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Butt-Chin needs to score eight goals in this series to redeem himself

lets go RANGERS!!

go time! last game of the season. yah! hahaah

got my avery jersey on at work and putting rangers on the tv!

if its one thing i really hate, its when my chain saw breaks

I hope Hank’s leg wont give him any problems today.

WTB IS ON MY TV INSTEAD OF THE GAME?

Let’s go!

I HAVE AN INFOMERCIAL INSTEAD OF THE GAME!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Bobby Ryan, who should have been tossed for the remainder of the playoffs???

Sorry C3—I interrupted your post!

3 stars:

1. WW
2.EC
3. McCabe

US win 5-4 in OT

Tyler Biggs with the winner

<strong>LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!</strong>

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please fill my Hello Kitty Easter basket with a win!!!

lmao that went a bit long! ;-)

LETS GO RANGERS!

Oh the pleasantries of DocZo and the talking penis!

which chair should i sit in??...oh brother…the things i have to think about

Chimera is more bald than McGuire. Wasn’t expecting that.

is that brian boyle or tom selleck?

Boyle’s elf ears will bring magic and a victory today.

Yeah it does, it says I want a 30 goal scorer on my team. Bwaha!

OK, I get the a tornado touched down at the airport last night, but I don’t care right now! Give me the game you hartnellers!

Geez, drop the puck already….

Progressive dude has a stache Dubi could only dream of growing.

Am I in Bizzaroworld? I think Dolanvision is actually offering me a chance to save money for a year. Miracles do happen!!! LGR!!!

HEY Mama! :)

Imagine spending money on a playoff game that ends in your team losing 8-2? Wow!

Carp, which arena is louder?

Yeah, like the 1st trimester..

Let Go Rangers!

damn so close!

good start

why didn’t avery put that puck back on net?

3:21:20 for a 3:00:00 game.

WHAT! a first minute!

Ice looks slippery today.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Gimme the game.

lmfao @ ‘stickless’

This pace and fast flow favors the Caps in a big way.

and now commercials… omg, i want to punch something right now

Boudreau was right. This place is way louder than MSG.

sweet jesus

FINALLY THE GAME.

Girardi is the man, again

EXHALE!

All Boyle had to do was touch the puck inside the blue line to prevent the hand pass whistle.

C’mon boys! Now that I finally got the game…

LET’S GO RANGERS!

Did we switch up the D-pairs?

And so it begins….

blah blah blah, shut up Pierre!

let’s go PK!

if we kill this we will score first goal right after p

Finally some fighting.

That has to be reviewed…

nevermind

Way to jump in after the refs are engaged Green.

Only a matter of time the way this game started

Nice moves, Girardi. What were you trying to do? Block that shot?

is it me or did it look like that puck was going wide before it went off girardi?

i hate that fuggin team!!!

So Ovie and Green both get third man in penalties, considering how far from the melee they were, or does the Craps exclusion apply here?

there goes the game

looked like it would have gone through the crease :(

how about a third man in for green?

I vote someone punches Ovenchicken and Green right in their ugly mugs

see thats the difference… their PP works our doesn’t. As simple as that

That was complete horsecarcillo. I’m generally not a true believer in the conspiracy theories and I try not to blame the refs for our team’s mistakes, but giving Washington a power play after all that was absolutely wrong.

Im angry. Im about to explode. Im about to explode. Im so angry right now. I just wanna smash something. I despise referees with every ounce of my being. Like nobody’s ever “chirped from the bench” before.

I hope one of our guys takes their sticks, and, well, it’s better left unsaid.

Yeah, Green should have been given a penalty. OvechCANT even held him back, but he still went. Moronic officiating.

My mood is not improved, but I still believe. Sigh…..I may have to turn the volume on the TV off

What a great shot by Butt-Chin

Poor refs, didn’t like the chirping, so they give us a penalty. Maybe if they called the game correctly the chirpng would be eliminated.

stupid caps fans

Wish the Rangers were meaner. Avery’s been domesticated. Wish we had someone who threw some elbows and got nasty.

“We are louder”? Well, that’s original!

Tiki’s right. The NHL hates long playoff series. All the free revenue just cramps their style.

These fuggin’ bandwagon faux Craps fans. They’re all a bunch of pieces of carcillo worthless inhumane beings.

Their crowd is also full of bandwagoners who just recently became caps fans when they saw an Ovechkin highlight reel goal. We have old timers at our games who arent gonna stand and scream :)

jfc, they are BACK on the news again..

first goal hasnt meant a lot in this series

I see Tiki is spouting is garbage again…

Game 4 Score: Rangers 3, Referees 2, Gaborik helping other team 1, Capitals 1. Game 4 victory belongs to Rangers.

Game 5 Score: Referees 1, Rangers 0, Capitals 0.

lets telegraph more shots

4 generation – go, go BUTTMAN!

where would the NHL Network be without “OIL CHANGE”

and stfu with the ‘have fun’ TPCH!!!

damn i wanted to listen to radio broadcast but they are behind by at least 2-3 minutes!

