Rangers Report

first!

LET’S GO RANGERS!!!

What did Roenick say aboot Brooks?

LET’S GO RANGERS!!!

Bolts score 1-0

GO BOLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
make my prediction wrong-o boyo!

Pay your debts, Welcher… and GSIYH

EC ready to be physical tonight…Caps better keep their heads up! {giggling as i type}

lets goooooooooo

GSIYH Olga?

LGR!

{{{{OLGA}}}} sorry i forgot our super secret hug that goes with out super secret greeting!

I’m sensing a Rangers victory tonight! Gonna be another nail biter (i already have none left), but they’ll get the W!!!

Repost to Momma:

Momma may have to get a picture of her silky smooth legs sent to Carp , then unleash these hairy girlilla legs after a few months hahahaa. I Say the ladies have to use thier legs?.Yo Carp give the ladies an extra few days to submit ( Orr probally would agree) Guy do beards , gals do legs ..beuty!!

GO RANGERSS!!!

I was telling greg to “GO (S)Carcillo In Your Hat”

Anyone got a link?

LMFAO Olga!!!

Let’s Go Rangers….

Huge first period…lots of forechecking, hits and of course goals! Be afraid Caps, be very afraid!

This controversy about the octopi being thrown in Detroit is the first time the NHL has cracked down on eight animal legs hitting the ice surface since Avery purposely spilled the contents of Brodeur’s KFC Bargain Bucket in ‘08.

Rangers win… Rangers win.. Rangers win … Series tied 1 game apiece

Yay Bolts!

Tony- Turn your pants around- like a rally hat…

Greg, thanks for supporting the better half!

Gotta say, I respect Torts more and more this year. And I agree with him, an important part about Aves is his legs :)

Eddie , you know something I dont?

vai passar

TB 2-0

Blogmama, thanks for sharing your awesome, beautiful, extraordinary self with the rest of us.

New York Rangers = Pride, Tradition, Passion, etc.

Washington Capitals = Crap

Thanks AoB….I try. But wait til I enter the hairy leg playoff contest!

Greg – game was played earlier.. Youse guys are getting the tape delayed version.. Rangers win 2-1

Yeah Bolts!! 2 nil!

I don’t have a good feeling about Game Two. Washington has the game breakers; we do not.

I bet on a horse the other day. He didn’t win but it took seven other horses to beat him!

Eddie is three hours behind us, but has friends in Europe so he knows the outcome. Does that make sense? I am gonna be soooooooo mad if there is not pure Rangers love tonight and not other carcillo. Sunday paper arrives tomorrow, fyi….gimme a break!!!

Let’s go rangers

Just switched over to TB and Pissburgh and there was a picture of Sausage Lips
with the head set on upstairs. Stay there!

Adorer of Blogmama – Is Tiki Back?

Lifesaver! Thanks Miked!

All aboard the pain train!!!

LGR!!!

Sire Father!!!

Hi Linda :)

....plays it cross-ice, into the far corner. Avery swoops in to intercept. Avery behind the net, swings it in front. He scores! Avery! Avery! Avery! Stephane Avery! and the Rangers have one more hill to climb, baby, and it’s Mount Vancouver! The Rangers are headed to the Finals!

i’m too excited to form rational posts!!!!! DROP THE DAMN PUCK ALREADY!!!

LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!

Here We Go!!! Let’s Go Rangers!!!

Gosh, these guys talk too much! After an eighty-two game season, what can they possibly say that we haven’t already heard? Drop the darn puck!

Linda- Where was you G#1?

You shouldn’t have reminded him his name, Izzy….

It is you Tiki???

Why is MSG showing OvechCANT commercials?? Fuggers!

I thought you had to say his name three times in front of a mirror for him to appear…

Widen that gap in OV’s teeth

Ovechkin- drunk again!

{{{{{LINDA}}}}}

LET’S GO RANGERS

Ken Daniels from the Red Wings games is on Rangers game on Versus. His second or third Versus telecast this year, along with an NBC game on Hockey Day in America.

wow biron is on a line with Avery and Anisimov?????

Didn’t know Dubinsky spoke Swedish…

watching on center ice.
who are these announcers?!?!?

btw,
does it look like they didn’t turn on the lights for this game?

Yes. Thank you to all for all the well wishes. Im supposed to be resting, but I think we all know that the Rangers are more important. Let’s focus on the game. Like CCCP said, let’s take what’s rightfully ours.

shooting more
and on net

hate to say it
but i wished he would have passed on
2 on 1

thanks Gonzo, i thought i was seeing things

Great start!

Also, 3-0 Bolts!

Good to crash the net keep it up.

Love Prospal!!

TIKI! Welcome back, buddy!

gabby went to teh net though

Hi Tiki…Hope you are feeling better! :)

Hope you’re feeling better Tiki

score one for tiki!!!

