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Because it seems we will never actually get to hockey today, here’s a letter Glen Sather and the Rangers sent to Gary Bettman’s office today or Saturday. Seriously:
Subject: Washington vs. New York, Game 5
Dear Gary:
In addition to your suspension of Coach Tortorella for his actions during last night’s game, we respectfully request that you consider appropriate discipline in light of Washington’s gross negligence in ensuring the safety of the personnel on the Rangers’ bench, including Coach Tortorella, in the face of the Rangers’ repeated requests for intervention against egregious fan misconduct during Game 5. As importantly, we would like the League’s intervention to ensure that there are adequate security measures in place to protect our personnel in the event there is a Game 7 in Washington.
Neither the NHL nor either team has had the opportunity to conduct a full investigation or to interview all witnesses but the television coverage and the statements made by Rangers bench personnel make clear that Washington utterly failed in its security obligations to the Rangers, not to mention its own fans. The tension was evident from before the opening face-off. Throughout the game, several people seated immediately behind the visitors’ bench took advantage of the looseness of the glass panels and the unusually wide gaps between the panels to assault the Rangers with some of the most obscene language imaginable. Because of the way the glass is installed, the patron sitting behind Coach Tortorella (the gray-haired, bearded man in the white T-Shirt) could literally scream into the coach’s ear. According to Rangers trainer Jim Ramsay, one patron was screaming at the team, in graphic language, about whether Dan Girardi and Marc Staal have a sexual relationship. This was within earshot of several children seated nearby. Several other fans also made repeated homophobic remarks. Moreover, Mr. Ramsay reported that he and other bench personnel were spit on by one or more “fans” as they yelled through the gaps in the glass.
Your statement tonight referred to alerting security. In the first period, Mr. Ramsay warned the security guard stationed on the nearest stairwell (a large African-American man) that the situation was unacceptable and was likely to get ugly. No action was taken. The misconduct continued. In the second period, Mr. Ramsay warned a female security supervisor that some fans were out of control and that he was concerned that something unfortunate was going to happen. Although this supervisor was equipped with a radio, she apparently took no action, because the same fans were in their seats when the team returned to the bench for the third period. According to press accounts, no fans were ever ejected or permanently removed from their seats.
Washington’s failure to respond to what its personnel knew — and were specifically warned — was a potentially dangerous situation contributed significantly to this unfortunate incident. Accordingly, we respectfully request that you consider imposing appropriate discipline on Washington for its knowing failure to protect the Rangers and prevent the situation from deteriorating into an incident that reflects badly on all of us. In addition, we must immediately discuss how Washington is going to handle security for any Game 7. Neither the Rangers nor the well-behaved Capitals fans should be forced to endure the extraordinary level of fan misconduct that Washington failed to prevent in Game 5.
Thank you for your consideration.
Glen
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AFTERNOON UPDATE, 2:06 P.M.: A league spokesman said that all the appropriate security measurements have been implemented for today’s game and for a potential Game 7.
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“We disagree with the suspension and will have no further comment.”
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Let’s go Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!
That letter is all well and good, but considering Bettman’s hard-on for the league’s star players, I doubt any discipline or sanctions will be put in place.
On the ice, there is a code of ethics. Frontier justice, eye-for-an-eye. In light of that, I hope that any and all Ranger fans at MSG make the Cap’s time spent on the bench an utter living Hell. Two can play this game.
More than we’ve heard from Sather since he took the job
Can anyone explain to me why southLAnd is a unique show? It’s about cops…how unique can that be!? Sorry..i am just ready to eat NBC alive today if the rangers lose.
miss california…your question comes from KASPAR:
Should Torts have been suspended for his actions in game 5?
that would have a dousey of an answer!
Joeybriggs
ignore the commercials…and the announcers….and the fans….and the Rangers offense
Basically watch Hank
That letter is ridiculous. The way it reads had me cracking up. I know it not a laughing matter but just some of the language Sather used made me laugh.
Apparently, circumcision head thinks Avery was suspended for game five. WOW
I HATE THE NHL
I HATE THE NHL
I HATE THE NHL
did anyone else notice the graphic NBC put up to describe Hank? I don’t have DVR, but it looked like they had up “king henry”
This guy signs Avery and complains about bad fan language. Just play the game.
did he just say “Buckle up, Ovechkin’s next!”?
I HATE NBC/VS
I HATE NBC/VS
I HATE NBC/VS
We need to have a Game Day Thread post please Jane or Rick ;)
kaspar,
thats a great idea. I think for next season we need to get Rick or Jane to set up a camera that just watches Hank all game. They can stream it over the blog. thoughts?
Spiderpig
unfortunatley…wherever there is a Mike Dingleberry or two…their has to be a di*k head nearby
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!!
As a fan who enjoys attending sporting events, it is outrageous when security does not clamp down on drunk and obscene “fans”. And those fans exist at every arena and stadium. It’s time for all leagues to put a stop to that kind of behavior, especially when they keep raising ticket prices. This behavior would not be condoned at any other event. Instead of focusing on generally boring fan entertainment during the breaks in the action, how about focusing on providing a safe, secure and fun atmosphere where fans can bring their families? People would pay extra for that!
I want the first goal so bad I can taste it. I really think scoring first would be HUGE!!!!!
Torts in the box….They need a Torts cam..
Drury looked like he just woke up in that interview.
Too bad the seats right behind the Caps bench at the Garden are so damn expensive. The Garden needs to switch that section with section 413 and see how things work out for the Caps bench then.
What’s w/ the NBC reporters ending their interviews with “Enjoy the moment . . . ” and “Have fun . . . ” F-you. I hate NBC.
Orr out, Voros in?
shoneys pissed!!!!! go ranger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kick ass baby!!!! i prayed for you guys!!!! cmon god let your favorite hockey team win!!!!
no country- they need a torts live audio during game!!!
Hopefully they are doing a better job with homeland security in Washington than they are with security at their hockey games!
I think that letter by Sather was actually very smart. Its intended audience is really not the NHL or Bettman, but the media. Now people will be talking about that aspect of the story, and if there is a Game 7, there will be increased scrutiny of the security situation behind the Rangers’ bench b/c the media will be watching.
Did everyone see what happened during warmups with brashear? if that was avery he’d be suspended for 5347280562 games.
I actually really like AO
But I hope we win today and he’s scoreless just so someone can say “hey…AO only scored 2 goals in six games…wassup with that?”
Drury just finished his nap. He said a Rangers game 6 Loss won’t ruin his afternoon nap either… but an overtime win might because the nap starts at 5pm, sharp!
“circumcision head” LOL
What ahppened with Brashear???
who are the refs this game?
Orr’s scratched? Who’s playing for him, Voros?
cally is ready to go..nice…
thank god the game was on nbc today i was running late and walked in the door as the puck was about to be dropped.
please win today boys before the plague gets us!!!
brashear skated up to orr (i’m pretty sure it was orr) and gave him a push before skating away.
nice hit by cally
they showed it on NBC – they might show it again.
we cant let the brashear line keep it in our zone
playing phsyical i like to c that
throwin pucks away again
It would be nice if Zherdev showed up to play this afternoon
wow doobs!!! almost!
torts is gonna make doobs the captain and hes gonna strip dru next season. or have co captains
lemmiwinks…great name!
The swine flu has officially triggered a public health emergency…
morris and zherdev directly responsible for that goal
ok see u guys tuesday
Season’s over.
game over johnny
holy effin crap! morris and zherdev???? omg what a mess!
i hate zherdev. please put voros in over him
I’m starting to think that we’ve already scored our last goal this season.
Zherdev with the turnover…
Zherdev, you dumb ho!
we can’t get down now.. they got to come back..use the fans energy…power play!
Pavel took them long enough its only in mexico canada cali texas kansas ohio nyc new zealand
do NOT let the axis of evil prevail today!!!
were done. unless people not named dubinsky and callahan show up
This just shows how the Chairman and that Napolitano idiot are at securing our borders.
gomer!!!!!!!!
Redden!?
WEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh holy crap was that wade redden
ok boyssssss
Gomo the clown on the PP… Virus on the ice… Anturtlepov on the ice… WHY???
“IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL!”
redden BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sanchez!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERS
redden for the norris!!!
why redden and gomez what is schoenfeld feeding these guys
nevermind!!
Welcome to the playoffs, Scott Gomez!
i was like if that was wade redden we really all are going to die
why did nazzy do that wide open net jesus
how is THAT not a penalty?????????????????????
NASLUND WTF
?????? UY SUCK!!!
What a tip by Gomez!!!!
Great point re: Naslund—why did he go to the backhand there???
GET HIM MARA
Yea, Mara… get The Beard after him!!
DAMNIT NOT OUR BEST PKER
nooooooooooooooo bettsy :(
great time to sit orr a**holes
FUCKING GORILLA
fukn degenrate
what in the effin hell is oging on with this goon and these refs??????????????????????????????????? two away from the play!??? HOLY SHITE
THROW HIM OUT THROW HIM OUT wtf
pisses me off
Brashear should get a major for interference!
this isnt good guys.
KURWA MALPA!!!!!!!!!! KTOS MUSZI GO ZABICZ KURWA MURZYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brashear belongs in a zoo
2 fu****in minutes for roughing are you effin kidding me?????????????????????????????????????????????????///
i am sorry….5 minute major for brashear this is …calm down rangers…just win the game..
Where is everyone who said Orr serves no purpose??
what are they chanting
great play
great d play!!!
They were chanting “These refs suck!”
what the HELL was that.
one game when Orr is needed they scratch him… wow
if torts was on the bench brasheer wuld b fnn dead
deja – “These refs suck!”
