Game 8. First homer of 41. 
First after that ridiculous world-wide journey.
First game of the renovation. First game for Ryan Callahan as Captain. First home games at MSG for Brad Richards and Tim Erixon, and Mike Rupp (assuming he plays) and maybe Jeff Woywitka (if he plays, but I doubt it).
Michael Sauer is expected to return from his shoulder injury.
Introductions will incorporate a stick salute by the NYPD and FDNY hockey teams. During the course of the game there will be a video tribute to Derek Boogaard, Alexander Karpovtsev and Karel Rachunek, former Rangers who passed away tragically this summer.
Remember, the Rangers’ entrance onto the ice is no longer at the red line. It is to the left of the home bench (if you’re facing the ice; right if you’re facing the bench).
As unsightly as it’s been, ya boys have won three of four and they take on a Maple Leaves team on a surprisingly good start (5-2-1), including Phil Kessel, who leads the NHL in scoring (9-6-15).
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LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
Brayden Schenn out 4-6 weeks with a broken foot. LOL! Should have stayed in the AHL!
GO GO GO! No Rupp tonight, apparently.
GOOD lord i’m so ready to drop the PUCK
Linda did not show up… very disappointed :(
I would have dressed Rupp for this game.
Connolly back from injury. He’ll score two goals tonight.
CCCP, do not worry i will be there next thursday..make up for the losses.
Sympathetically yours,
Bob
Orr – Rupp is not playing due to a sore knee. They didn’t have the chance for him to dress.
Carped!!!
HOME TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
yeah baby , GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
IT IS TIMEEEEEEEEE!!!
YEAH HOMETIME!!!!
FINALLY!!
FINALLY!!!
FINALLY!!!!
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
IDoodie Machetto
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First impression: complete and total clusterbuff! They are about a month and a half behind scheule, all of the extra wide corridors are beyond packed. Can’t move at all. Most food places are not scheduled to open until nov/dec, so places that are actually open have lines that are 150 people deep.
Also, I don’t like the design of having all of the good food on one floor. It’s so hard to get down and up with all of the construction going on. This is just a buff up of the highest order.
How did Rupp get a sore knee? The guy’s barely done a thing!
Doodie does it look like its a full house?
Greg, that enthusiasm will soon dissipate when our heroes are being outshot 12-3 after one period of play.
Go boys!
optomism! i got it! LGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Carpholio’d!!!
I have a T-shirt but beyond disappointed that it wasn’t fired at me from an air gun being held by a giant furry mascot at center ice.
Rupp hurt his knee changing his background on twitter. Rangers should ban their players from twitter. They look foolish with their odd spelling and cheesy comments… apparently, biron has tipped us off to the location of the rangers farm team: the place of three apples high straggly tooth picks: overtimefarm.com/
Rupp probably hurt his knee while trying to fight someone that was bigger than him….
The lower level is vacant. Otherwise pretty full. They guys next to me bought tickets from the box office this morning. They are instructed view though.
Thanks, bob.
Went by the Garden, saw Mess (he looked great!) , Graves, Duguay, Gilbert and bunch of hot Ranger fans chicks! Sitting all alone by the bar at flying puck now munching on a burger waiting for my girl to show up.
Bob , BOB , BOB you are sooooo WRONG!!!!!!!
WRONG man , sooooo wrong!!!!!
GO RANGERSSSS!!!! RANGERSS!!
We can arrange the firing part, LW
LW3H
let’s hope you won’t have to say “I went to the Rangers game and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” Let’s hope they win tonight!
This will be a battle of the goal tenders. If Hank can shut down Kessel, the Rangers will roll over the Leafs Jonas Guftavsson 4.88 GAA. Lets go with Rangers 5 – Leafs 2 (only because Kessel is hot right now) of course Hank can shut ANY team down on any given night.
Let’s Go Boys!!!!!
Big WIN at MSG tonight.
I have to say I’m a little excited to see Frattin play for the Leafs. He was our point leader for the Fighting Sioux last year. I wish him well, but not against the Rangers. Is it ok to have a Fighting Sioux put up points on the King as long as the Rangers win?
Let’s Go Rangers!!!
LGR!!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoooo! Home game time, finally!!
Hello gang
Hank got his magician gloves, and he’s ready to go!
Leetchie!!
LGR!!!
anyone have a link online?
Bob, you bringing the tracktor or what?
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!
shut up about Phil Kessel and show the intro.
Gotta watch Kessel, he plays with a lot of ball.
Brutha:
http://www.stream2watch.me/index.php?videoid=28054
Should start at 7:30
Saw ilb and mama pre-game … nobody else. dammit.
Hasn’t there been a problem with dark lower bowl seats and goalie visibility before?
Torts has that “Dexter” look on his face.
I wonder if EC gets booed.
they really, really do spend too much time talking about the opponents, especially early in the show.
A few boos for Tortorella. I imagine that might have to do with No. 16.
Place sure doesn’t sound loud like it used to sound.
Girardi’s got an A on.
if so RAnger fans should wear half black half white shirts and change them around every period
Louder? More cheers?
Greg, excited?
Dubi better wake up and start playing well!
Has there ever been another home opener this late into a season?
nyr_fan…im bring the tracktor…AND MORE!
I don’t hear much crowd noise on the TV broadcast – is it that quiet there!?
Really quiet. Shockingly.
also, like Yankee Stadium, lots of empty seats closest to the ice.
I wonder what that says about Staal coming back…
lol Orr – Hank should get a Hamburger Helper endorsement deal
The fans must have laryngitis.
It’s loud.
MSG just lowered the crowd noise.
What’s with the loud lousy music?
LOL! That would be great, Dd. They should make a Swedish Meatball flavor, in his honor.
Thanks, Carp – they’ve probably priced the fans out of those close-to-the-ice seats, just like the Yankees did…..
Wow!! Richards has some chickets alright!!
Callahan didn’t fall like Dreary did when he was named Captain! Haha!
Ovation for Cally is crazy like i thought.. although a tad muted
OK, enough BS – drop the puck – let’s go!
