I just wanted to add something to what I wrote this morning about Derek Boogaard as a weapon.
He absolutely is, because there are going to be plenty of guys who won’t mess with him—and some who will (Colton Orr three times in the first month, for example). Boogaard is a pre-emptive weapon that way.
The thing is, though, he could actually dominate games if he could skate well enough to run around blasting opponents, and forcing other teams to try and stop him, instead of him stopping opponents’ tough guys. If he had enough ability to deliver hits, and then have that Sean Avery middle-of-every-scrum characteristic, he’d be a huge difference maker.
Alas, I don’t even know if he can skate well enough to play every night.
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Here is tonight’s lineup, according to Steve Zipay:
Forwards:
Alex Frolov-Derek Stepan-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Erik Christensen-Mats Zuccarello
Sean Avery-Todd White-Evgeny Grachev
Brian Boyle-Artem Anisimov-Brandon Prust
Defense:
Dan Girardi-Alexei Semenov
Matt Gilroy-Ryan McDonagh
Pavel Valentenko -Michael Sauer
Goalies:
Martin Biron, Chad Johnson
I don’t believe many papers are sending reporters to this game. I only know of Zipay being there. Reminds me of when our paper traveled full time and how I’d be alone at some of these road exhibition games.
Zip reports that Tortorella said he expects to make cuts down to a manageable practice number after this game, which makes sense with only one preseason game during the week (Detroit Wednesday), then a home-and-home vs. Ottawa with almost an Opening Night lineup next weekend. You want to start focusing on system once you get it down into the low to mid 20s.
Tortorella said there would be more than two players cut, and since he said that Evgeny Grachev was”up and down” in his first game, this could be the make-or-break game for him in this camp. Eminger and Rozsival are sitting it out, slightly banged up, for precautionary reasons.
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GO!
it’s go time, Rangers
the Wings have their top guys in the lineup, so let’s make it a good one.
would be nice if ansimov got some better wings…
>>...then a home-and-home vs. Ottawa
You know, “home-and-home” is one of those hockey expressions I never quite understood. Why is it “home-and-home” and not *“home-and-away”*?
Go Grachev!
I want to like this guy…show me somethin!!
Boyle on the wing could be nice.he might be able to smash some guys on the forecheck.
i am currently watching a Rangers Tampa game on hockeystreams, with Petr Nedved on the team. AND MARA on the bolts! LMAO!
Who knows, maybe the Boogie man can get a skating instructor, i’m sure he’s at least a little bit excited at the prospect of more playing time. Can’t wait to see Biron. JBytes, because every away game after a home game is a “home and away”. ;)
It’s Go-Go-Power_Rangers time!
Ugh, Gianone!
bill pidto just looks like Chris Hanson should be interviewing him at a kitchen table. He is just freaky looking
>>...with Petr Nedved on the team…
...and Kamensky, and Fleury.
game hasnt even started and already i am at least a minute behind you guys! LOL @ UGH GIANONE
Holy shattenkirk, Ochocinco looks like a newborn baby head on top of the body of an aids patient.
HOLY CRAP!!! what a shot that was lol, and I”m NOT talking about MDZ
anyone have a stream?
im looking for a stream as well. atdhe isn’t working and neither is channelsurfing.
who’s got a justin.tv feed?
Hsha, Malone has the balls to say Semenov’a wife was the problem.
LGR!!!!!!!!
That is one scary looking statue of Gordie Howe…Damn!
Streams.. I’m using sopcast and it works great!
http://www.myp2pforum.eu/threads/45788-NHL-Today!
September-26th(Preseason)http://playaslounge.webs.com/rags2richestv.htm
Season’s over!
anybody wanna throw a hit…I’m ready to see one…
LMAO Orr!
2-0!?
what the hell!!
LOL!
I just wanted to impart a bit of wisdom to those that were – in all seriousness – thinking that the goings on early in last night’s game gives any sort of indication of what the regular season will look like.
The preseason means nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Lol, MZA with “spunk”
Avery!!
Man Avery is on fire!
Avery lookin good
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! take that
AVERY!!! YEAH!!
PP goal by Gilroy, coming up!
where the heck is laurel??
too bad he fell
everyone must be having Sunday dinner
Dublowsky looks like he doesn’t even feel like playing pre-season games.
And EC sucks :P
Sunday dinner = beer and hockey tonight.
Stupid PP!
use that wingspan FLAVAH!
Abdelkader
umm, hi everyone :)
Just coming in, saw they’re down already.