Headshot 2 minutes
water spray suspension
This is your NHL
brashear had to use his stick or else mara’s beard would have eaten him alive.
this is what the NHL wants to promote???? Brashear is a thug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Effin head hunter! He better be suspended forever for that effin nonsense. First wolfensteincula on drury away from the puck, and now this effin maroon??? WOW, bettman you suck hard!
damn pavel, i dont even know what you said but you scared me
as stated before the LEAGUE OIS A JOKE.
BRASHEAR GETS 2 MINUTES AND THE MORONS ON TV, BLAH BLAH BLAH.
2 MINUTES…........................
what a joke, that should be match penalty for elbowing tyvm
Blair looked completely out of it… Brashear gets two minutes … and NHL wont do sh8t more about it
the refs, excuse my language…
I sure hope Brashear gets a suspension for that if this league is truly trying to cut down on hits to the head. That was completely uncalled for.
Oh great! I was stuck posting on the previous blog entry.
wow…. feel so bad for betts,
and this is why you need Colton in the lineup in the playoff, brashear does not do that with Orr around….
damn man, Betts is really dazed
remeber when shanny fought brasheer center ice? we need thatr right now
betts looked very shaken up, i think a concussion. this looks bad. brashear must be suspended for next game (hopefully there wont be one lol)
CARP!
So far I’ve seen an ovech trip go uncalled, the second time he’s done that this series in front of the Rangers net.
I’ve also seen Blair Betts get dessimated by a late, high, elbow to the head and seen NO penalty for it! Brashear got 2 for roughing with Mara but the hit on Betts went uncalled.
If that doesn’t show an advantage the league shows in favor of the Caps team, i’ll watch the rest of the game and get you more.
Thanks.
that is a big loss for our team.. Betts is our best PK guy… wow
Great hit, Don. Welcome to the playoffs, Betts. If the Rangers want to respond, they can always send tough guy Sean Avery at Brashear.
yea rozy!!!
Eat the boards Ove
Can we just take out Ovechkin, please? Just put a F-ing elbow right into his head. Whoever we lose in the process, it will be well worth it.
send voros and antropov after that animal. they’re both worthless as hockey players and our PK’s done alright.
TRUE, I don’t buy it. That was a horrible non-call on Brashear by a horrible referee. Not a conspiracy.
damnit mara.
I would like to see Drury and Gomo take him too
dave maloney “i’m not saying anything, i’m done…’;
he’s been going NUTS since the hit on drury, but the one on BETTS, he’s is absolutely rippin the officiating and he’s a million percent correct in doing so.
i said something very offensive in Polish. Sorry, Carp.. I’m ready to grab the next train to MSG and choke that piece of garbage!
Right, and driving Ovechkin head first into the boards from behind was legal, right? They’re letting the guys play tonight and Ranger fans complain. When they’re calling it too tight, Ranger fans complain. Quit complaining, Ranger fans.
Linda, you can’t do that.
that was the hardest hit i’ve seen from Rozy all year.
McDreary and Meyer (sp) are the refs.
Send Gomez after Varlamov’s ankle! It’s the only reason we made the playoffs the Rangers made it in the first place, maybe it will win us a series, too!
damn orr and his swine flu!!!
someone needs to bertuzzi ovechkin, since that seems to be allowed to happen. whoever it is will be welcomed back with open arms since it’d be a hit to the head with the NHL allows and promotes.
hank sucks today. wow
if we had blair betts this would not happen
I hate that frat boy
sigh i blame that goal on betts not being out there :(
they keep beating hank high glove side
Henrik Lundqvist where have you gone?
they will blow us out today. too bad hank lost his mojo
Second short-side goal. Gotta take away near post. In any sport.
oops, sorry for whatever i did
gomez was being held up there
Damn it.
Anybody realize the magnitude of Drury playing now, sans Betts? Drury will have to play more 5on5 and PK with the busted hand, not a healthy center like Anisamov playing for betts. oy veh.
So much for the game of Hank’s life heh?
blame mara, hes the one who keeps takin multiple penalties a game. hes worse than avery. at least avery hurts the sob he fouls
betts is out and the thug is in there for the caps.
but no I am paranoid..
\MY ASS.
AND KNOW WE WILL HAVE NHL HACKS WITH EXCUSES.
THE PUCK LEFT BETTS 3 SECONDS BEFORE, THE GUY THREW AN ELBOW AND TRIED TO HURT HIM.. BUT NAH, THIS LEAGUE IS LEGIT.
WHAT AFARCE….................
brutal
Hank dominated most of the series… this just shows you how awful the rest of the team is.
win this one for bettsy!
well got to give the refs credit where credit is due.. they got the delay of game call right.
if one of our guys cheap shotted ovechkin with an elbow in the face then we’d only get two minutes right?
when i saw drury takin the opening face off i knew we were in for a long day lmao! have the idiots on nbc updated on betts yet??
yea kaspar. we got half of our potential production for the day and were losing already. mara sucks, zherdev and morris were at fault for the first one and naslund had an open net to shoot at but decided to be cute and backhand it
Remember, the Caps came from 3–1 down last season to force game seven in their building and they lost to the Flyers in overtime. I don’t want that to happen because it will be way too nervewracking, but I’m just saying.
this is f*cking game 6 at the garden
why don’t they just put Anturtlepov in goal? He can just lay down and be lazy just like he’s doing on the rest of the ice and he’ll cover the whole net! Isn’t that what size is good for?
Naslund sucks
COME ON
Where’s Ryan Hollweg the one time you need him?
pathetic. im out later
game over
omfg we let poti score see everyone tuesday
Season over
See you in Game 7, fools!!!!!
Now the game is over and you can’t blame hank for this one!!!!
these turnovers are brutal
wow, its like they are rollin over and dyin to the will of bettman. holy God in heaven.
Petr Prucha would not have let that happen.
Let the garbage fly
can everyone notice that they are scoring on his glove side so when you are the only defender drop glove side!!!!
so much for playin for torts huh? we deserve this. we really do. f’in sather gave us shat of a team!!!
and hi hank. did you realize that youre playing for the rangers right? 2 of these goals shouldve been stopped
Donny Brashear changes the momentum with a clean (and unpenalized) hit on Betts.
even the msg announcer sounds depressed
looks like the real Henrik is back.
that was another power play goal right without betts can we have vorros take one for the team and take a run at varlamov
I hope the caps get swine flu.
they do realize this could be their last game at home right? and THIS is what they are giving? this is what happens when you have no offense. sather, are you watching? Dolan do you care???
steve even though i agree completly just watch what u say ok?
I was going to eat lunch but I think I lost my appetite
Schony, get your team donuts for the intermission.
LET’S talk about the water bottle instead of a intentional trying to hurt a key player on our team by a thug…
buttman and campbell you are friggin clown jack asses….
i tried not posting on here during the series for good luck, but i am so angry and dejected, i have to. i feel like i waste my time watching these NY teams that commit the same mistakes every year and never learn. 12 years of my life wasted.
hopefully nobody does anything to get suspended for game 7 unless their names are voros, antropov, gomez, zherdev or drury
They should have played Orr so he can give the caps the flu for game 7 than the rangers had a chance.
Is it head hunting time yet?
get this varlamov poster off this site.. you are a moron…..
Where’s Marty McSorley guy? hahaha.
April 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Donny Brashear changes the momentum with a clean (and unpenalized) hit on Betts.
now does anyone here we will come back from this with 40 minutes left? wheres greg? i wanna hear him tell us that we will win this series. where are ya greg?
Washington Capitals are a classless organization…from their disgusting fans at the Verizon Center to their jackass, dirty, intent-to-injure players
I can’t blame Bettman for this one, NYR just sucks right now. They quit man. Pathetic, Depressing, Uninspired. The millionaires club is taking another day off.
Who wants to start up teh retirement fund for Aaron Voros so he can finish McSorely’s job without worrying about his wallet?
an intentional elbow to the head, away from the play, is not legit. If nothing happens to token, the league will just fall further down the credibility scale.
I’ve said this over and over on this blog, Sather is the villain here, not the players. Sather is one of the worst GM’s in the NHL.
this whole game is going to hinge on naslund’s inability to score on a wide open net.
people have been scoring on henrik over the glove side every year, and nothing is done to try and rectify the situation. we can still come back, but sather wastes money on drury as if hes a star and then on 2 wasted defenseman, rozi and redden. thanks rozi for not being able to stay on your feet on a power play.
pierre you are a tool. dont worry your pimp bettman wont beat you too bad
if avery did what brashit did he would have already been banned for life from the nhl
Pierre McGuire is a douche
put me in for $10 Ryan
Valiquette in period 2? Have to consider it with Hank putting in a Roman Cechmanek-like effort today.
i love how millbury thinks we should just let our guys get cheap shotted and not stick up for them what an idiotic blowhard
and lundqvist’s epic collapse since game 4 and earlier.
What a bunch of losers, Hank is finally looking like the Hank we all got used to, the one who lets in every god damn puck thrown at him, and cant make a save to save his life. Naslund sucks, he had a chance to make it 2-1, and he passed on a WIDE OPEN NET. Shoeny made the wrong move by not dressing Orr, and Brashear took advantage of it, by throwing a cheap shot.
Mara sucks, i hope he doesn’t get resigned. Eve though it was a pathetic call that shouldn’t have been called, he gets a penalty for that EVERY TIME, and he’s too dumb to realize that he cant use his free hand for anything, or else these jerkoffs will call him every time. Why cant he get it through that thick skull of his.
And Poti burns us once again. Great.
This team is full of losers, and if they lose this game, which it looks like they will, then the series is over.