I hate living upstate. I can’t beleive they have blacked out the Rangers home opener because the Sabres are also playing tonight. I am SO PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The lower and mezzanine level seats are black and others are green/teal. Looks like the shark tank!
Lower level has filled in. Pretty packed.
driving in my car and 970’s feed just cut out entirely. good job!
LOL! Orr, I remember that! SO awkward!
hah ha
bob….excellente, amigo
I wonder if Manny is wearing his Borsalino!?
Come on, BOYS, give us something to cheer about!
Llloyd, don’t blog and drive…it’s dangerous, bro…
Huge banner: 16 Avery. Send Torts to the Whale.
LOL! What was that Butt-Chin?
Gabby!!! hah!
Black seats!? That doesn’t sound good….
Someone should tell Gaborik to never smile before a match.
Send that fan to a real Whale. A killer Whale, that is!
The seats are dark blue not black.
is it me or has Amirante really aged? poor guy. wish him the best.
Is Flavah crying?
Whoa! Girardi looks creepy!
hahah Girardi with the death stare
I’d just as soon send Torts to another organization entirely
still total silence on 970AM
>>Black seats!?
Hmm! Are they reserved for black people only or something?
Nobody does it like John Amirante.
>>>Huge banner: 16 Avery. Send Torts to the Whale.
Ha!!
The last time I heard John Amarante sing the national anthem he was 2 full measures behind the organ…The organ finished the song 15 seconds before John stopped singing.
shocker, Lloyd. Is that you with the banner? Or mama?
Lloyd try the Maple Leafs station…much better chance…640am
Let’s go boys!! Give us something to cheer about
Amirante looks like he’s lost a lot of weight – that isn’t a good sign…
RANGERSSSSSSSSS!!!
WE ARE HOME!!!
GO GO GO GO G GO !!!
Woof looks really good on that shift…
Yeah, good thing there’s no fire hydrant out there for Wolski.
JAGRRRR great assist!!! Why did we let him gooooooo , BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
GO RANGERSSS!!!
Jagr!?
Rangers home opener and the radio station has had stone silence for nearly 10 minutes. I’d like to see this happen with any other sport.
pretty remarkable, Lloyd. It happens all the time with this sport.
Jagr’s on a bit of a hot streak. Three goals, two assists in seven periods.
Haha…Carp, last thing MSG needs is
yellowdiscoloured ice/slush…Cally got a penis penalty.
Incredible, Lloyd – that’s such a weak backup station anyway – I swear, the NYR make some pretty sucky media buy decisions…
Exqueeze me, Lupul got it. Cally got my penalty.
Lloyd…640am
Yup! Jags still dominates. Just like I said in the summer. Huge pickup on my fantasy team in CCCP’s league!
Howzat, ORR? Did he wave it at Kate!? ;-D
WEEEEEEEEEEEE
WOOOOOOO! YAY! Artie?
Wooo!!!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
WOOHOOOOOOO!
Nice!
Kate did say she wanted to see a fight, jimbo!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thats WHAT IM TALKIN ‘BOUT BOB!!!!
yeah baby!!!!
That’s something we can cheer for. 1-nil!
Dan the man!
Girardi!!
Bad goal…....keep shooting the puck at this guy!!
DEATH STAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Blockness Monster! Mr. Death Stare!
Great job by Girardi throwing it at the net!
BOOM!!
Btw, Lupul backwards is Lupul lol
Trade Girardi???
what the hell is 640am. I’m in NYC, that’s not even a station.
Yes she did!!!
Danny Boy!
To bad we didn’t trade em, huh?
Gaborik did a nice job driving to the net.
It’s a station in Toronto, Lloyd…..
but NOXON is spelled the same backward, forward, upside down and backward-upside down.
nice power move to the net by gabby also!
greg, these are the only type goals we score: serendipitous.
Lucky in Love,
Bob
yeah that’s not coming in down here.
up to 20 minutes of total silence on the NYC Rangers station. what a joke.
970 AM is a total embarrassment! They’re not ready for prime-time at all….....shameful!
my brutha…thx for the link…have some of this :)
GO RANGERS GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!
No BOB my enthesiasm is not gonna ….umm here is what ya said..”Greg, that enthusiasm will soon dissipate ”
NO dis here!!!!
Well Gabby has been the great surprise so far this season.
excellent
Ok one hear drum blown away by Linda!
Is Kenny doing the game?
NYR should get out of the contract with them and try to get on Bloomberg Radio – they seem to know what to do…
Albert, that is…
*ear
JBytes – The Devils home opener a few years ago may have been later. I know they started with more than seven games on the road.
sorry Lloyd!
God dammit!
Crap!!
I hate referees!
Stinks like a skunk that rolled around in blueberries in here….Prust sayin’
Awww, dammit!
How can a player avoid making contact when he’s thrown into the goalie!?
I love superdepedious goals!!! we are out attacking them , period. You were wrong. sorry .
GO RANGERSSS!!!
GO GO GO GO GO!!!!
Mike Johnson is such a hoser. “What a good call. You can’t take that path through the crease.” He wasn’t in the crease until Komisarek pushed him you hartnell byfuglien!!!
If that was Toronto that scored, it would have been ruled a goal.
Potvin’s ducks.
I really like how Gabby’s tracking the puck like a hawk this season.
If Kenny is doing the game and nobody can hear him, is he actually doing the game? (Yes, he is.)
Carp, is that the name of a new food vendor at MSG?
Attaby Hank
Hank’s hard! Prust sayin’!
WOHOOOOOOOO GREAT SAVE HANK!!! Hank is now ELITE , this year he earned it already!!!
Oh, please. Goalie interference my ass.
Sam keeps confusing Gunnarsson and Gustavsson. Pretty funny!
Still no audio on 970 AM – will they be silent throughout the whole game!? Amazing…
greg, i have asthma too…. but i use a daily pump as preventive maintenance. Our heroes are actually looking interested in playing. Woofski and Christenson are like the same exact player. Eli Whitney would be proud.
Just realized I was watching it four minutes behind.