I want the entire team ANGRY! Go Vinny!!

your=you’re

3-0 Tampa Bay. Yay!

wow horrible passing there boys

EC = hands of a crippled Thai hooker

jpg, you should be an Adorer too :) My intestines are in knots. I need a Rangers goal!

Headzo, that image has cured me of meals through Monday. Thanks.

ec is 4 year old fugged up reindeer

Thanks all. I’m about to cry here. Let’s just focus on the game, please. We need a win.

ORR, he’s the adorer of moi :) as you should be too. keep up…........:)

Tiki!!!! Missed you! So glad you’re feeling better!

>>3-0 Tampa Bay.

Uh oh, time for a Crosby update.

dont cry tik!!! we love you dawg!!! rangers will win for you!!!

Ohh, ever since that dope bybytorts, I’ve been skipping posts by names I don’t recognize. Don’t want to waste my time!

Glad you’re back, and better, Tik.

SALLYWAFFLEBINSKY!!!

boudreau must wear clip on ties, he has no neck

Speaking of ties, Torts’ does not stink at all! and goes well with the shirt….we will win!!!!!!

Linda – he has no neck!

Hey last time the Rangers were in the playoffs, Dubi and Staal couldn’t grow beards!!!

Keep it up, boys….A lot of snarl…

Spider, ha! must remember that line. So many people I’d like to face wash with a stinky leather glove :)

lmao Headzo

imagine running into him, Barry Trots and ken hitchcock in a dark alley

Can’t nobody hit Ovi??? That was another skates off the ice hit by him

I’m loving the physicality so far!

and there it is!! ffin refs!

ovi left his fet on that hit!!

Whoa! Did they expect McDonagh to move out of the way?

jpg…I CAN’T BREATH!!!

lmao Headzo!!!

id be surprised if boyle isnt very sore in teh nether regions. he might have gabby groins tonight

well Grabby, Joe M would know about groins

Nice Tiki catch, Izzy!

h fell, he wasnt slashed down!!

Anybody drinkin?

Avery on for an offside, DRINK

Blueshirt, they whistled for icing, but were wrong -faceoffs going to center

i just took 4 swigs ct!! i’ll be drunk on aspartame in no time!!

Hm maybe aim somewhere other than high glove side?

Did someone say vodka? Come over to my place…..

haha mama. i sometimes wait for intermission to pee after drinkin cuz tv timeouts arent long enough for my elephant bladder

CT

we won’t make it halfway through the game!

we need people in front of the net for
rebounds.

C’MON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, time to mix crystal light and vodka!! whos wityh me?

Why can’t Avery ever stay onside??

key to this game is to not score until 19:59 of teh 3rd period. they shouldnt be able to come back and tie it then

If we need to score Mama…no “TV” peeouts for you!! LOL

lmao avery almost pulled a groin… i wonder who it belonged to ;-)

Just give me the vodka. I’ll look at the crystal lights later…

Gaborik shoots into the goalie’s chest, DRINK

Aves is making me nervous…............

push/punch in the chest
not in the face

Avery fired up!!! Love it!! I wish he would hive some fire up lessons to Dru & Gabo

CTB- the way it’s going, you may need a new liver by 10 pm…

the vodkas warm olga or i’d drink it straight

My apologies to Dubi for thinking you were a bit invisible last game. Now I see the light…you’re on Ovechkin duty. Keep up the good defensive work man!

i think i’ll go with beer or win
since coca cola didn’t work last game

Ilb I already need a new one, I’ll need a backup to my backup

WTB? What happened to Girardi on defense there? Looks like Gilroy was at the net, no Girardi on the ice at the time.

what kind of wimpass shot was that from
Staal
Stahl
and Staaaaaaaaaaaaaal?!?!?

Glass of Beer with a shot of vodka dropped in.

Depth Charge.

ilb, :)

we are better this game though

notice how the caps guy stopped in our zone
to get room to shoot.

we rarely do that
need to do that

i love depth charges olga.! !!

thar she blows!

“we didn’t put (EC) out there for his defense” – LOL LOL!!

Boyle needs to shoot
that and let Prust come in for a rebound

thats mcdonagh jackass

Linda, not the cheap wine coolers again!!!!

good! a wee wee

Fozzy, that was mine!

Good call…

Stupid Craps fans booing

I like the energy level thus far… definitely trying to take the game to Washington.

Gotta score on this powerplay…

yeah
but
Avery’s hit was legal
hendricks stuck his leg out.

where the heck is Mickey???

Oy vey…..

Hockey gods – I mean the RANGERS need to score!

nice gabby!

Gabby gets blown away on the back check

Cape, no, a mini bottle, like on planes…..I’ve lived here all my life, but only from Fozzy did I learn where to get late night sips at Penn Station….:) should be in the NYC brochures…grab em, bag em, have em at hotel….....

can’t we just deny the power play?

we looked better no being a man up

call me a negative nanc, friday, jasper, whatever CARP
it is
pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasted that PP…..

I thought we dominated play in that period. Keep it up and we’ll be in good shape.