Fuggin idiots.
rob f- yup, like when cally hit the post in game 3. we could be up 2-1 or 2-2 but nazzy blew it again for us. get him off the team along with z, dru, gomer, reden, rozy and mara
here here Chris and Lundqvist..totally correct on both counts
Turning point in the period:
I am trying to be very calm but can someone give me one reason why that mutt Naslund went out of his way NOT to score on a wide open net, instead goes to his backhand to shoot into the goalie???
You can’t make this shi#*&% up. THIS WAS A KILLER!
Ryan
I was just saying..take a guy who you dont care gets suspended and have him clock AO dirty
Mike D. what are you saying? Those goals were not hanks fault. Seasons over see you guys next season.
Torts is listening to these two douches
More AO hilites to come!!!!
Ugh so sick of NBC coverage….we don’t need you to suck Ovechkin’s d!ck every single minute
..seethes...WHY DID NASLUND PULL THAT TO HIS BACKHAND..WHAT AN OLD SENILE PIECE OF SH*T
Carp, any chance you can add a section in your letter to Mr. Bettman asking why Brashear was assessed no penalty for a late elbow to the head of our best penalty killer? Honestly, why don’t we have dirty players who can take a guy out of the game with a headshot and not get a penalty? When Orr is in the lineup and hits anybody he gets 5 minute major. It is absolute bullshit that Brashear doesn’t get a major penalty and a game misconduct for that hit. It was as dirty as it comes with clear intent to injure. On top of that these POS refs call an imaginary penalty on Mara right after that. I think I get more pissed off watchings these games than I get enjoyment out of them at this point. So why should I bother being a fan?
Lundqvist should have saved the first 2 – his glove side is his achilles heal
Kevin – two of those three goals hank should have. short side high on both? pierre was right about one thing…that’s the AHL side.
their lack of offense and cohesion is what is going to doom them in this series. Missing wide open nets, Drury making passes to nowhere, turnovers turnovers turnonvers…its like the pillsbury doughboy (roszi) and mrs fields (redden) are on the blue line at the worst possible moments..its a beautiful sunday afternoon, and i know my fiance is not happy to be wasting part of it waitin for me to finish watchin this mess!
If Nyr loses this game, i hope Voros does finish what McSorley tried to do. Of course, he’s so dumb, he’d probably miss his head, and hit Cally, and screw us over like he usually does.
well, we still can win this series, but obviously momentum has swung to the caps from game 5. we can still win today but they gotta earn it. forecheck and stop throwin bad angle pucks at the net. 2 bad goals on hank. put vally in again, he did fine last time. hank looks demoralized and has a weak psyche.
That’s because our great brought these clowns in for money other gm’s laughed at, it’s sather, blame that moron, not the players. Sather sucks, he blows and I don’t know what other adjective you can say about that wino.
its his achilles heal, and it wont be fixed just like the yankees cant get runners home from 3rd and less than 2 out. they will never be able to. they get the 2nd out on opposition with runners on 3rd and less than 2 out and then give up the devastating 2 out hit. Same **** different year.
OMG! If Bettman suspends Brashear what will the Craps do? They’ll be devastated. Game 7 is ours!
Maybe Bryan Trottier should have wrote this letter. I hear his handwritting is pretty sweet.
In more serious news, lets go blueeeeee! wake uppppppppppp!!
If one angle wasn’t enough, you can go to NBC.com and watch every angle of the NBC B-job broadcast of Ovechkin :)
April 26th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Ugh so sick of NBC coverage….we don’t need you to suck Ovechkin’s d!ck every single minute
LA LA LA LAAAAA
FA FA FA FAAAAAA
DOE DOE DOE DOOOOOE
Ladies and gentleman The Fat lady is warming up!
DUBI
Exactly, every time Orr does something like that, it’s 5 mins, and a match penalty.
Why cant someone have the balls to say something, and call out these jerkoffs Buttman, and Campbell.
Honestly I think Mara should come out and clobber Ovechkin or Semin in the head with his elbow. Then when they review it, they’d have no choice but to penalize them both equally. Between the NHL and these Refs, I honestly think the players and fans need to be dirtier. Too bad Avery isn’t even physically capable of injuring somebody the way Brashear injured Betts.
there is a reason they are #2 and we are a #7…..Finishers. They have them, we don’t!
Gotta try and make a comeback here b/c there is no way this team wins a game #7 in Washington….(i hope i am wrong)
Let’s watch Ovechkin’s meaningless game 5 goal over and over
Hey they’re showing the AO goal from game 5 again
quick…if you missed the first 20 showings tune into NBC right now
Hopefully Artie is ready for game 7, and can surprise us. That would be a treat.
Id love to see Pierre get hit with a puck in the second. We need some entertainment today.
BTW: Why has Michael Rozsival laid the best hit on Ovechkin this entire series?
undqvist should have saved the first 2 – his glove side is his achilles heal
QUESTION
When does Avery go nutzo, part 2?!
They needed to win game 5, over and over again in the series they have let the caps back into it. I wish they brought up AA and Bobby Sang with the coaches, completely uninspired play
Glenn Sather you worthless piece of crap thank you very much for this. Why don’t you just frigin retire and go off to fish in the middle of no where Canada instead of continuing to put together a bullshit team year in year out and destroying any chance for the future. You haven’t accomplished anything since 1988.
Lobster. we read it. Thanks.
I’m at a loss for why tf Voros is in this game and Orr is scratched. What with Voros being so good in the last game and all. I love Mara to death but Brashear will rip his beard from his face. WHY TF was there no call on the Betts hit?! WHY TF is Hank (love him to hell and back) not hugging the posts like it’s his freakin’ job?! WHY TF does Naslund suck?! And why oh why dear God is Callahan not at least an A?! Give him a big old freaking C, hes the only one who deserves any letter on his jersey. Strip these bastards and get it over with. I love my boys, but these are Tim Bits mistakes.
i dont get how hank is either superhuman or utterly pathetic. no in between.
back to the game. bye guys. rangers score 3 unanswered goals in the 2nd period!
I THINK ANTROPOV IS HURT, HE IS NOT SKATING WELL.
ANYWAY SEE YOU IN DC.
BIG MONEY STARS = %^&$#@
Well if theres anyone who knows how quickly a multi-goal lead can evaporate, it’s us, right?
Come on ! It ain’t over. We still have 40 minutes of hockey
Look at the Flyers yesterday – up 3-0 – lost 5-3
Don’t give up guys !!
any update on betts anywhere????
it’s be hysterical if Hank demands a trade after this season. Ya just can’t blame him if he does.
can they come back in this game, yes they can,but it’s not likely. they take horrible shots when they KNOW if they put someone in front of the net, if they crash the net, it works. here’s hoping for a better 2nd.
I can’t even type fast enough to express how mad I am. I just want to yell at someone, perhaps elbow someone, perhaps McSorley someone, perhaps just torch the NHL building and tell them to go back to Toronto because they are too bush league to be in New York. We are straight shooters, don’t bullshit us, and Bettman you swine, are bullshitting us daily and ruining our sport.
Antro isn’t hurt…this is how he plays half the games of the season…it’s what he’s done for the last 10 years
Mike in Ia always leads us in front running, get on or off the bandwagon dude.
Where’s Eric Reitz when you need him?
just kidding
hey, maybe we blow this series some serious roster changes are made!
I’m going to back kaspar on this. Mike in IA. Pick a side, nobody jumps ship faster than you… and maybe the team on the ice, but they aren’t the best role models right now.
I just want someone to tell me that we are all crazy.
The NHL has a target on this teams back, what they did last night was part of it, and not giving a 5min major for a blatant elbow from brashit, instead giving a matching 2min is part of it too.
no comment
Off season game plan: DON’T SIGN EUROS.
we need z and and avery to step it up
I bet the 2nd round pick we gave to Toronto burns us
Think maybe we’d be happy if Avery went a little ballistic today?
Sat that to my face, DUDE! On a less stupid note, the Giants just traded for Anquan Boldin.
I hope Betts is all right…
mike in ia r u seruous
drury should do the right thing and relinquish the C to someone who actually cares! Naslund should relinquish the A for the same reason!
is there anyone on the ice who can just take out brashear? damnit for orr gettin sick!!!
truefans- ha you were waiting for months to have somebody say that so u can get in on the “jumpin ship thing” lol. whatever man, i dont get what u mean jumpin ship, bandwagon? im a freakin ranger fan ok.
Cuch April 26th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Glenn Sather you worthless piece of crap thank you very much for this. Why don’t you just frigin retire and go off to fish in the middle of no where Canada instead of continuing to put together a bullshit team year in year out and destroying any chance for the future. You haven’t accomplished anything since 1988.”
AHHHH!! finally a smart one out these bunch of bloggers.
UNLEASH THE AVERY!
Does Avery need to finish a check or not touch anyone?
somebodys posing as me again
At least we can watch the football draft while licking our wounds, the Gaints will be on the cock again.
memo to korpikoski: you are not ovechkin, shoot the damn puck
we at least gotta get one here
Mike, i haven’t waited for anything. Everyone and i mean EVERYONE on here reads you love and then hate and then love players. I wasn’t even the first one to point it out, btw.
I dream of a functional power play
kaspar- what do u mean with the jumping ship? i dont get it.
I meant to say Clock, got that wood shed mentality wit Deja and Kaspar in my head again.
we can still blame renney for this first round loss. If he had tried to win games in January and Feb. we would have seen the devils, flyers or penguins first round.
zherdev is mentally and physically weak….he has the puck and just gives it to gomez, him on that line is pointlesss
why are we making poit,green and jurcrina all look like leetch?
WAKE UP!
these lines are horrible and have no chemistry….
they keep on putting it glove side even when they have a shot stick side
just get one goal this period boys
first off truefans- if u havent noticed, i have an imposter sayin stupid crap ok. i hate when players play like crap. i dont hate them.
