Game 7: Says it all
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- April
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I had the pleasure of sitting in Scotty Bowman’s office during the playoffs a couple of times when he was in Pittsburgh.
And he said this to me one day, although he probably said it a bunch of times:
“This is the only business where the worse job you do, the more vacation you get.”
Not much more needs to be said about Game 7, although I was thinking that I’ve been lucky enough to cover three of them with the Rangers (all home-ice wins), and as a kid I saw the one in 1971 at Chicago and the one in 1974 in Philadelphia (both road losses).
So I’m pretty excited tonight, even as a neutral observor.
I’m sure you guys are much more excited that I, and probably a lot more nervous, and maybe we ought to hire a cardiologist to be on hand here at the Festivus Blog for tonight.
Here we go, one hour and counting.
Try to enjoy it.
(Just a side note, in case it doesn’t go as you hope, please try not to use profanities. Thank you.)
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PS, I don’t buy this whole thing about how important the first goal is based on the rest of the series. First of all, if you put all that importance in the first goal and don’t get it, then what? Do you quit?
Also, Game 6, the Caps scored first, the Rangers came right back with one. It was the third, fourth and fifth goals that were biggest.
In Game 5, the first goal was big because the Rangers didn’t score all night. Ditto Game 3. And just the opposite in Game 2, when the first goal was the only goal. Washington scored the first goal in Game 1 and lost. The Rangers scored first in Game 4, and that wouldn’t have been enough if they hadn’t added another one.
First goal: overrated.
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First! &)%&$&$$ -profanity
Thank you Fitzy.
beat the expletive deleted Caps
Saves ya work on deleting stuff. This is a open site and kids could be reading, so I definitely get it.
GET PUMPED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub2RGIWw5cM
Hey Carp, after we WIN can we say @#$%&*
This should be the song the Rangers come out to!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDWLp1yIWw
Zherdev’s last game as a Ranger,
Morris’ last game as a Ranger,
Mara’s last game as a Ranger?
Naslund’s last game as a Ranger?
Voros’ last game as a Ranger?
Sjo’s last game as a Ranger?
Betts… was it Sunday?
Antropov’s last game as a Ranger?
Orr’s last game as a Ranger?
Korpi’s last game as a Ranger?
The first few don’t have question marks intentionally. The rest, I don’t think it’s entirely negative to ask. Some of those guys have been part of the “re-identification” of the NYR, post-lockout.
1971 was chicago
pray boys and girls. in hank we trust.
how bout some BTBAM that should fire em up, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK18G9AwwDI
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!
my CIA dunks are 14-0!!! LETS GO BOYS!!!!
The only song I want to hear is the Rangers Victory song !
Carp
Detroit in 1971? You must be a Dead head:
“Chicago, New York, Detroit, it’s all the same street/
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream/
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.”
brad watson and dan o halloran get the call tonight for refs.
Big Games from Henrik and Naslund Tonite !!!!!
Naslund: 2 Goals, 1 assist
Rangers win 3-2
LETS GO RANGERS !!!!!!!!!
WTF?!
you gotta believe!
LET’S GO RANGERS
Ok, this song can play to, but it must be before SLAYER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4
Can we get any word about Anisimov??? Is he playing tonight or what?!!?
Let’s Go Rangers, steal this one.
Do we know the lineup? Dreary? Artem? Orr? Voros?
Anybody read the Brashear comments when he heard about his suspension? Laughable.
And none of this getting through the first few minutes of the game. Eff weathering the storm —— make them weather you!
Sixty minutes of hell. They can’t out-talent Washington, but it is definitely within their control to out-hunger them.
I am getting together with a half a dozen of my buds to watch the game hopefully we can find a way to win. It always looks darkest before the calm or something like that. I dunno lets Go Rangers !!! If you want to laugh go to my show and watch MSG fans yell ” Milbury Sucks” during the NBC post game wrap up this past Saturday,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0IPIgJJkY
Let’s Go Rangers Wake UP !!!!!
The Mouth
I think players contracts should be based mostly on playoffs performance. It’s obvious that the lure of the Stanley Cup isn’t enough of a motivation for a lot of the non North American players.
Riguere – “what a long, strange trip it’s been”
JBytes, Euro’s have been avoiding contact since they joined the league! It’s not just in the playoffs, it’s over the course of the season. You have some that thrive on the physical aspect (Malkin, Ovechkin, etc…) but you also have your Zherdev’s, Jagr’s, Kovalev’s, etc who avoid a hit because they have played a “whimpified” game their entire life. Has nothing to do with the playoffs or the stanley cup bro.
I’m right with ya on being pissed with Zherdev though. I hope he comes through tonight.
Last game ..? ...F – dat man!! Last this , last that , NO WAY HOOSEY!!!!! HELL NO , WE WONT GO!!!!!!!
Thats right!! were not leaving these playoffs!! Repeat after me!! HELL NO , WE WON’T GO!!!
what Brashear actually said was,”anybody who knows hockey, knows that I’m a dumb sh!t”
They locked the door then call us classless.
HOMELAND SECURITY: Mr. President, we have every reason to believe that Osama Bin Laden is right here in Washington, Sir.
PREZ: What are you saying?
HOMELAND SECURITY: Yes, Sir. Osama is hiding in Mara’s Beard.
PREZ: What do you propose?
HOMELAND SECURITY: Two tickets to tonights game…...
what sh*t that the door to the ice was locked!!!! They should fine the Caps!!!!
Do or Die…here’s to hoping the Rangers show up tonight!
BTW – what with the commentators these days saying to the players after the interview “have fun”
Mako, what happened? I use an online feed which isn’t up yet? The door for pre-game skate was locked?
The door was locked to the ice for morning skate
Ovarychkin has dyed RED HAIR!!!!
Hang in there Carp. Boy what a lousy time to get sick! I probably won’t be able to join here much tonight, but all my cat people….win or lose (hopefully win!) send kitty reaction photos to me tomorrow huh? This way we can either celebrate (hopefully) or commiserate with a laugh.
(sorry for using you for self promotion Carp:) LET’S GO RANGERS!
“Raining Blood” is as good as it gets, but unfortunately, the Pens start to that one
I know Zherdev, who is my whipping boy will be the hero tonight and turn me into a fan. LETS GO RANGERS!
I wonder if Brashear thinks Marty McSoreley got him with a “good slash”.
I’ve heard of a left-wing lock, but that’s ridiculous
The thing is . If our team shows up , we usually win . We are good enough to win 3 games and now it’s time to take the 4th and head out to Boston!! Biggest choke in Ranger history if we lose this one…
Haha! Good stuff.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I wonder if Brashear thinks Marty McSoreley got him with a “good slash”.
Why doesn’t Boudreau get a game for not controlling his goon? How does 6 games for that hit help the Rangers? We still lose our best faceoff guy and our best PK guy..big deal the Caps lose Brachear
Avery taps Tim Thomas on the head, the 4 officials watch it on the jumbotrom and call the penalty after he has gone to the bench..unprecendented move; why wasn’t the same done here?? None of these four officials saw that cheap shot?? And then to see Fat Bill McCreary yuking it up with Braschear after the game infuriated me..
no equal justice in the league.
total cheap shot. The guy broke his orbital bone and has a concussion..his career is probably done but I guess we have to focus on Avery’s stupid antics and not the cheap shots to the head we see on a regular basis.
Torts handled Brooks well. Brooks was out of line.
I’m done ranting. Hey I live in DC, does anyone know how I can listen to the Rangers radio broadcast online? Would like to watch the game on the tube with the sound off.. thanks.
True
The door to the ice for the optional skate today was locked. So the Rangers staff had to pry the door off of the hinges so the players could skate today.
F*ckers!!!!
Serious question:
Where is Glenn Sather tonight? Is he even watching the game?
CARP, IS THAT TRUE? They locked the door to the optional skate?
Facing eliminating for the first time , just watch our boys rock!!!
why would Brooks bother Torts before game 7? what a scum how about we win (hopefully) and then have a chat about it… why have all this drama with apologies and explanations.. all we want is a win not an appology!
That seems intentional because the Rangers decided to practice at MSG before game 3 (when Ovech spied on them).
That’s pretty dirty if it was.
Do’nt know if anyone caught the replay of the media interview with Torts where Brooks was grillin’ torts?? Well our very own Carpy was standing right behind Brooks while Torts was givin him the business – Carp your face was priceless. Like a kid in a candy store – you were so pumped that this was gonna be a juicy story, gotta love it.
Patrick
Go to NHL.com; click into scores and there will be a watch or listen selection there…you can choose between NY and Was radio
Yes its true MSG just reported it. Where do you think we got the info from!?
radio broadcast at rangers.nhl.com
Shoryuken….almost time for the swedish national anthem!
Ok, now ya know its close, my stomach is absolutely going nuts!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS
All I need is the first goal to keep the crowd in check.
thanks Kaspar..
any word on a lineup yet?
Refs are Dan O’Halleren and Brad Watson. At least its not Mc-A-Hole
Henrik Lundqvist
April 28th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Has anyone seen my game? I’d really like to have it tonight
hsaha- yea and hank said after game 4 win”thats why they pay me the big bucks, to make the big saves”. wow, hank, if only you would have not said that. because you jinxed it man!! so yea, if you could, make the big saves tonight like you said. that would be great. but yea his glove was great first few games, then there was a huge hole in the middle of it. whether hank plays great or not, we gotta step up and not give them tons of chances on him. hes only human. hes worn out.
jbytes- first goal is almost as crucial as hank playin like god tonight. even if they tie, we need to not play catchup all night.
keep the puck behind the Caps net. make Vmov and Erskine and Morrison etc handle it, and get on them and cycle deep in their end.
Or that a-hole Hasenfratz
Is AA in?
Micheletti sure made it sound like he his on Francescas show bfore
I told u guys that i had my first child last week … my Baby girl Charlotte.
Well, her little infant Ranger socks we ordered came in the mail last Saturday, and i got them on her for the game tonite.
Hopefully, this is a good luck charm !!
Markus Naslund-Scott Gomez-Ryan Callahan
Lauri Korpikoski-Chris Drury-Nikolai Zherdev
Sean Avery-Brandon Dubinsky-Nik Antropov
Fredrik Sjostrom-Artem Anisimov-Aaron Voro
Just remember guys, win or lose this game wont effect my summer.
Ill be living it up with my 14million dollars over the last two years. Just imagine one game between me and my Ferrari and estate.
Rangers don’t know how to play catch up, so they better not fall behind.
Torts 2-0 in game 7’s
Here we go boys! lets go blueshirts…someone send that cardiologist this way!!
I am wearing my King Henrik authentic sweater for tonight’s game!
LGR!!
damn it, O’Halloran is the bastard that blew the whistle before the puck could slide across the line in Game 2 against Shittsburgh last year! What a jerk!
I look at the locked door as evidence the Caps think they need an edge. If they were confident, why would they bother?
L G R
OK, I think it’s time that Tortorella stops using the disclaimer, “I haven’t been here all season.” You’re here now; DELIVER!
congrats somerset, and i hope those socks are lucky tonight!!
whatcha think? 1500 posts tonight?
Congratulations somerset :)
so mccreary and brashear had a laugh after the game? you know its fixed now. unreal how someone can laugh at a serious injury to a great guy and player who never hurt anyone while playing
Ah here we go…verrry nervous and very interested to see how some of our guys will react to this moment.
AAAAAGH not the stupid money commercial!
Ovechkin: Don’t look, but you’re totally getting scoped out right now.
Artie and Sjo may get something going, maybe showing a little speed and then AA with the finish. Voros just needs to stay out of the way and out of the box. If the Rangers can get a puck possession game established, they will be much better off. Washington is going to push, but we will need to push back harder
wow Mako, that’d be out of control!!! Win or the other word, over 1000 posts easily
yea its kinda gettin old with him sayin he hasnt been here. hes been here 3 months almost.
what i think is that I am going to throw up any minute. i cant breathe
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Carp,
Hope you’re feeling better. LET’S GO RANGERS!!! Could use a win and a uplift. Just came in from hosing down the house and yard ‘cause of brush fire nearby. All is good now. I love springtime in FLA.
As much as I’d like Rangers to win, somehow, I think we’ll see the same Rangers we saw the past couple of games. We’re too thin on offence to be able to just turn it on for one game. I have a feeling I’ll be switching to Fringe midway through the match. It’ll be over quite early.
[My predictions are almost always wrong.]
HELL NO , WE WON’T GO!!! Gooooooo , Rangers!!!!!
Oh – it’s out now and I can enjoy the game. Glad they didn’t have to evacuate ‘cause I wasn’t going anywhere with the game going on.
i hope you’re wrong JBytes, I’d rather watch Fringe online AFTER a victory!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!
Were those the actual lines PBL?
Got my Blair Betts jersey on, ready to go…
Rangers are due to score some goals, let hope they do so tonight & Lundqvist can keep the puck out of his net!
Too bad this game is not at MSG, I want the Rangers goal song to rock my living room! I’ll have to settle for Sam Rosen!
some idiots behind rangers bench are wearing rain gear! haha not funny
how are the eyebrows lookin Faithful??
mine are messy, but since one of my nervous, stress relievers is to pull them, I think I may have to recluse myself from the contest because that could be considered ‘grooming’ lol.
OMG Where the hell is my man with my lucky damned coffee?!?
That seems like bad luck after last game.
I just put this in the post above, too:
I don’t buy this whole thing about how important the first goal is based on the rest of the series. First of all, if you put all that importance in the first goal and don’t get it, then what? Do you quit?
Also, Game 6, the Caps scored first, the Rangers came right back with one. It was the third, fourth and fifth goals that were biggest.
In Game 5, the first goal was big because the Rangers didn’t score all night. Ditto Game 3. And just the opposite in Game 2, when the first goal was the only goal. Washington scored the first goal in Game 1 and lost. The Rangers scored first in Game 4, and that wouldn’t have been enough if they hadn’t added another one.
First goal: overrated.
Eric
Hopefully VarLAmov feels like you
im havin an anxiety attack. oh man wheres my valium!
Rick – on MSG pregame, they played the clip of Larry Brooks going back and forth with Torts and I couldn’t help watching you laughing as Larry pressed on. Good stuff…...
yeah they really need to help LQ by scoring some goals. Jeeeeeze!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
My heart is POUNDING!!!!!!!
goose bumps ~~~~~~
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Ari, is that on youtube?
nowhere id rather be than with my esteemed blogmates!!! go rangers!! go carp!! go torts! go aves!!! go mike in ia!!!
First goal, last goal, I’ll take any friggen goals at this point. Beggars can’t be choosers.
We win , I’ll cry , we lose , I’ll cry .
What happened to the Jack Bauer introduction on Versus?!
Dave Strader, Billy Jaffe, and Chris Simpson: it should be a good one.
supposedly
Jease… over 100 posts in an hour, we may top 2k today!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
You have to watch on versus Spiderpig? I’m sorry
Carp’s right. The 5th goal is the most important one! If the Rangers get it, they win! Better yet, i’ll add that if they get the 6th or 7th i’ll bet everything I own that the Rangers will get the win! Far more important goals than scoring the first!!! ;-)
HAHAHAH feelings are mutual mike !!
LETS GOOOOO RANGERS!!!!!
“MAKO April 28th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
whatcha think? 1500 posts tonight?”
If we win 1500. If we lose 2000+ easily
jaffe has some to die for playoff eyebrows thats for sure!
OMG!!!! DROP THE PUCK!!!!!
go mako, go orr, go kaspar, go cccp, go staal, go linda, go deja, go fake deja, go fake mike in ia!! go shoryuken, go truefans!!!
Here we go!$Let’s go Rangers!$
LETS’G GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mike in ia
April 28th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
go mako, go orr, go kaspar, go cccp, go staal, go linda, go deja, go fake deja, go fake mike in ia!! go shoryuken, go truefans!!!
GO RANGERS!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLOGMATES!!!!!
damnit with all these commercials…get the game going already!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
ok, go goals!!! ist, 2nd, ...3rd??
So Pumped. Let’s Go Rangers!
VAR-LAME-OV
go rangers go!!!!!! kick hiney!!!
go spider!
Alright guys, time for the game…LETS GO RANGERS! I WANT AT LEAST 4 MORE GAMES! DEFINITELY NOT READY TO SHAVE YET
Im saying it now ladies and gentlemen.
If its not 2-0 rangers by middle of the 2nd kiss this game goodbye.
get off my tv roni deutch!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
This lady sticks her only finger (middle at that) to the caps!
I sure as heck hope they do it!! Otherwise it will be a long day at work for me tomorrow.
Ovechkin thinks people are comparing Hank to tretiak, I think he’s more like jimmy craig baby. LGR One time
Chris & LInda
I think your absolutely right LOL
LGR !!!
I missed that commercial, did Morissonn bite that lady’s hands?
Why doesn’t the NHL drop the puck exactly on the hour, like we do in football [soccer, for you Americanos]?
go king henrik. you shall not be dethroned on our watch!!!
LET’S DO IT RANGERS
1 hour 143 posts ;) Its gonna be a great one!!!!
Rick, did you get those servers fixed? LOL
Just play hard boys, no thousand mile stares.
i am gonna kill my fiance!!!! He just got home and I’m like ‘where the hell is my coffee!!!! I told ya i needed it by 545!” Damn his non sports loving self!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR
Rick, nice spot next to larry brooks (brookzyyyy as torts calls him) during the interrogation by Larry…..
LETS GO RANGERS, smart fundamental KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID HOCKEY…..get the puck deeps win some battles show some heart show some pride show us
LETS GO RANGERS
LETS GO RANGERS
LETS GO RANGERS
hey has Washington ever won 3 games in a row this year?
lol anisimov is in
Linda,
Got the Scorsese thing going on. lol You’ve got the lucky coffee too. I’ve got my Ranger cup – only use it during games.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!! DO it baby!! Add to the legend!
Gomez, Drury, Lundqvist need to earn their $20 million tonight.
HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice aves!!!
lmao @ scorsese!! you win!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!! lmao @ redden who has game 7 experience!
antro?????? u suck!!!
OMG WHY DIDNT ANTRO SHOOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here we go!
Antro MUST score on that play. MUST!
wow , our boys are fired up!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
this game should be 2-0
you cant let those chances go
ohhhhhhh come on big Nick
that was our first goal. wave bye
VarLAMEov is on his game! DAMN!
Watch Caps come down and score.
Yurtlepov the Turtlepov with another failed opportunity :(
What a pass by Rozy! Damn it AVERY! Damn it Antroid!
why did he try to deke? at least he took the goalie down!! RUN THE GOALIE!!!
at least were tryin!!! i love it. we’;ll score!
GOOD start
big guy MUST bury that.
Must ?? duh , it’s not that easy man…
Let’s see which Zherdev shows up tonight
Why won’t our Russians play like their Russians??
wow i think zherdev may actually be softer than baby poop
ukranians and kazakhs are not the same as their Russians :)
rozy and the d look good!!
hello all,
have to work right now because i’m waaaaaaaaay behind.
and i must admit that i hope for nothing but the best for my
team and all of us Blueshirt Fans
but
right now
my heart’s just not in it.
my beloved Golden Retriever Sugaree passed away
Sunday evening and i’m pretty %&$*##$*# crushed.
he was 4-0 in games he watched with me
so maybe his kind spirit will help us to victory.
boy do I feel like a moron thinking Zerdev would score 40 this year
good, anisimov is getting some time…at least we get to watch a new guy.
True Blue is right, Kazahks go “A WA WA WE WA”
Avery is flying
Love it. Rangers have great jump!!!!
That was way too close to going in.
We seem to have a lot of jump early. Let’s hope we can keep it up.
jpg I am sooooooooo sorry to hear about that! you made me cry.
Sorry to hear that jpg
Zherdev could have had a sweet shot in the slot but of course, he was too lazy to take 2 strides to get the puck and just reached out instead.
go rangers go. lovin the start!
Anyone see Clark purposely whack Hank when the puck wasn’t anywhere nearby (on the above view cam)?!
jpg sooooooo sorry to hear of your loss!!!