He’s been great, Mickey. He really is skating so well so far this season. Still, would like to see more shots! I know he has it in him…
no idea who’s doing the game since the radio feed in New York has been totally silent since about 10 after 7
who listens to radio any more?
or Pittsburgh, Dude.
any idea when the Boogaard tribute will be? will they show it on MSG?
Lloyd, have you tried the online radio feed on the team site?
Un-fuggin-believable!
WHatttttttttt!!???
The hell, refs??
people who work for a living and have to drive home tend to listen to radios
Another called-off goal!!! Refs, we got rid of Avery!!! Lay off for God’s sake!
ROFL! ...stay away from the goalie, callie!! captain cost us two goals already.
These stupid goalies get way too much protection.
bob, the radio is for geezers!
what are those stupid synth drums??????
I swear I thought I heard Woof bark on the shift…
Refs ruining the game, as usual
Going to the net good, regardless
hockey is apparently a non-contact sport this evening
These refs suck!
Its either interference or its not!
Was there a directive to protect to Leaves goalies? JEEZ
Callahan was at fault the second time. Glad they didn’t get him for a penalty, though, because I thought it should be.
Thanks, Carp. This is working.
McDonut!
“derek stepan with the worst faceoff % of any eligible player last year”
4 on 3!
Make-up calls!
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NYDNRangers Leafs center Tim Connolly just got two minutes for “clipping” ... Guess Rex won’t be calling him for a tryout anytime soon
LOLOLOL
Stupid pink chin straps piss me off!
chris christie should eat the refs
So, is this a new defensive strategy? Anytime an opposing player is near your goalie, hurl him into the goalie? Kinda rough on the goaltenders, but maybe it’s a good strategy!?
these refs gotta stop trying to run the game. leave it to the players to decide.
LOL! I always crack up when I see Cally laughing at his dad crying. Haha!
mcdonagh only guy I wouldn’t trade…my favorite ranger now
Nyr_fan, radio is for milton berle adn the texaco stars
Mcdonagh is a beast .
WE ARE HOME!!!!!
YEAH BABYY!!! Love this gameeee!!!
Does Walsh get to do all Ranger games this season he’s officiated half the Ranger games already
The dipships at 970 ought to take a game feed off the Rangers website and stuff it into the audio chain!!
This is where we could use someone with a big shot.
Moar movement on the PP, please
Bob I lov listening to Maloney on the radio but i’m not an old geezer lol
Stupid fuggin penalties!
Argh!
Ugh, stop the penalties!!
Jimbo:
Yeah this is pathetic, I don’t care how often it happens. The fact that they’ve had over 30 minutes of silence on the only radio station in New York City broadcasting the Rangers home opener indicates that they don’t give a crap about hockey.
At least the stream works.
These MOTHERTRUCKIN ZEBRAS are ruining the game
Come on boys get a shortie
First time on here in awhile, been very buy. So glad to be able to sit down and watch a game.
Wow why are they calling this game so tight, IT SUCKS. Let them play already.
Carp I was up in Binghamton for some Spedi’s a couple of weeks ago.
“chris christie should eat the refs”
For what? An appetizer?
This is an odd period. Wish I had the MSG feed so I could get away from Mike Johnson, but beggars can’t be choosers.
Totally embarrassing, Lloyd – If I was in management at that station, I’d want to fire someone…
nyr fan – as a warmup to the pre-snack
Maybe that hit will wake Dublowsky up
What was that!? Dubi hadn’t touched the puck, did he? Interference!?
Hockeyman! I’m jealous.
at his current pace, homegrown dubi will score 0 goals this season
Good period. Arguably the best and most complete one they have played all season.
A period to build on
True, Mickey – but they really should have had more than that one goal after that period. I hope it doesn’t wind up biting them in the butt by game’s end….
getting some pretty negative reports from my friends at the game about the unfinished condition of everything…lines being twenty-deep for everything except cash-only beer
Don’t Logo on the Stepan!
Any FIRE SATHER chants yet?
16 to 10 on shots- good guys, Cally with 5
“lines being twenty-deep for everything”
Did they go for the cuisine or to watch hockey?
also being told that the lower bowl’s concourse isn’t nearly as beautiful as the Rangers broadcasting crew are suggesting. most of the food isn’t open and there are construction blockades all over the place.
Lloyd, chicken and fries line pregane was 150 people, at least.
Carp, I wanted to come visit but couldn’t figure out how to get to you.
Some idiot behind me asked why anyone cared about Felix Potvin. Ugh.
rangers played a good period…maybe they can build on this…toronto doesn’t look half as fast as edmonton….
bill pinto reminds me of a marionette look how his arms stay close to his side and only his head moves with body moving slightly and mechanically…maybe they use him for the Davey and Goliath remake.
not a lot of hockey to watch between periods, Olga.
Sadly, not their fault Jimbo. Stupid refs
iDoodie:
yeah my buds are saying chicken and fries is at least a 40-minute wait now. insanity.
11 different players with shots a good sign
bob’s tip for men: time your haircut so it is in early december…than next time you go get haircut make it end of january…avoid the christmas season malarkey tip. ...yes, i know a straggle tooth move.
Fire every T-shirt!
300s are supposedly nothing but temporary stands with police barricades
Why did I see Prust and Del Zotto pushing each other in full uniform on TSN? Was that in warmups? I didn’t have the sound on.
lloyd braun: maybe the idiots from Occupy Wall Street are in the 300s ….market almost at yearly highs as the vietnam war protests spread across the country…gotta love it!
the radio feed just came back. took one hour.
Wow! Softqvist
GRRRRRR
Terrible goal. Damn.
Tied up.
guy out 80 games..no worries…everyone gets healthy against the Rnagers
HA!!!! At 8:14 pm 970-AM gets the feed – just in time for the Leafs to score…....... :-(
I don’t like that goal at all.
A Linda,Carp,ilb get together! Brings a tear to my eye! Oh bloody hell!
Lundqvist gets beat quite often through the blocker arm on the short side. He should probs work on that.
Noberries just embarrassed himself!
Noberries just got owned.
Newbury looked good in that fight
Ouch. Newbury got his ass kicked.
