Happy Hanukkah!
The ticket contest is now closed.
Game 31. First meeting of the year in the Battle of the Hudson.
Last of three in a row on the road, and start of three in four nights, and a big rivalry week, with Islanders coming to MSG Thursday and Monday, and Flyers coming in on Festivus Friday.
Looks like Stu Bickel and Tim Erixon in for Steve Eminger (shoulder) and Jeff Woywitka (foot), though Woywitka will be a game-time decision (after warmups presumably). Sean Avery will likely be prucha’d again. Artem Anisimov also returns, so Erik Christensen should also be prucha’d.
Patrik Elias out for the Devils, who have won four in a row and are the kings of the breakaway competition they sometimes hold after hockey games end.
Henrik Lundqvist vs. Martin Brodeur.
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Mandlebaum, Mandlebaum, Mandlebaum!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, so now you think you’re better than us?
New York Rangers Fun-Time Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good evening Mr. Izzy!
A-ver-y!
A-ver-y!
A-ver-y!
{{{{{ILBZO}}}}} {{{{{BANJ}}}}}
and A Very Merry Christmas to you Izzy lol
And a grand good evening to you, Linda!
Let’s Go RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pain free, Linda? Let’s hope the Rangers don’t inflict any…
By 2 minutes, ilb.
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FATSO FATSO FATSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is this the night Girardi actually plays 40 minutes?
Festivus for the rest of us, Linda.
(((((LINDA!!!))))
hmm
The HAG LIN is here. Now we can start!
Look at fatso getting all sentimental. It’ll definitely be the end of an era when he’s no longer the starting goalie for NJ. Rangers fans have to acknowledge that.
almost Ilbzo. gonna take one more day, then go to work Thursday. Then, we don’t go back until the 27! Not too shabby. One more pain med before I go to sleep, then i should be all good
Oh, you think you’re tough, picking on an old man?
drosennhl Dan Rosen
NYR will have a 3rd pair of Bickel and Erixon tonight. Both were playing in Connecticut last week. Staal, Sauer, Eminger, Woywitka all out.
Erixon 9 NHL games Bickel 0
Now that’s a legit concern for the team not the 5th line.
oh shoot HAPPY FESTIVUS everyone!!! My feat of strength today has been getting in and out of chairs lol, and reaching for my cookie baking supplies.
Tonight, Brandon FOOOOOUUUUUURRR MILLION Dubinsky will score the GWG!
This time of year really brings out the religion in me. Why just today, I said-
“Christ! I can’t wait for Christmas Day to come…”
LGR!!!
Dubinsky! Tonight, the puck goes Insky!
At midnight, I’ll be 26 for the fifth time in my life. If they pull tonight off it’ll be the best gift I’ll get this year. so they better not suck!
5th line? Who’s doing lines?
LMAO, so now I’m watching TWC commercials bashing MSG. I’m so fed up with this BC
TWC/MSG
They will both point the finger at each other as the price increase goes into effect. (Smiling to themselves the whole time)
Good evening, Carp!
Linda, as much as I like the sound of “reaching for my cookie baking supplies”, please take it easy!
And did I miss something? It’s Hanukkah, not Festivus tonight, right? I lit some candles but my Festivus Pole is still in the basement.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
Where’s ZzZzZ?:
Its gonna be a ring a ding dong dandy!!!!!!
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!
ilb point to anything in this room and I’ll lift it over my head.
Right sequence, Sally…Same here.
I’m so out to Verizon FiOS
The television !
AGrossRecord Andrew Gross
#NYR starters: Lundqvist, McDonagh-Girardi, Rupp-Fedotenko-Prust
AGrossRecord Andrew Gross
#Devils starters: Brodeur, Foster-Volchenkov, Boulton-Sestito-Janssen
Can anyone say staged fight to start game
Ilb, ok just making sure!
LETS GO RANGERS!
JRG, if you could lift Marty Brodeur, you will be the Mariusz Pudzianowski of the blog!
