Game 6. The third of a four-game tour of Western Canada. The sixth of a seven-game odyssey to begin the season.
Get ready to be inundated with Tom Renney stuff tonight.
Wojtek Wolski (groin) is ready to return, but he will not play and be a prucha, as Erik Christensen remains in the lineup. Also, Brendan Bell replaces Jeff Woywitka, who gets prucha’d, on defense. Michael Sauer (shoulder) and of course Marc Staal (concussion symptoms) remain out.
Most notable is the decision to ride the hot hand of Henrik Lundqvist instead of giving Martin Biron a start in goal. Maybe Biron starts in Winnipeg (am I really writing Winnipeg again?) Monday.
Nikolai Khabibulin, who won a Cup with John Tortorella, Brad Richards and Ruslan Fedotenko in Tampa, starts in net for the Oilers. Remember, the last time these teams played at MSG, it got really ugly, though most of that involved the now-Whaled Sean Avery.
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Our friend and fellow Bonehead, miked, has a post on his Houston Chronicle Hockey Spot blog about four teams that could use Avery. … I happen to disagree, and think that there isn’t an NHL team that would touch him with a 10-foot pole … but it’s a good read.
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Let’s do it, boys!
awwww sookiesookie!
He Ho, Three In A Row!
feel for Prospal…..WTF is Duguay wearing? we’re not in the Bahamas or Jamaica or ….. it’s 45 degrees outside.
Go Time!!!!
My eyes tear when I look at Du-Gay’s shirt.
Yeah, Prospal must be the best player on that team right now. I think he’d look real good on that top line with Butt-Chin and Horse Teeth. No offense to Step-On.
hopefully flordia holds on to lead
thanks carp!
who has a link for tonight’s game?
What a night! Manny was leading by 16, and now I’m leading by 9! Weee! Go Hall & Nuge!
But, more importantly, Go NYR!
Leaves beat Habs in OT. Bwaha! Habs are pathetic.
what a goal by grabovski in ot for leafs
Hey carp
I know Avery is good column inches, but really …
Is the guy a decent mis-understood teammate who sometimes plays effective hockey, or is he locker room cancer and really not worth having on Any team?
S-
Hello ‘heads!!
care for something to do before the game
starts there’s a livestream of the Bridge School Benefit
http://www.youtube.com/bridgebenefitconcert
Beck is on now
Sixties called, they are asking for Duguay’s shirt back!
Leaves may make a run at a playoff position this year – they look pretty good, especially if Reimer is OK….The Monster was really shaky tonight…
Going to a go time, everybody
Going to a go time, c’mon now
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
I don’t even think the sixties would want it back. Seeing it on Du-Gay is probably embarrassing them.
LMAO @ Papa Callahan crying. Haha!
I hope the Leafs make it. I like Burke and Wilson.
I am glad Hank gets to start. Marty scares me right now.Why is Wolski scratched? Dumb.
“Beginnings” looks good! We get to know our heroes like never before with HBO Show and new show on MSG! Sweet stuff!
canucks fleeced the panthers on that trade. wow
Center Ice needs to get its carcillo together. Still on the schedule screen.
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Go time baby!!!!
YEAH man we HAMMERED these guys 8 – 2 last year!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!
WIN WIN WIN WIN , we want to win!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGER LETS GO RANGER LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TIME TO GO WATCH THE GAME!!!! Yeah Rangers!!!!
BEAT RENNY’s Renegades!!!
GO RANGERS!!!!
isles win love it
GregL is here. Now we are ready
Center Ice is showing tonight’s game as an HD game but when I select it all I get is a black screen.
Dammit. Anyone got a link?
Isles lost 4:2 ! Debbies lost too. Good day! Make it great Rangers!!!!
There we go.
BTW, you can all blame me if they lose tonight, since I wasn’t around these part for the past 2 games.
ilb buddy , I AM SO READY!!!!
EDMONTON vs the RANGERS….beuty!!!!
GO RANGERS!!!
They were playing soundtrack from “Requiem fo a dream” in Edmonton’s arena?? lol Do they know that that movie is about drugs?
I see with the Flyers down 4-2, Brez-by-myglov has come back down to earth.
It wont be long until the Philthy phaithful start booing him.
PRUST will fight
Gaborik will score
Callahan will bodycheck Nugent-Hopkins
Hank will be a beast!!!
One thing I know for sure – there will be no “easy” games this season.
We will win
contain the oilers speed hall and eberle can fly
Yay!! The Panties beat the Fishsticks!
Me thinks Greg is a little pumped. LOL.