I hope that fight got Kate hot!!!
LOL! LMAO, Mickey!
Lloyd, you see that fight on the radio?
It was kinda quick, though – premature epunch-ulation…...
“Looked like they were starting lawnmowers”
Haha…
As Noberries took each punch, that’s all I thought aboot, Jimbo. LOL!
Newbury needs to not eat fist like that!
yeah, the visual radio in my house.
Rangers suddenly playing like a team that actually was up 3-0.
Philly getting killed by the Thrashers. 5-1! LOL! Bryzgalov was horrible the other night, and now it’s Bob’s turn!
Just met Linda and BANJ!
Awesome people.
Rangers suddenly playing like the Rangers
The TSN feed is getting kinda jerky…
orr…me? huh?
So is Greg, but no one seems worried…
atta boy, Hank!! our only true superstar
Yikes!
Thanks, Hank
toe-riffic save
Bob = Bobrovski
What happened to Biron? Did he see his shadow last time, so there’s six more weeks of Lundqvist?
Artie at LW w/ BR and Gabby
Gaborik shows a lot more determination with the puck [so far] this season.
It’s really in everyone’s best interest if Biron plays once every few weeks
Gabby working it. Start hitting boys, these loafs are soft, cept Orr and the guy who just Jack hammered newburry face
Joe Mich drew a weener.
>>>As Noberries took each punch, that’s all I thought aboot, Jimbo. LOL!
Two sick minds thinking alike – scary!!! ;-D
Nice flubs, DZ
The Garden dead as always.
What happened to “Can You Hear Us”?? No passion!
Exactly!
Rangers lack offensive creativity. This is not a fun team to watch.
Silly Sioux
LOL! Bryzgalov comes into the game, and gives up a goal! I love it!
Another godawful power play. Somehow this does not shock me.
Torts should tell his players that they have a power play.
JB, Gabby is looking good though…less boring than he was last year…
If only the HBO crew was at this game….
We need creativity!!! MZA should be playing point on the PP with $BRich! (Assuming his brain isn’t mush right now!)
Ugly
Like step in the middle of cally and dubi
Good job by sauer – of course…
Rangers never seem to put the right amount of touch on their passes, clears, etc.
Oops, and there goes another squandered 2-on-1.
Like our corporate tax code – too many Lupuls
this team just doesn’t have a clue how to execute an odd-man rush
Still waiting for Dublowsky to do something.
Yay Carp! First time meeting Linzotenko? Did she give you a big hug?
>>Gabby is looking good though…
Yeah, I can’t complain [yet] about his effort thus far.
Sour Power, right there
SAUER POWER!!
Holy moly
Sauer Pauer
MDZ almost gifted one.
Downside to nice locker room?
Rangers fall asleep at intermission.
Of course the Rangers suck on 2 on 1s. It’s similar to having a power play, so they freak out.
Ok what the heck is up with these guys? Can they only concentrate for the first 20 minutes. Not playing well again .
There is no break out plan from our zone. When was the last odd man rush we had?
Having an elite goalie should allow you to release a man to stretch the D. 5 below the circles makes it tough to get any push
Hank doesn’t deserve this.
I hate that Hank stops two breakaways by Kessel, but lets such a soft goal in earlier.
Man this defense needs to wake up. Ship Del Zotto out. He just doesn’t have it and never will.
MDZ is a highlight maker
Is Artie playing? Haven’t heard his name since Sam thought he scored the goal…
Someone should tell them to watch that Kessel person
Boy, they’re really flirting with disaster here…..to many breakaways and flubbed plays..thank God for Hank…
So far, this period, shots on goal 12-4 Toronto. Sickening. First period they were 16-10 in favor of Rangers. Someone said they fell asleep during intermission. You’re right!
Looks like TO did a rope-a-dope on us…let us shoot ourselves silly in the first, then came out and took the game over in the second…
They better get a second fedora, so someone other than Hank can wear it.
Poor Hank. He’s trying to do it all. No help.
henrik out of position…give me a break. 3rd time it was one on one in front of him in the period. henrik should run now.
Rangers were a terrible 2nd period team last season. We just need to get out of this tied, at least.
Girardi laid a puck!
Remember when they were putting everything on net in first? That was kinda awesome. I want to see that again.
Sam or Joe is right—another classic example of the Rangers easing up on a team’s goalie just when he looks shaky.
Maybe what made Del Z so good as a rookie was his time playing with Aleš Kotalík?
Girardi jealous sauer had a save. Need to regain team lead for saves by dman
Please don’t fight Phaneuf, Dublowsky, you’ll just embarrass yourself.
A very sobering second period…...not good at all…..
Period over thank goodness please bring it in the 3rd boys.
What’s our record with Kotalik in the lineup! Also Frolov!
SSDD
Same Sather, Different Day
Phaneuf = Mr. Personality
LOL! Sloppy Seconds sounds like he’s having a heart attack
LOL! Yeah, he is a weird dude….
He did sound very winded! I wonder if Elisha is wearing him out!?
Philly making it a game…6-4 Jets in the 2nd
Yeah, she might be trying to lose those extra couple of lbs by having never ending sex. Poor guy!
Feeling better about my 2-1 NYR victory call.
GWG – callymon – this time it counts
Kim Bauer = Babe
Yeh, my heart bleeds for him…..... ;-P
Sweet PP goal by the Pens. Neal scores. Now that’s how you work the PP!
Who’s Kim Bauer – and how does she fit in here?
Bill Pidto got canned from the MSG 150 segment? Bwahahaha!!
Jimbo:
http://images.wikia.com/24/images/7/71/Kim_Bauer_Season_5.jpg
Avery’s sloppy seconds
ok, so i was a period off with my 12-3 toronto shot lead prediction. Garden is quiet because NY folks are civilized..carry on.
grey Poupon Bob
Looks yummy, too….......thx, NYR!
Garden is quiet because this team is as dull as dishwater
Hey everyone! What’s the score? Time Warner has the game blocked out here since the Sabres are playing tonight.
Carp, I found the media room! You were writing your story so I didn’t want to bother you, but now I’ve got it figured out!
