Getting set for the Leaves vs. the Rangers (gramatically correct “Leaves”). Same lineup as last night except Lundqvist.
Had a chance to ask Tortorella what has surprised him so far this season.
“I wouldn’t say surprised,” he said. “You have to be happy with how the kids are playing. We have a fairly young team. You look at our lineup and it’s a team that’s been made over from last year a bit, and there’s some youth in there. I guess we’re happy (that) they’re not tentative. … and worried about playing in the National Hockey League at such a young age, and trying to make a difference. That’s what I’m happy with the (whole) club right now, is they’re trying to make a difference and trying to set the tempo. That’s what we’d like to remain consistent at.
“We’re still trying to create an identity. I think we’ve all discussed what we want to be. It’s a matter of doing it … and we still haven’t crossed that ‘consistent’ bridge yet. … Right now they’re finding their way and trying to do that.
“They have done a pretty good job here. It’s how they react when maybe something piles up on them as you go along in a long year here, when they may start struggling and they go into a dip. It’s how are they going to react in those situations, and that’s where we have to try to help them as a coaching staff.”
Somebody followed up and asked about the importance of developing young players in the salary-cap era.
“I think it’s important, you have to develop your own,” he said. “In a cap world, you need to dip into your minor-league system and develop people there. A big core of our team is really that. We have the Staals, teh Girardis, the Callahans, the Dubinskys. They’ve kind o fgone through it, and then you keep adding some youth and live with some of the bumps, then make decisions? Do they sgay here or do they go back down? Like Grachev is down there; we’re trying to get him some minutes there, and I think he’ll be a member of this club before the year’s over. So it’s a constant adding to the development of your team.”
So now I’ve pretty much let you read my column for tomorrow’s paper before I even write it.
One more Tortorella remark on the four-game winning streak:
“We can’t get ahead of ourselves, because as quickly as you start winning and getting a momentum swing there, if you’re not taking care of yourself and doing the right things as a team, you can go for a dip and it’s tough to get out of that.”
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#1?
yep russ… you got it!
come on boys, lets make it 5 in a row
interesting comment of Grachev…. Torts must have liked what he saw…. we do have alot of forwards that play in the top 9…. interesting to see if some teams come calling for Anisimov or Grachev down the road.
5th
Hey Carp,
I imagine interviewing Torts is always a roll of the dice, you never know when he’ll just pop off and have a profanity laced tirade…. makes it fun though no?
Nasty
If you download the rosters, then load them before starting season mode and select “current” as your rosters, you can use them in season or Be a GM mode.
Lets not have that “let down” game tonight… keep on em boys!
Gift, it’s better than a bland guy who says nothing (like a football coach). Plus he treats me pretty well going back to our days when he was an assistant and I was there every single day.
GIFT OF GAB-orik ( Vinny V ) – “interesting comment of Grachev…. Torts must have liked what he saw…. we do have alot of forwards that play in the top 9…. interesting to see if some teams come calling for Anisimov or Grachev down the road.”
Not really sure what your implying or hinting at when you say calling for anisimov or grachev, but if any team comes “calling” for anisimov or grachev in a trade, the phone will be hung up immediately.. neither of those 2 guys are going anywhere, i am 99.999999999% sure of that, as close as you can come to be completely sure, only bc u never know whats going to happen.. but those 2 guys are our best prospects at forward, theyll be in rangers uniforms for a while
Let’s Go Boys-
Heave Ho…5 in a Row
Rob M,
just saying i wouldn’t be surprised if the Rangers got offers, having Avery back, and Anisimov up, Grachev ready to be called up, and Voros seemingly playing often(Torts seems to like him?) it’s feasible.
NOT saying i want to see AA or Grachev traded, i think they have tremendous potential and upside, and i hope stay in blue a long long time.
Carp,
I love that Torts fires from the hip and says what’s on his mind. I for one respect it, and i’m sure the players do too.
Hey Carp!
Five in a row! Five in a row!
”...you can go for a dip and it’s tough to get out of that.”
Plus you experience significant shrinkage.
Girardi definitely has David Cone crazy eyes.
Dubinsky
Gaborik
Prospal
Callahan
Drury
Higgins
Kotalik
Anisimov
Avery
Lisin
Voros- 4th line
Boyle- 4th line
Brashear- 4th line
Grachev* (in Hartford)
Parentau* (in Hartford)
That’s 12 guys(not counting 4th line)to occupy 9 spots. Not to mention the kids deeper in the system we just drafted (Borque, Krieder)
It’s nice to have youth, and depth. Trade bait? who knows. 7th D still an issue, though i’m sure Corey Potter would wind up on the roster if someone goes down with an injury.
I WAS IN THE POOL!
