has to find a better role for him in the coming games.
I think Hank likes Avery on his team. He does stick up for him and always spoke highly of him when the Rangers were looking to bring him back.
my 2 cents – I love Avery – but you can’t have him on the ice in the last 5 minutes of a 2-1 game. Even if its just because the refs are out to get him (or he’s a nutcase!)
love it – never thought it would end 2-1
rangers can win 1 out of 3
S_
OK, so is the game being played over at 11?
Oh, and I’m all for avery if he isnt taking penalties. But he could be the death for us.
If Callahan magically grows 3 inches he’ll be a one man wrecking crew. Man if only.
Great win, Avery up to antics that are why people talk shit about him… He’d been doing so well up until these last two games and was playing smart and great hockey… What happened?
Man Hank’s on a mission, doesn’t this happen? Goalies take their mediocre team to the cup final and win the Conn Smythe?
Lundqvist. Is. A. God.
Stole this game again
Mike, I am desperate but not that desperate…
THE MELK-MAN DELIVERS!! i hate baseball. especially with all this great hockey going on.
good for hank to stick up for aves they r a team after all
#30 will hang from the rafters one day.
Aves has been getting such a bad deal since he’s back, he was bound to snap. Who wouldn’t????????????
and the winning goal was totally varlomov’s fault. he juggled an easy floater from Drury, then got caught out of position.
Varlo still hasn’t been tested. You could almost feel sorry for him. I said ALMOST. :)
Friday cant come fast enough. I can’t wait.
Hank, yes, but the boys played like rangers!
I still love Avery. He’s gonna cross the line every so often, but he had some real nice plays in the game. He brought a lot of energy and got the fans into it for sure. But I agree that Torts is an idiot for putting him in late like that.
Hey we gotta break 1000 and keep the string alive.
Callahan is no Gilroy; he’s done growing.
963!
OH BABY!!!!
BENCH AVERY AND PUT IN VOROS OR A WOLFPACKER FOR GAME 5
Say what’s on your mind boys and girls.
We are so close to 1000.
For those with the NHL Network, NHL on the Fly is on now. They are showing the B’s and the Habs. Price SUCKS! He really is horrible.
well i love ice cream
THE BEARD IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it’s safe to say Zherdev won’t be back next year. He’s obviously not one of Tort’s favourites.
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!
Friday….
i’m sorry i cannot take that beard seriously.
Korpikoski was amazing tonight. We got to keep him on the top lines.
I think Mara’s beard has 6 blocked shots and a penalty for interference!
if z had a beard hed b an animal
Great win, but we sure like tired in the 3rd period. Too many penalties and playing too long on our end chasing the puck.
Linda did you play Yngwie’s anthem rendition pre-game?
You know…I think we wanted to believe after game 3 that we are the better team…we should win…we are playing better…Henrik cant do it all…
Goaltending and solid D does win games…We have owned the flow of play, but it does not matter…we cant get it in the net…Henrik, and the Rangers D deserve alot of respect…I hope that if you finish this series and we lose, you do well, to give the young Caps a glimmer of hope moving on to the years ahead.
Also if you win, get rid of Avery…A butt end, and a high stick that could of cost you the game? No excuse…he is cancer, and really has no brain.
I think we’ll take it in 6. What you guys think?
You convinced of my “fix” comments yet? A shot blocking, hitting, forechecking team today!
Guys, I think I will post my anti-Drury posts in here before games from now on. I’m on to something.
What a finish!!
LGR!!!
I still say Rangers in 6.
Mara’s car doesn’t need an airbag.
Just got word from an inside source..the John Tortarella press conference will be postponed 20 more minutes because he’s busy beating Avery with a singapore cane.
Davymax,
I agree about the six games.
Avery is a savage. He’s a dumbass. But we’re like 600 games above 500 with him on the ice, so if the league doesn’t suspend his ass, he better be playing nxt game
I also wanted to mention that atleast we won the game :)
LGR
There is more hair in Mara’s beard then on his head.
JamesG April 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Just got word from an inside source..the John Tortarella press conference will be postponed 20 more minutes because he’s busy beating Avery with a singapore cane.
James G
LMAO!!!
When they go to D.C., can Mara bring his beard on board or does it have to be stored in the cargo holds?
