Happy, because September means hockey … pre-training camp, training camp, preseason.
And, 39 days until Opening Night.
39: The Dominator. Dominik Hasek, maybe the best goalie ever for a stretch of years. Certainly in the conversation.
39: Doug Weight, until he was traded for Esa Tikkanen, and Todd Marchant (for one game), until he was traded for Craig MacTavish.
39: Dan Cloutier, who liked to fight as much as he liked to stop pucks. About his gloves, following the event on Long Island, he said, simply, “They came off.”
You guys already mentioned some of these, if not all … also, 39: Dave Parker.
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39: Chris Chelios’ age in 1939.
See youse.
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Ha!
Good morning, ‘heads!
We don’t have enough players like Cloutier. I’m sure Wicky will agree :-) Why did we ever let this kid go?
Cloutier, oh man. That was a clssic game. One I’ll never forget.
Hah. A crease-clearing, physical goalie.
Blaze,
congratulations!! Hopefully the funding is able to bring relief if not a cure to those suffering.
Mickeym,
enjoy the last day and best wishes as you forge ahead!!
For those who are Twitter savvy…jimcerny has some links to good articles about informal ranger workouts with some good quotes etc…I’m not sure if articles are at rangers site or NHL site
Thanks Joke.
I still can’t believe we pulled it off. it wasn’t looking good last nite.
The finalists
http://www.refresheverything.com/finalists/
THANKS!!!
The list of #39 Rangers includes a whole lot of AHL-level players and a Stanley Cup champion coach: Drew Bannister, Joel Bouchard, Alexandre Giroux, Dan LaCouture, Steve LaRouche, Peter Laviolette, Shawn McCosh, Brad Smyth, Vladimir Vorobiev, and Trent Whitfield.
LOL, love the Chelios reference.
Thirty-nine is the sum of five consecutive primes (3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13) and the sum of the first three powers of 3 (31 + 32 + 33). Given 39, the Mertens function returns 0.
39 is the smallest natural number which has three partitions into three parts which all give the same product when multiplied: {25, 8, 6}, {24, 10, 5}, {20, 15, 4}.
39 is the 12th distinct semiprime and the 4th in the {3.q} family. It is the last member of the third distinct biprime pair (38,39).
39 has an aliquot sum of 17 which is itself a prime. 39 is the 4th member of the 17-aliquot tree
The thirteenth Perrin number is 39, which comes after 17, 22, 29 (it is the sum of the first two mentioned).
Since the greatest prime factor of 392 + 1 = 1522 is 761, which is obviously more than 39 twice, 39 is a Størmer number.
The F26A graph is a symmetric graph with 39 edges.
The atomic number of yttrium
oh, I will turn 39 this October :(
I think Daniel Goneau is on that list too. Him and Vorobiev, they were good for like that three or four game stretch in the mid to late 90’s.
Goneau’s highwater mark in his career:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199610300NJD.html
Vorobiev’s as well:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199701210NYR.html
Sad, but touching story:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=536611
I do believe that Hockey Community is the best when it comes to handle such a things.
Daniel Goneau,Chris Jensen, Todd Marchant, Tom Younghans, Rafael Soriano, Jon Adkins, Roy Campanella, Larry Csonka and Tyler Arnason,
And Cloutier’s best game as a Ranger:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199804040NYI.html#NYR_goalies
39 – (used to be) Fast Willie Parker
4ever – very touching story
Good morning all! Congrats blaze!
Blaze,
I hope I’m not being a downer here, but my local paper (Albany times union) has an on line article about hannahs family and confusion as to if they really won or not. I guess the dad thinks they are in third place but website says they are a finalist but pepsi won’t say if they are or not. Man, I just really hope they get the money. I can’t imagine the stress involved.
Do you have any inside info or further details? Either way I wish nothing but the best for that girl.
NY Yankee Steve Hamilton #39 master of the Folly floater.
Alfred Hitchcock 39 steps.