“smart kid, even though he’s from Long Island”
Hahaha, Maloney FTW!
he went to crunch MZA into the boards and MZA bent over and shouted DA PLANE DA PLANE!
omg Chris Chelios! it’s like talking to Zeus
I wanna see a Grachev – AA – MZA line
FIRE SATHER!
I do too, somer.
Artie should also get time on the top line. It’s not like Step-On can only play on the top line and nowhere else. Give Artie a shot.
Haha, that Khols commercial is so fuggin lame!
Is Avery high in this interview?
LOL ORR.. Exactly my thoughts..
he’s just ‘very laid back’
he was sniffing alot too
btw, 13- Edgardo Alfonzo
fudgenuts
biron lookin shaky
has Benoit Allaire made it to Training Camp yet ??? Our goalies have looked like crap so far in all 3 games
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I don’t have confidence in Biron, and Ochocino looks like he should be delivering girl scout cookies.
Hank is going to be himself and have his typical year where he has one or two months where he looks horrible, and a few good months, with a lot of classic saves, and a lot of horrfying weak goals.
I should just go to bed..
When was the MZA interview coming?
Vtank getting some PK Time
2nd intermission Krisy
Gabby with a retarded penalty. Is he going to play tonight??
EC scores..not good!
EC!
EC !!!!!!
EC! Alright!
FIM scores.. “my good friend Pee Weeeeeee”
ARTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEE!!
TIED GAME!
AA! Tied up!
lmao @ “not good”
Artie !!!!!!!!!!!
pretty!!!!
Holy Carp! What a play by Frolov and Anisimov!
Rangers are the comeback kids this year
AA! Niiiice deke by Frolov
This Frolov guy is good.
LMAO!!!!!!!!SHORTIE BY ARTIE
could get used to seeing plays like that happen frequently this season
Nice to see Artie with two goals in two games.
We need him! Like Princess Leia needed Obi Wan.
Frolov is getting 75 points this year
as long as noone asks him to hold them like he did on naboo
Artie Wan…you are my only hope?
No goal!
Got lucky there.
another bad call by the refs. Although it’s in the Rangers favor.
LOL at these refs…just bad…
total goal.
Apparently, the refs aren’t out just to get the Rangers… they just suck.
that was a horrible call, even thought i am glad they made it.
wow, this does NOT bode well for the season. what bad officiating.
todd white=blah
I’m here, I’m here!! Aves! What I miss? Just got in and catching up!
argh!
tr…agreeeeeeed!!!
he makes some terrible passes.
ahh, I missed NYS political ads. Because I know who the people are in them.
Semenov with a penalty. Cut him!
Stephane Auger = garbage. That’s been obvious for 2 years now. No matter who’s playing. That ref flat out sucks. Loves to be on the mic at center ice.
I wish they kept stats on refs the way they do on players, just to see who makes the calls. Somebody must keep that stat.
Anybody know where this info can be found?
Mama, you missed it, Avery scored a goal, then he took off his jersey while on the bench, and wasn’t wearing a shirt under it.
can you say ....... make-up calls ???
Moronic penalty by Valentenko. Cut him too!
I have no problem with what Valentenko was doing. He overdid it, but that is what the D needs to do.
That probably should have been a goal, but Biron did a good job by touching him to make a case for it not to be.
Heard them talking about it on an earlier goal: how come no replay on questionable goals in preseason? Are they lazy?
ORR, that’s funny!
Blue Seat, excellent question….
what did I really miss? help!
Nice PK’ing!
How did that not go in? Jeez!
WOW !!!!!! Nice Kill
spider, they can hardly officiate properly, video review would just confuse them even more
How did the Rangers get out of that? Whew..
WOW. Nice PK, but omg, what passing by the Wings.
WTB! just caught end of second…biron and what a PK!!! yeesh. Go Aves!
holy carp!
Sully got the Jersey Shore’d hair going. I’ll be looking for a fist pump from him when we win this in OT.
haven’t had time to recap last night’s thread yet and today….where is everyone on my Sweet 16?
woo hoo another season to play
“WHAT DOES SULLY DO?”
nice job by Girardi, that shot block hurt
That was almost a clinic in penalty killing by the Rangers. Good to see McDonagh getting time against the Red Wings number one unit; great experience.
Where has Prospal been this preseason? Has he played?
Fankist has an issue with his knee spider. supposed to play later this week i believe
Wow MZA is the most boring person of all time.
Krisy, are you still with us?
#13 Sergei Nemchinov
Stand up Mats! You’re on TV!!!
