My fingers are so frozen I can barely type this.
Martin Biron starts in goal against the Blues tonight, his first since that subpar outing against Atlanta.
Ryan Callahan returns after sitting out the game against the Devils with a sore neck. Derek Boogaard and Evgeny Grachev remain in the lineup. Matt Gilroy and Todd White are prucha’d.
Also, our buddy Andrew Gross reported that Marian Gaborik was to see team doctors tonight hoping to get clearance to begin contact drills, the final hurdle before he returns to action.
I hope to get home at some point early in the game to join youse in the comments section.
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Mandlebaum
MANDLEBAUM!
Mandlebaum, Definitely!
I’ll never get used to seeing JD with white hair.
Joe Mich always drops an awkward one liner when he sees JD. Lets see what he says.
ok, im back. lol at the last comment in previous thread
JD was the great…!
K try that again.
JD was great…lol
JD is the man, how awesome would it be if he had a chance to run the Rangers one day
I love JD. I’d give him some bone marrow if he needed it. I really hope the Blues or Kings win the Cup this year if NYR can’t.
lol orr
Carp,
thanks for your dedication!
You need gloves without fingers!
Repost of a Wicky comment
wicky© (Our D is a bunch of poussins and belongs in MAMBY PAMBY LAND!!!!) says:
November 7, 2010 at 6:52 pm
jbytes
I don’t think in the case of rozy the players had as much say as the coach. I think he gave him the cally letter for his tenure or perhaps to motivate. You can’t honestly say that if you were a ranger player and the way rozy plays versus prust or even boyle that you would pick rozy for the A? Would you??
My goodness, Mario Balotelli needs some serious anger management counselling.
Anybody find it interesting that LQ sits when we face a good team at home and the team did not play the night before?
How many games has Gilroy played so far this year? His lack of playing time can’t be doing him much good?
LGR’s!!!!!
What did Mario do? Man City won today iirc
Lets Go Rangers!!!!
lets go!!!
Yeah Gilroy ain’t gonna get any better sitting in the press box every night. I’m thinking he’s a bust and we probably aren’t gonna get anything for him in return if we try to move him now.
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!
WHAT UP SIS!!!! ITTTTSSSS TEEEEE SHIIIIIIIIRTTT TIIIIIIIIIIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evening all…you too Linda.
Marathon – check
Giants win – check
Rangers win? LGR!!
Please kidnap JD & send Lord Sather to St Louis….
Sam must be bummed that he can’t do this game.
I have to admit. Im really happy for Halak.
evening Sir Headzo!!
yeah nice big win for the Giants today
I still haven’t seen enough of Gilroy to come to the conclusion that he’s a bust. He’s still not getting a fair chance. He plays two games, then he sits for three or four. How’s he supposed to improve?
I think quite a few fans are a tad misinformed if they believe players are picked to wear those letters based solely on their on-ice play.
I like TJ Oshie and Perron.
WOW very cool. Get to see Conklin tonight.
Sir? I resemble that remark!
I wish we could draft like St Louis
I’m happy for Halak too.
Blues have such a cool team. Oshie and Backes! Two heavy hitting Americans.
Cally’s back Lin!!!
it was funny yesterday I was at a sports store at the mall and they were selling Canadians Halak t-shirts in the clearance bin. I think Montreal made a dumb move letting him go.
I wish we could draft like them too!
Should be a great game tonight.
>>What did Mario do? Man City won today iirc
Super Mario scored two goals, then got sent off for his bad temper.
I don’t understand why they chose Price over Halak. They’ll regret that.
Price = Overrated.
Years ago, I’d talk to Habs fans who were saying how he’s the next Patrick Roy. Bwaha!
Finally, the MSG feed!! Thank the hockey gods!!
Good evening, Carp! Lets go Rangers!!!
ATDHE.NET is showing the Flyers and Caps!!???? Its says rangers vs Blues WTB!!??? Anyone got a different link?
Greg, stay with that link. It will probably switch over to NYR when the puck drops.
Janssen vs Booger.
Janssen will give him his first real test.
hmmm…Boyle, Aves, Prust…nice line
Actually, looks like he’s not playing. Too bad!
TJ O-carcillo….hah
I THOUGHT Bill McCreary retired??????????????????????????????????????????????
My near perfect day has been ruined!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALLY!!!
I know Foz, I saw earlier that he was gonna play! I’m happy. AND i got the MSG feed also! We’re lucky girls tonight!
Woohoo, game time!
Cally’s back- great to see.
I get Darren Pang on the local channel. All right.
Friggins….wtb?
nice calm play by sauer
It’s Froggins!
Anyone else think Christensen should be on the fourth line instead of Grachev or Stepan? EC has played a good game, but he’s not the future here.
Cam Janseen is playing. Him and Avery tonight?
Great save by the good Marty.
Yeah they were crazy to let Halak go. The fans were so pissed.
Biron looks sharp ! :)
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Froze up already! Come on its silverlight for petes sake!
