Steve Zipay reported earlier that Martin Biron will start in goal, and that Michael Del Zotto goes back into the lineup. Zip says that Tortorella called it a tough decision to prucha Matt Gilroy.
The rest of the lineup remains the same since the Rangers only have one extra player.
Tonight ends a three-game trip (1-0-1) with a two-game trip to start after the Rangers hit the mid-season point Wednesday at home against Carolina.
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Where is Izzy?
Du-Glee!
A touch decision, Carp?
I hate how Gilroy gets scratched, but Blowzy remains in.
It’s all aboot the kids!
Gaborik is demoted to 2nd line.
The Rangers are the only original 6 franchise that have yet to take part in a Winter Classic.
The Flyers are the early favorites to land next year’s Classic.
And according to an ESPN article, all the classic or great stadiums have hosted the Classic (conveniently forgetting Yankee Stadium). And if you wanna pull the it’s the new Yankee Stadium BS, save it!
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Where is IZZY??? Im sick of this carcillo! And ilby again with the first! Ah, maybe he’ll be the new Izzy :hopeful:
Gilroy isn’t a kid…he’s like 46 years old. I think he has grandkids.
According to the beat writers tweets, there is a fire emergency in the arena and no one moved. Kinda like when people pulled the fire alarm in my college dorm, it happened so often, we rarely left.
Less than two years in the NHL means you’re a kid in hockey years.
Even if you’re 60!
Good evening all! Happy game day! Think I’m gonna blog old school tonight…I could use the excercise :) LGR!
btw, ilb, been meaning to tell you…..you are racking up those firsts lately!!!
Vinny’s had a setback with his knee, too. I’m beginning to think that he won’t play at all this season.
That’s what I always used to do in school. Someone pulls the fire alarm, I’d just sneak away and hang around in the empty school.
Nothing more creepy than an empty school. I used to have visions of Maxim Afinagenov chasing me down the hallway in skin tight leather pants, and not blinking for a second.
Fuggin horrifying.
Old school, mama? Like Chris Chelios?
Brandon Dubinsky-Derek Stepan-Mats Zuccarello
Ruslan Fedotenko-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust
Alex Frolov-Artem Anisimov-Marian Gaborik
Sean Avery-Chris Drury-Dale Weise
Marc Staal-Dan Girardi
Michael Del Zotto-Mike Sauer
Steve Eminger-Michal Rozsival
Sweet!
Funny, Mama, I’m exercising, too. Going up and down 2 flights stairs as I do ALL the laundry in the universe.
Mama dont need exercise! Mama’s got a Jaromir-like backside and a Christina Aguilera-like shape to boot!
like pre-war ilb, on the wireless :)
Mickey, you are living a nightmare…:)
I wonder how Gabby feels aboot a Norwegian midget rookie with no goals taking his spot on the top line. Bwaha!
oy
Hey, where is everyone? Forgot the game was at 5?
Probably still out drinking after last nights loss.
Tiki, Yankee Stadium—new—took itself out of the running by scheduling those college football games for December-January time.
Gaborik is screwing up all over the ice, lately. One-dimensional game down to about 1/3 of a dimension. Gilroy has to sit? All the other D’s are Christ walking on water, now, so they never have to sit? Nice to know that, thanks, Carp. Eminger and Blozy are up for post-season honors, or something?
Yes, Carp, they did. Larry Brooks suggested to play it in Central Park, lol. Did you see it?
Mama, it’s one of the things I really miss about my previous living arraignements! I only had to go down one flight of stairs and it was FREE to do laundry.
Let’s go get them, boys! Fast start!
Only way Rangers get in a Winter Classic is if they are the visiting team, imo.
nice giveaway, Rozy
Central Park? How can they play there?
Would be cool. Both teams can come out to the ice with the opening song from “Friends” song playing
Early cower play. Let’s see if MDZ learned anything from sitting.
Great play by Staal
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Five-reasons-we-need-a-Kings-Rangers-2012-Winter?urn=nhl-302084
Winter Classic could be in Giants Stadium.