Heart-throb? MDZ? Ummmm Al…what did you just say? LOL
Yeah, I know what you mean about the rosters. But when you go to the Roster Update section, there is only the first update that they did, and not this new one.
you mean it’s not Joe Mich’s man crush?
lmao Mako, i replaced the Torts halloween mask face on the desktop with a NIIIIIIIIIIICE photo of MDZ, and I’m in my 40’s!!!
after this year lisin is RFA, higgins UFA, prospal UFA, nobody knows what will happen, but there will be room for Grachev somehow next year to be a regular on this team one way or another, and liek Torts says we could even see him this year, with injuries and slumps and seeing what happens… i think others woudl be used as bait before grachev or anisimov, just my opinion though.. i know what youre sayin just dont see it being either of them, they both showed too much promise from their years last year in AHL, OHL
Whats better a man crush on DZ or a man crush on Prucha?
yea Al’s gotta chill with that heart throb stuff, let the ladies decide that… happy to hear that Voros is the scratch again tonight, without question the right move… but im not gona lie going into yesterday i felt that Vally should play tonight vs. Toronto rather than yesterday, but it worked out… who knows maybe torts really wants this game bc of feeling slighted by burke that wilson is the head coach of USA and not him? idk i just dont see how before yesterday you could make a case for henrik playin vs. toronto and la rather than anaheim and la.. but it worked so lets just keep rollin
Linda you COUGAR YOU!!!!!! LOL
“Whats better a man crush on DZ or a man crush on Prucha?”
and what if its double man crush? then what?
Man I still would love to know what Torts said during that time out vs. NJ LOL
Staal… that’s debatable, but it’s probably too soon to say?
Torts should have a miked up show on HBO so we could hear what he says in the locker room and timeouts.
Sally
did you know that…The angle of the dangle is adversely proportional to the heat of the beat.
Shoryuken
did you set your roster up on yahoo? its me against you this week!
Shoryuken – I think his vernacular is best suited for SHOWTIME LOL
Nice interview and post, Sam. Agree with everything Tort said regarding the development, cap situation, etc. We have a VERY smart coach. His intelligence combined with his fresh arrogance could pay off.
“Nice interview and post, Sam”
Sam?? somebody still living in the past! lol
lmao Mako…the fiancee will be 30 in january. after elizabeth taylor and zza zza gabor were the original famous cougars…then there’s me, not famous, but appreciate the younger men.
On that note….LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Maple Leafs are bush-league
Maybe we need Deb Placey to come back and determine who is the real heart-throb. Nah, not worth it, haha.
At least Toskala isn’t a rookie performing poorly, since those are the goalies that give the Rangers real fits. They should handle their business tonight!
John Tortorella – keeping Drury, Rozsival, and Redden off of the power play seven days a week.
stream?
HAHAHAHAH awesome Linda Congratz!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
Hockey on the computer, the JETS and MNF on the tv…aaaaaaaaaaaah life is good! WOO HOO MDZ!!
CCCP
Ti idyos vniz. Your team is weak like Ukraine!
vernacular…GREAT WORD mako!!!
CCCP, is there gonna be a Russian Coat Check in this game tonight???
Hey watch it now Shoryuken my gf is Ukrainian !!! LOL ;)
Dubi just looked right in to the camera when they were walking out. He had had David Cone crazy eyes of the tiger. HAHA
good evening all. rangers 4-1 brashear/orr 2 fights and voros/komisarek 1 kittyfight. good luck rangers!
Linda I aim to please =D Im hoping Rick was impressed as well LOL
lmao @ crazy eye of the tiger David Cone eyes! I loved that guy! Do you have the good one?? Anyone seeing the leafs stream??? I love Canadian commercials….too funny. Did anyone watch the colts game last night?
I’d love to have seen Callahan play soccer … I have a feeling he’d been great.
“When I started my own business, I didn’t know how I’d be able to afford insurance. I just wanted to be able to see my “Personal” doctor once a year.”
That might be the most aired commercial on television the past few months.
If you don’t know it, maybe I am wrong, but I would bet money you have all seen that one, a few too many times. Ha.
Mako you definitely get points for that $10 word!!!
hey lev! is Sally studying AGAIN? ;-)
Let’s go Rangers! Jets Jets Jets Jets Jets!
Happy Thanksgiving to any Canadians here Toskala looks tiny bit like Heath Ledger
Linda that’s what Ivy League school is good for ;)
high five BANJ~ hope Sanchez does well tonight!
I dont know how players dont get cut more with skates flying all over the place. Glad they dont though phew!
mako, we should have a night of 10 and 20 dollar words…that’d be pretty funny…each post, someone has to come up with a classy word!
Nasty 1 – I don’t see anything except the freaking NHL Center Ice commercials. They override every break. So freaking annoying.
5 on 3 BOYS!!! LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!
omg i just heard something i never thought i’d hear…this guy just said the rangers power play has been EXCELLENT lately… WOW! that’s awesome
WOOOOO!!!! YEAH PPG!!! GO CALLY!
WWWOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! PPG CALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CALLY
whooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMGWTFPPG.
calllllllllly
OMG you would NEVER see Renney put 5 forwards on the ice for a ppg !!
WTG TORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats what you call persistency baby, callahan never gave up
gotta take advantage of this boys!!
Callahan! Nice… if only I could see it.
Anybody know of a stream?
First blood! 1-nil! Wow, five forwards on that 5v3 PP.
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! MY MAN CALLAHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW Gabby LOVES to follow up getting his own rebounds!!
lol I speak of Cally and HE SCORES!!!
So big So good
dubinsky is a man on a mission tonight!
yea that was awesmoe seein 5 forwards on the PP, great havin a coach with some guts
any STREAMs?