FIRE THE PUCK!

All of this setup by a Butt-Chin giveaway

the Caps have had more chances this period than the Rangers have had all series.

I haven’t heard Anisimov’s name called at all.

Puck off Green’s face. Oh well.

Karma

aaaaaaaaaw did you hit yer head

Puck, meet face.

there is a really hot chick sitting behind bodreau…

AWESOME!! hopefully his concussion symptoms come back in keep him out for the rest of the year

Another one in the ear for Green. Now both teams down a D.

Buttchin is beyond pathetic. his weak efforts at both ends are nothing but coasting and loafing

rangers will turn this game around…believe

Anisiomov where art thou

Girardi must have broken his hand on laichs face

miked, he’s so fast that we only see his afterburner lol

Kudos on cheering a guy who just got hit in the head with a slap shot.

What is going on here today? Jeez Louise.

Gabortrick = float in all 3 periods

wow Green lost all of his screws! lol

His screws came loose!

shut up wth the Green love! ugggg

So far it’s simple – the Craps have just been playing like they care about winning this game more. It’s sad when Avery-Boyle-Prust is the best line we’ve got going and the only one to get any sustained offense going.

you’d think he’d have learned to NOT block a shot with his noggin after the first time

Prustbyterian!

Good shot block McCabe.

C3

http://tinyurl.com/3o6g9jt

I like how they said Green made a gutsy play blocking it with his head… like he did that on purpose…

or Gabortrick = passed up shot, passed up shot block, and passed up hit. That’s pretty much every game for him though.

This feels a lot like one of the Penguins games when we came back late. We’ve gotta get the energy up.

it has nothing to do with effort. Washington has better more talented players and b/c of that they are dominating the series and this game.

Why is that so hard to understand????

I can’t wait for the foxwoods final five.

trust me people, if we get out of this period we will win

ORR—reminds me of game 82 against the flyers last year…pathetic way to end the season…again!

A period played by losers.

Excluding Hank who continues to be the one of the only bright spots on this team

Caps came out flying, but they have cracks. Rangers can make it happen.

Effort has very little to do with it. The Caps are playing with all their emotions out., expanding a ton of energy. Not sure how long they can sustain it…1-0 is not the worst outcome.

As much as I can’t stand Milbury, he’s right about one thing, the Rangers have a pop-gun offense.

anyone who understands hockey and this team will believe that the caps will come down to earth in the 2nd and rangers will regroup and come out hard the rest of the game. caps were flying in 1st but can’t sustain that pace.

its happened all year with this team. v. pit twice, v. philly, v. boston, v. nj in game 82, plus others i am sure i am not remebering.

where am I?

that was awful…

time for a luck change, Dubi jersey off, Leetch white with the ‘C’ on

we are dumber, we are dumber, we are dumber

craig is right, next goal wins

this game is in the bag…rangers will win….first goal means squat…

This could be the game that Hank steals. He’s doing his part, now it’s up to the other 19 players.

Is Milbury wearing that tie for a bet?

It is eye catching isnt it LW?

tornado update vs Pierre and Dingleberry… not sure which is worse

craps will be frustrated kowing that after dominating the first period,they have only 1 cheesey goal to show for it.Rangers need to start shooting from everywere,and get some damn people in front of the net!

It ain’t over til it’s over…I expect a different Rangers team to come out in the 2nd!!!!!1

lmao LW! Maybe we can find a plastic bag of the same design for him ;-)

Great post I dontknow

Here we go!

C’mon boys, let’s pick it up, eh?

Girardi is back!!

Good to see Girardi back

and there is Danny G… he better stock up on caltrate in the offseason

Like I said before:

This team is a complete farce. What a bunch of two-bit crock-$hit that was in the 1st period. A period played (and I’m being sarcastic by even using the word “played”) by a bunch of talentless clowns looking forward to a day of golf and manicures.

Let’s see if the Caps punched themselves out.

blow the fuggin whistle jeez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We realy have to figure out a way to reduce the 3 on 2’s.

this is pathetic. no beter than the first., wake up guys!

caps still have way too much speed through neutral zone

were just so slow and delibeate like a bunch of reddens out there. move it quick! skate harder,hit harder, mov the puck out quick. they are losing this one.

One goal in seven periods in Washington. Horrible.

LW-I’m afraid of that more than the Rangers being out…

Does anybody believe me yet that Gaborik is another of many sather bad signings and if possible should be traded in the off season?

game 4 really hurt us. theylook defeaed already. nd its not even haf over

torts needs to tinker his lines. it is not working what he has now

I admit thinking over the possibility of trading Gaborik recently, although I’m not and have never been a die-hard “GET RID OF HIM NOW.” But I think Carp’s point this morning about him makes a lot of sense.