1939 One of the greatest years in Hollywood movie making
Gone with the wind
wizard of Oz
wuthering heights
mr. smith goes to Washington
Goodbye Mr. chips
stagecoach
drums along the mohawk
check em out and more
ilb,
...”September does have that distant, sweet hockey smell”.
For me,speaking literally it always combination of sweat and old leather(we had all leather gloves,)not unlike horse saddle after long ride. But figuratively,I agree with your poetic metaphor – it is a smell of a crisp early morning in a fall in antisipation of evening game.
Loved Cloutier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJno60rwE4
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/No-answers-for-Hannah-yet-640339.php
article I referenced earlier
I didn’t know Hannah was from Rexford.
Interview her Dad did this week:
http://capitalregion.ynn.com/content/514737/contest-gives-hope-to-local-family/
I’m sure they will bring him in again for another one in short order.
Oh and Mama? Avery’s back on the ice, according to Jim Cerny on twitter.
Blaze
the times union has updated the story at 10:18 to say the family appears to have finished second but results won’t be final until late September. I’m not attached to the family in any way and i’m stressed just thinking about it. I’ll never buy another pepsi product again if they put the family through this and then doesn’t do the right thing in the end.
Wheeee! Now the season has begun!
hey, ilb, you going for the hat trick tomorrow?
Khabibulin arrested for DUI? Pulled over in his Ferrari…good job
UKRanger
May be I’m biased, being “everything hockey” fanatic, but when it comes to unfortunate, tragic events, Hockey Community responds the best possible way out of any big sports, for stories I try to follow. That’s my point and I’m a sucker for good deeds .
Mundo
Old news.He’s already start serving his 30 days sentence. Good job, indeed. By who?
Congrats blaze!!
“Cr9 , well you spoiled baby!! Yankees always win so the Rangers sit back seat huh? Thats gross man. Yankees playoffs always take second fiddle to the Rangers. Infact Ranger game are top priority ‘round here and if anyone bugs me while im watching….”
Greg, it has nothing to do with the Yankees winning all the time. Nothing. Zero. Nada. In April, May, and June, if the Rangers/Knicks are in the P/O, the Yankees take a backseat to them. In October, the Rangers take a back seat to the Yankees. It’s my standard operating procedure – as a true NY fan!!!!!
@ Joke
yes, i do have inside info. yes,there has been some confusion about who finished second. Pepsi isn’t really offering too much info at this point in time, only that we came in 2nd. we’re surmising that something happened with that other fund. perhaps they cheated or something. I’m not exactly sure. I’ll keep u updated.
thanks!
39 – Jack Benny’s age
#39 ex Giant Larry Czsonka.
EddieJ
actually Kovalev should be pronounced Koval*YO*v since the letter before last in Russian pronounces as “YO” which is like E with two dots on top. You’re welcome :)
39 games is how long it took Gretzky to get to 50 goals during 1981–82 season.
#39 Rick DiPietro
Picture: Zuccarello-Aasen #48
http://www.snyrangersblog.com/2010/09/01/picture-zuccarello-aasen-48/
CCCP
I’ve always wondered about the difference between OV and EV…is there any in meaning? I was told that it was like in English Johnson is John’s son, and in Irish MacDuff is son of Duff…( same with Scots).
puck Daddy interviewed Hank.
Video: Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist on NYC bus love, goals for next year and his hair vs. Whoopi and Trump
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Rangers-goalie-Henrik-Lundqvist-on-NYC-bu?urn=nhl-266540
The Interview File: Rangers Tribune Talks with Henrik Lundqvist at Gray Line Ceremony
http://www.rangerstribune.com/2010/09/interview-file-rangers-tribune-talks.html
“NM: I heard Zuccarello-Aasen had a slick goal on you this morning. (Referring to a nifty goal scored at yesterday’s skate)
HL: (Laughing) Oh yeah, he is really good.”
#39 Rick DiPietro
***
Who dat?
Good afternoon boneheads. When I think of Doug Weight, I think of a really good player that for some reason was in Keenan’s Chateau Bow Bow. Didn’t get much playing time but contrary to Iron Mike’s initial assessment of the kid, he carved himself out a really nice NHL career.