Requiem for a Dream was one of the most depressing movies I think I’ve ever seen – sheesh!
What is this nonsense with the live camera on the side of the benches?
There is your ex-Ranger! Corey Potter! lol
i see del zotto hasnt missed a beat
nice pas to the oiler
in our zone!!!
mdz or ?
UGH, Del Zotto. Don’t clear through the middle you clown
Jimbo
That moie was E P I C! One of my all time favorites! :)
and that is why christensen is in tonights lineup
early obersvations
mdz sucks
play girardi against hall line
Ryan Smyth’s back in Deadmonton? When did that happen?
LOL @ Giagnome ignoring Joe Mich.
Fun to watch when Gabby’s skating like that
Summer, Mickey. He had some “personal issues” and wanted to be traded back to Edmonton, so they did it.
sooo close
Ahh. Thanks, Orr!
>>>That moie was E P I C! One of my all time favorites! :)
I found myself wishing that I was that black guy with the drugs…...Jennifer Connelly…mmmm!
i love them oilier unis
Deadmonton makes me want to watch Hard Core Logo.
“Jennifer Connelly…mmmm”
I second this!
Keep the puck in their zone, we’ll be ok…..They settled now.
Is it me or has Callahan been kinda invisible since Europe? I know that whole line is having a rough start, but I just realized this about him.
Gaborik has his playoff beard already.
I agree, Mickey. That whole line hasn’t been that great. A few good things here and there.
swing and a miss by Richards
Kaiser, maybe he’s planning on playing playoffs hockey now so he doesn’t have to do it later on :P
Stepan is really good on that top line. Credit to Carp on that one.
Cally hasn’t gotten in “sync” yet…..
They need to fire the Cam Barker stats guy.
enough with mdz pleaseeeeeeeee
>>>I second this!
Thanks, ORR!
The entire line is out of sync :/ Someone wake them up
just realized we haven’t taken a penalty yet.
It took Cally a while last season as well, offensively, at least.
they just showed callahan scoring on the EA sports commercial. does that goal count for anything?
Wow! What a STUPID penalty by Butt-Chin.
Yes! A Penalty! Finally!
Gaborik with offensive zone penalty….
I had to say it my fault.
Tsk, tsk Marian!
What do you think Gaborik thinks about when he’s in the penalty box?
I think Hank just made another WOW save.
Did the Rangers D make a great play or did Eberle just miss it?
Eminger saved one..
how did the oiler franchise ever let someone other than tikkenen wear #10???
It would be nice if they played every game like it was the playoffs.
Hank = Vezina
Henrik Henrik
Wowzah!
Looks like Girardi make the first amazing play.
Boy, Hank will make a lot of players ending up with nightmares this season, it looks like
True, ilb – let’s hope it’s not in vein!
They cannot get out of their own way in the D zone
how about sustaining some offensive pressure, rangers
and i dont mean texas
can we ever play with the puck. every freaking game we play in our own end
Was the ‘Ice Ice Baby’? AHAHAHAHAHA
eric, youll have to wait till the 3rd period for that
It appears that buttchin has been benched.
Nevermind, maybe just switched with Callahan for now.
nice move, avery…...er, dubinsky
del zotto got away with a trip there
who would you rather have
dave karpa
igor ulanov
mdz
I’m beginning to suspect this team is allergic to offense.
“Dominating the shot clock.” I didn’t know they had that in hockey, Kevin Weekes. And there goes the intermission guy saying it, too. Is that some sort of Canadian lingo?
not a good period for MDZ
at least 3 bad moments in d zone
and a couple in offensive zone.
still
some positives
got better in oiler’s zone as period went along
ummmm…...
HANK!
They are faster and thirstier…and inflict a panic in Rangers defence. I wouldn’t call it a “close game”.
eric
i really don’t understand our
offense philosophy (i know it should be offensive but the
joke just writes itself)
dump, chase in zone,
lose puck, chase towards our zone,
rinse
repeat
no wonder our players have to be in great shape!
Why oh why is EC not getting prucha’d or preferably cut? What a waste.
SO FAR , we haven’t been scored on …thats a good thing!!!
No worries , wesa gonna start scoring!!!
AA as a wicky’s crease clearing guy.. Too bad it was too late.., almost.
The defense oftentimes is playing in survival mode. That’s what you get when your top two are out and the rest hasn’t started shaving yet. The good news- the forwards are helping well. Just very tough to generate any offense that way.
maybe Torts still has EC around because
he’s counting on 0-0
at end of regulation
thanks to Hank standing on his head
and the rest of the team unable to
produce any offense
then
EC will come in and win it for us in the skills competition.