Rob M
EXACTLY!!!
try atdhe.net
del zotto has some freakin shot! holy crap, how many periods last year did they play like this??? or like yesterday??? who are these guys and can we keep em
http://www.atdhe.net/9632/watch-toronto-maple-leafs-vs-new-york-rangers-
yea, but mayers fell down and ani stayed up!!! haaaaaaaaaaa
nice little play behind the net and good shot by dubi tryin to go top shelf short side, that line is really clicking
thanks, Banj.
YEAH REDDEN!!!!!!
what a shot by redden, is it 1999??????
HOLY S—-! REDDEN!
REDDEN!?
What just happened…
Way to go Wade!!!!!!!
Anyone watching this game on MSG? Is the transmission all effed up? It was like this yesterday ….
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW DAMN! I WAS GONNA SAY REDDEN OVER ROSZIVAL FOR THE GOAL!!!!!!!
WAY TO GO WADE!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa, Redden found the right net for a change?
REDDEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
i cant believe my eyes WADE REDDEN
Happy for him :)
catching up … yes, Mako I was impressed.
Mako, Mine’s ok in North Jersey.
damnit i am way behind you guys!!!
Wade Freakin Redden….it must be a harmonic convergence or something
Should we expect Orr to try to start some crap on his next shift?
Redden has been playing well all year. WIll never be worth that contract, but hes no longer a liability (thus far)
Beutiful play by Prospal.
Redden has caused a rift in time-space, be careful everyone.
HAHAHAH thanks Rick ;)
HERE WE GO!!!
Huggggggg
lmao Shor…. the black hole is beginning to form…oh wait…it’s called the Nassau Colesium…nevermind
i missed that colton orr smirk
I call that a draw!!!
there we go…orr v brashear.
Not a great fight, but Brashear got the better, and I was glad to hear the crowd get behind him when he landed a few.
brashear won that by a mile
That’s about how I wanted that fight to go down….relatively even with some big shots, but Brashear seemed to get the edge by a little.
here we go boys HOLY CRAP WHAT A FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooo!!! Cally!!!! And Redden? Woo!
I didn’t like that fight. It was confusing. Don’t test my loyalties like that.
You knew it was coming. I ALMOST wanted to cheer Orr, but gotta cheer for the blue shirt. Good fight though.
WOW, some bombs in that one. lmao @ the smirk. brashear didnt embarrass himself, his best fight of the season
Well, that was… meaningfull…
FANKIST!!!! His skills remind me a little like Nylander
Prospal looked like Gretz behind the net on the Redden goal, HAHA.
People cheered for Brashear, I thought, during the fight and after … but when they announced Orr’s penalty, plenty of people cheered for him, too. Interesting.
Maybe I’m just a sissy european, but jeez, is this really so much fun? Two idiots.
yea sally….i’m feeling kinda weird about that. But wow..it didnt disappoint. I wonder what our ORR thought about it
I love this team’s puck pressure.
Brashear got some good ones in first,Orr tucked his head down.I had the 1st shift in the office pool
office pool on a hockey fight… damn i HAVE to move back to NY!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW did you see that hit by Lisin!!! If that was full on… he would have put him into 8th ave!!!
OOOOOHHHH Gabby so close!
daaaamn that woulda been a nice play to watch the end of gaborik was about to do WORK on toskala
ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLMost pulled that off.
Gaborik is going to score a highlight type goal tonight. I just have a feeling.
Should we put Lisin on defence instead? That was classic Scott Stevens there.
holy crap this first 14 minutes has been freakin crazy!
sick hit by Lisin but bad decision, gota stay with your man
lmao @ TO in TO!
Did Michelobetti just call Orr “pretty”?
HAHAHAH 2578 PIM!!!!!! HOLY HELL!!!
This Leafs team is so weird. They have great pressure and play with all kinds of heart, still they look kind of harmless, and Toskala is… well…
Almost a Clutch goal there.
Sally, I have the TO announcers tonight… i’m missing all the crazy shizy that joe says!
They just booed Orr as he was released from the penalty box.
lmao @ clutch goal…very nice Rick
Linda, I’ll keep you updated. Hopefully he’ll give us another gem like “groins”.
Too many men= Rennalty
So I get home from work, turn on the TV, and the Ranger’s are celebrating Cally’s goal. Then I leave the room for a few minutes to grab a bite to eat and miss Redden’s goal (which happens as frequently as a solar eclipse) and the Orr/Brashear fight that I’ve bee anticipating all day. It’s all about timing.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! CALLY ROBBED!
That was a Clutch poke-check! and almost a Clutch assist LOL
lmao the GROINS was classic! can he ever top that??
nice play by drury to get that puck in callys area
Duuuuuuu!
Komisarek, always a punk
holy crap Cally ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBED
lmao @ Rennalty
robbed
Two minutes for wiggling!
thanks to whoever posted the justin.tv link
dubinsky 2 assists, roughs up komisarek…how long til he gets an a?
kick his punkarse dubi. someone needs to knock that guys block off
MDZ HAS to take the body on that!!!
ugh
hey everybody!!
finally got to game on tv and computer
so, Valley got a shutout and
the King….1 against…..
do we have a goalie controversy brewing??