Hank will auction this mask for charity after the game…Hmmmm
I would have loved to have seen Booger destroy Boulton and Janssen.
And Prust needs to be smart. Remember last season, Boulton gave him a pretty good beat down.
Don’t even acknowledge these no talent goons.
Every Knicks commercial makes me want to see them do even worse!
good evening
LGR!!!
It’s Go Time! indeed!
WHY IS RUSLAN FEDOTENKO ON THE FOURTH LINE WITH BRANDON PRUST AND MIKE RUPP?!?
guy is a top player, isn’t he
Oh, a natural hat trick! Yay!
tonight is your night Dub!
Looks like Dublowsky got the promotion, Lloyd.
Anyone have a link for the game?
Whoa! Damn the sound got loud!
the ‘streaking’ new jersey devils?
MARTY KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON.. for the betterment of ALL HUMANITY
Go Celtics!
joe has NO TOP LIP
Boulton-Sestito-Janssen?
Can’t see that line getting Girardi minutes somehow, though I hope it does.
Just don’t show Marty a picture of his sister-in-law, Linda.
the latitude Dubinsky gets from this coach, especially since it’s incommensurate with performance, is absurd
or his mother in law lol
Hang on Sally, help is on the way
There was a silent, miniature Chico over Sam Rosen’s shoulder just then.
Silent being the only good thing about that.
have center ice so i’m stuck with
devils broadcasters.
so i’m listening online to Rangers
radio broadcast.
sometimes it gets behind the play
anywhere from 5 seconds to a minute
any way to sync play and broadcast?
Go Celtics is fuggin right, NYR!!
Boston Cream Donut FTW!
BANJ to the rescue!
Damn you, Center Ice, with your standard definition Devils feed!
Go say 10 Hail Averys
bickel and erixon scare the freaking hell out of me.
lets go boys grind these bastards down
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The five seconds to a minute behind the play thing isn’t a time lag on the broadcast, it’s just when Mike Rupp’s on the ice.
DEvils Sally
http://www.realtvsport.com/channel.php
Here we go!!!!!!!!!!
Evening gang!!
Center Ice has the Devils broadcast. UGH, Chico.
C’mon Rupp!!!
Rupp Roh!
RUPPPPPPP haha
yeah Rupp fugg him up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Rupp I Trust!??
fedotenko layed someone out lol
now can we start the actual game?
One down, one to go?
That was quite embarassing. Though it took balls
Wow, that was a long one
Let’s GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rupp just got tired waiting for Jansen to hit something.
The refs waited way too long to stop that. If a guy is clearly gassed, you step the fugg in. You don’t wait for him to get knocked out. Dopes!
rupps poor shoulder pad, taking all those love taps
that one goes to Rupp
Was Jensen Breastfeeding there?
Were they slow dancing? WTb?
come on cally
aaaaaan fedotenko TRIPPED someone… i thought he hit him lol.. that would have been great
The home coach should be fined and suspended for this nonsense.
the newjoisely
Does the link work Sally?
They should have those fights in the pre-game warmup. That way everyone gets out on time…
Dubi and Clarkson??
It’ll be a long game, folks
Dubi!
nice job by Dubi
another roughing penalty for Dubi
well look who grew a set!
And Bolton gets the Capt. off the ice for 5 minutes.
Three in the box. Ready to go. We be fast and they be slow!
who’s the 3rd Ranger in the box?
Why is Callahan in the box??
2 minutes?
If this doesn’t wake up Dubinsky….
this is fun
what a crock pot of crap that was
Good for dubi.. set yourself on FIYAH with that fight, now get some goals when you come out of the sin bin
this is a game I would have liked to see Avery play but then again who do you take out? I guess you can sit Mitchell but he’s played well thus far…
i wonder if the devils actually WANT to play, or just be goonish asshats
These MSG guys spend way too much time talking up the opponent. I don’t care about Devils coaching staff.
why in the byfuglien did Cally get a 10?