991 !!!!!!
Did anybody see a post from Jane. Is she at MSG?
I guess Ovechkin and Semin didn’t go for their centre ice stick salute today?
When Avery took that 2nd penalty it reminded me of Hollweg lastyear.
So…can we all bow in unison to the greatness of Paul Mara’s beard?
993!
I’mm still shakening.
I have tickets for game six- but i would be happy if they Clinch it in Washington. screw the tickets-put this team (OVE) away ASAP.
sorry kids my computer crapped out again
1000th?
The Rangers should be off the ice by now, Ovie. You and Backstrom can do your lame thing now.
Oh yeah my heart is still pounding.
1,000 posts back to back games. We are awesome!
shoryuken, can you send me the link again, for some reason, the other day my computer did something weird and i cant find it!
Good man Torts!!!
Hey,Carp! We got you another 1000+ Seeya Friday.
see that stat: Rangers 11-0 when leading a series 3-1
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
is it time for bed yet lol
I’ll take Thorne not pronouncing his name right over that shill Rosen missing plays CONSTANTLY!!
i am tryin to catch up with all your witty comments since my comp crapped out!
I bowed to Hank while he was being interviewed on Versus, we’ll have to worship at the Church of Mara’s Beard now!
Tom Renney was right after all—the Rangers can’t play offense, and they have to win 2-1 games. The only difference is that Tortorella doesn’t force Drury, Gomez, Naslund and Redden to play the whole game, and relies on Dubinsky, Callahan, Sjostrom and Staal to do the job. Good job by Tortorella to recognize who can actually succeed.
Linda
Here you go; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk-HsiM_wj8
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!1 WOOOWHOOOOOOO!!! alright!!!! sweet win!!!! nothing compares to youuuuuuu ~~~ omg did I just sing skinhead oconner!!???
Hell Yeah boys , way 2 gooooo , btw Avery ya goto easeeee up a lil , just a bit!!
Colton Orr looks like a caged beast freaking out to get Brashear.
Unemployed Steve
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
When Avery took that 2nd penalty it reminded me of Hollweg lastyear.
I said that to my buddy before. Doubt Avery will be a Leaf next year though.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
Ovi, you drunken hoser, THAT was a center ice salute to the best fans in hockey.
Ugh Im exhausted – See you ALL Friday. See most of you tomorrow LOL
In the end I think the Caps don’t have enough of system play to win.
They rely to much on pure adrenalin and emotion and skill—
they aren’t deep enough to do it on skill alone
MAKO
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
see that stat: Rangers 11-0 when leading a series 3-1
There was a time when the NY Yankees were undefeated when leading a series 3-0 way back in 2004 if you know what I mean..
Hey. I had the epi pen and the defibrillator paddles on standbye. Avery is a very good role player and has very good skills. But torts needs to better deploy. Avery needs to better determine the timing. Last game was no problem. Rangers were not going to win so he got some good jabs in. Tonight he needed to play hockey. The high stick was just stupid. I would not be surprised if he gets the press box.
Hank was unreal.
See you on friday bitchess.
1-0 to the Hawks.
NA NA NA – NA , HEY HEY goodbyeeeeeee!!!! Washington = washed up!!!
Gooooo Rangers !!!
I don’t know why Aves did what he did, but what ever, they won, he’ll get suspended for it, for sure. Hopefully he learns his lesson.
Either way the refs were more pathetic than ever. I cant believe we won this, with the way they called the game.
Hank is god right now, he’s making highlight reel saves every fuggin game !!!
One more to go, then it’s off to Boston !! Finish them off !!! In that craphole Washington !!
btw – the Budrew press conference is good – he sounds quite a good coach
Paul Mara’s middle name is actually his beards name.
make that 1-1, as Pierre’s boyfriend Iginla ties it up.
thanks shoryuken i appreciate it!!
i actually listened to Megadeth “Crush ‘Em” before the game.
If Paul ever retired from hocky he has a future as the spokesperson for Bounty Paper Towels
We’re also really close to breaking the posts record set last game. And it wasn’t even because of getting our butts handed to us!
Does anyone think Avery sits game 5?
The only place Avery will sit is on the bench or the 4th line if Torts want to get ugly , never will he sit him out a game.
doodie, i wouldnt be surprised, but if he does play, he wont see the ice the last 5 minutes of the game
Yes 1 game from league. From Torts?