Picture of Avery/Torts to Whale banner: http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2011-10-27/rangers-fans-sean-avery-sign-msg-tortorella-madison-square-garden
The whole MSG 150 segment should be canned. But Trautwig typically does home games, not Pidto, anyway. Was Hairwig doing the 150?
rangers power play best labeled as between moribund and comatose.
score?
Third period the charm. Pretty pretty please
OMG!!!!!
finally able to concentrate on the game!!!!
been “babysitting” pup cause jpg’s wife had a pilates class to teach.
need liquid refreshment
Go take this biachi!
did Richards get a bit of a “benching”
seemed as if Cally line was leaned on more
hated HATED Richards, Gabby moving so far
down during pp
just catching up….a bit
Flyers down by one goal now! Wow!
Score’s 1-1
1-1 tie, start of the third period…..
Flyers tie the game! LMAO!
now LETS GO RANGERS!!!
again
no Richards
huh?!?!?!!
Flyers score again! Haha! They lead 7-6
Oh no Filthy winning. Poor Jets.
Damn Damn Damn
WUsskie and EZ playing makes this a painful watch
And Lupul scores for the Leaves. I hate Lupul!
Flyers up 7-6
1-1, eh? Let’s go Rangers!!!!!! It’s killing me that I can’t see the game! Damn Time Warner!
Gawd, the Rangers SUCK…
Biting them in the butt…...2-1 Leafs…..
Was Erixon at fault there, sliding into Lundqvist?
Stepan is HORRIBLE so far…sophomore jinx or what??
DZ is having a terrible game
They look awful now – total discombobulation…..
2-1 Toronto now, Julie.
Eddie, is that your banner? ;)
Ugh Carp. Maybe I’m not missing much then, eh? ( :
Step-On, Artie, and Dublowsky have been the early disappointments of the season. Pretty much all useless, offensively.
Haha, Jets winning!
Sam: “What was the problem tonight, Captain?”
Cally: “The building looks so different, we didn’t feel like we were playing at home….these seat colors are distracting…..”
Go Atlantapeg!
How many clear shots have the Rangers put on the Leaf goalie, a goalie who gives up so many rebounds? 3? Ridiculous! Is Brad Richards playing? Maybe it’s time Tortorella gives him the Gaborik treatment….
Huge night for me in fantasy!!
I have Jagr, JVR, Voracek, Burmistrov, and Antropov! Pow!
team collapsing…. about as good as john travolta in battlefiedl earth film
LETS GO RANGERSSS!!!!
GO GO GO GO GO GO GOOOOOOOOO!!! GO GABORIK GO GO GO !!!
Hugo , dont stepan the logo dummazz!!!
Are they playing that game without goalies, ORR!?
dubinsky the lon chaney of the rangers: invisible man
8-7 Winnipeg now. Holy crap!
Oy yeah, and Bogosian!
Wow! Now the Jets are leading 8-7. What a fuggin game!
don’t worry ORR!!
all 3 will be allstars
when they go to other teams
Julie, as of this moment, you’re lucky not to be seeing this…..
Bob – 5 goals on 10 shots
Bryzgalov – 4 saves on 7 shots
Homegrown Dubi is turning out to be low grade, after all
saves/goals, what ever
Holy carcillo
LOL! What a disgrace! C’mon Artie!
Game over. Season over.
That would be Claude Rains…he was the invisible man…and there goes the game – 3-1 Leafs….
Softqvist!
McCarthur scores his first of the season, of course, on us.
Looks like I wont be watching Beavis & Butt-Head! Thanks NYR!
LOLOL…Rangers SUCK…
HOLEYY goals for Torontooooooooooobooooooooooooo!! BUT wait, we are not done yet….
Bring it on , so they want to have a shoot out…
I don’t get why Lundqvist didn’t go down on that one…
i didn’t want to say that i thought that this would happen
because i didn’t want sound negative
but
a Big Event
a second string goalie
the perfect recipe for Us to play like carcillo
hope to bring wrong and see a comeback
sheesh!
YUCK
I do not like any of the three goals against Lundqvist. Game over! Home opener over! Season over!
Lon Chaney Jr. was The Mummy – Dubi is skating like him tonight….
I think it’s time for an Anisimov healthy scratch. Bring up MZA.
You’re right Jimbo—I’d probably be throwing things if I were watching.
Richard$ $uck$
Dubik$ky $uck$
Better yet, please fight Phaneuf, Dublowsky
Ladies and Gentlemen your 2011-2012 New York Rangers
That is slashing? Are you kidding me?
This is really like, not funny.
RANGERS DONT SUCK man!!! Only down by a couple…we can do this!!!
GO RANGERSS!!!!
how nice of those CANADIAN referees
to call that in favor of Sloppy Seconds?
So this is what happens when goaltending can’t save the Rangers. Man, they have look bad in these last two periods. Really bad. Just like they did on the road.
Wow, Dubi stinks. Terrible play, terrible decisions.
Come on, Rangers.
Not only was that a horrible call, that was an extremely late call…
Was that even a slash? Huh?
“The more things change, the more they stay the same”........who said that? Must have been a Ranger fan…
I don’t think Anisimov is the problem on this team.
Girardi is a tough SOB
BTW, why the hell doesn’t Girardi wear a faceshield? Is he stubborn or stupid or both?
I’m much more interested in this Flyers game than this NYR game.
Referees not having a strong night either…...
Julie, you would be – definitely….
Wow. There’s bad officiating and then there’s this..
FI-RE SA-THER!!!
Also, we can see how well shaking up the lines help spark offense.
They really miss Rupp
like I’ve said before. The rangers get screwed by the refs. The refs make up there own rules when against the Rangers.
Sounds pretty bad Jimbo! Will these Rangers ever change?
Tortorella’s constant line juggling cannot possibly be a good thing for the players.
FIRE SATHER! AMEN! FINALLY!
Sit Dubi. Send him a message.
Time to break out the fire sather signs?
ORR!!
i’d suggest watching Beavis and Butt-Head
to get your mind off of this carcillo
tomg,
You really can’t blame this game on the referees.
