Need to know: Donald Brashear and Erik Christensen get prucha’d, and Ales Kotalik returns after sitting out six, in hopes of sparking a power-play that was 0-for-9 in this three-game losing streak. Lundqvist in goal—I’m sure Ocho gets a game on the three-in-four nights Western road trip upcoming.
Maybe this Brashear thing will become permanent once and for all.
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Two things about the Devils, just because …
That kid Patrice Cormier, the Devils property who was suspended for the rest of the QMJHL season for a vicious elbow, is appealing the suspension. Here’s how the meeting should go: Cormier walks in and asks that his sentence be reconsidered. The QMJHL president looks at him and tells him: Get out!
The other thing about the Devils, only because it pertains to the Rangers: Remember that great game, the 0-0 game at the Garden which turned into a skills competition? Since then the Devils are 2-5, and have scored 11 goals in seven games, four of those in a win over the Islanders; and they have been shut out twice. Of course, that game was also the first of four shutouts the Rangers have suffered in their last eight games.
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Now try to remember to not have any fun tonight. No jibberish. No Bonehead comments. Just line combinations. See youse after faceoff.
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Sweet Sassy Thanks Carp
first?
Yes 1 and 2
1 and 3. please repost your finger comment.
lmao @ “BECAUSE….....”
good job Staal, new face at the top!!
Or 1 and 3
no tennis ball comments from me tonight! sigh
Anyone have a weblink?
So…I’ll get my 2 cents in…
Things that are better than Sather…
crushing your finger in a logsplitter where all the stuff on the inside of my finger wanted to be on the outside!
did you take a picture of the damage?
repost per carp’s request:
why do some of you insist on throwing the kids into the fire?
stepan is not anywhere near ready. nor is bourque, nor is kreider and nor is grachev.
grachev has been pretty disappointing this year with the wolfpack. he’s no where near ready for top 6 duty. in a way i almost wish most of you boneheads had no idea what happened at the WJC this year so i can stop reading that those kids need to be here ASAP.
as far as lecavalier goes, NO THANK YOU. i’d rather spend that money on kovy. lecavalier’s contract will absolutely kill this team for the next decade.
as of right now dubinsky, callahan and avery are all third liners. if you want to see them succeed, or more importantly, if you want to see this team succeed, you need to fill the top 6 with players that actually produce. i’ve been saying it for months now, we don’t have those players and we can’t trade our trash for the type of top 6 guys that are going to help this team.
poor drafting, poor free agent signings and terrible contracts… it’s a vicious cycle that we keep repeating.
i don’t know how some of you stay so optimistic about this franchise. i will always bleed blue and i will always be a die hard ranger fan but that doesn’t mean i have to be happy with the way things are or the way the organization is being managed.
just wait, we’re going to unload some of our trash for other some other teams’ trash at the deadline and then in the offseason sather will go out and do what he does best… sign a bunch of bottom 6 guys to terrible contracts that will continue to kill this teams chances of making any kind of run let alone opening up any kind of window of opportunity to win a cup.
rozsival, redden, drury will all be here next year. suck it up. until this team fires sather and starts to draft well and not completely revamp their roster year in and year out, we’re doomed.
to hell with sather. to hell with the dolans.
No I wish I had!
Things that look better than Sather…
My finger after being crush in a log splitter where all the stuff on the inside wants to be outside!
Ok,So without a lot of stupid trade rumors what happens next,1)Torts gets fired,2)we make a BLOCKBUSTER trade,3)we make a minor trade or two,or4)nothing?
Today, I am unveiling a revolutionary new phrase …
“iBush-iLeague”
nyrcc, you need to go to the FIRE SATHER RALLY in march!
it will forever change this blog …
I predict 3) or 4).
either 3 or 4 david
iLaugh @ iPimp
i owe you a beer Carp! i’ll pay ya back at Bonehead Fest!
YES MSG FEED!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO i get to hear sam all excited over forearms!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David, I predict Steve Jobs will take over as Coach and force all assistants to wear, I mean use, iPads
Howdy folks!!
David—i’m going with 4… unfortunately
And no “dibocles” tonight! Driving on iPhone. See you after the game.
Howdy Beth!! Sure you want to do this tonight??? lol
d’oh i meant joe !~ LMAO @ no dibocles!
CARP: For heaven’s sakes … either use “Bush-League” or something with “iPad” in your entry tonight …
if mako is not here before gametime and they lose, it’s the 3rd game in a row….....it’s HIS FAULT!
cally on the first line….......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
“it’s me glen, longtime screw up”
NEW YORK RANGERS COUNTRY CLUB.
things that look better than sather? – my cat’s litter box (probably smells better than sather too) – the bathrooms at quicken loans arena after dollar dog night (go cavs/monsters!) – a tank of raw sewage – tyler kennedy’s pig snout
garden of dreams? nah, more like garden of nightmares!
oh man Fozzy.. I dunno but I certainly have other things I can do if need be
the billie jean king cup…that just does NOT sound right!
like scrubbing the toilet or watching grass grow?
WEBLINK anyone?
lmao @ tyler kennedys pig snout! you’re on a roll nyrcc!!
HEY BETH!! sorry, didnt see ya come in
Hey Linda!
sorry iPimp, got nothing from channelsurfing OR atdhe
@ linda – i wish i could attend any and all fire sather gatherings. unfortunately i live and work in tropical cleveland, ohio.
guess I’ll go make the cookies I need to make
ooohhhhh nnnnoooooooo. Here we go!
Are you kidding me????
wow, this is just getting out of control! BLAME MAKO!!
aaaaaaaaaas sunny,tropical ohio!
I’m speechless…you’d think we would be prepared for this by now!
Good Evening all.
I turn on the TV 2 – 0 WTF?
WHAT THE FIRETRUCKIN HELL IS GOING ON HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets go canes!
BENCH GIRARDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just sit him down now
wow. thank god my boys the cavs are on tonight. this is a joke.
FIRE SATHER!!! clap clap clap clap clap
THIS IS WHAT I HURRIED HOME FOR!??!?!?
less than 4 effin minutes to score 2 goals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
totally embarrassing!
Ah I see Im getting the blame for this LOL
Hello everyone.
The internet says it’s 2-0 already. This can’t possibly be true. Can anyone confirm/deny this report?
someone needs to put vivarin in their pregame meals!!
And the crowd comes alive with the “Fire Sather” chant!
maybe the should come out 10 minutes before game time and start playing? this way, when the game actually DOES start, they MIGHT have a chance
Which one of these teams is the worst team in hockey?
i gave my tix away this morning,thank God. Going watch the President I want to hear what he has to say. Maybe he will say FIRE Sather!
That rally really needs to be move up!
Fozzy, there should be chants in the arena right now! its almost like the real fans that are there are just numb
anyone have a link to game (non-sopcast)?
FIRE SATHER
TRADE/WAIVE THE LOSERS
iLove it!