Giants on the cock?
im not a fan fake mike
so how was game 5 truefans? did you see the whole torts thing?
PruBelongsOnTheIce
Please get a clue dood, renney has nothing to do with this team, please. Sather put this team together. Nobody could coach this team to the stanely cup, not even the great Scotty Bowman.
Hahaha.
HuH?
April 26th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Giants on the cock?
McGuire is terrible
Can’t really blame Zherdev—he was doing well until he spent the whole season watching and learning from Scott Gomez how not to do anything in the offensive zone.
STFU Pierre….we don’t want to hear your, and stop saying we automatically lose game 7. While it would be tough to win, THE GAME HAS NOT HAPPENED YET, YOU ***.
we have no shots??? and we had a pp???
u suck zherdev!!
z missed an open nettttttttttttttt
Omg zherdev…
wow
ive lost count how many times weve missed a wide open net and it leads to a goal
we miss a wide open net and they score. game over. series over.
Not ment to be.
we need go into is goalie r u kiddong me he just trucked hank
only update so far is that ‘betts will not return” nothing specific, but as someone said earlier, probably a concussion. Thats too bad because he is one of a very select few Rangers who actually went above and beyond what was expected of them. I hope he’s back next season because he is extraordinary on the pk.
ok, i think i’m gonna make the man happy and turn this off so we can go out. what a disgrace.
Mara’s beard is in jeopardy!
could Zherdev be any more useless ?
Avery always plays like a pussycat after drawing some attention. This series is OVER!
Can somebody miss hit a golf ball and drill sather in the head and make him dead. I know this is brutal but the only way you will ever see this team go anywhere is when sather is out of the picture.
how come when avery does what kozlov just did he get a penalty?
Zherdev ak Straka , just like last years playoffs , guy can’t score / finish / ...good grief!
so Z costs us 1 last game and 2 today…heres your pink slip
shouldnt we be the ones applying pressure?
they’re quitting…i might stop watching mid-game for the first time in about 10 years.
hank gets steamrolled, they celebrate ON TOP OF HIM, and noone goes over to get them out of there. what a mess. Lundqvist demands trade at end of series.
irony….
torts sits avery for playing hard
the league sits torts for being a bonehead….
Puck was in before Kozlov ran into Lundqvist. Rangers look terrible. Too slow, too soft, no finish
WOW! Call up the Wolfpack!. They can’t play any worse than this bunch.
Keep picking on Zherdev, and let Dubinsky do nothing.
I’ll tell you who’s applying pressure, john tortorella with his fist on these rangers faces the second the game ends.
Dear Glen,
I hope sending tyutin to columbus for this superstar named Zherdev haunts your forever. Z is not coming back next year and toots will evolve into a top defensemen in this league. You heard it hear!
Kill yourself,
Majority of Ranger fans
OMG …um , No Comment
If there were 2,000 minutes left in this game, could the Rangers get four more goals?
well, if this game hinges on our 4th line center being out, thats pretty sad. same thing from game 5 carried right over to today? who said momentum doesnt swing from game to game? idk it sure looks like it
I wish today’s match would count for two. There’s really no need to send this group to Washington to represent New York.
Ovechkin purposely celebrated AT lundqvist.
Sean Avery and Aaron voros time. I don’t care what Avery does right now, at least show that 1 rangers gives a shyte.
they look like brothers
The New York Rangers have quit.
It’s all over, folks.
turning off the tv and gonna go enjoy myself some sunshine.
What an absolute joke this team has been today.
At least Blair Betts doesn’t have to watch
And Hank…games like today are why you can’t be considered a great goalie. Great one game, awful the next two. Can’t happen.
No Carp. They couldn’t
Since this season is over who do we let walk during the off season.
Zherdev
Morris
Antropov
Try to trade
Gomez
Redden
Rozie
there you are rick lol
If I dont see a Cap get laid out today i dont watch game 7
YUP! If varly got hurt (wink, wink) and Threeormore has to play!
April 26th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
If there were 2,000 minutes left in this game, could the Rangers get four more goals?
Can anyone tell me how Pierre has a job? The guy is the worst analyst I’ve ever seen. He’s so anti-Rangers and biased it’s ridiculous
When was NYRs last game 7? 97?
so a drunken fat slob screaming obscenities and worse at Staal and Girardi is allowed to turn the series in Wash’ favor
makes the league look like a total joke
Zherdev is getting Nedveded! He’s done as a Ranger.
Dear Gary Bettman,
Can you please suspend Wade Redden,Nik Zerdev, Nik Antropov, Chris Drury, Markus Naslund, Paul Mara because they are terrible hockey players? Im sure i am forgetting a few.
Thanks
Eric
i second that pmike
pmike09
April 26th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Dear Glen,
I hope sending tyutin to columbus for this superstar named Zherdev haunts your forever. Z is not coming back next year and toots will evolve into a top defensemen in this league. You heard it hear!
Kill yourself,
Majority of Ranger fans
***********************************
best part of that post is
Kill yourself
great post
if someone doesn’t run varlamov, ovechkin, or semin, or backstrom i will not watch this team anymore this season. They are a bunch of whimps right now and i would personally send zherdev to the firing squad for missing 2 wide open nets in 2 games….he is just aweful and disappears when the games get big….resigning him would be a great way to continue a great tradition of mediocrity on broadway…
Dan G with a little extra on ovarychkin… I’ll keep watching to see something happen on that front.
And celebrating over your goalie? WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR PRIDE???????????????
This collection of heartless stiffs makes me sick. Fuck ‘em all. Trade ‘em all.
G’night everybody
notice were getting killed in the two games vorros played bring artem up!
True Fans, How many more times are you going to quote others comments, what are you, Shakespere.
The Caps had a little campfire celebration right on top of Lundy, rangers no response….i miss old time hockey!
All right, I’ve seen enough! I have my own football match to go play. I won’t even bother watching Game 7.
can we bring graves back for game 7?
‘94, right? I don’t think they played a Game 7 in ‘97.
I dont know whats worse
This team
or this NBC team
Carp…Ever see a clearer example of a team that’s just completely quit on the ice?
What a heartless bunch. And what a true sign of “veteran leadership”
Everyone’s on Zherdev, but what about our fearless leaders Drury, Gomez and Naslund?
maybe Ovarychkin will go celebrate on the yellow cart when he gets back
Fire Sather
All day!
April 26th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
True Fans, How many more times are you going to quote others comments, what are you, Shakespere.
This is unwatchable. I’m turning this sad excuse for a hockey game off and I’m going to enjoy the nice weather.
CJP
Avery, Girardi, Staal Gomez and Z were the ones on the ice when the Caps celebrated on top of Hank… if Avery was going to do something there would have been appropriate…
Voros: “damnit i should not have eaten that panormous pizza and carton of ice cream for breakfast this morning!”
dude looks totally out of breathe on a faceoff!!
ant, I agree with your choices!
lmao@ zherdev being nedveded!
I forgot we will let Naslund walk too!
Can we bring back Dale Rolfe for the third period? That would just make my day.
I believe today’s game is a product of having Tom Renney on the payroll. He screws us again! LoL
ant, did you forget drury also? or as i call him ‘little lame lamont drury’
the strategy now has to be get Varlamov. get him out of the next game. hurt him.force them to play 3ormore
that is job one now
keep on dumpin the puck in and hopin our guys can even get possession for more than 5 seconds. were not even trying. look at these guys. they dont care. i cant believe the team that got into the playoffs is the one were seeing right now
wow this all goes back too things
no misconduct on brashit and the open net by nashit
kudos to pierre for calling out rangers bench for lack of leadership
were there any conditions on the antropov deal, like… if he’s awful, we get our 2nd rounder back?
where are callahan and dubinsky?
oh and if lundqvist wants a trade… give it to him!!! obviously we can’t win with just agood goalie… we need scoring so trade him for kovalchuck straight up if thats the case…
Callahan nets our 2nd and Valiquette in.
No net crashing
no elbows flying
no head hunting
No way they win…see you at the draft
i didnt post that truefans. but obviously my imposter doesnt like you either. good job fake mike!
where is antropov?
northcountryranger,
without lundqvist this series doesn’t go past game 4.
shut up.
Add try to trade Drury lol
I was just saying to Zipay that it’s mind-boggling how poorly they’re playing—even the guys who had played well early in the series—Lundqvist, Staal, Girardi. Dubinsky and Callahan completely ineffective. Avery. I won’t even go near the usual multi-millionaire suspects.
Voros, Redden, Zherdev, Morris, Naslund
PEACE! see ya around…
replace them with some hungry kds form hartford ans sign mike komisarek
matt bradley for conn smyth
this game is FIXED ! :)
thank u dubi
You’ve been QUOTED! hahaha. Good one both you guys.
April 26th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
i didnt post that truefans. but obviously my imposter doesnt like you either. good job fake mike!
Oh derrrr, the sun/beer must be getting to my head… I didn’t realize there was a new post up.
This game is just killing me today.
Thank you, Dubi!
There goes Dubi for game 7
mike in ia…..why are you an *******, we didnt trade for boldin or it would be on giants.com
stupid hit by dubinsky..at least hurt him if you’re going to do that
we have the worst captain and alternates in hockey i swear!
THANK YOU DUBINSKY!! EAT GLASS FRAT BOY!!!
How is Cally the toughest guy on the team? LMAO
DUBI! DUBI! DUBI!
good job, Dubi. varlamov is next. get him next
True Fan, If I ever got you in my woodshed, you would be walking alot different than you do now. Dont hate Dubinsky, he is my ceiling poster.