Revised: Why won’t our [players from countries formerly a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] play like their Russians???
:)
drury is gliding
Caps are getting through the neutral zone way too easily.
The Rangers need a bonus cam channel on MSG like the Yankees have on YES
Look at Voros with a good shot!
wow voros nice shot crisco!!!
I honestly believe that we are the better team and the reason we lost those other games was because Hank was below average.
LOL – Some of the Capitals fans behind the Rangers bench are wearing red ponchos. Good humor!
Weird…Voros looked like a hockey player for a split second
good start
keep it going boys
3 missed calls?
SCORE! ANTRO!
antro!!!!!
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM
hhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF YEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALLLL AVERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow lazypov put one in!
yeah BABY
YESSSSSSS. about time the big guy nets one!!
SKEETERATOR!!! ANTROPOV!!
Great work on the boards by Dubi and Avery.
that was all averyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! antro!!!
ilove you all!!!!!!!!
antro antro whats wrong with our russians? :)))
Amazing board work.
KEEP IT UP , TAKE IT TO THESE GUYS , take it to them!!!
HELL NO , WE WON’T GO!!! Gooooooo , Rangers!!!!!
Avery, Dubi and Antro all great work
HELL YEA, Antro antro
jpg, so very sorry to hear that.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AVERY set that all up! Dubi got schooled but Antro hanging in no-man’s land ends up with it on his stick! LGR!
Naslund is looking good.
Happy time!
Great work on the boards by Avery.
keep this up boys dont let up!!!
Let’s hope Caps’ first shot won’t beat Lundqvist.
YEEEESSSSS The players from the Former Soviet Socialist Republics have shown up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont think Im gonna have a voice tomorrow LOL
Both teams with one-handed captains. Did you notice Drury taking faceoffs? He lost it.
Great Success!
no let up
keep it going
staal!!!!!
Rick, can you delete my post about Ovechkin, i dont need any more bad karma!!! LMAO!
marc F*CKING staal
avery is a baller
staal is a baller
Some pace, huh?
Dubi had a chance to lay out Ovechkin and didn’t take it?
GORGEOUS SLIDING PLAY BY STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!
good job dubi coming back and staying with AO down the ice. GREAT fkn start by us.
VROOM VROOM PARTY STARTERS
Dubi needs to go scott stevens on ovechkin there
that avery dubi antro line looks like a well oiled machine right now
we look pissed tonight!!! show these caps how new yorkers play hockey!!!
jason—lol
No Country – I thought the same thing
i’m liking what i’m seeing here…good effort. keep it up boys!!
We have the best Staal!
This is OUR team , and we all aint going down with out a fight!! Our team is playing like we should , no pressure , just play hockey and dominate that puck!!!
This is the best I’ve seen the Rangers captain look all season!
hahahaha.
Dubi’s stick handling has improved 10 fold!!!
doobs is our capn unofficially. very happy so far. long game though
0 shots for craps!!!
i’m even more nervous now! they look pretty freakin good so far! Avery is having a great first period!!
it’s out, Linda. now you owe me another comment.
9 min into the game …0 shots on goal for Washington.
No Country – Yeah, I was begging Dubinsky to hit Ovechkin.
antropov just skated AROUND people!
Can Redden please check someone along the boards???!
That hit the post.
even dru looks good
you’re my hero right now Rick!!!
omg these guys are killin me!!!! its all good!
Yea. Versus didn’t realize but Dru drilled one of one of the pipes.
They need to score more so when they run out of gas, they will have a big lead.
I haven’t heard Semin’s name yet on the Versus broadcast, I don’t think.
best period all season so far
here we go PK
Is this what it takes to see some passionate play from the NYR?
BULLSH*T CALL.
WHAT A HORRIBLE PENALTY!!!!!!
bbbbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
lets kill this
I heard Semin on MSG, as in “Semin missed it!”
Twelve minutes and still not shots for DC. That should change very soon with this penalty. Let’s see how much we miss Betts.
PK’s gotta come up big without Betts.
and now the obligatory caps pp. why???? i hate the refs!!!
Awesome PK in honor of our wounded Betts!
Joe and Sam need to lighten up on the analyzing and do more describing, because somebody, I think it was Avery, blasted Ovechkin just out of the picture before Girardi hit Ovechkin and Ovechkin hit Avery. But they never mentioned it.
Sometimes Semin shoots it off Henrik’s mask!
kill it for Bettsy
vroom vroom part starter!!! lol who said that?
ARGH!!!!
This stream is killing me with the lag!!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nd-sports3
Antropov giveth and then taketh away.
BS BS BS BS!!!!!
I still don’t see the penalty.
antropov lucky he didn’t get bitten.
mike in ia – Conan O’Brien!
lmao, my fiance thinks Torts looks like the Fonz. I’m pretty sure someone else mentioned that on here a while ago.
lmao “Wade Redden has to be firm on the puck” ya gotta love dave maloney
I hate Poti’s face
From what I read, the penalty is BS, but I haven’t actually seen it by watching Versus.
yea!!! pp!!!
YES!!!
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!
fratboy with a penalty!!!! WOOOT WOOOT
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES. GOOD PK! Great play by Redden on the far mid boards to chip it for the clear.
good call
Wow, an actual good call on a player who interferes with a penalty killer. God is smiling upon us!
Staal!
Green is having a terrible series, isn’t he?
Mike Green: 2 minutes for being a f*cking douchebag
Good call?! Decline all PPs! :)
PP, here we go.
No Country…post of the night!
Zherdev looks so flat.
First part of that power play looked good.
pp looks better
why is antropov always a foot out of reach of the puck?
noooooooo
DAMMIT!!!
No Country, that’s a penalty! but biting and crushing someone’s face… LEGAL!
gawd damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was an ugly deflection.
o god. why????
what a piece of goal
crap
OOO That was an ugly deflection off of Callahan, unfortunately.
what a sleazy bounce
we outplay them badly and this is what happens??
DAMN, nothing Hank could do about that.
ugh
sick goal
Just a hard luck play! That’s what happens when things aren’t going your way.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. nooooooooooooooooooo.
what a lucky goal. dammit
maybe trautwig can tell us again how important the first goal is.
i still feel good though. they are playin awesome. we’ll get that one back
I hate to say it. We just saw the best the Rangers could bring. Now it’s the caps turn.
well carp, at least were not trailing
Rangers are the better team here and the losers Capitals get a free bee!!????
0-0 agaain
take a breath…don’t let up and don’t give up on us now blueshirts!!!
ok dont give up. we’ll get it back!
Right back. No bullsh*t. They got a lucky bounce, gotta keep working
WHAT THE HECK? Man there was nothing to do with that goal, just a pair of freak bounces.
O’Halloran should be hanged
rangers are playing their last game. they can bring this all night long!!!
OMG and the ref was right there….
here’s where the game really starts. gotta keep the energy up.
Luckiest goal i’ve seen in a while
mike,
I’m with you, just keep plugging away, we will get that one and hopefuly a few more back.
There should be a rule about teams who can’t score goals not being allowed to give up fluke goals. I know Bettman is cool with instituting rules mid-series, what about mid-game?
can they please stop jumping on glass everygame there is a delay because of that stupid sh*t
WTF we lost Roszi!?!?
could have been interference and diving.
GET IT BACK BOYS
Goddamn scumbag refs, ONCE AGAIN.
is rosival done?
wow, mister momentum has just left the building
Rick, is Betts in the hospital or was he released. I never saw anything about it.
Anyone else notice they put the plexi-dividers back in the rangers’ bench?
Which team does this stoppage favour?
Win or Lose, Beaudrau is having a massive meal tonight.
how many CAPS does it take to change a lightbulb?
I’m shocked that they’re fixing the glass. I’d assume they’d just let the fans out onto the ice in the middle of play.
Also, this stoppage could kill the flow of the game. Neither team has an advantage from this. Maybe the Rangers do since the Caps just scored.
my question is – did humpty dumpty dry clean his sh*t?
What happened to Rozi, Versus said nothing?!
best caps player so far in this series is the plexi glass
I think Avery dove on that play; but had it been the reverse, he wouldn’t have been called for interference.
this is KILLING the Rangers flow….
how many of Henrik’s horses and Henrik’s men does it take to put Boudreau back together again?
what happened to rozi? cuz i cant count on versus for anything but the TV feed. and thats a stretch.
Rozsival “tweaked” a lower body muscle.
CAROLINA WINNING 1-0~!~!!
Carp,
dead on! should have been both…
Looks like Rozi got some knee on knee contact.
yea it favors us. but what happened to rozy?
JBytes,
Sounds a little lewd if you ask me.
It was a simple play against the boards – he was defending a foward, was leaning into him with his legs straight and it looked like his left leg hyperextended from the slight impact…. He went to the locker room right after that play
So we dominate the period and probably won’t come out of it ahead?
What is Michelob talking about?
There’s some lady “rocking” her red just to Budreau’s right. OK, back to the game…
nevermind
Is anyone better than Dubi at getting the puck back to the point?
Rozsival is back.
jBytes, I think that’s what Tony did earlier today.
Z makes a decent play and it still sucks
whoa Carp keep it PG
Is this VS coverage or Caps coverage? I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned it yet but this broadcast sounds like a home broadcast for the Caps. I have barely heard a thing about the Rangers and they almost sounded upset when the Rangers scored. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
zherdev tryin!!!!
the caps dont look like they want to do ANY work. WOW.
Ooops. Trautwig should tell us how important Carolina’s first goal was.
who cares about the devils? f them. cant be worried about that right now
Sorry, Pru.
Love the lack of urgency in Zherdev when he has the puck…he’s gonna look great doing that in Canadiens jersey next year
Z gets an A for his effort.
Oh, good, Gomez between periods. Lots of jokes about Giannone’s clothes.
Avery is playing like a possessed man.
I like Avery’s play… using his energy to go for the puck… effective!
One shift for Anisimov?
the next big question, can the Rangers play like this for a full 60? If they do, good chance they win this game.
best period of hockey ive seen this season!!!!
Great period. If the Rangers had some legit offensive players they’d be up.
haha no problem with me, I was actually thinking of something to respond to that too.
Caps look tight. as hell. they dont want to do ANY hard work right now.
ok, i can freakin breathe now!
I think that was the best period all year – minus the fluke goal
Gomez? He still on this team?
Wait until you hear what I have to say to John G! I’ve been spending that whole period thinking about it!
Zherdev is doing well, except for when he’s about to shoot and takes forver when there is somebody right on him. He got back on a backcheck once to break up a play I believe.
avery was awesome in that period! my God i would love for him to score!!! he deserves it tonight!!
give me more 40 mins of that boys
spider- yea i noticed that too. anisimov shouldnt be forced out there too much though. the doob, antro and aves line is rockin. right? its them 3 right? or is cally on that line?
I have a feeling that Washington is just letting Rangers tire themselves out.
If he starts cracking jokes in Game 7, Giannone should just slap him.
good period. they forechecked, and cycled the puck low the way they need to. good work
Total domination , Rangers play a real strong attack and PUCK CONTROL …sweeeet. Zherdev is one cwazzyyyy muthaa. Will today be the day he scores??
IIRC anisimov had 2 shifts that i saw, spiderpig.
PHEW – that was a GREAT period!!!!!
oh baby, i think the rangers just might pull this off. the caps shouldnt be happy even that they scored. they sucked. keep goin boys!!! we wanna go ballz deep!!!!
lmao Rick, too bad I won’t be seeing the gomez interview! What is that, his 694th interview this season? I still say he has the same goofy face as Vin Diesel.
bettman’s sweating in his ovechkin jersey right now
No you play for a game 7 AT HOME …NOmez!
Gomez is one goofball
No Country – LOL
Oh, no. We are George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle.
LOL RICK!!!!
Unreal, it has begun. We should have had a 5 on 3, instead the refs pretend they didn’t see Aves getting pushed into the Craps bench, and a few secs later they score.
This is what i mean. Every game it’s something else.
This sucks, because Nyr actually looked great in that period, and were better. They should be up 1-0, instead it’s tied cause of a stupid freak goal. Now the Craps might have a better period, and Nyr might have a bad one, and they wont be able to rely on that one goal.
This sucks. Hopefully they can keep up the good work.
And Danny G needs to know better. Why would you should wide when your PP just ended, you’re pretty much begging for an odd man rush.
his ovechkin jersey and his cindy panties???
lol, No Country. I just visualized that, and it’s funny as hell.
good interview by Gomez. Now maybe somebody should tell him the series started, so feel free to jump in.
No Country
Its a Ovechkin/Broudeur jersey 1/2 & 1/2
Well he’s obviously sweating because he’s wearing a Crosby jersey under it and a Brashear jersey under that!
They are playing like a team tonight. Very smart hockey. Outplaying the Capitals by far.
Versus really wants and expects the CAps to win.
Yes the Rangers are desparate. Thye Capitals expect to win too. They should remember from last year. It aint easy to win game seven. Nobody gives up.
yea bill patrick, the caps will push back, but were not standin around for this one. this is gonna be the rangers turn to show them what we got. maybe we rope a doped them and now maybe ovie is gassed from playin 59 minutes a game
We HAVE to keep up that pace in the 2nd. We actually looked pretty good that period. We can’t let them get their flow going.
OK OK OK Ovechkin/Broduer Jersey, I <3 Cindy panties & I love ALL my Refs tattoo
Gomex not allowed any more airtime to show off how “funny” he is until he contributes. Feel like he wanted to be in NY over NJ more for the big media stage than the big game stage.
I’m dying over here. I’m gonna have a coronary. GO RANGERS!!!
Officially, five shifts for Anisimov. I must have missed three of them.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20082009/ES030127.HTM
jones did rave about antro, dubes and aves though. Sayin how smart Torts was puttin them together and they sure sparked the first period! Hopefully the do it again in the 2nd AND 3rd!
40 more mins with the season on the line. LETS GO RANGERS
orr- antro couldve had 2 for us. should be 2-1 or 2-0. but we’ll fight all the way baby!!! EVEN VOROS IS GOOD TONIGHT> I DONT CARE IM LEAVIN MY PREJUDICES AGAINST SOME OF THE PLAYERS ALONE TONIGHT. go voros!!!! score a goal off your right cheek buddy!!! i dont care. lets go rangers!!!! duh duh duhduhduh!!!!
five shifts? where???
Watching online tonite…
what’ya think gang? Can we do it?
Hopefully this is a sign of Dubi next season. He’s been pretty good this series. We need him to have a Cally-like season next year.
Go Rangers !! Don’t ruin my life !! Please.
Tortorella on Avery between Games 6 and 7:
“Sean’s a guy that in yesterday’s game I thought was good in spurts. He’ll be better in Game 7. He’ll be better in Game 7.”
Kaspar
I dont want to jinx anything. But they are playing damn good. One of the best periods I’ve seen from them all season. WSH only has 2 SOG….
nasty- the long stoppage helped us a lot. they had just scored so at least some unforeseeable circumstances have helped us a little. but we gotta keep pressuring their d. their d is playin bad.
Errr *Well
omg game 7 , game 7 wow , holey moley it’s game 7 !!
where the heck is Sally?!
ok start the 2nd already!!!
Did anyone else get nervous with the Capitals shot at the buzzer? Am I wrong or did Lundqvist look shaky on that?
Between the Geico commercials on MSG all the time and the constant male enhancement commercials on Versus, commercial breaks are painful these days.
still though. 2 shots on goal and they 1 goal. so i mean hank, even though that was impossible for him to stop, needs to make a couple of good saves to get him in the game a little.
2 hours and 445 posts. Yes I think we’re gonna break that record LOL
lobster- u know hank is shaky. few good saves should get him into it. i hope that were not gonna be gassed by the 3rd and then caps start pourin it on.
I got this guys, dont worry
what effing douchebags behind Torts. J.Offs!!!!
jcl..thats odd because i’ll see about 5 seconds of those male enhancement commercials and a different commercial comes on. Not that I’m complaining lol.
I get those freecredit report dot com commercials all the time.
Ok here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
our puck ...washington ya can’t have it!!
The one shift I remember seeing Anisimov, he was out there for a long time. He skated 1:22, so he could have had one shift, but most likely two. Five is rediculous. Maybe they got him confused with Antropov.
WTF THAT”S HOLDING/HOOKING!!!!!!!!!!!
i swear AO does the same move EVERY FREAKIN TIME!!!!!!
I can’t stand Zherdev just standing there anymore.
WHAT A SAVE BY HANK!
yea hank!!!!!!
daaaaaaaaaaaamn i just threw up in my mouth a little!! holy crap!!!
Oh my Jesus! Lundqvist ust saved us!
The problem with Anisimov is that he is on a “defensive” line. I would rather see Korpikoski there.
OMG WHAT A SAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aren’t those billboard lights supposed to be off during the game?
HANK is here friends
wow what a save
are they taunting our goalie after 2 big saves?
HEN RIK!!!! HEN RIK!!!!! HEN RIK!!!! HEN RIK!!!!!
yea hank!!!!!! i love ya!
I’m sick and tired of Drury’s turnovers.
Save of the series by Lundqvist?
Girardi’s got to be more sure on Ovechkin at the blue line there.
Jbytes – Im sick of everyone’s turn overs at this point.
good D wade. anisimov!!! yay!!
At least the Versus announcers are noticing Anisimov.
Thomthum April 28th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
aren’t those billboard lights supposed to be off during the game?
No, and the door is supposed to be locked for practice, and there aren’t supposed to be gaping partitions in the glass.
ps wow i know im sick….
I FORGOT ABOUT THE GAME
bad icing
I mean are* supposed to be gaping partitions, I was 2/3 on the sarcasm
wow great d tonight too
Why wasn’t that a hand pass?
Line of the night by Joe Mich
“Redden down on his knees, had some contact with Semin”
Joe Mic got it right about puck possession. can’t allow these guys to have it on their tape all period long
looked like Callahan hurt his right arm/hand there. Maybe a slash.
i guess 7 isnt too many men for the caps
We’re completely out working them right now. KEEP IT UP!!! LGR!!!!
Do we get a 5 on 3 if they have 7 skaters on?
I mean, if we weren’t the Rangers and they didn’t have Ovarychkin on their team
were rockin blue!!! almost a goal korpi! keep it up baby!. gomer flyin. everyones flyin!!!!
dont even say that kiddin around Rick!!
WELCOME deja!!!!
thats an automatic call….better be too many men
LOL deja
of course the refs are looking the other way….
Completely agree deja. The entire bench could of got on the ice on that shift and no penalty would of been called.
Rick
Cally got MUGGED in the corner
lmao andy!! joe m is a tool!!!
ahahahahaahhahah @ andy
New Country, don’t make me ban you during Game 7, bud.
everyone get prepared for the phantom call on avery in the last 10 minutes of the period
Linda – did i miss anything news worthy did doobs turn into a zombie from morrisons bite?
Let’s send Ovechkin and Semin back to the motherland to hang out with their mom and dad Briggite Nielsen and Dolph Lungdren
All I want for christmas is one legit goal scorer
nice work by avery along the boards
sorry carp, that was the bottle talking
no, but are we soon to have a full moon? dubs IS playin pretty well!!!
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
AHAHAHAHA
Wow, Green went down hard!
Zherdev with a slick move that had an effect!
Rick, would that be a Brashear type ban (he’ll be back next round) or an Avery ban?!
nice green. NICE.
nice shift
lmao @ green crackin himself into the boards!
who is this Voros guy? not too bad so far
what we really need is for backstrom to slam one home into his own net like last year
Frat boy with a headache now… LOL
wow we better win this one. we deserve it badly!!! caps are befuddled because they havent seen us show what we can do yet!! artie playin a solid one as well as voros!
That was the absolute best Zherdev woosy play… EVERY!!
I hope Green’s hurt.
We’re dominating too much to not be ahead; a goal against would be devastating.
Joe Mic got it right about puck possession. can’t allow these guys to have it on their tape all period long…we’ll get our chances if we aren’t chasing the puck.
New Country, maybe you need a designated blogger.
jason
April 28th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Wow, Green went down hard!