Weeeellll… I’d rather Henke gets a shutout, BUT IF they had to score, I’m glad it was a Nosen :)
Mike Sullivan has a BIG voice, doesn’t he?
thats nobodys fault, lundqvist got tripped up, just unfortunate goal, wish somebody woudl hav got it out or to the boards but too many skates/legs/sticks in the way, lisin almost got it at last second but couldnt follow thru cuz of someones skate..
lmao jpg… uh sally…your Nosens not supposed to score on Hank!
i’m sure this was commented on earlier but
Orr vs Brashear.
inevitable but wasn’t fun to watch.
That goal was COMPLETE BS. How clearly did the Leafs player kick Henrik’s skate out from under him? If he hadn’t tripped him, that would have been an easy save.
Good period…. Cally got robbed…crappy goal at the end, Hank got tripped…. but no penalty. Shocker.
MDZ with the worst shift so far. Two huge mistakes, and with less than a minute left, thats just stupid.
Not bad…first game I’ve got to WATCH this season.
This team is more exciting to watch than it is to listen to, and it’s been an awesome radio team.
...is there a stream that isn’t canadian? I miss my MSG announcers, not that i’m complaining about ANY chance to watch.
It’s gotta be hard for Torts to find everyone ice time..the way the team is playing it is hard to justify anyone getting just 10-12 minutes (on the top 3 lines obviously)
Whoever was carrying the puck… I think Mitchell … down the right side, if MDZ takes the body, the puck probably wouldnt have made it to the front of the net if he had some puck support in the corner. Im not saying its his direct fault… but he’s gotta take the body…
MAKO,
Thats one of the mistakes I mentioned; the other one being a cross-ice pass during a shift.
Linda, I know! I tried telling them that, but they don’t listen. Oh Nosens!
Fugg, i missed the Orr vs Brash*t fight. I had the game on pause, and two things started recording. Fuggin DVR !!
cocaine is a helluva drug
damnit, I was waiting for ORR’s take on the Orr/Brashear fight, and he didnt see it???? Oy vey
um… it’s hockey, and it’s also Ron Wilson hockey… muck it out, grind it out, crash the net hockey.
Play the game and quit crying about goals against.
It was a good fight…Brash got the best of him
lol sorry Carp I said Sam
Selfish retaliation penalty by Dubinsky. I could understand last year or the season before but after the PPs they had this game are you joking me? Maybe that’s part of the reason why you don’t rock an A yet. GROW UP!
Could Rangers fans be any happier than they are right now with Ryan Callahan? I think Dubi gets credit for the first goal after they review it but Cally made the Dman bug out and score on his own goalie lol. Just got ROBBED on the shorthanded chance on the gloveside. DAMN. Really loving the Cally-Dubi line and special teams.
Brash got the best of Orr’s helmet and tried to take it to the ground early. A tie.
time for round 2. ding. ding.
Alex T…
Yep… he has to take the body on that….
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m actually happy for Wade to get that goal.
Brashear vs ORR , what a battle..I Say a tie with the edge going to Brashear.
Callahan makes Drury look goood!
Gaborik is so explosive , He could score at any moment.
Hank lets in another softie? Could look pritty silly having our back up leading the team in shut outs. Flat out embarassing for Hank. Maybe this is what Hank needs.
Dubinsky sure showed Komaserik with that head lock , even though komaserik called him a pu*sy.
Redden shot was beutiful.
GO RANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
is hoping Jose Threeormore pitches a SO for WASH against fatso…
STFU Joe he does that at the start of every period!!!
You missed the best fight ORR!!! Alot of emotion and it was Donald saying to ORR , I’m in charge here now..not you.
I’m pretty sure I scared half my hall, screaming over the goal against.
Looked like a trip, but what do you do.
I’m really happy with Callahan—love him every year, but he seems to be genuinely thriving.
Orr Brashear fight looks like what we hired brash for. Let’s see how next period goes.
Come on Greg… LQ was tripped…didnt you see that?!
WOOOOOHOOOOO DANNY G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Danny G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!
THAT’S the big early goal we needed.
YES!
I love the goal song.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!! googley eyes GIRARDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no more dog house for danny g
Anybody really happy with the defense tonight? Really stepping up…
damn can kotalik fire it on one timers or waht
woooo here comes a power play!!! omg, excited for a power play!! what a shift in the thinking!
oh danny boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy goalllllllllllllll
love the way they are moving the puck on the PP and player positioning…
Geez Micheletti.. “They don’t have a lot of size. Size as far as skill.” hahahahah
st0w, in english por favor?
After MSG did a bit about how Toronto has built up a big team, size-wise, Micheletti was going on for a few seconds about how Toronto doesn’t have any size – which he then clarified by saying “Size as far as skills.”
The Rangers passing is FAR superior than it was last season for sure….
sounds like Michelobetti is in rare form tonight, and I have the TO guys. grrrrr
WTF AVERY GOT A STICK IN THE FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
st0w, when was the last time he made any sense? he tries to be too clever for his own good.
Sally, you liked that pic of Gilroy on facebook eh?
That was gorgeous.
man i hate being behind you guys!!!
HEN-RIK!!!!! HEN-RIK!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda, I didn’t NOT like it!
sally i’ve been trying to find a special pic of dubi for you but i don’t think one exists.
woooooooooooooooooooow!!! he IS the KING!
idk if that was a penalty on the play taht avery took a stick to the face, he was on his knees on the ice so cant really call it a “high-stick”, either way its avery, if he was standing straight up probably wouldnt have been called either anyway so no biggie
Hank is having his best game of the season. Yeah Mako , it really wasn’t a softie…Rozi did trip him.