I always thought it was pronounced Tyson STRAY-chan, but I guess I’ve never really heard his name pronounced.
Avery would never fight him. He’d be smart to avoid him. Janssen is nuts.
EC should be on the 4th line.
i like the play of sauer and some nice pressure so far
Bad penalty by Mr. Rosy Cheeks
What is the purpose of continuing to play Boogaard?
There’s the “veteran referee” Bill McCreary alright. Veteran at screwing over New York.
isn’t booger always slow getting back to the bench??
maybe Prust and Jansens
Agree…EC 4th line
wtb! that bastage was supposed to have retired….ugh
Biron is ON tonight. So far.
Tim, i just found this…obviously those horrible rumors were true
He had previously announced that he would retire as an NHL referee at the end of the 2009-10 NHL season6, although the possibility of his returning for the 2010-11 season has recently been mentioned [7].
Would youse guys take Step-On or Grabachev off of the fourth line for EC? I would try Grachev, since Stepan is still getting the hang of things, clearly.
I guess John and Joe missed the fact that the puck hit the stick on the ice before it got to McDonald.
Haha! McDonald’s face was priceless after Dublowsly hit him. He looks like Willem Dafoe when he was killed in Platoon.
Rosyckeekotenko!!!
Oh Ruslan. That was stupid beyond belief.
Linda – LOL
Im so disappointed. I guess the thought of screwing the Rangers over another year lured him back.
Maybe Ill pay a visit to his relative on the Huntsville Havoc and send old Bill a message. HA!
c’mon tenko wtb
So we get Fedestenko tonight. 2 really bad decisions by the invitee.
Fed “oh no” tenko!!
I can’t see Prust fighting Janssen. Janssen is a heavyweight. He’s tough, and mentally unstable. That’s Booger business.
>>Cam Janseen is playing. Him and Avery tonight?
Bad idea – if you’re an Avery fan!
man the was a weak call refs
wtf is wrong with this stream! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Orr, facing a heavyweight never scared Prust. He’s the most likely to go with Jackwagonsens.
Guess no on Janssen and Avery, then. I thought they had something going back to when Janssen was a Devil, but maybe I’m wrong.
Anyways, do they even have a shot on goal yet?
hopefully that’s the end of roguetenkos penalties tonight
Linda – How come you don’t get Center Ice on TV instead? Is the quality still good enough on the computer for Hockey Streams?
damnit rougetenko lol
Center Ice is not available where I live
I’m really glad Grachev has stuck this long. I’m hoping he can get some momentum. It doesn’t sound like a stint in Hartford is going to help anyone this year.
lol blue, except Redden ;-)
Anyone watching Blues announcers: Isn’t it pronounced Peter-angelo for Pietrangelo?
That’s true, Blue Seat. But, that would only be in a situation where Janssen is taking liberties. He should stay away.
little bit of luck!!! lol
Spider, I always thought it was Pet-rangelo.
raaaaaawr lol
I thought Roguetenko was good cuz he’s taking those penalties, going rogue!
Mako, if you ressurrect fb you can see the mans new ride
I agree Orr, Prust should stay away. I’m just saying he’s usually the most willing to go whether it’s a good idea or not.
lmao spider… either way ya like it, going rogue. or using rouge on his cheeks lol, he’s metro
nice shift
Sorry about your FB Mako! You need to get back on! We need you! Linda cries every day over your absence :)
carcfillo eh headzo?
How can you not get Center Ice? What a travesty. :/
Avery-Prust-Boyle looking pretty good so far.
lmao Tiki, I talk to him practically every day no matter what!
FINALLY IT CAME IN!!!!! TY ORR!!
GO RANGERSS!!!!
trust me Spider, if it was available, I’d have it! The man calls comcast about 4 times a season just to bust their chops about it not being available!
Is it just the feed on FIOS or is everyone MSG feed really choppy? I wouldn’t be surprised if cablevision was being extra scummy but i just wanted to check
Indeed Carcilinda!
wow, that’s pretty nasty
Wow, Mike Green scored a 5-on-4 overtime goal to beat the Flyers because a 5-on-3 carried over from regulation, then the first Flyer was out of the box and Caps scored before the next whistle.
lol Shatt….now she can be CarciLindaCalPrustBoylahan
thanks fozzy, i’ll remember that
It should be Boylahank!
Spider, they are prouncing it Peh-trangelo.
wake up!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL that didn’t take much to touch off
Why they’d break that up, is was just starting.
In Prust We Trust!
LOL….I’d definitely have to change that!! yeah, you need to add Hank to that~
i dont think so
Sorry Linda – low hangin’ fruit!
Go Prusty!
Thanks, Mickey. I had heard it being pronounced Peter-angelo during the WJC last year I think.
Cally was thinking about CaciLinda & couldn’t pull the trigger
What the fugg?
FRIGGINS????
That was an odd play.
Cable isnt that much better. Keeps freezing up.
How was that a high stick? Froggins screwed again.
