Gamer, Wings-Rangers
Hey, sorry for the delay. Had a bit of an emergency …
Hope to be back at blog HQ to see some of the game. Might have to settle for Rangers in 60 though.
The Knicks played at MSG this afternoon, which means slushy ice (or slushier than usual) tonight. Which also means safe might not necessarily mean death in some situations tonight.
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That Vinny Lecavalier speculation going around is just that. Speculation. Of course it makes sense that the Rangers would be among the interested if Lecavalier is going to be moved. But that assumes two things: That he is going to be available … and that there are no salary-cap restrictions. But there are.
Enjoy the game.
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Mandlebaum
go Gaboriks!
Third! Woo hoo!
Let’s go Rangers tonight!
im here. go rangers
27 votes for gabby as most disappointing player so far??? hey mako, or whoever mentioned that”voodoo magic cannabis ” it must be pretty popular here. i know people are joking though. we should have a poll just like that carp, instead though, pick a few comments that were really good and put them there and just let people vote that way. much easier than facebook i would think
Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s do this, boys
ooops typoed me name. Back 2 Back wins , let’s go!!!
Giants touchdown!
31-17
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!
TD GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, a couple of 6th rounders..
Izzy, is touchdown good or bad?
I’ve watched three Wings games this year (two in person in Sweden, one on HNIC) – they lost the lot. Here’s to 0-4…
Why do I get the non-MSG feed 90% of the time?
OH NO CARP , bad ice again!!!?? Slushy ..chippy and crappy.
BOOOOOOO KNICKERBOCKERS!!! STAY OUTTA THE GARDEN!!!! OK , I guess we’ll never drive out the knicks but can’t we address this ice situation?
GO boyssss!!!
It’s as good as a Ranger goal is…
Darn, Nick doesn’t get older, does he?
That was better save than I thought
ilb
yeah that dipped down from the deflection.
PP TIME!
gabby time!
PP. When was the last time Kotalik had a shot from the point?
Has he lost some forearm thickness?
ilb
dont forget how Torts took him off the PP for a while.
Anyone have a link for the game?
MAKO, I know.. How many offsides did you guys count?
MDZ is a badass
oh boy…. that was close
ok, i’m finally done moving all my electronics around and ONLY missed the first 10 minutes
Giants win. Now I can concentrate on Rangers…
They need to pick it up a bit. Otherwise we will be looking at Brad May hattrick night.
You didnt miss much Linda.
There you go. Good chance. Shanny.. No tie?
he shoots…he scores!!
is it me or the MSG feed is a bit too red?
Pavel Datsyuk power forward? Mad skillz
Yeah CCCP…I thought it was me, yes, too red!
i got the wings announcers… how crappy is that. they should have the home team announcers for the games.
Damp the puck, AA
DUMP THE EFFIN PUCK
Dump it in and change, you dopes! Why try to head-man a defenseman for a 1 on 3?
LQ seeing the puck great again. Keep it up !!!!
Trade Lundquist
is it just me or are we playing awful?
boyle. sweet goal!
ilb2001
you blogging while the game is on? are you ok? :)
HAHAHHAh OMG WHAT A DEFLECTION!!!! BOYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
all Higgins, ANIMAL
Boyle?
Yes, Boyle!
Boyling to a 1-nil lead. Great play by Higgins.
woo hoo @ the Giants winning
HOLY CARP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TBONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweet! Boyle will score 50 goals this season! :P
that goal brought to you by cool ranch doritos!
Higgins finally found his balls
boyle callahan and higgins scored the last 3 rangers goals?!?
*boyles
All Higgins’ work
Boyle is outscoring Drury!
My grandmother is outscoring Drury
give boyle a raise!
Joe is crushing on Gentle Ben.”hes so BIG!”LMAO
Boyle needs his butt kicked a few more times. We’ll get another 20 goal scorer. Whatever it takes.
new game
hit your head against the wall for every time Joe M says “big” “strong” or “huge” and see if you’ll survive through first period
Miami Pimp “My grandmother is outscoring Drury”
Are you still pimping your grandmother?!?
CCCP
December 6th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
give boyle a raise!
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PAY HIM LIKE 8MILLION! NOW!!!
Higgins is getting offensive….
Sean Avery with the intermission interview
CCCP
I rather do shots ;)
Boyle has more goals than Drury FYI
“its right here…its easy…its the money you could be saving…”
what commercial is that?
Vinny for drury one zero for another zero.