Can’t even hit the net on our scoring chances

thi is over

GOOD SUMMER VACATION TO YOU GUYS

fuggin Carcilllo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There it is…unstoppable…

dammit

well enjoy the off season guys.

In Prust We Don’t Trust

Selfish penalty

Prustie….. (sigh)

Yeah, Chris, because that’s worked so well in the past, right?

our guys have to keep it together if we are gonna have a chance to get back into this game.

We definitely need to find some real skill in general? There arent many Rangers who just…put the puck in the back of the net.

Dumb penalty, but I don’t know if it would’ve been called if it wasn’t obvious Prust was looking for a fight.

how about putting it on net!

That’s why you pay your game breaker $10M

As Drury will say after the game AGAIN, “we were on our heels and not ready.”

Series was over on Wednesday. This is just an extra slap in the face.

orr,
he got injured at olympics and he has been injured all season. give him another season when is hopefully healthy then you can decide if he is a bust or not

“not creative” is the chant

Although Gaborik certainly has talent he has absolutely no heart. Move him out.

There you go, we are trading our youth even before it’s over…

maybe we can actually get a PP goal today and turn this carcillo around.

c’mon LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NYR, he didn’t get injured at the Olympics, he was injured before the Olympics, and re-injured himself, and was useless down the stretch when we needed him the most. He’s been the same ever since.

Trade the piece of shyte! We’re not winning the Cup with him, so send his ass to some random team for picks/prospects.

such a gay ass chant

they might as well chant “we like it up the pooper”

orr

we arent winning the cup anyway so whats the point?

“WE ARE LOUDER! (than we were in 2004, when nobody came to the games)”

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!

oh look, a quick whistle.. quelle surprise

We’re not winning the Cup, but that’s an excuse to not live up to your contract?? That’s nice.

fugg, c’mon

LOL! Somebody bit Avery

Avery said: He effin bit me!

Good by Avery. Smashed him with the stick. Take matters into your own hands.

sigh

I say leave the youth alone…they have a bright future; we need scoring and we need a legit PP!!!!!! Gabby is not himself, seems he’s been hurt all season. He had a great year least year. I’m not ready to throw the towel in yet!

YEAH TIKI!!!!!! LOL!

does dubi ever stay on his feet?!?

I wish Aves would Mcsorley (verb) Ovechkin, Neuvirth, Green in the locker room, and then each referee. I wish I could inhabit his body for one minute so I could take care of that business.

I think Laich bit him

I just can’t wait for the Devs and Craps fans to start trolling here…. (yes, that was sarcasm)

I wish I played hockey, so I could legally be violent and Cooke people.

lol Tiki!

Cut it out, Tiki

ovechkin reminds me of the kid with down’s that sat on my bus in middle school and picked his nose and threw it at everyone

Noy-Vair = Vezina…he’d have my vote…

C’mon boys. Get one before the period ends!!!!!

here we go!

Prust gets his penalty back…

no one hits The Prust like that

deja vu!

WOW the PP is beyond pathetic

Love the quick whistles

Orr, I know what you mean, but this team will never be more than an 8th seed striver if their supposed young talent doesnt get exponentially more productive. Unless they go out and get some Mike Gartners. Sometimes established talent does survive signing with this team.

COME ON !!!!! LETSSSSSSS get a move on here!!!!!!

Rangers you are breaking my heart!!!!!!

LETS GO RANGERSS!!!!!!

im about to start throwing things!!

SA-THER’s LOUSY-ER!

depressing

(long stretch of very bad words)

We got 20 minutes. Either we come out with a fire and desire, or we go home without the crapitals following us.

for a must win game, a pretty pathetic effort up to this point!

I seen more passion during the season…our boys are spent. Litterally done ,exahasted, drawn out ..basically the Ranger blew thier load right before the playoffs.

WE CAN STILL WIN THIS THING!!!!

lets at least make a game of this, lets not go out with a whimper!

more ovenchicken… srsly, I want the Crosby love back

itsall goodguys. were still on track to come back and win this!!!! how can we have a huge comeback if we dnt go down 2 goals?? cmon ya’ll thisis the plan!! right torts??

Rangers pp is just carcillo.

it makes me sick to think that we could have tied the series last game and we lost it the way we did, we had the craps on the ropes!!!!!!! FUGG I am so pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate being a Rangers fan in times like these!! (which is every spring)

I wish torts would try Drury on the PP. The guy has earned his living getting dirty goals on the PP

Unless they stage a big comeback here, I want to see a critical recap by Carp. They haven’t showed up to play with their season on the line, no matter how much more skilled the Caps are.

Have to agree Salty.

I feel bad for Torts. I can see him getting fired because of this. He sure as hell doesn’t deserve it.

This team is just gone with the wind. Too young, too inexperienced, and the “Vets” just don’t have enough heart.

The only guy who can carry this team is Hank, but he can’t put pucks in the net.

Pathetic, embarrassing, sad showing.