Roszival is already a -1, yeah!
How do the dads not get a luxury box or rinkside seats?
The Rangers are so stupid … how is this clown Sather still looking over this team?
BUSH LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus, even Cally is infected with the icing for no reason bug.
Linda….numb is right. I’m feeling it right now.
iBUSH-iLEAGUE!!
sam and joe sound as if they are looking forward to the last minute of play in the game
One more goal, one more goal and I give up for the night and go play NHL10 where I have control over whether the Rangers embarrass themselves or not.
CT, bettman said they had to go to casual fans
Yeah Sam is like “I did my combover for this?”
LMAO CT…. sounds good to me.
so Carp is everyone laughing it up in the press box, this is beyond comical now
i think mako it gonna flick me on the forehead at bonehead fest!!!!!!!!!!
has anyone ever had vodka and snapple and if so, how is it?
Getting close to it Linda =P
Linda just taking it straight is the best choice right now
just got back from the gym. and i came home excited but i dont know why i expected anything different than this. usually i would never shower in the middle of a period, but here i go.
you’re probably right chris!
lmao MAKO!!!
Linda—who cares what it tastes like. If it numbs the pain of this game I say go for it!!
Nice they are playing their game
I think the rangers are trying to improve their goals/shot ratio
Has the puck been dropped yet?
Hey – if you can’t score – at least you can shoot at the other team’s players to try to injure! What a bunch of minor-leaguers!
you know what – forget the snapple. All you need is vodka!!
thats some spiffy tie on maurice eh
hard hitting reporting troutface
Let me hear those “fire Sather” chants
5 minutes left and we have 3 shots on goal … need i say more?
those were well placed tactical shots iPimp
Hanks like screw you Glenn
Im not hearing any “Fire Sather” chants?
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just when I think my life stinks
I watch a Ranger game
Linda, snapple is good. so if u like vodka then i say go for it. and add some ambien. thats drury and reddens pregame meal
Hey – off-game topic. I was discussing sports broadcasting with a co-worker today. He brought up something that I never thought about. He said that the only way that the NHL would start getting more fans interested is to have all local sports teams games broadcast over the air for TV. In other words, MSG would have to give way to PIX 11 or something like that.
Thoughts? Carp, I especially would like to know your opinion on this, since you are a reporter.
ever since sally made dubi a cat on the fb, that’s how i see him now!!!!
3 SOG??? THREE???
Oh my goodness, what kind of shot was that by Gaborik?
Mako – I’m chanting—you just can’t hear me!
iFire darth Sather NOW
Does the team realize they are playing a game?
Lin—same with Del Hotto..those ears!!
Nobody hits Ringo in the corner like that.
Consistency in the game? How about consistency in the YEAR!?!?!?
louder
I could play defense for this club and I suck… Bad
WTF. Dump the GD puck. Dig, Cycle – REPEAT!
nah, i still see MDZ in the pink don cherry suit jacket that dde made!!
Everything from the outside.
Sam stop with the “defensively Carolina has done a really good job”...you notice the Rangers ice the puck with zero pressure? That’s not because of defense, that’s because the Rangers have no idea what each other are doing on the ice. The lack of cohesiveness in the passing game is astound. They’re playing pin the tail on the donkey on the ice.
lmao @ ct’s dirty dancing reference!
forgot about the Don Cherry vomit suit! lol
a total period of craptitude!
I know a few players on the Wolfpack that are far better than this mess
“Hey the puck is in front of the net! Oh, wait the period is over… Maybe we should’ve tried that 20 minutes ago…”
Glad Danny Bibs stepped up on Staal on that 2nd goal
laurels not here, and who are they talking to…
AVES!
System? what system?..they have a system?
some adversity???????? SOME???????????
hey bud, it’s not exactly a long season anymore
Nice, Linda picked up on it. I would take Swayze’s character from Dirty Dancing, not even Youngblood over most of these clowns tonight.
Do you think if that PeeWee team that’s playing between periods stayed on the ice for the Rangers we would see a difference?
This hockey is unwatchable
This team need an ENEMA !!!!!!
The pee wees all probably strongly pursue the puck and look more than casually interested in scoring a goal. So yes, I’d see a difference immediately.
“be on the same page as a group” Hmmmmmmmm
Aves looks like he wants to puke
Aves telling it how it is. Look how much he’s holding back.
he has the most amazing scar EVER
aves is definitely holding a ton back, you can see it in his face!
Hey at least the Rangers Report bloggers are on the same page…facebook that is.
Wow, Sean looks absolutely defeated.
watching that, watching him talk just made me sad
I feel bad for the players who actually care…
Keeps on saying “group”
We ALL know what’s up with this team. Its no secret. They need to get rid of the tumors.
LOL, CT.
So, how wants to guess what Avery really wanted to say?
“I’ve got a bunch of [synonym for cats] as teammates! That’s what’s wrong!”
You know things are going bad when they let Aves be interviewed-they never do that. They’re just trying to appease the fans.
LIZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE is wasting time and energy. They are amazing, they can play this way without practicing.
Glad to see the YOTES winning.
Linda!! How are you?
he was trying so hard to get the right words in order before he said anything. he just sounded, OMG DRURY INFECTED HIM TOO
I’m already downing the absinthe
Liza, you have to join the FB page just look for boneheads with a pic of dubinsky picking his nose… some funny avery pics there
Maybe we’ll come alive against the West Coast teams and really play well? Right?
Danny Bibs with the BIG POKE CHECK!
Rangers are playing like they all drank absinthe.
what a period!!!!!!!!!
This team really needs to sell badly!!
They should not wait untill the deadline either. They are going knowhere fast as a franchise and the ahole at the top is the sole person responsible for this mess. We need another G.M. Someone with the balls to go to Jimmy Dolan and tell him that this “Orginazation” needs to eat or trade away all of these horrible contracts that Sather has saddled them with. They need a fresh face at the helm that can give fans some hope for a better furture. One that has someone at the top who is compotant and can get the job done.
Avery was trying really hard to employ his post anger management media tone, but his eyes and body language told the real story.
I’ve been holding off on crucifying Drury because I don’t think the guy doesn’t care. But this captaincy is killing him. I’m done hoping. He needs to be traded or waived and they need to have a rotating captaincy until someone steps up to claim it. Oh, and someone on this coaching staff needs to either teach these players how to play defense, or bench those that don’t listen. This whole “accountability” thing that Torts was talking about in the off season is a joke.
CT, some of them should take hemlock!
absolutely Nore, it was all over his face
shrinkage episode is on seinfeld atdhe.net channel
The Rangers make me feel like I just drank stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYSpIz2FjU
smoke and mirrors with the accountability. that only fell on a few guys, and guys who deserved to be held accountable…nothing
They telegraph their passes so blatantly.
The Rangers definitely have shrunken manhood, if they had any to start out.
oh my bad its the “baby” episode
rather watch this than the game.
like a frightened turtle, TR.