Decent period. Not good enough

scoreless 1st period—-groundhog day??

Caps goalie still hasn’t been tested at all no matter how much Joe M keeps telling us otherwise

hey tomb, wasnt that fun on hockeystreams wednesday? lol thank god the games on tv today.

Yes we can Joe!!! Hey, Caps got their caps kicked by us in reg season, but there’s a reason they’re number 1. But we are the Rangers!!!!!! We will persevere!!!!

Roenick is ripping on Gabby and Erik

Roenick…....is right?

PP- Otherwise OK Carp?

I love that you ladies are drinkers, now can I ask one thing? DO NOT start a hairy legs competition…there’s some things that just need to be avoided, and that’s one of them.

hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brooks must have heard what Roenick said
and tweeted

Thanks, Jere-ME

roenick is right on with ec, but gabby was really trying hard. roenick is too hard on gabby sometimes. hes been on him every chance he gets. its not a 1 man team. guy has ec on his line!! i actually liked gabbys play. his shot was too easy for bebe neuvirth though

I have a feeling you will still be shopping for those coolers Linda…nothing wrong with a cheap drunk.

Has anyone mixed Sauvignon with Vodka? Should I give a try? I hope I don’t ptooey after this one…

Ahhhhh mind is right now…time for another drink….rangers, in addition to their inability to win face-offs during pp, need to slow things down… Their pp has a very rushed feel… Some horrid passing too

Relax, if they keep this up, the goals will come..

Think I will switch to white Russians… or as I like to call them, a fedtank.

ilb, you know those cheap icepops you buy in a box? the ones you get like a hundred in a box that come unfrozen? yea well last game i mixed half vodka, little bit of ice water, and about 4 or 5 of those things. it was delish!!!!

yea but orr, gabbys effort was in question for alot of teh season. so to me, if hes skating liek this, i will take it. he will score. hes too good to keep down this long. he will get a few watch

oleo, thomas has alot of potential. i hope to see him by next year too. and hagelina nd kreider. cmon kreider, you need to join teh blueshirt brotherhood!!

wow, already turnovers!!

The blockness monster strikes again

gabby couldve gotten that puck

we need to charge our batteries
out of sync so far in this period

Damn it…

Damnit.

Rangers caught watching on that play…

Hello Steve Eminger

we need goals!!! somebody tie this up damnit. we scored at will on them in the reg season. wtf?

CRAP CRAP CRAP

Save, no it’s in!

surprised that score
happened with that
line
and thought things were
going to be better
with the knockdown
by Gilroy and no call

Now the 4th line making us look bad

mccabe and gilroy are a disaster in there own end

nice toss by McD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for some reason
we looked
tired?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Game NOT over….Season NOT over…...!!!

Grabby, everything works with OJ..but that was very inventive. Still, why you have those pops is another question altogether.

That was a penalty for defending our goalie?

Mama, you’re still “Ptooeying?” :)

More bull carcillo penalty calls. The flyers made a career with hitting people after the whistle

those icepops are for my daughter mama! lol

and were done!!!!!!!

Well, there you go.

Fugg, could we start this period over?

im going now. night night. byebye heads

season over turn out the lights

That’s what happens when you actually shoot the puck on the PP.

Grabby, I figured, but love how you steal them for papa pops…..don’t you leave! There is lots time left!!!!

Is it officially time to panic?

Come on boys!

Arnott!

Am too!

why is drury back on the ice????

Whatever the outcome in this game, let’s just hope and pray for Boyd Gordon to make a full recovery from what must be career, if not life-threatening injuries after that devastating hit by McDonagh that got penalised.

Come sleeping in the second and right away, down by two.

Confidence is slowly draining away as each period goes by.

So disappointing.

Butt-Chin, Dublowsky, Artie, Step-On, Boyle. Our goal scorers are fuggin gone with the wind.

no olga, we will get there in 2 years. im tellin ya. in spite of sather.

Especially if that defenseman is on the New York Rangers….

Will we get a shot on goal this period?

Another drink

Grabby, great post, which I’m sure all will forget this week. I still think we’re in it to win this, but playoffs being what they are…..it’s still frustrating, you want to go as far as you can go and be excited…But, may I requote you: “but hey, they are a much much better team. we will get there very soon heads. we will be as good as them in 2 years. watch.”

even Torts knows that. May Brooks shut up in peace.

I Bleed Blue! LGR!!!!

I can make 2044 Grabby… I’ll be 93.

Piece of cake.

Slurp…..mama love to Grabby…and fyi Olga, it’s Grabby….Gabby ain’t here tonight (dang him)

Green is such a wimp.

Verizon Center playing one of our songs? Whoa-oo-ooa.

and, never thought I’d say this…..mama love to jpg :)

im just joking with my negative stuff jpg!! grabbylove to mama !! and to all of you!!

It’s OK now Mama- I found the “r” button

We can come back and win this game. I truly believe that.

hey, mayeb we can get teh 15th pick!!!!