Are you people crazy? This is NOT on the coach. The Rangers are not built to win YET. Yes it hurts but to make the playoffs with the amount of kids the Rangers have is an accomplishment.

Coach has them sacrificing their bodies left and right to make up for the lack of talent (it’s close but not quite there yet with all these kids).

But they DO need a PP specialist and Special Teams coach.

I understand the frustration but lets be real. This is not about “heart”. This is about playing a significantly better team and being worn out. Plus having a ton of kids who are gaining experience in these playoffs like Stepan, like Boyle, like Prust, like Gilroy, like McD, like Sauer, like Anisimov, like Duby, and so forth.

Be proud of this team. I am. Or go root for the Red Wings.

torts is not gtting fired orr. no way. hes doen aot with a team going through tons o injuries and limited talent

you mean Milbury’s tie looks like a Teletubby’s pierre mcguire

Gabby, you never know, I could see Slats using him as a scapegoat

I’m sorry, but I hate seeing professional athletes called kids, unless they are teenagers. The younger players have some experience playing together now, but that doesn’t atone for playing a game as poor as this.

Well, for better or worse…. lets somehow find some enjoyment out of this more than likely last period of Rangers hockey this season. It was a great ride…. and for the lack of skill this team has… they still played as a team. They were a pleasure to watch and a change in the right direction for the culture of our club. Here’s to your 2010-2011 New York Rangers… Thanks Boys!

bs. Cally was a shotblocker before Torts even got here, that is pure bs

me too chris. when youre top players like dru,gabby,wolski,frolov and just about every one of them has horrible seasons, wht can teh coach do? we still made the fuggin playoffs!! relax guys. torts is bettr than renny or anyone else weve had in awhile

theres no excuse not to finish this game with balls to the wall hockey,hank needs to be sharp!

Gaborik=Ghost

devils fan

WE DO NOT NEED YOUR COMPLIMENTS!

FUGG OFF AND THEN KILL YOURSELF!

“So, are we savoring Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury’s last game as New York Rangers?”

I hope so

Greg was making more sense when he was mortgaging his house to fund his Boogaard gambling addiction.

this has been a great run…i love this team…...just work your buns off in the third….regardless of what happens…just give it your best…

torts is a very very good (and funny) coach and has gotten alot out of the players with the talent they have from the youth, its hard to teach old dogs new tricks such as getting gaborik to play night in and night out but with the talent level of the rangers he has done a great job, and if he had a few more pieces or in a few years the rangers would be a better team

i doubt the rangers are stupid enough to fire him, unless they just dont like the way he coaches with all the new conference stuff he does sometimes and getting into arguments with brooks, and i am sure that they are thinking if they are going to get brad richards they have a better chance with torts there

Boys, let’s make this a third period like so many others, and don’t go without a fight. Make us proud!

i dont know cooke…......im posting now since my laptop just got back from the service dept and was going to post yesterday when they released the vezina candidates but had no comp to do that

quick goal can change everything

28 skates like dale purinton with his skates on the wrong feet

By the time we’re good enough to win the Cup, Butt-Chin will be out of his prime, and nothing more than a 15 goal scoring loser.

Trade him!

we cant even get a decent shot

Greg don’t forget, Torts wouldn’t play Boogaard on the first line so he could get his 5 goals for you.

last 14 minutes of the season

Dont mind him, he get a little crazy from all of the paint chips he eats…

christensen, this is hopefuly your last ranger game

Well said Chris. They’ve had a taste of what it could be like. With an addition here and there and a coach who is a power play specialist, who knows what the future season will bring.

LGR

lets go rangers…back at ya momma

the governor is talking now.. just great…

we hav no offenive players!!! cmon somebody mae play!! score!

Does anybody think we’re going to get a goal today?

LOL so Torts said he had a good feeling about this game…. Oops…. false alarm, it was just gas!

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!! Niceeee save Hank omg we in TROUBLE !!! We cant even sustain an attack!!!!! GO RANGERS , lets pull a rabbit outta our ….

COME ON BOYS!!!! LOVE TO SEE us score!!!!

Rally time! I got my Black Hawks Cap on backwards and inside out…

2 fuggin shots!!!!!!!!

uh…....goalie interference like boyle 2x the other night…..........joke

i see its ok to run hank

Again Lundqvist gets no respect and no protection.

who cares if they get a penalty, wewont efin score on it!

WHOAAAA penalty!!!???? Im gonna go “Cr9” pritty soon here!!!!!

This game is a dagger

Rangers got no swaggar

Mayswell dressed Mick Jaggar

Wish we had Jaromir Jagr

I will paraphrase Carp. If all you negatories don’t get how good this team has been all season, and what they’ve pulled off, and what they have for the future, than hartnell you…....LGR!!!