“Are you still pimping your grandmother?!?”
There is no good answer to that question…
morg December 6th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Joe is crushing on Gentle Ben.”hes so BIG!”LMAO
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That was hilarious, I figured you’d all have a new nickname for him, Joe’s dream guy maybe?
and Gentle Ben? LOL funniest thing i’ve heard in a while despite his first name being Brian.
doesnt Avery look like that guy from the upcoming movie “Avatar”?
http://liveforfilms.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sam_worthington.jpg
Im so happy for my boy Chris Pontius for setting up that goal by Brian Bowl. My boy has been really good lately, and im so happy for him, ehehehehaahhahehe
(inhales some dust cleaner)
onecupin69yearsand counting December 6th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Vinny for drury one zero for another zero.
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One captain for another?
Wooo Boyle!
Sorry, I’m in the middle of this stupid meeting… a little slow here.
Linda, I really like chocolate chips ;)
“I just wanted to be able to see my….PERSONAL doctor once a year.”
What comercial is that?
Haha
The Rangers are going to loose if they continue to play like that. Henrik looked real good, hope he stayes sharp.
anyone got a stream with the ranger feed???
wow we sucked that period. cant believe were not losing badly lol. but ok, thanks boyle!!! i’ll take anything right now. what was the first line doing in that period??/ they looked slow and really crappy. the 2 pps for detroit were stressfull, but we got through it. thank hank. (btw, i know they only had 1 pp, but they had that 2 min. stretch there where they had it in our zone)
linda- how u been? havent seen u in awhile here.
Sally, what’s the topic today?
The fancy cars,
the women and the caviar,
you know who we are,
cuz we’re pimpin all over the world.
Since they are talking about Girardi – that is a PERFECT play he made on Holstrom. Stood him up. That’s what they are supposed to do. Errr Paging Mr. Roszival.
hoceystreams is the detroit feed. boring guys lemme tell ya.
cccp- that guy was in the terminator movie too. sam worthington i think. he does look like a bigger version of aves though definitely. i could def. see aves in hollywood and lovin it.
The guys on the Wings broadcast didn’t really notice how huge Boyle is. They’ve just talked about the bad ice for 95% of the game so far.
When Higgy scores they should play the Will Smith song “Getting Jiggy With It” and they can replace Jiggy with Higgy. Corny as all hell, I know, but it’s all I got right now.
yuck, caviar. people actually eat that still? mmm slimy fish embryos!! cant wait to dig into that and then maybe some lindberger cheese later
Lisin with 58 sec of ice time? Who needs the postgame shower?
lw3h- hell yea that one guy mustve said “bad ice’ followed by, that what happens when you play on bad ice about 15 times that period. stfu!!! we get it!!
EVERY time he scores? Can MSG afford the $4 of royalty payments to Will Smith?
Kris,
try atdhe.net or channelsurfing.net or my p2p.eu for free online
ilb,Arty wont tuck him in if he dosent shower!
ilb, it’s a huge group research project on trauma and HIV/AIDS. We’re working with the Red Cross here. Unfortunately, I really like everyone in my group and we have too much fun and don’t get much done :)
How’s the game going so far?
CHIRPING!!!!
Penalty shot!!
CALLY PENALTY SHOT!!!!!!!!!
Penalty Shot!
penalty shot!!!!!! yeah boyeeee!
PENALTY SHOT BABY!!
the wings guys are boring as hell, and try to make bertuzzi seem like a decent human
Callahan is not good on breakaways. He won’t score on the penalty shot.
what a save!
he should have lifted it up!
Was close..
OH WELL…
these guys absolutely suck. its like 2 suicidal jackasses in a bar talkin
He should have slipped it through the five hole.
I nominate Izzy’s comment to be comment of the week. haha.
Well, Lisin may need a shower after all
I nominate ranger909 for Izzy’s “lapdog of the week”
thanks man :)
Btw, you think Avery offered a free drink at W77 to Bertuzzi?
was Henrik hurt just then?
Did you see how Rozi collapses to the middle ? WHY WHY WHY does it do that?
Sally, you sound like you would achive more if you watched the game instead.
I’d scream too, if I looked in the fridge and the only beer was Heineken…
linda i know! very dull. im on atdhe now and its the same feed!!
it sounds pretty dead at the garden too.
HENRIK!!!!!!!!!!! HENRIK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hank is back! Avery is back ! Life is good.
i wonder if the hd feed is msg. damn i wish we were able to choose which audio we wanted!