Bruce Boudreau looks like he’s on the verge of crying during this post game.
He’s really upset about the Avery punch on the icing.
I think Avery will play Game 5. He’ll probably have a really good game and go back to the way he was playing toward the very end of the season. Torts will whip him into shape by Friday.
yea league will prob get him for 1 game. TOrts would be nuts to sit avery. Maybe limit some time, but not scratch him
examiner where’s the link?
Lundquist should crush Avery in the locker room for being an idiot. It just cant happen out there. He butt ends a guy on an icing touch up..the guy is bleeding, and he is yelling at the ref that it was a crap call.
The guy is gone..nothing is in his head…sit him.
Don’t have the link, was watching it on MSG
LOL some funny Capitals fans from the WashPost
I don’t know about the rest of the people here… but I watched like 70 games this year & I know for a fact we are better then this weak offensive team… We have a goalie that has kept them to 1, 0, & 2 goals but yet we’re losing 3-1… Maybe your a bunch of ENABLERS when they don’t play well, but I’m sick of our Washington teams being a bunch of PRETENDERS! NO MORE EXCUSES… JUST WIN!
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We play our best with our backs to the wall. See last years run to qualify for the playoffs. Time for another 11-0 run!!!
Oh, who am I kidding? We’re screwed.
Posted by: griz0615 | April 22, 2009 9:57 PM | Report abuse
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Real tough loss.
We have tremendously outplayed the Rangers during this series. They are getting really lucky that Lundy is playing this well.
Lundy was absolutely brilliant today. Lundy beat the Caps by himself today, not the Rangers as a team.
And I remember all you guys saying you wanted the Rangers instead of the Habs in the polls because Habs-Bruins would be fun to watch. Anyone want to take that back now?
Posted by: digster1013 | April 22, 2009 9:59 PM | Report abuse
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i just hope we get better. Must say, I am over the top about the nasty frogs getting swept on the 100th anni!! Almost makes up for tonight’s loss. See ya Friday at the booth!
Posted by: majiksea | April 22, 2009 10:03 PM | Report abuse
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i just hope we get better. Must say, I am over the top about the nasty frogs getting swept on the 100th anni!! Almost makes up for tonight’s loss. See ya Friday at the booth!
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wow what an exciting game!
they never make it easy ey?
We just passed the other record that we set the other night for posts btw.
I’m off guys. Pleasure spending the night with you all. Take it easy, see you tomorrow.
haha good stuff cccp. i like the post sayin: you guys wanted the rangers instead of montreal, would you like to take that back now?? lol
later krispy.
we set a new record and it was for a win!!!!
So I had to watch the game online…couldn’t be on the blog..
Three things on Avery:
1) I love that people “hate” the Rangers because of Avery…its a hell of a lot better then when they loved our very polite coach and laughed at our hi priced underacheivers
2)Jurcina got blasted by Callahan and Dubi during the game…both guys nailed him at full speed and the guy takes it like a man and stands up…Avery smacks him with his glove and the guy crumples like he was KO’d…come’on already
3)Aves has to know he gets away with nothing…be a little bit smarter but…he still needs to be an idiot too…he drew a penalty with 7 minutes left!...yeah it could have all backfired with that last stupid penalty ( where the guy again crumples to the ice like he got hit by a slapshot) but with 7 minutes left and the Caps pressing we got 2 free minutes!...big penalty…very big…we killed 40% of the remainder of the game
Bottom line….the guy gives us more than he gives the opponent…its hard to watch but better to watch this then the passionless 20 guys we watched the first 5 months of the year
*30%
no bloody way do you sit Avery for Voros. you keep Avery under tight restrictions, tight leash, yes, and you do NOT put him out there in obvious late game situations that call for defensive checking hockey, you use Shoe in his lw spot late in games where they have a lead.
but no way to Voros
Voros starts in place of Avery….I watch PBS
ha cccp- just looked at your new pic. kinda re mind me of rozy.
Was that Versus’s or TSN’s fault that we lost the picture for a couple minutes there?
I can defend Avery on his lewd comments and can enjoy his “dancing” in front of Brodeur, but it is ridiculous for him to give two cheap shots at the end of a 2-1 game.