Why would you expect Henrik to get any protection. He’s not a goalie first and foremost. He’s a Ranger, first and foremost, and knowing that is half the battle. :)

We can still win this game. We can do it. Pray for a miracle! Get this back to MSG!

there is no secret nhl refs are horrible and inconsistent.

Good comment, Mama. This team has been great all season. And it’s not like we lost this series to the Capitals, if you know what I mean.

WE CAN DO IT TIKIIIIII!!!!

...honestly we cant.

LETS GO RAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!!!!

As bad as they are playing, today, I WOULD like to see the last 20 minutes of Rangers hockey for the season, but NOOOO, KDSK won’t let me.

ARGHHHHH!

Any cooke goalie will stop every puck shot right at them…

CCCP April 23rd, 2011 at 5:30 pm

if there is a time for Avery to do somethign stupid…this is it
—hopefully he’d be out of anger management / rehab by the start of next season…

Olga ….go Folkyerself.

I feel as bad as Mickey does!!!!!

As long as Sather is the future, there is no future.

Because the Bruins are 10x more talented than NYR.

great season….great season

game over. season over

FIRE SATHER!

Boy it’s gonna be tough to win now…

season over. it was a good one up til the end of the last game at MSG

I wonder who replaces EC, and Avery next season?

Why do we have our net empty? So these NBC freaks can scream like a maniac again when they score again?

Semin-boy. Loverly.

Damn! Torts is going to ruin my score prediction with an empty net goal

Anyone care to join us for a friendly game of golf?

Well everyone, this has been a wonderful team to root for…do they have holes?...heck yeah…but their work effort is something we havent seen in ranger land in a long long time…and the way they stick up for each other…...tough 3rd period in game 4 did them in sadly….

I think they guys are really trying. But can’t we get one goal, please? I don’t want to shake hands yet! We scored two goals in 7 seconds the other day!

Pay your Boogaard debts Welcher…

really hurts seeing hank like that…wow…

what was the boogaard bet?

I will always be a diehard ranger fan. I will continue to follow the rangers. I’ve been doing this for 43 years, if anybody thinks this team is heading in the right direction your kidding yourselves. Ever since Dolan has bought the knicks/rangers these teams have done nothing and as long as dolan is the owner these teams will do nothing. The rangers will not sniff a cup as long as dolan is the owner because sather will continue to be the GM and that’s that. Sather should have been gone long ago, it’s a joke like the owner.

Is Gaborik in the lineup today?

We lost this series 4 games to 1, but not to the Capitals. Henrik and the rest of the team should go up to the officials at the end and shake their hands and congratulate them for defeating us in this series.

Greg bet a lot of people that Boogaard would score 5 goals this season. Now it seems the dog has eaten his checkbook or something.

What a fool…Lundqvist is the only reason this even resembled a close series.

Come on, we can get 3 goals. Dont give up!

ToMG – I know you are a devil’s fan

E and C3, I’m with ya!

Tom C, what the byfuglien? Hartnell Sather…I have confidence in my boys. Keep the core of the team…..and now we have til at least July to discuss what out team should look like. Blech. May I mourn and celebrate our buys for a minute before the carcillo begins!? That’s all I ask!

Could that “Can you hear us?” chant just then sound any more choreographed?

Olga , Go folkyerself cuz we know you like too.

Yeah no ELITE status this year for Hank . If he was smart ,he would dmand a trade and we could get a sweet draft pick for him. If your team NEEDS a ELITE ( not quite yet) goalie..chances are its gunning for the cup…any other time, The goalie is a waiste.

I just want the Pens eliminated

SCORE! Come on! We still got time left.

wooooo… :\

classless

I agree Momma

handshake with one of those buzzers in the palm

ToMG – I echo your thoughts. At least you have a realistic view of things like I do, and aren’t over confident.

At least they didn’t get shutout. Thank god for small favors.

Well, GO KINGS!

Let me tell you about some great prospects we had. Their names were Peter and Chris. Whatever happened to those dudes?

jpg’s sister, I always like you better than you brother :)

Let’s Go Black Hawks!!!!

They got a power play out of that???

Just fight people. Dont shake the hands of these sacks of carcillo.

Firing Torts is so far from the answer it’s just funny. This is all about growth. Before the playoffs, we all said we’d just be happy to make the playoffs and get playoff experience for the youth. Then once we were in, things changed. It’s human nature to always want more. That’s fine.

Torts has been saying for a long time that the plan is to build around a youthful core. And that’s what he’s been doing, and it’s working. Everybody agrees this team is much better than last year’s team. They finished the season with six more wins, which is a 17% improvement, or they’ve won 10% more of the season than they did last year, depending on how you look at it. They have been a real “team,” and in most games this season have all played their hearts out. This is exactly the direction we all wanted to be going in, and it’s important to remember that.

The fact that we even contended in this series and the games were decided by a couple of fluke goals is a measure of what this current team is capable of. We can all agree the Caps have far more top-line talent on their team than we do, and yet, the games were as close as they were. Imagine once we actually have a solid, effective first line.