Been busy on a new park design, but checking in to see rangers awful again…closer to that elusive top tier draft pick?
hopefully so,
bob (B.O.B.)
Who’s job did this Bill Pidto take? Trautwig?
so after watching that first period, and reading the comments here, ive come to the conclusion that you guys are at a consensus: Trade Everyone. correct?
think that last game was a good spot to trade Br. Dubinsky…sell ‘em when you can, not when you have to!
MSG’s 150 makes me wanna spil hot liquid on Pidto’s head.
Pidto manages to fit in at least 30 different annoying hand gestures during those 150 seconds.
Giagnome took Troutwig’s old job, then Pidophile took his new job, so now he’s doing HNL.
Luckily Fishler doesn’t have a job with NYR.
My gosh, this Bill Pidto guy is super annoying. Can’t you boneheads pull together and complain to MSG about him?
Levy,
Not everyone…just Br. Dubinsky…he can bring back most value..top pick would be nice.
Thank you very much,
B.O.B.
Bet you if they read RR comments after loss instead of 150, it would be much more popular…:-)
Does Slats have one of these Acorn Stairlifts in the renovated MSG?
I would take Ulanov…at least he used to hit hard
Lev, you got that right :)
I’ll take Trautface over Pidtofile any day.
I love this Avs announcer. He’s so funny!
Landeskog with two goals tonight.
Time to take it up a notch. Where is Izzy?
Oh yeah what happened to Trautwig?? I miss his rotten teeth smile :|
Michelleti had goo goo eyes for Lowe
LET’s GO!!
Lucky 7 :)
Great…I scratched Landeskog in my other league and he comes up with a big game! Ggrrr
Gabby and Cally switched? Oh, Torts you are a sly fox.
PRUST!
Lame fight.
Wow, Sutton dwarfs Prustie.
Why?
LOL! Bejesus!
Love that Prust. Sutton drills him center ice. Take his number waits for the right time and goes after it. That’s good ole fashion hockey.
Lets Go PP
Sather looks like a hobo.
Does Sather ever smoke the cigar that’s between his fingers? Or is it a “look”, like Jack Nicholson with the sunglasses.
Clean hit, they had a couple of the few good shifts and he takes himself out ehh
crappy pp did we even get a shot
Yeah, I kept Landeskog on the bench in the league I have him, as well.
I don’t know if that PP was like watching paint dry or watching ice melt.
That Sutton fella is huge! Wasn’t he a Fishstick last year? I never noticed him in the Gorton’s uniform…
Disgusting PP
can’t even set it up
I know the an$wer to thi$, but wouldn’t this Lowe interview be much better between periods than 150 seconds of Pidto and the Duguay kaleidoscope, rather than talking over the game?
lolol giannone wont even shake Lowe’s hand.
Joe Mich’s tongue seems to be stuck up Lowe’s pooper.
On net. On net. On net. JEEEEZ
McD seems to be all of our offense lately
atrocius power player…newbury showing the strawberry preserves that tortzarella loves
gaborik through the chief?
Rangers have the Mo’ now. Can’t believe McD missed that open net.
please jettison ebingers to the ahl..guy skates like a straggle tooth three eyed sloth if i ever seen one
Rangers back being the more physical team, thank you Prust, and now are getting the better of the play and chances. This NYR team will not outskill too many teams this year so they better be physical every night which is Prust’s fight is smart. If this team gets pushed around they will no chance to win cause their skill won’t win games alone.
hwirth, i sense a tortorella sort of redundancy to your post…does that make sense?
Nugent-Hopkins! Thank you!
Dammit!
Booo :(
Odd man….Defense got caught.
nice pinch bell
Thank you too, Hall!
Sooner or later it was going to happend …
ted nugent’s kid looks real good!
Terrible ice awareness there by Bell. Can not pinch with that kinda skill and talent on the ice. They flew down the ice and RNH scores on a terrific shot.
2 minutes ago, I thought Bell was having a nice little game.
can someone tell del zotto to get back on his bike and take care of his paper route?
Nuge = future Rangers killer
As well as being the first game I have ever watched, it appears to be the first game the Rangers have ever played.
I had a bad feeling for a time already. As I said – no easy games.
Starting to wonder if teams playing Rangers actually need a goalie or if they can skate with 6 all game.
Nuge = future Ranger. when he’s 45.
Rookies always score against NYR.