Chris, sorry for the delay. The over-the-air thing ain’t happening. Ratings are too awful for regular TV, and especially in cases where teams own their own networks, there’s no way they’re giving them up. As far as the big networks, the NHL pays for its network games, not the other way around. There’s just now way it will work or happen.
Appreciate that Avery accepted the fact that the fans were upset because of the team losing. As opposed to Tortorella who blames the fans for his players playing tight. Who exactly does Tortorella think destroyed Kotalik’s confidence? It certainly wasn’t the fans.
Hooray!
Whoa, what was that?
There it is. Cally really deserves the C.
CALLY CALLY CALLY NO SHRINKAGE
iThink ourRangers BLOW
THATS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda
I swear Drury must have a no-bench clause in his contract too.
woooooooo hooooo Cally!!! That’s a start!
I wish we had 16 callahans 1 avery 1 gaborik
Just a tease … until they give up the empty net and lose 3-1
YAAAAAY Cally.
Woooooow….
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
right back
Carp, I don’t expect it to happen, believe me. I was just curious what you thought about its effect on the fan base.
Wow – bad night for Henrik again.
I EFFING KNEW THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hm, do I keep my earlier promise of quitting this game to go play NHL10? I think my original premise was a 3 goal lead.
and there it is …..again sigh
and just like that it ends!
ha saw that one coming!
OH please. That was a beautiful deflection.
My brother just texted me: “And the Rangers score. I think I’ll wet my pants.”
there was the defensive dynamo Drury on the ice for that goal
this is almost comical. almost.
god i hate them.
Apparently with this team we need to post our cheers in less than 10 seconds or its a moot point
lmao @iPimp posting that as the canes scored… what timing
lmao NOR!!!!!!!!!!
and with my lag,its like 15 seconds. i was so excited and then THANKS FOR THE GUT PUNCH
Linda, iCall them like iSee them …
This team isnt going to make the playoffs, so I don’t care what happens anymore.
enthusiasm lasted about what 20 seconds?
LOL PP
Linda – what’s the Facebook page? I’d love to see it!
at what point do we start jockeying for draft order
iPimp, you are definitely NOT iBush iLeague
DECLINE DECLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pimp is safe to assume that you’re iRate with the play of this team?
If Drury shot that puck any more meekly it would have gone backwards.
Remember the good old days when there were only one or two players to complain about?
LIZA
its called BONEHEADS, has a picture of dubinsky picking his nose
lmao @kc and the good old days!
don van mass is the ref tonight
hooray!
oh joy, rapture! vanassenhoven
BRING BACK RENNEY! =P
Would someone pleeeaase wake this team up! gggrrrrrrr
At lease the Canes didn’t have any chances on our pp, lol
The Rangers can’t play with the lead and they can’t play from behind.
They suck when the game is tied and can’t score on the power play.
Lundqvist gives up softees like he was an ice cream man
All the while Sather laughs
When will those cigars finally catch up to him?
not yet
lol
they just suck the life out of the arena, our houses and the bars that have the game on…...... LIFE SUCKING DEMONS!
How did they miss that too many men penalty?
Linda – ohhhh obviously, sorry I didn’t read your comment completely. I’m not sure if I meet the requirements as a Kings fan haha!
lmao Liza, i dont think sally would mind
that dude pulled potato salad out of pee wee hermans nose!
They really should just trade Lundqvist. The guy deserves a chance to win the Cup.
Gaborik and Lundqvist are just trying to save themselves for the Olympics at this point. They want to remember what it’s like to play on a good team. Can’t blame them.
life to their game? until the next line comes out onthe ice
Right now MSG sounds like one of those “weak market” arenas
can’t wait for uncle glennie’s wrap up
Linda – I’ve put in the request! Haha thank you for letting me know about it.
So since there is no real game to speak of….Does anybody watch The Wire? I just finished season 4 last night. Amazing stuff.
The best (dramatic) series in the history of television in my humble opinion.
At least Artie has turned it up the last couple of games.
::sees a faint light at the end of the tunnel::
OD
I would NEVER EVER want him traded. But I keep seeing him in Red Wing RED.
Oh wait, that’s just Sather lighting up another stogie…damn you false hope.
Drury with a nice back pass as he enters the offensive zone to try to pull Kotalik offsides. Is Drury both scared and horrible?
I really don’t think this team is capable of scoring 3 more goals to win tonight. That’s like 3 weeks worth of goals.
The only question remains … how wet is Redden’s iPad?
Liza, you’re in! hope you enjoy the craziness!
“Lost” starts next week. Al Trautwig last year did brilliant recaps on msg.com, if anyone watches that show.
that was great!!! VANILLA!!!!!!!! he’s fabulous!
Joe is desperate for something positive to grasp on to but he says it like a question like he doesn’t really believe what he is saying.
Wow Michelletti is the eternal optimist. He’s still talking about how Callahan’s goal sparked the team. Somebody give this guy a freakin clue
Nice work by boyle
wow
don van mass callin another one!
That Anisimov profile was hilarious btw
Clutch offsides/mouthguard chew combo.
It’s hard to do that simultaneously.
Has anyone explained what a PP is to this team?
true, fIREHOSE! No emotion in any of his answers. He looked like a deer in headlights.
True story…Aaron Voros has scored the Rangers last PPG.
big glove by ward
When is Kotalik’s next game?! lol
Let’s see. Kotalik started the season blasting away from the point on the power play and was a top scorer. Then he made a couple of mistakes, got benched, and Tortorella proceeded to bash him to the press and throw him to the wolves. Wonder why he lost his confidence?
Hey Miami pimp…so with the absinthe, now the fairies on the ice are green…haha
anyone else feel bad that Anisimov’s family has to watch this?
They must be like…wtf…he could have played in the KHL
Unless some weird glitch happens like it used to in NHL94, I’m pretty sure you can’t score from behind the net.
cant even get out of our zone against the worst team in hockey
Something is definitely wrong with Gaborik right now. If he gets a chance like that, it’s usually in the back of the net.
Saw a vendor in the stands selling those foam #1 fingers – gotta think he’s sold a boatload of those lately.
YES, CT – Old EA sports game reference!
Btw – I think I could make a save on a Drury wrist shot.
to the rangers a PP is: – a chance for rosizval to lose the puck at the point – a short handed goal given up – pass as much as possible, without getting a shot off
Too many of the Rangers shots don’t even get off the ice. Get these guys some chipping lessons.
i blame gabbys new sticks
he has too many different patterns right now
Torts probably told Redden to go home!
Remember in the olden days when Jagr and Straka and Nylander would actually control the puck in the offensive zone for an entire shift? When was the last time anyone on the Rangers cycled in the zone for more than 10 seconds?
Staal: lol, they’ve been green for a while now …
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’m with the fans. Oh, and FIRE SATHER!!!!
iClutch game by the Captain
So, Redden gets bench for most of the third, but we don’t want to carry a 7th defenseman?