The Tim Kennedy Cap Space Maneuver Is A Go ! Video
http://www.rangercrisis.com
fran
Russian last names creative development in a very short: Meaning is almost right – it could be mostly son of…,(Anisimov and Frolov – old russian names: Anisim and Frol) but also means generally belonging to…(trade, things, animals, etc. example Kovalev – blacksmith family, Nemchinov-from germans or probably look alike. Grachev-means rook alike, which make it appropriate to call him rookie.Gonchar(ov)
potter). As for OV or EV, it depends on which consonant letter before ithard or soft phonetically – hard to explain to non-russian speaking.I don’t know why it crossed out, but hope you got the picture.
morning ILB and all!
Yep, a crease clearing goalie indeed!!
mickey
hang in there.
39 – Johan Franzen
4everanger
thanks you for explaining the origin of Russian last names!
spasibo
#39 Rick DiPietro
***
Who dat?
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let me tell you who dat iz… oh who cares!
That was for Fran, I’m pretty sure there is nothing new for you.
Unfortunately, I get plenty of time now for …
nothing new for me…true
but saved en effort of typing all that up! :P
39 – Doug Gilmour
Dale Weise Joins The Mouth and Jim on Blueshirt Banter Radio Tonight 8 PM
Hopefully we will see CCCP and you fellow Boneheads there !
http://www.rangercrisis.com
wow, cccp getting some face time!!!!
fantasy hockey??
face time, right
at least i’m not being called a porta-potty hole :)
September 1, ‘39
Nazi’s invade Poland to start WWII.
Just a friendly reminder,and my shout out to JB…
16 days until training camp!!!!!
39 bottles of beer on the wall….
LMAO@ Rick dipietro… Good job 3CP
Postpone hockey season!! Until November!!
CR9- learn to multi-task… get a second TV.
Happy 23rd birthday MZA!
CCCP – I don’t know which fantasy league you won last year, but it wasn’t mine.
I’ve invited most of the participants back from last season, and it is on Yahoo. :)
I have 4 TVs in the same room, for Jets, Giants, Yankees regular season games. And Rangers, Jets, Giants, Knicks regular season games. LOL! Postseason is top priority over reg. season!
Thanks for the link blaze! Sigh :)
There’s no reason you can’t watch Rangers and baseball at the same time. For Cripes sake, you can watch a baseball game and read War and Peace (formerly known as WAR- What is it Good For?) at the same time. Just watch the Rangers until you hear the crack of the bat, then look at the baseball game for 5 seconds. The rest of baseball is irrelevant.
Spiderpig
you’re right…it wasnt your league, sorry
i won the league at ESPN Fantasy Hockey, which in my opinion is better than yahoo.
Thanks for invitation anyway…i just registered for your league again.
P.S. whoever invited me last year to the ESPN Fantasy Hockey league, please invite me again!
OR if boneheads want to join one at ESPN, say “I” and i will create one! (i would prefer to be invited in one) :)
CCCP
I
Also, can you send me the yahoo link if it’s okay with Spiderpig?
LMAO at Izzy’s description of bb
CCCP-
Thanks for clearing that up. I guess Sam, while not exact in his pronunciation, is close. He must have done his homework. Everyone else (like me) pronounces it “lev”.
I’d be careful not waste my time looking at the BB every time I hear the crack of the bat, most of the time it’s a foul ball anyway. Wait until after the crowd starts cheering.
LMAO @ formerly known as War- what is it good for!
EddieJ- the right way to pronounce is actually “lyov”
just for conversation sake,
with Neimi still out there, would you trade Hank to get a center, and then sign Neimi to replace him.
bull dog – no
Tonight Blueshirt Banter Radio at 8 PM
Update : Dale Weise had to cancel will appear next week.
http://www.rangercrisis.com
CR9 and anybody else who wants to play, email me bmitchelf@yahoo.com to join the Yahoo fantasy hockey blog league.