That’s why.What’s the plan? Just fore-check and grinding? Looks to me, like we are playing defense first,(road game?) only without a dissent defense. Our offence so far is spontaneous, occasional and chaotic. All hope on someone’s individual effort and/or lucky bounce. What and where’s system? “Safe is Death” motto looks like trampled underfoot…unlike logo. Bye early Tort, hello late Reeney?
Joe Mich always says “long stick”. One of these days, I hope he replaces that “s” with a “d”
I’d probably have a heart attack from the laughter.
Rangers have had 1 good shift so far. Why did Sather sign Rupp? Note to any NYR GM-Do not sign any FA from NJ.
late on this
but
what kind of defensive strategy
is that shown by
Emminger?
oiler comes to him and he
turns around to watch the shot on
Hank!
WTB!?!?!?
“st”, rather.
is there a possibility that we are not negative enough on this team?? finish in lower 5 possible? or does LQ enough to prevent that?
MDZ was terrible on that goal. Just sat there on the bench doing nothing.
i dont get why Torts took Gaborik off the 1st line in the 1st period… i mean theyre really the only line thats showed consistent offensive threat… this switch has clearly not sparked the team…. i say put gabby back on 1st line
Rupp should fight Eager, then just call it a night.
LW3H
Since this is your first game, are you able to follow the puck? :)
Yawn
It would make more sense to dress a 7th defenseman than it does EC at this point.
Rangers defense struggling again against a much more skill offensive team, similar to the first two period of the Canucks game. They better resolve this defense problem before they start playing in the Eastern Conference and more importantly their division that includes Pittsburgh, who keep winning no matter who is out of their lineup and Philadelphia, while still getting shaky goaltending, have tons of fire power. Oh and the Isles can score some goals too and pretty much ran out of the Coliseum last Saturday.
Here’s more truth, when the defense is hanging on by a thread it’d be nice if the three guys who got raises started living up to those contracts.
offesnively challanged team. the oilers shouldnt be dictating play vs us.
mdz skates like he has a dairy queen neon sign tied to his back like a yoke….or slow as a straggle tooth!
Remember last year when Dubinsky was a beast along the boards? Yeah, me too. :/
I wonder when Dublowsky will score a goal.
CCCP
Is it the black dot permanently flitting around in front of the man in white wearing big pads?
orr, when he is on another team… bre. dubinsky.
5 on 3! Sweet!
5 on 3
GULP
5 on 3 could be … fun?
Wow, Gaborik is flying….
Strategy!?!? Take some frickin’ shots on the goalie, fer pete’s sake!!
move around on the pp jesus
why are gaborik and richards the only ones that can a 5-3? the other 3 just looked stupid out there.
PP is so predictable.
zero movement on this power player
c’mon lets go Rangers!!
Thank you Hank
Hopeless
sorry but Callahan has done NOTHING
wow this is just sad.
Dodged a bullet there…....thanks Hank!
why was dubinsky out there again?
Pure shame!
Del Z with the avery disease!
Was that Avery just shooting the puck wide!?
can del zotto hit the freakin net witrh a shot already?????
hit the fuggin net…you’ve made it to the NHL and you have no accuracy, can’t hit the net I mean c’mon!!
Thanks, Noberries. Back to AHL you go.
what a moron newbury is.
so sick of this crap team
MISS THE NET!
someone take mdz knee out
Stupid penalty to take.
lol LW
We don’t deserve to win this game – remember what Gretzky used to say about 5 on 3 PP’s?
Over / under on Newbury’s 3rd period ice time: 0:00
eric you are a jack off
del zotto needs to sit at least 1 game
i think i’ve seen beer league teams
with better work ethic and approach
in the offensive zone.
sheeeeesh!
I’m sorry but Torts as the coach has to change the style of this team, if he is/were a good coach he would recognize this system sucks. It’s not just these first few games this season, it has been going on for way to long now. No offense whatsovever. I feel bad for Hank.
Eric-stupid
The ice in Edmonton is pretty nice, eh? Looks like a real hockey game…
feel bad for LQ? he prolly loves the action…id feel sorry for a chicken at sally struther’s house…now that is a chicken that needs some pity..does that make sense?
Going to be hard to compete in a conference that has pointmen and number 1 defensemen like:
Chara (Bos) Green and Karlsson (WASH) Streit (NYI) Karlsson (OTT) Phaenuf (Tor) Pronger and Timonen (PHI) Jovanski (FLA) Myers and Erhoff (Buff) Hedman (TB) Letang and Michalaek (PITT) Pitkanen (Car)
We have a 5 on 3 and I’m watching Del Zotto on the Point. Yeah that will scare them!