OMG with the heart throb talk!! LOL
damnit mako! i wish i was hearing that!! freakin michelobetti is lucky mdz is 19 or people’d think he was a pedofile
Greg
Whichever leaf Rozi pushed that’s who tripped LQ. He’s Phenomenal tonight!!!
Oh, Linda, he’s never made sense – but it’s always hilarious to hear what kind of random crap comes out of his mouth. I loved it a minute ago when he talked about his man crush on “the next heartthrob” MDZ and Sam was just all quiet, like ”....uhhhhhh”
Linda
You should have seen the pre-game Al Troutface (as you call him) Called MDZ the next heart-throb LOL I was like UMMMMM come again Al?
Counting this game, Rangers D-men have 6 goals so far. They only had 29 all of last season. That’s about 21% of last years production in only 6 games (7% of the season).
Linda, did you look here? There are about 40 million hilarious ones of little man.
http://www.daylife.com/topic/Brandon_Dubinsky/photos/
LUNDQVIST STOPPED A BREAKAWAY!!!!
st0w, that is so disturbing on SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many levels! someone should make a youtube vid of joe and all the crazy crap that flows outta his cake hole!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! WTF AGAIN!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAH
sally, i put a link up here on your bday, he looked like he was about 15 though! lmao @ the little man!! you kill me
Linda
For the record they just did a little clip on MDZ right before the play started and they said it again LOL HAHAHAHAHAH
sally i liked the one of dubs and cally!!! i’m gonna have to ‘borrow’ it for my collection!
lets get a pp goal here boys!
Orr, Rangers in 60. Plus they might go again tonight.
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!
Mako, that really has got to make all the guys listening feel a bit uncomfy. It’s ok when me sally and laurel talk about that stuff, but for a grown man to be carrying on about another man…thats just wrong
Linda, I’m not sure I saw it, but thank you!
Micheletti is just NOT the smartest cookie in the tool box.
Linda
Agreed indeed!
Linda, did you know that yesterday was National Coming Out Day? I think it’s totally cool for Al to be open about his feelings about Del Hotto.
wow, it’s odd to see Cally fan on a shot! and i’m sorry but i’d rather NOT see ANY politician on MNF!!!
someone really needs to decapitate komisarek
Al and Joe…’secret lovers, that’s what we are…’
I never even heard that mentioned yesterday Sally. I’m glad Al and Joe are bein real! DEL HOTTO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh poo!
........f***
FUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eeesh Cally needs to have some Lucky Charms during intermission! ( I LOVE YOU RYAN!!)
OMG SO CLOSE!
argh damnit to hell and back again!!!!!!!
the coach of the jets..some fashion advice..don’t tuck your shirt in and please join LT and Marino on nutrisystem! wow that’s a big man!
What a STUPID effin penalty!!!!
oy vey! Torts is gonna blow a gasket. They were somewhat sloppy this period methinks
omg when in the freakin hell is this football game gonna start??????? this is ridiculous. skeletor, a partner in owning the fins, is singing the anthem…lets GOOOO
Way to kill your own goalie, Leaves.
BE HUGE HANK~~~~~~~~~~~
i cant stand blake either…another punk
Where did everyone go? It’s just me and Linda and MAKO.
Jeez Calgary scored 5 goals in the first 12 minutes against Chicago
enough for a party
torts is gonna be breaking drurys barbara streisand cd’s~ sloppy 2nd…....heeeheee
dont I feel like a STUD hanging with the LADIES!!! ;)
sally, i think all the guys are freakin out over al and joes lust of MDZ!!
i’m here…. getting ready to leave work soon and jet home to catch the last couple of minutes…sloppy period, B.S. penalty at the end.
NYRGuy
Who started in net for CHI? Do you know?
Mako,as long as YOU’RE not thinkin MDZ, its all good! ;-)
love your name Vinny, very clever!
too much makeup on Nick Kypreos
Don’t be like that, Linda. There’s enough Del Hotto to go around…
lmao Sally, i think Mako’d take a pass on that though
wow, the dolphins are wearing jerseys in honor of Prospal!!! FANKIST BABY!!!!!!!!!
Well at least the Leafs are keeping them honest – - – Hate to be in the lockerroom right now LOL LET ER RIP TORTS!!!!
Come on MAKO! It’s cool!
im here, just gettin in a game of NHL during intermission… hah
chicago is makin a comeback… 5-1
MAKO, I can’t wait til the Rosens play your team. Things are gonna get ugly… and awesome! Did you see I’m in 2nd to last place? YEAH BABY!
(okay I promise I’ll stop now)
Linda, the refs are speaking spanish when they announce penalties.
Sally, I might be in NY around april or may…my nephew’ll be born in march and probably Christening then. We have got to get the boneheads together and meet at TR’s ‘place’.
OMG Antti Niemi let in those 5 goals. Why the hell would the coach leave a rookie in for all those goals in 10 min of the first pd? SOB just KILLED my stats for our league!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m pretty sure it was Huet who started…he’s only played 7:07 and the 3rd Calgary goal was scored at 7:07
wow BANJ. It’s Columbus Day, they should be speakin Italian!!! :-)
MAKO…Niemi let in the last 2…Huet the first 3
HAHAHAHHA Sally cant wait either. Im not to far from you LOL Both my offensive powerhouses are on IR :(
NYRGuy
I was checking my team and his GAA is 10.45! from 1.000 LOL
holy crap Mako! lethal!