The refs might have screwed us out of a goal, but that wouldn’t change the outcome of this game. The Leaves deserved to win this. NYR are just playing like shyte.
TWO DISALLOWED GOALS FOLKS …YOu do the math.
GO RANGERS!!!! should be tied!!!
Dubinsky is the problem on this team. Someone who gets top minutes and doesnt put the puck away. Ever.
Woof Woof….
Wolski with the Avery impression…
oh great and now my cable went out. this is just not my night to see or hear the Rangers.
does anyone have a link to a stream?
I can’t, jpg. This game is upsetting me too much. I’ll have to wait a day or two.
WE WANT AVERY!
WE WANT AVERY!!!
“We want Avery” the crowd chants…..
Crowd chanting we want Avery – ha!
“I don’t know if that’ll make any difference” – Nosen…
Not a big fan of Avery, but gotta love the crowd chanting his name
NYR fans are so stupid. “We want Avery”
That’s the most emotion they showed all game, and it’s for a useless 4th liner, and his three goals.
wow! Sam just said in regards to Avery chant
“as if that would make any difference.”
Gotta agree with ZzZz, ever since the 2 disallowed goals, the play has been lackluster
NYR fans should chant “WE WANT SCORING!”
When was the last time we had a 5spot?
I don’t really know how you can blame Sather for this, either.
LOL! I love Sam Rosen! Glad to see he’s not delusional like Ron Du-Gay
take Avery any day over that big pansy Wolski
Sam said that?! Whoa!!
Julie, I honestly don’t think so – except for a temporary flaw in the time-space continuum (in 1994) they have consistently been born under a bad sign…...like the old CREAM song….
“We want Avery” chant… The croud should be asking for the life support equipment instead. For the most of our players.
I’ll say this now, before the season gets any uglier. I am NOT at all impressed with Brad Richards’ game.
Time for me to go back to being silent
If the Rangers folded their tent(s) due to the misallowed goals, they deserve to be picking first overall next June…seems to me like the Rangers often look for excuses to fold their tents…
Oh god, that chant made me wanna puke. Or throttle some people. JEEZ
LOL! Du-Glee!
Lackluster? Wow – they plain SUCK tonight – NO skating, lots of gliding. How long before Torts starts to get heat?
Ever since Newbury got schooled, the NYR have been flat…...
i understand ORR!!
i’ve been good so far this season
but i think i’ve exploded with enough
curse words during this period to
make satan cringe in fear
So, since the start of the 2nd, the Rangers are being outshot 25 to 8. Lovely. And embarassing.
yeah you guys are right this is really a dynamic lineup
clearly heaps more talent here than anything Sean Avery could give you. I mean you can just see how good Artem Anisimov looks.
Jimbo-the Rangers are cursed. I truly believe that! I’ve been a fan for many years and it’s always the same.
Good. They deserved that.
K this is a wrap
Hank in mid-season form, letting guys who have not scored, and 4th liners score on him.
Someone put this team out of our misery already :(
Mike Brown fighter and sniper….sign him 3 years at $4 million per year.
4-1 Leafs….total embarrassment…...just like 970-AM….
Way to show up for the home opener, guys. Oh, wait, you did for 20 minutes. Renney team style.
Hank is NOT OUT FAR ENOUGH!!!!
WAY TO BENOIT ALLAIRE!!
YOU’VE GOT WORK TO DO!!!
I blame Sather for the last 11 years, including this one….
all they have to do is shoot from the left wing, bad angle to beat Henrik. that is 3 like that tonight
funny Chris
we actually showed up in the first period
but not the next two rather than
our 2012 usual
of not showing up for the first…
ah hell,
we all know that
“I’ll say this now, before the season gets any uglier. I am NOT at all impressed with Brad Richards’ game.”
Richards is not supposed to be a difference maker. Just a compliment. I don’t have high expectations for him as a Ranger. Maybe 70 points? You don’t build a team around a guy like Richards…
I’m more concerned with Homegrown Dubi and Artie right now…Even Boyle could step it up…
LOLOL…Rangers SUCK….
Shocked Girardi didn’t belly flop on that play.
Rangers on the verge of getting humiliated on home ice
Way to go, Torts. You’ve got this team firing on all cylinders.
But hey, MSG put on a great season opener show, with all that great Blue Carpet stuff.
there we go, this is a 60 minute game, keep playin boys
TWO DISALLOWED GOALS FOLKS …YOu do the math.
Still down by one…
WOOOOOOOOOOO ! Trade Del Zotto for a secound rounder!!!!!!!!!
Oh no Del Zotto scored…are you kidding me
and another garbage goal
Wooohooo….Rangers coming back!
Yay?
4-1 That’s so bad, especially for the home opener!!!
4-2 Leafs…..puck deflects off as Leaf player…figures…
I remember a game where the Rangers were up 5-2 late in the 3rd and let up 3 quick ones, and lost in OT to a Kaberle shot. Just sayin’..
If you’re down more than one and you score, don’t fist bump. Get back to the bench and do it again.
Hey, MDZ’s had a tough night, but he’s trying to do stuff with the puck at least. Nice to see him get rewarded with a goal.
biggest balls they’ve shown all night was celebrating that crap goal
also, good job, Dubinsky
MDZ scored. His value’s up. If you know what I mean.
Looks like they shot their wad in the first period, got a few goals (2 disallowed) and then got owned by the Leafs…
Can’t wait to hear the excuses tonight…
You do the math , NOT down by one.
GO RANGERSSS!!!!
Oh man Dubinsky is the new Avery…..everything gets called on him.
Flyers tie the game
What in the hell did Dubinsky do to deserve that penalty??
DUBINSKY PENALTY FOR CONDUCT!?!?!?!? WHAT!
Wait, what did Dublowski do now?
That is a terrible, terrible, pansy call. But Dubi needs a benching. Journeyman who can’t even play well consistently.
Look at the scoreboard.
Down by TWO!
I’d bench Dublowsky, and call up MZA. This kid needs a rude awakening.
>>Richards is not supposed to be a difference maker. Just a compliment.