And the recognition and development by Tortorella of some of the more unheralded young players on the Rangers has been impressive. Instead of being upset with Gomez being invisible, we can be proud of Dubinsky and Callahan. Good job by Tortorella. How are those free agents working out Slats?
But in the end, it’s all on Lundqvist.
Great Win! Huge Win! I got home from my buddies house and my neighbor, also a huge Rangers fan, was waiting outside for me with a nice cuban cigar when I got home. I almost had a heart attack tonight. Hank is the absolute man. And most of you know I am a HUGE Avery supporter, but he did go a little too far tonight, but he didn’t cost us the game. And I can live with it. That is what you get with Sean Avery, and I think the good outweighs the bad with him. I love how Dubi and Cally have stepped it up in the playoffs. Two great young leaders for us. I wish so badly for Z to do SOMETHING, ANYTHING, but it just doesn’t look like it is going to happen.
Anyway, I am not going to cry to banish Avery like many are. You either like him or you don’t. You can’t have it both ways with him. We should all know that by now.
Congrats, KrispyNYR, you actually were the 1,000 post, Unfortunately, since your post only contained a number and question marks and no real thoughts, you may not accept you reward. Then again, we might have to go back and eliminate all of those type of posts to reward somebody else! :P
Woe!
habs had “0” PP goals in 4 games
Carey Price did his Roy imitation…when the crowd cheered an easy save he threw his arms in the air…
Henrik could be doing what he’s never done before…stealing a series
We whipped Atlanta and Nj last two years and were overwhelmed by Pens, Sbes and Devs last three years..he wasnt awful but when we won we were overall better; when we lost the other team was way better…this year you know the Caps are really kicking our butts but Henrik is stealing games….
Love it!!
Avery !!! Avery!!!
Nasty 1 – But I want it both ways!! :)
Hartford got smacked 6–0 tonight, getting scored upon five times in the third. They’re tied at two in that series.
exactly right, Kaspar. he brings excitement to an otherwise dull team. I don’t want to go back to the days of “nice guy” Tom Renney, where they lose but everybody is goody 2 shoes, and the opponents laugh at the rangers because they lose like “gentlemen”
If he isn’t suspended, you have to think someone is going to be paying extra attention to Avery next game. And not for nothing, the Caps were throwing some cheap shots, especially on some boarding type plays that weren’t called. If they scored a PP goal against us to tie it, maybe I am saying something different right now, but they didn’t, so I can live with what he did.
collossal mistakes by aves late in the game, and if we wouldve lost, you better believe his ass gets sat. anybody else does that and forget about it. i love the guy and we are a better, feistier team with him in the lineup, but the caps score and win the game, i gaurantee you he goes bye bye next year. torts said some pretty harsh words about aves before he was here so you know he isnt gonna put up with crap like that. if he isnt suspended hes gotta play his ass off friday to pay hank and the pk back for savin him on those penalties
A few things:
1) Monday my wife rearranged our hats. “You have so many summer hats (caps) and I have so many winter hats.” I left the house to head to MSG and could not find my Sirius “NYR” hat that I have worn all season. I only had my weak “I am a Ranger” hat. I had a bad feeling. They lost. I texted my wife midway through and said, “Find my &%&#$& hat.” She did. I wore it tonight. Enough said.
2) Those crying about Avery…just shut the F up already. Does he do some dumb things? Absolutely. No question. But he plays with that edge that not enough people on the team have. I said it before and will say it again, without him, we are playing golf already. He deserves a little talking to, but he net/net he is effective.
3) It is so simple: When the Rangers attack the other team (physical, forechecking, aggressive play) they crush the Caps. When they revert to Renney-style, let-them-come-to-us type play, they get smoked. Tonight was like 180 degrees different than Monday. They played desperate and hungry.
4) Henry, Henry, Henry!
5) Zherdev….where the F is this clown? I mean in the 1st he had one chance on a stuff in early and got denied. After that, did he even play? He is the friekin Tin Man….no heart!
6) On the replays (I was at the game, they did not replay it) how bad did the Avery play on the icing look? Did he butt end the Capital? How did they justify calling a penalty by committee, after the play and after OV was crying? Also, did Dubi get hit from behind like 2x and no call? I gotta say, the refs tried to steal this friekin game.