Rearchitecting the team is not the answer. Firing the coach who got a bunch of second and third liners this far isn’t the answer either. Some changes need to be made, sure. But I personally still believe in the growth/youthful core mentality. Yeah, we all want Sather gone. But this year, he didn’t trade away the future for a short-term lease. That’s a big change for him, and you can’t ignore that.

The Rangers can be proud of how they played in this series, regardless of the outcome. And they can be proud of this season, especially in light of all the injuries. I think this was a portent of a great team to come.

avery was our best skater again

Hello Ranger Fans- And we were soooooooooo Close! Missed it by THAT much. At least we won more playoff games than the Knicks.

That reminds me- I have to get to the locker room to thank the team for making the playoffs and getting me that 5-year extension.

I also want to tell them not give up hope because I’ll be getting them plenty of veteran UFAs this summer. I have a new system… Tomorrow starts my second decade as El Presidente.

Muck! Muckler, make sure the clubs get put in the trunk, I have a seven o’clock tee time tomorrow with Mike Keenan.

See you all on draft day.
Uncle Glennie

yes the rangers are finally doing thing the right way by drafting and developing there own, the problem is Dolan is the owner and Sather is the GM, that’s where the track record speaks for it self and that’s where I don’t buy in to this garbage but we will see. Like I said, I love the rangers and have been a diehard since 1968. The off season will be interesting.

I’m cheering for a team from the West to win the CUP

Trade Hank! He deliberately blew this series! It’s a Swedish conspiracy inside of a Boston conspiracy by ESPN

its good to have a future when you have some talent in the horizon… i dont know if the rangers have that

Mickey, they basically put the camera on OvechCANT, and Noy-Vair only

I really did expect a little more from guys like Step-On, and Artie. They were ghosts.

Butt-Chin?? What can you say?? Well, I know….trade him!

I don’t think Washington embarrassed us. They were definitely the better team without a doubt, but we never got blown out; and even if that’s because of Henrik, so be it, because he’s in net for a reason. Improvement is definitely needed, and I feel like it will come. We do have good prospects coming up, but we need more talent. Richards!

Hope you guys dont get upset about this.

It wont ruin my summer, I have to help Glenny count my $8 mill out and make some pizza pie with me !

ilb, mama love…..I told you all I’d agree with him :)

I’m signing off for tonight. Sorry for the loss of pennies Carp :) will read you but now I’m in my regular post-season don’t want to hear carcilllo mode. LGR!!! xoxox forever.

And, not for nothing, not that I mind if they do Olga, but go Folkyerself. For hartnell’s sake, I usually defend the family, but your timing is for carcillo.

TA!

LMAO!! Hank was outplayed???

I’m sorry, how many breakaways, and odd-man rushes, and point blank shots did Noy-Vair had to face??

st0w

Well said. I’m sure the doomsayers will have the run of this place for a good few days now, but it’s a complete fallacy for them to pretend that anyone seeing positive signs in this team, this coach and the direction of the franchise is somehow 100% behind Dolan/Sather.

It’s just almost a redundant argument talking about Dolan/Sather being gone – it’s not happening, so take the encouraging signs for what they are – signs, not a delusion that there is not a lot of work and improvement still to come.

sigh …... I need a hug !

OMG, let’s go Habs!

What you’ll see next week, is the Buffalo Sabres showing how easy it is to score a goal on Noy-Vair if you just put some pucks to the net.

Sabres in 6

Tony, long arms reaching out…...only if your pants are on

beat by a better team

and tiki no the refs didn’t blow this game or any of the other games, its just that us fans have those glasses on where we only look for what the ref misses and dont actually see that they made the right call or no call etc

outplayed, dominated and the only reason that it was somewhat respectable was the swede in net called lundqvist and the defensive system, and to a degree the fact the caps are now a more defensive minded (not saying only defense but they pay more attention than previous years) team where they didnt take as many chances

now the long offseason where everyone is going to debate who the coach will be if they fire torts (they shouldnt), who to sign, who to trade, how to get drury out of the line up and off the books etc

Greg – Donate my ten bucks to charity.

Grabby – Just wrong. So incredibly wrong.

Didn’t post during the game – superstition…..but it didn’t matter.

We had some great times this season – too bad it had to end like this.

Whoops forgot to take my drury off at 5:58

I agree re: momentum. I know some say it doesn’t exist, but you’re kidding yourselves if you think Game 4 had no effect on today.

Good season.

Just over two months until 7/1.

I would be perfectly happy to see more Prusts and Cally type players, to see the team play tightchecking, hardworking, gritty games next year. I do NOT want to see them sign more longterm, multimillion $ contracts with heartless floaters like Gaborik. Let the youth be served, even if it takes several years to get on top

HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT DIRTBAGS? WE ARE LOUDER!

LOL. Pierre talks about a bright future? What BRIGHT FUTURE? LMAO.