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Mama, art thou ignoring moi? :)
Beautiful PP
hot potato, hot potato
Friends is Central Perk, ha!
Giants stadium is in Jersey, isn’t it?
Fugg Jersey! This is the NEW YORK Rangers, not New Jersey.
>>Hey, where is everyone? Forgot the game was at 5?
Me voici!
Can’t we just rip the roof off of MSG, and play the Winter Classic there??
That wouldn’t cost too much :P
>>hot potato, hot potato
He needs to eat it.
Isn’t MSG’s roof falling apart on its own anyway?
Such a great start.
Exactly, Jb. Makes sense to just get rid of the stupid thing.
Better start than last night, save that one shift
There you go. Something remotely resembling pressure
So the Panthers have “much more depth” on the 3rd and 4th lines than the Rangers, according to Bill Lindsay. Riiiight…
Dumb, dumb play by DZ.
It’s not the first time MDZ takes that kind of penalty.
Lol, LW3H..Expectedly, you’re stuck with Florida commentators.
The Panthers are so deep at 3rd line that they have four of them.
only 11 PP goals on the season for the Panthers? That is dreadful.
Not that I mind.
Fedotenko could be out for awhile
ohh man fedz is down
broken hand for Fedetenko
Great move by Aves.
Fedotenko has now stopped more shots than Marty Brodeur this weekend.
these blocked shots are killing us…
That’s what, 4 guys in the past 2 years?
Gilroy might get a shot on offense if fedz is down
That would be great. Maybe he’ll be the opposite of Byfuglien, and be an awesome forward.
The wood chuckin’ Geico commercial MIGHT be funnier than the jackwagon one. I can’t tell since I laugh my assen off at both of them every time.
Marji, i have a feeling you’ll need another trip to a nail place tomorrow
Hi Guys.. How’s everybody? Just got the stream working, any big chances yet?
LGR!
MZA has to shoot instead of passing, there.
TSN clearly took Bryan Allen by surprise when taking his profile pic:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=1783
I’d let Higgins shoot all night long
Krisy! HI!!!
I already need to head back to the nail place tomorrow; my pink nails are fading ;-)
Krisy!! Our Norwegian hobbit master!
Amazing how Gilroy plays on a ‘zero tolerance rule’ one costly mistake after being solid and he’s back in the press box so Del Zotto can get back in. Meanwhile Rozsi gets to be Rozsi for 82 games
Hi Hi! Feds and Boyle hurt?
Panthers are not budging under pressure down low, Torts needs to make some adjustments.
Not a bad period, not a good one, either.
James – Same mismanagement and lack of coaching that all New York teams have :)
Haha! Allen looks like he just saw a dead body.
Liking this better than last night fer sure.
Looks like a broken hand for Feds (blocked a shot, a la Cally). Boyle blocked a shot with his ankle. He’s still playing, but does look affected by it.
is this, like, our 165th broken hand this year????
I know for sure one adjustment Torts is making- changing lines combos
Krissy, you have to check out the Rangers’ January schedule wallpaper! rangers.nhl.com
so I’m sitting here thinking about it and when you consider how healthy the Rangers have been over the last several seasons you realize that this is almost just the law of averages catching up to them. I mean going back to the Jagr days there really wasn’t much loss of man power on the ice aside from Jags’ groin and Shanny’s concussion. I’d say this is the most unhealthy this team has been since the lock out
maybe he should just change his tie
mama.. are you talking Hank.. LOL.. I’ve already seen it. he he ;)
James, I don’t know about their health, but they sure are breaking, pulling and twisting a lot this year!
K, ah, I should have figured!
Mama! Harumph!
Mickey, fyi, I have to pay, but at least I have an elevator :)
HI TIKI!!!!!!!!!!
Man do they look clueless or what. Plus they’re dropping like flies. This does not bode well for the immediate future.