Carcillo call…
Are all of the streams Devils tonight? I don’t wanna listen to Chico and the Man.
They took forever to explain why Callahan and a third Devil were in the box.
i agree jp
Dumb call, but Cally should know better. Don’t spend any time on these no talent goons.
Step-On and Parise good friends? Sweet! You know what to do, Step!
That call right there is EXACTLY wtb is wrong with this league
tim peel should be shot
Dumb play by Mitchell…easy call
another lamarello call
devs must be taught from day one
how to fake getting hooked
and refs always fall for it
Mitchell has two points this month. He’s an automatic scratch when that hump Wolski comes back.
Prust hurt
BANJ & ddeb, thanks yup it worked! Just had to restart my laptop so I missed Dubi doing something silly.
Dime-a-dozen play
See some people are jumping the gun … Festivus is Friday.
How about these idiot refs not understanding the situation and giving Callahan and Boulton 10s. It’s the right call, but geez, use some common sense.
And how do the announcers not hear the P.A. guy announce 10 apiece? Then try to cover it up by saying “they changed the penalties to 10 minute misconducts”?
ilb
Mitchell shouldn’t have had his stick up
but it’s the typical devs call
they hold on to stick
and get the call in their favor.
not much different than the tug
they just did a second ago in our zone
when we were gonna clear the zone.
where’s catch? Devils blog?
carp
completely agree with you
HockeyRodent pointed out it was
MDZ who was tugged
and no call
That’s OK Carp, they start Christmas in October…
So where is the troll who called Prust dime-a-dozen? Hope he’s watching
Anyone know how to make this crappy SD feed look watchable on a 1080 HD set?
Looks like the refs are gonna call a ticky-tack game to try to keep things from getting out of hand…
No points for any Rangers on that PK. Must’ve been a failure.
Vibin, carp…
thought that camera angle was pretty cool on the PK
Wow, Do these guys know that the ref with his hand in the air for 20 seconds means penalty? And when the Rangers have the puck, that means penalty vs. the other team?
ticky-tack
refs are ruining this game already
Rodent ain’t saying it here anymore———>
They’re bust, Carp. Preparing the anti-TWC speech.
Gah, got pulled away. What happened? Anything good?
Busy, not bust. That too, though
Tortorella overcoaching again with Rupp on the PP
what a pile of crap this TW-MSG thing is. do they think people can’t see through it?
oh come on now
What is Dubinsky adding to this team over Avery? A stupid offside on the PP.
no way we kill this with girardi in box
jeez this game might not be over until Christmas!
what happened?
maybe parise should have gotten his mug out of the way
just one of about half a dozen penalties that have already been called
unreal
Oh Rodent…You won’t see him no more.
ya know Carp
if you charge
even a penny
for every Avery comment
you’d probably make enough
to retire
with a lot left over
to host all the Bonheads in Vegas
Hate these types of games…too many power plays…ugh
Spideraasenski
putting Capt Offsides in the lineup certainly wont help them in that dept.
Good god, more penalties!!
this is gonna be one of those excruciating games
Cally in the box with Girardi, not on the PK.
You might be onto something Lin
MDZ for the best stay home Dman? :-)
Carp
i know Rodent’s outta here
but i update my twitter feeds
every so often
i’m not allowed to post his thoughts, eh?
does Tim Peel ref every Rangers game or is just me?
Ha. Apparently Devils fans covet him ilb. One of my Devil loving friends is there right now and told me there’s a sign that says “all I want for xmas is del zotto”
i know, jpg.
lol @ oleo
Stay on your feet!!
Notice how the Keep MSG graphics say TWC will “lose MSG” because only MSG has the option of pulling their programming, since they want the pay raise. TWC will not “drop” the channels.
Rupp fights. Blocks shots. Clears loose pucks. Plays the PP.
27 cents a dozen.
Dubi missed the net just like Avery has done
Spider, TW has said it won’t drop them until after the season. So now MSG says “may lose” ... how weak. They just want people to switch over to Cablevision/Optimum.