I thought Doug Weight was traded in the 92/93 season. Oilers were in town, Weight and Tik did the classic “switch locker rooms”. I don’t know if Nielsen was fired by then, but Keenan wasn’t the coach.
>>Just a friendly reminder,and my shout out to JB…
>>16 days until training camp!!!!!
Hi Linda! “Sweet Sixteen” sounds great.
[Billy Idol reference.]
[Darn it, I missed “19” by Paul Hardcastle and “Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks.]
CT,
you are correct, I was at that game, remember it well. Neilson had been fired at that point, and Weight never played for Keenan as a Ranger.
ilb2001,
I came up with 2 teams on the cusp of winning the cup and needing a goalie, so lets try these. Hank to LA for Kopitar, or Hank to the Caps for Backstrom. would you do either of those. I don’t believe either team would, but just for fun, would you?
i wouldnt… with all the promising young talent that is coming up for this franchise, i wouldn’t trade Hank even for Ovechkin :)
Ryan McDonagh Interview with The Hockey News
Top Shelf: Ryan McDonagh ready to embrace the New York Rangers
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/34926-Top-Shelf-Ryan-McDonagh-ready-to-embrace-the-New-York-Rangers.html
Video clip featuring McDonagh playing NHL 11
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2010/08/31/video-nazem-kadri-hi-jacks-ea-sports-nhl-11-rookie-showcase/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HockeyOrDie+%28Hockey+or+Die%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Kovalchuk decision postponed until Friday…
Check TSN
@Izzy Mandlebaum
Funny you mentioned War and Peace. I just watched the highly inaccurate movie… “The Last Station” last night.
TSN link
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=332308
It’s now official! After all the confusion this morning…Pepsi confirmed it just now.
Hannah’s Hope Fund comes in 2nd place and wins the 250K grant.
Thanks ilb!
I don’t often recommend movies ( for one thing, don’t see many of them BUT A GOOD ONE WAS “tHE cOMRADES OF sUMMER” about Russians trying to form a baseball team and league with an American coaches help. Really well done.
Thanks 4 ever
I appreciated your efforts. I get hooked on foreign names and languages, I find them very interesting. a friend of mine I served with from LA was a member of a latino gang, called patchukos .he tried to teach me Spanish. But I had trouble, because no one else was there speaking it, and I kept after him to speak to me so I could comprehend, but it proved too tiresome for him., He stuck to English.
Great news blaze! And again I hope that money brings Hannah her dream cure. All the best to you all. Send her some bonehead love from rangers report!!
This guy who has taken all these hostages at the Discovery Channel…why couldn’t he have gone after the right place to make demands…Versus.
Hannah’s Hope wins $250,000 prize
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Hannah-s-Hope-wins-250-000-prize-640339.php
“There was confusion earlier Wednesday about whether the charity founded by a Clifton Park family had won the grant in a Pepsi Refresh contest. Only the top two finalists receive the grants, and Hannah’s Hope was listed as “3rd place” on the company’s website. However, the web page that displayed the finalists listed Hannah’s Hope as a winner.
“Hannah’s Hope is #2 on the leader board and is a finalist in the $250,000 category,” said Pepsi spokeswoman Melisa Tezanos in an email confirming that the group had received enough votes to get the cash award.”
“Fifteen minutes before voting closed for the Pepsi contest on Tuesday night, Hannah’s Hope was in first place.
“We kept checking and within a minute and a half, we went from 1 to 3,” said Matt Sames.
The family went to bed thinking they had lost because only the top two vote-getters win a grant. But on Wednesday morning, the Pepsi Refresh site listed them as a “finalist.”
I would suggest NHL headquarter.
bull dog, nope, nope and nope
fran, LMAO
Comrades of Summer isn’t listed on Netflix.
If someone took Beninati hostage, Beninati wouldn’t be the one pleading for his release by the end.