Does anyone ever care about Game 7? No, I’m serious …
What a joke?!
thats it… i am done here…
HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHA DOOBI GETS 14 minutes hahahahhahahahah what a fucking disgrace
14 minutes??? where the hell is brashear’s 14 minutes?
Brashear got nothing and Dubi gets thrown out…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
they ran over henrik, but we dont go after thier guy.
Schonfield looks as dumbfounded and clueless as George W Bush….
torts is gonna turn into Chupacabra and just go nuts
F this. Seriously.
a misconduct r u kidding me?
sooo…Rick.. I am going to stay calm..what do you think about that call?
if dubinsky gets a 10 minute misconduct, how can the refs justify a 4-4 situation after the brashear hit?
Ok. No major. That’s not super bad, i was hoping Brashear would find his way on to the penalty list at some point, but Dubi’s doing something.
Time to unleash 16.
At the game. Biggest bull$$$$ call ever. No way was that even boarding
The inconsistent officiating is disgusting
these refs r a joke im finally on the bandwagon guys and gals i belive the nhl is doing this o purpose
guys…that was a boarding and a dangerous hit from behind by dubinsky…he deserves 2 + 10…brashear deserves a ton of penalties from earlier too, but i don’t understand how you can say that that wasn’t a stupid hit
I don’t care anymore. I really don’t. I’m going to go outside and enjoy the sun and my beer!
true fans
number 16 lost everything when he let them celebrate on top of Hank
Relativity
Just laughable, no wonder no one watches the NHL.
The only joke is that the best ranger players have been the ranger players who were drafted by the rangers and because of sather’s stupidity will be hard to resign. Instead we will be stuck with drury, gomez, redden, rosival and Naslund. What a great gm we have. Oh yea, don’t forget his drafting.
yah no game 7 in 97. lost ot the flyers in 5. last game seven was indeed 6-14-94
lol omg how bad can ya get
ok boys go out there and kick some assssss
I’m done watching this
no, really… im done here.
Give Lundqvist another rest.
Again, i blame Tom Renney.
Partys over with that fifth goal, Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. And to all you morons believing there’s a troll posing as me, well, its really me! True fans, bite me.
What a joke…
someone needs to take a run at ovechkin.. he can’t hide behind scorched earth here.
honestly kids, i’ve never walked out on a game before, but this is it.
Sather,do us all a favor and retire and give the team to someone who WANTS us to succeed. It’s only a pipe dream because Dolan got his three extra gates and that’s good enough for him. As fans, what do we do?
Rob
I don’t know who is saying it wasn’t a bad hit… I’m saying that the refs asked for this by not penalizing it earlier… just like when Avery punched the goalie.. they had called and stopped play with a bs call and had they not done that it wouldn’t have escalated…
Done watching as well. I can’t watch these guys disgrace the Shield like this.
make sure you celebrate that 5th crucial goal very hard ovechkin you putz.
we need to put ovechkin in the ice
We need to put ovechkin on a stretch right out of MSG.
Zip just pointed out that’s nine goals on the last 34 shots by Lundqvist.
Who do we draft??
Mike and True Fan, why dont you get a room. If teams like the Yankees and Rangers represent all that America is, I am glad I went to Canada in the sixties.
one more thing before i go..
Rick and Jane, the imposters here are starting to ruin the fun of your blog. It’s getting as bad as Zips blog with all the trolls and imposters there. It’s really too bad because this blog is outstanding.
Enjoy the beautiful weather everyone.
seeing Torts in the stands reminds me of seeing Shockey watch the Super Bowl… except Torts doesn’t have a beer, although he had probably just wrung it out of his suit.
Ok, the fact that Dubinsky got 10 minute misconduct I am BESIDE MYSELF. Being that Dubinsky, Callhan, and Betts play so hard this just destroys me that Dubinsky is now out and Betts is hurt. They are not playing like they want to win. And I want to drive to MSG because if I have to hear “Edzo” one more time, I might kill someone.
i honestly don’t think that even if torts was behind the bench the score would’ve been any different. Henrik just doesn’t look sharp for two straight games and the entire team looks like they already booked tickets for Cancun.
Zherdev is as gutless as Mike here is a Tassle man.
I made one post… why are you impersonating me now?
varlamov was holding averys sick omg!!!
hey truefans just so you know its a 4 game series… you should tell your boy lundqvist that cus he quit after win # 3…. i love lundqvist but he ain’t getting us to the finals by himself…
anyone else miss Jagr?
9 goals on 34 shots? ROFL that’s less than a .750 save pct
i like truefans. i had my bouts with him, but hes not a dick. i respect the guys opinions. somebody is posting as me. ok. the last time i say that. SOMEONE IS POSTING AS ME!!!
after 2 periods, the score is League 5, Rangers 1
honestly do u guys have nothing better to do but go under someone name in make crap up? really grow up i enjoy this blog alot dont ruin it
Linda, what can we do about it?
gomez sucks
drury sucks
redden sucks
zherdev sucks
roszival sucks
morris sucks
orr sucks
voros sucks
mara sucks
girardi sucks
antropov sucks
avery sucks
korpikoski sucks
naslund sucks
sjostrom tries but sucks
betts tries but sucks
knowing this, I dont know why I expected any different…
and of course SATHER sucks the most for putting it all together
“They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.”
Homer Simpson on the NYR
The last Rangers Game 7 resulted in them giving up a 3-1 series lead.
i like how everyone here is making it seem like the ONLY reason the rangers are down is because of poor officiating…this team is terrible.
this is what happened in games 1, 2 and 4, except now lundqvist isn’t godlike. this is what those games were SUPPOSED to look like.
So how do Sather’s trades look now?
Still want to re-sign Zherdev?
Now you all know why no other NHL claimed Avery off waivers.
i hope mark messier ass-f*cks some life into this team during intermssion
and Rob F. just proved my point… last two games lundy was AWEFUL… the 3 wins we’ve had hes been AMAZING… can we have some f***ing consistacy here… in ANY faccet of our game?
Embarassing.
Holy Crap…I leave and everything goes freaking nuts!
Rick, re: imposters
you can change a wordpress setting that requires people to have an account to comment on the post. that way, you can’t have duplicate usernames hence imposters posting as other people.
I know… he’s been funny though. I’ll give him that. Perhaps more entertaining than the product the Rags have on the ice this afternoon.
All I see right now is that scene of Herb Brooks yelling “AGAIN! What’s your name? Who do you play for?! AGAIN! Who do you play for? Damn it Schony, I said AGAIN!”
Haha. Tough day in Rangersland.
Carp, i was never one of the conspiracy theorists, but i’m starting to question the possibilities.
damn. well hank stole 3 games for us, so maybe the rest of the team couldve started doin their job and scored some goals in the early 2nd. after that 4th one by a huge missed chance by z.
okay i guess everyone is going to tell me to shut up..i am putting my rally hat on. you can either be miserable for the rest of the day, or have some hope.
stop talking about ao jesus christ they r so far up his ass
Dubinsky should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs after that hit on Green. Then again, New York’s playoff run is only one more game so what I’m saying is Dubinsky should be suspended for Game 7. There’s no place in the NHL for hits like that from behind and all NHL fans should be growing tired of the increasing retribution for clean hits (Brashear on Betts).
rangers and hope never belong in the same sentence. this gutless bunch of losers has already given up.
Mike in Ia, that comment earlier was typical of you, racist and anti American, you are a joke.
they emasculated Avery, then they emasculated Torts. now the whole team is a bunch of barney Franks on ice
Tommy,
NO! What would Jagr do here?
Varlamov > Hank
didnt you mother teach you not to speak with a c*ck in your mouth…
Varlamov > Hank
you reall feel that the brashear hit was clean? how wuld u feel if i layed that all over your mother then took her for a ride after?
anything can happen game 7
this aint over yet
i would advise getting a real leader like i dont know MARK MESSIER to talk to this team because clearly Drury cant be torn away from his PSP and Harry Potter books
I miss Jagr, he had a goal and two assists last night for Czech Rep. Good for him, he’s a real leader.
This team sucks, and the series is over. Great job.
Hank blew this series along with the rest of them, what a pathetic group of losers.
Does anyone else wanna kill Eddie O as much as i do right now ? I cant stand that fat, degenerate gambler, drunken piece of sh*t. Asshole.
The league is doing everything they can to get Craps verse Pens, and they got it. Great job Buttman. Please die !
Rob F, thanks. I will check with the tech guys on Monday.
ignore the troll obviously a digruntled Pisles fan… at least we made the playoffs you tools…
I miss Jagr so much…
I hate the current construction of our team…we have no threat.
What a brilliant move not dressing Orr! This gave Brashear freedom to do anything he wanted without fear of retaliation. Result: a cheap shot that knocked Betts out of the game.
I finally understand why they have been playing Voros.
Sather is show-casing him for an after-season trade with Pittsburgh for Malkin and Orpik. Sather is one sly fox!
I didn’t see it but what happened to Betts?
I know he was hit by Brashear but…
Tomg
You got it
Dubi-Cally-Hank-Staal
To hell with the rest of this team…anyone of them can go for nothing as far as I’m concerened…
Sad part is:
Dubi-Cally-Avery would be a good third line…
problem is they are the best we have
my friend sitting in the 6th row just told me hes on his way home
other people are leaving too
can you blame them?
If we win tuesday do you even think we win 1 game vs boston?!
Varlamov > Hank April 26th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Dubinsky should be suspended for the rest of the playoffs after that hit on Green. Then again, New York’s playoff run is only one more game so what I’m saying is Dubinsky should be suspended for Game 7. There’s no place in the NHL for hits like that from behind and all NHL fans should be growing tired of the increasing retribution for clean hits (Brashear on Betts).