How about “Dubinsky … that goes across”? They can’t even say that he missed the net?
lmao, no 26 for rupp??
lmao jpg… i’m tellin you dubi scores on the correct goalie tonight!
yeah, 5 tool playuh. dude is like the Brandon Inge of the NHL.
McDonagh’s stick checking is so good, even wicky must almost like it.
Someone should get a box of donuts and temp Uncle Daddy with them..
The way the refs look so far Avery is probably going to get a penalty for goaltender interference as a result of heckling Marty from the press box.
when McDonagh plays smart, which is most of the time, he’s the most complete defenseman the Rangers have
And Rupp, as opposed to Jansen, will also play some important minutes.
Deb Placey looks different. Hmm
Dammit
crap
lmao Giannone is the absolute worst
Zajac’s first goal of the season, of course, against us
SIGH!!!!!!!!!
sonufabeech
How about a body check by Richie or Dubinsky there? And how about not being in an interview with a minor leaguer’s parents during a goal?
a meaningful play from Dubinsky, Carp? come on, now.
Travis Zajac 1 goal.
That was a bad rebound, and Richards was just standing around after losing the face-off.
P.A. announcers like this ass-clown belong in Nashville and Sunrise, Fla. Not in the Northeast.
LMAO, Carp. You’ve been a roll the last few days :)
hank needs to control rebound.
do i freaking need to hear bickel parents
wow
we actually got a shot on goal
i’ll take exception to that lol
and dont the islanders have the same kind of pa announcer?
NYR’s are the rehab team for the entire league – just send out your formerly injured or otherwise scoreless players, and see them get better, at our expense….
“They needed a little more help with the man in front.”
But MSG won’t identify Richards and Dubinsky as the culprits. Won’t blame anybody for anything. Getting pathetic.
It’s New Jersey, Carp.
eric
what i’d give to hear Bickel’s parents
i’m stucking listening to chico
You care about the Rangers, Carp. Admit it…
>>Deb Placey looks different. Hmm
Devils viewers get her while Rangers fans are stuck with Bill Pidto.
the company men who work these games need something short of a gun put to their heads to blame a Ranger for anything, and they’d need a gun fired at them to admit one of the Rangers golden boys made a mistake.
Carp,
I am with you on the MSG-TW thing. TW posts all of the facts of the negotiations with numbers supporting them. MSG’s “facts” are:
TW doesn’t want to pay fair value for the programming. Look how good [expensive] the Knicks are this year! And oh yeah, there are three hockey teams, a women’s basketball team and a soccer team too. But TW doesn’t want you to see any of them because they are evil! And they paid $5 billion for the Lakers, so they should pay more for us, because it’s the World’s Most Famous [under construction] Arena!
>>>P.A. announcers like this ass-clown belong in Nashville and Sunrise, Fla. Not in the Northeast.
He fits right in with the NJD franchise, Carp….
Good play by Strahlman.
Chico… blahblahblahblah
Ugh
Callahan’s grandmother can beat the crap out of Biclel’s parents.
Doodie – Did you get my trade proposal?
Bickel’s
Carp
are you at the game?
if so, ask Torts if they actually
had video sessions
on the devils
because it sure looks
like
if they did
all the players were taking NAPS!
outplayed. dont think this should be considered an “acceptable” period.
LMAO BANJ!
Garbage!
You know who we could have used in a period like that???
A goal scorer…..
Black Hawks vs Pittsburgh on Versus…
0-0 in First.
There are THAT many Devils sales people?? Wow. Thought they had like 2.
refs sucked the intensity out of that game pretty quickly
Rupp needs to play at least 15 minutes in period 2.
Orr, you mean Avery?
Honestly, it’s getting to the point where you’re better off listening to Albert/La Grecca and Dave Maloney on ESPN Radio with the TV on mute.