Thank you Linda!
I’m pretty proud of it, and happy it wasn’t taken first!
ARGH… Im losing 4-0 to UKRanger LOL
Linda, you have to let me know the dates when you figure it out! That’d be so great to watch playoff hockey with you crazy boneheads!
Oh man, I’m looking forward to that Kings game.
Good call Linda.
I dunno man lol…box score says it’s split haha…It could be worse…you could have Fatso like I do…the one year I actually have him he sucks
whenever i see a “vinny v” i think of Vinny Vincent. wow i must really be gettin old!
Rangers need some jump in the third… gotta grind this one out…. We looked a little flat towards the end of the second, taking too many penalties.
C’mon Hank… nail this one down!!
We need to put this one away early.
Here we go! Lets go Rangers!
sorry Linda…. don’t know who that is. :(
as soon as I know when, I’ll let all of yas know….i bet you thought i’d say the southern version of you guys!
Gift…he was in KISS for a lil while
hahahaha… Toronto’s actually got a guy named Finger? That’s hilarious
AVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!!!!!!
Linda, I can’t make any promises, cause of school and living 7 hours away, but I’ll do my best.
AVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAHHHH!H!!!! AVERY!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
That’s the BIG early goal I was talking about.
[Oh, did I say that already?]
LOL @ his little dance! Go Avery!!!
AVERY
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! SALLY OUR OTHER SHARED MAN SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought gaborik and gilroy had the ugliest helmets on the team but avery just took that prize, what are they thinkinnnnn when they picked those
WOOOOOOOOOOOO GABBY!!!!!! YEAEEEAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ANOTHER!!!
GABBY!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
i swear Sally, I’ll take up a collection to get you a plane ticket to be there! it’ll probably be the end of May or early June, so maybe you won’t have school to worry about.
WOWOWOWOWOWOWO YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GABBY!!!! GREAT SHOT BY REDDEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Vinny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was such a good play by prospal moving to the right side of the rink to give redden room
The gift of Gabby!
I mean Gabby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! thank you FINGER!!!!!! lmao!!!!!!!!!!! FANKIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET OFF MY GOALIE YOU TURD BUCKET
WHY THE HELL ISNT THERE ANY CALL ON GOALIE INTERFERENCE !?!?!?!?!?!?!?
wtf
gotta do something about that
mayers with a run at lundqvist, his skate caught callahans but still he didnt try to avoid it at all, i hope avery or brashear lights him up later
oy i thought it may have been FANKIST..and that’s gotta be a penalty…who’s supposed to be leveling guys bangin into Hank??? Wasn’t it supposed to be brashear????
Linda, I’d love to go out there and visit my friends and family anyways, so I’ll definitely try to work it out. I can imagine things getting really out of hand with all of us together.
Yeah, seriously, somebody needs to hurt that arsehole
Lisin wants his now.
lmfao @ turd bucket!!!
Gaborik, just what the Rangers fans ordered!!!!!!!
FANKIST with 2A!!!!!!
total domination on the forecheck and puck control by the 3rd line last shift, lisin, anisimov and staal all with good chances
Mako, he’s gonna be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE~~ when was the last time the 4th line had a shift??
Lisin has some great skills….
Sweet moves by GIlroy… would have been sweeter if he didnt lose it LOL
Sally, it’d definitely be a time to remember! We gotta make sure Rick, Jane, Laurel and JOSH are there too!!!!
BANJ…..MARK SANCHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
I wanna see Mr. EXCELLENT get a goal
EDWARDS!!!!!
It would be totally freakin awesome if this kept up all season! Scoring more than 2 a game, decently working power play, young guys playing well…...sometimes total domination. How can you not love it? And their conditioning is gonna win them 5 or 6 games alone! WOW~
Linda, that’d be great! Maybe we can celebrate Josh’s 26 bday! We just have to make sure there’s no coat check at 77.
captain excellent needs a goal!!!
bowled over by dubinsky!!!
Not for nothing Edmonton is up 5 – 0 LOL So much for 2-1 games for Renney LOL
and I have to say this is in the top 3 best games Redden has played for them.
no more boring games where they play for the OT or shoot out… LOVE IT SO FAR
‘avery takes a healthy run at finger’... that just sounds wrong
GOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!!!!!!
Was that kicked in?
that was totally kicked in by Boyle
looks like it was kicked in
he definitely kicked it in, sucks too bc i wanted brashear and boyle to get a point
Uh… Even without seeing the replay, that was a clear kick
nice try lol
That won’t count.
Whoops I mean Kotalik
mako, i gotta agree…redden has really
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
banj, did you just see that mess???
kotalik kicked it
Or not.
It’s amazing that they’re still moving after yesterday. I get tired just watching.
FYI, Princess Dubi is being super adorable and silly tonight. Aww!
lmao @ shifty kotalik!!!! thats his nickname, shifty
I’m sure Joe would love it if Kotalik could “go longer.”
sally, we got Torts and his torture camp to thank for that! I was waiting to see how they held up in this game, and so far so good. A lil sloppy in the 2nd, but no lazyarses on the team this season
Live long and Prospal
thanks st0w for making my eyes bleed!