You see a team like this Edmonton club and you realize just how little skill the Rangers actually have
Why do NYR fans whine so much?
ddeb and 22
relax i dont mean literallly but can the kid do something please. i have never seen someone look so good 2 yrs ago and now hes not even an nhl caliber player
souray would look nice on the 5 on 3
Except BR to Gabby, not even one conscious connected pass…Ever broken offensive design. Shameful PP. What else do you need for bad, pre drinking mood…
I feel bad for Hank because his talent is being wasted on a team that doesn’t look like it’s ever going to accomplish much. Hank is the best goalie in the league imo and he gets shelled each night and has to stand on his head, he never seems to get the offensive support he should.
The fastest 150 wierd hand gestures on MSG!
>>Why do NYR fans whine so much?
Um, maybe because the team doesn’t give them anything else to do? Something to cheer about would get rid of the whining, you know?
Why the hell does Pidto insist on convulsing during the 150 seconds? It’s rather disturbing.
I don’t know why everyone’s giving Del Z so much shyte. The guy’s not Nick Lidstrom. Stop expecting him to be a massive offensive threat.
I have nothing bad to say aboot him.
Wojtek Wolski will save us in Winnipeg.
The 5-on-3 wasn’t really a surprise because the PP personnel is exactly the same as it was last year with the exception of Richards who can’t make a PP that much better by himself. When the Rangers are up two men, they move exactly the same way they do when they’re on a 5-on-4.
No, JB, NYR fans whine aboot everything.
Probably the whiniest fans in the NHL. The Habs fans give them a run for their money though.
People are giving Del Zotto a hard time because he looks like an AHL defenseman
Half the team looks like an AHL team on most nights.
Watch the Rangers score 2 in the third and everyone start praising this team lol
And teams with two NHL defensemen injured usually end up having to play an AHL defenseman or two in the line-up…
everyone’s on MDZ, for good reason too, because the NYR made him out to be a future Lidstrom, Leetch, Webber, etc. in this league. he’s not. he’s a #3-4 at best. if we can accept that, he’ll be fine. but more likely than not, i see him gone soon.
MDZ was over-coached on playing defense first. The guy is a natural scorer and is probably thinking too much. Like Callahan thrived after being sent down, I think MDZ is thinking he’s going back if he doesn’t concentrate on playing d first. He definitely is not 100 % confident out there.
The Texas Rangers are outscoring the NY Rangers 7 to 0. And losing 15 to 7. They should be generous and gift some of that offense to their hockey brothers.
I’d be happy with Del Zotto if he was a 3-4; he’ll be lucky to be a 6-7.
Everyone is hating on Eminger but I think Delzotto is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow… I think I could burn him goin wide ugh!
who kidnapped ORR!!?
Lloyd Braun -wanting MDZ to have his knee blown out is a little harsh -just my opinion
I’ve never heard NYR put him in the same category as Leetch, Lidstrom or Weber. NYR fans maybe, but not anyone in the organization.
(The over on Newbury’s minutes is a strong bet, I forgot he has to skate out if Edmonton doesn’t score.)
when did I say anything about Del Zotto getting injured?
MOntreal and their fans are morons…can’t stand any of them..have few friends from montreal and i dislike them too…. told you guys for 2 years MDZ slow as carcillo…it took u this long to realize??
bob, u need to stbu…
LGR! Byfuglien the oilers!! LGR no 1 forever even when they not winning!
Fuggin Rupp!
Another stupid penalty. Sigh.
I am not sure who you think is whining but I am giving facts. Listen, if you want to love this team blindly go ahead that’s your business but don’t comment on other people’s perspectives then.
I knew Potter would score.
Excepting the 3rd period against Vancouver, hasn’t this entire season so far felt like one long, unimpressive game?
good night
and game over
of course…..
Figures it would be Potter
of course a former ranger. this team needs to wake up.
Well, there you go – another NYR reject gets revenge…...
Tank the season, now! :)
i always liked corey potter
Well, at least Nugent-Hopkins is helping me bury Manny.
PP….that’s a relief….
Butt-Chin fails to score on a breakaway. Trade him!
god damn callahan…
Misery….
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I want a do-over on the season already.
Reeney and his long sucked team Master class for Torts and Rangers in tactic, strategy and PP. Why didn’t he do that in NY?
You guys with the hyperbole about trades and demotions and firings would be a whole lot funnier if this team actually had any talent worth holding onto
We stink!