Al’s so funny. Year and a half in the Rangers zone. LoL
CT,
They’ll have many chances to practice chipping in April when the playoffs start with 16 actual hockey teams.
I’m suspicious about the love fest between Drury, Roszival, and Torts. Why are these guys above the law? Why is Kotalik made an example of?
Good thing they spent more than 10 seconds putting together that Anisimov spot
kc
i remember those days fondly. When we had a Captain that was worth a damn.
Torts likes Drury because he doesn’t talk back and obeys orders. Doesn’t seem to understand that Drury is actually simple minded and doesn’t know what anyone is talking about.
TR, I noticed he switched to the latest Easton Stealth. You figured that with the new molding and stick design that they could make the sticks pretty consistent these days.
I cant wait to see Callahan on a line with some talent, hopefully Brown and Kessel or Ryan and Pavelski
Kyle you think Cally is headed to Toronto?
fIREHOSE
our current captain is not worth a DIME!
That’s who he might play with in the Olympics.
ct
he has a couple different blades right now. all made by easton. he uses some on the power play and others during regular play. think theres 3 or 4 models but i could be wrong.
I’m skipping the 3rd period, I don’t want to waste anymore time on this team.
The Olympics can’t start too soon.
lol Linda
I had the MSG Drury profile thing on earlier. My girlfriend kept asking why I hate him so much because all she heard were the accolades being showered on him. She also thought the Little League stuff was “cute”
Why do people, who probably never even saw him play, still do the Potvin Sucks? Shouldn’t they be yelling “Fire Sather?” Great sit Redden for the 2nd. Are you going to sit him in the 3rd? Are you going to sit him next game? Are going to send him to Hartford? I doubt all of em.
ahhhhhhhhhh better , Redden is on the bench , hopefully for good. The guy is smaller in size ,not the fastest ,nor has a great shot. Wade Redden made it in this league with his solid ,hard hitting and great playmaking abilities. All of that is gone. He is what they say ..gone out to pasture. Not a big crime ..just some guys refuse to quit even though they oviously suck. Great players usually quit when they know its time. A great player hates being below average so he “retires” . Redden should take lessons from Naslund,Straka ,Yzerman and Sakic . He needs to eat his own contract and hang up his laces. Gretzky knew it was time and he was the best player on the Rangers at the time!!! Messier knew ,he pushed it but he knew. Mario tried and knew ,Kovalev should seriously consider it too. Wade Redden , Time to retire or be embarrassed..its yer choice.
How does Rosival lead the D in ice time?!
Jessup needs to order a Code Red on this team …
OMG!!! deprogram her at once!!!!!!!!! wow, she was hypnotized that quickly?????
ok is it just my feed, or is everyone having ‘audio stutter’ every now and then?
im watchin the carolina feed
great post GREG!!
i agree 22, enough potvinsucks, the chant should be FIRE SATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Uncle Glennie is putting subliminal messages in those Profiles to immunize unsuspecting fans against the team suckishness
i cant believe carolina hasnt had a PP yet.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!
Henrik handles the puck better than our power play unit.
I bet LQ could score a goal if you take the pads off of him LOL
wow. this is painful.
i’d set my eyes on fire if i had another set to pop in the sockets!
MSG thinks if they keep showing that Drury profile that we’ll be convinced he’s good.
I repeat, Aaron Voros has the last Rangers PPG.
Higgins’ only move is that wrap-around play. Otherwise you never even realize he is on the ice.
tr-808
January 27th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
i cant believe carolina hasnt had a PP yet.
Yet they had better chances than the Rangers did on their PP.
Nothing going right. The virus funk has infected Gaborik.
Well, folks, I’m going from one car wreck to another. Time for the state of the union. Goodnight!
WOW that was a great play.
FUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have we actually seen the LAST of Wade Redden in a Rangers jersey??
Good night.
There goes the Rangers season.
and with that im out of here.
please please please we need some chants
well that should seal it!!
Gabby is the new Higgins
LQ is the new Valiquette?
I rather watch them lose 20-0 before I watch that a-hole read from his beloved TelePrompTer….
Another 2 hours of life wasted.
well 20 – 1 LOL
Torts needs to employ joker make up for the next game,and some really garish outfit! a maniacal laugh would help
i;ve seen better pick-up games. They seriously look like they’ve never played together before. What do they practice??
HAHAHAHAHA!! We’re losing to the 2nd worst team in the NHL! Oh maaan it’s either laugh or cry at this point…
absolutely WRETCHED
Ok folks, that’s the 3 goal lead I needed to call it a night with this team. My dinner is just about ready anyway.
Got a semi-important doctor’s appointment tomorrow, wish me luck.
LIN
That’s what im thinking. What’s the point of keeping him if he’s not gonna play ? Might as well waive him since he cant be traded.
Im expecting it to happen soon.
Im really hoping for a huge losing streak. Canes gotta keep winning, along with the Oilers.
Cheech and Chong’s “Up in Smoke” on Cinemax West, time to bail on this game.
Man, the 70’s had tons of great movies.
John,that must make US the WORST team in the league ;-)
Does this get any more painful? You can literally hear the crowd sigh and grunt. This squad is atrocious! They literally make me sick! FIRE EVERYONE!!!
Time for Torts to plan his post-game comments.
“I have no idea”
“I’m not dissecting the game now”
“I believe they do care”
Question: How bad do the Rangers have to be before Michelletti stops putting the positive spin on everything?
I can just hear him during some of the dark days…
“You can tell Kamensky is really trying out there Sam, nobody feels worse about that open-net miss than him. Dunham’s played a great game, Sam.”
Well, at least we won’t have the disappointment of an early playoff exit this year
I hope Prucha doesn’t get prucha’d Saturday against the Rangers.
GOOD LUCK CT!!! let us know!!
LMAO at that fan trying to start a boo chant. He tried really hard, but finally gave up.
Lol very good point Linda! I think what we’re starting to see here is Hank quitting on the team that quit in front of him a loong time ago. Plus a goalie playing behind what is essentially not a team at all as Just Fozzy has pointed out
I’m with you ORR, time to cut bait! They keep going this way, people are NOT going to go to games, especially when it gets warmer out. And sitting Redden when his dad is there…wow. He’s probably FURIOUS!!!!!!!
Why is Redden Benched but not Girardi?
Why is Redden benched but not Rozival?
Why is Redden benched but not Staal?
Why is Kotalik benched but not Higgins?
Why is Kotalik benched but not Drury?
Good point MAKO. As bad as Girardi has been – no benching. Torts only seems to have a short leash for a few. Makes no sense.
MAKO, if I understand you correctly what you’re wondering is…why doesn’t Torts just forfeit the game before it begins? Just forfeit, maybe have a group Kool-Aid drinking ceremony….I don’t think any of us will feel to broken up about that
THERE ARE THE CHANTS!!!!!!!!!
Why is Christensen scratched but not Higgins?