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you are so full of . get your ass out of here, Caps lover
So who would trade Hank for a Legit superstar sniper?
The Rangers will never win the Cup without a sniper no matter how many games Hank can steal.
Osgood is half the goalie of Hank and will finish with more cups than hank will ever have.
You don’t need a super star in the net, just a total team to win the Cup.
Staal Wart,
Brashear ran him with an elbow hi (looked like the head) at least 2 seconds after the play had moved on. Blind-side hit, Betts was looking the other way.
Can we stop blaming Bettman and the nhl conspiracy? we suck
Hey guys and gals…..
Have some faith for Tuesday…I think we can steal that game and move on.
Being 100% serious.
Go easy on Varlamov> Hank. This may be his first hockey game, he is a Caps fan, after all.
cccp, I thought his father taught him that
There you go Liquid, but it’s gonna be a long 2 days
orr- while i agree with most of your post, we still shouldve closed this out today. you can see us not getting any good chances on varlamov. maybe a few. but yea, with hank, if he lets in one or 2 early he usually folds
Pierre Maguirre
“This game is not lost; we have to send a message for game 7”
WTF??
STAAL
Guaranteed, he has a concussion. Why else would he still be out.
I agree, it was a retarded move not dressing Orr, and now we cant send a message, without looking like a bunch of pussy’s, for not be willing to fight Brash. Stupid move.
I hate this team, i wish i can like other sports, so i can have something else to cheer me up when Nyr sucks. But i hate every fuggin sport.
Nyr hockey is gonna give me a full head of grey hair, probably when i hit 23. Im sick of these pathetic post seasons. I never had a good summer, ever since i got into this game.
Agree with Balcony bob, sit
Orr and let the cheap stuff begin.
This one is gone, I don’t see how they survive the bolld bath in game 7.
Hey Sather, how about a long letter to Dolan explaining your resignation?
We do suck (again). But the officiating has been one-sided 5 of the 6 games.
I’m pissed they’re losing, I think it bodes terribly for getting out of this round. However, the Rangers were simply not good enough to beat Boston and weren’t going to get more than 1 win in that series as it is. I’d like to see them make the second round, but the road wasn’t going to be longer than what we’ve seen the past 2 years.
avery should hear what milbury said and go up there and beat the crap outta him.
i can’t believe people are still talking about trading henrik…shut the hell up already. yeah we can’t win without a sniper, we also can’t win without a goalie…do you really want the dunham/weekes/blackburn era back? stfu.
we need to send a message this period that we will not back down and will not give up send avery to the net every chance we get
Its ok. We will 100% win in Washington. Im a little worried Lundquist will never be the same. He shouldnt have any confidence anyway. I guess this game is over. Anyway Go Devils tonight!! LETS GO DEVILS.
Orr
I feel your fuggin pain
F the Devils
Even though the team made the playoffs, this reminds me of the pre-lockout years. Actually, these guys might be worse (at least those teams had talent). This team has absolutely no passion whatsoever, save Callahan, Avery, and Dubinsky. Unless the Rangers have a miracle in store for 7, this is looking to be a frustrating end to a frustrating season.
As for the Caps, if they do win the series, I think Pittsburgh is going to give them a run for their money. That will definitely be a great series to watch, if only for the offensive showcase (Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Semin, Green, Backstrom, etc.).
If a fan is going to leave early, they might as well use the opportunity to give humpty dumpty a beer bath
nd for all the folks he keep saying why does orr play every game when we could put in someone who can score… that his on Betts is why…
To put it into baseball terms, does Avery get the “green-light” in the third period? haha.
I think so.
Local Fan, serious question, are you Glen Sather/retarded?
All God Damn MF season I have been saying give Lundqvist some rest, keep him fresh for the playoffs. This is NOT hindsite, his coach, whoever it may be ALWAYS burns him out.
And playing him in the last regular season nothing game so he could get win #38 was suicidal and idiotic.
NOW we pay the price – he is gassed. Same old stupid mis-deployment of players during the regular season. Incredible~
All God Damn MF season I have been saying give Lundqvist some rest, keep him fresh for the playoffs. This is NOT hindsite, his coach, whoever it may be ALWAYS burns him out.
And playing him in the last regular season nothing game so he could get win #38 was suicidal and idiotic.
NOW we pay the price – he is gassed. Same old stupid mis-deployment of players during the regular season. Incredible~
PruBelongsOnTheIce
April 26th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
cccp, I thought his father taught him that
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Actually it was his whole family effort. They all took turns teaching him how not to speak with a c*ck in the mouth. Apparently they didn’t do a good job… they need to give him more lessons.
Does it really matter if the Rangers move on? I mean the Bruins are awesome.
And if the Craps move on, I think Pitt will cream them. Better Goalie…Better Defense…Better Offense
What a #$@#$%($$%$%)$%$)% disgrace. God, please let Sather get fired. Otherwise there is no hope.
eddie the rangers arent getting 3-4 goals in one period just stop
The only surprising thing so far is that the Rangers have won 3 games by scoring only 8 goals.
Lundqvist is out. Vally gets to use up another third period.
The NBC pre-3rd period showed a side-view display of the Brashear hit, looked definitely like an elbow.
I hope Tortorella put on his Graucho Marx disguise and went down to the locker room to rip the team!
Welcome to the National Bush League
Can’t help but hinking that this series represents the season in microcosm- a fast start that may or may not have been an illusion (depending on whether you’re an optimistic or pessimistic Ranger fan. Hendrik playing out of his mind and then coming down to earth. The question is still open as to how it will end but basically however the series ends pretty much so the the season will go. Beating Washington will make a sucessful season of sorts- hard to see the Rangers scoring against Boston if you can’t score against the Caps. A loss here followed by another in Washington will taste all the more bitter because of the expectations that were raised than the reality of what this team is. The one good thing we will take forward no matter what is that we have a core group of young players who can really play this game. Now lets get rid of all the “Stars” who don’t pull their weight before they poison this group. P.S. Andropov is clearly hurt- probably reaggravated late season leg injury.
What freakin unacceptable reporting right there…Washington wasn’t talking and Pierre makes it up. Absolutely unacceptable.
Cakewalk- I’m afraid you might be right.
Also, why is Voros playing, who got benched/injured?
Pierre is a tool. “Durr, Washington is encouraging each other, yay!”
orr was scratched for Vorors
Voros is in for Orr
but Betts got injured
At least we will now see Anisimov
omg owwww
Orr out.
Someone needs to lay someone out already, show some heart.
I would say that would slow antropov down, but that’s impossible
hahhahahahhhahah mcdreary just took out z jesus christ let this loser walk
THE REF JUST LAYED OUT ZHERDEV! i love it
hit some boyd hard lets goo
great…what else can go wrong… Antropov gets hurt…
Here we go, are you guys ready for a wasted 5-3 opportunity?
Zherdev looks like Orr with the puck.
is there anyway Orr and Voros play game 7?
That would just be criminal
Thank God for this 5v3. This will summarize the whole season and team=Pathetic!
we still suck
ok ok ill take it
POWER PLAY GOAL!!!!
Called it… just not in that order.
Rangers score on a 5 on 3. Something went right…?
Guys, clean it up. A lot of you have been warned.
Of course. Cally.
For the first time in years I won’t be watching the rest of the NHL playoffs after the Rangers get knocked out. I’ve just had it with the refs/league/nbc. How can NBC show Brashear’s elbow as a highlight of the game?
pass it foward not backwards jesus christ
Come back of the century? Maybe…
Redden is overpaid? Definitely…
pierre knows all about beating up on inanimate objects
I think this best thing this coaching staff could do is call up all the best players in Hartford, Keep the Rangers best, ie, Staal, Dubi, Cally, Sjo, and sit the rest, Gomez, Redden, Drury, etc.
I think you’ve confused him with Marv Albert.
April 26th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
pierre knows all about beating up on inanimate objects
Emerick: Pierre now that the Rangers just scored what’s it like on the bench now?
McGuire: Drury and Gomez are sleeping and Redden is Twittering. Back to you Doc.
Anyone else notice when Mike left, the trolling stopped!
Pierre McNugget is the pansiest man alive. I mean, if you see him on the street, he’s one of those guys (term used loosely) that you just want to beat the crap out of … and you really don’t know why you want to.
i wish antropov would have smashed his stick on redden’s head…
What this team needs is somebody who can carry the team on their back some games. Hank did his share. Somebody needs to step up! Not one guy with any backbone. Pitiful.
Naslund doing his figure skating routine
awesome job by Staal
redden always looks like he’s just pussyfooting around with 1 hand on his stick
uh oh
oh jesus now vally is hurt
so Vally is hurt and the first thing they show is the missed call on ovechkin getting high sticked
their obsession is classless
looks like his right knee got twisted 180 degrees
i prey to god AA comes up for tuesdays game and shows how great he is
I stopped watching 10 min ago. Last home game til October.
see that. those aholes can run our goalies, and we do nothing to theirs. get Varlamov, so, they have to use theodore next game
were gonna have to bring up the ahl team to play game 7 were gonna have nobody left
I noticed whoever this announcer is made sure to rhyme “Ovechkin” and “Connection” earlier in the game… anyone pick up on that? “Obsession” is another word that rhymes.
tom poti with a goal and 3 assists…holy. god.
abindy,
Agreed, we all knew this was coming… It’s exactly what their entire season has been. A flash in the pan. No heart (save for the few that are always mentioned) no grit, no talent.
You have a great goaltender being utterly wasted on a terrible team.
I’m not saying Hank has played well this game or the last one, but some folks on here are talking about trading him. Those people would be laughed right off this board after game 4.
If vally would have been hurt, redden would be my choicee in goal. Just make sure you tell him not to wear a helmet and a cup =]
YAAAWWWN!!
im still here chris.