This is so ridiculous.

Thank you, Feds.

NYR have taken stupid penalties that could be completely avoided. Fuggers

BC!! Is that on Canada?

I guess you cannot touch Caps players at all…

Linda – you order that crate of Jack yet?

the talent level between the two teams is just too great for the Rangers to overcome. Unless the Rangers manage to somehow win both games at MSG, this might even be a sweep.

Refs suck

® like that Olga???

oleo, shaddup!!!!

oops, i meant shoot it INTO the other net

thanks Mama
but
i always thought i
had Mama love

so it goes….
i’ll deal with it

That Ken Dryden kid in Caps net is something, eh?

we need shots on this chump goalie

jpg, oh of course
you always
have mama love

:) Now that’s RR haiku!!!

a clutch dump in!!! theres dru!!

Memo from Bettman

DATE: 4/15/11
FROM: Gary Bettman
TO: NHL Referees
Subject: Caps Win

nice caps player missed the
Ranger completely and
saw a face full of glass

Depressing…...no offense whatsoever….

PP goal? Too much to ask?

A Power Play!!!

Whoopie.

Mama, haiku is 5, 7, 5, like so

Beautiful Mama
More than extraordinary
The Queen of New York

Lets get one here were right back in it.

I don’t give a rats ass how young they are, there is no excuse for this type of period in a playoff game. The funny thing is that it’s not the kids stinking it up, it is the vets like gabby,dubi,ec,ww,and the the d like Staal,girardi, and mccabe. Terrible

Gaborik had Semin all over his hands there.

it’s amazing how we always act
as if the other team
has one more guy on the ice
than we do.

sullivan should be sent packing just for
being in charge of this ongoing debacle.

Jeez…LW, I think we are being too graphic… LOL!!!

Guess not

Total embarrassment.

The Canes wouldn’t have been playing like this if they were in, that’s for sure.

I suppose grinding on the power play isn’t too effective, eh?

Awesome.

Remember, we came from two goals down against Boston last week. (I’m grasping)

That was one of the worst periods I have ever seen in the playoffs by a rangers team in my life.

1 goal in almost 6 periods of hockey… Tough to win if you never score

wow the Caps are really really good. They play like this and they will surely come out of the East.

pathetic

Isn’t Torts supposed to be an expert at developing a power play?? Oh never mind, we don’t have Vinnie or Martie here. Maybe it WAS the skill of the players he had in Tampa Bay.

Horrible period…..just totally demoralizing…..

I bet its driving the Canes nuts knowing they could do way better then the rangers in this series

Doesn’t Sully run the PP? Not Torts :P

Mmmm…1/2 dozen years of bottoming out and trading away players for picks and you get talent like Semin, OV, Backstrom, Green, etc, etc and look what you get.

But you can build Glen Sather style and be mired in mediocrity.

Mmmmm…lots of short pain for lots of long term gain OR endless mindnumbing crap.

I know which I prefer….

>>nice to know we practiced the power play

They can practice it all they want; it’s just not going to be successful with the current personnel.

gilroy is gonna be our leading goal scorer after 2 games!! wowowowowwowow!!! they sure got the boys ready!!!

JB, you can always turn to FRINGE lol

Eddie, this is typical Dublowsky. He never shows up for the playoffs. I thought maybe things would be different this time around.

They all look like a bunch of Avery’s out there. It’s sad.

I’m a huge Dubinsky guy and, you’re right, he’s been invisible. That can’t happen.

Also, a judgment call. After the 2nd goal, I wound up and spiked my cell phone (on the bed, I’m not that dumb). By virtue of that action, have I expended more energy tonight than Christensen?

its funny how high the expectations are. We are the 8 seed btw

“I can’t believe we scored so many fuggin goals on Noy-Vair, but now he’s a future Hall Of Famer”

has he had to work much? Even in first period most of the saves were not to tough.

I know Orr, but Torts is the head coach. If he was so amazing at developing the pp, wouldn’t he have made some suggestions along the way?

BML! I just got home from work and they’re down 2-0?!

What in the hell is going on!!

Sooo…what happens in the 3rd? Any predictions? My guess is final score 4 to 1.

Okay… It better be revealed after the game that he has the flu, or re-aggrevated the stress fracture in his leg, because he’s been UNACCEPTABLE and DISENGAGED the entire game.

PS… these refs can eat a d—k.

ANd is Brandon Dubinsky playing??

Staal looks mega tired. I might to have sniff some glue

Where’s Fischler now?

Gash its. 3.20 and tomorrow I will be in a car for 2.5 hours..better switch it off now, because there probably willl be never be a comeback by the Blueshirts..

too late to make trades?

Then again, I got a very special present while on lunch, so THANKS, TIKI! I LOVE IT!!! :D

Stan Fischler still think Avery will be the playoff hero for NYR.