Why is no one from Hartford up here?
Why is Lundqvist still in the game?
that was a weak attempt at a fire sather chant
What are they chanting right now?
fire sather chants!!
girardi needs to sit… they should have a contest to let a fan coach the team for a game! HOLY
FIRE SATHER CHANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will Torts and Brooks come to blows?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7993257@N02/4310642900/
i’ve had enough of this.
if you want one of these shirts, let me know. i’ll make it happen. I’ll print as many of these as i have to.
Yep, it looks like Tortorella is singling out Redden.
comedy of effin errors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CARP:
This is the time … it has come … to use “BUSH-LEAGUE”
What a wimp move by Cally. Show some balls and beat the piss out of him, don’t but your team in a position to get even more embarrassed.
The vagina bug has gone through this team, up and down, left and right.
Obama just said Fire Sather.
John Doe,
We were told there was going to be accountability. There hasnt been unless you name is Redden, Kotalik, Lisin, Voros. I could give a damn about Brashear. UNLESS Sather said YOU CAN NOT BENCH DRURY, ROSZIVAL & HIGGINS. I cant see why they havent been sat a game or two?
Not unexpected
Funny Noremry. Dolan still won’t care.
all those guys Mako mentioned deserve a benching or two, not all at the same time, but they all need to be accountable.
EFFIN STAAL KNOCKED HIS STICK OUT OF HIS HAND!
Cant wait to see Hank after tha Olympics, he’ll be completely burned out, and Gabby’s groin will turn into mashed potatoes.
And we will officially be the worst team in the league.
LOL obviously not at the same time
nice to t-shirt, 18200 of those during a game at MSG
>>Obama just said Fire Sather.
His approval rating just went up five points.
Did Lundqvist get beat high-glove side there? Shocker
LMAO 3 min left in the game and Drury decided to throw his body into someone LOL
what kind of mystical power does higgins possess that he gets to play every night???? please!
we know drury uses jedi mind tricks to fool those in charge.
are they saying WE SUCK
I’m speechless. Well almost. FIRE SATHER!!!!
This is almost as funny as the Brandan Fraser “spaz clap”
Brendan’
Really should have been a goaltending change after the 4th goal. At least let the kid get some experience.
Bipartisan cheer from Congress to Obama’s “Fire Sather” chant.
I haven’t seen Maloney on MSG these past few games. Has he been banned for being too critical?
38 SOG?????????? Really?
MAKO, I was kidding. I’m not sure how familiar you are with ceremonies involving Kool-Aid but that would be some nice accountability. Too many players to punish sufficiently
There should have been a goalie change after the SECOND goal.
how in Gods name did these blind ass bats get 38 shots on goal????????????????????????????????????
DANNY BIBS!!!!!!!!
nyroc – I can use 2 for the rally for sure.
Too bad we can’t get a sponsor to hand them out to the fans going to the game! That would be awsome!! The Eagles tried to do that to anyone coming into the Linc with an anti-Vick shirt. They wouldn’t let fams in wearing anything negative. They just turned it inside out until they got inside.
Are they doing this on purpose ???
No one said they were quality shots Linda!
Somebody on here predicted the other night that we’d lose v Pitt and then lose v Carolina and we’d end up with a new player by Friday.
So far, good call.
Here’s hoping Glen Sather finally bites the dust.
This the first game I’ve turned off in the middle to watch something else all season.
FIRE SATHER!
I think this team are a bunch of babies, and they’re trying to get Torts fired. It’s the only logical explanation.
This is almost becoming enjoyable. Some comical S@#t
Goodbye Torts, im gonna miss you.
Cant see how any of this is Lundy’s fault.
19 of 22 games with 2 GAA or less and he probably did not even scrape even 10 wins during the stretch.
This team is putred.
Referees are far more putred, possibly even inhumane.
@ just fozzy
i’ll set up an email account tomorrow and post it here for anyone who wants a shirt.
LQ is going to defect to Sweden via Canada during the Olympics
How has it come to this…two years ago we look poised to make it to the Cup…woe is us
sounds good nyroc. thanks
CR
Seriously, the refs didnt call ANYTHING on the Rangers until 10 min mark of the 3rd period.
Torts isnt getting fired….
The defence has been really good tonight, except Redden I guess. Benching Redden in a game like this is just plain stupid. What good did that do? Something has to be done with Redden soon. It’s not doing the team or Redden any good to treat him like that. Torts is a jerk.
wow Kots on the bench with his head down…. man you’d never see captain fantastic like that.
KOOL AID jonestown /jim jones reference.
These Miranda Kerr nudie pics are making this night a lot better.
AL STFU! HE ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS helps the team TRY to win. He cant score the goals.
lmao.their one quality shot went it
Ah, there’s Dave Maloney.
Torts needs to bring the team to the Park for a nice game of Dodgeball.
Linda I like your Torts wearing joker makeup idea. It would provide some comic relief.
Linda
Mr Fozzy sent his bonehead request on FB. Just FYI
dde
It worked for Ottawa… they’ve won what like 7 in a row LOL
Drury is horrible its funny Callahan scores when he doesn’t play with Drury. Why wasn’t Dubinsky centering the 2nd line instead of Drury? And Kotalik goes from being benched to playing on the 2nd line. Torts line combinations are strange.
FIRE SATHER
Sooner than later
This roster is filled
With rotten tomaters
Although I can’t blame the diluted talent on this team on Tortorella, he has definitely compounded the problem by unnecessarily alienated some of the players. He can’t expect those same guys to play hard for him.
fozzy, confirmed him a while ago!!!
Im sure these guys play dodge ball in the shower after the game, or at keast Kotalik tries to dodge his teammates balls with those huuuge forearms.
“But no matter how many fish in the sea
Post-games on LoHud feel so empty without Chris Drury!”
Captain Clutch should be a rapper! MC Clutch! Clutch Daddy! Ha-Ha!
Anyway, you guys already know the post-loss drill! I’m not gonna let this loss ruin my Serbian St. Sava Day, we gotta forget about this one, it’s a good thing we play again on Saturday and don’t have to wait around for the next game, yada yada yada! What leadership! Captain Clutch cares! Just ask Torts!
Why are you guys always so down anyway??? You know that Captain Clutch gets $7 million Dolan Dollars whether we win or lose right??? That should cheer you guys up! Captain Clutch is too clutch for a recession!
Gotta keep everything in perspective though! Captain Clutch has bigger things on his mind than this loss! Like the Olympics! Everyone keeps talking about Canada and Russia, but Captain Clutch isn’t gonna sleep on Taiwan! You think they forgot about what Lil’ Cap’n Clutch did in the 1989 Little League World Series??? The hockey media obviously hasn’t! Ha-Ha! Captain Clutch will be ready for the rematch!!!
Gotta wrap this up quick! They just let the media into the locker room, and Joe Micheletti won’t stop staring at Captain Clutch’s forearms! What’s with this creepy guy??? Captain Clutch has to get outta here!