Figures…Friggins!
The prettiest goal Frolov will score this season doesn’t count. Go figure!
PUHLEASE!
thanks Mako.
No problem, Spider. :)
Linda, Mr Fozzy says to say HELLO to The Man
Im not watching.
Another cheapo penalty on us, I presume?
Thanks Bill McCreary. A leopard cant change its spots. You dirtpile.
the only time froloaf actually skates with some urgency and scores a goal and the refs screw us a gain
Zuccarello with 2 goals in the 1st period tonight for the Whalepack. Maybe he’ll get a trick.
Did they actually take a goal off the board? Or was a penalty called, and then Froloaf scored after play had stopped?
No penalty. “apparent” high stick. Puck never touched anyone’s stick. BAD BAD BAD call.
I just saw the replay. McCreary cheated us. He went over to speak to Frolov and said “Im cheatin’ ya”
Simple as that.
Occam’s Razor.
Prust tangled with Jannsen a few times when he was with Calgary, held his own against the goon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49AvvgAN3eo
the refs blew the whistle after the puck was apparenty touched by a Blues player after it was touched by a highstick. Froloaf scored the goal just after the whistle blew. I didn’t think the puck touched a high stick or that a Blues controlled the puck afterwards, seemed like another cheap call by the refs
officials should be suspended during the season for horrible calls, maybe then things would get better. ;-)
McReally?
I think McCreary’s ridiculous mustache got into his line of sight.
Oh well, it is what it is. This has nothing to do with bad refereeing. It has everything to do with biased refereeing. And the referees’ bias against New York is just way the leagues prefer it.
We New York teams must overcome it and beat both the opposition and the referees on a daily basis.
Hmmm. I’m trying to figure out who Tiki is. Haha.
Carp – HAHA! Love ya, pal. :)
McReary – the Ron Jeremy of Hockey Officials. Both have awful mustaches, screws people, & should have retired along time ago.
What an effort by Anisimov and Cally
LOL Shatt!
Roszival’s passing is for carcillo tonight. I’m starting to get nervous every time the puck gets near him.
Blues announcers are talking about how Backes was 4 and 0 on faceoffs in the first period. Don’t think he realizes how awful the Rangers are on faceoffs this season.
Good one shattenkirk. Bill McJeremy!
That will change once Captain Intangibles comes back Mickey!
Game over
Season over
Did anyone else notice Halak looked like a transformer? Those pads were huge
sick shot – F’n Boogi man
the puck wasnt touched at ALL!
Sigh. McDreary is back? carcillo. As if the zebras weren’t bad enough this year….
He probably won’t see this cause he’s traveling and celebrating, but I just had to give a shout out on the record to TR and Mrs. TR on their one-year anniversary!!!! Happy Happy TRs!!!!! You are a tremendously tremendous couple and I adore you both….TR, if you do see this, good luck on your return :)
Booger should be in the box, not skating around.
I think that was touched by a high stick! Take it back MCDreary
BOOOOOOOO , its just one goal…
Good job by Artie!
Mama – you’re late to the game. You been playin with your Sauer doll?
I wanna see a Dubi-kiss!!!!!
Linda, that is one reason I want him back. That and I do believe he’s needed on the PK.
aww, carcillo on the Blues goal
just 1 goal? well, thats lookin like the game winner unless the rangers realize theyre actually playin
I still can’t believe Step-On hasn’t scored since the season opener. Unbelievable!
Frolov suuuucks!
im sorry, but if i was there id start a freakin rangers chant myself. whats up with the crowd? any ranger fans attending? dont they know it helps the team?
F’IN FRIGGINS! Hit the Friggin net when you shoot!
That penalty happened right in front of McDreary! (HAHA Mama!) And McQueery didn’t even call it. That guy is truly sick.
The Garden has been pathetic lately.
Effing ref right there didnt make the call but the neutral zone ref did. WTB!?!?!?
Spoke too soon Grab
it is kinda a dull game though. rangers gotta be stronger. havent they lost enough at home? dont they get mad?
Horrible PP!
The PP looks like it belongs in the Renney era.
this game is about as exciin ing as a rerun of andy griffith
Torts really needs to try Booger on the 2nd PP unit. Just pop him in front of the net, and make the useless losers like EC and Frolov shoot, and maybe they’ll get lucky.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
COME ON!!!!!
Nice hit Aves
Shatten, how did you know!!????
im outta here, gotta do something fun, like fold my laundry
Zuccarello hat trick in Hartford tonight. Good for him.
MAKO says:
November 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Effing ref right there didnt make the call but the neutral zone ref did. WTB!?!?!?
__
The ref standing right there was McQueery. Says all you need to know about him as a referee and a human being :)
Great Idea Orr!!!!
BOOGAARD ON THE PP!!!!
LETS GO BOOGAARD!!!! Yo Mikey , I know i know its like watching “paint dry” without Gaborik the great and Captain Drury.
Why is Micheletti still harping on that non goal?