Not bloody likely

buttchin and butthead, aka EC, the perimeter pansies… that combo is a real loser when those guys dog it like they have in most of the last few weeks. letting Schultz and Erskine etc shut them down. they set a real downer tone for the forwards

How does he not deserve credit??

That’s like saying he doesn’t deserve the Cup, just because he had those players. That’s madness.

it is unacceptable to only get 5 shots in a period during a playoff game. Just shoot from anywhere for Messier’s sake!!

Rhode, are you saying McDonut should sit? He’s been pretty good, aside from a bad penalty, which shouldn’t have even been called.

You really want McCabe, or Gilroy to get his minutes? Or Stahl to work even more than he has? Or Girardi?

Avery has played with a lot of spirit…one of the few.. The zebras suck carcillo…

Messier will make a great head coach next year…or bring Keenan back…

“McD took an aggressive penalty after the whistle. The Caps score.”

He dumped a guy who ran Henrik, I have a much bigger problem only calling the retaliation than I do with the retaliation.

well
um
here
we go

quick go and the game changes, lets GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET’S GO BOYS!

Third period comeback is gonna happen.

Uhh, btw, hi gang!

Well, knowing Slats, that wouldn’t be the case…obviously, there would have to be solid assets coming our way…

does Hank have any sense at all where to send the puck?

keep going behind the net, that’s been working….............

“Stephan Feds Fedotenko”

I like this one best.

Skate harder Boyle!! Wake the f….k up!

E3, thank you.

I can not stand all of this negative nancying!!!!! grrrrrrrrrr. I’m frustrated too, but really!

They have lost every single battle along the boArds

Staal is fried

My metier is off right now. Combination of anger and a few beers.

this is some weak stuff. we spend so much time along teh boards but when the puck comes out we cant shoot it or it gets blocked. girardi has ahorrible shot. somebody has to start rippin them and from everywhere.

Avery has been offsides how many times this game?

Avery with the best scoring chance of the game for the Rangers :)

Dublowsky had the best chance.

I’ll tell you what, I think I’d rather have Eminger in this kind of game instead of McCabe. At least Eminger plays physical, and I think he is a better skater than McCabe. Since we aren’t scoring on the powerplay…

“Lundqvist is in their heads,” Joe? With the 2-nil score? Won-der-ful!

Unbelievable.

ugh, mcD

Avery Haters:

Your nemesis is playing hard. Others are not.

If Aves took McD’s aggressive penalty and the Caps scored you’d be building the scaffold for his hangin’.

McD playing tough. Avery playing tough.

Find another whipping boy.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey mama – it’s you and me baby… Let’s go rangers…AVERY playing great

will we ever scoreeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Best line of the night … i posted that line 5 min ago Prust Boyle Avery

Yeah, that was pretty unreal. Didn’t think he had it in him

they gotta score against Bebe Neuvirth!!!

If Ovechkin either leaves his feet or gets his arms up once more, I’m fine taking a 5 minute major to destroy him.

Dubinsky Gaborik and Wolski….... Please score …thank you

the caps need to forgot how to play D again.

we wont ever score. jeez

is Avery dry humping that caps player?

No bongos reprise.

Hey C3, when is Avery going to score? ;)

This MSG summer commercial makes me want to break the windows on every fancy car I see, and piss inside it.

Mao, real battleship was the best. Played it all the time with my brother….you are proving that you are not really 26!

Yeah, it’s pretty pathetic when Avery is your best player.

I agree, Eddie. He is…

Drink!

Matthias, dang, you’re right, but you’re coming to NY right!??? If I read correctly….

“is Avery dry humping that caps player?

No, there was Semin under him…”

A+

LMAO, Olga

Avery is the hardest working Ranger on the ice at least….has the most fire going.

So when Avery is playing hard it’s pathetic? Got ya ;)

Avery’s been getting under Erskin’s skin (pun)

Please tell me that Torts sees Avery as the answer to not having Cally in the lineup!

I try to do some time in the new season…

See you Sunday afternoon your time evening my time :)

I’d settle for seeing someone… ANYONE dumping Ovechkin over the boards just to send a message.

oh no gaborik line will for sure kill our momentum

I am happy with this 3rd period. That second was an aberation. Even if we lose this…game 3 ..one game at a time.

C3P0
is commenting now?

omg!!!!
i’m a big fan!!!

Great play by one of the best defensive defenseman in the game huh Joe?

WOW WHAT A SAVE!!

ELITE save ;)

Here we go, the Sam and Joe excuses start.

Cally in the lineup or not, we’re still losing 2-0

Stepan=Soft

I am getting hartnelling peed off here, E3 excluded…....

I think we’ve seen the last of MZA this year.

“I think we’ve seen the last of MZA this year.”

After last game, it was either for the year or for the rest of the Torts regime. No chance he’s back w/out an injury.

Stepan = rookie

my kingdom for a goal

You’re right, Orr. Why hasn’t he gone to CT? I guess they are giving him the year off…he has played a ton of games, more than anymore in his career…he’s not used to it, plus it is a new game to him…

Foxwood’s Final Five, weeee!