Johnny, both teams look clueless at the moment.
why do people say dropping like flies when they’re almost impossible to kill?
and why does nyr site tell me to listen to game on radio, but it’s being played?
James G – I don’t have the numbers before 2008/09, but I’ve been tracking man-games missed to injury/illness taking into account the cap hit of each player for the last three years.
The Rangers were the least injured team in the whole league for each of the last two years and (up to 30 November at least) have been the most injured this year.
I’ll post links for anyone geeky enough.
2010/11 (so far): http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2010/12/pain-game-201011-part-two.html
2009/10 injury analysis: http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2010/04/pain-game.html
Oh those flies drop, baby.
LW, I swear I was going to ask if somebody had tracked that info….as we say to my niece, good job!
Go giiiiirl!
Stupid commercials.
ilb, yeah, I saw that Central Park thing. Made no sense at all. Where are they going to get 40,000 or more seats?
If it comes to NY, it will be in the Meadowlands’ PSL Stadium.
Here’s a suggestion, though maybe impossible: Michie Stadium at West Point.
2008/09 injury analysis: http://springingmalik.blogspot.com/2009/04/ow-that-really-hurts.html
LW3H – I don’t think they’d be able to survive those type of injuries 2-3 years ago.
I bow to your apparent swatting skill Johnny :)
After Feds broken hand, apparently Torts called in doctors and scientists from Japan to replace NYR’s hands with Robocop hands.
ilb – Don’t know about that. Chris Chelios died in 1993 and still went on to play another 17 years in the league.
Hello, Higgins
Rangers at Meadowlands = wrong. Just like hockey in Florida.
Lol, LW…
This game has very little flow
One way to avoid getting hurt by blocked shots, keep the puck out of your end.
Avery and Drury are still on the team?
Maybe the Rangers should look into wearing gloves made from the same material as Brodeur’s equipment. Nothing seems to hit them.
Mama, I hate your elevator. ;)
cloooooose for MZA
LW- defeats the purpose, it’ll all end up in the net
Del Z needs to fuggin shoot.
pipe down Mama!! the Giants are New York as much as the Rangers!
That’s more like it
Caption on the Panthers broadcast: “Marian Gaborik: Is he still an elite scorer?”
Instead of goals, Joe is now keeping tabs on “shots on goal”. Great!
Put on the ring Hobbit!
Oh, I think I meant to say “blocked shots”. What-EVER!
Gabby has the ring on, since he’s invisible.
That was a hit from behind.
Joe, it’s Callahan. And for Feds it was the right hand and for Cally, his left.
Someon get Micheletti some memory pills, stat!
>>Caption on the Panthers broadcast: “Marian Gaborik: Is he still an elite scorer?”
Would you guys like me to answer that one for them?
Darn it
Crap
Game over
Season over
What a dope Eminger is. I never understand why these players shove a player into their own goalie.
It’s so moronic.
oh hartnell
WTB was Dubisky doing there?
Feels nice to be outplayed by one of the crappy teams in the NHL.
The StepKid might have rushed the pass on that two on one.
Boyle shot waaay too soon.
This game is pissing me off.
They woke up, that’s for sure
>>Game over
>>Season over
Let’s sell!
Why are we playing all these Southeast teams now? We suck against them.
whiiiiiff
I like that Michael Myers-like stab by Prust.
Why didn’t Sauer just shoot that fuggin puck?
dang it!
Pure garbage.
Well, let’s see if they can keep up the pressure
sigh
Shoulda FIRED SATHER!!
I thought we did, Olga
I guess I didn’t get the memo…
Neither did Dolan
new year, same tune…..got anything new Olga? :)
oh well, looks like Jay Cutler and Lovie Smith didnt care much about keeping their main rival out of the playoffs. they just hate New York more, such is life.
Joe, this one hit above the glove
There will be nothing new as long as he’s GM/Prez so,
No.
Torts just injured Gaborik. His right shoulder went out
Gaborik’s injured now too?
Hopefully they can tie it like they did last night, only this time, they win the game.