Before I go, time to update my “Best 4th Line Center In The NHL” standings again!
1. Captain Clutch: 49 games played, 8 goals, 0 Power Play goals, -10
2. Blair Betts: 32 games played, 6 goals, 1 Power Play goal, +6
Take that again Bettsie!
/peels out in Clutchmobile
least’
Fuggin typos galore tonight.
the really sad thing is: of the 2 teams that play at the garden (rangers and knicks), the rangers are the better team! how bad does that suck? what a circus!
Mako..Ottawa is a better team.
Haha, EPIC FAAAAIL by Brodiva
FANKIST INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
The highlight of the night will once again be the Tortorella PC.
Sabs beat Devs ! YAAAAAAAY !
Oh wait, they’re 2nd place in the conference.
Never mind.
there better be roids in those dasanis
Im sorry I wasted good money to see these sackless felines play the coyotes this saurday night, I really feel for he msg faithful!!!
ranger909
its ecto-cooler
>>there better be roids in those dasanis
That’s what made them green.
LOL 909
At this point I dont think gear will help them LOL
Dave Maloney for GM.
Players want to practice more. Significant.
obv. redden is benched. he only has certain people he makes examples of. redden sucks but honestly its such bs. higgins, what does he have? 1 goal in like 20 games?
Mako, btw, my shins have gotten better but i got better running shoes with jelled support. forgot the name of them but my other shoes werent true runnign shoes. the ones i just got are much lighter so everything is easier.
I agree with Vinny, they need to bring Hobbits to the game. Id love to see Frodo, and Sam on the bench trying to keep these guys energized.
give Higgins his 2 year extension now! give Staal the big contract he has coming now! they need to stay mediocre or worse.
Drury must go. He shirks the post-game interview again. Jagr was interviewed after every single game. And had something interesting to say as well.
GEAR!!! spoken like a true weightlifter!
Ya gotta wonder if something is going to happen after a performance like this.
Maloney also said that you have to question how a team is put together to win during a long season. Pretty blunt assessment right there.
909
Great! Hopefully you’re still stretching. I’ve added foot lifts with a 20 lb plate resting on my toes to make the muscles stronger with some adding calf stretching.
Carolina dumped Brind’amour as captain and turned their team around. It can be done!
where is Torts?
LMAO Linda. Im no lightweight girl =P Even if I wear NEON!
no offense to gabby, hes a great player, but i dont think hes even in ovechkins league. Ovy just uses brute strength to power himself into the zone and practically launches nukes from the blueline on the pp. gabby cant do that. thoughts?
Im going to try and tape the torts interview with my iphone.
Torts is doing pushups in his office. He’s prepping for Brooks.
Is it 2012 yet?
Obama is giving the same speech that Drury gives after every game. He’s clutch too!!
torts is having some pea soup, so when his head Linda Blairs it will be truly authentic
It’s so simple: this team has no talent outside of Gabby and Hank (and maybe MDZ), and even Hank has been broken.
Cally, Dubi, these guys are mediocre players we’ve embraced because we have Ranger goggles. On any other team (okay, any decent team) they’re checking line/energy players who add a little bit of offensive support. They sure as hell aren’t expected to carry the O, nor do the fans delude themselves that they’re future HOFers.
FIRE SATHER. Get a real team. Remind us what quality hockey is like.
this team doesn’t need a guy like vinny L now does it. you all would rather shutdown Staal right. his brother tried to say Marc was physical before the game, couldn’t do it with a straight face.
Nice, reassuring game before the hard trip to the West…
Carajo!
Stan vs Torts = Santa vs The Grinch ?
My wife, not an avid fan, was watching the game with me when I got up to take a leak. From the bathroom, I could heard her yelling “GOD THEY SUCK!”
do we have to wait another 20 games before Anisimov scores again? sort of like Higgins, every 20 games he scores.
Torts has given up imo….
We played well? Lost 5-1?
Where’s “Brooksie” to liven up this boring post-loss conference?
That’s right Torts, it’s the “stuff around the team” that is causing problems. Fortunately they “stay together”. Whatever that means. How about playing hard and scoring?
No WAY is Gabby anywhere near AO. Gabby is a pure sniper, where AO is just an all around MONSTER. Great two way player.
When Dave and Joe are barely hiding their criticism of Torts, something is going on.
When Torts says we just need to finish I think he’s talking about the season
stuff around the team is just another excuse. these are grown men who are paid very well to play a GAME! they are professionals, who honestly just dont give a damn outside of a handful of them.
Did Redden fight Torts yet???
Gabby can only score when he gets time and space. OV goes through people to score.
i’m gna go watch the first episode of the new psych season
AO is not a two-way player. He can throw big hits, but big hits does not good defensive play make.
5 min before its on youtube if you want to see it.
Torts is the one who can’t handle being in NY. The players can’t handle being around Torts.
They went from suck to blow.
MSG propaganda piece is on right now with Drury
i think Torts should pull a sather and not talk to the media anymore. If Sather doesnt have to answer for yet another of his crapshoot teams, why should Torts? The guy is stuck with several stiffs, and young guys who do not have real quality vets to learn from. This is the team Sather created, Torts is trying to make filet mignon with alpo.
Yeah, stuff swirling around the team … like people realizing how bad they are.
Capt. Clutch, can you please e-mail me from the Clutchmobile? I have to ask you something. rcarpini@Lohud.com. thanks.
Orr, i hope ur watching psych. Seans girlfriend has some “features”
Anisimov has been the best player for the last two games. Right after Brooks suggested they should send him to Hartford.
The Rangers can’t even use injuries as an excuse, unlike the other lousy teams in the East.
between that game, the false prophet, and NO arnold movies on any of these weird channels i get… what do i do???
ok, so how did we do tonight?
Torts Presser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIZNJf4ObfQ
kc, injured pride doesnt count? how about no heart, no brain and no courage…oh wait, thats the tin man, the scarecrow and the cowardly lion
Capt. Clutch, can you please e-mail me from the Clutchmobile? I have to ask you something. rcarpini@Lohud.com. thanks.
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Carp: e-mail just sent from the Clutchberry!
/fastens seatbelt, puts mouthpiece in, peels out in Clutchmobile again
I love the hate for Torts, the guy has coached and won at EVERY level…but it’s his fault the team sucks. Boneheads. This team has an identity crisis. It tries to be fantasy and stack with top 6 talent which works for some teams(Penguins, Blackhawks, Capitals) and other teams(Sabres, Aves, Canuks) win with attitude bottom 6 talent. This team tries to be both and it isnt working and it wont work. Figure who you want to be and how you want to win then execute, dont play yahtzee with a random group players.
Thank goodness I didn’t watch the third period…
Didn’t watch the state of the union either…talk about another waste! I know the state of the union. Its worse than these Rangers!
Wicky- how did we do tonight? look at my post from 10:03.