Avery is playing very feisty game… i love it.
the crowds chantin HENRIK HENRIK and the wings announcers are like “which one, zetterberg or lundqvist.” these guys are true peniledwarfs
whats up with Lisin? Torts really doesnt like the guy or wtf?
goddammit
Blyad. Asking for trouble..
This is where we need to stand ground and not crap the bed. We always give up pairs of goals real fast.
way to blow the coverage captain clutch
Drury SUCKS!
I dont get it either with Lisin – the kid isnt producing – so what better to get him to produce than 58 QUALITY seconds on the 1st period.
Banana Schpeel?
What in Holy Hell?
we look too slow and the wings played last night too so its no excuse. theyve had almost no shots or good chances. havent even heard gabbys name until just now
Drury has to be the most calm, fired up player i’ve ever seen. I would never EVER guess that he needed to be calmed down based on him STANDING AROUND during the game… hmm. It’s amazing.
MDZ with those lasers up the middle!
effin higgins. cant score
gabbys having a bad one. as is his line
http://media.kspr.com/images/rp_primary_drury-logo-template.jpg
is voros playing? i’ve been kinda working on other things while the game is on and havent heard his name called
http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/Drury%20room%20key-thumb.jpg
Gaborik time? He is due..
Linda
No he’s helping put ice on Charmin aka Huggy aka Puddin’s hand.
Gaborik’s “line” has basically been quiet since Avery was taken off that line… instead, what’s happened? Drury and Callahan have had a ton of chances. Eff this Anisimov science experiment and put Avery back, damnit!
God, these Red Wings annoncers are putting me to sleep. Back to back games are hard when they are in the middle of the night:)zzzzzzzzzzzz
If I wasn’t watching the game, I’d photoshop a gumshield hanging out of that panther’s mouth.
Gabby’s been pretty quiet tonight actually.
artie is slowing them down i agree. and cally and higgy arent gonna bury many chances
Prospal scratched…
We just have no real finishers other then Gabs, if he had all the chances that Higgins had, he’d have double the amount of goals…
Meant Voros scratched haha
We need Vinny in here PRONTO
i’m watching on adthe but it looked like the very next shift (after my post) was Prospal, Avery, Gabby. Lets see… and if Torts changes the line again, he’s no better than Tom Renney!
What Droid Does, Drury Doesn’t
damnit these asshats just referred to the LLWS!!!!!! THERE IS NO ESCAPE, THATS FOR SURE!!!
According to the Wings announcers, Drury once won the LLWS. Can anyone verify that?
Tied after 2 periods. What a snoozer.
gotta say the rangers arent really bad tonight, but they gotta either bury some of those chances or do something and draw some pp’s. 1-2 goals a game is not gonna cut it. wings can very easily bang 2 or 3 in a row against us in no time. gotta get a lead in the early stage of the 3rd.
izzy- your right. it is one of those dull games. its not one of those crazy tight games with lots of up n down, its just kinda like… pugh
its either that or the announcers on atdhe plus the crappy feed doesnt help. i can barely make out where the puck is .. ever!!
is this game this guys first game doing the intermission show? he. stops. after. every. word.
where is everybody?
Mike, they better tough this one out, because it won’t be dulll in Chicago.
who murphy?? no. murphys pretty good
no mike, the other dude! he’s. just. dreadful.
msg feed..
http://atdhe.net/10548/watch-detroit-red-wings-vs-new-york-rangers
That was a pretty good period. I noticed the Rangers are paying a lot more attention to defence. They have been setting up a high trap at times.
I half-predicted a 3rd period meltdown last night, so…
I’m expecting a 3rd period meltdown right here.
Let’s hope for the same results.
they are playing ok – LQ has been great!
danizme- whats the password for richs feed?? thanks
thanks tons dan!!
Lundqvist is bailing us out tonight, it should be like 4-1.
Just win baby!!! Sure I wanted a Hank shut out, Gaborik goals ,AA jelling with the top line…but hey , against detroit..were doing perty good.
Valley btw is horible , we will be seeing a big johnsson some time soon!!!
i got it dan, thanks. it didnt show the password last time
gregs here!!! all is well in lohudland
Time to take it up a notch.
perty? lol greg, is yer nickname bert?