Why not Drury in net? With the broken hand, he and Hank will have the inability to close the glove-hand in common!
hey chris, can i ask why you would think i would fake post as myself? think about it for a sec ok.
if naslund isn’t a goddamn idiot missing that empty net after our first goal, this whole game is different
So who does the post game press conf. Torts or Schoney?
listen to that ahole Emrick, laughing and making fun of the ranger true contention that the security was terrible at the caps games
They finally got one of the 9 ovechkin charges this series! Hurray. They got 2 calls right this afternoon.
I’m not going let it ruin my Sunday either, Chris Drury. Ok, maybe just a little.
ny word on Betts? Yeah these announcers suck. You don’t act this disrespectful supposed to be neutral.
Has Drury been on the ice at all after the opening face off? Love NBC not even mentioning that Vally is okay. Can Voros please take a run at Varlamov, who cares if he gets a penalty at this point. Dubinsky had it right boarding Green. They’re cheapshotting it up so we should too.
It’s over Johnny, IT’S OVER!
Schony.
hey guys just wanted to let you know that im not going to let this ruin my day. In fact it lets me get to my nap quicker instead of having to celebrate
wtf with these guys killin cally??
Drury is hoping there aren’t too many stoppages here, he’s trying to get to a Pokemon tournament at Dragons Den by 6
Gotta share this – my 13 year old daughter, who this season has become a die hard fan and watches all games with me now, just coined a classic term to describe “our guys” – Ice Princesses!
Excepting the usual 4/5 guys, that’s what this team is made up of, a bunch of Ice Princesses.
lets get another one here guys cumon
Emrick’s been a dbag forever. Why are you guys surprised? Olczyk defends them, Emrick hates them. He’s a devil lover though, should be expected.
like I said, Anturtlepov in net. he’s big and doesn’t have to move… sounds right up his alley.
see how chicken sh!t Caps are, hitting from behind on Cally
We should’ve missed the playoffs and taken the better draft pick.
nazzy you are ridiculous!!!
great play nazzy you look like you have broken hands like me but your healthy
look at the bright side. we scored 2 goals!!!!
don’t know if anyone else picked up on it but Z is getting booed every time he touches the puck
Sounds like Sather knew there would be a game 7 before this one even started, or did I miss something in that letter?
Run Ovech if Fatty Dumpty Budreau keeps him out there.
I hope Voros takes his head off.
Dumb, show-boating, move.
take out ovech break his fukn legsss
sorry carp
what a performance??? ok emrick yea he had to really make some amazing saves didnt he
why cant we do that the whole game
why even play the goal song
so, the Rangers won 2-0 with Vally in there
COMEBACK!
why did they wait until the last 10 minutes of the game to actually start playing..i mean..where was this play all game that was forcing the caps into penalties?
MSG, seriously, don’t play the goal song. The entire organization has their head’s up their backsides.
Once again Staal and Callahan don’t quit.
we scored 3!!!!! we rule!!
yeah I heard them booing Z
Varly looked awesome on that one, huh?
They should have at least played the real goal song… not the one with a fake crowd
does ovechkin ride the short bus on road trips?
Pierre McNugget just wants to bed Ovechkin, it was so obvious during the interview
good night everyone i have to go to sleep
What the hell did Ovechkin say at the end there?
uhhh..that Staal goal was painful. Why? Because that put the Rangers down only two. We easily missed two big scoring chances. That’s why I am mad that they gave up during the middle of the game. They easily could have tied this!
Debate: I know this sounds crazy, but vally or lundy for game 7?
Poti is a four letter word
Poti wants to mouth that mike, just watch
He said hdgtrcdbc y;iik kchioe dchko’
wow. hey at least we got a few goals on this guy. i feel ok for game 7. not too hopeful but i think we have a chance. we did win twice there so far. so hank needs to shanke this off, and the rest have to go for it. might as well just go for it.
true fans is such a fool… he defends lundy one minute then bashes his glove the next… i have one person who can tell you how good hank’s glove is…Daniel Carcillo.
Ovechkin speaks better english than most of the Mets
pooti, poot with all his allergies
Well, maybe we can look at it this way: The Rangers did make the playoffs but faltered badly due to lack of desire and lack of skill. Maybe this makes Sather look worse than if they missed the playoffs altogether? Just trying to be optimistic… To go back to normal, please just bring up Hartford for game 7. If these rich players cared, this series would be over but instead we have been embarrassed in two consecutive games. At least we can watch some youngsters play their heart out.
Ovechkin may be pregnant with NBC’s baby after all that.
vally
wow watchin the 1st caps goal. that was bad hank. hes gotta come back next game and play better. damn he looked like 3ormore this game
Is this enough of a collapse for our GM to get the boot?
We will not win game 7.
SHUT UP MCGUIRE
nbc is classless for doing those interviews near center ice. Seriously, it’s just allowing them to showboat more. Do it in the freaking hallway.
wow, just wow … and i’m being serious here. Nothing wrong with it either. but i actually do think McNugget and Milbury are dating.
“CCCP April 26th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Is this enough of a collapse for our GM to get the boot?”
I sure hope not my paycheck might suffer
GAME 7 BABY. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. I CANT WAIT
I love Lundqvist but I think for his sake, we should trade him to another team that can play for him.
I want a team that has skill up front, dammit!
This is so frustrating, humiliating, whatever you want to call it.
Yeah anything can happen in Game 7, but if we win we will just be right back in the same situation once we get ripped by Boston
series over.
no, the good thing about all this is that the Ranger draft picks have been their best players, and the mercenaries and drifters have been crap
let them all walk, and be bought out, and traded, and use the young kids and develop them as Rangers. and get rid of outsiders just picking up a check or golden parachute.
Gomez does suck, it’s amazing
We need to get rid of Gomez, Naslund, Antropov … these guys are gutless
thats the spirit no country!!!! we will win and upset the craps in 7!!!! they’ll be too overconfident and we’ll sneak up on em and sick a mighty pissed zherdev on them!!! he’ll miss the net but at least he will actually get the puck on his stick!. no but seriously, i think we win tuesday. then get swept by boston!!! furthermore, sather will convince dolan that this was a successful season andwe will resign zherdev for 8 mill for 25 years !!!
Put the whole damn team on waivers. Start from scratch.
If Naslund nets that early empty net, it’s 2-1 and then…what if?
“MiamiPimp April 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
We need to get rid of Gomez, Naslund, Antropov … these guys are gutless”
or everyone but
cally,dubi,avery,hank and staal
cant wait for the crybabies who will blame this on getting rid of prucha too
this wont ruin my off season right capn fearless!!!!
WE LOST BECAUSE WE GOT RID OF PRUCHA, UGHGHG
“If Naslund nets that early empty net, it’s 2-1 and then…what if?”
If Naslund wasn’t a mercenary … what if?
Gomo the Clown didn’t want to have to stick around to celebrate and have that interview with Giannone because he didn’t want to cancel the 3 birthday parties he had booked.
sort of reminds of two years ago when it took a few games for Buffalo to figure out Hank. Well, the Caps have officially figured out Hank.
Beating these punk kids may very well be the highlight of the NYR season so they better pull it off
Chris, it’s because we got rid of Kalinin.
Who cares about “what if” bull crap… what if grandma had a penis she would be a grandpa…
We got outplayed by a better team…
Why the hell is Redden hopping up and down
Well, at least they still have to beat us one more time. Not saying I’d put any money on us, but at least we’ve got one more opportunity to get it right. Don’t give up yet, guys
Yeah Gomer…it is what it is…good thing to say
It’s also what it is that you suck
Boooooooooooooooooooo , no coment
Go Canes
where are the 1000 front running bloggers?
People, what is it that you want from Gomez?? He is not a goal scorer, he needs a sniper to play on his line for him to be the true Gomez. He scored 33 goals one season and averages about 15 goals a season. He had 16 goals this season. I mean please, give me a break with this garbage already. This team was full of holes before the season started and still is at this juncture. If we had a true finisher, Gomez would be thriving.
The same goes for Drury, he had decent numbers (his average) and he is being killed by almost everyone.
Don’t blame any of these players for taking the money; you or I would have done the same thing.
This team lacks confidence to the point of no return.
We have no one to finish, no one that can truly hit and no one who can truly forecheck, night in and night out. The only players worth keeping are Cally, Dubi, Stall, Girardi, Avery (from the regular season) and Henrik. Drury and Gomez need to be removed, solely because of their contracts. The rest are garbage and we are stuck with most of them. I really like Antro, until the playoff’s. Don’t blame the players and don’t blame it on the coaching staff. It starts with Dolan and ends with Sather. Dolan for allowing this kind of mismanagement and Sather for the pathetic contracts he offered these players.
Now, I need to go our for a run, so I can let out some steam.
Guys, I went back in the DVR and saw the hit on Betts.
First of all F*** Brashear!
Second there is no way Betts will be in the lineup Tuesday.
I guarantee Betts has a bad concussion…I know enough about head injuries to know that if we move on, he will be out for a bit of time.
Third, I would make sure that there is payback, that kind of shit, can not be tolerated!
Hard to believe they call 14 min on Dudi and brashier gets away with murder
I give up
There is no doubt that Bettman wants his Crosby and OV to advance. Nice job so far but lets hope Bteesey is OK and Tues we will prevail
What are you trying to prove dude?
Hank plays a style taught to him by Benoit Allaire where he almost never closes his glove. I’m not sure why, and if you’ve followed the Rangers long enough, you know it’s something Allaire has taught him.
Today was the first game the caps have exposed Hank’s glove side. That’s just how it was.