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now THATS a funny post
Let’s send Ovechkin and Semin back to the motherland to hang out with their mom and dad Briggite Nielsen and Dolph Lungdren
I get the Rocky reference, but Dolph is Swedish and Briggite is Danish
Hey, everybody, is this thing getting slow? should I start a new thread?
we’ve been the better team so far. will that translate to a win?
The fourth line has been doing a great job.
Who are these Rangers
Oh man! hahaha. Ray Ferraro chuckled describing the Green play into the boards.
I meant “No” Country. Not New. Sorry.
Lots of cycling, but not enough dangerous shots on goal.
PERFECT D right there. BEAUTIFUL!
am i dreaming or are the rangers kickin hiney?!!
I need to control myself better but when they show the replay of that cheap shot on Bettsy, it’s hard to keep it PG.
Rick we have to break our record!! LOL
Rick, you can not start a new thread in the middle of game 7!!!
FIRE THE KORPEDOES!!!!
softer z softer pass
OK, as long as it’s not too slow. Let me know if it slows down.
Even Voros out-skated someone!
WOW Voros is possessed!!! LOL
Hopefully the New Country will be Boston
did….d-d-d-d-did vorros just beat a guy to a puck holy crap
i think Voros ditched the crisco and went to EVOO..he was skatin pretty quickly there!
Funny how a guy who couldn’t get into the lineup and a kid who couldn’t get called up are now this great fourth line.
No call on the goalie interference, no call on the hit on Avery, what’s new?
Wow, that bounce was CLOSE.
I would like an avery goal, please.
Rick – It’s not slow at all. Funny line designated blogger :)
Petr Prucha is wearing an Aaron Voros costume!!!!
Carp – i still would rather have beets in over vorros
Rick,
Funny how? Does it amuse you?
We want boston
God, it feels like it’s been in the caps zone for most of per. 2 and its still 1-1. Jeez! COME ON RANGERS!!!!
betts even but for the most part put a beet in some skates 9 times out of 10 it would play better than voros
great save hank. gotta stay sharp. were wearin out their d. even if we lose i’ll be happy. great effort boys. all around. if only we could get some good 2nd chances and rebounds wed be way up in this one
Rick C.,
Let’s not brand them “great fourth line” just yet. I’d like them to get a couple of goals first.
O’Halloran wants nothing to do with listening to Hank.
Hi Game 7! I’m here now!
I got locked out of the house for a little while. I heard the 1st was pretty good!
Everything is outside on the perimeter. They can’t get anything goin down the middle
I wouldn’t have guessed in a million years that anyone would be outskated by Aaaron freakin’ Voros.
yea were outworkin them but we havent had the best scoring chances. gotta get some good low point shots
look for varlamov to give up a softie soon
No one is going in front of the net.
What happened to Roszi?
Sally,
That sucks on many different levels.
Finally sally breaks into her own house and joins the group!
A goal would be nice
Dan O’Halloran, horrible referee, horrible person.
Come on mike, even if we lose you’ll be happy? we got this man. there is no reason the NYR cant finish off these amateurs
Sally did you have to take a door off the hinges?
Nice hit Cally!
cally just saved an instant goal
lmao @ ovechkin checkin his face… could it get any worse…
omg these guys are killin me!!! CMON CALLY!!!
CALLAHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! KING OF NYR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cally!!
OMG that was going in…. WAY TO GO CALLY!!!!!!!!!!
sjo is just awesome!
I’m surprised the Caps haven’t become as frustrated as their fans and taken a bad penalty. On a related note, it’s refreshing to have the refs let the players play without calling minor stick fouls, as I had hoped. We need a goal!!!
What an amzing shift by Callahan..
averrrry!@!! holy crap!!!!
Let’s GO!
averys been working his butt off here this entire line
PruBelongsOnTheIce, obviously I smashed the window open and climbed through.
Avery with the game winner, please God.
gotta finish strong here
i am having a stroke
Someone kick Antropov into at least 2nd gear!
im lovin it!!! we rock!!
My heart is beating out of my chest.
Hi Linda! How’s it going?
ALL THESE SOB’S LEAD WITH THEIR ELBOWS WHEN THEY GO TO HIT!!!!!!!!!
Loving the boos!
Avery and Dubinsky are soooooo good at this cycle game … just an aside, this is the same type of game the Rangers used in Game 7 in ‘94, after being dominated by the Canucks the previous two games. The get-it-deep, cycle, beat up their defense, game.
taking it to these pukes!!!
Sorry Sally didn’t see that. The Rangers had to break a door off the hinges to get into practice today. Caps locked them out.
My palms are way too sweaty to type.
If I have a heart attack everytime the caps gain the blue line, how could I possibly handle OT? (if it goes that far)
EXHALE!!!!!
The caps fans tears make me happy
How y’all feelin’?
WHO’S IT GONNA BE BOYS…IT’S THERE FOR THE TAKING
man, that garbage goal by the craps. unbelievable. we should be going into the 3rd with the lead
Rangers should be up 3 -1 here…
Just saw the replay: gorgeous play by Callahan.
You know what the problem is for the Rangers? Most of the game has looked like a power play for them, and they’re not good at those! I’m really upset that we could not get a go-ahead goal in that period. Hopefully they score that goal before they start feeling gassed.
This isn’t the same Ranger team we saw on Sunday. Happy they showed up today
that defensive play by cally is as good as another goal. so i think im happy its still 1-1. not really, but 20 more minutes of this and the caps d will be draggin and we will score again!!! thank you torts for lightin a fire under their hineys!!
Mara’s Beard next.
Avery found another gear tonight.
Nervous , confident , eager and anxious..
if this is a preview of the 09-10 Brandon Dubinsky, i would like the trial showing to last another month and a half! WOW he is having a huge game!!!!!
Carolina tied it at 2 though under review
PruBelongsOnTheIce, that’s so lame. Really??? Which Ranger did it? My money’s on Mara.
I need a drink!
Where are CCCP and ORR? I need their angry, hilarious observations
Excellent game so far. Wish Antro would’ve buried it on that opening-minute breakaway. We’re controlling, but 1-1 is tight (especially with #8 roaming around). Hope we can put a couple in the back of the net for some breathing room.
Where has this team been the last 6 games?
if we keep playing like this,we will get our chance. just need to bury it. Avy Dubi Antro are playing out their minds right now.
its ruled a goal 2-2
you think it’s stressful watching it…try being out of the market and not getting versus, I’m clinging to my radio right now lol
Ricl, I’m Feeling much better than I did on Sunday
It’s 2-2 at The Pebble.
playing great! more shots on net!
Mara’s beard fired a laser through the door so they could get on the ice.
Carp,
I feel like Costanza when he proclaimed the next few months “THE SUMMER OF GEORGE”
ugh completely owning them and nothing to show for it.. we are clearly lacking strength on the boards though
Linda, you mean “Dubinsky is having a HUUUUUUUGE game!”
Dubi knows he’s the man next to christine smith
what a beard!!!!
Tommy April 28th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
The caps fans tears make me happy
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A-FREAKIN-MEN!!
20 more minutes. shift by shift. WOW look at that thing? That beard isn’t legal south of the Mason-Dixon
Sally I just read the Rangers “staff” had to break the door off. Maybe Mara’s beard did it.
It is tied after two on a lucky bounce for them. Stay out of the damn box and keep bringing it.
Let’s Go Rangers!
My love for Mara’s beard knows no bounds.
Um Mikey
They HAVE BEEN strong along the boards?!?
WELL SPIDER- IF ANTRO HAD LIFTED THE PUCK UP ON VARBLABLKAN we would be up 2-1. but no sense cryin over spilled ukranians. i know i wished we couldve gotten anothet 1 before that period ended. it was almost as good as the 1st but were tiring them out.
chris simpson looks smitten by the doobster!!
Maras beard rules
hahahaha mara’s beard owns the nhl
CARP
Been through this too many times. been cognizant of the Rangers starting in about 1970. Every year has ended the same except for one. Good performance so far, but they should be ahead. We’ll see.
id go straight for maras beard
I think mara’s gonna hatch some small chickens i nthat beard, nurse them to health, then let them fly away from the nest. peter from family guy comes to mind
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!
20 more minutes, maybe more? Don’t know if I can handle this.
yea Dubi interview! FUTURE CAPTAIN BABY!!!
We need to get to the cup if only to see how crazy awesome Mara’s beard would be.
FYI NJ 2 – 2 CAR
sucks having let in that weak goal but then again , Caps feel like they have done enough and they watch Ovechkin , hoping he will pull off a goal!!!! Ovechkin over sstays on the ice shows hes a selfish player.
Tomorrow is Dubinsky’s birthday! The big 2-3!
Tommy – Christine Simpson MMMM
These officials need a little Son of Sam style medicine !!
Surprising the score is still what it is.
Im not confident in OT, Hank is 1-3 i think, and 0-1 in elimination games.
I agree with the guy who said, to switch Korpedo and Artie. Artie has size and can create.
Just Win !!!!
Jarret April 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
We need to get to the cup if only to see how crazy awesome Mara’s beard would be.
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They’ll have to give it it’s own number.
judging by some of the beards I’ve seen down here, Mara would fit right in!
on a lighter note, Bettman has just opened his 4th package of depends!
e.m. April 28th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
keep the puck behind the Caps net. make Vmov and Erskine and Morrison etc handle it, and get on them and cycle deep in their end.
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that is what I posted just before the game. it looks like it is the Ranger strategy. it is the best way to keep the puck away from another team’s skilled forwards, and keep them in their own end.
SPIDER
Im more of a Lindsey Soto kind of guy, as far as Verses chicks go.
lmao shoryduken!! maras beard did a chi blast and then e hondas b!tchslap move on it!! redden tried doin a blanka ball move but he got knocked out by the beard
We gotta step up the comments if we’re going to make that 1,500
Linda April 28th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
“on a lighter note, Bettman has just opened his 4th package of depends!”
That’s a lot of brashear!
hell yea orr. me n some guys were talkin aout her the other night. somebody said she was passable. i said, what???? sotos hot!!
how’d u guys think Ani’s looked so far??
It was clear half way through period 2 the Rangers wouldn’t score – but their D got the job done – now just regroup for period 3… THEY CAN WIN THIS!!!
What a friggin game. Rangers NEED the next goal. They keep coming strong, to my surprise, but they need to get it done!!! Please, please, please….GO RANGERS!!!!!
Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!
MIKE
Soto looks like she just found out her parent died, she always has a depressing look on her face.
Kind hot, to tell you the truth, lol.
The pseudo-fans in red were boo-ing their boys at the end of P2 – - I like that.
Mara’s beard will notch one in the third.
Nice to see NYR show some real character.
Let’s win it.
Henrik needs to slam the door shut for us to get the W now.
How ya feeling Carp? I am in bad shape too. Watching this game is not helping my pneumonia whatsoever.
lmao @ a lot of brashear!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERS!!!!!
3-2 Devils
NJ took a one goal lead
GOOOOOOOOOO RANGERS!!!! YOU CAN WIN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
Torts has been rolling 4 all game, expect to see the dubi and gomez lines to get 3/4 of the ice time in the third
Rolston. 3-2 NJ. 11:00 left in second.
By the end of the night, im either gonna be screaming on the streets of Queens, or im gonna be in the shower crying, and making sure nobody knows im crying !
PLease WIN !!!
Best hit of the night? Green, on the boards! The assist goes to Zherdev for jumping out of the way!
score a F#@!&^ Goal RANGERS!!!!! come on , you can do it!!!!
Dubinsky!!!!!!!! come on , and run to center ice with yer hands raised!!
Period 2 must have been great for Hank’s confidence—Oh and Artem? Lookin’ good!
ORR – Then you agree with me about Anisimov-Korpikoski. However, I think I disagree with myself now, seeing how that fourth line is playing. haha. I just saw Soto for the first time in the playoffs, so I haven’t had a full chance to take in her beuaty yet, but she is nice.
Nobody liked my power play line? :P
1 MORE PERIOD !!!
LETS GO RANGERS !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3wuXyOUKJw
NJ took a one goal lead on the biggest BS call of the playoffs! anyone see Cullen get called for a slash on a nothing play? Even chico says it was weak and if he says that, you know it wasn’t a penalty.
omg Rick , Excited ..then Nevous ,then excited…wtf , this intermision is a killer!!
ORR!! W.I.I.G.F.—what Queens Hood? Me too :)
That penalty call on Cullen was iffy at best.
HERE WE GO!
Orr what is it good for-
i totally hear ya man i totally hear ya…either the upper east side is going to be rocking or get the tissues out…
LETS GO RANGERS
Mikey, pneumonia? Yuck. I’m not that bad … as long as this thing doesn’t turn out to be Pig-Man flu. I’ll Nyquil up after the game. Best stuff I’ve had since I was in my 20s.
Ovechkin smells the Rangers swagger and he gets all confooosed out there!!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH BABY!!!! LETS GO BOYS!!!!!!!!
dont worry sally. if we lose, drury wont let it ruin doobs b day party. im sure they’ll have his b day at mac dees and gomer can dress up like ronald mcdonald for some entertainment. voros will be grimace, and redden will be the hamburglar stealing sathers burgers. dolan will be mayor mc cheese
This really upsets me….why couldn’t we have played like this 2 games ago!!!
Oh well, better late…...LGR!!
Betts probably broke his orbital bone when he hit the ice.
HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
seth,
UES Represent!
I would LOVE to see a Ranger, I don’t care who…Avery would be preferred, to score and throw their stick on the ice and rub their hands….THAT WOULD MAKE MY MILLENIUM!!!!
by the way, during first intermission, did you hear Duguay talking about finding out which team gets to play Boston. Way to be plugged in there, Mr. Studio 54.
Had to cover a softball game. Did I miss anything?
Nobody better score while I walk half a block and back to get my Mexican food. Well, if the Rangers score, I’ll be okay with it.
WHAT A HORRIBLE CALL!
WOW
oh boy
I’ve been busy dealing with some family stuff. I’ve been following the team as best as possible. I finally have some time to sit down and watch the game with no distractions, so let me say this:
If this is the final 20 minutes of hockey we see this season, it’s been a pleasure dealing with you boneheads all season.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
of course. this sucks
whaaaaaaaaaaaaa????????????
lmao @ Voros is grimace!!!!!
here come the penalties kids
i didnt know ovie was reffing this game what a joke
“THAT’S EFFING AWFULLL!!!!!!!”
Kill it for Betts, boys.
Hi Jane. No, not much. Just a boring, meaningless hockey game.
Game of the Year!
That’s a rediculous penalty considering what hasn’t been called in this game.
The fix is in.
Wow Hank Wow
OK, Rozsival has used up three of his nine lives.
wow Hank..wow
Penalty kill looks disoriented without Betts, Rozsival, and Girardi.
Go Boneheads!
Lol, Carp, I know. I saw Mara’s beard eating his entire face during the intermission!
what a beautiful toe save
ohh god wheres my defibrillator?
I pulled my groin watching that save by Lundqvist.
oh boyyyyy
Hamburgler! I love you Mike.
HEN RIK!!! HEN RIK!!!! HEN RIK!!!!
Gotta give props to Rozsival sucking it up and coming back.
gotta love the heart by Rozi as he keeps coming back
i miss Betts!
great save by Hank
Great kill!
Wow, Rozsi s back, what a trooper!
I can hear my heartbeat.
They missed that high stick?
Whole lotta Rozsi!!
Dan Girardi take a stick to the face but no one searing black and white cares
i am gettin scared here
If they win this game, Rozsival will have earned a lot of his contract for this year with his gutsy performance tonight.
The siege is starting.
DC is carrying the play since that stupid penalty.
rangers look a little gassed.
D has to get to those rebounds!
How many interference were there on that sequence? No call!
we really need some shots on this guy. this is game 2 all over again except the caps got a luck break. well, were playin better but we need shots!
We need the Callahan line to start generating chances and not just possession.
LETS GO RANGERS!!! Gut out the W!!!
I wouldn’t have known that Rozsival missed any time had I only been relying on Versus for information. My brain hasn’t been able to function properly to keep track of numbers of players on the ice all the time.
I won’t be able to type much while I eat here, so I’ll leave you with this for now: SCORE A GOAL! POTVIN SUCKS! LET’S GO RANGERS! VAR-LAME-OV!
muck up the neutral zone and the caps look very beatable. if we lose, the caps better expect more of this.
please please please get a goal!!!! i dont care which Ranger it is, as long as it’s behind varLAAAAAAAAAmov, i just dont care!
Greg. You’re right. They are gassed. This is where one of the skilled guys—limited as they are—needs to step up and do something offensively.
TV timeout…I NEED a rest, not to mention the Rangers.
yeah there were a few interferences I saw…. JB
Gotta forecheck and press in their zone….
i love you too sally you cutie!
My nerves are SHOT!!!
Torts needs to shorten the bench NO AA, NO Voros….
oh im sorry alex didnt tretyak fail in the biggest game of his life
I am twitching like an electrocuted flea, and not breathing. This is not healthy living.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah HANK!
holy crap
ohh baby!!!
Ya might want to keep an eye on that N0. 8 guy.
Lundqvist is my defibrillator
Henrik can have the game of his life, but if the rangers can’t get some offense going it isn’t going to end well.
You don’t earn 5million for guts. That’s called hockey. Any player that doesn’t go out with a strain, cut, something almost broken, isn’t a real hockey player.
As Gomez said last year “If something’s not wrong with you, there’s a problem” in true Yogi Bera style.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
If they win this game, Rozsival will have earned a lot of his contract for this year with his gutsy performance tonight.
Tretiak has a closet full of gold medals. He only lost once.
COME ON RANGERS!! Lets get a goal
i hope someone reminded them that theres no shootout in the playoffs
MAKO,
i don’t think TORTS can shorten the bench too much … rangers are tired.
You’re kidding me?? That wasn’t a penalty Avery drew?
oh god girardi is hurting
It’s ok, Torts here.
Could someone inform these idiots in DC that chanting the opposing goaltender’s name after making a big save against your best player isn’t going to rattle him
lol laurel!! me too
if u make the call on girardi, you have to make that one on green. WTF!!!!
Geez, this is tough to watch. Gotta get some more shots on goal right now.
See what did I tell you – they all lead with their elbows when they go to hit!!!
Guys, i have an exam to study for! Put one in the net before this goes to OT. please!
great tackle by green
Aw man!
mako i was just thinking that from when you said it earlier!!! unreal!!
ok who wants to be a Blueshirt hero tonite????
how the Eff was Green not called for that?!
Torts needs to call his TO
we needed that change…thanks gomer…now score A FREAKIN GOAL!!
True Fans is your test tonight?
It’s their offence against our defence now. Things don’t look good, and I don’t feel too good.
They’re hanging on by their fingernails now. Doesn’t bode well if it goes OT.
Morrison just punched shjoe it looked like.
“oh im sorry alex didnt tretyak fail in the biggest game of his life”
I wouldn’t call that the biggest game of his life. The only reason why anybody remembers it is because America won. If they lost, it would’ve been just another semifinal win on the way to yet another olympic gold.
Biggest game of team USA’s life? absolutely. Tretiak? Absolutely not. Probably one of the Summit Serieses or the 81 Canada Cup.
True Fans Bleed RW&B April 28th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
“how the Eff was Green not called for that?!”
Because Ovarychkin didn’t blow his whistle.
The ice is tilted the wrong way now
Someone please shut those Caps fans up!
I need a beer. LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
I’m too young to be having a heart attack
please no OT!
too much stress , let’s go dubinsky!!!!!
HOW MANY F-in penalties are the ref going to overlook ….. Jeeeeez-Us-F’in-H-Christ already!!!!!
Carp, you’re going to have to do a lot of selling with these calls/non-calls because the Caps have gotten two marginal PPs and Avery should have drawn one along with Shjoe.
holy hell, they have got to score just so i can breathe just slightly!!!!! this is hurting the chestal area
they look exhausted…come on NYR scratch out an ugly goal
caps are goin for it and we can try to exploit an odd man rush hopefully. really need someone to step up here and get us a big goal. please dear lord let the rangers win!!!
thats right Rick , Washington is hangging on ..