And now for Bill Pidto and Grandpa Duguay
Dubinsky sucks and has his head up his aasen. Don’t expect Sam and Joe to tell you that, though…
lmao Lev, you took the letters right off my keyboard!!
was that Richards in that Pure Hockey commercial?
actually James
that’s EXACTLY what i’m doing!!
Maloney is usually spot on
and pretty hilarious.
McDonagh looks like he really doesn’t want to do that interview.
Oleosmirf, Peel must have made his own deal with HBO’s 24/7. I said the same thing when I heard his name. He’s the pits!!!
No, Lev, I’m talking someone who’s shot wont go into the stands, and hit a baby in the face!
Why the hell do the players have to be bothered by these dumb twitter questions?
Time Warner sucks and is a bunch of greedy Carcillos. Not that MSG isn’t the same.
thank you Orr.. do away with the stupid twitter questions.
These horrific refs are making my incisions hurt… bastages!!
Maloney’s ok – his biggest problem is that he never thinks a penalty is justified
anyone would be better than Micheletti
that was a pretty nifty” stutter” on pedos audio
Officially starting to get sick of this Winter Classic coverage….
Daneyko should NOT wear that color of brown. Eeesh.
not a lot of hate other than the ‘fake’ fights
Time to bring out the crease distraction from last season:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4580/martyexcuses.jpg
Suspension coming for Deryk Engelland…
He got a couple fists from Scott, too.
Pen()s up 1-0
Play better this period, dammit.
All those penalties took the flow out of this game. It’s intense enough without ‘em. Callahan was out for 10 min, Gaborik and Richards didn’t play much….
Hahhahahaha, LW. Like minds and all that
Ping!
Hawks should have been given a five minute PP…instead they’re given a two minute penalty, and give up a goal.
Great officiating!
Another big butted rebound
Nice dive Marty. What a dope.
That’s at least the third Dublowsky shot that was deflected by a stick.
brodeurs bounce
oh good. now it’s 10 weeks for Eminger. Why not 15? or 20?
WHAT. THE. HELL.
Rosen needs to calm down. Sounds like a Devils broadcast
LMAO! Anybody see that Ranger who dove to the bench and fell in? Haha!
Sykora loves playing against the NYR….
“Dublowsky shoots wiiiide”
I’m sadly too used to that.
Oh! Dubi! Miss!
DUBIGGINS.. lets go kid
lol “somethings going!” cut to Hagelin adjusting his helmet and a commercial
This game is not going well so far…..being outplayed, outshot…..
really a horrible job by the entire MSG crew tonight.
Ha! Boyle is throwing his weight around, and Bickel wants to stay in the lineup, eh…
Bickell better not have taken a fuggin penalty.
4.2 mil for dubi who has one freaking goal.
i actually heard the rangers may have said no to anaheim with dubi involved for ryan
dubi sucks
classy move from Clarkson
dude is still an AHL goon, I don’t care how many goals he has had
sam and joe worst broadcast in years easily. its almost like there a step behind the play just like the rangers.
we have zero zone time
It’s annoying when a coach claims to be a proponent of accountability and Dublowsky’s spot in the lineup is guaranteed.
did bickell just even it up?
Ugh. “They keep it in …” not, somebody coughed it up.
This team simply doesn’t have any offensive creativity.
Tortorella’s all about accountability as long as you’re not one of his pets
Eric, that’s probably because there was more involved than Dublowsky.
Why do our announcers always have a love affair going on with our opposition of the night….?
Horrible shot by Feds! Wow! Hank just bailed his Wendy’s ass out!
nice one, “Feds.”
Fed shot that so wide on a 4-1. Pathetic. Dubi’s rubbing off on these guys.
Can’t make Maaaaaarty look his age or weight if we don’t get any shots at him!
Jeez, hit the net already!
Wide….wide…blocked….wide…blocked.
Can we test this fat fugger, for crying out loud!
“Good hard shot”? Why is it so good if it misses the net by five feet?
Six shots is not going to win a hockey game.
Am I winning?
That was close..