Dubinsky misses Callahan…

thanks announcer dude, been saying that for a few days now

Artie, are you out there??

GAME 1 was our shot to make this series. blow a late lead cant get any offense in ot going and that was our chance

Why is Stepan benched for the third?

GAME 1 was our shot to make this series. blow a late lead cant get any offense in ot going and that was our chance

pathetic

Step-On hasn’t done anything to deserve to play.

Series is not over. IF we take care of business at home, it’s a series again.

Gaborik =nonmonster

There’s your motherf—-ing on time whistle

and of course the whistle blows

No sense getting down after game 2. Rangers are going back home. That’s 2 more chances at least. After all, Rome wasn’t burned in a day, you know…

McCabe is terrible

LOL! Even if we figure out Noy-Vair, they have their trump card, Var-LA-Mov, who will shut us down.

Step-child fed to the wolves

if only Stepan would have elbowed
green or ovi in the chin and knocked ‘em
out this game would have been much different

At least the Rangers improved over game 1. It took them 18 minutes longer to lose that one…

Let’s take it back home, folks…...

Dublowsky has been pathetic. Butt-Chin has been pathetic. A lot of them have been.

But, my vote for biggest playoff disappointment so far is Artie.

He’s been a ghost. He’s literally done nothing.

What kind of moron would take a timeout now?

ToMG – you are a devil’s fan, yes?

WHoa…did you guys see that!?!?!?!? WOW!!! LMAO Sully!!!

Ya, I think a brawl was going to happen… prob telling his guys not to get involved.

Nice security… fan threw cup of something on coach Sullivan.

well
at least tampa beat the pens

see
i’m accentuating the positive
even though i just found out that
i’m still laid off and some other writer
who scabbed at some other place i used to
write for is still being used
and paid.

whatta night!!!

>>and the rangers are paying Gaborik 7.5 million to do what?

To tuck the left side of his jersey inside his pants.

I hope Prust punches Ovechkin sometime between now and Game 3.

too bad the 5 day
break doesn’t happen now.

once again
we make a second rate goalie
look like an allstar.

thanks Rangers!

ToMG after every defeat since about December: “I’m telling you, the Rangers are missing the playoffs.”

ToMG after the Rangers slip out of playoff position: “I told you since December that the Rangers would miss the playoffs.”

ToMG after the Rangers make the playoffs: Crickets…

ToMG after the Rangers go 2-0 down against the #1 seed: “I didn’t think the Rangers were going to make the playoffs and they got lucky.”

Gaborik= loser fraud!

Sorry for the job news jpg…going through a battle to keep my job as we speak.

Gabby ($7.5MM) & Dreary ($7.5MM) = $15MM worth of carcillo hockey talent

Headzo – that was funny :)...this series is FAR from over… The team that wins 4 moves on… No prizes for winning 2.

Rangers in 6

The capt really led tonight too huh?

This what happens when you only have one first round pick in your lineup and have had thirteen picks!

Sather sucks

TomG after the Devils missed the playoffs- Ooops! I think I wet ‘em…

Prospal needs to call a team meeting and take them to his tanning salon…

Looked like popcorn or something was thrown.

They better throw that prick in jail. Probably wont though. I’m guessing you’re allowed to throw shyte at players and coaches, and nothing happens.

Hell of a move putting Christensonwith Gaborik and giving him over 18 minutes of playing time there Torts. Way to give someone who was invisible in game one leading minutes in the following game. Time to give up on this guy already.

amazingly i am not too bent out of shape about these results. i was too adamant about them getting into playoffs to me blowing that lead at end of the season would have been a disaster.

at least the kids got expereince.

artie dubi gabby drury all the vets are miserable. there to blame not the stepan sauer mcdonagh

rangers in 60!!

well, that sucked, but there is another game on Sunday. Maybe my new present will bring them luck and lots of goals.

In the meantime, I’m not in the mood for the negativity, and I’m starving and exhausted, so it was fun while it lasted.

Don’t be too hard on each other.. or the team.

Nobody in Connecticut is going to help us.

In order to win this series, it’s pretty clear we’ll have to win each game 1-0.

Poor Hank. He truly doesn’t deserve this.

Sorry we lost. Series is not over. Game 3 is a must win. If we keep believing, the Rangers will reward our faith. Thanks for all the positive thoughts you sent my way the past week and thanks for tonight. You all are like one big family to me, and it goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, Mama is the Queen. She is such an extraordinary, caring, and awesome woman, I cannot say enough positive things about her. Even words such as extraordinary do not do her justice. ♥ Laurel

And in 3 years we will be complaining that Richards stinks and still has 4 years left on HIS contract.

It’s the Sather Way…

One of the major flaws of this team is the lack of a leader..at least i don’t see one.. They paid gaborik the big money thinking he’d be the leader on offense ,,, not on this team ,, he’s out of place.