LGR!
well maybe not bye bye but he would have to probably cut torts lawn for the next 3 years.
Ha Spider, nice.
We should get a groups, call out of work on Friday, hop on the Acela and go to Washington for game 5 :)
Avery must’ve banged every ref’s daughters in order to receive this BS treatment!
Lundqvist is literally stealing this series from the Caps…we’ve been outplayed at many points during this series and the Caps offense has been completely dominant at times, but Lundqvist is the ultimate neutralizer…he should get the Conn Smythe just for us being up 3-1…
love seeing the kids (Dubi, Cally, Korpedo, Staal, etc.) and the role players (Sjo, Betts) really step up in the playoffs…
let’s not get too overconfident though…2 posts for the Caps and a million great chances over the last 2 periods, this series could easily be 2-2 right now…
and if there was any moment that symbolized my dislike for Drury, it’s when he took his weak 17 MPH wrister (before he scored on the rebound), and after the goal Joe Mich says “maybe he shot it like that on purpose!”, like a “clutch change-up wrister” is now in Drury’s arsenal…it was good to see him score, but it was fluky, Varlamov should’ve held onto his first shot…he can’t shoot, he can barely carry the puck, and Drury losing the faceoff with an injured hand directly led to the Ovechkin rush/goal…Drury playing hurt can only hurt us as we (hopefully) go deeper into the playoffs…
overall a great win though, we really needed that one
Torts is my favorite, but he never should have put Avery out there on that shift with 3 mins left, after he had already gotten one penalty. Torts should have used a defensive winger in that situation anyway. torts gets equal criticism from me for putting him out there in that spot.
Guess what: we played with 10 forwards in the third and Mara and Morris only had four shifts. Mara (and his beard) only played 12:47 overall. Callahan finally getting the ice time he deserved, which he didn’t get under Renney, playing 22:16. Zherdev played the least amount of anybody not named Orr, with only 6:59. Sjostrom played over a minute more than Naslund, with 14:58.
Yeah Newman, I mentioned those boarding calls also. It was like twice in a row. A hit from behind to knock him to his knees, and I hit from behind again when he was on his knees. Both dangerous plays.
dont hate avery he is the heartbeat of the team and come the fuck on i got friends who hate hockey who were telling me this was one of best games they ever seen… not possible without avery i only wish i had tickets for this game 4 instead of the shit i saw game 3 o well got tix for game 1 home in semis c yall there cuz this series is wrapped
i love avery too, but was a little disappointed with that play tonight. You KNOW he’s got extra eyes on him, and HE knows that! Torts really needs to get his head back on straight because he is an asset when he plays his type of game and plays it smart. It’s almost like his frustration is starting to really show, and he’s gotta get it under control in order for him to be the effective player for us that we all know he can be.
few observations.
how the hell are we winning this series??????
avery needs to watch it big time he is a marked man.
we cannot score.. did zherdev get any shifts in the 3rd???
this series is not over yet…............
“And most of you know I am a HUGE Avery supporter, but he did go a little too far tonight, but he didn’t cost us the game. And I can live with it. That is what you get with Sean Avery, and I think the good outweighs the bad with him.”
“Those crying about Avery…just shut the F up already. Does he do some dumb things? Absolutely. No question. But he plays with that edge that not enough people on the team have. I said it before and will say it again, without him, we are playing golf already. He deserves a little talking to, but he net/net he is effective.”
well said by both you guys, completely agree
i forgot….
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
Just got back from Bed, Bath & Beyond,...
had some time to hit the Home Depot….
Rangers lost to the BlueJays? What happened?
fire sather- drurys faceoff against ovie was one play out of about 100 tonight that couldve led to a caps goal. they easily had 20 excellent scoring chances. that goal was from almost the blueline for god sake. im not a dru fan either and joe m is a retard for even sayin somethin like that, but cmon at least when he shot at the open net, he scored. i mean the guy helped us win, he made a few good blocks and defensive plays.
one last thing, it sucks that Torts has basically crushed Zherdev’s soul…has Zherdev been invisible at times? yes…has he made bad decisions with the puck? yes…but just like with Renney, it really is unfair that Zherdev gets singled out for benchings/line demotions when almost EVERYONE on this team has deserved benchings/line demotions at some point, even in the short time Torts has been here…
we need ALL the offense we can get if we’re gonna go any further in the playoffs, and hate it or love it but Zherdev is one of our most talented offensive players…how is playing him 7 minutes (and no PP time) really gonna help us?