Kyle, agree 150%...it was the same people throwing Renney under the bus!
;-) Staal!!
thankfully Phineas and Ferb are on right now, at least it will make me laugh for a few minutes!!!!
Cormier isn’t appealing the league, his team is. He said he accepts his suspension. So of it makes you feel better, my team looks like they are auditioning for the role of The Nuts in The Nutcracker. Bad night all around.
like i said, Torts is trying to make filet mignon with the alpo sather bestowed upon him. half of these guys should NOT be on this team next season, oh wait, we already do that every summer! It’s a vicious treadmill of incompetent owner, incompetent gm, wrong players!
Kyle Mc, well said
Had to work tonight, guess I didn’t miss much.
FIRE SATHER
http://tsn.ca/nhl/
how funny is this
Sorry about the quality of the video. Its still being processed and I wanted you all to see it right away.
scroll down a little on my link…you’ll see.
if you loose 5-1 to the worst team in the NHL at home, how can it get more worse ?????
If a team don´t react in such a situation, when do they want to react ?
That shows the surreal situation around the Rangers….
This is horrendous. I’m going to bed. I honestly think something is going to happen soon. Hopefully it will be Sather looking for work.
LMAO STAAL!!
Staal- good one. So who is Cpt Clutch now?
Staal, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That is clutch, baby!
The only think better would have been if Drury had been in the background instead of Prospal
ilb
yes, we watched it, just trying to lighten the mood!
If i’m redden i pissed as hell. How rozy is never benched or scratched is beyond me and girardi still would not have been BACK in the line up after the gabby incident.
Loved the way cally just glided back on the delayed penalty and then took one himself!
why higgins and lisin get more ice time than avery is just mind boggling. The only more mind boggling than that is how they are both still in the line up is beyond me. Everyone talks about bringing up young guys to play from htfd, our young guys must be really really bad to not have 2 guys to replace higgy and lisin!
Quote of the night..mrs wicky when rozy and girardi are both in the box, “don’t suppose we would be lucky enough to have the box catch fire right now would we”?
LMAO STAAL! How clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO at mrs wicky..Too bad it could only happen at the Prudential. They have to use candles since the lights went off out there I hear
LMAO @ Mrs. Wicky!!! you go girl!!!!!
I hate you Rangers. Why do you do this to me!!
Maybe Torts is just like screw it, I want draftpicks lets just throw the season.
Two things:
1) Kyle Mc….go read the hockey rodent’s review of Torts. Nearly every player he is coaching this year is having one of their worst seasons, producing well less than their career average. With the exception of Gabby…..Higgins, Drury, Kotalik, Boyle, Dubi, Avery, Lisin, etc. The rodent pointed out that barely any line has played together more than 10 games. I am exaggerating but you get my (his) point. The jury is still out on Torts. Coaches are supposed to get the best out of their players, not bring out the worst.
2) What the F is up with Joe Micheletti (sp?) “Isn’t that the story of the Rangers right now?” “Oh that is just how the breaks have been going for them?” “Another bad bounce and that kind of tells you how its been going for them.” What kind of crap is this? The team is not good. They don’t finish checks. They don’t play the body. They try these ill-advised cross ice passes at the worst times. Those very passes are traveling about 1 mi an hour across ice through 4 people. Why don’t they dump, chase, and hit? They try and carry the puck through the neutral zone and every team just traps them and gets an odd man rush. Get the puck to the other team’s goal line and chase it like hell. How frickin hard is that? Everyone looks so tentative. Oh but Micheletti has it summed up: “Oh that is just another bad break and bad luck for the team.” Sure Joe. You f-ing shill. Sugarcoat that the team is bad and has no spirit or unity to fight with. Bad luck Joe…that’s it.
I just wish the “Fire Sather” chants were louder.
i know, when she said it i nearly spit out my kokanee!
I have feeling there is a trade coming. Anyone else think it was interesting that msg showed sheldon souray’s trade quote when we were not playing edmonton?
Funny thing is, I see no reason to tune in anymore. I think I now watch, just so I can comment here…you know when we aren’t talking jibberish
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
Yeah, Souray’s the answer! buahhahahahaha
it’s becoming a more brutal experience every game! just when you think it cannot possible get any worse, it does! when exactly does ROCK BOTTOM occur??
What the F will Souray help us with?
We’re doomed
on the bright side, at least he’s hot!! lmao
Oh no! I hope TSN didn’t jinx Eric Staal with that Capt. Clutch title. Comparing a star to Drury is just well…plain bad.
BTW did Clutch even play tonight.
I’d be amazed that if the team kept having more big losses/shutouts that there wasnt a major shakeup, probably involving Torts, but possibly even old stogey puss himself
there has to be a rule that either Running Man, Conan, Commando or Predator is after yet another Rangers disaster!!!
Staal, he floated and flitted around a bit
Linda:
He’s hot? Oh $HIT … he better watch out or Redden and Roszival willl tag-team him in the locker room as an “initiation”
POST OF THE WEEK:
Doodie Machetto
January 27th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I hate you Rangers. Why do you do this to me!!
Doodie
i agree!!
Right now Renney is seriously laughing his a@@ off!
iPimp, at least one of them would be gone
I bet Reds was FURIOUS he was benched with his dad there and all!
It’s an interesting intersection of the season. The bottom of EC is still very questionable. At the moment, the Rangers totally lost their confidence. They get the pill and have no clue what to do with it. They treat it like a hot potato. Gaborik struggles and as expected this team is exactly where we all knew they would be. They’ll start playing better at some point, but I’m afraid that Sather will make a few stupid trades to save the season just to shake this team up. Or will fire Torts. Don’t know what is worse.
staal, is edmonton that much better ;-)
Linda, or Bloodsport should be on. Best American-made action movie ever. The part where Van Damme explodes the bricks with his slap always cheers me up lol.
Staal- Renney at the moment is having his hands full too.
Mako Post 9:02 Agree with you 100% Re: The team and tonites game, why don’t most fans realize that Tortorella lost this team quite some time ago. To a man not many Rangers are playing for him. How can this team with only 28 games left, come out in the first period and play this poorly. This is poor preparation and coaching. Tortorella does not have the TEMPERMENT to lead this team. Drury’s a waste as captain. Crap, give the C to Callahan or Avery. On any given nite, Avery, Callahan & Anisimov give it their all. Re: Henrik, he gave up some soft goals but had he played his best game, we still would have lost. We can’t get out of our own zone, we don’t check both back and fore; we certainly don’t hiy anybody, we simply can’t execute the basics. Everybody is tense, confused and lacking passion. NOBODY APPEARS TO CARE. THIS IS A COACHING PROBLEM. Don’t get me wrong , we barely have an average team but we have a team that is grossly underachieving. This team could still eke out a playoff spot, but not with this coach. We need change and we need it soon.
if they do release Torts from this horror show, they will bring Keenan back…....bleeeeeeeeeeeech
No but I unfortunately root for this disaster, though I am questioning why I should exert any energy on this team, when they don’t return the favor.