Shor- their goalie bailed them out a bunch too
ya know that song im talkin about?
thanks Dan.. Maybe I can keep my eyes up a little longer.. Now LGR!!!
true, ilb. But we still need to tighten up.
shit aminsimov got rocked
Elbow
WTF his head snapped back!?!?
uh… wow
That’s why I wanted Slats to sign Stuart when he had the chance.
Ooooof!
Ouch! That seemed to be in slow motion.
Imagine if somebody on the rangers hit like that
did the dude leave his feet to toss that elbow to the chin/throat?
The detroit announcers were pretty damn funny on the Anisimov head snapper! haha, i’ll take them over Joe Dbag any day.
Maybe not..
Id like to see CAPTAIN CLUTCH score the go ahead goal to win it.
Anisimov was back in Russia for a few seconds there…
I have no problem with that hit; it was just a one-on-one hard hit. I have issues with those hits where a player is already engaged with an opponent and another one comes out of nowhere to lay a crushing hit [like Scott Stevens used to do].
Kneeing eh?
Anisimov felt like he was on 7th and hit by the NHL bus.
Pretty clearly kneeing on Zett, don’t know why Sean even has to sell that one or why people (detroit and its announcers) don’t think it’s a penalty.
what is up with these guys? how can u play worse on the pp than u do on even strength or even the pk??? gabby on for almost the whole thing and doesnt get a shot. he looks slow tonight too
because the detroit players do no wrong.
Avery was lucky he didn’t get unsportsnanlike
Forearms, empty netter ugh!
tiger woods has some pretty bad taste. there’s a link on MSN that says “mired in scandal, will Tiger do Oprah” I said to my fiancee, why not, he’s done almost everyone else.
Arms too thick for that one…
todd bertuzzi, scumbucket
COME ON BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PP!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO, Linda
drury towards the net! woooo gooo dru! sooooo fired up
Anisimov needs to start player with a little more edge; he’s too soft for his size.
We should easily be 5 on 2 right now, ha. The refs just let 2 trips go.
HOW DO YOU MISS THAT???????????????
u suck avery!!11
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Sean, hit the efffing net!
OMG!!!!!! UGH
Avery just lost us the game. You can’t miss those types of opportunities and expect to win.
Drury looks too fired up!
CALM DOWN!!!
Miami Pimp’s Grandmother would have scored there, too.
ANOTHER PP! Their last one was great! COME ON BOYS!!!!!!!!
drury needs a tranquilizer…he’s out of control~
OK, get Gaby on this one. The wings look tired.
well maybe higgy passed it too hard or what but that was bad!!!
Detroit is giving us an early Christmas present, but we don’t seem to want it.
dru looks good tonight. i missed the wings goal but i seen people complaining about dru. did he make a bad play on that goal?
how is moe howard stopping all these shots?? must be the power of the hair
YES! It was Drury’s blown coverage (on Datsyuk) that allowed him enough time to chip the puck on net.
When does the power play start?
When Gaborik has 3 guys on him, can another Ranger help out maybe?
WE BLOW
kc, why’d they help out when they dont when hank gets run? Why’d they help their meal tickets?
Ok, now Tortorella is trying to teach Gaborik a lesson. Can he stop with the discipline and try coaching? The Rangers need a coach, not an assistant principal.
He is telling them right now, “Guys, if you take a penalty right now, I am going to kill your first born, and make you watch. Do you understand me?”
Ha. I agree. If we take a penatly we are toast.
was that a goal?
He is telling them right now, “Guys, if you take a penalty right now, I am going to kill your first born, and make you watch. Do you understand me?”
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Ladies and gentlemen! The quote of the week.
AND AVERY JUST SCORED! WTF? NO GOAL? NO REVIEW?
Avery?
Was it in?
wtf it should be a goal
HIGHLY HIGHLY PREDICTABLE
That’s a Killer.
Classic Lundqvist.
And that’s all she wrote..
SOFTIIIIIIIE
Game over. Let’s hope for a lottery pick and one less year of Drury, Rozsival, and Redden on the f’ing cap.
asst by Lundquist
and Lundqvist makes it 2-1….
No need complaining, we knew he was due for a softie.
nice goal lundqvist
what was that?
what S—T
This is a killer, he can’t allow that goal. Just can’t.
im so sick of this team. hank really freakin sucks. why cant he ever make the easy save????
Yuck….Back to .500
Rozsival: Please get Malarchuk’d.