39- ‘69 Met pitcher Gary Gentry
Im going to start posting these Sun pet of the week photos. Fantasticly fantastic!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/mysun/3117561/MY-Suns-Pet-of-the-Week.html
Hey Heads…
Hasek, probably the best ever. He did it with lousy teams in front of him, every year. His career ended with two seasons on the Wings, he didn’t get carried by a defensive juggernaut (like the Devils) or play on all-around solid teams (Montreal and Colorado) like Fatso and Roy.
See youse all soon.
niemi heading to sharks per snyrangersblog.com
kypreos says tom deal will be done
Spiderpig – its just me, thee and CCCP right now!!
Come on Nasty1, cwgatti and others! What about Carp and Mama – are you guys in?
if anyone’s interested to join ESPN Fantasy Hockey League please send your email address for invite to
odessitbk@msn.com
LW, double LMAO!
I thought I was already in someone’s league? you have to start over, like in real life? OK, you can count me in, but can I not do anything ? :)
oh yeah, CR, abandoner!!!!
btw, did you see the link on the left of that site to “Captain Crunch.” LOL
abandoner, huh? Postseason always takes higher priority than regular season.
wonder if they caught the broad that threw the puppies in the river?
she’d be better off with the cops than with me, for sure.
While it being September makes me sad in many ways, I do now officially have King Bus Man on my calendar page! btw, did you all see the post about Hank’s Vogue spread on Aves’ blog. Funny.
Laurel, Linda, Sally, MAKO, UKRanger, Nasty 1, True Fans Bleed RW&B, 4everanger, ilb2001, LW3H, Carp, fran, Joke, Izzy, Olga, CTB, wicky, blaze and everyone else… join my league…15 more spots still available..first come first serve!! hurry hurry!!
OR ELSE!!!
forgot to mention Greg!!! GREG!!!! YEEAAH!!!! WHOOOOHOOOO RANGERS THE BEST, RIGHT? JOIN MY LEAGUE! LOL
This James Jay Lee guy should have invaded MSG and held Slats, Dolan, Blowzy, Dreary, and Dredden hostage, and scare at least half of them into retirement.
Guy was shot top shelf where mama hides the cookies. One less nutcase around.
for your viewing pleasure
“Jimmy the overly touchy orderly”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tgvq-VtGJw
starring my friend Taran as Jimmy The Orderly
cccp
I wanna play
cwgatti
email me odessitbk@msn.com
C3P, I e-mailed you for crying out loud.
ORR, huh? why bring me into the nutcase discussion? and I don’t hide cookies…I don’t even keep them in the house! :)
Long day…Did I miss much?
CR9- now, that’s one cute dog!
every time i try to accept invite…it says there’s no invite for me.
my Username is BlazePHR
thanks!
i think i did something and it deleted emails of pending invites lol
i sent another invite…try now
blaze, I’d never seen him. awesome! Seems like he’ll be great for SNL!
ilb, what do you think? :) CR’s post was the highlight…ha ha ha
Mama
That’s 2 insults from you today. :( :( :(
First, a Rangers abandoner, and now that my post cant be the highlight.
:Puppy dog eyes: What did i do wrong?
cccp
you could put mrs wicky and me down for 2 I’s as long as hits get points!
CCCP
FB’d you the emails!
Thanks
ok, back to work assens!
CR, only one newspaper for Sun “abandoner” link, but I was serious about same link being best thing ilb missed today :) all in mama love and fun…
C3P, outstanding names for the team etc. on FL. still no idea what I’m supposed to do. All tips welcome from all…
I KNEW the Sharks couldn’t have signed Niitymaaki to be their starter.
since we’ve been discussing pronunciations, thanks Tank!
Niitymaaki
Off to dine…tomorrow all. TA!
Mouth, I’m pretty sure—could be wrong, too lazy to check—that Weight was gone before Keenan arrived.
Weight was traded for Tik at the end of the 92-93 season. Hated it when I heard about it, loved it after I heard Tik’s first interview.
hmm, this thread got me trying to figure out the meaning of my last name of russian origin…too bad i only have my americanized name to go on, so i can’t find an exact match :(
interesting topic for sure
this site is pretty interesting for russian names, although a bit confusing too:
http://heraldry.sca.org/paul/
Mark Sanchez worries me.