Kreider is ur only decent prospect and until Sather commits to a rebuild and stops signing mediocre old farts, u guys are going to get eliminated every year!

GOODBYE RANGER SCUM!

I don’t think Washington embarrassed us. They were definitely the better team without a doubt, but we never got blown out.

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It would have been less embarrassing to get completely Blown Out in game 4 at MSG than what happened. NYR blew a 3-0 lead in the 3rd period on the biggest crowd energy night in years. Not just embarrassed, humiliated.

It’s amazing that so many fans of teams know of this blog.

I couldn’t name a single team blog on the internet, other than Fire & Ice, which I only know of because it was brought up on here.

RR = Monster Blog

Looks like it’s “go home time” now. Tough series that was played really well by our boys (maybe with the exception of today). No negatives for today. That is for the off season. I am really proud of our guys and this great effort they put forth this season. I take back every negative thing I ever said about [Joe] Girardi because….wow. He put forth one heck of an effort and left his knuckles (toes and fingers) on the ice today. Kudos.

Am I sad? Devastated. But I look forwards to a great future for these kids and I can’t wait for guys like Artie-Partie to put on 20lbs in the off season.

I will be here all summer. Live and Die by this team whether they are on the ice or not. Thanks to everybody around here who helped make this season surprisingly enjoyable.

1. Fire OLGA!...ROFL @blogmama telling olga to go folkhimself! you the best MAMA!

2. Hank was stellar…Rangers played excellent with what they had. Capping a great year and a successful in what was supposed to be a horrid team and rebuilding year.

3. The reason why the NHL is so amazing is the fervor and tenacity of the game, and yet they adhere to certain unwritten rules. The handshake is the ultimate traditional. Trying to sully it by fighting instead of shaking hands is something only a classless ignorant person would think of doing.

Thank you, Cape – it was fun reminiscing about the “Old Days” with you….and stick around, this blog goes on all year long.

I’m not going to be negative today – and my birthday (7/1) will be an interesting one again, I’m sure! One way or another, this team will not stand pat. I just hope we don’t give away any future stars that blossom for another team.

Let the offseason begin!

It’s really good to see everybody holding it together. I guess all of us are excited for 50% off jerseys! just kidding…...

It is remarkable that no one responded to the garbage postings around here! nice job team.

OUT OF GAS

Nothing left in the tank

No Goals from Gaborik

Hank played like a beast.

Rangers losing that 2nd last game of the season was the tell-tale of things to come. The boys were DRAINED emotionally and phisically .The game to game strain Torts puts on team. This team is full of rookies with a few Crappy vets . We will learn but who knows if TORTS puts Stepan in that “dog house” some day… We acted like a team DESPERATE in the middle/ start of the season , it drained us and it showed. Torts tried to get Gaborik going…he couldnt, Something has to give there. WE MISSED callahan really bad and it showed. He proves he is our Captain.

My tv turned off when the Caps scored #3 and I threw the remote. I never saw Caber, Avery and Wolski combine for a goal. What an ironic combination of me.

ROFL @blogmama telling olga to go folkhimself! you the best MAMA! = Priceless!!!

Priceless for you, Greg. You can’t even pay your bets off.

You’ll have to hock your inhaler….

back from dads house when it was like a funeral over there with my whole family gathered.

ONLY POSITIVE TO THIS YEAR MCDONAGH SAUER AND STEPAN GET PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE.

Im sad im frustrated and im upet because we win game 4 you never know

we are so offensively challenged that richards would be a mistake unless we get creative with cap space and fine some more skill on the wing

Feeling okay, jpg sister.

Salty, you’re not only a joke of a hockey fan, you’re a joke of a human being :)

Greg, do not let any irascible irritant stop that indefatigable spirit of yours! YOU the MAN, buddy!

We have to remember the accomplishment of just making the playoffs on the last day this year. It still hurts though.

Noah, I agree Girardi = Monster for playing the game with a dislocated finger

Cape, I think that knee injury Staal had (and his monster ice time) contributed to how bad he looked in OT the other night and today.

Amen NOAH – see above where I said that i take back every bad thing I ever said about [Joe] Girardi! Everything. He really left it out there in the playoffs and I appreciate having him around.

AND a potential ankle injury for Girardi?

We may second guess some of his decisons on the ice, but man oh man, is he tough tough tough.

Always 100x worse when the officials give a team 2 goals when they’re trailing 3-0 in the third period.

I also have no problem losing this series, as long as the Capitals decide that’s important to them to go to the Cup Finals, rather than giving all their effort to “beat” us and then fizzling against another team, perhaps the ….

Tiki, give it a rest with the excuses. If you find someone here that agrees with you, you should adopt him.

Cape, I agree. It’s sad how they defend a 2 on 1. I never saw the 2 on 1 cause my local NBC affiliate decided it was more important to show the live governors press conference about the tornado at the airport during the third period, so I really can’t comment on today’s play. But overall, yeah, it’s bad.