Say WHAT? And how much did we pay for this complimentary part again?
Go Rangers, dammit!
>>> I’d bench Dublowsky, and call up MZA. This kid needs a rude awakening.
Brother speak the Truth.
This team is the worst Rangers team I have seen in quite some time. There is no spark, not fun to watch, and they cannot shoot a puck for the life of them. The only reason the Rangers have even been relevant the last few seasons is because of Hank. I’m sick of it.
Dubi sucks tonight, but I did not see any penalty there – was it something he said!?
LETS GO RANGERS!!!! I love this team , wake up and REALIZE we will get better …very soon!!
Drury 2.0? I hope not…
>>Can’t wait to hear the excuses tonight…
Listen to last two seasons’ excuses.
Am I crazy or are the Rangers getting even more extreme in their flaws? Dependence on Hank, inability to hit the net, terrible penalties, no spark supplied by leadership or coaches, etc.
JRP, i been saying this for days…there is too much optimism right now here…we need to seriously downgrade expectations…i am hopeful that they will be net sellers and rebuild with high draft picks…sell em all except Ryan McDougal.
Jets score! Haha! Go Jets!
greg, sorry little buddy…I was hoping I was wrong.
Nine seconds left – game over, 4-2 Leafs…
Granted the Rangers should have been up 2-0, but they need to keep the pressure on in the second.
Booed at your home opener. What a disgrace.
And that, my friends, is what we are going to be seeing this season, by the looks of it…..
Yeah, let’s hear the excuses….
same ol
same ol
gets old
real
fast
26-14 shots against for final 2 periods on home ice. Nice pride. Way to defend your home ice.
Hopefully it will get better as the season goes on.
JBytes….if you’re blaming this on Richards, you got things to learn. Him and Gaborik have probably been the only forwards keeping this thing afloat….along Feds.
Only 14 SOG…at home…against a shaky goaltender….....disgraceful….
wow!
flyers and jets
scored more than
nfl’s
browns
>>>Only 14 SOG…at home…against a shaky goaltender….....disgraceful….
In the last 2 periods, that is….
Bob, Why are all of us New Yorkers harsh on the Yankees when they lose, but it seems that when the Knicks and Rangers lose they still think they are doing great. We have 1 cup in over 50 years! One CUP! I am a heartbroken Whalers fan and became a Ranger fan after the move. I’m getting tired of never seeing post season hockey past the first round.
Lots of money spend on this fricking building and what…they didnt get better ice!!!!!????
AWWW come on , no excuses but come on!!! Our ice SUCKs!!!! Bad ice , brand new seats!!!!
YAAAAA we have new consession stands and a new dressing room!!! Who cares ‘bout the ice,,nobody ever uses that…..
Come on already!!!! How much money do we need to fix this problem???
Gaborik needs smooother ice but it seems all the millions and millions of cash , we are still stuck with GARBAGE ice. ty msg , great!!!!
I hate to say it, but maybe we would have had a chance if Hank stopped some of those softies.
One of the weirdest goalies in the NHL! He stops amazing scoring chances, but lets in so many unbelievably soft goals.
Need more offense though, obviously.
Your opening/every other night post game quotes:
“we gotta be better on home ice”
“we came out flat in the 2nd”
“give credit to (insert opposing team). they played a hard game”
The real question is how long will it take for Hank to break that glass walking to the lockerroom? I bet by the all-star break.
>>if you’re blaming this on Richards, you got things to learn.
I’m not blaming anything on anyone. I’m simply saying his game doesn’t impress. This team needs a difference maker which he isn’t.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO the ice still sucks!!!!!!
Awww come on MSG !!!
LETS GO RANGERSSSS!!!!
RANGERS still the best , just need to work a few bugs out.
Greg, I couldn’t agree more…it isn’t even ice!
did not see the Dubinsky late 3rd penalty.
the rangers played horrible.
the only players who played well were; gabby, mcdonagh, and sauer because it was his first game back.
they cannot pass, shoot, or get any offense going besdies that they were great. 1st period they played well first disallowed goal should not have been. 2nd and 3rd period the ywere horrible.
the ygenerated no offense at all….........anisimov is playing horrible, same for stepan, boyle, and down the line., callahan looks timid or slow or jsut off. they look BAD…..
instead of getting it out of the zone they play around with it and often trun the puck over and offensively are doing almost nothing. for every good thing MDZ does he does equal amount of bad things…...........
what a mess…....
I guess it all depends on what you expected from him. Difference maker he is not. But he sure as heck has helped Gaborik thus far.
Hankie’snot getting the Fedora tonight.
We stink!
I tell you this – if this team stays as inept as they’ve looked so far this season, that are NOT going to even get a sniff of the playoffs this year…
This team’s offensive “prowess” actually looks worse than last year. Talk about ZERO offensive pressure. We’re talking AHL pressure at BEST
8 games in, and they’ve pretty much been outplayed in every single one of them.
Not wanting to panic, but I honestly don’t see much to make me believe this team can contend for anything this year. They look slow, confused, lost and not a whole lot of fire.
The “We Want Avery” chant was a highlight of the night. Hope Torts heard it…only because I know it’ll annoy him. :-)
G’night all!
henirk may have stunk in the 3rd but saved like 3 goals in the 2nd period.
there offense stinks, they cannot ge tthe puck out of there zone. they cannot pass nor receive the puck on there stick..
callahan is playing poor…. almost no one is playing well…..forward wise they are horrible….............
Cally’s doing the Drury act now…....
they have basically been outplayed in all 8 games good teams win games they should not that is the only ray of sunshine so far.
alot of work to get done, alot to fix. this team should be much better….
And Greg, you’re absolutely right. Hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate the arena and they STILL have the shittiest ice in the NHL?????
Nothing like priorities in Dolan-land
this team showed last year that
TOGETHER
it could be a difference
but i’m really really starting to
question the team’s overall
Hockey IQ
because of the multiple mistakes they make—shooting wide—moving too deep into the zone during pp so that you’re
right next to opponent when you shoot—losing where opponent is in your zone—inability to create ANY offense—inability for goalie to come out past the paint
again—inability for goalie to stop a short side shot
again
So, Winnipeg wins 9-8…...another epic goaltending battle!