Good for MZA…give him a shot up here!
They really need to stop harping on that high stick. Joe’s starting to sound like Chico with that whining.
look how slow grahev is lol
“That was a good defensive play, diving getting the puck, not taking a penalty” says Joe M.
What a bouche.
Never got the puck. They got his skate and leg. If we did that, that’s a penalty 100% of the time.
JOKE!
michelobetti is covering for the pathetic effort the rangers showin tonight. whattya want him to say? ” oh great pp rangers!!”. lol
Corey Hirsch is the Blues goalie coach.
LOL.
seriously guys, lay off michilleti and get on the rangers. who cares what joe says. hes not negative but theres nothin to really talk about besides how crappy the non goal was.
i like hearing the commentators whine about the ref. I just wish they’d take it one step further and accurately say “only against us”
i really despise bill mccreary. he has a face not even his own mother could love.
just a guess momma…!
Zuccarello!!!!!
This game is so incredibly boring, like most home games with this team.
Do they hate us or something?
Slow period. UGH
I think the Marathin today was more exciting than these ice capades.
When’s pizza boy coming back? I want my slices
Frolov seems to be making a better effort to get back to the defensive zone tonight. I’ve seen him covering the crease more than once when Roszival was off reading the advertising on the boards or whatever the heck he was doing.
yay rangers!!!!
nice pass sauer!!! and great pass to st louis biron!!! these guys hungover or just have mow testosterone. theyre playin like pansies
I have like 6 Zuccarello cards on xbox360. Im banking on this kid and I may have “dabbled” in a few Boogaard bets that may be a bust..maybe. GO BOOGAARD , Yo Torts , slap him in there on that PP!!!!!
i meant low! oops. whatever i cant watch this crap. nobodys playin hockey for us. this is ny not ohio!!! play some mean ass hockey. sick of these weak ass efforts at home.
Unbelievable!
Come on!!!! WE need a goaaaaaaal!!!!!
RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS…
30 MILLION OUTTA the line up !!!!????? What a waiste!!!!
He rubbed one out ;)
The night of stupid penalties continues. Sigh
Why can’t he just challenge Janssen, and sit out the rest of the god damn game?
BOOGAARD!!!
Torts: Boogy! Go take a penalty!
Boogy: Alright, Boss!
who wants boogaard on the pp? dude, youre off your rocker if u wqant this retard on the pp. he cant even skate man
it’s time i take a hike for the rest of this game. sorry guys for the anger. i had such a great day today with the Jets, Giants, Patriots, and then to be reintroduced to this criminal Bill McCreary has ruined my day.
just cheated boogaard. “he rubbed him out” why is boogaard on this team? what a joke of an NHLer and a contract.
See ya later, hopefully after a Rangers victory or loss in OT/shootout.
Dubi’s patented dive clear.
Stay down Roszival! Bring up Valentenko!
Grab, that’s the point. Put his giant ass in front of the net, and tell him not to move.
Horrible period, boring game.
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!??!?!? WOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE REFS!!!!!!
Was that offense from Callahan? And McClowny misses another call?
orr- he cant shoot either. thats why he isnt on teh pp. lol
And we get screwed again! Dubinsky: “My Byfuglien eye!”
and if were lookin for “the boogeyman”(lmfao at how useless he is) for offense, then u know we are screwed. cmon guys ya gotta just say it. we are bad!!! at home anyway
And McQueery screws us yet again! I thought that firetrucking piece of carcillo was retired!
This Blues team is a good team and the Rangers are playing them close. 1-0 after 2 isn’t horrible. Even with Halaktimus Prime sitting, obviously St. Louis is solid. Rangers can win this one if they hustle for the next 20 min.
even if we win this game, by a miracle we score 1 goal to tie, was this game any fun for anyone? were the 1st 2 periods any fun watching? if u would rather go to bingo with grandma than watch the first 2 priods of this game raise your hand
st louis is a powerhouse. 60 goal scorers like oshie qand vezina winners liek conklin are killing us!!!!!! lol
goodnight all. sorry im grumpy.
Grabachev…I’d rather watch bad hockey than participate in good bingo. Any day. Even with Gianone doing play-by-play.
Let’s start a drinking game. Every time Gianone mentions the word “overtime” in the third period. Take a drink.
We wouldn’t need him to shoot, Grabby. Just cause chaos in the crease, and make life hell for the goalie.
Orr. I’d say Boyle’s a bit more qualified. At least he can deflect the puck. But if the puck doesn’t get to the net it doesn’t matter who’s standing there.
Jeez Do they have to bring up that trade? Twist the knife a little more…
True, Blue.
If you’d rather eat Drury’s pizza with some boxed wine than watch the first two periods, raise your hand ….
Oh. Come on. Let the disallowed goal GO!
St Louis goes from doormat to a Powerhouse while NY will be sweating out another eight place playoff spot.
FIRE SATHER!
Coach’s challenge wouldn’t have worked on this one. I think the whistle blew before the puck was in the net.