EC could be waived, but Girardi, and Butt-Chin are going nowhere.

Who knows what will happen to Dreary.

I hope they re-sign Boyle. I like him.

Get well, Tiki. I want to pick on you some more… ;)

JBytes

you’re right that Gabby is paid to score
and he is surely not doing that.
if his confidence is so messed then
get him to a hypnotist or something.
seriously!!!

and as far as after the first period.
EVERYBODY STUNK UP THE PLACE WHEN THEY CAME BACK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAYBE THEY PUMPED IN CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE LOCKER ROOM
BECAUSE WE LOOKED FLAT AS HELL!!!!!!!!

did anyone else think that call on mcdonagh was pathetic for a playoff game? it was a shoving match infront of the crease. Plus, sauer had just been tossed on top of lundqvist. I understand the fedotenko penalty, he got a stick in green’s face.

this thing is not over. caps are devout choke artists and still can be had. im rarely optimistic and im drawing optimism from the caps’ playoff track record not the rangers. I really thought the rangers would win tonight though.

HEY RANGERS: Y U NO SCORE ANY GOALS?!

agree ORR!!

ya never know about Girardi and Gabby
sather has performed trade miracles before

as for Boyle
i like him but
c’mon he’s got to score a little bit
and he hasn’t shown squat in that department in
one or two dozen games.
i mean,
he needs to show something now.
yes, i commend him for putting his cojones on the line
but we need him in front of the net too
or moving in on a rebound.

I can’t see Slats even considering trading him unless he’s offered a great deal.

One bad season out of two. He’s not going to be so quick to give up on him. They didn’t do it with Dreary, Blowmez, etc, I can’t see them doing it with someone who’s way more talented than either.

In order to win this series….. we’d have to go 4-1 now. Ain’t happening. Sorry to be a negative nancy…. but, I think I’m more along the lines of a realistic ronnie.

Ack! Nucks score. Better fix another Depth Charge…

Disappointing loss. But with all our collective hockey wisdom here, we’ll figure it out and Carp can pass on our recommendations to Torts.

Here’s some insightful analysis that will appeal to the coach:

1. Carp April 14th, 2011 at 11:36 am

   “Avery also has a history of playing terribly in the playoffs … and, yeah, Tortorella has it in for him. C’mon. Do you think he’d purposely not play a guy because he doesn’t like him? That’s ridiculous.”

   Here’s another pearl of hockey wisdom from Carp a bit later that Torts will thank us for:

   “Avery stinks.”

   Seriously, the Haters know playoff hockey like nobody’s business !!!

The Caps would have a tough time keeping up with the Nucks.

Yeah, Avery played well, but last I checked, we still got shut out. So, God didn’t make much of a difference in the end :P

Like I said, Avery played well? It’s not rare for him to play well, then disappear.

Vancouver just looks 10 times faster than the Rangers and even Washington. They are FLYING.

Not just yet, ilb… Hawks CAN score.

I can’t imagine that the loss of Cally is THAT devastating. Honestly, this series is far from over, but if Gaborik continues to play like pooh on a stick, trade him. I don’t care. He doesn’t have to go home but he’s gotta get the F outta here!

Then I guess it’s the coach’s job to support Avery and encourage him to continue to play well. It sure wouldn’t hurt for him to finally be told that he is an important part of the team.

ilb:

Pretty obvious point. The Haters and the Boss were dead wrong about sitting #16 in Game 1.

Wiggy asking Keenan how he relaxed the team… LOL

“I caused a near mutiny by talk to the Red Wings in the Cup Finals!”
or
“I told Messier to go out and score a hat trick”

:)

Avery was great. The best he’s been in months, and the kind of player he can be when he’s not the favorite target of an egomaniacal coach’s endless mind games. That being said, I full expect Tortorella the taskmaster to scratch him in game 3 so he can “inject more offense” with Matt Zuccarello.

Erik Christiansen barely belongs in the NHL, let alone on the first line.

Marc Staal could hardly move in the 3rd period. You can blame that one on the coach, too.

When you give up a game winning goal to Jason Chimera and get shout out by Michael Neuvirth, you’re not going to beat anybody in a series.

Finally, we learned why Marian Gaborik has been completely inept for the past several months: he doesn’t give a carcillo.

Here’s the reality – i meant to say a phrase i will steal. I agree with most of what you said but it they eek one out on sunday and then do the same on wednesday, the series is tied. easier said than done by a mile, but that would bring us to a point where its a best 2 out of 3. one game at a time

At Least Tampa Bay beat the Pens

and I’m enjoying my Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

They need some guys who are critical of their play in the post games. Keenan has the ability but they don’t let him talk enough. Duguay’s hair coloring and hair style is better than his analysis. He’s way too nice to the Rangers after the game – no offense to any Duguay fans.

“Rhode, so basically you’re saying if Avery (one man who has three goals) was playing, NYR wins game 1???”

If Avery plays Game 1, not only do they win that game, but they get MOMENTUM and win tonight as well. 2 game swing.