Replay? Nope. Luxury car commercial.
You’re up 1-0 Barry.
>>Am I winning?
According to Santana, “I’m Winning”.
good shot? completely misses the net then goes on to say they need to test Brodeur more….
My God! Between the endless Knicks promos and the MSG-TWC battle stuff, they don’t have any time to air any real commercials!
So all of the talk the last 2 days has been about the Rangers depleted defense. But to me it looks as if the offense is depleted.
This looks like 2 years ago and I do not like it one bit
Johan?
I’m >thisclose< to bailing out on this game. They better show me something soon.
for a guy who was let go by the opponent, Stralman doesn’t look too interested in competing.
You have a point there, Mickey…..
Kovalchuk Dubinbsky’d. Or Avery’d.
Wow. I have a sneaking suspicion that Marty converted to Judaism before this game..
Barry
that’s cause we don’t Avery around tonight
to shoot the puck wide
I think the Rangers’ Fenwick numbers are taking a hit tonight, Carp.
game 82 do or die to get in again.
Carp, are you maybe suggesting that Stralman is the new Christensen?
Clarkson bragging aboot how he isn’t as talented as Dublowsky, yet he has 10 more goals than him.
jpg , Fedetenko’s shot was spot on a little while back
Butt-Chin looks like he’s going to vomit.
LOL Orr
i have a feeling that this game will take the place of my lortab tonight
WHAT A PASS!
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
A-guy!
that a boy artyyyyyy
Artie!!!!
AA .47!!!!!!!
AA! Finally! a goal!
Artie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steps, I love you man. :P
Don’t shoot Marty, Artie!
Everyone can step off the ledge now!
I feel sometimes that McD is their best and smartest D-man offensively.
BTW…...........what a pass!!!
Wow. I love Derek Stepan. Not just because he lives in Brooklyn.
RIFLEMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Love Missile F1-11! 1-1. Shoot ‘em up!
Fiinally!!! Thank goodness!
Stepan with the good move nad then the pass. darn he is gonna be good.
LMAO@ reserved!
Ar-Tea time is the best time of the day!
Almost had another!
wow. moving this kid to LW may be the best move Tortorella has made as Rangers coach
Great pass by Stepan!!
how about that shift by McD?
Lazy back check by the great Parise there.
In by Game 81 now, Eric?
Artie Party!
Linda, how ya feeling??
Boyle just ran someone over, lol
ranger nuetral zone play is horrendous
I thought Artie was moved to the wing, James?
Nooooooo!
better than yesterday Mickey, taking one more day off, then go to work Thursday and not have to go back until the 27th lol. just have two spots that really hurt.
that best 2 minutes of their night right there lol
James don’t let some people here hear you say something good about the coach.
eric, I feel your pain, bud. Don’t understand it. but I feel it.
{{{{{LINDA}}}}}
FIRE SATHER!
Quick question for you guys:
Bathroom or MSG 150?
3 pipes
lol that’s called “baiting” Carp..
Good to hear, Linda. You should have taken the whole week off, lol
bathroom all day long Carp!
{{{{{OLGA}}}}} FIRE SATHER!
Well after this alleged chicken parm wedge I just had I know where I’ll be Carp…
carp
a very frustrating team to watch. why do we always let teams gain the zone with speed.
3 Posts tonight. Hockey gods paying us back for the Richards goal in Phoenix.
Carp,
Do you know Bill Conlin of the Phllly Inquirer? Multiple charges
of sex abuse from the 1970’s.
the dr wanted me to, but i’m gonna go in onThursday and if i start having trouble i’ll just leave.
Can’t you do both, Carp? It feels the same, that’s for sure…
Dont baby her Mickey. She needs to stop whining do a few crunches, cut some wood for the fire place and resume baking my…I mean HER Christmas cookies <3
Nuking dinner if I had MSG, Carp.
Marc Staal looks good. aside from the fact that he’s dressed like the Joker..