Probably because Renney’s got about 5 times the roster talent in Edmonton than he had in NY
Looks like we will see a shutout, with Rangers toothless play…
Finishing 30th in the league for a few seasons seems to be paying off for the Oil this year…..
4ever
You mean Renney? ;)
He is fourth all time in wins as a Rangers coach…he must have done something right
every team has the puck more than we do, wtb is Torts smoking. Have we had 30 shots in a game yet this year??
Beer-On??
thats not good…
Great! Hank is injured!
SEASON OVER
oh boy
Uhh, what happened to Hank????
[Wonders if this is still the free center ice preview or if he’s already paid]
Uh uh… Doesn’t smell good! Sigh
i missed it what the hell happened to LQ? Did he quit because the is playing like such crap?
Uh why is Biron in?
the”team”
Edmonton feed made it look like Henrik just had to go poop.
WTB happened to Hank!?
Um….Does anyone know the current draft rankings?
i thought that did hit the post??
Groin? overworking LQ coming back to bite us…can;t have one guy play 70 games a season
Nice cross check/boarding!
Dubi, scream at yourself!!! Where are you!?
I hope Hank was just in a bad mood, like me…and said gimme a brake, morons.
Tortorella scrambling lines. Pure brilliance.
changing line combos is not gonna work, we need a new offensive system, wake up Torts!!!!!!!!!!!
If Hank is legit hurt it really is SEASON OVER.
overworkin?? it’s his 6th game BOB
What’d I miss?
trade dubi, del z…load up on picks..draft all fast guys and not slow smurfs like mdz…let it marinate…enjoy!
Groin injury?
yeah without Hank we wouldn’t have won any of our games this season yet.
Hank is not hurt…..taking off pads and will play forward rest of game
They showed Sather a couple of times, Olga…Otherwise- not much.
is hank ok?
TRAID EVERYBODY!
PANIC IN THE STREETS!!!
This does not look good….
I thought they fired that guy…
Gerry, he averages 70 games a year counting all his swedish duties etc…gotta get him down to 45-50 games ayear…plus he has to fend off all the hot tractors
Fuggin Dublowsky. Just shoot!
it’s the same old same old with this team. This is what happens when you have mid level talent. I mean really, getting shut out by the Oilers, pathetic. if Lundqvist is out for a length a time maybe the rangers will finally get a lottery pick but than the way Sather drafts it probably won’t matter.
more like stupid play by Duby
Any defense can look like its full of Norris Trophy winners playing against the Rangers
Forwards coming back low to help bad dmen. Always five guys around our net….you can’t generate a rush or offense like that.
Why did Anisimov get the shaft in this three-line game?
Probably cause he’s been a ghost, Spider.
Yeah, now Gabby is our only Moses who will get us out of this misery to shining summit
Rupp, AA, EC all benched lol
How about benching BRich too just for the puck of it
Couple more Gaboriks and few Richards in this team wouldn’t hurt…
I was thinking the same thing about AA. No bad penalties…he’s done the same as any other forward except gaborik
who are the top guys in the draft next season? maybe we can be #2 or #3…gotta stock up on picks get bunch of fast young guys like edmonton has
dubi should be benched for not shooting the damn puck. horrible just horrible
It’s not like any of those guys would help, CC.
Why hasn’t Newbury been benched, too? His penalty was as horrid as any they’ve taken this season and he can barely skate.
Olga,
my special thanks, ...I notice . Greatly appriciated fine humor. lol.
yeah i think AA is being treated unfairly. What has cally or dubi done?
i smell an empty netter
Worth noting that Tortorella benches half the offense in the 3rd period of every game anyway
How is that not a board?
I thought “shining summit” was the funniest thing so far tonight.
What a sucky performance tonight…....nothing was good…nothing…
Now I can go and hang myself for inspiration…
OK, I love Dubi as much as anyone but I seriously want to smack him upside the head and be all ‘WTB, man? Get your head out of your assen!”
Alright, at least some good news. The other good news- they didn’t give any points to EC team. Anything else- not so much. This one was hard to watch.
why does olga not get more credit…he says fire sather…that is what this team needs…isnt it an obvious start with so many years of futility?
Schooled….
Lurid.
I liked Dublowsky better when he was in the last year of his contract.
cramping=dire ear?
I am biting my tongue not to respond…
Way to stick it to the Rangers…good for Renney bad for Torts
Grue – bleeping – some!
Ugh and ugly.
Don’t think I’ll bother watching a second game after that.
Dubinsky flashing some of that impeccable skill I’ve heard so much about on here
Actually, It should be “I ab bidig by dongue dot do rethpond…”
How can you have a star of the game when the team gets shut out!?