OK boys, now that you’ve hopefully downed some Red Bull, let’s get some offense going!
If we scored more goals then nobody would give a carcillo about the one that was stolen from us. So score some Byfuglien goals already!
Nice pass by Stepan.
Artie drawing some PP’s tonight. Maybe we can score on one now?!?
TRIPPPINGG!!!!!!
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon
Yay! Frolov wrap around!
So, I wonder if Fedetenko is going to get through the game without getting elbowed in the head. He probably took those early penalties because he’s still suffering shell-shock. I was beginning to think he had a bulls-eye on his helmet.
Good for Torts, giving Stepan some important minutes.
omg, stop with the passes and just shoot the byfuglien thing on net
Friggin Friggins
LGRs C’mon
Let’s Go Rangers!
Glad to see Stepan on an offensive line instead of EC.
Five minutes for sure!
OMBG!!!
oh no. not good.
Uh oh. Goonbeen
oh man thats gotta be a 5 min major
Stepan 2 for diving.
This is huuuuuge! Lets not give up a shorthanded goal :P
good call, hope stepans ok
5 minutes!!!! Two games in a row…please do something on this one!!! 2 goals!!
Make or break time!
Here we go…
Finally a five-minute major for us. Crombeen probably thought Stepan was going to go behind the net, since the puck was going there, but that was brutal.
5 minute PP. The game in a nutshell….
come on Marty…keep us in this power play…
Gotta score here.
Let’s Go Rangers! Score early and often…Then send Boogard out to take out Halak (yeah I know he’s on the bench).
Get ready to see the worst PP!
any minute now, the Rangers will be called for a make-up penalty
AMATEUR-HOUR
Stepan back on the ice. Good.
So pathetic.
this is where we need Gaborik real bad
Fugg it all!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH
how does AA miss that
How did Artisimov miss that?!?!!?!?
f me
That’s it, this one is over!
how did he miss that!!??!!??
Cromby is such a piece of crap! Literally tried to injure the kid. What a D…
This is frigging sad!!!
We deserve to lose this game.
what a waste of 5 min pp time
disgusting
carcillo PP
I doubt he tried to injure him purposely.
Dubi with a nice toe drag, but we need a goal bad
i’m beginning to miss pizza boy
And now it’s over.
This team blooows!
Nice move Emminger!!!
for the love of…
this team is so damn frustrating
I’m starting to lose hope
lets get a shortie
This is past frustrating!
I hope someone beats up Crombeen at the very least.
At least the cowboys are losing
And why isn’t Boogie out there?
You guys are bumming me out. It’s still 1-0 in a pretty evenly played game. Granted the Rangers can’t hit the broad side of a barn it only takes one shot to tie it.
Nothing’s over yet.
You might be right. But still dirty of him. Damn Rags are impotent
Cause he’s useless.
how many games are we gonna have where our power play is non-existent and losses us games
Joe Micheleeti = chico
we suck at home this year, why can’t more abspestos fal from the rafters and keep us on the road
So, the backup gets a shut out..
Hate this team.
Girardi Scores!!!!!
Oh, wait….
Hate to say it, but they deserve to be booed after this listless performance.
blues 2, rangers 0, refs 1, we lose
Shut out by Ty Conklin. Holy Carp…
ugh,
Two years in a row, we’re a pathetic home team.
YARGH
Glad you said it Orr(shhh I agree)!
Hey, let’s hear about the non goal one more time.
boooooooooooooo
BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Shut out at home by none other than Ty Conklin. Are you kidding me??
It’s games like this where it makes me reconsider the anti-booing. Honestly, so pathetic.
the deadass crowd should boo themselves also
no worries , next game boys!!!!!
next game tuesday, on versus vs the caps
Girardi screened Biron on the 1st goal, and gets the tip in on the empty netter! Nice!!!
Hey there Ranger Fans- Welcome to the World’s Most Blameless Arena. It has to be if I still have a job! So does Dolan.
I see that that rat Dubinsky is showing me up again! Scoring all those goals, he’s gonna ask for another $10 an hour raise next year, I just know it! It’s a loyalty problem. And I’m going to keep on dumping guys off this team until I get some!!
You have to admit I got a good pick with my new enforcer Boogaard. If he plays like I pay him to, we can roll four lines. It’s like I told Torts earlier “I really know how to pick and roll my Boogies!” He just gave me a disgusted look and walked away.
Muck! Hey Muckler! Call security! There’s a junk car in my Reserved Parking spot. Get them to tow it out of there. You can’t miss it. There is a big slice of pizza on the roof and the words “Clutchmobile” on the side. I don’t know whose it is but it hasn’t moved in weeks.
BTW Redden gives a good ol’ Hartford Hello to all his Bonehead fans.