Worth installing a urinal in the living room so you don’t miss a second, Carp.
he’s marc staal every day dillweed
I’d rather sit through a bout of projectile diarrhea with fire hose power than sit through MSG150!
speaking of the joker, where’s the smoker/midnight toker E3?!
Linda! You should have taken the time, no one wants to work this week anyways.
(So says the person who has crazy deadlines at work this week. Blech)
i DID make cookies today lol. Making more tomorrow AND Friday. you just hold tight young man, imma sending you some!!
Yeah, JamesG, I agree. Let’s talk about those cookies. Man up, Linda :-)
James G, I would make you cookies, but I don’t have the time this week, lol.
Mickey, even though my Dr. is off all next week, i am going to be scanning in paperwork for at least two days before I can even start working on his patient folders for the following week. There was about 4 inches of papers that need to get scanned in, and that is when i walked out on Friday… soooooooooo glad we’re paperless!
Dang! Pitt up 2-0
NO SOUP for ANY OF YOU!
McD’s play will sure make our defense interesting when Staal is back.
2-0 pens over hawks
Fischler is still aliiiiiiiiiive
Voice, you always know what I’m sayin’. Know what I’m sayin’?
Hospodar, I’ve met him, but I didn’t really know him.
We had a guy who was busted for the same thing at my paper. And I knew him well.
Hope Carp’s bathroom isn’t paperless.
You sound like our other teams, Lin. They are finally going paperless, but it is taking forever!
LOL Mickey. How about a birthday cake?
Ilbzo, Torts sent Christensen to my townhouse to bake for me. I told him to go do something else to realize his potential
Is Bill Pidto Danny De Vitto’s long lost son..
we get more paper NOW than when we used regular charts… and my dr is the only one who does NOT make full use of the EMR system he INSISTED on getting! insanity
Chris Rooney? Isn’t he the guy who wanted to give Anisimov the death penalty for the shotgun celebration? And the guy who effed up the whole melee afterward?
I’m only here 2 more days, James!!
pischmuckdto
Ryan Whitney has aged badly since his trade to Phoenix that never happened.
Yev, has anyone ever told you you look exactly like Al Pacino in “Scent of a Woman”? Hooo-aaah!
lmfao JRG.. he got the ‘tall gene’
Ilbzo, do you need a refill already?
Duguay always looks so proud of himself when he completes a thought.
ADIOS MUCHACHO!
Mickey that works my birthday is at midnight lmao
Carp – Yeah, it was Rooney
Not that anyone cares, but I know a funny piece of information about that movie, Carp
Lol, Linda…Like meet Olga?
Mickey, any chance you’ll be in NY in May? Planning on making another trip up, but can’t mention it on FB since part of the reason I’m going is as a surprise for one of my friends 40th bday part.
I’m rollin’ with my homies; we’re going to buy some presents.
lol @ proud Duguay
He should be proud; it is quite a rare occurrence for him.
You want a cake in 4 hours? Dude, I can’t get it to you that fast :P
Carp don’t pick on Duguay. The guy just finally learned to read in 2007 and he’s already a broadcaster on MSG. Give him some credit.
I didn’t see it, Mickey.
Happy 26th, James.
wait is OLGA gonna be there??? that’d be awesome lol
No, I’m still good Linda…thanks
Umm, maybe Linda. Depends on some things. I hope so though!
that Hyundai commercial would have been better if Avery was in it
Chico’s excited. Everyone hide!!!
OK BOYS NO CRAP FOR THE NEXT 20 minutes of play! GET THE DAMNED WIN!!!
avery’s gonna sign with the heat
Refills?
You didn’t see that movie, Carp?? Tsk, tsk. :P
Adam Oates always looks like he’s been embalmed. Not seen that behind an NHL bench since Muckler.
lmao banj
IF Avery were half the man he was 20 years ago he’d take a FLAME THROWER TO THIS PLACE!
Hey, Thanks Carp.
Where’s Avery? Fatso without Avery just isn’t right…
Send us a cake, Mickey!!