Linda
Still not worth $6.5 LOL but can you imagine what Leetch would be worth in his prime!?!?!?
Um and Brashear didnt take on Finger???
he’ll never be worth that money, but at least he’s not a waste of oxygen this season!!
very funny dde
Linda
Since Avery came back we’ve been having sloppy seconds
the only ones who go after anyone are dubi and cally. what exactly is brashear here for?? everyone was sayin he was gonna protect our guys…still waitin for it
dde…you’re on a roll tonight my friend!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!! ! DANNY GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!
GGGGGGGGG!!!!!! NO WAY!!!! GO CRAZY EYES!!!!
Danny G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAH YEAH!!! NUMBER TWO FROM GIRARDI!!!!!!!!! :D
Too bad Anisimov didn’t get that one.
Artie should have shot that though LOL it would have been a goal anyway LOL
holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Last 5 minutes may get ugly, wouldn’t be surprised if TO starts to goon it up.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOGLEY!!!!!!!!!!!! what a freakin game
Cally has to put some bubble gum on that blade of his ;) HAHHAHHA
i am sooooooooo sick of hearin about philip rivers!
pussies
GET OFF HIM YOU FART KNOCKER!!! BRASH DOOO SOMETHING!!!
blake’s a punk
TORTS BETTER SAY SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda, Googley?
LQ will not last the season if this is allowed
pull that jackass out and kick his freakin ass!!! this is ridiculous
Blake is looking for another Messier choke.
googley is better than manson…you all are sayin how danny g has crazy eyes so…
someone better lay the smack down on that lil punk… hanks been run at least 3 times tonight with NO PAYBACK!!
Brash on the PP
I’d be pissed at my teamates if I was Hank
Avery immediately went to pull him off. Now run Toskala on the PP and stop this garbage before it happens all season.
Haha ok, I’ll go with Googley. Googley & Higgy Wiggy! Aw!
mdz needs a point!!!
Aves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AVES! ITS A POWER PLAY GOAL!!!!!!
EFFFFING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA THIS IS F*ING AWESOME!!! I LOVE IT!
Is that Avery’s sloppy second of the night?
So this is what it is like to not sit on a lead.
#16 Go Aves
the professor needs to get a goal!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS
great carry by Lisin!!! OMG REDDEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Redden should get the first star!!!!!
He definitely deserves it!!!!
the last two games they’ve left me breathless! wow, this is how i dreamed of this team playing for YEARS!!!!
This game kicked so much butt. Man, I love this team. I’m so happy right now!
aves gets the first star i bet! you’re gonna have to let me know because as soon as the game is over, the feed ends
This was a MAN’S game. Great win.
avery, girardi and redden i’m thinking
WOWOWOW ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT GAME AND NEVER SAY DIE TEAMWORK!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!!!!!
what a period, this is great hockey.
That’s taking of business at home!
its so nice to NOT see gomez loafing and turning it over at center ice!!!
Redden, Aves, and Googley!
redden—3
aves—2
danny g—1
All hail John Tortorella – watching this team rules! Seven Goals?!?
Oh! I hope I’m manly enough to have appreciated this game right.
Linda
You can say THAT again!!!
well the toronto guys gave it to girardi callahan and gaborik….how about by you guys?
Jagr…JAGR!! , do you heard that? ...Gaborik ’s coming.
Wow…that was amazing…I know it’s early but how can you not get excited???
sick win
As of right now the Rangers lead the league in GF!!!!
yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
redden had a solid game! i’m really glad to see this play from him. i’m thinkin he was embarrassed by his play last season, and i wouldnt be surprised if torts told him if he didnt step it up he’d be in hartford. Good on you Wade Redden!!
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
I love this team. I might actually have good things to say about Redden.
Aside from that one goal… absolutely awesome.
5 wins, guys!!!!!
So proud to be a Rangers fan tonight!!! Sorry Buffalo, I’m just not sure you can make me feel this way.
BELIEVE IN THE TORTS SYSTEM! NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL TORT REFORM!!! LOL
Man…. this team is something special. It’s hard to believe how well they’re coming together this early in the season. Very bright future with all the youth on the team, too. It’s a good time to be a Rangers fan.
for thanksgiving this year, I’m gonna be thankful for Tortsarelli!!!!!!!!
Massacre.
Something is missing from the power play this year. Oh yeah, it’s the crowd yelling “Shoot!”
Hey Mako…you might get a win…Chicago pulled it to 5-4!
agree, kph. Torts “safe is death” go-go hockey is fun, entertaining, winning hockey, and it puts the hustle and drive into the Ranger players. it makes them play to their utmost potential
all of us posters here who ripped Renney’s hangback boredom hockey were right on the money. getting rid of him was the biggest move that needed to be made.
even Redden’s play is night and day better since Torts took over
bravo dlb!!!
NYRGuy
HOLY HECK!!! I just opened NHL.com!!! awesome! What a colossal collapse by Calgary if they do LOL
and only giving up avg of 2 against per game
when you consider that they are learning a new system, and that system is one which might be prone to giving up chances
that is very positive
LOL Al just said his antenna goes up every time Gaborik steps on the ice.. wonder what happens when MDZ does
Yep everyone’s play is elevated and I am genuinely happy for Redden and his play.