Forever Yours…
Uncle Glennie
The game was over when Anisimov missed the wide open net on the major pp!
why can’t this team ever play consistent good hockey, its always so up and down, and how can they play so lackluster at the Garden, its like they all took Drearys sleeping pills
Oh well. We got cheated numerous times. But we did get a few power plays and the most important one, a fair 5 minute major power play. And we just looked like a minor league team on it. Only for us does a guy miss a wide open net put in for a game tying goal. Good performance by Biron; deserved a better fate. Get Boogaard off this team; he’s as useless as my ….. is long. What a wasted signing, wasted cap space, wasted roster spot, wasted individual.
Most importantly, what a joke the MSG fans are. Didnt hear a peep out of them on the 5 minute power play, but definitely heard them booing afterwards. If those losers spent more time cheering the team and trying to inspire the team, maybe the team would wake from their slumber.
Blues had excellent positioning and the Rangers had zero adaptability on the attack. Staal made the move that could have tied it but he opted to backhand the puck to a harmless, unoccupied corner instead of putting it where the Rangers were. Snapshot of their impotence.
They did the same thing for the whole game and didn’t adapt when that wasn’t working.
If they don’t start winning face-offs I would be in favor of trading Christensen for Dominic Moore or Manny Malholtra, if Sather can work his Jedi trading mojo.
LindaCalPrustBoylahan says:
November 7, 2010 at 9:26 pm
the deadass crowd should boo themselves also
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Great minds…
Crappy loss but this team went down fighting and like I said we just have to tread water around .500 until Gaborik gets healthy.
If this were last year, under the same injury circumstances, this team would be 1-13-1 rather than 7-6-1. Just keep that in mind.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
uuuhhhh
i agree boogie is a total waste, we do not need him on this team
The crowd can boo them, and we can boo the half assed crowd.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Aaaaaassh*les! Aaaaaash*les!
God that was a pathetic show on the PP. They just throw it around the wall over and over again and hope for a bounce. Do they practice it? And they got outworked big time tonight, plain and simple.
If the fans had something to cheer about, I bet they would…
Booger = Useless, and now confirms that he’s overpaid!
All he has to do is fight Janssen. Instead he takes a dumb penalty, and tries to play hockey when he clearly can’t.
This team’s hard to watch.
is it just me or does it seem like the officiating is the worst it has ever been this year, especially against us.
However that no goal call did not make the difference tonight, our pathetic pp did
I cant believe Boogaard can make $1.65 million. Id take the league minimum, play for the Rangers, and take 1 2-minute penalty game, for running the opposing goalie as hard as I could. Make a statement, teach the other team a lesson that we aint gonna stand for their crap and that we’ll take the law into our own hands. FIRE BOOGAARD!
And to think, we could have had John Davidson running this franchise, a guy with actual intelligence, instead of Sather.
FIRE SATHER!
Were there any FIRE SATHER chants, he asked hopefully….
Olga – The fans had a 5 minute Power Play to cheer about and to inspire the players on the ice during, and they sat in their seats like the pieces of poo they are.
Sire Father!
FIRE GERNANDER!
some positives from tonight though, Stepan was more visible tonight, Biron played decent and Froloaf played with a little more fire
Did you watch that five minute PP? They stunk it up.
Don’t fire Gernander, MZA scored a hat trick :P
send down the booger and bring up MZA
Good job by Biron tonight. That’s very encouraging.
They’re trying. That’s good to see.
They just didn’t have the chops tonight. Need a little more acumen on the attack.
Stepan had some good shifts. He went into the corner (and paid), whereas he had been shying away from that. Hopefully he keeps it up.
Still improving, I think.
It doesnt matter that they stunk up the 5 minute PP. The fans should have been cheering from the beginning of the PP, before the NYR stunk it up.
We’re not sending Booger down 15 days into a $6 million contract. Unfortunately, he’s here for at least 1 year. 1 miserable year of watching an untalented, unemotional, ugly individual.
st. louis played last nightwe should have ownedthem in the 3rd
That’s 2 games in a row with a 5 minute pp that they do nothing with.
Gaborik was really missed in a game like this.
Ha N. Country. You were posting when I was composing. I swear I’m not repeating what you say.
All the Boogaard hate is a little misplaced. Yes, he is overpaid. But if someone offered to pay me more than I’m worth I’d take it and I’m sure all of you would too. So the contract is not his fault.
He will only be absolutely necessary for a handful of games this year, but for those games he will be indispensable. What other solution do you guys have when another team’s goon starts gooning it up and we have no one to respond? Enforcers have been around longer than every player on the team, and even if their roles are more limited nowadays, they are still important, which is why the majority of NHL teams carry one.
And most importantly, this team played a lifeless game and got zero offense going. That is not Boogaard’s fault. Yeah, he made a bad play that led to a goal, but we’re not gonna win a game without scoring any goals.
I’ll repeat what I said above…
If the fans had something to cheer about, I bet they would…
i was never a fan of the booger signing, just another stupid signing, its amazing sather is able to keep his job. He has to be the worst NHL player i have ever seen.
I’d rather have Brett Lindros out of retirement than Booger.