Rozsi’s showing lots of heart tonight. Great to see!!!
Torts is using like 10-12 guys.
ooohhhh….come on.
SHARP pass by morris to start that breakout.
Rangers have nothing going right now. They are trying to not lose the game, as opposed to trying to win the game.
#8 is acting like crosby…complaining about every call.
Ok, the shjoestrom wasn’t a punch, just the standard caps charging/leaping check for the opponents neck/head area.
Phewww… and I thought it was a dirty play.
True Fans, it’s not just that he’s out there, he’s out there and playing very well. On one leg. That’s big time.
I wish Zherdev could play the left side. He has been very good, has wanted the puck, and I’d like to him swapped with Naslund to try and get Gomez and Callahan going. All they can do is get pucks deep and keep possession, no chances really being generated.
ovie gets one, now he wants another?
ovie is such a douchebag
Yankees can use Varlamov
wow did anyone see the blatant “a guy touched me call a penalty move by ovie right there is there actually someone worse that cindy
Carp, you know I love you, but hush with that bad mojo!
I guess O thinks he is entitled to a penalty call every time he gets hit
True Fans, you should know by now I don’t do the refs this, refs that thing. Play the game. It’s the playoffs
Besides, you want a power play?
Ovechkin is looking to the referees every time he’s hit. Did he contract the Sidney Crosby flu?
this is so freakin nerve wracking even my hair is sweating…then again its also 82 degrees right now
Let’s go Freddie Sjoes!
My exam is Friday but it takes like 3-4 full days/nights of studying for it.
“These times are made for Drury.” – Joe.
Drury could earn his entire salary right now.
Did we manage to get a cardiologist on call for the blog? I think I need one.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
what’s going on? why’s avery risking a penalty?
Antro is trying to keep Avery from exploding.
True Fans – Me too!
LOL @ Sidney Crosby flu. Inshaallah!
Underdogs of the world, unite! The Rangers can win this one!
I don’t want the PPs but if they’re not going to give them to the Rangers they can’t call marginal ones for the caps.
damn refs are starting to pull their crap on us now
avery almost lost it just now…keep it cool sean
True Blue,
Don’t you mean he could play LF for the Mets?
These times are made for Drury.” – Joe.
Drury could earn his entire salary right now.
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Yep!!!!!
i think i’m gonna black out! this is NUTS
The longer this goes, the better it is for DC. They have the game breakers; we do not.
I worry about Avery taking a dumb penalty now
Avery can’t be the target on his line. He’s the least skilled player on that line. They need to refocus their attack. He needs to be the guy digging the puck for Dubinsky to make a play to Antropov, like on the first goal (or vice-versa).
Swap Sjostrom and Korpikoski to try and get some jump up with Drury and Zherdev.
hopefully we can take this game to the shoot-out , Hanks record is awsome in those!
I also picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue. I am freaking out Stanley for the first time.
DAMMIT!
OMG
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Damn.
WOW what a shot. There’s ur gamebreaker.
oh well. it was a good game
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not okay..
What a softee by Hank.
Can make the unreal saves, lets the easy ones go.
well its been fun guys
no….noo…i was just thinking, federov used to score all the time…gotta watch this guy…ohh man
come on hankkk that was allllll you
That’s depressing.
that just sucks reeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal hard
dirty hit on the boards!
so when does “cleaning house” commence?
i got my razer hot and ready…
Gave him 2 feet up there by going down and Redden couldn’t close on him. How appropriate.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Good-bye Ran-gers (clap, clap, clapclapclap).
i am sick to my stomach! did that go off redden?
what an epic colapse this series. feel bad for hank that we canot produce any scoring chances at all this whole period. just cycling and no shots. o well. good effort tonight. i guess maybe next season we can try to get a goal scorer on this team. theres nobody!!!!!!
Varlamov, DIAF
I’m ready to cry
sure, hank saves that one.
good glove. 2 minutes left. make it happen Rags!
what a great meaningless save by hank
If we don’t get someone to show the feats of strength, it will soon be time for the airing of grievances.
yea so you make that save on semin but let a softie in… my razor is ready
Doodie,
You are very wrong. Nothing soft about that shot. That was ridiculous. He put that exactly in the corner just under the crossbar. Just because Lundqvist gets beat high doesn’t mean it’s automatically on him.
the caps took 2 full periods off and we still only scored 1!!!!!!! wtf????
Our guys look like they’re gliding around now.
wow, just wow.
sather better do something about the mess he created
I’m glad Gomez showed up for Game 7. Unbelievable how useless he leaders of the Rangers are
that shot by fedorov was anything but a softee, that was ripped so hard..
that was it…that was the last good chance.
We have three guys behind the net all the time; how are you going to score there?
You negative people, shut up! Or leave the blog.
This teams biggest problem is there are no goal scorers. WE NEED A GOAL SCORER
get control of the puck
Lunnnnndqvist, Lunnnndqvist, Lunnnndqvist!!!
Avery’s hurt?
absolute !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude, it was a clear shot, short side, no screen, no defelction. You MUST stop that shot.
It was a good game. It could have been ours. I’m really okay with this. I will miss you, Rangers, but we need some time apart.
NO penalty on Federov for kneeing?
I’m very curious to see how Darth sather is going to fix this mess he made. All that money tied up to average players is a crime.
how many penalties did they call on washitgon, 1??
cmon capn clutch
Thanks for the memories 2008-2009 rangers, even though they weren’t that good.
wow. they cant even get it in the damn zone. hey rangers, if u played like this at home, we wouldve won!!!! damn you
You guys should be happy that the better team won.
I effing HATE Redden for skating along with Federov & not knocking him off of the puck
Lets hope blowing a 3-1 lead gets Sather fired. 1 shot on goal, totally ridiculous.
Oh well, it was fun boys and girls. Try to have a good night.
If i were Torts…15 seconds, Avery gets cheapshoted. I tell my players. “Hit anything that moves, and make sure it doesn’t get up.”
no 7.7 second Drury?
Get the razors out boys.
i feel so naked right now…
thats it boys and girls
ridiculous
we gave it our all. gotta be proud of our effort.
they played a half a period and they win. unreal
Go down with a wimper. Very appropriate. Now they get to shake hands with the biters and the elbowers.
1 shot on goal in the 3rd. Pathetic.
The better team won; it’s that simple.
yeah EFF YOU REDDEN!!!
BOTTOM LINE:
11 goals in seven games.
Seven goals in six games against the rookie goalie.
Five if you don’t count the two garbage goals at the end of Game 6.
stuiped game , hats off to our guys , Washington sucks still!!
did they just celebrate like they won the cup? What a bunch of tools! the just made it to the 2nd round. I totally hate these bastards now!
Rangers were the better team , we got hosed , Rangers out played them and we got the shaft.
OH HANK IM SORRY!!!!!
Z had ZERO points in 7 games. That’s absolutely terrible, the kid has no heart. Sather you’ve assembled one crap team.
should be going into ot right now. first goal was such a lucky bounce
Monumental collapse by the Rangers, up 3-1.
At least they showed up for game 7. That’s all I asked for earlier today…show up, skate hard, come off the ice gassed after every shift. they did that, so i can’t complain about their play today. It’s not the team’s fault that Sather forgot to put a goal scorer on this team.
Thanks guys. Have a nice summer.
Sather…i hope you get hit by a bus on 7th ave.
I miss Pru
they gave a hell of an effort, but got no luck at all. that first goal for Caps was pure lucky, and I hope the Caps get beat next round.
New York Media: Is there any way we can blame Jaromir Jagr for this?
Well then. This is always the saddest day of the year. TV’s off and I gotta go. Can’t handle the post-game chatter. I think we gave it a great effort….god, I love this sport and team and hate loving it. .....catch up tomorrow perhaps.
Guys, you’ve all (mostly :) been a blast. later.
so, now what?
Yep Rick you’re right…
Hank has no help from his forwards. He played his very best on an impotent Rangers team.
Washington vs Detroit in the finals.
I wish some of the girls I dated would have laid down like these guys did. Pathetic.
The Rangers once again show their inability to play a full 60 minutes. One shot on goal in the third of Game 7. Pathetic.
Don’t worry, Rangers. It’s not like you guys are in Cap Hell or anything. Nor do you have $42 mil in cap dollars committed to ten players. Enjoy losing your two best RFA’s (Callahan and Dubinsky)! Enjoy 10th place next year!
hey, its only a game guys. we have forever to enjoy our favorite team!!! rangers fans will all go to heaven!!! love you rangers!!!!!!! love you fellow fanatics!!! i consider this a big win for us in terms of a new era in a sense. the torts era. we played the best game all season tonight. we didnt roll over and die. long live the new york rangers!!!! hey caps- kill the pens!!!!!
LIFT YOUR GLOVE!!!!!
I’m really sad to see them go, but part of me is relieved. The suffering is over!
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Thanks for your work here, Rick and Jane!
I’ll be checking for updates on occasion when I have to procrastinate at work, and whenever the free agency signings start. Have a great summer everyone who endured this stressful up and down season.
Well – after this. Im rooting for the Caps to go all the way. I hate the Pens, Devils – Carolina & Boston I could give a sh*t about.
Varlamov is a pussy and so is the troll posting with his name
The most depressing thing is the fact that I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel for this team. We’re stuck with a bunch of huge salaried underachievers, and we won’t be able to afford a legitimate goal scorer. Oh gosh!
Thanks again, Wade…(censored).
Hey, Carp. Thanks for hanging in there with us right up to the end. You’re the BEST, MAN.
VARLAMOV_ GROW UP DUDE> BE HAPPY YOU WON> YOU really have a life dont you? be happy we gave you guys 2 straight games. be happy you sucked for so many years that you had the chance to draft some of the best players in the world. show some class man.
i have faith in next year…an offseason with tortorella involved and a full year with tortorella
Lets go Hurricanes!
MAKO i second your salute to redden. I know we really had no offense all season, but they took the #2 team to 7 games,and that’s still heartbreaking. A lot of guys have to be gone next season, including Sather.
Bettman got what he wanted, so who’s whining and cheapshots and leading with elbows gets called in the next round?? Bettman must be besides himself.
jj – I don’t think they laid down – that’s just all the ability they had.
Thank you Rick and Jane for all of your hard work. Cant wait to hear what does on in the off season….
need to get some scoring, if not we will be in the same or worse position for 09-10.
varlamov, go away
diaf
RANGERS OUT PLAYED AND TOOK IT TO THOSE CLOWNS , ...losing is just , just lame and I need to go shoot a game of crochet and kick some azzzz while we still have day light !!!
1st Goal overrated was right….we controlled 2 periods and sh&t the bed in the 3rd to lose it
Bottom line:
1. We were TOTALLY outplayed in ALL of the 7 games. We were never even close, in all fairness this should have been a sweep considering the difference in skill.
2. Its a miracle that this team got to the playoffs, it really is.
3. Next season is going to be reaaaaally intresting, go torts!.
4. Rangers Report; you guys rule.
5. I still love the rangers. Forever!
the nhl is an absolute joke
no call on the blatant interference on avery, no call on girardi getting high sticked, no call on when avery is knee to knee hit, no call when he is taken out of the play.. every other time the rangers dump it one of the defensemen gets in the way or grabs them no call
this is what they wanted to see? one team absolutely out work the other and get f-cked by the refs?
I’d be ok never again seeing Zherdev in Rangers blue.
wow trautwig and duguay were definitely crying, this just sucks guys…
Once again, passing around the outside with no one going up the middle. No “go to” guy. Unbelievable.
hey guys im off for my nap, see you in september
There has to be a way to unload one of those contracts. Priorities – resign Dubi and Cally
jj
April 28th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I wish some of the girls I dated would have laid down like these guys did. Pathetic.
jj- thats cuz you dont know how to please a woman. the rangers played their asses off. go cry in a corner ok
Hell yeah!! Chips and dips time baby! FINALLY!
ONE SHOT in the whole third period?
“had a great 40 minutes”
NOT GOOD ENOUGH CAPTAIN
for the second year in a row Dan O’Halloran knocks us out of the playoffs
that man should be fired
and scalped
Chris is absolutely right. The fix was in.
hey Varlamov > Hank enjoy getting beat in the next round. rookie goaltender and suspect defense against PIT or NJD/CAR…good luck with that.
for how poorly the NYR played in this series, the Caps were just a little bit better. i hope that makes you feel good about your team.
whenever the caps bow out, you can at least follow the nationals and then the pathetic skins.
Hey thanks for all of your Heart CAPTAIN CLUTCH!
my fiance just said something that i want to get your opinion on….
mind you, he doesnt watch much cuz he’s usually at work but he did say, from what he saw, he asked me why the guys on the Rangers seem to get mowed down. He said the only guys he saw even TRYING to hit the Caps were Avery, and the 2 young guys i like ( Cally and Dubi). He said a lot of them looked like they werent really trying.
Alex T , you are an idiot , we out played these bozo’s tonight and you think we should have been swept!!??
GET LOST LOSER you suck , the only thing you got right is Ranger Report starring Rick N Jane is the best.
drury’s excuse – “we played too hard in the first 40 minutes so we couldn’t play the last 20”
disgusting.
watch what I say to Giannone now!
Proud to be a Ranger fan right now.. they played their hearts out tonight..
Thanks for everything Rick and Jane!!!
Lets go Blackhawks!
I am not blaming Lunqvist – Fedorov had a hell of a shot!
The reason we lost the game: WE LACK FIREPOWER! The people who were suppose to bring that: BLOWmez, Drury, Naslund, Zherdev all had horrible games!! I think most rangers had good games tonight, but the guys who were supposed to put us over the top were no-shows!
Blowmez really hurt this team tonight. He was completely ineffective. THis guy can’t make a play
I am not blaming Lunqvist – Fedorov had a hell of a shot!
The reason we lost the game: WE LACK FIREPOWER! The people who were suppose to bring that: BLOWmez, Drury, Naslund, Zherdev all had horrible games!! I think most rangers had good games tonight, but the guys who were supposed to put us over the top were no-shows!
Blowmez really hurt this team tonight. He was completely ineffective. THis guy can’t make a play
I was just wondering if the caps and pittsburgh split the ref’s salary 50/50? or if pitts is still picking up 75% like last year. which opens an intriguing question… how can they handle having all those contracts and staying under the cap. ref’s make a lot too.
chris,
we didn’t get f-ed by the refs. rangers didn’t score. rangers didn’t score all series. rangers didn’t score all season.
rangers could have had 10 powerplays tonight, and the result would likely be the same … rangers couldn’t score on PP either.
This loss isn’t going to affect Captain Crutch’s golf game.
Unreal…the entire season is summed up in the phrase; shouldve scored more goals than we did. Had chances, refs were not friendly, Hank played great, Torts was solid, missed Betts, the caps should have been scrambling with a min left, hopefully Z and Redden have a different locker room next year
Just for once I would like the post game interview to include the phrase “we sucked tonight.”
None of this “we played really well” garbage.
Alex, spot on man
Should be an interesting offseason.
Rangers played their BEST HOCKEY of the season tonight.
DRURY = 5 SHOTS ON GOAL, -5 RATING (GTFO OUT OF NY YOU BASTARD)
Still, RANGERS PLAYED A GREAT GAME tonight, their most SOLID hockey of the season. It’s a shame they lost tonight.
Thank you, Wade Redden, THANK YOU!!! For proving exactly why you dont deserve your absurd contract.
Why on EARTH would you EVER give Federov THAT much time and space? Seriously.
Blowmez still smiling at the end with his interview.
lol giannone just called scott chris
Gomez is a douchebag!!!!!!!!!!!
Silly Giannone called me Chris! My name is Scott!
i love you all, trueblue forever LETS GO RANGERS….avery dubinskly were unreal tonight-this is painful it really really is but give the caps credit….
bottom line is we have to get pucks to the net-our dman have to be better at getting pucks towards the net….how many times did u see mara just dump the puck back down low-yes its good to do that but u gotta get pucks to the net
GO RANGERS
Guy should stay in De , another pud!
do they have to interview gomez? and if you do, at least get his name right.
what? we only had 15 shots?? hey mike green- the mohawk went out of style in 1985. u look as goofy as engblom
Mr Carpinello I can’t find your email so i’ll just type this up here-
Thanks so much for coming in mid season and doing an incredible job with this blog. I’ve been saying it since I first read one of your articles on the Rangers- You are the best. I really hope we get your for a full season next year. Feel better.
Regards,
James Gerace.
Rob F. – You think Mess would have said something like that?
Gee-a-none just called Scott a Chris! LOL
Hank is the best thing to happen for NYR in a while, but…
glove-side high, glove-side high. At least we went down swinging.
Go Chicago!
ZzZ…
Calm down. Its my opinion. Chill, dude. I feel as bad as you do, but even though we played better tonight, could you really say that the caps werent better? If not, then we agree to disagree, its ok, you know…
Thanks Carp and all the True Blue. We made a good run. Should be a great summer.
Love you all.
Bob
Varlamov >>>> Lundqvist
For the series – Lundqvist gets my first star with Callahan a close second. On D, Rozsival was the best player out there.
Worst player in my book, Zherdev, he was a ghost. No guts in the corners, a crappy forecheck and I’m convinced that he can barely pivot. I truly hope Sather doesn’t resign this one dimensional, passionless loser.
Better team won the series but better team did not win the game. Refereeing was atrocious even by NHL standards. Favorite line: Sam: “No penalties in the second period.” Of course not Sam, Rangers were outplaying the Caps at that point. Ovechkin refereeing his own game- very nice. Avery, who once was among the league leaders in drawing penalties now can’t possibly be fouled. That roar you heard at the end of regulation was Bettman having an orgasm. Someone should drop a rock on that slug. NHL really s-
t itself in this seriesWHA had more integrity. Hold on, I think they just figured out who bit Duby. BTW refereeing in Devils game sucks too- heard Don LaGreca say refs are chosen on merit system for playoffs… if that were true nobody’d be reffing these games. Back next year to see what new way the league has chosen to ruin my game.Rangers played a great game – but as usual we never get a bounce and refs don’t ever give us calls.
2 things
1)If Rangers had Jagr, they would have won series
2)The team still suffered from Renny’s influence, not shooting, being too defensive minded at times and not conditioned for the last period, when they ran out of gas again.
It not the end of the world, just the end of a season
it was a good run and fun with all you Ranger fans
thanks Carp & Jane!
Salty, YOU CALLED IT!!! TRADE DRURY!!!!!! Worst captain (if you want to call him that) in Rangers history. He sucks and has to go. And then when he does, he’ll score like 50 goals for someone else. So lets see…Get rid of SLATS, DRURY,Zherdev (glad I didn’t buy that sweater), Redden, Voros, did I say SLATS??? In fact, I can’t stand most of this team. There are a few hard workers in the mix, but for the most part, there are a lot of Malik-like bums. I am so sick of this crap. every other team in the NHL can score on the power play…why cant the Rangers????
Mako, if you think Gomez sucks, then what do you think of Drury??? Gomez at the very least makes plays. Drury just does nothing.
JJP is right. Zherdev was a ghost. The guy seemed to have so much potential early in the season. It’s no wonder his old team gave up on him.
Chris Drury: “I’m not going to let this ruin my Mother’s Day.”
Im sorry the Rangers should have won this game.
>> Rangers played their BEST HOCKEY of the season tonight.
Rangers best hockey is worse than Caps mediocre hockey
Great effort by the Rangers tonight. Caps get a fluky double deflection goal and then Redden does what he has done all year, pull up, stand there, screen Hank and doesn’t play the man. Some of Lunqvist’s saves were just unreal. Rangers definitely need a go-to goal scorer. There is a bright future with our young guys. Don’t know how to dump the veterans.