Gaborik a star of the game? Seriously?
maybe Hank just has the flu
Well, that’s a couple of hours of my life that I won’t get back…...
unfortunately this will be just another season under sather where this team will fight for the last playoff spot and probably won’t make it. Why? because all the teams who have finished behind the Rangers the past few years are much approved and better. It’s sad, all ranger fans know that sather should be gone but will never get fired by Dolan.
This is how The First Line will look on most nights.
lol LW
You should watch next game …maybe you will see your team score a goal, too!
The loss itself is nothing to be concerned with, there will be nights like this where the boys just can’t get it going- but if Hank’s hurt we’re done.
Butt-Chin was the star of the game, along with Hank. Both played great. That’s how I want to see Butt-Chin play.
SAY IT OLGA!!!!!!!!
Watching Rupp makes feel even worse aboot Booger.
That’s it, I’m calling uncle on this night. At least Hank wasn’t hurt badly.
Night folks.
JBytes…that wasnt the first line. Callahan was on the line instead of Gaborik. and like ORR said…for the Rangers tonight the 2 stars were Hank and Gabby.
Orr, I have been a huge Dubinsky fan since he made the big club until now. This dope finally gets his money and now he totally blows, takes stupid penalties, can’t handle a pass or pass, falls all over the ice, just horrible.
Goodnight, Mickey….
...maybe Hank just has the flu…
looked more like diarrhea… to me
I think we need to make a trade for an offensive defenseman, we’re carrying players on the roster like Wolski for no apparent reason…
Maybe he has crabs. He looked like he was pressing his glove against his balls. He probably needed to give it a scratch.
Sather’s whole tenure is a sort of Dire Era…
If we are going to blame Dubinsky for not playing well because he is a fat cat now with big contract then we should also throw Callahan and AA under the same bus. And I don’t think Dubinsky is responsible for this loss.
Call up Avery! ; )
We’re gonna need a bigger bus…
Playing great does the team no good; Rangers need FINISHERS. Gaborik had a breakaway and did not score; why would care whether he was star or not?
Wow they are rolling out the BLUE carpet for home opener! They are fo’ reazzle, now!
cccp, no not blaming Dubi for the lost, just frustrated with his play but your right, that whole line is playing like crap.
Sometimes you score, sometimes you don’t. But he PLAYED GOOD! Nobody scores in every game. He has four goals in six games. That’s not bad.
I’m not blaming Dublowsky for the loss, but seriously, the kid has not done much. Same goes for Cally, Artie, and even Step-On. Everyone’s quick to bitch aboot Del Z, but I don’t see any comments on Step-On.
Black Hawks lost in a Shootout to Colorado. :)
Wait, but Butt-Chin has zero assists! Trade him!
They are an offensively-challenged team…just not enough scoring power in this roster.
They beat the Oilers 8-2 at the Garden last year and thought they’d have a cakewalk.
At least that’s how it looked.
if anyone is around
tweet from Rangers
says that Hank just had cramps
Hello people.
Khabibulan and the team are much improved from last year.
Jonathan Quick aboot to get his second straight shutout.
Go Kings!
That game gave me cramps, too….................
Torts Bails…
LOLOLOL torts…
Baybe he’s biding his dongue too…
Three, actually
well at least I’m not the only one who is pissed and thought the rangers sucked.
How come two short weeks ago I read all you guys saying how the Rangers really built something and are cup contenders..and now you realize the reality of the situation?
Dubloski…Captain Ryan (who can’t play his game under the new rules)...Boyle….Prust (on our first power play unit…What a Joke!!!!) all signed to long term deals….oh yeah Rupp too.
Disgusting.
LOL @ “We sucked from head to toe”
We sucked from head to toe lol
That basically says it all…...he was right.
a couple weeks ago there was much
optimism because it was all on “paper”
and speculation that those who
started to find their game last year
would continue this year
maturity and all that experience
and
right now
it looks as if the worst of last year
is happening.
what frustrates me the most is that
these players look as if they have not been playing
hockey for years and years
just some of the supremely stupid mistakes
in all 3 zones.
I don’t remember too many people here saying “Cup Contender”, (Except Greg, who is fanatically challenged).
And “All you guys” takes in too much of territory. Name names…
wonder how Mr. Rupp is liking his first few weeks as a Ranger.
Don’t worry Torts, we dissected it here already. Every single organ of this fat body.