My comment that hank doesn’t close his glove had NOTHING to do with saying he was bad. Don’t get me wrong, he wasn’t solid today at all, he needs to be better for the Rangers to win anything. But without him they don’t see a game 7. Save your smart alick comments for someone else, i’ll run you into the ground with how little hockey you know.
April 26th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
true fans is such a fool… he defends lundy one minute then bashes his glove the next… i have one person who can tell you how good hank’s glove is…Daniel Carcillo.
im just angry, so excuse what i say in the following.
all of you are pathetic. i used to say all the time in prior years that Jagr was our leader, just saving his energy for the appropriate time, given he was raped by the opposition every game, and also, that we get cheated, maybe not in every game, but a lot by the referees and I got called a whiner and crazy, and now it catches on.
This is allowed to happen because our guys dont take cheap shots at other players/referees. The caps were cheap shotting us up 4 goals, and the referee knocks down our guy, but we dont take the useless aaron voros and hurt someone. oh well, thats why boston has the best players and fans in the world, because they do what’s necessary to win. lie cheat steal hurt people, anything. throw down don zimmer, fans hit yankees, that worthless bum mike milbury, insulting avery, when he went into the stands to hurt fans back in when he played.
Mike in Ia says he’s a Rangers fan, then keeps leaving and then comes back, what a wuzz. Chis, I loved your comment on Zherdev passing like Orr.
We scored on Simeon TWICE in the third. Three all together. That equals the amount of goals scored in the previous three games. There is your motivation right there, the guy is beatable. We can score goals on him.
The hardest thing is getting your hopes up to be shut down twice in a row. Now the biggest pump up of all time is game 7. Our first since you all know when.
Do you call up Amnisov???
remember game 5 of last year when we called Parenteau, or somebody from Hartford. That may be he jolt we need
This is really boiling me over..you guys have to read what these idiot Caps fans are saying about the Bashear hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGwrm3sGU8E&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kuklaskorner.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
last year Korpedo was the call up… at least the one that scored and put it to OT
Anisimov has to be called up
This made me feel a little better…can’t remember the last time I ever saw something like this go down though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzQj31fVycU&NR=1
we called up korpedo and he scored. they should call up an entire line an defensive pairing from hartford. none of our vets deserve to play and hank barely does but lets face it without him we would have zero chance for tuesday
Could you imagine if they called up the entire AHL team to play…that would be hilarious
Rick, everyone…I need to vent..
Sure I could sit here and say a bunch of hateful crap about today but here are my true feelings-
someone said above that this basically summed up the whole season…fast start then boom- dead in the water…Well there isn’t a greater truth. Personally, I would have rather missed the playoffs then to go out like this.
It’s remarkable how lousy of playoff performers some of the guys on this team are. Even when a few signs of skill flash like a lightning bolt in the southern sky it doesn’t amount to much. If You told me we’d score 3 goals today and lose I dont think I would have believed it. Some people will say Lundqvist blew his proverbial load in game 4 but this was total team let down in my opinion. This team lacks just about everything- character from their veteran leaders, a finisher up front, a punishing Dman to strike a lil fear into fowards who come into our zone, someone that’s good enough to be in the lineup all the time who can stand up to BS like what Brashear did today (which by the way had it been Avery who threw that elbow make no mistake, the refs, the leagues and NBC would have been calling for his permenant removal from the NHL)....This sucks..it really does. Mainly because- and Carp you can back me up on this if you want- those are problems that wont be fixed over the summer…sure a couple of them may be ADDRESSED but the right decisions wont be made and the right people wont be chosen and thus we’ll still be shaking our heads.
Im not trying to pull the usual “sky is falling scrap the whole team” post but they really need to address some flaws up front..This playoff series aside, Zherdev needs to be shown the door, resigning Antropov would be a mistake as well..Free up this money and find the unknown player..what’s that mean? It means not only finding someone who can score and finish plays…but who can score on the PP….and who can create chemistry with either Gomez or Drury and create a legit first line..There’s plenty more but I’ve calmed down a lot since I started posting all this..Series is done. game 7 is just being played because Washington needs to win it on paper..Sucks that I’ll have to root for NJ to come out of the East since despite hating them I loathe the other 3 teams…
Zherdev’s fear of contact has gotten ridiculous. The drive-by in Game 4 was one thing, but the veering off to the boards on the backhand he had the open net on was unreal. The guy has no stomach. Sad.
But Naslund’s play seconds after the first Ranger goal was the real stunner. To choose against shooting on the forehand with Varlamov down and out in order to put the puck on his backhand and wade into the scrum was without a doubt the strangest, most embarrassing offensive play of the season, and there have been a few.
i totally agree with just about everything James (G) said up there. the team is soft as hell. it seemed they almost went into a shell once brashear mugged betts, they played scared the rest of the way. the second period looked like a hockey version of the harlem globetrotters versus the generals.
zherdev needs to go, hes not reliable at all plus tortorella obviously hates him. id keep antropov. not that hes an offensive juggernaut, but where else are they going to find a guy that is significantly better?
sad that there is a game 7 in 2 days and were talking off season plans, but there isnt a snowball’s chance in hell they win tuesday. the season is effectively over.
I love this blog. Sad day, but comes with being a Rangers fan, no? I’m prepared to enjoy some good weather outdoors next weekend. Comes with the territory my friends….CCCP, Linda. Sally, Derek et al, keep in touch on my blog too….CCCP’s cat is up tomorrow. Let’s go Rangers and long live Carp, Jane and all Rangers Report kitty people :) hee hee. sorry, gotta find some humor in this day.
Even if they do win, we can still talk about the off-season because Boston will make it a quick series. Sadly, the main reason at this point we should want the Rangers to move on is to see how big Mara’s beard can get.
here it is clowns .the NHL morons will suspend the dirtbag scum Brashear for a few games.. whiptydoo, who give s a crap. he sucks and plays 3 minutes a game. THAT IS A PENALTY TO THE CAPS!!!!!!
Our crack reporting staff and loser nhl announcers will make like it is no big deal after all, the torterella water bottle thing was much bigger and more effect on the game.
to even debate if that was dirty, intentional, is laughable. I counted at full speed Betts was going to the bench and gave up the puck 2 seconds before he was elbowed in the head intentionally..
mr niceguy boudreau new exactly what they were doing out there if you idiots did not see brashears pregame hello to Orr. BTW the rangers wanted to play hockey and did not suit up Orr.
Now give me the blah blah blah NHL Bull-hit.
JOKE
Riguere, the play (nonplay!) that Zherdev made on the first goal was more proof of what a puss he is, so afraid of taking a check that he gifted the puck away to the center of the ice ….. and no one touched him, and the puck is in the net two seconds later. some playoff performer, hah
i think, going into the off-season, the rangers have to be really conservative and set aside enough money to go out and sign ilya kovalchuk during the summer of 2010. they really have no wriggle room with the cap hell that sather has dug them in.
on another note, is glen sather really complaining to bettman about salty language at a hockey?
also, is it possible for brashear to be suspended? i only got one look at it but i thought he could be. especially given the fact that he is a repeat offended.
suspending Brashear means jack. he took a key player out for the Rangers, intentionally with the blessing of the coach.
they should have given him a 5 minute major and a game misconduct. the rangers lost there #1 PK guy, and received no powerplay.
Is suspending him a punishment??To who?
This incident just shows what a joke the NHL is. Watch the replay betts was going to the bench, gave up the puck 2 seconds before he was hit with a blatant elbow to the head from a moron who has had a previous head injury. The stupidity is astounding.
Yeah it had no affect on the game my bad.. Dubi gets a double minor and a 10 minute penalty and Grenn who when hit was at least 3 feet from the boards was hurt so bad he started the PP on the ice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THink about that…......
New post.
I just want throw something out there…if Orr was playing, he would’ve been on the ice for that Brashear hit…do you guys think that would’ve had any effect on the game?
Come on, really? We are not going there, are we? REALLY?
It’s a hockey game, for Christs’ sake, not tea time at the local snotty club. Give me a break Ranger fans and their “organization”, if you can’t stand the pokes and prods, get out of the series (oh yea, you will be hahahahahah)
Torts is an idiot! He deserved to be suspended…you never go after a fan. Then, the rangers have the nerve to whine about security…lol. He preaches mental toughness, restraint, etc…then does that. That’s why the Rangers won’t be able to hold the 3-1 lead and will lose the series to the Caps.
i absolutely agree with the 2 guys above me.
the rangers are scum and they up that level when they allowed avery back into the nhl and now this.
realll professional of Tort, i guess bc Avery was benched someone had to step up and show how non-deserving the rangers are of this playoff spot and the series win.
i hope the caps DESTROY on tuesday
You Rangers fans are as pathetic and dirty as Yankee fans. You get the big-market preferential treatment, yet you cry like babies when you can’t buy a championship.
The Yankees and Rangers are an absolute disgrace.
Waaaaa! Hockey fans yelled at the visiting team! Give us the series!
I have lost all of my respect for the NY Rangers for three good reasons:
1. Sean Avery obviously has no regard for the league, his team, or the character of the NHL. This guy is all about himself and his lack of professionalism is an insult to Hockey.
2. John Tortorella should be ashamed of himself for behaving like a frustrated child in a sandbox. After punishing a player for lack of control, John commits an assault against a paying fan. Not cool…that fan pays your wage John!
3. Glen Sather has written this embarrassment of a letter to Gary Bettman, blaming everyone but Tortorella for Tortorella’s actions. Not only this, but Sather refers to the (large African-American man) who was working security. WHAT POSSIBLE RELEVANCE COULD HIS RACE HAVE IN THIS INSTANCE? Sather does not refer to the race or ethnic background of anyone except the (large African-American man)...I don’t get it!