Now on to my main point, the NHL tonight has shown itself to be the most “arranged” sport being played. This was about as scripted as a WWF match. Not only do other teams have free reign to do whatever they want to Sean Avery, tonight the Caps were allowed to interfere with any Ranger without any fear of a call. The high stick to Girardi’s head . . . Gomez gets tackled . . . the blatant hit on Avery away from the play into the open Caps door (which preceded the Caps first goal) . . . Avery dumping the puck by Green and then Green sticking out his knee and putting an arm around Avery to haul him down . . . Laich skating into Ludqvist . . . and on and on. The lack of calls was so blatant that it was laughable. There was no way the Rangers were winning this game folks. At least they put up a good effort.
Now some may ask why would the NHL go against the Rangers and the NY market? The answer is because Gary Bettman is a moron. It seems unbelievable but that is the case. You see he comes from the NBA and knows nothing about hockey. His mission is to bring the NHL to the masses. His model is the NBA and marketing superstars like Jordan, Magic and Bird. That’s what his plan is all about. The Rangers don’t have one of Gary’s preferred superstar kids. His biggest wet dream is to have Ovechkin Semin vs Crosby Malkin. All of this is skewed in that direction. Like I said, it was just like the WWF tonight. Hank almost ruined it for the Commish but a deflection off his own man was the difference.
Too bad that Bettman doesn’t realize that hockey will never be mainstream in the US and all he is doing is alienating the true hockey fans that loved the sport the way it was before his ticky tacky hooking penalties and his carefully scripted refs.
Have a good summer folks. Hockey is over.
I’m glad we lost because they were the better team and not because we gave it to them. Pretty sad but hopefully it’s a busy off-season… Carp any posts during the offseason?
Ok, time to bitch about the team even more until July 1st… where we’ll bitch again.. lol
The Rangers haven’t had a real captain since Mess was here. The less talented Paul Mara was more of a captain than some of these high-priced role players the Rangers have. Shoot, why not even have Callahan or Duby…so what if they are young, at least they have passion and guts.
Thank you Carp and Jane. You came in and took this blog to great places. I appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to the blog. I hope you have a nice summer.
Better team??? The Rangers scored for them!!
before you all leave just wanted to say:
Thanks Rick and Jane and all you awesome people who post here! Rick and Jane, EXCELLENT JOB keeping us in the loop of Rangerville! Fellow posters, You are the most awesome, funniest, hardcore bunch of Rangers fans I’ve ever encountered! It’s been a blast being able to post with all of you since January, you’ve really made it almost feel like home.
Love you guys!!!
diaf varly
Gregory
I was calling Gomez a douchebag because he cant go one interview with out saying something smart ass. In stead of being humble or disappointed he had to be a douche and correct John Giannone for calling him Chris.
hope they keep antro and aves. peace out all. ‘til next season. time for me to come home to my wifey Deb Placey.
Allright folks,
Thank you all for this season. It was fun… and really sad. At least renneys gone, ey bob?
See yall soon.
Thank you Rick and Jane..
Carp & Jane,
Great job picking up the blog this season. Thanks for all your hard work.
We all care more than those jerks. The millions will still keep coming in. They really do have no guts at all.
The Caps and the Pens will go head to head for the Eastern Final. I gaurentee it. That will give best ratings and that is what Beastman wants and it was proven in this series with the calls and the Pritysberg series with all the calls going Crysberies way. Any one want to argue with the Rangers effort this game? They were afraid to make any hits in the previous 2 games because of the Orange stripes. If you don’t agree, then you didn’t watch very carefully. Even the linesmen missed several off side calls. The DVR doesn’t lie and even the wife who accompanied me to two games this series is in disbelief when I show it to her. Oh well, whatcha going to do. We got a couple of no calls our way too sop I guess that evens it out.
why? we were palying so good, i was so proud… until the third period came along…
Well put Spraystop
Better team won the series but not the game. Atrocious officiating even by NHL’s rotten standards. Ovechkin refs his own game with season on line- very nice. Avery can’t possibly be fouled- before he came here he was among league leaders in drawing penalties- no conspiracy. The NHL really s-
t itself in this series.WHA had more integrity. Favorite moment: Sam: “No penalties in second period”.Duh, that’s because the Rangers were outplaying the Caps at that point in the game. That roar at the end of the game was a Bettman orgasm. Someone should pour some salt on that slug.Hold on, I think they figured out who bit Duby. Be back next year to see what new way the NHL can figure out to ruin my game. (BTW reffing in Devil game sucks too.)Don LaGreca said the other day that refs are chosen by the merit systemif that were true nobody’d be officiating.I say that NYR “fan” in MD shouldn’t post anything else. Telling guys to rot in hell ain’t cool man. Relax. Let reality set in for a minute. The #2 team beat the #7 team. Doesn’t matter what the series was at whatever point. This happens.
Penguins fan here…
Sorry, guys. I watched the game and I’m totally disgusted with the Caps putting down absolutely no effort and still free-riding to the second round. I was rooting for you guys something fierce, and the Rangers played with a ton of heart to dominate this game through 40 minutes.
The effort from Washington was nothing short of arrogant. The fact that they still won is a damn shame.
I’m telling you right now if Sather is still here in…..let’s say by this wekend he’s not going any where.
Every move sather made back fired-
This season was a total-WET FART
Doppler, I said last year…All the NHL wants is that cry baby Croby to win the cup right now. It didnt work last year but look at it again…They sure are getting the superstars close.
good fun posting with you all this year…see you at the draft posting!
I also would like to thank Sam for having this great blog and then for Rick and Jane going above and beyond the call of duty to not only keep the blog going but making more enjoyable than ever. I hope both of you have a great summer.
Hey NYR Fan in MD, please go away and never come back.
Thanks Carp and Jane for being so proactive with the blog and giving us fans an outlet to vent our frustrations, especially with this years team. I hope you guys come back next year.
I feel that my last parting words for the season would be:
SATHER YOU SUCK YOU EFFING DOUCHEBAG
I knew they would make it as painful as possible. Oh well. Not that upset as we all know this team was going nowhere. You have alot of work to do Glen
hey guys i just want to thank every one for making this season fun. Rick and Jane thanks for filling in all the holes through out the season.
In my opinion we lost this game for two reasons, lack of a scorer and the refs. I understand that they didnt want to call anything but if you call that on penalty on Gerardi then you have to call the horse takle on avery or any other hit on avery.
Hell of a game Aves. See you guys next season. Go Kings!
WOW! What a shift by the canes to tie the game at 3?!
Well, Terrible season, great place to vent that we have here…Thanks to all who are involved with running this blog.
Linda… if history serves as any indication… most aren’t going too far (except of course Beer Me who already has his 2010 Oilers jersey on pre order)
Carp and Jane, thank you. It was a pleasure reading you both, thank you for not only saving the blog, but pushing it to new heights.
3-3 devs/carolina
Sorry guys/girls, lost my cool. Too much beer and stress over this game.
Pathetic 3rd period effort. They surrendered. If only everyone had the guts and heart of Callahan.
Even a 39 year old Federov has more offensive talent than anyone on the Rangers. That says it all.
Hey, I just want to say a couple of things. First, thank you all for the kind words.
Second, thank you even more for all your passion and interest and for making this thing work. It was all of you guys, and while it was a bit of extra work for Jane and I, we had a blast. We really did.
Finally, this is not final. We’ll have some wrap-up stuff in the next day or two, and we’ll try to stay on top of the news and the draft and all the heck that’s going to break loose this summer as they try to fix this mismatched team. So please keep checking in regularly. If we find you guys don’t care about the off-season, that’s OK, too. As long as you do care, we’ll try to keep it going, even if we put up a couple of sentences just to give you guys a thread to talk to each other.
Oh, one more thing I mentioned earlier … before you shave the beard, please take an “after” photo. We’ll figure out how we’re going to do the Best Beard poll later on.
2 last minute goals by Canes. if they win, then buttman gets his wish, a Pens -Caps series so he can promote both his little angels.
on the bright side its now 4-3 carolina
Canes with 31 seconds 4-3!!! Holy crap!
WHOA! Canes score with 31 seconds to go in regulation. They’re up 4-3!
Jane and Rick,
]Thanks for the excellent job covering this team. Look for
OK, NYR Fan. I take it back. You can stay.
AWESOME game from the team tonight. Glad they didn’t lay down. They just don’t have goal scorers to compliment players like Dubi, Call….Wish we had some cap room :( so we can NOT address our PP again.
Have a good summer folks, go blackhawks!
“If Sean Avery is our best player we are not going to win a lot of games.”
Well, Sean was was our best player tonight. And we didn’t win. So I guess Torts was right.
My night will feel a lot better with a NJ loss.
wow…canes just pwned the devils in the last 1.5 mins
Canes won 4-3! YAY! Talk about choke job!!
I can’t believe the Hurricanes just won. Holy Sh*t!
I feel better know. F-you Marty
Wow. The metropolitan area hockey team gets swept in Game 7s. Both on late goals. Hope Versus and NBC are happy about that.
OK, let’s listen to Chico cry!
lmao Salty! i am glad you guys are active on the blog during the offseason! that should make it go a bit quicker. I’m hoping YETI, or maybe a new GM, gives me a birthday present before July 12!!! Or maybe horror show Redden will just retire, and Drury will accept a trade to LA! Gomez, I hope he goes back to Alaska and decides to get a job with one of the Deadliest Catch boats and give up his NHL Comedy career.
The biggest and first off season move that the Rangers need to make is getting a new GM….one that the game hasn’t past by. The atmosphere has to change around this franchise. We cannot continue to overpay for lesser talent while the rest of the league signs good young players who can skate and score and have some size, to manageable contracts that don’t handcuff the team’s ability to make moves in the future. We need to go younger and hungrier….NY can handle the growing pains…we just want to see effort and passion.
Devils give up two in the final minutes. Life has returned to awesome.
Congratulations, Carp and Jane. Your prediction was 1 game off. I’m sure you’re both very ecstatic. Hey look. 1000+ comments.
WOW Devils just lost a heartbreaker. I would like to see something similar transpire in Washington next round.
Will somebody,anybody that reads this blog and can get just two words to Mr.Dolan for me.
FIRE SATHER
Thank You in advance Mr.Dolan
Canes beat Devils 2 goals in less than a minute and a half! At least the devils lose…
I hope Lou Lamarielo will resign after this collapse [so we can hire him].
WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
:( :( :( :( :( :( :’( :’( :’( :’‘’‘’‘’’(
Wow, the NHL got the series they wanted in the end: Capitals-Penguins.
Eat it Marty.
haha. brodeur becomes choke-eur
Double-orgasm for Bettman tonight.
“Wow, the NHL got the series they wanted in the end: Capitals-Penguins.”
Swine flu for both!
1040!! count if you dare.
Carp, Jane, Sam, thanks for another great year of being a NY Rangers fan. There’s not much else to say tonight.
I hope Canes win the east. I don’t want boston, or cindy or overy
And there it is folks . . . Ovechkin vs Crosby in the next round. Gary Bettman just entered the Orgasmatron.
Pens Fan
Thanks for the sentiments. Good luck.
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTY!!!!!!!!! MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTY!!!
OF course Marty lost, he wanted the Bruins to have the Hurricanes so the Brooons can have another easy sweep.
Rick and Jane, the job that the both of you did stepping in and taking this blog to a whole new level is second to none. I want to say thank you both for all of your hard work. I have really enjoyed it. Thanks to both of you I have blown off countless hours of work and grading papers, and have absolutely no problem with it.
I have to say that I am excited for a full season with Torts next year.
I am beyond bummed out right now.
I know we are all going to deal with this is different ways, but we are all dealing with this together. This blog has the biggest group of loyal fans and we are like one big dysfunctional family here. It’s like we all come over to Uncle Carp and Aunt Jane’s house. Ha.
My wife and daughter are very excited that I am going to shave tonight. Don’t forget to snap a pic before you shave guys, and girls, ha.
It should be an interesting off season.
It will be interesting to watch the elbow leading Malkin/Ovey play each other. WHat will the ref’s do?
The only time Marty acts like a douche is to give the Bruins an easy 2nd round sweep.
ahhhh, Wade Redden. Reminding me why I hate you so.
Rick,
Thank you thank you thank you for your coverage of the rangers….thank sam as well before he left please keep this blog going-i know hockey doesn’t get front page status but please trust me the diehards want any information you have over the next 5 months…..this is by far the best blog out there-andrew gross is good but keep it going we appreciate it
devils losing in the last minute giving up 2 goals, made my night about 10x better. i called eric staal getting gwg too
Great job Rick and Jane, and neither of you acted like that dirtbag Pete Abraham does on a daily basis.
Wow, I thought we got a stomach punch by losing the series after being up 2-0 and 3-1, but the Debbies found a way to top that.
Brutal.
Rick said: “Wow. The metropolitan area hockey team gets swept in Game 7s. Both on late goals. Hope Versus and NBC are happy about that.”
Thats funny Rick! Sad but true.
Rick and Jane thanks for the very good work you’ve done for us…
Lets all enjoy the rest of the playoffs…Caps and Pens should be great…
We’re a very needy team but I was happy to see some effort tonite..it was right there…
Here comes the draft
FLA Ranger and ACDA… and all the rest. That is one wish that ain’t coming true. Sather made the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, and in Cablevision world, that gets you a contract extension if anything.
doodie machetto,
of course they did. what could the devils want more than to hand the brooons an easy 2nd round sweep? a stanley cup? Yea right.
Just wanted to thank Rick and Jane for a very entertaining blog and all of my fellow Rangers fans. I have enjoyed all of your Blowmez, Capn Clutch, and other spirited comments.
We need to get younger and stronger for next year, replace our do-nothing defensemen (how many times are we going to back up and let the other team dominate our own zone?) and get a real goal scorer…maybe that Jagr guy wants back in. As much as I like Drury, Gomez, and some of the others, they underpeformed this year and ultimately we let this series get away.
Enjoy your summer folks, good health to all of you and see you in October.
PS – misery loves company – glad the Devils lost…see what happens when your team actually shoots on goal…
i think i could write a book about how disgusted i am with this team right now.
i hate zherdev almost as much as wade redden.
we need a back up that can actually play so hank isn’t gassed going down the stretch. oh wait, we have absolutely zero goaltending depth! great!
you made this bed glen, now we have to lay in it. thanks for nothing. here’s to glen sather being another year older and that much closer to death.
FIRE SATHER!
Carp and Jane: Fantastic job. Best year for the blog yet.
At MSG, it gets you a contract extension for life, Rick.
Ken Daneko looks sick to his stomach! HAHAHAHAHA He looks like he is gonna cry!!!!!
One more thing before I go guzzle Nyquil … I didn’t care who won this game, and I’m totally exhausted. Just spent.
I cannot imagine how you guys feel. Sleep well. See you tomorrow or soon.
the debbies have more stanley cups than fans!
I cant see how Redden will return next year not only was he a traffic cone on the game winner, but after the time out with little time left with your best players on ice; our 7million doller defenceman was on the bench.
Chris Drury was heard exiting the ice saying “I’m not going to let this loss ruin my break.”
Ha, I kid, I kid.
Shesends, I honestly wouldn’t want a differnt back up…Vally is awesome.
Fire Sather. Get some scorers.
Go Chicago!
Brandon, I think Drury was already on break…in October.
couple of observations.. do you need to kill Avery to get a penalty on you??????? The avery double standdard is pathetic and obscene and a JOKE.
Rangers played good they cannot score, that is a problem in hockey. continue to go young; anisimov, grachev, etc.. the only FA would be a sniper, a hossa or possibly gaborik only if the price is right.
do not resign; morris, mara, orr, etc…they have a good hardworking base, they will miss Cherapanov a ton and go from there.
the first goal was total luck, if you can’t score your margin of error is zilch. avery should have drawn a penalty on erskine, and fedorov…
Resign Betts also. Sjustrom if the $ is very low else walk, he can skate but hands of stone..
Great job this year Carp and Jane, please continue posting and talking with us over the summer. Best blog I’ve ever been on, easily.
exactly Rick, Dolan got 3 more gate$$$$$, those 3 extra home games were money is his pocket. Doesnt he realize,if we had a BETTER GM we’d probably have better players with smarter contracts, which could mean MORE PLAYOFFS GAMES @ MSG!? The blind leading the blind. SO SAD
I will say it again, I’m thinking if the Dubi we saw tonight is the Dubi we see all next season, hell we’d all be more than happy!
To the Cap fan idiots (Varlamov>Hank), swap goalies and the Caps sweep. Varlamov didn’t have to make 1/4 the tough saves Henke did.
I’m going to rest a few days and then I’ll be back and we can start arguing about who we should get rid of….and how
Ya know what thats actually more fun than watching this team sometimes
Have a great night
Thanks for sticking it out with us Rick. You have more heart than Redden, Gomez and Drury for that ;)
And thanks to my faithful fellow Rangers fans for making this my favorite place to come and visit and make a part of my daily routine. Unless, there was something about Megan Fox on another website ;)
Im already looking forward to the Draft and see how the off-seasons moves go. Im not going anywhere and I hope neither do any of the regulars !!
Always TRUE BLUE!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
Let’s face it, the Rangers played well in the first two periods of this game—but not during too much of the series. They lack guns and leadership.
Need some real talent. Hopefully the cap won’t &*%^ us.
We can’t live by Hank, die by Hank for another season. Without the best PK in the league, imagine what this season would have looked like.
Gomez—you suck.
Go Torts.
Go Rangers!
Liza from LA April 28th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Hell of a game Aves. See you guys next season. Go Kings!
Lets go Kings and Jonathan Quick my Hometown Hero from Hamden High here in Ct.
Thanks Lisa!!
The next “King” of the NHL besides our King…
Drury was relieved the game didn’t go into OT, he wasn’t going to let it ruin his night’s sleep.
Hey Mako,Fill us in with the website!
Megan Fox on another website
ALWAYS TRUE BLUE….ALWAYS -only about 137 days until TRUEBLUE CAMP…..oh manwatching gionta is making the pain feel a little better….i cannot wait for sutter next…jeez if this was us-can you imagine these sucker devils fans leaving the “ROCK” oh man i am loving this-my hand would definitely be broken on the way out of the garden
3-2 game 7 1:22 to go and all of a sudden maartyyyyyyyy is shaking hands with the canes-PRICELESS….chicooooooooooooooo chicoooooooooooooooooooooooo
LETS GO RANGERS
Highlight of the season (or pre-season) – The Rangers won some cup (name which I cannot remember) in Europe just before the season started. It’s been torture ever since.
I hope the caps CRUSH the penguins and I hope ovechkin breaks Crosby’s face with one of those flying, charge-elbow, hits. And I hope Marc Andre Fleury gets exposed for the sham that he is and I hope that Ian Kennedy gets his face re-constructed during a fight with Brashear and that he ends up looking better than that pig face currently looks.
Most of all, I hope Ovechkin obbliterates Crosby and then scores like 4 goals at his expense and that Crosby whines and dives like a little penguin.
Ok. I’m done. Time to root for Washington now.
DopplerBob
HAHAHAHHAHAH If Rick could only post pics on her… I’d never leave here. Well, Im lying…. Im always around except when I travel :P
I used up alla my english. Atleast the devils lost and lost bad. F-U Marty!
Reduce, rebuild..reclaim.
So much for the Mavin with his sweep prediction
Ugggggh
True Fans Bleed RW&B
April 28th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I hope the caps CRUSH the penguins and I hope ovechkin breaks Crosby’s face with one of those flying, charge-elbow, hits. And I hope Marc Andre Fleury gets exposed for the sham that he is and I hope that Ian Kennedy gets his face re-constructed during a fight with Brashear and that he ends up looking better than that pig face currently looks.
Most of all, I hope Ovechkin obbliterates Crosby and then scores like 4 goals at his expense and that Crosby whines and dives like a little penguin.
Ok. I’m done. Time to root for Washington now.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah Go Caps…I hate the Pens. Crosby the baby-you’re going down!
Go Hawks
well damn. I really thought we would have broken our record and have 1,500 by now LOL Maybe all you night owls can do it !!!!
Thanks for your efforts all season long, Rick, Jane, and Sam…I don’t let a day go by without checking this blog.
Here’s hoping to a better season next year!
another thing, since we’re all on the Drury bandwagon ;-)
i dont care how great in the locker room he may be, how great on the food line he may be,or how great at organizing parties he may be..