I’ll bet I’m one of the biggest Avery fans out there and I wouldn’t go as far as to say they’d win game 1 if he played, but you’d certainly get more out of him than you got out of Erik Christiansen. On a team plagued to the point of death by forwards with no scoring touch, trying to catalyze offense by using a guy who can’t playmake, can’t shoot and has absolutely no physical presence is an epic fail.

Avery plays, they still lose Game 1. Avery doesn’t play Game 2, they still lose.

Either way…

BillyC- I guess my overall point is this…. Remember how weak the mental psyche of the Caps was during HBO’s 24/7 where they couldn’t buy a win….? Two CONVINCING wins would more than likely make em’ think a bit. The only way we get past this team is by filling their fragile minds with doubt.

P.S.- Someone needs to “cleanly” put Ovechkin on his ass to send a stern message because he’s having his way w/ us.

“P.S.- Someone needs to “cleanly” put Ovechkin on his ass to send a stern message because he’s having his way w/ us.”

Hockey clean or Ovechkin clean? Because the latter allows for some launching and I bet Prust could do even more damage as a missile.

Rangers aren’t down 0-2 because of Ovechkin. He’s not doing anything in this series other than revealing himself to be a colossally stupid player. I’m sure some of you guys watch him a lot more than I have, but based on the sample of 10 or so games I’ve seen of him this year, his game looks like it’s regressed substantially.

Olga, I like the Blackhawks too, so if it is not us, then the West? Is that what you’re saying or is it the Mike’s Hard Lemonade talking to me

Reality – I think we agree. Winning two game in a row, in any matter will plant seeds of doubt. They may have success with this defensive style, but their defensemen and goalie are not that good, or at least unproven.

Lloyd-

While it’s suffice to say Ovechkin is better than his play this series, it’s undeniable that he’s getting good looks and running our guys every chance he gets without paying a price. Someone needs to put him over the bench…. get him off his game.

I’m an Avery hater just because I state the obvious?? Hmm??

Avery haters, and Avery lovers are biased.

I’m in the middle. I’m the voice of reason.

Energy doesn’t put pucks in the net :P

Delusional Avery fans. It’s like trying to tell a six year old that Santa doesn’t exist. They just wont accept it.

I, unfortunately, was forced to accept that Santa didn’t exist when my mom asked me to help put the presents under the tree after midnight mass.

jpg’s sister

I’ve liked the Hawks almost as much as the Rangers over the years. But I had to wait until old man Wirtz dropped dead for things to change in Chicago. And they finally did. Now I seem to be waiting for old man Sather to drop dead too until NY improves to become a contender. So I root for both teams, and there will never be a conflict unless the happen to meet in the finals.

And if the Mike’s is talking to you set it on the shelf for five minutes or so, until it shuts up. ;)

Orr:

Pick a new player for us all to hate until the season ends. Diversify the portfolio.

Olga, Thanks for the advice about Mike. I have a Blackhawks hat and saw them play in Chicago once about 10 years ago. Except for red, white and blue, Red and Black are my favorite color combination

Avery is GOD!

Here’s The Reality,

While I’ll agree that someone needs to send a message, it’s worth pointing out that when you’ve got a top tier player in the NHL reduced to taking runs at opposing players because he basically can’t do anything else, you’re doing something right. The Rangers gave up goals tonight to a borderline minor leaguer and a fossil. They got shut out by an AHL goalie. The Rangers generated practically no legitimate offense for 95% of the game. The Rangers supposed superstar is playing like he’d rather be on the golf course.

The biggest problems in this series have nothing to do with Alex Ovechkin.

Nashville robbed by the refs.

Orr:

Simple. Every time you bash a player who plays a gutsy, physical, committed game for the Rangers, Sean Avery or anyone else, I’m going to call you on your negativity and foolishness.

Don’t worry about wearing me out. I’m fresh.

I think Hawks last longer, because even if they both go out in 4, the Hawks games start an hour later…

Rhode Island Ranger –
It’s ridiculous shat like 10:27 that has much to do with some peoples feelings towards Avery IMO.
You act like he had a hattie to win the game, Stat sheet has him with no goals, no assists – 1 hit.
Yeah he gets 6th star in a loss. While I think he played pretty well, you’re giddiness over his performance kills me.

I don’t hate Butt-Chin. He is an elite player having a down year…He has a butt for a chin, it’s not his fault…

Gaby was the best player in the game tonight in the 1st, just sayin’

I do dislike EC. He brings no heart. He has world class skill and no team concept…

>>Vancouver just looks 10 times faster than the Rangers

Why bother with the comparison? The two teams play in different leagues.

If dubi, step, AA, gabby, EC, and dreary brought the same amount of effort in game 1 and tonight as Avery did…. We would all be singing a different tune. Dubi has been horrible. Step is softer than 2 ply, and EC is utterly useless.

Dear god do I love Bobby Ryan.