I finally get here, and nobody answers my questions. Dang!!!!
yeah, I’ll take McDonagh and Valentenko over dredden any day
sorry ORR, that would be Drury, i mean sheesh, English IS his first language ;-)
what do yo guys think of VTank thru 5 periods ??
Wow zuke seemed quite nervous in that interview! Hehe
btw, Carp, excellent post yesterday, all numbers.
Oh yeah, I forgot aboot that guy. I guess MZA is the Norwegian Dreary. He must deliver reindeer steak where he’s from. Papa Zuccarello-Assen!
mama …
good call – you know I love the numbers posts
lmfao @ Papa Zuccarello-Aasen! that’s just brilliant orr! Reindeer steak!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Step-On’s favorite show is GLEE!?!?
Glee ????? Homo
somerset, thanks for acknowledging my existence here tonight :)
100 thousand dollar bar! YES!!!
glee…......oh please no!
i like glee! shut up!
dubinsky examining the snot strand on his glove
stepan needs to regain the man card he lost for liking glee!
Thanks Linda. If you couldn’t tell, I haven’t been paying too close attention. Free the Fankist!
I really like Biron’s mask, especially since it has the old third jersey logo, which I’m sad isn’t coming back, along with the American flag motif.
and I don’t like the “h-mo” comment. why is everyone annoying me tonight??
I hope none of our important players drop the soap while in the shower with Step-On.
anytime spider, and I agree on Biron’s mask, pretty nice
but mama … ur a mama (Girl) ... u can like Glee
I like Biron’s mask too. Looks pretty cool.
zuccarello throws a hit!? i wanna see it!
Linda I thought the same thing…must have had a big boogaar
heehee @ boogaar. he spent about 20 seconds just staring at it! i wonder if it was a keeper
Wow, Ochocinco with some weak goals.
Laurel – It’s OK for you to like Glee. You’re a lady! It’s not a very manly show, right?
must have been the size of a cornflake.
pathetic!! it looked like a pinball machine goal.
lol @ cornflake
totally forgot i had the Colts game on tv lol
I love Glee! Awesome show! And Im as manly as ya get – aside from my affinity for NY athletes :)
It’s a bunch of dumb kids seeing songs. They sing classic old stuff, and ruin it with their pop-ish sounding voices. It’s like Disney crap, or something.
Glee = Barfest
They don’t even have any babes on the show!
so, you’ve viewed it Orr??
This day is not ending well for mama so far. I would like to win, but am also getting tired of OT (in only third game!) if we get there.
All, hate the glee, if you like, but watch the language about it. personally, I watch it for Jane Lynch. she’s hysterical.
Orr is lying. I know for certain that Orr loves Glee. He’s denying it to maintain his “manly” reputation :)
girardi takes a spill
I’ve heard it. Stupid neighbor girl blasts that shattenkirk when it’s on TV. Doesn’t help when she sings along with her cracky voice.
Jane Lynch used to be on B*st*n Public as hook lady iirc. :)
I hope Vtank and McDonagh make the team.
sorry Orr, that doesnt sound fun, especially when you can hear her through the walls…kinda frightening when you stop and think about it ;-)
i hope that homo comment was a joke…that’s not cool.
I liked Jane Lynch in 40 Year Old Virgin
Jane Lynch’s best role was the therapist on Two and a Half Men. I don’t think she was the hook lady.
Red Wings playing a song that the Rangers use!
Jane Lynch has been on lots of stuff. She’s brilliant. I’m over the glee chat, but ORR, I can feel your pain over the neighbor.
Guess I’m just cranky :) late to game and want a win….
The chick screamed when Jane Lynch won the Emmy a few weeks ago. I’m seriously considering locking her in her closet with a never ending Dreary interview to put her to sleep for a long time.
M&M’s and Peyton Manning…not too shabby
I’ve never watched Glee and have no intention of doing so, but why it has to trigger homophobic ass-hattery from posters, I’ve no idea.
lmao! People actually get that excited when someone wins and award for acting?
jeez … relax people – so what if I said homo – “not like there’s anything wrong with that”
Sprider, yes, she was awesome in that show! I’m telling you, dvr glee just for her and zip though the rest. She rocks!
Grachev invisible – Hartford in his immediate future again.
Linda – I get excited when the B*st*nians dont win the awards. Like Michael Chiklis, Ellen Pompeo, Steve Carell, Denis Leary, etc. :)
it’s “not that there’s anything wrong with that” :)
lmao CR!
r u trying to start an argument??