HE IS NOT NY RANGERS Captain material. He has to have been the worst captain of this team since I started watchin hockey in 1978. Naslund and Gomez also don’t deserve their A’s. I hope Torts doesnt fall into the ‘veteran worship’ phase, I hope he actually strips em all and gives them to guys who earned it, especiall since he took over. Those guys would be Callahan, Dubinsky, and Staal.
Incredible game, great intensity down to the end. That first goal was gut wrenching. Thanks Hank and everyone else…
Not that I like stooping to their level but the Devils loss kind of numbed the pain.
brutal loss maybe the worst ive ever experienced as a ranger fan
my friend came over and said “the red wings are gonna win” literally 3 seconds before federov beat hank high glove side. he brought his kids over so i had to control my emotions
good night friends
I lied. Had to pop back. Important note: You all kept this blog going last summer when Sam was here, and I know you can do it again. There’s no where else to go, right?? And I’m not just saying that as a Carp colleague and fan….It’s true….Off to dream of something pleasant, I hope. Bye for now all.
Here’s hoping for a better season next year….
We broke 1000 again here and looking forward to Sept to break it again.
Time to hit the beach with my Ranger shirt and cap on.
True Blue !
True Fans Bleed RW&B April 28th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I hope the caps CRUSH the penguins and I hope ovechkin breaks Crosby’s face with one of those flying, charge-elbow, hits. And I hope Marc Andre Fleury gets exposed for the sham that he is and I hope that Ian Kennedy gets his face re-constructed during a fight with Brashear and that he ends up looking better than that pig face currently looks.
Most of all, I hope Ovechkin obbliterates Crosby and then scores like 4 goals at his expense and that Crosby whines and dives like a little penguin.
Ok. I’m done. Time to root for Washington now.
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I second that.
Caps all the way.
We got beat by a better team.
Why or why we did not show up for game 5 and 6 like we did today…........
Worst day of the year.
I wanted to also thank Carp and Jane and all the posters here for making it the place it is. There’s no other website that I check more frequently, besides my email.
Thank you all!
Now let’s fugg up those Penguins!
Let me write this while I’m still thoroughly pissed—because it’s positive, and that’s what’s important.
I don’t post very often, but I check this blog several times a day. While we live in very difficul times, we work very hard, make our paychecks go as far as we can, and find some joy in our Rangers (although much less joy since about game 12).
Some Rangers uphold the traditions of the team—Ryan Callahan, Mark Staal, Hank, Paul Mara, and Brandon Dubinsky, to name a few. They are the players who remind us of Brad Park, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Jeff Beukeboom…whoever you respected the most and truly enjoyed watching.
There are others who don’t deserve to wear the sweater. You know who they are. And, for the most part, they make more money in one year than we will make in decades. And they will fly home in a few days to their lovely summer homes around the world and not think twice about this season.
But we do. Because, as the expression goes, “We are Rangers.”
I just want to say thanks for the passion and insight you folks showed all year. You were at your best when the team was at its worst.
So life goes on. Chris Drury can go home and play with himself as he looks at his bank statement and his Little League World Series trophy. We’ll go back to our lives and let our baseball teams torment us.
Keep the faith, and take care of yourselves.
ABSOLUTELY GREAT post RetireBradPark’s#2, just outstanding!!! You captured what a lot of us are thinking but can’t reach yet because of the disappointment we are feeling!
cup94, worst day of the year but it’s a game i can be proud of. It wasn’t a renney game. It wasn’t a weak game where they didn’t try. They cared, they worked, they were in it and you could say they were the better team for about 45minutes there. I’m damn proud of this team tonight. Many people didn’t expect them to go to game 7, let alone be tied with 5 minutes left in a game 7.
Damn proud of the team that showed up tonight. Rozi and Redden played well. Everone else who’s expected to, played well.
The typical suckers did their usual (dreary captain and gomez sanchez), but hey, maybe glenn wakes up and moves one of them.
Drury or Redden needs to go. This team NEEDS to dump salary. Cally, Dubi and maybe Antro need contracts. Grachev needs to be up here immediately. AA wasn’t a liability and I bet he can crack the squad too. I hope Sather gets fired, and we get a real GM who can go after some real fire power. We have NONE. 15 SOG in a game 7?! REALLY?!
Great Post BradPark#2!!!!!
This really sums it up pretty well:
the series was a microcosm of the whole season
heartbreaking
Linda, MAKO, I agree. Thanks Retired…..Wow, you guys have made me obsessed with you all after just reading all season. I love being a Rangers fan….
I just want to say I’ve really had fun this last few months reporting and being a part of this. (Never thought over 1,000 comments could feel so mixed, but tonight it is.) Next year Tortorella will have a whole season with these guys, and there are reasons for optimism.
I’m sure Carp will be doing the autopsy over the next few days, so it’s not over yet.
Rick and Jane: Thanks for jumping into the breach left by that golf-writer guy. This is a great spot for Ranger fans.
Don’t count yourself out Jane :)....and it’s definitely not over.
well, i am going to try to relax and get some sleep. I might have to count Chris Drurys and Wade Reddens to make that happen, but then again, I dont want to be punching the man!! Thanks to all of you!
Showed so much promise but just couldn’t close the deal. Sounds like a team I know real well. Guys and girls, I just wanted to say how much fun it is getting to read all of your insights and insanity and say my piece occasionally. Rick and Jane, you guys rock for the constant updates and making this the absolute best Rangers site on the internet. I’ll be around for the off-season. Stanley Cup 2010?
PS: Avery played his arse off tonight and I loved it. So did Callahan and Dubi. Give them the A’s if not the C.
Hank, I still love you.
Lets Go Rangers
Jane
I completely agree. Torts was pretty much thrown into a situation. Renney and him are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to coaching. I dont expect to see Zherdev back, I’ll be surprised if he is. I kinda have to count on Naslund to be waived or traded for them to resign Cally and Dubi. Antro is definitely a keeper. And if Gilroy is the real deal, then maybe the Rangers can dump Roszi? Who knows. It will be an interesting off season.
I hit send too quick. But I would love for Mara & Morris to stay as well. Give Mara a letter
AND TO BLAIR BETTS——GET BETTER BUDDY!!!!!!!
Rick and Jane,
Thank you for making the Rangers Report the site I literally check over 10 times a day. It has been a blast to come here and watch insanity unfold day in and day out. Looking forward to an off-season of as many changes we can make.
RIP Beard.
True Fans Bleed RW&B
They stayed with them and had a great chance to win.
Great game by NYR, just did not have enough to close them out.
Wish we had some 1st line guys on the team.
it was a pleasure everyone. I thought if they did lose I’d be a lot more angry, but they played hard so it’s bothering me a lot less.
Take care everyone and I look forward to doing this again in sept
Matt
To all, a good off-season- I literally check this site before I check my bank account- so, it’s been fun and it should be an interesting off-season.
Is anyone else feeling sad not just because the season is over, but because that’s the end of hilarious, out-of-control in-game posts from this motley crew of posters at this great blog? That honestly has been half the fun of this season.
Oh well…time to study for the bar exam then get back to it in the fall.
Keep: Dubinsky, Callahan, Staal, Lundqvist, Girardi, Mara, Antropov
Dump: Everyone else
First of all, I plan to check this blog every day all summer. And I pay for home delivery of the Journal News too, so tell your bosses that subscribers expect hockey news all year please! Thanks for the great blog.
And to Glen Sather, who said after not re-signing Jagr this July that getting to the second round 2 years in a row “wasn’t good enough”, Please Retire Now! And can someone trade Gomez and/or Drury please?
FIRE SATHER
Yes, we lost, and the season is over but hey look at the bright side! At least we’re not Isles fans. Potvin Sucks!
1,223!!!!
I thought you guys played with more heart and passion, and with a better game plan then all the other games.
Kind of ironic, because thats how we felt in games 1,2, and 4
Great series…We are so excited, and feel confident beating a solid D-Team and a great goalie liek Henrik.
Sather is going nowhere. The Renney, Antro, Avery, and Morris moves got us into the playoffs again.
PLEASE ERASE THE DRURY MISTAKE
I just want to say, thank you to Carp and Jane for doing a great job covering the Rangers and maintaining this great LoHud blog.
You guys are awesome and I look forward to reading your posts this offseason!
Also, as great as it would be to be able to just blade Redden on the Fedz goal… that simply isn’t the case. It was just a complete SNIPE by a guy who has BEEN there before, playing in his 170th playoff game.
Hey guys, does anyone know a website where I can look at the Rangers salary cap and contracts?
only 2 or 3 penalties on avery that the terrible ref’s did not call..
it is the leagues right to treat Avery worse the neveyone else!!!Figure that our, that is the NHL a joke.
A bully injures a player intentionally, his team wins a nd moves on.. NHL justice, have to love it…
many new faces next year, go inhouse….......
Agree that Avery doesn’t get some calls, but he also dramatically throws in a lot of flourishes half the time when he swan dives through the air. That acting flair doesn’t help him get calls when he deserves them.
I know I started here late, but enjoyed reading this blog. I wish you all the best and look forward to see what Torts will do with this team.
I hope that Torts is not used as Sather’s next scapegoat and be blamed for this 1st round oust.
Sather must go!!....I know it will not happen, but it should.
Feel better Carp!!
I am very disappointed but going into the series i didnt think we had a chance. Wade Redden proved once again how terrible he is and i will think about switching teams if he is a ranger next year. To make the rangers cup contenders next year we need to:
Cut/Trade/Release: Redden, Rozival, Morris, Zherdev, Naslund, Drury, Antropov
With that freed up money we need to call up: Sanguinetti, Gilroy and Sign one big bruising defenseman
Forwards: We need a sniper in Hossa, Gaborik, Lecavalier
So I traded the pain of watching the Rangers get eliminated for the pain of the Mets attempting to play solid baseball. Oh well, misery loves company. At least the Devils lost in a more gut wrenching way than we did.
Thanks to Rick and Jane and all the posters that kept this place entertaining.
As a hockey fan I’ll still watch the rest of the playoffs, I suppose you get used to watching other teams winning the Cup if you’re a Rangers fan.
As much as I’d like to think they’ll be the type of changes we’d all like to see I am not going to hold my breath. The cap is not going up and if the Rangers were to start waiving all of their free agents then that would deter future FAs from signing or at least they’d have a ton of grievances filed by the players association. I definitely hope to see some the impending FAs walk but that’s another talk for another time.
Enjoy the off-season fellow Blueshirts!
“To all, a good off-season- I literally check this site before I check my bank account”
don’t worry, I already cleaned it out for you. no need to check. :)
there is nothing i can say that i haven’t thought before
thanks carp and mcmanus
I hope that sather chokes on his cigar…
Watch the Sharks try to dump Joe Thornton on us on draft day… Sad thing is I’d trade just about anyone on this team for him.
To: A SAD Ranger Fan
Here is a site to view all salary cap information for the Rangers.
Nice to see how we are eh?
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=NYR
Well, it’s time to start thinking about the off-season…I have to look up who some UFA’s are…and I know we say we don’t want Gomez, Drury, Redden, etc…but we have to think realistically about it…It’d be cool for everyone to come up with some realistic rosters for next year that are feasable.
One thing I’m positive about is that maybe some of our young guys found an extra gear tonight that they didn’t know they had.
I don’t post often, but wanted to thank all of the Ranger fans that have entertained me for the past few months. Carp and Jane, you caught lightning in a bottle coming on when you did, but did an admirable job. I hope you get paid by the post.
I just want to say the Rangers fans were outstanding in games 3 and 6 at MSG. The team really feeds off your dedication.
Thanks a lot Itan, it’s just the site I was looking for.
Sad day. Torts tried to get where Renney got for two seasons. Was Renney better? Only another season will tell.Aves played his heart (thankfully not his spleen) out tonight. Even an idiot can see he loves the NY limelight and when scolded and directed he’ll do whatever to stay here in the glare of NY lights.
Carp and Jane, thanks for picking up and keeping this blogspot going for us from the Great Sam Weinman. Was a pleasure having him back as a guest and as the moderator for the first half of the season. Carp you have some great analogy. Jane, your humor balances it. Look forward to off-season posts, especially with trade day (the unofficial start of the season)!!!
Thanks for all your hard work.
Hey Caps Fans…I just want to say that Caps fans are scum after the stuff they pulled…nice try being a wise ass
Hey All, haven’t posted here in a long time. Just wanna say, that while I’m disappointed, this game will help teach Cally/Dubi/Anisimov/Staal/Girardi and others about playoff hockey that they’ll use when they’re really ready to go for the Cup in a few years.
Glad they all got this experience and glad I got to see AA play one more game this year.
Evgeny Grachev and Tyson Dowzek are officially the last men standing in the organization.
Caps Fan
Thanks. And now I will pull out my Caps Ovechkin hat and root for you guys to go all the way!!!!
MikeA…hopefully Grachev can be ready for next season because we really need some cheap goal scoring…Hopefully someone will take Naslunds contract that expires after next year…that would clear a much needed 4 mil
MAKO were you being sarcastic? lol
I know you guys will think i’m crazy but the Pebble went crazy when they showed the Rangers score and they showed the players and coaches. I still think….. the devils and fatso had that in the back of their heads. The Rangers blowing 3-1 lead and losing game 7 with 5 minutres to go.
The Rangers are always in their heads!!!
They had the lead and were going to face (and beat) the same team! I could not believe it as it happened. I have never seen post game interviews like this. Nobody could talk!
All I wanted was the Rangers to show up tonight after the last two. I was there on Sunday and it was tough to take but at least it was not as bad as the group walking out of the pebble tonight. As Chico said this was the hardiest lost in Devils history!!
Drury is fine as a Ranger, he just isn’t worth his money. Atleast he tries. Redden and Gomez are worthless.
No complaints about Rozsival though, today.
nyhockeyrivalry.com
The only silver lining is that maybe the Dolan’s will throw us Rangers fans a bone and eat some money.
If the Avery situation holds for all players, than could we not waive a Redden and only get stuck with 1/2 his salary towards the cap…I think. Compared to the NBA, this is a slam dunk for a wealthy team like the Rangers. Think about how much coin Dolan has eaten on Isiah and Larry…not to mention the plethora of atrocious players salaries (too many to list).
To date, Dolan treats us Rangers fans like the biggest suckers around. No matter the product, the team sells out. We are loyal to a fault. This is why Hockey is the best!
When the knicks suck, people do not buy tickets. Dolan knows this, so year in and year out, he will throw as much money as he can at that joke of a team.
So, assuming we could not trade them…could we waive a redden, drury, and gomez? Surely at least two of them would be picked up by another team for 50 cents on the dollar. Bring up 4 of our better kids in the minors and get your new GM to sign two goal scorers.
‘09-’10 would a treat to watch, and could be the start of team we could love for a long time. Jimmy D are you listening, or are you still crushing over Slats?
I’ll tell ya guys, by looking at the free agents, there really is not anything of quality that we can afford…I really hope Sather doesn’t decide a guy like Kotalik deserves 5 mil a year
CS330…There aren’t really any goal scorers we can afford…I would rather tough it out next year with a team that has guts and courage, like a bunch of Cali’s and Dubi’s then give huge contracts to average guys but it’s Sather so who the hell knows
Maybe we can sign and trade Z and trade him/Nas and a pick or something to Tampa for St. Louis, who has 2 years left
I’d target Travis Moen from the Sharks (formerly Ducks) as a very cheap and gritty player who can PK and will hit. He’s a faster version of Voros. Other than that, there’s not much out there unless they can get Gaborik for a one-year deal but that ain’t happening. Byers and Owens should get a shot too.
NYRGuy-Grachev is so young so another year in the OHL won’t be bad for him. It would be cool if Brampton won the title though.
It is really hard to judge right now because we have no idea what the salaries of Dubi and Cali will be…I don’t see how we can sign Sjo and Betts back unless they get similar deals that they already had…at least our D should be set without having to sign anyone…just subtract Morris/Mara and add Gilroy and one of our young guys
NYRGuy
Again, not sure if its allowed, but imagine if you had 1/2 of even just Drury and Redden’s salary. Isn’t that $6.5MM to work with. If you included Gomez, its $10MM. Would you take a $10MM, 40 goal scorer instead of those 3…and bring up a D from the minors? You are correct in that the FA market is weak…but its more of the concept that am looking to get a view on.
How would you get half? There is no way the NHL would ever let them get sent down…the Players Association would have a fit
I think Henrik should play less next season. Keep him fresher. Get a veteran backup who can play 20 games.
I’d take either Mara or Morris back but not for more than $2 million and I’d still try and trade Rozi for something; if they can’t get Antro back I’m sure the Oilers would do Penner for Rozi. Between Sauer/Sags/Gilroy/Potter/Del Z at least 1-2 should be ready.
I’d like Betts back but only if AA is gonna be on the team and Drury moves to wing.
BTW I hate ESPN; they show a picture of a dejected Cally and the Caps celebrating; that’s messed up as he was one of the guys who showed up for every shift.
Unfortunately Morris or Mara for 2 mil might be too much..we have 42 mil to 10 players and that doesnt include Cali Dubi Z Korpi as RFAs
nap time
off season to do list:
trade redden, gomez and naslund to dallas for brad richards and some draft picks( dallas needs some vets and can afford it).
waive/trade voros.
let zherdev and morris walk.
sign mike komisarek and mike cammaleri
give potter, grachev and ansimov shots next season.
re-sign dubinksy, antropov, betts, mara and callahan.
That’s why Rozi gotta go NYR Guy; at least he’s tradeable.
Cally and Dubi get $4 million together (at $46), Antro gets 3.5 ($49.5) and the rest can go to younger guys.
One of our best games over the past few months. Everyone played to the best of their ability and Lunqvist made (2) great saves in the 3rd period. Unfortunately, he was beaten high again on the glove side with less that 5 min. remaining. What a shame, just b4 that goal Dubie missed just over the crossbar and wide. We actually could have won this game. Officiating was awful. Avery fantastic as was Dubinsky (Future Captain), Callahan, Korpi, Staal. We have a strong group of young 2nd and 3rd line players.including Ansimanov & Grachek. We still need several 1st tier scorers and a big defenseman. Happy Golfing everyone
Before the talk about possibilities for offseason…
I think the Rangers played so great those first 2 periods, its such a shame that we didn’t get a 2-0 lead at some point..but we didn’t, while still dominating the play and puck possession.. and then we let up a cheap bounce goal, amazing. Someone before mentioned i think every single missed call the refs had, and i dont disagree with any of them.. maybe all of them dont have to be called bc its a game 7, but the girardi call in the 3rd was shaky and then he gets high-sticked and we dont get a PP back???? the washington PP before that helped them get back in the game and get possession of the puck and control of the play, if they come back and call at least THAT penalty, maybe the tide turns a little bit instead of that dreadful 3rd period it turned out to be. And I knwo you all say, and Carp said “Besides, do you really want a PP?” But you know what, I did want at least one full 2 minute PP for us tonight. The way Aves/Dubi/Antro dictated the play and held the puck in the off zone the first 2 periods I would have loved to seen that for a 2 min PP with the extra room in front of the net on a 5 on 4, something good could have happend on the PP with the way we were playing tonight,believe it or not, like one of those game 1 antro wrist shots from the circle, and its f*cked up that we didnt even get that chance bc there is no way that with the penalties they called on us that we shouldnt have a few chances.. we all see how the NHL and refs have blackballed AVery if you will, as in not calling anything, thats right ANYTHING on a player fouling him.. its not right.. forever it has been that some players with bad reputations will get called easier than others, fine.. but the way they have done this with avery is not right, he is a player like everyone else….
I have alot to say as usual, so tryin to break the posts up and not one gigantic one..