Here’s the Leafs’ game post from HF Boards.
Enjoy.
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=691393
mako,thats the versus game tonight
ddebened, FTW.
AMEN dlb!!!!!!!!!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!! hilarious ddebened
Wilson @ the press conference:
“I am done.”
Awesome Linda you’re the best!!! Thanks for letting me know!
Pavel, that link was fabulous!! I only read the first page and cracked up…. leafs score 7 goals tonight….lmao!!! i guess on page 43 they are suicidal!
omg the bojangles dancing chicken commercial is comedy gold!!
YW Mako!!!
Linda, they had to close the thread and someone created a post-game one.
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?p=21568333&posted=1#post21568333
the Torts boot camp conditioning got the guys into tiptop shape, and now they are flying in the 3rd periods instead of wilting
Leafs fans want to tank the season, but are just realizing it would be Boston with the lottery pick. XD
someone actually said on the HF board
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“Give me Redden at 6.5 over Komisarek at 4.5 anyday!” HAHAHAHAHAHAH
MAKO
They want to get rid of Komisarek in the worst way lol they hate him already
Best game of the season !!!!
Aves is off to a great start, 2 goals, and 1 assist, in his first two games. Gabby is looking awesome, and has scored all his goals in the 3rd period i think.
I love this team. Im not jumping the gun or anything, but i didn’t think itd enjoy this team as much as i am. They’re young, they’re fun, and they’re on a five game winning streak !!!
Make it six in a row !!!!
Lets Go Rangers, and Eva Amurri boobs !!!!
here’s a post from Pavel’s 2nd link
Leaf nation and every one else watching should have known this game was over when Wade Redden scored. If he puts one in, you know its that easy.
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lmao how crazy! they sound like we must’ve last season!!
NYRGuy
LOL I see that …. Im still reading along… this is comical.
lmao @ someone complaining about avery celebrating the SEVENTH goal….....
Mako, those leaf guys sound like when i first found this site last season (february) LMAO @ that guy wishing for Redden and his 6.5. I kinda feel bad for those guys!
NYRangers Rule
LMAO@ this:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paris in Flames
I think Orr is fighting the wrong people. No clue why he didn’t go out in the third and drop the gloves with Toskala.
His punches would go right through him. ’-)
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i love that board!
ok i am gettin kicked off the computer for a bit…catchya’s later
thanks for the links Pavel…good stuff
Linda
In the Rennegade days yes!
HAHAHHAHA There were some great posts on that board LOL
CHICAGO JUST TIED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later Linda!!!
Great watching the game with ya!
Pavel, thank you SO much for the links. These threads are HILARIOUS!
MAKO, I got that game on too.. What a third period it’s been!
What can you say? They look fantastic! They took a bit of a breather in the second but boy did they smoke the leafs in the third. I’m also guessing Torts had some choice words for them as well.
This is what it feels like to have a real coach again!
st0w
WOW unbelievable… Its good to see Dawes & Sjo though :) I wanna see the Hawks win.
haha… me too, MAKO. If the Hawks win, that’s only one team left we’re tied with for first place :D
st0w
Hotdog lips & Co. won tonight :(
lol, that Leaf board is priceless. here’s one
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I don’t mean any offense to Leafs fans… but
That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen on here in a while!
You’re not. Our team is awful. Garbage hockey. Easiest team to beat in the league with those pylons and that flopping salmon in net.
CHICAGO WON IN OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! Hawks win it!
WOW what a great 3rd pd. Happy that they made history.
And not for nothing Ladies and Gents. A good hockey team destroys a team like the Leafs. Not just barely squeak out a 2-1 win to make them look good.
I have to say it again I LOVE THIS TEAM!
Leafs ran over Henrik 3 times tonight and not one Ranger did anything. That’s gotta stop.
Leetch
Hmmmm isnt that what they got Brashear for? Why didnt he do anything?
http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=20092010&type=LEA
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brashear didn’t want to ruin his multi-million dollar manicure.
wow what a game…. i thought i called it correctly…. were the Rangers 2-6 on the PP?? SWEET GAME, Avery might be the most exciting player to watch in Hockey!
These Rangers can flat out play. The D is contributing, (gasp) Wade Redden played a hell of a game(i know it’s still shocking) Gaborik… well he kicks as$!
certainly not last years Rangers…. 7 goals!!
sorry…not sure why the name change didn’t stick….
ANYWAYS…. that is how you close out a weaker team. The Rangers look like they have that killer instict which was MAJORLY lacking last year. I’m thrilled with how they are playing. I can’t say enough good things.
well i’m off to watch Rangers in 60 and relish this victory! See you Boneheads later!
Wow – for a minute, I thought I was watching NHL Classic channel Edmonton Oilers from the 80’s… these guys forecheck like animals and really put pressure on down low when they have the puck!
Did anyone else think Staal didn’t look so good tonight? He lost some puck battles in our end tonight… usually he’s so good with taking the man along the boards and fishing the puck away from him.
I know it’s WAY early, but Del Zotto really looks like he belongs (at least offensively). He’s really moving the puck well and making those little plays that open up ice for others in the offensive zone.
Great effort tonight – and way to kick a team in the throat when they are down. Glad to see we finally have some killer instinct!
Matt L.