Cr9 , thanks for clearing that up with me. I see how it can be perty hard to follow all yer NY teams when they all kinda interact with each other at some point in time. I appreciate your honesty and I do realize when one of yer teams is in the playoffs , you have to put full attention on them and not ” watch other channels” it screws up the feeling when ya intermix the teams.
CCCP ,”T” im in!!! Last time I played one of these…maybe 13 years ago , I won!! I dunno what type of fantasy thing ya mean but sign me up big guy. Gimme a min to email ya cuz im more of a “texter” than an emailer.
ESPN Fantasy Hockey spots still available!
New Rule: Draft position will be determined based on when you join the league! Nine teams are in…hurry and you can snatch top 10 pick! :P
email: odessitbk@msn.com for invite
and i’d like to apologize for talking fantasy hockey on the blog…but its off-season! promise not to talk fantasy hockey during the season! thank you for your cooperation!
because hockey talk on the hockey blog is more outrageous than seinfeld quotes, food chat, and the general zaniness and jibber/gibberish that comes with this place!! hehehe
count me out “T” , I cant send an email to save my life!! I tried and tried , wont work. Maybe if Linda is nice she can email ya my email . Once I get a reply , I can respond. plus I already said im in , no need for a lousy lame email to say so. My word on here is golden. So whom ever stole my spot , im getting it back!!! Maybe.
S’up heads. Been a really long day that is finally winding down. Thanks for all the kind words earlier. As I told my now former co-workers, it’s the people that I’ll miss the most and you people here at RR are outright fantastic.
Don’t know if I’ll be able to check in over the next few days as I’m going to St Louis tomorrow thru Saturday. I’ll be there for an interview, so keep your fingers crossed, please and thanks.
Last but not least.. September! Hockey Soon! Finally!
Greg, I’m about to turn in, but I’ll try to help you out with getting on to the league page. I’m sure 3CP will hold a team for ya!
brooksie scores:
The NHL has given the NHLPA an ultimatum regarding the contested front-loaded contract of not only the Devils’ Ilya Kovalchuk, but Vanocuver’s Roberto Luongo and Chicago’s Marian Hossa, as well, The Post has learned.
A well placed source reports that the league has informed the Players’ Assn. that the league will grandfather the recently submitted Kovalchuk 15-year, $100M contract, Luongo’s 12-year, $64M deal that is entering its second season and Hossa’s 12-year, $63.3M deal that also is entering its second season into the CBA under the following conditions:
1. That the cap hit on future multi-year contracts will not count any seasons that end with the player over 40 years of age. The cap hit would be calculated on the average of the salary up through age 40 only.
2. That the cap hit on future contracts longer than five years will be calculated under a formula granting additional weight to the five years with the highest salary.
The league has given the PA, which is being directed by Donald Fehr, until Friday at 5 pm to accept these conditions. If the PA refuses, or if negotiations fail to yeild a common ground, the league has informed the PA that:
1. It will reject the Kovalchuk contract.
2. It will move to immediately devoid the Luongo contract.
3. It will move to immediately open proceedings for a formal investigation into the Hossa contract.
The NHL owns sweeping punitive powers against teams and players judged guilty of circumvention under Article 26 of the CBA.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/devils/nhl_gives_players_assn_ultimatum_UEbYgwfB6I4E4y7xGbE1OP#ixzz0yL1cZzQ2
ok greg! but i still need email to invite you lol
you want me to create a email for you greg?
lmfao… sent CCCP. GOOD LUCK GREG!!
Peter, WHOA! Great info you posted up there!
Mickey, good luck in St. Louis! I called JD and put a good word in for ya lol
wow, totally shocked that was on the BREAKING NEWS banner on the Post! Pronger anyone?
greg
you’ve been invited…hope you know how to check your email lol
wow…harsh ultimatum! Buttman is a joke! Hockey and its fans will suffer
common sense would dictate that if you wanted to do something about hossa and luongo, you should have done it before their contracts were signed/approved, not a year or two after the fact.