Redden really played better than he did all season long in this series.. but how freakin fitting is it, as in story of the rangers year, for him to back off on the play with Fedorov and give him that shot… granted it was an unbelieveable shot, not blaming lundqvist at all, and I think it may have even touched reddens stick on the way in barely, but either way, he has to step up more, i dont care if your not a big defenseman, you play the freakin body, and he lacks that constantly.. its how you get taught to play hockey and defenseman as a young kid: STEP UP, cant tell you how many times its said during a game.. its just such a damn shame the last goal we give up of the year is in big part to Wade Redden, absolutely kills me.. and if that stupid bounce goal doesnt go in, who knows what happens in the rest of the game, every single play is so crucial and changes every aspect of the game, especially in the playoffs
on a less serious note
whoever made that comment about Joe Micheletti saying
“Wade redden was on his knees, made contact with Semin”
That line, and watching MArty & the devils crumble were some of the few things that brought laughter/smile to my face after the ranger loss, that was mad funny haha
More of the bright side; I think coming out of the lockout if you told all of us that we’d be watching playoffs four years in a row with a chance to make it to the Conference Finals in one of those years (2007) we’d all take it.
The fact is that no one expected the Rangers to be in the playoffs for another few seasons, so that has exceeded everyone’s expectations.
The truth is that this team was not a true contender and maybe this series will help get rid of some of the junk (think the Miracle at the Meadowlands for you Giants fans; it stung that season but helped them to rebuild).
This team is not ready to truly contend for a Cup yet. Soon, but not yet. So I thank all of the guys like Cally/Dubi/etc. who showed up and started the transition of the Jagr years to hopefully their team.
On Rozsival.. I definitely remember someone on here making a list of current rangers and whether or not and waht type of heart they have, and read “Rozsival – No Heart”
If last year him playing through the hip injury dindt prove it, then tonight better have proved it.. the guy continuously came back to get back in the game, he knew how rough it woudl be to play with 5 d the rest of the game, and im sure he was dying to play regardless of that fact
Rozsival is a gamer and he showed it all series long and he especially showed it tonight, besides the fact of coming back each time he played great every shift he was out there, he made one crucial mistake, if u wana call it that, and it was losing his edge and falling down in game 5 on that shorhanded goal.. besides that, and also in game 2 he tried to carry it for a touch too long in the 3rd late in the game in our own zone and lost it in front, besides those 2 plays i dont think anyone can fault him for his play
He might not ever earn the $ he is making, but just about every free agent every year gets overpaid, its just how it goes, it will never change, and he is still a real good defenseman at times, and if he gets back to the way he played in 06/07, 07/08 and in this series for next year, and not the way he played in the regular season this year, then i think we will b fine with keeping him, and we will get him shootin more on PP, but who knows maybe one of thse young kids, or even staal becomes a go to guy on PP eventually, im hoping at least
Real gutsy performance by him tonight and lot of heart
I think im done about the game, oh and as mentioned and was obvious.. Dubi and cally great effort again tonight, hopefully they emerger into 30goal scorers each in next few years, better yet next year.. i really have alot of confidence in them that their 3rd full yrs in this league can be huge strides.. Staal & Girardi are so good every game, so smart.. love the way avery and antropov played tonight too, also pretty obvious
Really wouldnt mind giving antro a chance here for the right price… will get to that next though
Agree Rob M.
I mean how can you honestly knock our D very much at all…? They showed up to play (more so than they had all season) this series, all 6 of them. Our $$$ Forwards are the real criminals here. Everyone knows it.
To NYRGuy, I agree, can we all start getting a little realistic about who we are/can get rid of and who we can actually sign.. eveerrryone knows and says we need a goal scorer.. i read one post “trade naslund/redden/gomez for richards” another: sign gaborik or lecavalier or hossa
Please people, get real, the trade is ridiculous, and we are not gettin lecavalier or hossa, and doubt gaborik either, he will get overpaid by someone and get hurt again, even though he is awesome when he actually does play..
What i also think is very unrealistic is the idea about waiving redden/drury/gomez to get rid of them or get rid of half their salaries.. not happening.. maaaybe redden a year or 2 down the road if he continues to not play good
guys zherdev is gone he is a mental case adios..
mara and morris(played very good tonight) are also gone no chance of being back.
Orr is gone also and porbably sjustrom. Betts will be back…Roszi is not a bad player, much better then redden.
they need AA to make it next year and at least 1 other young young winger. Grachev is young but why not on the team is he is a superior talent he sounds like???
they will have a team more to Torts liking and style.. they will be fine… more young guys then they have had in 15 yrs….........
Seems like im probably talking to myself here but everyone probably drank themselves to sleep after the loss, plus its a weeknight.. so hopefully people will see these tomorrow or i will repost them in the new post tomorrow if there is one…
So to be realistic, I’m pretty sure we have about 43.8mill used up in cap for 11 players as of now, Gomez Drury Naslund Avery Voros, Redden Rozsival Staal Girardi Gilroy, & Henrik.. Almost positive that whether or not Gilroy makes team it goes against the cap bc of 1way contract or something
so that leaves lets say 11 roster spots (13 F’s, 7 D, 2 G) to work with the amoutn of about $13 million.. DAMNNNN
so yea we are not gettin no Hossa Lecavalier Gaborik any of them, really have to hope Cally/Dubi can score 30 or near 30 each next year.. big increase for Dubi but we all know he can play the way he played in these playoffs all year long, not to mention having tortorella get to work with him through all of training camp and a full year and in a better system i think he can really benefit from it.. Also, we as rangers fans reeeeally need to hope callahan & dubi love NY as much as NY loves them, bc we cant spend alot on them.. not to mention the same regards for Betts most importantly, possibly Antro, & definitely Sjostrom but who knows if it will be feasible to get even just dubi/cally/betts/sjo alone without antropov
throw korpo in there too but i dont think he can demand too much salary, still young
what did we expect
I just dont see it all fitting.. Dubi & Cally have to be top priorities obviously.. u let Sanguinetti come up, maybe even Del Zotto hopefully, lets start them young its worked for Schenn/Doughty/Bogosian.. lets stop babying them and throw them in with the wolves, I think same should and may go with Anisimov next year, maybe even Grachev even though he is very young.. We have to build from within I dont want to sign some 35 yr old free agent for a couple million that isnt going to produce.. i dont think there is even an affordable UFA that can produce, going to have to overpay for guys that are even under the caliber of gaborik/hossa
Like I keep saying have to hope Drury & Gomez can have better regular seasons and hope Dubi/Cally turn into 30G guys.. also have to hope that no idiot GMs pull a Dustin Penner on one of those 2 guys.. get them signed NOW
I know we all want and need a real goal scoring threat but with these contracts i really dont see any big changes for next year, probably going to be young guys within organization.. maybe after next year when naslunds 4 million gets freed up we make a nice pick up, but by then staal will have to get long term deal and girardis deal will be up as well.. its just a big mess, I think we could hav gotten by with the Drury/Gomez contracts, and even the rozsival contract on top of that, thats 20 mill 3 guys, i think the Ridiculous Redden contract really put it all over the top and Sather has dug himself a deep hole.. got to just have faith in the guys we have to keep getting better, and for some others to get back to the way they were before coming here
agreed Stuart.. really a shame abotu Zherdev, I, and I think many others, were expecting a 35 goal season from him and some of those highlight goals.. i really liked him too at the beginning but he really has the kovalev syndrome, has night where he decides not to show up, and that being the case for the last month pretty much… cant have that and really didnt step his game up for playoffs, even though its his first playoffs still had to show more than he did.. bigger shame that we lost fedor tyutin for that, which ends up being NOTHING in return when we dont resign this guy.. i loved fedor so much i think thats why i had such high hopes, figured giving him up that this guy had to be real deal, guess not
Rob, perfect way do describe Zherdev. In October/November I thought trading Tyutin for him was a fairly even deal. I thought giving him better linemates would help his offensive game. After watching the last 2 months of the season (and coming all the way from New Hampshire to see his giveaways and terrible game 6 at the Garden) makes me think he really doesn’t care about the game at all. 0 points in 7 games? Absolutely terrible. No excuse for that!
PS gotta thank Carp and Jane for their work on the blog as well. Catch you two over the course of the draft/July 1st into training camp!
This team lacks a real leader- forget Drury.
And we all know , a sniper.
Until then, it will always be the same crap.
And as long as dolan owns the knicks and rangers these teams will languish.
simple…play the kids.follow the blackhawks blueprint…STOP with the “big FA” signings! we are stuck with the drury\gomez\redden trio…did anyone notice the best players in this series (and they were hard to find) were the kids that the Rangers developed? The Hawks let the kids play and then added a Campbell…build from within then add a veteran player when you see what you got…oh yeah and even though it wont happen SATHER MUST GO!!!
onecup-Cally/Dubi/Staal/Girardi are the leaders. Especially the first two, they grew up a lot in this series.
I wanna see Sauer on D next year; he looked pretty good in 2 of three games. He’s big and nasty and has a pretty good shot and can be the stay at home for a more offensively minded guy. He’s pretty cheap.
I’d like to see obviously AA but also Jordan Owens, Dane Byers (nothing left to prove in minors), PA Parenteau if he’s resigned, Dale Weisse, Sauer, Sags, Potter, and Gilroy given a chance.
Reminder; if you still need your hockey fix the OHL finals start tonight with Grachev and top 5 pick Matt Duschene for Brampton vs. Windsor. You can ever order it online for $6.95 if you really need a fix.
Dowzek and the WHL final starts soon roo.
Season of Transition:
To Start: replaced (F) Jagr/Shannahan/Straka
(D) Tyutin/Backman/Malik
Then:
Season of Transition:
To Start: replaced (F) Jagr/Shannahan/Straka
(D) Tyutin/Backman/Malik
Then: (D) Dawes/Prucha
Then Coach
Alot of changes , more to come
So half the D , more than half the F. more than half the team turned over from season to another. thats is alot
I agree with some prior posters that suggest we complete the transition to the youth then stay the course.
Bring in Anisimov, Parenteau, Rissmiller (goodbye Naslund, Voros, Orr)
Bring in Sanguinetti, Del Zotto, Sauer, Potter (goodbye Rozie Morris and Mara)
They would complete the youth movement started last year.
Jane and Carp,
Thanks for running this and keeping us all in line, while still letting us vent and share opinions. Rangers Report is easily the best site out there.
I hope we’ll see you back with us when the season starts, since you are both honest (and usually dead-on) in your assessments of the Rangers. Carp has been harping about the Rangers lack of scoring punch for months, and that—more than anything else—doomed us in the playoffs.
Actually, no, SATHER doomed us starting last June. F Sather.
Long live Rangers Report!
Thanks again Jane and Rick!!!
Avery was incredible last night-just a one man wrecking machine…however i sincerely think bettman has ruined his career-he just isnt going to get the calls from the REF-he was interferred with 3-4 times…..and the refs just let the play continue on…..no calls its a joke….
I stil think if the dman shoot the puck last night we may well be sitting here discussing game 1 against the bruins…the absence of the one time shot from the point and just the old fashioned wrist shot from the point has been non-existent on this squad since the lockout…..
everyone knows who we have to build this team around…..LETS GO RANGERS
Carpy, Jane, great work since you took the reigns.
That game last night was a typical 08-09 season game. They played 50 minutes and took 10 minutes off and it cost them. And in the 50 minutes they did play, they were pushed to the perimeter and behind the net with no one in front- can’t score like that.
For some reason, both of those capital shots had eyes.
We need a sniper and a pp quarterback or else it will be the same shit-show next year. Give Mess the GM gig-LGR
Agreed with all on the Defense. They were solid. Rozi showed some real grit and heart, you could see after that hit he threw along the boards that he was in major pain, but he fought it off and game back. Real tough
I wonder if Sather threw money around like crazy as a last ditch effort, before he retires
If he does not intend to be with this orginization much longer, why would he care about those big time contracts?
Just a thought.
LGR 09-10
Oh btw, the final two minutes of Game 7 summed up the entire season and playoff series. The inability to keep the puck in the opponents zone and the inability to score when needed.
LGR 09-10
Great, great effort last night. They can’t make it easy and lay down early, they’ve got to keep us in it till the end and break our stupid hearts again. Of course, we’ll be back for more next year at MSG where tiks will be higher and beer will be $9.00.
Lundqvist made some great saves last night and we wouldn’t have been there without him. BUT, he needs to work on the high short side weakness. Until he stops all of those, we will never see the holy grail. The league knows where his weakness is.
It’s really time for the mgmt to see if they’re happy making it to the 1st or 2nd round. It’s time to let the young blood come up and learn how to win.
Maybe this will make you feel better
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/11125/rangers_chl_prospects200809_review/
I didn’t see the rangers play 50 minutes…I would go for only 40, as usual.
What a lousy morning after…...
I REALLY REALLY REALLY thought we were going to pull this off last night. I couldn’t sleep. I’m at work now but I’m just kinda staring at my screen. UGH
Its obvious now that the divide between the top teams and the middle-ground teams is no longer that big
I mean it was right there for the Rangers taking…this young hi-flying Caps team was a deflection away from going home..
How about the choking Sharks?
Lets go Caps
that was hard to say today but will be very easy once the first game with the pens starts
It’s really F’d up that I had to watch them play as good as they did at the start of the game and put me in one of the best moods i’ve been in all week. I was at this bar in White Plains and it was the only place around that put the sound on for the game. I really wish they would have played like complete crap so I’d at least be pissed and vent out to everyone at work and here this morning, but they played with guts, and it angers me that they couldn’t have played with the same kind of balls in game 6. Last night was a tease, and left me with blue balls.
With all that being said, I will be rooting for the Caps for the remainder of the playoffs.
By the way
Dane Byers scored 4 goals in 9 games to start season in Hartford; misses rest of year..plays 6 playoff games scores 3 goals….
Total 15 games 7 goals
Some thoughts…
Someone help me with the buy-out hypothesis for Redden and Rozi?
I’m coming up with about $4M per year for 8 years and then about 2.25M ( for just Redden) for another two years
A HUGE price to pay ( unless the angry rich teams rebel against the Bettman/small market CBA).......
Presently its $11.5M per year for the next 4 years and then 6.5 per for just Redden for another 2 years
1ST to Rick & Jane,
You both have an outstanding job covering the Rangers throughout this season, KUDOS to you both.
To My Alltime favorite team THE NEW YORK RANGERS,
Thanks for a great season, I am looking forward towards the offseason acquirings. P.S.: Get Rid of Redden.
To My Fellow Blueshirt Brother & Sister Fans,
Roughly, 162 days until the 2009-2010 New York Rangers Season. Enjoy watching the poster children of the NHL battle it out & the rest of the NHL Playoffs. Have a great summer.
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I thought for sure those two glove hand saves would have boosted his ego for his glove. But yeah you are right. That IS his weakness and he has been exposed. I have been PRAYING for Allire to work with him on that.
1ST to Rick & Jane,
You both have DONE an outstanding job covering the Rangers throughout this season, KUDOS to you both.
Im still thinking Torts threw the water bottle on purpose to get the team fired up…
Notice the atmosphere was so much more civil last night…
You can blame everything on Friday at Verizon to booze..booze…booze…People drink like crazy on Fridays, and all hell breaks lose….
Ugh its going to be a LOOOOOOOOOONG summer. I hate baseball.
Redden SHOULD HAVE took out Federov coming down the side!!!! And LQ Im sure didnt see it because he shot the puck through his legs. sigh
Thanks Rick and Jane. Great job. Stay with us over the Summer, please.
If only we had more than ONE shot on goal in the third!
Kaspar
I would rather them buy out Redden – I still think they could trade Roszi for a draft pick. But as the Rangers Organization is known for re-signing Kovalev 3x, Kaminsky 2x, Ruchinsky 2x, Nedved 2x – I really dont see Redden going anywhere. :(
Pavel
April 29th, 2009 at 9:34 am
If only we had more than ONE shot on goal in the third!
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What are you trying to do…. wear out the poor guys?
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CAPS!!!!!!!!
Get rid of Drury, Gomez, Redden, Zhervalov
Do you think we can keep Dubi and Cali and Staal?
Bettman and the NHL Execs got exactly what they wanted, a matchup between Cindy and AO. I am now a Ducks Fan! (for the rest of the playoffs!)
Mako-couldnt agree with you more! baseball is brutalllllllll….roszival is so talented he really is, not sure why he wont shoot but the hip surgery definitely played a role this year-he was awfully slow every night chasing down the puck in his defensive zone
for the season:
Hank, Callahan, Dubi, Staal get A’s
Girardi, Betts, Sjostrom, Avery, Antropov get B’s
Gomez, Valiquette, Naslund, Morris, Orr get C’s
Mara, Roszival, Redden, Voros, get D’s
Drury, Zherdev F’s
Drury to me the bigges disappointment-from the game in prague where gomez set him up perfectly in game 1 and his hands are just to tight on the stick-this guy looks to get rid of the puck in the neutral zone or on the PP ASAP and your captain cannot be doing that…redden gets a small little pass because he stepped up his game in the playoffs but still i was one of the few who thought the redden signing would be HUGE-wow did i make a huge MISTAKE
Redden was decent during parts of this series but he folded like a cheap suit when it counted the most.
While Mr. Redden was admiring Fedorov come down the left wing, stop, load up for the shot, I was yelling at the TV, “Get your stick out, get your stick out!!” But no. Redden didn’t get his stick out. Redden didn’t go down and block the shot. Redden just stood there admiring Fedorov. And, screening Lundqvist. The irony is, most of the season I was yelling at Redden for trying to poke check instead of taking the body. The one time I was hoping he would poke check, he didn’t.
One year and $6 million down. 5 years and $30 million to go.
I hope AO takes a run at Cindy and they both get knocked out! At a minimum, Cindy will cry.
MAKO
April 29th, 2009 at 9:38 am
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CAPS!!!!!!!!
Your right, I rather see Ovechkin get further than Crosby
Thanks to the New York Rangers Organization for an Outstanding Viewing Paty last night at the Ziegfeld Theatre, kind of felt like a mini MSG
Domi28
April 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Thanks to the New York Rangers Organization for an Outstanding Viewing Party last night at the Ziegfeld Theatre, kind of felt like a mini MSG
scoring? why don’t we just sign some of these players in the offseason (all UFAs)
Cole
Hossa
the Sedins
Gionta
oh…wait…there’s a cap? and we’re at the ceiling?
damn
I keep reading about how great the Rangers played last night, but they had a really good first period, then… meh.
It was like they tried to play keep-away for the last 40 minutes. They’d cycle the puck and not get any shots on net. You can’t win if you don’t score and you can’t score if you don’t shoot. To just cycle the puck around the boards all game would have been OK if they were up 2 or 3 goals, but that wasn’t the case.
seriously how much cap room do we have
say mara/morris/zherdev/antropov are gonzo
Anybody think Marra shaved?
Bam Bam April 28th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Zherdev’s last game as a Ranger,
Morris’ last game as a Ranger,
Mara’s last game as a Ranger?
Naslund’s last game as a Ranger?
Voros’ last game as a Ranger?
Sjo’s last game as a Ranger?
Betts… was it Sunday?
Antropov’s last game as a Ranger?
Orr’s last game as a Ranger?
Korpi’s last game as a Ranger?
The first few don’t have question marks intentionally. The rest, I don’t think it’s entirely negative to ask. Some of those guys have been part of the “re-identification” of the NYR, post-lockout.
I really don’t think those guys are the problem. When our so-called ‘top’ guys don’t produce,then why should they? I think the problem goes a lot deeper than those guys you mentioned.
JAne and Carp:
YOu guys did great and we all appreciate it. And please keep updating over the offseason, all us psychos need the breakin gnews as it happens!
TOugh loss, but they left it all on the ice alst night.
Rosi hurt, Girardi hurt, Avery playing like a beast.
IT was a great game 7, period
So next season with Torts getting a full year plus a full training camp, plus input into signings and drafts should be very interesting.
I thinkthis is the best thing for him to build his team now. He knows who has ball guts and pride and who doesnt.
ANd I guarantee you if he sees talent in the PAck, no matter how young they are, they will be on the team next year
AA pretty much got himslef a spot on the team next year after last ngihts game
The fourth line was actually CREATING!!
Bright future boys and girls for our team.
NExt year will be fun
I’m rooting for the Hawks the rest of the way, purely because they’re the only team left without somebody I hate on it.