Renney had Ranger teams that could get out of own zone.
we should just refer to them as 2012, its quicker to type
loneranger…there may be coaching issues, but this is a GM problem, Renney was in the same boat. I don’t care if they fire Torts. I never liked him and I don’t agree with his coaching tactics at all. But anyone that is hired will end up in the same spot, why? Because we are saddled with the likes of Drury, Redden and Rozival
Wicky- they sell Kokanee in Montana? The best news I heard all night.
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
BUSH-LEAGUE
iBUSH-iLEAGUE
The only simple solution is to Suffer.
I highly doubt Scotty Bowman would make any difference at the moment.
Hey I just came up with a Clutch idea!
Why doesn’t Drury become head coach and Rozi and Redden can be assistants? Monster contracts would go away… They know what should be done, they just can’t do it cause they suck to high heaven! But maybe they can teach…Oh forget it! Thats a terrible idea…or is it?
oi vei is all i got to say!
I’m out folks…gonna play some GW
Its been real…till tomorrow
staal, are you on the FB page? one of my friends made a comment i think you might enjoy, but i dont want to post it here because it may a discussion not appropriate for a hockey and jibberish blog.
Hockeyman 9:27 What are you smoking. You said the defense played good tonite. What the hell game were you watching.
loneranger no coach is changing this team.
Renny lost this team but his system wasnt producing goals for 3years so something needed to give
Torts lost this team, but we are now slowly realizing this team sucks
http://hockeyrodent.com/
I’m of the opinion that Tortorella is an enormously overrated coach whose loud mouth seems to cover up a shocking lack of any kind of hockey sense.
Accountability? He throws that line around more than Obama throws around “Let me be clear”...And all he’s shown as Rangers coach is that there are definite players he WILL bench and players he WON’T bench.
And I get the feeling that many on this team are sick of his bullshit. Is Redden any worse than Rozi? So how come #33 hasn’t missed a lick of ice time all season?
Kotalik & Lisin…can anyone honestly say they contribute less than Captain Useless?
One thing about Chris Drury – The ONLY time this entire season he showed a pulse was when he was demoted to the 4th line. Soon as he got his ice time back he reverted back to useless.
When it comes to mercenaries mailing it in for a paycheck…there are few players as guilty of it as Chris Drury. I know he’s got limited skills and possible brain damage from concussions…but he’s made a habit of not breaking a sweat in a Rangers jersey.
I expect nothing to change with this team. Not with Dolan…Not with Sather…Not with Tortorella…Not with this group.
The Rangers are a bottom 3rd franchise in the NHL right now. Couple of good players…mostly overpaid useless players…an organization wide acceptance of mediocre efforts…
Where is the bright side? I fear for our talented young players because if they’re looking at Drury, Redden, Roszival, etc for leadership…they’re seeing first-hand how to collect a paycheck and do nothing to earn it.
No need to get excited…I just see absolutely no reason to believe things will ever get better until this franchise is gutted and we bring in people who actually give a shit.
How many players on this team are really upset about these losses?
no will + no talent = New York Rangers
the benching of redden was BUSH LEAGUE!!!!
there is no help coming from our minor system for atleast 2 more years, slats trade for vet help!!!
did anyone see this:
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/fistric_rips_helmet_of_nystrom_off_his_head_hits_him_with_it/
ilb
oh yes, when i was in grad school in st louis i used to bring it back by the cases!!!
not to make light of a serious subject, but following this team is almost like an abusive relationship.
Staul Wart Agree with you that our main problem is the GM, but if Sather’s not fired, how do we salvage the season??? What if Sather fires Torts. which he might very well do to save his own ass.
Linda- can’t live with, can’t live without?
we keep coming back for more. always hoping things will be better.. sigh
ilb and linda
can’t live with them, can’t shoot them!
WICKY i loved that link! are we supposed to be laughing, because I am!!
Night all.
my local (or loco) weatherman just said he’s sitting on a rock that is as hard as a rock! NO SHIP SHERLOCK!! next time i see him at sam’s I’ll ask him if the shoes on his feet feel like shoes!
nite ilb!
So in fantasy land Torts is canned tomorrow. What miracle worker do you suppose comes in and gets “the best” out of this team. 4 over the hill players, 2 young russians, 8 career 3rd liners, 2 invisable d men, 3 potential good D and Gabo. Oh and a HOF goalie who has given his all for a team and all he gets back is living in his favorite city. Yea with a coaching change this team can really “compete”.
i cannot wait for Sather to get fired… but IF he goes…what changes exactly…obviously we get rid of one of the biggest cancers in all of the professional sport, but Redden Rozi Drury all coming back next year…pretty tight spot for a new GM to come in… Similar to what Bush hand over to Obama…a hot fargin’ mess (i can be political too)
Keenan
ugh
the only way to get the proper personnel with the bad contracts we have is to trade a young guy and a bad contract (except drury unless he waives his ntc to go to LA) for a another almost is bad contract, but a better player than what we have! Getting a guy like souray or richards or VL (really really hate his contract though) would improve the talent on our team. Anyone of those players would be our 3rd best player behind gabby and hank. We really do not have the cap space available to do anything until those guys or 2/3rds of them go. No one is going to take a big salary (toronto might) withour giving a big one back in the salary era and without a sweetener to get the better big contract player out of the deal (see heatley big contract for rozy big contract before the season, but sather balked at the sweetener of dubi).
Did dubi play tonight or was he a healthy scratch??
and sadly, the WORST news of today was that they found the remains of Morgan Harrington on the grounds of a farm about 10 miles from the arena she went missing from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY0U0GTRPuo
Sather is NOT like a box of chocolates. You ALWAYS know what you’re gonna get. :)
Did dubi play tonight or was he a healthy scratch??
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we’re not gonna get into this…ok Frenchchops ? :)
Linda, you’re absolutely right …. this is EXACTLY like an abusive relationship
It’s kinda like the Redden-Torts relationship
linda
yes you are!!
cccp
yep, i hear you man, that stupid democratic congress really handcuffed bush while he was in office. Bush is like hank, did the best he could behind shaky stupid democratic congress/bad d men!!
this may cheer everyone up, tweet from prospect park:
TheProspectpark NYR fans here is something to hopefully ease the pain, Ryan Bourque had 4 assists, Chris Doyle 2 more, Sam Klassen + Tomas Kundratek good D
ugh, that was just bad placement on my part. i thought for sure there’d be posts between!
new post.
nyrcc, I want a shirt! PLease!!
steve at blacks4 dot com
“Party on Linda”
PARTY ON CCCP
I’m a fan of the blog, but for heaven’s sake, please stop referring to scratched players as being “prucha’d”. We get it already. They’re sucking enough right now, I don’t need to be reminded of a specific way they sucked three years ago. It’s not funny anymore. Somebody’s got to be scratched every game. Deal with it.