Mayor Munchkin strikes again!
Good luck Mickey!!!
TY Linda , Now get some sleep !!!! Do ya ever wear a mask over yer eyes at night to keep the light out? Just curious..I never have.
I could use a health dose of Pronger!!!!!
good luck with the sign up Greg!
Greg, i was thinking of getting one because we fall asleep with the tv on. I do have sleep apnea, so I have that mask to wear though lol!!
Does anyone else think its interesting that the players attending the pre training camp scrimmages/prep are: Brandon Dubinsky, Evgeny Grachev, Steve Eminger, Pavel Valentenko, Sean Avery, Todd White, Matt Gilroy, Wade Redden, Ryan Callahan, Artem Anisimov and Lundqvist…. no sign of Drury around… I guess his quiet leader skills are kicking in, cant hardly hear him from his cabin
holy carcillo! what an ultimatum. Yikes.
Linda and Greg- thanks
Nite all, and be good ;)
Drury was there the first two days.
yeah baby! No. 4 pick!!
Roddick once again loses to a nobody while his babe fiance watches. How sad.
FIRE SATHER!
I dare ya….
i double dare ya!
Olga, ORR …you guys want to join the league? lol
Fire sather …then what? We already have youth playing this year and our GM did not break the bank wreaking this team . Our GM is going along with the program and he is not trying to make some “out landish move” just to save his job.
You bring in some new GM and he will be under the gun and would destroy this team from fear of being fired if he did produce a winner. Were comming along fine , no need for another Fire Sather rally cuz that was flat out EMBARASSING.
First time I was ever embarassed being a Ranger fan besides when we picked Hugh Jessewoman.
Im In CCCP , Beware of ..you know who ,
team BOOGAARD !!!!!
GO RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Fire Sather- then hire someone who knows what they are doing. Sather has already wrecked this team for the last 10 years. Bringing in someone to dismantle this team would be doing Ranger Fans a huge favor. The Rangers are destined for yet another non-playoff season.
Backing Sather as GM of the Rangers is the biggest embarrassment.
Sorry 3CP, I could never join a group that would have someone like me as a member…
greg- if you think we’re coming along fine, then you have become used to losing.
fair enough, Olga
Greg yes i saw you! im glad you figured things out!
TOP 10 Anticipated players to skate on the ice :
#10 DELZOTTO!!!!!
Top Ten anticipated Ranger events for 2010;
1 Staal holds out until November.
2 Gaborik loses 30 games to injury.
3 Hank Gets overworked again.
4 Avery gets muzzled, loses any effectiveness.
5 Frolov has the worst season of his career.
6 Slats trades Ranger youth for a washed up vet at the trade deadline.
7 Assen gets crushed and finishes the season on injured reserve.
8 Boogaard scores one goal, while 3 go off his skates past Lundqvist.
9 Tortorella gets fired once the Rangers officially miss the playoffs.
10 Drury Captains the Rangers into 13th place, amazingly it doesn’t bother him.
i just slid into a deep depression after reading Olga’s predictions…
Fantasy hockey is a bit of a bore. I’d rather watch Dredden twitch after a long night or snorting.
suit yourself, bro…
Me too. Olga could have gone all day without saying that. Brrrr.
Rangers rule!!!!!!!
Olga , you are sooooo full of it.
Staalsie a no show …nawwwww.
Gaborik out with injury…nope not this year!!!
Hank better be overworked ,hate to pay a goalie 7 million for nothing.
Avery will NOT be muzzled.
Frolov will have a break out year.
Sather will never trade away youth , btw why Olga do you call him slats? Is he your buddy?
Assen will fly and score 30!!!!
Boogaard scores 6 goals and I make $$$
Torts gets the Rangers into 6th place!!
Drury will never earn his paycheck , broken record.
CCCP – i e-mailed you about the ESPN league just now, if theres any room left?