That was a disgraceful effort! They continue to play this game only utilizing 40% of the ice surface. Every play, or pass is along the boards, be it on the PP or even strength. This team is easy to defend and easy to play against. There is very little hitting going on. They handle the puck like it is a grenade. No one wants to stick handle with it, pass it or shoot it. Every damn play is along and around the boards! No one ever goes to the net. All of the forwards are always behind the net battling for the puck or getting open along the boards behind the net but nothing ever goes to the front of it!
Why was AA benched and not crack berry ? The idiot takes a stupid offensive zone penalty but continues to get a regular shift so that he can continue to create nothing and do nothing!
Does Torts think that Newberry,EC, and Rupp are better players than Avery or Wolski?
Jackass!
So we have now played 18 periods and four overtimes. In that time we’ve played maybe 3 good periods and one overtime. Some of us are concerned over that fact and use this blog as a venue to vent about it and share our thoughts about it. It would be nice not to be mocked for by the “trade everyone” crap. We don’t mock you as polyanas do we?
It’s OK to let 2 goals in, but only if you score not less than 3 back. Today giuys fail math test.
The reason the Black Hawks have it all together again is because “Dollar Bill” Wirtz finally dropped dead.
I don’t understand why Artie was benched either, but jeez, it’s not like he would have done anything. It’s not that big of a deal.
Good move, in my opinion. Markus Johansson was benched by Boudreau, and ever since, he scored four goals, an assist, and has been much better. Sometimes you need a benching.
I’m starting to think giving Cally the “C” was a mistake. Should have given it to Hank. Who gives a shyte aboot the “rules”.
Cally can’t play his game under the new rules??? Huuuuh?
What?
so now Hank says that he left due to
pain in skate
“fixable”
according to quote given to zipay
“It would be nice not to be mocked for by the “trade everyone” crap. We don’t mock you as polyanas (sic) do we?”
Works both ways. Expressing anything as moderate as not thinking the coach should be fired, not seeing the Avery demotion as a franchise-changing event and being sceptical about the value of blowing the team up after three games seems to come across as being infatuated with the infallible coach and seeing a roster comparable to the 80s Oilers.
Nobody will (should) be sugar coating tonight’s game though. It was wretched.
Please people! DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!!
Still waiting for the first person to blame Lundqvist for not “outplaying” Khabibulin…
so, do you think the C should be given to
Richards since Cally can’t handle the pressure.
if that’s the case
then what’s Dubi’s excuse
Khabibulan won a Cup! Hank has not! Trade him!
Hank can’t take a foot boo-boo! Not elite!
LW3H
i think it’s possible you or i could have beaten
the pathetic offensive effort displayed by
the Rangers.
it’s late
i’m in a bad mood for multiple reason
so i’m just gonna drop the
Bomb
gee, i wonder if we would have been shut out
if Avery was in the lineup
bwahahahaha!
Holy Cow! I didn’t realize it was Fecal Fan. I thought it was human for a moment there…
Richards? I said Lundqvist! Hank should be given the “C”. He is NYR. He goes down, the team goes down. He’s the Captain of this ship!
I don’t want to make it seem like Cally is utterly useless with the “C”. But, you never know, maybe it is, maybe it’s not.
Either way, Fire Renney!
What’s a “polyanas”??
“It is”, meaning, the pressure.
Somebody with multiple backsides, CCCP. One to talk out of…
What’s a “polyanas”??
Many Buttholes?
Careful Olga- the Sunday paper comes out in the morning…
Oohhhh LOL
I see it now! Who has poly-anas around here?
ORR!!
i was being sarcastic about the C
being given to Richards
as if Cally isn’t able to play due
to the pressure of being captain
and
you made some mention of Hank not being
able to have the C
or at least that’s the way i interpreted
“I’m starting to think giving Cally the “C” was a mistake. Should have given it to Hank. Who gives a shyte aboot the “rules”.”
Pardon me lw3h. I didn’t know you were in charge of the spelling police on this blog.
Pollyanna. There is that better?
You left out a few commas, Czech. Prust sayin’!
Jpg, I don’t think there’s an official rule against it, but teams just choose not to do it. Apparently a forward or d-man need the “C” to talk to the refs.
ok ORR!!
i do agree
Fire Renney!
but of course
with a decade (?)
worth of high draft picks
he sure showed us a thing or two.
can’t hit what you can’t catch
of course, our players would need to
actually…you know, skate
I just learned a new word! Never heard a word “Pollyanna” before! :)
new post.
yeah,
i noticed that you put ‘rules’ in quotes
is luongo still the C for canucks?
don’t know who else….at least in past decade or two
that was a goalie and wore the C