Why does this always happen to the rangers, i called this with about 3 minutes to go, This has happened so many times over the years its amazing…i just dont get it we are such a hard luck team, out work a team for a long amount of time and then that team puts in a lucky one in the last few minutes it amazes me!
This one’s on Avery and Softqvist.
It’s not even Christmas yet…ugh
Rozsival! get off my team
i already turned it off after the rozy penalty. if sather doesnt get some damn scoring(no avery,higgins and cally arent goal scorers, and dru is just a lump of crap), and get rid of rozy im gonna kill something!!!
yeahhh, not holding the post. great.
Maybe the Rangers would have a better power play if Tortorella didn’t pull Gaborik off after 45 seconds in favor of Higgins, Avery and/or Drury.
If Avery would have hit that easy one…
we suck roszivals
officials are always in the way WTF!!!
Since they won’t waive the overpaid losers, then we might as well just accept that this team will always suck…
JBytes avery was off the ice
1 goal, 1 goal, 1 goal, 1 goal …
Oh well, Hank’s last 3 goals given up were all cheapies.
It just seems like his head is not in the game sometimes.
thomthum
December 6th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
It’s not even Christmas yet…ugh
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It shouldn’t ruin your Christmas anyway! Chris’ Christmas will be just fine.
cally with a pen. shot, higgins with a breakaway,kots and avery with open nets, and hank with the obligatory weak goal. and gabby looked like crap. how bad can it get????
This team is so stupid … who gives a flying f about the salary … get these morons outta here
LMAO Pavel
outplayed on home ice by Jimmy effin Howard. The worst part is he played so well for about 58 mins.
Obviously, Hank has better things to do than goaltend. And by better things, I mean carping women.
I swear I hope Sweden loses all their games at the Olympics!
kc. Gabby looked bad all night and his PP unit was worse than the Drury, Avery, Higgins line. Smart move, go with the line showing promise.
Rangers could’ve lost this game in the first 10 minutes if not for Hank, you guys are ridiculous. He’s gotta stop that goal, but no other goalie in the NHL has this game locked up at 1-1 with 4 minutes left anyway.
“Your “best”?! Losers (the NYRangers) always whine about their best. Winners (the Red Wings) go home and f the prom queen.”
Once again, Lundqvist and Rangers lose to a lousy back-up goalie.
kc- gabby wasnt doin jack the whole game. thats why he wasnt on the pp. aves,dru and higgins were all playing way better than he was or prospal. the whole top line was useless tonight. did they even have 1 shot on net?? does gabby think hes filled his quota for the season?? im not sayin he cant have an off game, but clearly he wasnt in this one at all
If Avery could hit a wide open net, Cally a penalty shot, Higgins a breakaway… then Hank wouldn’t have to make EVERY save. Goalie’s not going to win you every game you score 1 goal… someone else has to step up too, same goes for Gabby. Was mostly invisible when they needed him.
What happened with Avery’s goal? Or I should say it looked like a goal to me. My stream froze just as that happened, and by the time I got it back they were taking the faceoff in Red wings zone.
We had ‘em ….we really did.
Gaborik is tired , looks sleepy out there.
Great game by the Rangers defense.
Great game if we want the #1 draft pick this year.
True fans, Howard matched him save for save and didn’t give up any softies.
hockeymon
It was on the side of the net, not in.
and thats the way the cookie crumbles
Maybe someone should tell Hank that in the NHL games last 60 minutes.
True Fans, Gaborik was not allowed to do anything tonight, both by Detroit defense and Rangers coaching. He was constantly pulled off the ice. Whether Drury, Avery, Higgins, etc. managed to pass the puck around the zone in their shift or not, they still couldn’t score. Gaborik would have scored on those empty nets. The Rangers can’t score, and not giving your only offensive threat extra ice time is just bad coaching. Why wouldn’t you let Gaborik have extra power play time? Or maybe double shift him on occasion? But no, Tortorella is trying to make excuses for Drury and prove something by constantly having him out there.
Hank put that one in his own net. He misplayed the whole deal. He does it all the time. He makes a bunch of great saves the he falls asleep and lets in an easy one. He can’t stay in it for a full three periods.