And I definitely think White and/or Grachev should be demoted and Zuccarello should be called up for the next game to inject some offensive creativity into the lineup.
In all fairness to Stepan he was supposed to be Gaborik’s center….
You can’t score on the PP when your pointmen have trouble putting the puck on net and keeping the puck in their zone! Then you also have a guy on the point that won’t shoot at all, so why is he out there? This team needs a more pieces before they are more consistant…
Olga – And Ill say it once more, the fans did have something to cheer about….a 5 minute PP. 5 Minute PPs dont come around too often in hockey.
“Yes, he is overpaid. But if someone offered to pay me more than I’m worth I’d take it and I’m sure all of you would too. So the contract is not his fault.”
How many times have we heard this regarding Sather’s signings? Quite a few if I remember correctly. How is he not held accountable for all those horrible contracts?
FIRE SATHER!
Send down White…Bring up Assen
Again with the “if you were offered the money, you’d take it” crap. Obviously we would, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a mistake or that we can’t want Boogaard traded/demoted/whatever.
Send down White…Bring up Zuke
I thought we signed Booger to a two year deal.
Im hating on Boogaard because Booger is a symptom of a larger problem, Sather. We already have Prust who’s willing to drop the gloves. You dont pay a goon $1.65 million to fight people or make an insignificant impact in a handful of games a year, by fighting the other team’s goon.
I agree Nessier, boogies contract like Reddens is not his fault but we could have had cheaper, better playing goons, and he should not be playing in games he may not be needed. Its Sathers fault and Torts fault for dressing him in non-rival type games.
>>And to think, we could have had John Davidson running this franchise, a guy with actual
>>intelligence, instead of Sather.
I wouldn’t say Sather lacks intelligence [quite disrespectful, by the way]. His problem is that he’s stuck in the past; the new NHL has left him behind. If you want proof, look no further than Boogaard’s signing.
No one cheers when a player is injured and draws a penalty. Fans need something positive to start cheering. Like a good play, or a goal…
In all fairness, you can’t blame Slats for wanting to overpay for a goon. We constantly get bullied, and nobody does anything aboot it. Booger was supposed to help out, but it’s clearly not working.
Total waste of space. Just like Frolov! Just like EC! Just like Fedetenko! Just like White!
orr i think Booger signed for 3 or 4 years…gulp….
Orr – Nope, it’s a 4 year deal for Booger.
The reasoning that (insert name here) would take the $1.65 million holds no relevance.
However, to stick a fork in that theory. If the Rangers offered me $1.65 million for 4 years and I had the same talent level of Boogaard – which is no talent whatsoever – I would decline them and ask for the minimum.
Then, I would actually go out there and do my job. Id run goalies, Id run opposing star players. Id give the Rangers my money’s worth. Because I care about the Rangers. Sather and Booger do not!
Oh wow. I thought it would be a quick two years. Sad!
It’s ok…Boogaard will prove useful when we have a really nasty, chippy game….I thought he was effective in the Flyers game in the 3rd period. And he definitely beat Jody Shelley’s aasen!
i also agee that we would be better off with Zherdev instead of Frolov or Fedentenko
Olga – We’ll agree to disagree. Their was a TV timeout after the injury. More than enough time for the crowd to prepare themselves to cheer on their favorite team during a critical PP. Let’s just leave it at that.
What we can agree on is…. FIRE SATHER!
>>I’d rather have Brett Lindros out of retirement than Booger.
Peter Worrell can’t possibly be any worse than Boogaard. Bring him out of retirement too.
Agreed JBytes. It’s not that Sather lacks intelligence. He’s still stuck back in a time that no longer exists. Unable to adapt.
JBytes- Better yet, put Sather INTO retirement.
I don’t get how Torts can expect Grachev to step up his game with 4th line minutes playing alongside Boogaard. I don’t get NHL refereeing sometimes.
i don’t think Boogie will ever really be effective he is too slow tohit anybody, like Carp said if he beats up the other teams goon who cares, he shows no emotion and he can’t barely catch players to throw decent hits.
and where has Aves gone…his nastyness has disappeared lately
With all the ice time Booger got in that third period while we were down 4-1, he had more than enough time to show some balls, and terrorize the Flowers, but he did absolutely nothing. He even let Shelley elbow him during the final buzzer.
There can be only one NYR goon! His name is Colton Orr. The rest are useless. Brash*t, Shelley, Booger. No more goons!
hope youse guys have a great week! we got the caps on tuesday ( beninati is a given) that should be a blast!
Aves is losing his edge again. He’s letting all the fancy passing go to his head.
>>Their was a TV timeout after the injury.
I hate to be the grammar police here, but you Internet/electronic kids need to get a grip on the usage of their/there and its/it’s. Gee!!!
JBytes – It was just a mistake. Im well aware of the difference between their/there/theyre and it’s/its. Im a bit unnerved by tonight’s weak effort and uselessness of Boogaard.
good night all
Gotta go watch Dallas get whupped again.
That never gets old!