Has anything of interest happened in a Rangers-Panthers game in the last five years?
crap again
sigh
yeah, that should be no goal
total kick! no goal!!!
ARGH!!!
niice
MZA has skill, that’s for sure. Nice little pass to Dubi.
Carcillo has more goals than Avery.
Tik’s heart must be exploding with everything that’s going on.
Hey! Brett Favre retired.
great action
Time to throw up
GAH!
NOT HIM!! ARGHHHHH
Higgins lol…..
Oh, not Higgins
hartnell hartnell hartnell.
What a pathetic girly pass by Dublowsky.
Higgins owns Del Zotto on that one…terrible
I guess you can’t play run and gun against a powerhouse team like the Panthers.
>>Hey! Brett Favre retired.
For how long?
Did Higgins score against us?
Did he?
Higgins has more goals than Avery
and the fargin panthers fans get to leave and have mai tais by the sea. bastages!!!!!
Higgins couldn’t puck handle around a cone last year..now he making toe drags?
Put a fork in NYR, cause they’re done.
Green Bay wins. Giants are done.
FIRE SATHER!
Giants too :P
season over
The Panthers player called that penalty for the referee.
Looks like the first loss of the year in back to backs.
Ugh
oh well. with any luck, Jay Cutler and his lack of effort has just sealed Tom Coughlin’s fate.
It makes ZERO sense to go into next year with Coughlin as a lame duck head coach.
But, New York has a long list of loser organizations!
Im on Olga’s train! FIRE SATHER! FIRE SATHER!
>>Put a fork in NYR, cause they’re done.
We should have never let the year change.
These Gabby commercials are so stupid.
we actually gave up a goal to Higgins… looks like i may make a trip down to South Beach and Tanya Harding (Jeff Gilooly) Higgins’ legs.
wtb with the late whistle.
Stupid refs.
>>These Gabby commercials are so stupid.
I always laugh when they come on.
And there goes our “unbeaten in the 2nd night of back to back games” streak.
No legs.
I used to laugh, but now they just make me want to pull a McSorley on my TV.
we can still come back…
dont give up guys…
always believe
No, this game’s over.
What a waste of time this has been.
They can’t skate today, Tiki. No legs even though the heart is there
I believe I’ll have another beer…
Dubinsky= monster
new york teams’ mismanagement makes me want to pull a mcsorley on myself.
FIRE SATHER!
and these loser idiot Giants are clapping and hugging and shaking hands after their victory….led by fuggtard tom coughlin.
hey tom, we missed the playoffs b/c of your lack of coaching, quit clapping you piece of carcillo
This team has no chance of going anywhere till they do something about their soft and confused D. Add that they can’t score goals, and it shows that their record so far is no more than a smoke screen! Fire Sather!!!
Jeez, when Dubinsky wants to, you just cannot take the puck away from him.
not a great start to year, and yes, this is unusual for us on a back-to-back roader, but puhleeze, let’s not get ready for golf just yet shall we?
6 on 4 and they can’t score.
That will do
crap thrice :(
oh for hartnell’s sake…..now I am bummed.
They never deserved to win this game.
What an embarrassing start to the year.
Turn out the lights, The Party’s over….
game over. Giants season over. Holidays over. What a Sunday : /
we have more road games than home this month…...think positive!!!
Oh well.
Black Hawks at 8:00.
Didn’t have it today. Let’s not get too down. They’re still 7 games above .500
so they drop 2 in a row have scored 1 goal in 2 games and haven’t looked good in about 6 games..with the tougher part of their schedule about to kick into gear…not good
They didn’t have it tonight, or last night. They’re lucky to get a point out of this trip, because they didn’t deserve one.
Boy, I think there should be a contact link to
http://suicidehotlines.com
here. I’ve seen less mood swings from a pregnant woman on her period.
another lost weekend in FLA for the team.
Shut out by the Panthers. Wow!
4 games over .500
OT losses are losses. They just get a pity point for those.