The sad thing about Olga’s predictions is that all of them have at least a 25% chance of coming true, with some a much higher probability than that. I’d say the lowest are the Staal holdout, Boogaard, and Aasen. Staal because I think he signs during the preseason. Boogaard because I don’t think he scores a goal. Aasen because we’ve seen tiny guys get crushed and bounce right back up.
But the others all have like a 50/50 probability. So sad.
“Torts gets the Rangers into 6th place!!”
WOW! SIXTH PLACE!! LET’S START CUTTING UP THE TICKER TAPE FROM NOW!
CCCP,
just e-mailed you for fantasy spot…thanks.
Orr,
I taped and watched the 10pm hard knocks last night and it was not edited.
Blaze,
last report I read was that police think they know what town that girl is from and PETA offering reward for any info. I don’t think it will be long until they find her. And somehow they think her brother filmed it. To me she looked like a young kid so I don’t know how severe any punishment will be.
Good morning all! C3P, still awaiting those instructions :)
@ UKRanger
yes, there’s still room in the league. we’re hoping to fill all 20 spots. I believe there’s still 6 spots open.
@Joke
as long as they identify the young girl so the whole world will know who is the lowest of the lowest. they should plaster her face with the headline “Murderess”.
OK I’ve put this off too long… I gotta ask it
( Once again displaying my lack of expertise when it comes to cyber talk)
What does LMAO stand for?
I love free wifi!
Morning ‘heads :)
38- the age of someone born in 1972
I’m intrigued by fantasy hockey…
Okay so on Ranger Rants we get like 3-4 NEWS posts in the last few days. Good quality posts with information from team workouts and interviews with players…
Here…we get a useless “Happy September” post and some numbers about players nobody cares about anymore.
I come here now only to see how bad the post are. Do your job, Carp. Go REPORT on things. This is supposed to be the Ranger REPORT after all.
What a joke this site has become.
Fran,
it “laugh my butt off”
You can google or search “text speak” or Internet acronyms and you will find a list of all of them…or just ask us :)
fran, its an acromyn for laughing my (butt- but the cruder term for it) off
Bring,
get your shinebox and shine some shoes at ranger rants. We’ll be fine without you.
Me thinks bring lost his pacifier. Can anyone find it, please?
Fran,
http://www.netlingo.com/top50/popular-text-terms.php
this is a good reference for Internet acronyms
I honestly can’t believe Bettman has managed to make things even worse. I am sure his intentions are good. Circumventing the salary cap is unacceptable. However lets be honest its gonna happen one way or another & forward thinking intelligent people plan ahead and make their leagues stronger (take the luxury tax in baseball).
No I am not praising Bud Selig, he is dumb as a bag of rocks. Stick figures suddenly develop balloon shaped heads, men start making animal noises on the baseball field, testicles start disappearing everywhere; yet he claims to know nothing. Despite all of this he was at least lucky enough (or perhaps smart/dumb enough) to not destroy his whole league with his own stupidity.
Bettman on the other hand seems to know whats best for everyone. Like playing ICE hockey in areas where water never freezes, for those of you who are as dumb as him ICE hockey is played on ICE, which is FROZEN WATER. Also like any sport the fans (that would be the people you want to care Buttman) have to actually want to watch the games.
There is a reason the phrase selling a ice to an eskimo is an example of something tough (or stupid) cause its something they don’t want. Much like hockey in many of the towns you force it on, yet deny it from towns that would kill for it, support it, & actually help make it better like Quebec & Winnepeg. You further alienate fans by forcing teams on them they could care less about, with your stupid zoning & blackout restrictions. If a team doesn’t get the support they need don’t punish the fans of team that does. Move the team that is failing to a place where it will succeed.
There are multiple leagues succeeding in this country, more on this planet, and sadly sports like lacrose, soccer, and even team tiddly winks are challenging the NHL for their spot in America, Oh & BTW 2 of those get more time on ESPN networks as well.
Sorry for the long post all but Its been 12 hours and no lit the tinder. Someone had to start the Bettman beatings…
Gee thanks guys…now why couldn’t I have determined what those meant?
( And I thought that French was tricky).
new post.