I mean look at this a** clown Komiserek…..invisable for three games beats up some minor league midget who had a ruptured spleen but did nothing to anyone his size and then tonite down by three he becomes mister tough guy..still gets his clock cleaned by Lucic
Give me Aves anytime
Here is a good stat…rangers are like 15-8 with Torts which isnt much better then the 31-23 they were with Renney when he got off’d….but how many shoot-outs did we win with Torts? One?...Two?.....I think Renney had 9 or 10
all of a sudden we win 1 goal games in regulation…this comes in pretty handy in playoff time doesn’t it?
I guarantee that Jurcina will take a bad penalty on Avery next game. he is a big pussy who will try to crosscheck Avery next game because he got one on the nose from him.
so that means that penalty might actually be a help in the next game.
Avery needs to chill Tortorella better have another sitdown
JAY G April 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Watching the clock at work tick away slowly so I can get my ass to the Garden in time for a bite from the gourmet (cough bullshit cough) food MSG has to offer.
Tight defense and a lucky bounce for the Rangers. Those are the headlines tonight.
Wow, I called the game tonight. Tight D and a pair of lucky Ranger bounces. I am soo good.
You guys rocked the blog again. Great job!
New post is up.
See y’all tomorrow.
“fire sather- drurys faceoff against ovie was one play out of about 100 tonight that couldve led to a caps goal. they easily had 20 excellent scoring chances. that goal was from almost the blueline for god sake. im not a dru fan either and joe m is a retard for even sayin somethin like that, but cmon at least when he shot at the open net, he scored. i mean the guy helped us win, he made a few good blocks and defensive plays.”
here’s my point- Drury can’t even TAKE a faceoff, let alone win one, because he probably has a broken arm/hand…it’s a guarantee he’s gonna lose that faceoff…just so happens it led to the Ovechkin rush/goal…anyone else takes that faceoff and we have a 50/50 chance of winning it, but Captain Purple Heart decides to take it when he has no shot of winning it…it was a TANGIBLE example of how him playing injured can hurt the team, I’m just pointing it out now because I feel it will continue to hurt us (he can’t shoot, he can barely stickhandle, can’t win faceoffs, etc.) as we hopefully get deeper into the playoffs
wow chicago losin 3-1. its gonna be 2-2 after tonight. that series is prob gonna go 7. if we made it to the finals id love to play chicago.
So does Mara’s beard get a day off?
HUGE win—Garden was LOUD! We didn’t hear much of the anthem up in 426. The next promotion ought to be sponsored by Rolaids. Or TUMs, or Aleve. SOMEthing to get us through the last ten minutes!!!!
God bless Henrik. And God bless Rangers fans. Sweet dreams, folks!
well, ur right he shouldnt be takin faceoffs. was doobs chased or somethin? either way he should not be takin faceoffs at all. i wont bash the guy tonight but im not gonna start worshipping him either. i am happy he scored though. i guess him over voros is better, but id love to see artie play a few.
I’ll stipulate that this was Avery’s worst game as a Ranger.
He took a stupid stupid penalty. The first one was a bogus call in my opinion.It was a follow through at full speed and he lost his edge.That said,why don’t all of you Avery haters who have chomping at the bit to come on here and mouth off about him just STFUP!!!!!!! He WILL BOUNCE BACK and score next game and be alot smarter too.
This was the on once again a very poorly officiated game. The calls were so one sided it was pathetic. The calls on Naz,Rozy were bush league. I counted at least a half dozen penalties that should have been called on the Caps but were not.Obviously,Bettman has given a directive to the refs to ease up on the Caps.
THE KING IS JUST AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was probobly the best game I saw him play ever!!
great hawks cgy game right now
AND GREAT DAY TO BE A RANGERS FAN!
Avery!!! one cwazzzzzyyy mutha F***er !!!!
new post is up!!!!! sweet , good job Carp and McManus!!!
RANGERS IN 5 BABY
Poor Ovechkin still wont know what it feels like to win a series.
I love how superstar Mike Green has disappeared