I had the craving of a 6 year old today and made strawberry Jello for the first time in 200 years, though sadly had no bananas to add in. Should be ready by 9. So I am not giving up on my Sunday, especially since I don’t have to work tomorrow! Positive unemployed attitude! LGR!!!!
I have to agree with Joe, they desperately miss Callahan’s energy, forechecking and dare I say it, leadership.
Not to mention, nearly shutout by a no-name goalie the other night.
If I had powers like Superman, I’d fly a lap around the world, and make it 2010 again.
Blue, that’s almost like a virgin birth….quite impossible, but funny!
ORR, please no…let 2010 be dead. thanks.
Bolgamama, work is soooo overrated!
I agree Olga! but I gotta start finding me some :(
Well 2011 better get better, cause we’re all dead in 2012. This is our last shot.
Oh ORR. Shush.
Can try to be a little positive. Basically a 1-goal game throughout, on a night where Rangers looked completely disjointed, had zero offensive flow, and couldn’t make a pass out of their own zone to save their skin (plus, Florida was rested, waiting, and played pretty well).
Think I even saw more botched handoffs around the net than I have the whole season combined.
Still, they hung in, worked, and gave themselves a chance late in game. About all you can hope for.
The injuries have piled up and some guys (Drury? Did he dress?) barely showed up.
That is very depressing, Orr.
Some random thoughts about this “game”
Cris Drury is finished as a hockey player! He should stick to his pizza business full time! And his so called leadership skills? Bawahahahahaha!
To all the blowzy defenders out there I have a question. Do you guys watch the games at all? I mean this clown is a turnover machine! He is the most in decisive player I have ever seen. And I know why. When he does decide on a play, it usually is the wrong one. He simply sucks! The legend of Steve Eminger is coming to an expected end. His play has been awful the last several weeks.
I am very concerned by the last couple of games. Even the islanders game was not a well played game. I smell a losing streak coming.
And in general, the lack of a puck moving damn on this team is disturbing. I thought we had one with MDZ but that has not materialized yet.
Avery now has no confidence in his game at all. Good job Torts!
Tough stretch of games coming up. I hope they can straighten out their play and stop playing for one point plus the shoot out like yesterday.
Rod is positive!!!! Happy New Year!!! :)))
Czech, that is not positive :(
Any news on Feds from the post-game?
hand not broken /day to day
Blogmama
I know it’s not. But it’s honest!
hope the goal drought doesnt last long
Czechthemout!!!- I have a random thought for you .. you’re a jackwagon
Hammer, thanks for update. Phew….I know some of you have issues with him, but I like tenko and want him back….
nvm, all the beat guys are reporting a bad bruise, no break for Feds. WHEW
ddeb….aw. that’s not nice. there are plenty of jackwagons in the world. don’t think that qualifies…..
Mickey, whew and phew :) clothes all clean!?
We can always trade Hank….You know, the season is over anyway. Any takers, lol?
Thanks, Hammerhead!
Good to know that we wont lose another guy to a broken hand
That was a hit above the glove, MickeyM. I hope they’re right.
Tryin’ Mama.
They’ve shown us enough this year to warrant some faith. Things are a little out of sync right now; they’ll be some roster moves coming shortly that will start to sort things out.
Not gonna win’em all. Managed a point from two tough road games. Not the end of the world.
I’d sure like to see Zuke get his first though!
Yes, Rod, they have shown us enough not to start giving up. MZA is getting close.
I’d rather MZA get his first goal in a win. I hate it when rookies score a goal in a loss. You can’t even really celebrate. It takes all the excitement away.
new post.
Prucha Gilroy??? When the hell does Torts Prucha Eminger? What is Eminger now, the new God on defense? The Redden-Rozy-Backman-Kalinin-Strudwick-Mara-Malik untouchable heir apparent? Christ, he’s a journeyman, sit him down for 2 games a month, even if he’s dating your sister. His plus-minus is going South, and fast, in case anyone hasn’t noticed. Meaning what, he gets to dress for 82 games?