Just an ugly, boring game against a team that had 5 rookie defenseman with a combined 130 games of NHL experience between them. They need Gaborik back badly.
Tiki I guess we have no way of knowing for sure that you’d pass up over a million a year to make some sort of moral statement, but I am really skeptical of that, and we’ve seen time and time again that professional athletes take as much money as they can get. And frankly, if your job is to have bare knuckle fights with professional fighters, you gotta get as much money as possible because you never know when the career will be over.
I agree that Sather is to blame for a bloated contract, but in his defense, he rightly saw the need to add some toughness and intimidation to this soft team and went out and got the scariest guy out there. And Boogaard has done his job fine – he’s beaten Orr and Shelley, and threw his weight around in the third in Philadelphia with some heavy hits and no one responded.
Having Boogaard on the bench isn’t gonna make people stop finishing checks and making hockey plays, which sometimes include illegal plays. He’s there to clean up when things get really out of hand, and I don’t think it’s come to that so far this season.
Each of you has brought out a significant reason as to why they lost this game. Mostly it is because their passing game was plain stinkeroo. And another of course is the fact that they never plant anyone in front of the net. Most likely the reason why that close in shot was missed was because he wasn’t expecting it. And it is remarkable how often Rangers get shafted on scoring plays by the refs,
( that is when they are not stumbling over them or falling into them.) I think that I’ve seen more phantom, and non calls this years by the refs than any year I can recall. And it always seems to be against them. Amazing.
But the bottom line is that they couldn’t make a decent pass all night long. None of them.
bad effort.
PP stunk. boogard is awful.
no traffic only cycling.
they have no offense if they do not get the forcheck going….
Nessier – He didnt clean up the THREE 5 minute majors that were committed against us in the past 3 games. (2 of which were called, and 1 was not called)
See, you misunderstand the job of a goon, the job of a Booger. His job is to deter other teams from running our goalie or cheap shotting our players. A goon fighting another goon serves no purpose.
There was nothing moral about my statement. However, this topic of discussion is entirely irrelevant.
Olga –
Who can’t cheer for something positive? Why not try and have an impact on the game rather just reacting to it. Yes, it’s may be contrary to what you’re feeling at the time but I thought Rangers fans were supposed to be”the greatest fans in the world”. I guess it’s just some more MSG propaganda.
SNYRangersblog has a post on the TOI stats from the game and it’s insanity. Boogaard got NO time in the 3rd, Grachev a mere 4 seconds in the third, Emminger and Sauer a little over 2 minutes a piece in the third, EC a little less than a minute in the third. Torts is burning out his ‘top’ players before December. No wonder they look so tired some nights. I thought he learned his lesson at the end of last season when the team was thriving rolling 4 lines. Granted, I cannot see Boogaard getting 10-14 minutes a night because he can’t play a lick, but maybe if Torts thought out of the box a little bit and dressed 7 D (shifting Gilroy to forward where I believe he would thrive) and sat Boogaard, the team would be able to roll 4 lines.
And now I feel a Carping coming on…
“Why not try and have an impact on the game rather just reacting to it. Yes, it’s may be contrary to what you’re feeling at the time but I thought Rangers fans were supposed to be”the greatest fans in the world”
Well stated ddeb
Tiki – You said you would take the league minimum rather than $1.65 million and give the Rangers “my money’s worth” because you “care about the Rangers.” Call it morals, honor, or something else; you’re saying you’d do something which is pretty much never seen in professional sports now.
And as far as “cleaning up” the three majors taken against us – do you really want Boogaard to “clean up” Crombeen’s hit, and basically throw away any chance of tying up a 1-0 game in the process? If you want absolute vigilante justice, then you need to be willing to accept a few games thrown away for the sake of making a statement. Are you? And in the two 5 minute majors you’re referring to, Boogaard didn’t see the ice after Crombeen or Clarkson’s majors, and there’s not much he can do from the bench. And Prust “cleaned up” the Carcillo hit (which I assume is the third major you’re referring to). But eventually there will be something that Prust can’t clean up, and the team will look to Boogey. Then we’ll see whether he is valuable or not.
If you think the role of enforcer is useless in hockey, then that’s another issue. But as far as enforcer’s job in today’s NHL goes, I don’t think Boogaard has done a bad job at all.
new post.
Nessier – Call it whatever you like. I just call it standing by my team.
I absolutely DO NOT advocate Booger or anyone else taking away any minutes of our 5 minute PP today by committing a penalty.
What I am suggesting is doing something in advance in order to deter others in the future from hurting our players, a la the injury to Callahan the other night.
First minute of the game, Booger comes out and takes a flying run right at a Marty Brodeur or a Halak. Then, Booger comes out after the game and says exactly the following to the media: “That is what will happen to every single goalie if any opposing player dares to hurt our guys.” A simple 2 minute penalty in the first 5 minutes of a game. Hardly throwing a game away, IMO.
If the role of enforcer is to fight the other team’s goon, then I dont find that to be the least bit useful.