Gabby is allowed a bad game every now and then. He can’t be superman every game. I’m so back and forth with Hank. The guy keeps us in so many games, but the soft/bad goals are becoming more commonplace. I know its probably a byproduct of Torts ‘system’, but as everyone’s been sayin for weeks, it’s time for the system to fit the team because its obvious the team cannot consistently adhere to the system.
true- i agree that he played well. hank made some great saves, but jimmy howard beat our top 5 goalie. but youre right, if anybody wouldve scored a damn goal it wouldve at least went to ot. the lack of scoring is unreal given the oppurtunities they had. if gabby wouldve had even one of those chances that aves cally,dru or higgins had, its game over. we really need some goal scorers. and christensen isnt gonna help that either glen. another 4th liner
kc. call it whatever you want to call it, but Gabby wasn’t producing offense and those other guys were. Sorry bro, Torts made a good decision there.
If Ovechkin has a bad game, do you sit him in the 3rd period? No, you play your best players. Especially when you are not winning.
Thanks it looked like it was in.
lisn playing 3 minutes is absurd… if they do not trust him sit him in thestands…
henrik blew the 2nd goal, that was a horrible gift.
they are not stealing any points….
another bad bad loss….....should have gotten at least 1 point.. higgins cally, dubi, and on.. they are all brick layers with no shooting skills….
This game was pretty much everything wrong with the Rangers on display.
1. Gaborik marked by 2 guys all night, so…
2. We need secondary scoring, but all we get is Hands of Stone from Higgins, Avery, Callahan, and well, EVERYONE, so…
3. We’d need goaltending, but 2 soft goals given up by Hank, and then…
4. We have a chance to tie it up at the end, BUT NO, Rozsival takes a dumb penalty.
Long story short, if a major deal is not made (for Lecavalier or someone who can make that kind of impact) we’re not making the playoffs, and in that event, it doesn’t hurt to tank hard for the #1 overall pick.
I agree that Henrik let up another crucial goal but 2 gimmees by Avery and Kotalik and Cally’s penalty shot along with a couple of consecutive PPs in the 3rd and it’s disgraceful that the game wasn’t in garbage time with 2 mins left.
Still, take it to OT and then maybe a shootout, just get points in the standings for chrissakes. Henrik has been the anti-Captain Clutch at way too many points this season so far.
disagree kc. gabby wasnt even close to in this game. dru,aves and cally were all playin to win. yes, they didnt score, but they had chances. gabby had none. if he wants pp time, then start playing before the games almost over
Both good points by True Fans Bleed RW&B and kc…but you dont know whats going on with Gaborik obviously Torts has a better read on that. There all NHL players and the chances they had late and the 3 power plays someone has to come threw.
Hi Ranger Fans,
Another exciting game here at the World’s Most Sold out Arena. Those fans just love us!
How about our Goalie! LQ scores a goal to win the game. Not many goalies can do that! What? What’s that? Into OUR net? Oh. Never mind…
Anyone see our enforcer? Could have used you tonight there Brash. We got too many power plays in a row tonight. Tort’s would just tap your shoulder, and say “Brash, go get us a penalty”. All for just over a million bucks. What an acquisition!
Anisimov is MY player of the game. Where is he?. Ahhhh, Artie! There was some talk about caviar earlier and I want you to go down to Brighton Beach and get me a couple pounds. Dolan will spring for it, he had a double shutout today with the Knicks playing earlier.
Gabby is in a bit of a slump, ain’t he. I better see Torts about cutting his ice time a bit until he picks it up.
Well, it wasn’t a win but it’s just as good. It really built some character out there.
Well, gotta go. Until next time fans, and remember- don’t step on the logo.
Mrs. Sather says, “Nighty-Nite”
Yeah, it was definitely a soft goal by Lundqvist but who cares, where was the rest of the team? Perhaps they were waiting for Gaborik to put on his cape to carry them. The team sucks and just relies on Gaborik, you can’t blame point the finger at Lundqvist.
i see u cwgatti!!!
kc. Gabby was getting getting his normal EV shifts, he was even the first guy out there after the Det go ahead goal and then the first guy out there on the PK. Torts chose to start the second PP unit on Detroit’s last penalty because they had nearly put the puck in the net already. Sorry, but you’re just wrong about this one. Gabby didnt get sat, it’s just that another group of guys looked better and Torts gave them a chance (a single chance) and Gabby played the rest of the game. Sorry.
>>JBytes avery was off the ice
Chris, I was referring to his missing the wide open net.
niters guys
Tanking doesn’t guarantee you the #1 pick, just more balls in the lottery.