Stuart – I am not giving up on Del Zotto as I stated. My point is that Carlson is 20 or 21 and he’s already grown up, unlike Del Zotto, who obviously has a lot of growing and maturing to do.

Still waiting on the big effort.

I still think it would be a mistake letting Gilroy go…he was a very positive force out there to the best of his ability, and the marginal amount of ice time that he received. I think that this playoffs solidified him as a very accomplished combo defenseman ( can play up front as needed and with authority.) I know, I know, the usual nay sayers will disagree, but so what. This is my opinion and I’m
just putting my two cents worth in.

THANK YOU FRAN. I really have come to be a huge Gilroy defender. I love the kid. Wow. What a defensive mind and what a great ability to jump in on the offense (which we saw really helped this team).

It would be nice to get rid of EC, Avery, Dreary, and Wolski for next season. Obviously, Cally, MZA get those spots. and probably Booger if he still has a brain.

Should be fun to see which rookie makes it out of camp next season. Shame it’s sooo far away

Depends on the cash, I suppose. Maybe he retires, maybe not. Who knows?

I’d take him back, along with Feds, at the right price obviously.

This wasn’t all surprising as I think the Rangers were finished by the loss in Game 4 – I actually expected them to lose by at least three goals today and didn’t think they’d score.

The young defensive core (Staal, Girardi, McDonagh and Sauer) is wonderful. if Del Zotto and Gilroy can get their heads screwed on straight, the Rangers will be set on the blue line for years. Hank was the best goaltender in the Eastern Conference and continues to improve. The fact that he isn’t a Vezina finalist is an absolute joke in a league that’s rapidly turned itself into a joke.

Sean Avery is a superb player and reestablished his worth in this series. I blame any setbacks Avery’s experienced purely on John Tortorella, who far too often coaches with his ego ahead of his brains.

As for the offense, I think Dubinsky and Callahan are nice players, and likely 25 goal scores. Good guys who’ll grind it out and give a good effort every night. They are not elite scorers, nor is it fair to expect them to be. Brian Boyle is similar (though less talented offensively than Dubes and Cally) but really needs to learn how to use his size. Stepan will get stronger and will likely be a 45-50 point a year player.

But beyond that, the biggest problem with this team is the same it has been since forever: no big time scoring threats. For many of the years since the Cup win, the Rangers have consistently lacked guys who could finish. When they’ve had good playmaking centers, they seldom had a guy who could bury a pass. They lack both the creative playmaker(s) and finisher(s) now. Stepan may turn out to be one of those guys, it’s far too early to tell. I’d like to think guys like Del Zotto, Gilroy and McDonagh will blossom offensively down the line, too. But there’s no one else on this roster right now, however, who is remotely close to being the kind of playmaker and finisher the Rangers need, and that will relegate this organization to marginal contender status for the time being.

i really do not think the caps are that good actually none of the teams are that good. the rangers gave away 2 games, game 4 is inexcusable… up 3 to 0 in the 3rd at home…........................

ouch…........

LOL! eddie, good one!

avery stinks anyone who thinks differently either dates him or is blind.

the guy scored 2 goals this year, is aturnover machine.

skating fast does not equal a goal….it simply mean you are gene carr, rico fata, or many other guys who cannot finish….........

I thought Avery played a good series until today. He wasted a few chances by being the SECOND guy to take a point position behind the net. This isn’t lacrosse. Come on. That said, I am really fine with him playing our 4th line and getting an emotional spanking by Torts from time to time.

Anyone who thinks Avery isn’t a good player is so drunk on NHL Kool-Aid that he’s probably got his-and-hers Crosby jerseys in his closet. Unfair to judge any player when he’s browbeaten relentlessly for an entire season by Tortorella. I think much the same applies to guys like Drury and Del Zotto who were disrespected frequently by their coach to the point of walking/skating on egg shells.

Should be fun to watch Thomas try to make the team, he is apparently a very special player. Maybe McIlrath makes the team?

Obviously, Sauer and McD will be locked up…

I’m not sure what happens with Flavah…

I think that Drury will either get traded or retire…I can’t imagine him rotting on the 4th line again…maybe I’m wrong…

Avery is fine for the 4th line…along with Booger and Prust…

Wolski…I have no idea…Can’t they just bury him in the minors or trade him?

EC should be playing in the ECHL on the taxi-squad…

What NYR needs is a 40-50 goal scorer

I highly doubt Kreider does that in his rookie year. Doesn’t matter what he does, in my eyes. Fans are already putting way too much on his plate in his potential rookie year.

Go Bruins

Lloyd – i agree…why are there so many Avery haters out there?....The guy busts his assen every shift he plays, sticks up for every teamate, and forechecks like a mad dog….....Is he the most skilled player?...Not by a long shot, but the NY fans have always been known for their love and appreciation of the guys that hustle and try…I just dont get it….