“I’d bench Dublowsky, and call up MZA. This kid needs a rude awakening.”
MZA is a tough kid. Rangers sure could use a spark plug like him now. I hope he’s OK after that hit the other night. But, you never know! Sad! I also read the Ryan Bourque has a concussion!
that*
JRP, we could use a little Kevin Dineen on this team.
this team showed last year that
TOGETHER
they could actually back into the playoffs
on the last day of the season,
and make it seem like
“they meant to do that”
These renovations seem to only serve the purpose of getting more concessions money out of the fans’ pockets – with luxury booths, more food concession stands….etc…..
Yeah, they remade the dressing rooms….how exactly does that help very much?
All to justify an increase in ticket prices for a team and ownership that doesn’t deserve it…
And the renovations can probably all be written off on taxes, as improvements to the property….
So, LB piss off Torts yet?
this team needs a high volume selloff to flush out all the weak hands….trade brendon dubinsky, trade callie and then trade MDZ ….GET ALL HIGH DRAFT PICKS!!! LOAD UP DRAFT PICKS AS IF YOU WERE NOAH AND THE ARK. the team would perform the same this year, AND you can rebuild the right way.
Well, at least they get to sit in their beautiful new comfy locker room after barely breaking a sweat during the game. Maybe enjoy the sauna. Stop in the Delta 360 lounge for a drink and a meal.
They’re the New York Rangers…most coddled team in the NHL.
I’m actually angry at how little emotion this team has showed. An almost refusal to compete.
I don’t mind saying I would LOVE to have Sather force Torts to call up Avery and play him. For no other reason than to get it through that this team has WAY too many players who play like they’re auditioning for a stumble-on role on “The Walking Dead”
Brandon Dubinsky…we hardly knew ye…has he done ANYTHING this year other than terrorize goalies with a snow shower?
Honestly, if it were up to me, we’d play all 82 games on the road. I don’t like home games.
The Garden “faithful” is a joke anyway. This team is much better on the road.
bob- don’t let Sather get anywhere near the draft. He blows at that, too….
can we get some sports psychologist
some Tony byfuglien Robbins
some hypno therapist
in that freekin locker room
because
what is so d*** frustrating is
that we have seen these players
do well and yet they don’t have the
cojones to actually make good on that
and be consistent!
FIRE SATHER!
The fish stinks from the head down…
LOL! I have tickets for Monday against the Sharks! Shaping up to be a bloodbath!!
WE WANT VOROS!
Where’s Steve Rucchin when you need him to center your first line?
The New York NOXON’s
They look bad forwards, backwards, upside down and upside down backwards…
And your second, third, and fourth lines?
Anybody want to buy a used Clutchmobile?
9-8, Lose-A-Peg, you can hear Bettman screaming: “YES!” Wider nets! 17 goals!!!
The Clutchmobile! Those were the good old days…
Final Score: Zebras 4 Rangers 2.
Gomez, Drury, Mara, Backman, Perry Pearn… Sather was a freaking Genius in those days.
Just think what might have happened, if they only would have not stepped on that logo…
Why can’t the other Rangers be losing instead of our Rangers?
I don;t think I deal with everyone being all depressed tomorrow at work.
Wow! Another game played without any emotion at all. They cannot generate any offense at all.
What bugs me about Torts is that he talks a good game but coaches a sh!t game.
Good evening all!
Well, OK, maybe not….sigh…
Carp, “only mama and ilb…dammit.”..gee :)
all, ilb and I got lucky…it’s a beeatch to meet the press now..
I didn’t think the crowd was all that bad, but the new MSG? I’ll withhold final judgment til it’s all done….but….seat color, ick….and yes, it’s all shiny new and lovely with new kiosks for merch, beer, whatever…but it is a mess! crowds snaking through, total confusion…..I hope they work it out.
even old timers on the escalators were wondering where to get off for their section….
worst! no way to get through from section to section anymore.you can’t cruise around the arena, you just go to your section….I know other arenas have that, too, but I don’t like it….bad bad bad.
But had great fun pre-game with the heads!!! Manny! So great to meet you! and eric!
Bolgamama! Still got the Sunday papers? Well, if you do, start spreading them around the Garden early next home game. Maybe you can catch some of the Ranger Droppings ahead of time…
glad you found some positives tonight MAMA
btw
did you ever give an overview of
your trip?
if you did i missed it
StanFischler Stan Fischler
One thing that needs fixing right away on the Blueshirts’ side is the power play.
LOL! Duh! No Shyte Sherlock!
just cause i’m in a carcillo mood
here’s my sarcastic negative prediction for the season
after seeing how uninspired and lack of
Hockey IQ
this team has displayed
Tort fired after allstar break, Messier takes over
do a bit better but not enough to break out of
a chance for a top 6 pick
not good enough to be in the lottery
and when we do finally pick
it’ll be Hugh Jessiman
the Sequel
Look on the bright side. At least Bryzgalov isn’t our goalie! Bwaha!
jpg- couldn’t you squeeze in a “Sather retires due to health reasons” in there somewhere?
Hey:
Positives: Great first period. Shots on Goal. ON GOAL. Sauer was back and made an impact.
Negatives: Third Defensive pair looked ROUGH. Del Zotto took a step back.
That was a bummer.
Olga, I always save the Sunday papers :)
jpg, I’ll FB you….most people are bored of hearing about it by now :)
of course now.
sarcastic
carcillo-filled
predictions
on
a carcillo of a night
so
with that in mind
Sather quietly signs an extension in the summer
So it’s clearly going to turn into Mancrush Square Garden every time the Rangers are losing.
Terrible, depressing start for the season at home – just no urgency at all. Where is the pride!?
I think I heard the entire city groan on that shot. Wowza
BUYOUT DOLAN!
new post.
What shot, MickeyM?
Wowz
reminds me of Wolski
i think the little kid and female shooting
between periods at the blackhawks game
had more power on their shots