Tortorella is spending too much time deciding which players to punish. Anisimov makes a mistake in the first period, and he’s off the top line. Gaborik doesn’t score in the first 2 periods and he’s yanked off the power play. Higgins scores a goal last night (with the work done by Gaborik), and now he’s supposed to be a top player? If Gaborik is being covered, put different players with him who can help, but don’t sit him on the bench. Especially with this team of stone hands.
CTBlueshirt
December 6th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Tanking doesn’t guarantee you the #1 pick, just more balls in the lottery.
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If it’s one thing the Rangers need, it’s more balls…
...in the lottery.
I havent posted here in awhile but I always read and I think its funny how some people are defending Lundqvist to no end (someone who has been giving up softies almost every game he plays in) but jumps down gaboriks throat for not contributing tonight while being double teamed most of the game. Gaborik is the absolute last person to blame this loss on and its funny how henrik doesnt get blame from some people when that last goal (and maybe even the first goal) was completely his fault. It doesnt matter how many times henrik bailed us out in the past….in order to be one of the best goalies you need to always be there and not let in stinkers every game!
KC. Gaborik wasn’t sat.
Non-lottery pelotas help too.
Well, as Bobby Kennedy said, in his last words-
“It’s on to Chicago, and let’s win there.”
True, at least Dave Maloney agrees with me! If you didn’t hear it, he just said “If you’re going to lose, you’d rather lose with number 10 on the ice.” Thanks Dave.
well, richtersgirl, its not that hank has been bad. hes been good. yes, hes let in way too many softies lately, but when youre team cannot score more than 1 a game, how many games do u think hes gonna win? it was as flukey as they come. yes it was bad, but still, we shouldve buried them multiple times with 3 straight pp’s. sry but its not just on hank.
RichtersGirl.
Obviously that was an awful goal that he HAS to stop… but how many games does he have to play where he can’t let up a single goal to win the game? The Rangers scored A goal? (as in ONE). Everybody’s at fault for this game.
yes olga!!! i agree!!! shi#-cago!!! helluva town!!
KC… i’m pretty sure Gaborik finished the game on the ice.
I’m not saying its ONLY henriks fault…Of course it’s not, they need to score more BUT those goals he HAS to stop if they want to be a successful team. That’s all i’m saying.
Quick question for Torts (maybe Carp will get a chance to ask at some point): what in the blue hell is Roszival doing out there in late game offensive situations, i.e., sixth attacker on? he has proven again and again that he sucks at it. he can’t keep pucks in, and when he does he handles it like a hand grenade.
Makes me miss Malik.
Lundqvist making crazy saves can spark this team and get them going…Lundqvist letting in softies every game…well…that just can’t help
True, I’m not saying Gaborik didn’t play at all. The problem is he was not given enough time in the 3rd period, which is when the top player and scorer should be on the ice as much as humanly possible, especially if there is a power play. Higgins, Drury, Callahan, Avery—none of them have shown any touch for scoring this season at all, and should not have dominated ice time. Not to mention that Gaborik should have someone big on his line, like Anisimov, to help with the possession and forecheck and give him space.
KC. I agree with your post entirely, but based on Lidstrom (and whoever his partner was), they shut him down. If nobody can step up to give him space (i’ll discuss in a second), then you might as well try another line against different defensive pairs. As far as helping Gaborik, Anisimov doesn’t do that. Actually, Gabby has sucked since Anisimov has been put on his line and I think it’s because he’s too slow and Avery’s actually a better setup guy and better behind the net. Avery ran hot 5-6 games with Gabby and I don’t know why they changed that. We’ll see if he goes back to that.
shoryuken
Thats a good point, the way Rozy has been playing What was he doing out there? Torts makes a lot of basic screw ups. He keeps saying I am going to go with the guys that earn it. Rozy’s play has been a complete mess for the last month or more. Some might say the last year.
Artie is a rookie, he doesn’t know what the smart play would be a lot of the time. He does work very hard and skates both ways. He is no help to the first line though and why Torts put him there is a good question.
Avery is a player who can’t be creative consistently. He can spark a line, but he needs to play with someone like Callahan and just grind it out. He isn’t skilled enough or creative enough to play for long with Gaborik or Prospal. Anisimov has potential with them because he plays the same way. Dubinsky was mentored a lot by Jagr, who taught him how to play with him. But Anisimov can’t be taught, if he gets pulled off the line in the middle of a game. To be fair, the lack of scoring on this team probably also is a result of the lack of consistency in the lines which prohibits any chemistry whatsoever, and that is on the coach.
new post.
Another loss. But a lesson for us all..