Ducks: Pronger, Niedermayer, Conway, Banks, Goldberg, Averman
Wings: Hossa, their organization for winning so goddamn much
Canucks: Sundin, Bieksa, their organization for not resigning Naslund and for knocking out the Blues
Canes: Ruutu, Brind’Amour, Cullen
Bruins: everyone
Pens: everyone, especially Crosby
Caps: Everyone, especially Poti, especially that they beat us
The Hawks don’t have any players that have been around, so I don’t really have anyone to hate… yet… Maybe Campbell for doing us wrong when he was with Buffalo? Ehh, but I hate Drury a lot more for that (and everything he has done as a Ranger since).
Maybe we can sign Prucha on the cheap, his value is at an all-time low thanks to Sather and Renney… although we might have to outbid Shittsburgh.
What a pathetic game. This team has a been a joke since February. Useless, overpaid players who don’t care. Welcome back to the pre-lockout Rangers, everyone. I’m sure over the summer Sather will do something fantastic like let Dubinksy and Cally walk then sign Zherdev to a 15 year contract. Last year, when they got ousted by the Pens in five, and the year before when Buffalo knocked them out, at least you could say they brought it every game. This series, though, was a total embarassment to the franchise. They didn’t deserve to the make the playoffs in the first place, and they had no idea what to do once they got there.
And even though everyone is going to blame Redden for Federov’s goal, that was probably the 9th or 10th time that Hank got beat going high glove side in this series. We have a team that can’t score, and the rest of the league has our goalie figure out.
Does this mean that the Caps and Pens can’t play in the finals? Joking.
I’ll root for the Caps over the Pens but moreso for the Canes over the Bruins. The team that left the New England area 12 years ago returns to face the Bruins. I’m sure you’ll see a fair amount of green, blue and white jerseys in the crowd in Boston.
Jane and Carp, great job and thanks for everything.
I don’t see that there is anyway that Zherdev gets a contract next year. Tender him one so we can get draft picks when somebody signs him, hopefully it will be an NHL team and not a KHL team so at least we’ll have something to show for him.
Is there anyway we can package Gomez and others in a deal for St. Louis? His size lacks but is up to par on Gomez in that and that addresses our lack of a goal scorer, especially on the wing.
Puck Drops Here,
I heard that Mara did shave last night but it has grown back already!
Doodie, I have to agree my friend. I am rooting for the Hawks to come out of the West. But I am rooting for the Caps to come out of the East. I always have this thing about rooting for the team that knocked my team out, unless it is the Devils.
A Caps/Hawks Final would be pretty damn entertaining to say the least.
Carp, I hope you are feeling better. When should we send you our final beard shots?
It feels weird to have a clean shave today.
Cross check Charlie
I’m with you..I hate that cycling crap…you control the puck for half hour without a shot, the other team takes 1 shot and scores
People dont come near me at home when cycling is going on…they know how I feel…its the equivilant of a batterstepping out of the box to re-do his wrist band every pitch
useless…its what 5 goal a year guys do to kill a clock ( like Betts and Sjo and Orr)
I hate cycling…
and any banana flavored drinks, snacks and breads..
But I love bananas!!
I like banana bread
I love the cycle – had we done that all series we would have won.
OK so this is whose Under contract for next season:
Dury, Gomez, Hank, Staal, Girardi, Redden, Rosi, Avery, Naslund, Anisimov, Voros
These are our RFA and UFA’s:
Zherdev, Korpi, Shoey, Dubi, Betts, Cally, Orr, Antropov, MAra, Morris, Valli, Potter
Obviously I would HOPE Sather is going to resign Dubi and Cally.
I think Antropov showed he’s worth an offer, albeit a reasonable one.
Betts and Shoey if they will work with Sather on the $$ side as well.
AS far as the rest, I think we have seen the last games in Rangers JErsey’s for the following players:
Mara, Morris, Voros, Valli, Orr, Zherdev
Korpi, Potter question marks
And if they can trade any of the top priced guys, but dont thinkthat is goign to happen.
Should be a very interesting off season
Kaspar – what about those banana chips? Those are solid.
Doodie, I’m with ya on the Hawks. I don’t hate them, yet. I probably will not watch but pay attention. Dam I hate the there’s always next year crap.
I LOVE Banana Bread!
depress-a-thon 2009
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, good night,
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight.
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, adieu,
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.
Party on the golf course—that crazy Coach T. is blasting everybody with a super soaker!
Crazy I tell ya!
“It feels weird to have a clean shave today.”
My fiancee is out of town on business. She made me promise not to shave until she got back, so I have one more day before I get the razor.
Although, I have gotten a few compliments… I might keep it. I’ll see what my fiancee thinks.
Also, even though I’m rooting for the Hawks, I’d like to see Wings-Bruins as the final Two original six teams, and in my opinion, the two best teams in the NHL.
I went 7 for 8 in my playoff predictions, and was 80 seconds away from being 8-8. Also, the Devs series was the one series I said I wasn’t sure about because I really wanted to pick the Canes, but everytime I pick against the Devils, they shove it in my face. Well, this time I picked them, and they found a very clever way to stick it to me.
So, for next round:
The big problem for the Bruins is going to be rust. If they managed to stay sharp, they will take down Carolina very quickly. They will just pound them down and punish Cam Ward. But, Carolina has got to be flying high right now, and I think Boston has a bit of rust. Carolina takes game 1, and possibly game 2 with Boston on its heels. If Carolina wins game 1, Bruins in 6. If Boston wins game 1, Bruins in 5. Either way, Bruins win.
In Bettman’s wet dream, the Penguins come out on top. The Penguins will be able to do what the Rangers could not: have an offense. They will beat the Capitals in 7 games.
Unlike the Sharks, the Wings are not a cursed franchise. Again, like the Bruins, the biggest danger for the Wings is rust. But they’ve been there before, they know how to get it done, and in the end, they just have too much talent for the Ducks to handle. Pronger and Niedermayer can only stop so many players. Wings in 6.
Hawks and Canucks is an interesting matchup because the Hawks managed to score on Kipprusoff, but Luongo is a tougher test. They beat the Blues in low scoring games, and I expect it will be probably more of the same, although a lot closer. Canucks in 6.
Bruins, Pens, Wings, and Canucks advance. Bruins and Wings in the finals. Wings take the cup.
Cycling is an important part of hockey. It generally tires out the defense and leads to the defending team taking penalties. Funny how the puck possession of the Rangers did not lead to any power play opportunities. I can’t recall a game where the Rangers did as good of a job as they did with puck possession. On the other hand, it really did not lead to many scoring chances with the exception of the 1st goal. All season long they were reluctant to put the puck on net. And the D shot every attempt wide. Very few shots actually on goal, very few goals.
Quick! let’s trade our first rounder in this year’s draft for Hugh Jessiman! Hurry Slats before someone else picks him up!!!
Doodie, I got a lot of compliments on my beard too. Weird. I took it as a compliment and an insult. Does covering my face with hair make me look more attractive? HA. My wife HATED it. I guess that is what matters most. But that is like your mom telling you that you are the most handsome boy in the world. Ha. Mike Ricci’s mom told him that, and well….we all know that just isn’t true. It was definitely starting to get a little itchy though.
My two cents on the Fedorov goal – That was a world class shot by a guy who, although he’s at the sunset of his career, has been a game changer for years and years.
I bet that 99 times out of 100 if you as a defenseman push the rushing player to the outside of the face off dot with no trailer, the play will culminate with a low percentage shot or pushing the guy behind the goal line. That was a super shrewd play on Fedorov’s part to stop and rip a corner wrist shot.
Redden unfortunately couldn’t go down to block it because of the separation. Fedorov as a lefty on the right side would have just skated around him into the slot for an even better shot.
You might fault Redden on the separation but we’re probably talking an inch too much, as the replay showed his stick was really close to blocking that shot if it didn’t actually deflect it.
Sick play by Fedorov to end the Rangers season.
I keep hearing rumblings that San Jose might move Big Joe. I would only ever take him in a swap for one of Drury or Gomez though. He is not going to score many goals, but he is a set up machine. He is a true number 1 center though. We need a true #1 Goal scorer. Gomez could be a true number 1 center if we had a goal scorer to play with him.
Ughhhhhhhhhhhgggggggg,
Horrible but this series was over once they laid the goose egg in game 3.
I wish they had brought the effort they did last night in ANY of the other losses.
You want to Hank to make that save but if that was Z taking that shot and scoring it would be the most incredible goal we’ve ever seen.
Really it was the lucky deflection that killed us… we work our asses off for 1 goal and they tie it without any effort.
It sure was a lucky deflection that killed us. That and not burying the other chances we had in the first, and getting only 1 shot in the 3rd.
BAAAARRRRFFFFFF!!!!!!!
“Funny how the puck possession of the Rangers did not lead to any power play opportunities. I can’t recall a game where the Rangers did as good of a job as they did with puck possession. On the other hand, it really did not lead to many scoring chances with the exception of the 1st goal.”
That’s exactly why it didn’t draw any penalties. They didn’t threaten the net, so Washington was able to just play them around the outside, and weren’t forced to take a penalty to stop a scoring chance.
The Rangers have no major scoring threat that can attack the goal in a way that will draw defenders and penalties.
Doodie,
I agree with you on Boston, who is now my team.
However rust or no rust…Boston in 4. They are just too big and strong for the Canes. They play great D, have a very good offense and there Goaltender is solid.
Oh Pens and Caps…Crap can’t they both go down, I hate them both…LOL! I say Pens in 6.
Wings and Ducks… First of all…HAHA SHARKS, YOU GUYS SUCK TO HIGH HEAVEN EVERY SPRING! They are officially the laughing stock of the NHL!
I say Wings in 6.
Canucks and Hawks…I am going the the Hawks in 7. I like the Original 6, what can I say?
GO BRUINS!
I don’t think Ricci’s mom could’ve said that with a straight face because Ricci’s face isn’t even straight! If you put “Mike Ricci” into the google toolbar, one of the search suggestions is “Mike Ricci ugly”! Hell of a grinder though. One of my all-time favorite players.
And I don’t buy that Gomez argument. He had Jagr and Shanahan last season, and didn’t look like a #1 with either of them.
For some reason, I can see Gomez and Kovulchuk or Gomez and Hossa making some magic. But hey, we could definitely debate that they wouldn’t do a damn thing either.
I would like to see a whole year of Dubi Antro and Avery. They were flat out the best line on the ice last night.
And I don’t buy that Gomez argument. He had Jagr and Shanahan last season, and didn’t look like a #1 with either of them.
Yeah, right… they led us to the promised land.
I agree with Nasty 1, Gomez is a set up man all the way playing with no one to set up.
When they interviewed Gomez last night between periods, I could have sworn I saw a $100 bill poking out of his hat…
Did anyone else see it?
The more I think about this team the angrier I get at Sather.
I’m kind of happy this season is over, it was frustrating beyond belief and I need a break.
I was never one for having the Rangers sign Kovy – but now HELL EFFING YES!!!
Dump Mr. Little League MVP. Sign Kovy!!!!
I don’t like the Gomez is a setup man crap. Who has he set up this season? Its not like he was setting up his wingers and they were just missing. His passes rarely got threw to the players. He is making his money and he’s happy end of story. Get rid of him…
He is as soft as Zherdev…
If I had to keep one I’d keep Drury. He played through injuries and was clearly injured this postseason. While he is not the best captain, he does have heart and plays hard.
Gomez coasted through most of this season
Staal
you mean the Under Armour had it was wearing?
*hat
The players must be going to the training center this morning to mop up. I wonder if we’ll get a report from there.
Nasty clean shaved does feel weird but my wife hated it and I had had enough of it. I wold have gladly kept it if we advanced.
Nothing will take away the sting of today but the Devils also losing helps.
Drury played with a broken right hand in the NY Post, cut him some slack…
Thoughts from the morning after:
Gomez needs a scoring winger.
Dubi needs to have a bigger role on the team.
We gave it all we had last night, and could only score one goal. It wasn’t Renney or Tort’s fault, this one is on Sather. So frustrating to think about us OWNING the game last night, then Dederov comes down and rips one past The King and wins it.
I’d rather keep the young guy over the vet, so i say keep Z over Antro. Z has the talent to make things happen, and if anyone’s going to drag it out of him, its gon be Torts. We have to start bringing up some of the kids from Hartford. Aminisov, Ssuer, Potter, Byers, Parentau, etc. We can’t reign most of our FA’s, so let the kids play. I’m ready to see the youth movement.
My picks for round 2 after going 8 for 8 in round 1 (8 for 8 picking the winner of the series only – not the winner and the number of games – in that i was 0-8… wierd). Anyway:
Carolina in 6 over Boston
Pitt in 7 over Wash
Det in 6 over Ann
Couver in 7 over Chicago
Joekuh,
keep Z? Why? he sucks…But Sather will find a way to sign him to some outrageous contract…
I agree with so many of these posts there’s no need to add anything else, I will say this: Colton Orr needs to be resigned, we need an enforcer becauase there is no one else on this team who is tough enough. The Rangers did not have a ton of injuries this year and Colton played all 82 games? Coincidence? Not at all, sure there’s some luck and the training staff does a great job, but opposing teams are less likely to take liberties with the other guys when Colton is dressed. I think what happened to Betts speaks for itself and remember last year in Philly?
Another thing to consider about Orr: no matter what you may think about his offensive abilities, he has improved as a player each year he’s been a Ranger which means he gives a sh*t which is more than I can say for some of the more “talented” players on this team.
Carp and Jane—- thanks a million, it’s going to suck coming to this blog in July and seeing a post that’s been up for two weeks.
Parros I was 2 for 8 in calling it with the games played. I had Ducks and Pens in 6. 80 seconds away from 3 for 8 (Devs in 7).
Doodie that is pretty solid. Calling the series winner is one thing but nailing the number of games it takes is an art. One I apparently stink at!
the better team won the series, Hank wasn’t (couldn’t be?) good enough to overcome what Carp has corrctly pointed out all season: the team simply lacks the skill to compete – if Zherdev is our best skill player, we have problems… they need as much of an overhaul as possible given the contracts on the books – this will not be easy, but it would be good if some not named “Sather” is tasked with this chore (I mean, who maxes out the salary cap handcuffs the team for 4-5 years, with this group of players, sigh)
Carp and Jane great job all year, thanks – this is the only blog of any sort I read/sometimes write on – fantasic work… I will be on the look out for the roller derby blog til the draft info is out…
in the meantime, take is easy all, and enjoy the summer.
I am going with these picks:
refs 4 Bost 0 and Canes 2 Bost advances
refs 7 Wash 0 Pitt 0 Pitt advances
Det 4 Anh 1
Chi 4 Vanc 3
“I think what happened to Betts speaks for itself ”
Orr was dressed. That was no deterrent.
Orr is useless because he never stands up for him teammates. Most of his fights are prearranged against other fighting goons, not the kind that make other players fear retribution. He also can’t hit anybody because they are long gone before he arrives.
Say I’m player X, and I want to take a cheap shot at Callahan. I take him out. When exactly is Orr going to get me back? I won’t fight him. Now what? Is he gonna hit me with a body check? Good luck! Even if he did, he isn’t even that good of a hitter. I’d be much more worried about Callahan tagging me later in the game than ever being hit by Orr.
He definitely has improved his skating, but he still sucks.
Get an enforcer that can actually play the game, like David Clarkson. Orr is a waste of a roster spot because if he isn’t in one of those prearranged fights, he’s dead weight.
Reports are that Drury’s injury was a broken hand.. Can’t really jump on him too hard. Guy was playing hockey with one hand. Anyone who has ever played this sport before knows that it’s tough enough with two hands.
ctrain and stuart
yeah we get all that. But why have your “most important player” at 50%. He cant take faceoffs, he cant shoot. Its useless… Yeah he showed b*lls buy playing but then again how many plays would have followed through corectly if he was healthy or another player was in his place?
Drury sucked with two hands as well.
Well, would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, it is over and now let us focus on the off-season.
Here is my checklist:
Buy the Rangers from Dolan
Fire Sather and have him executed…ok, maybe not executed, but banned from the US.
Buyout the contracts of Redden, Drury, Gomez, Naslund and Rosi
Just give the young guys a chance next season; you can’t get any worse production from them.
Re-sign Cally and Dubi
Let Z, Morris and Antro walk
Do away with any tacky giveaway and that stupid “Lets Go Rangers” chant that person does over the PA.
Add toughness to this team.
I could only dream!!
It will be Detroit vs Boston, with Detroit winning in 7.
We were pretty much injury free all season cause they played Renney’s dumb low-tempo (for lack of a better word) game! How could you get hurt? They didn’t even sweat.
Maki it shows how the rangers lack depth that Drury had to play with 1 hand.. I also gree with Doodie, hey I like Orr he is a good guy but you cannot play a guy with zero skill. clarkson is not a heavyweight but is tough and he can play..
Maybe Byers can be that guy.. They do not need a heavyweight but they need a few guys who can play and are tough.
zheredev is gone the guy disappeared and if he thinks someone else will pay him big bucks he is delusional.
antro I would take back at a short term and reasonable contract, 2 yrs. $2.5 mill..he can score 25 goals/
again they need to guy 4 lines next year and populate them with many 15 to 25 goal scorers mostly 20, that is there reality…korpedo, cally, dubi are back, they will get modest raises… there will be 2 or 3 new guys on the blueline, 2 of them will be rookies….
all is not lost… roszival can be moves if you want he is better then people think. redden is unmoveable.. drury is a 25 goal scorer in a good team.. gomez is a 80 point guy on a good team. dubi and korpedo need to shoot the damn puck..
Anisimov has to be on the team. If they can move Naslund that would teally help….Grachev if he deserves a promotion do it, forget about his age.. guys that dominate in lower levels do that for a reason!!!!!Staal went from Sudbury to NY and for a defender it is tougher.
they need at least 1 legit scorer if they can get 1!!!!!!!!!
New post.
Doodie Machetto
April 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am
“I think what happened to Betts speaks for itself ”
Orr was dressed. That was no deterrent.
Orr was not dressed in game 6
Jane and Rick thank you immensely for taking over this blog and all your hard work. I enjoyed it thoroughly! I want to thank all the Ranger fans and their heartfelt enthusiasm. I don’t always agree with your comments but you help me to formulate my own opinions. I for one hope to come here during the off season. It has been the place for me to come and get 1st class info and opinion. I hope that this season either results in the end of Sather as GM or he has an epiphany and learns how to operate under a cap and has someone else evaluate talent because he clearly cannot do either.
Jor71
April 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Well, would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, it is over and now let us focus on the off-season.
Here is my checklist:
Buy the Rangers from Dolan
Fire Sather and have him executed…ok, maybe not executed, but banned from the US.
Buyout the contracts of Redden, Drury, Gomez, Naslund and Rosi
Just give the young guys a chance next season; you can’t get any worse production from them.
Re-sign Cally and Dubi
Let Z, Morris and Antro walk
Do away with any tacky giveaway and that stupid “Lets Go Rangers” chant that person does over the PA.
Add toughness to this team.
I could only dream!!
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I share that dream with you!! I’ve been dreaming of the Sather part of it since he got here! If only this dream could become reality!! Maybe he’ll get the man-bear-pig flu
I made my case about Orr being the most indispensible
player on the team in another blog. ( Mind you now, I didn’t say the most Valuable!) There is a difference. He is all that keeps the rough riders from making mincemeat of the less accomplished pugilists among the Rangers, and he takes very few penalties other than the fighting ones. He knows the game and above all he knows his position. He realizes that he’s not an accomplished skater or scorer but he gives everything to his team mates and he in seventh heaven just be be a member of the NY Rangers. He is one of the most devoted players on this team – I believe that he
deserves to be with Rangers for a career. They can make room for him.
He reads plays well, and is seldom the subject of giveaways, and he is one of the most feared fighters in the league. He would help more of his players on an individual basis if he were on the ice with some of them when they become fouled. But there’s little he can do when he is on the bench. There are ways a coach with intellect and a bit of audacity can use him more efficiently.