It’s not gonna happen – i was kidding – get over it
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SO EVERYONE RELAX :-)
Frolov! Shoot once in awhile…
This game seems over with.
there’s joe and his ‘big body’
somerset – I was joking with the Seinfeld correction, hence the :)
What’s the score of the Rangers game?
It seems like Detroit was “toying” with us the whole game until this point
4-3 wings
nice hit VTank
Homo Sapiens is latin for “Swishy Man”.
I’m not going to comment on Homo Erectus….
swishy man lol
Linda is channeling Gravey…
somerset, mama loves ya, just be careful with wordage….that’s all….typing humor doesn’t always come thru.
You could have just used “Travolta” or “Jackson 5”
apollo creed doing bud light commercials…
Feed cut out.. damn. I suppose I could make dinner instead.
Time to cut Ochocinco.
Wings Score. End of Story.
oy… i guess i can go frost the cupcakes and put some shredded coconut on them lol
Johnson’s ticket for Hartford was punched the day they signed Biron.
Fuggin EC! Bury that!
Game over, and so am I…TA!
Thank You Mama,
I normally use the term “Glee-Lover” when describing a person who likes the same sex, but since we were talking about Glee … I was at a Loss of Words
SULLY DIAGRAMS PLAYS!! EUREKA
Glad that’s over with.
somerset, lol. maybe samer would have been a better choice?
>>Grachev invisible – Hartford in his immediate future again.
For what he’s shown in camp thus far, I’m afraid he might be a Whale for quite a while. He looked a lot more promising last September.
I like that phrase Linda … nice job
Grachev is younger than all of these prospects. He definitely should be a Whale for another year
Zuccarello, Grachev, and Valentenko look AHL bound.
Laurel – OK, I’ll do that when I get a DVR ;)
grachev was better last camp. think hes a a jessiman waiting to happen
McDonaugh good again today. vtank was terrific. Stepan did not do much but again looked like he belonged. Sauer with a down tick of a game today. AA looks darn good as does Avery. white showed nothing again. MZA was better today. Very disappointed with Grachev. Did almost nothing today. CJ was terrible. But so was Biron. Gave up two soft goals.
I wanted to make a separate comment for Dubi. I amm one of his biggest supporters. But I have to say that Torts should have a talk with him. He is gliding out there like he is some kind of star. He needs to be told to bust his ass a little more.
Also Gilroy was good tonight.
j/k, i just wish he would score and hit and not just get by
>>Zuccarello, Grachev, and Valentenko look AHL bound.
You forgot Saur. Valentenko showed enough to stay up. Had Rangers not signed McDonagh, he probably would have made the squad.
Gilroy looked really good. I think Vtank could beat out XLB and Semenov.
MZA looked good, but I think he starts the season in Hartford because FTank has been really, really, good.
White is Uselss … and I was a supporter of his at the start of Camp … He’s a give-away machine
czech-agree but duby is a lock for the team, sooo its not like hes gotta bust it for a preseason game. gabby wasnt really good either, so? im talkin about the kids. they are the ones needing to show they belong. duby has proven he can its nothin to worry about. wheres prospal been though? im really sad about grachev. he looks like he hasnt progressed. atually regressed since last year
ugh Philip Rivers, that guy could not lose enough for my liking!
>>Gilroy looked really good.
I’d like to add another really in there. He was almost monster-like.
wow, ya throw the ball to the corner of the endzone with noone within 10 yards and do NOT get an intentional grounding call? hmmm PLEASE WIN SEATTLE!
Remember Staal had a good first camp, and a bad second camp. He made the team a year later, and now has a shiny new five year contract to buy all kinds of cool toys with [hopefully legal toys]
He definitely needs time in the AHL. I think MZA should start in Hartford too. I like both V-Tank and McDognut though, but I think one will make it.
Biron’s performance in the preseason thus far has earned Hank 5 more games.
Sure hope Grachev is alright. He may be having a weak showing but he is no Jessewoman!!! These games are important to his developement….and important to my hockey draft!!!!!
idk hank was bad last night.biron wasnt bad johnson was. im just scared grachev is gonna get passed over by more blue collar guys because he has no jam to his game. i mean, this was possibly his last game to show torts what he can do and he was pitiful. has he even had a scoring chance, let alone a shot the past 2 games? not good for him.
Grachev is only 20. He has so much time. Guys like EC, White, Fedetenko only have a few years or less left in the tank. When he’s ready, he’ll slip right in. Hopefully he can provide a lot when that time comes.
Let be real here. Grachev can never be a Jessiman because he was a 3rd round pick while Jessiman was clearly first round material.
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