Del Zotto has come a long way on D but he still has a long way before he comes close to being Leetch on offense.
Or Sanguinetti…...
“good looking young player”
Can’t he just say “good player”? So creepy!
Muckler WAS embalmed LW…
Barry (and others)
i’m just being sarcastic in my Avery comments
Happy recurring 26th, James G…
Only if you pack for me, Jimbo :P
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Gabby!
BBBBBBBBBBAAAAAABYYYYYYY
GABBY! YEAH BABY!
gabbyyyyyyyy
GABBY!!!!
GAABBYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!
Gabby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Artie is showing us what it means to be a hockey lord!
Goalll!!!!!!!!!!
Lortab for everbody!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fireeeettrrreuccckkerrrrs!! Artie to Gaborik! Trade AA
Some hands by Gaborik.
eric, fourth seed?
WOOO HAAAAA!
Follow the puck, Marian. 2-1.
Nice patience by Artie rifle
Now we’re cookin’ with GAS!!!
thank you baby Jesus!!!!!!!
Carp did you see how slow his release was on that goal? he’s not the same player he was. We need to move him…oh wait that was last year…
Maaaaaaaarrrrrttttty
I have to come to Missouri to help you pack in order for you to bake me a cake!?
Last year, Dublowsky would have put that on net.
Wow! What a shift!
These guys need to stay on their feet/skates more. Enough with the swimming.
Exactly, Jimbo.
Egads that was a horrible shift
thanks for the reminder BANJ, i was on my way to get one and refill my water, took care of the water, forgot the pill lol
Cant wait for 24/7 to see what Torts said to wake these yokels up..
Yeah, Girardi’s been great. Only he went down to block the pass on the 2-on-1 by Kovalchuk in the second and didn’t get a piece of it.
Go play in the other end for awhile.
Will someone please maim Sykora? Just for the rest of the night, please…?
Yea, I’m so glad we traded Anisimov last year for some washed-up veteran ‘cause these prospects never pan out do they?
To be fair to Marty, his movement is somewhat restricted by the roast turkey he’s carrying under each arm.
Another injury!? WTB!?
Erixon is hurt. Time to call up Mr $6.5 million
Is sam saying Bickel or pickle?
An injured Dman…
sam by any chance is Erixon hurt?
Next emergency D-man please
can the rangers please slow a team down when they gain the blue line. make them dump it in
lol don’t joke Barry. we’re sliding down the blueline depth chart here..
no worries, Roy Ditka will be back next game
This show on the outdoor Vegas game in the early 1990s, they better talk about Tie Domi falling down on a breakaway and claiming he tripped over a grasshopper.
lmfao carp!!
Sykora is hurt? I didn’t know he was a Rangers Dman..
They should threaten people that they’re going to miss the Stepan and Boyle “Beginnings” if TWC removes MSG. Or the MSG 150. Or HNL. Or Fran Healy’s show. Or Boomer and Cockroach.
Oh, never mind.
Sykora hurt. From your mouth to God’s ear, Jimbo
holy hell Hank! maybe when fatso retires he can be our goalie coach and show him how to control rebounds.
Erxion hurt? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Wat to be decisive, Dubinsky
Fran Healy, the old Rangers back up goalie? ; )
Wow! No boarding on Feds? Lucky!
I wonder if it’s possible for this game to be included in tomorrow’s 24/7. And if not, isn’t it really 24/6?
lmfao you mean Glen doncha James?
I would like to suggest playing more down by Bad Marty.
Lin I think this game is gonna cause MY gall bladder surgery stitches are gonna pop and they’ve been out for 11 years
Shhhhhhh, Olga – I just got scared after hearing that!
i think dubinsky has to take 500 grand and set in on fire in front of the opposing teams net, that will be his sacrifice to the goal scoring gods
That’s not a penalty. I thought he batted it.
Awwww, C’mon!!!
McDummy
lmfao JRG, i think they saved your stitches for me because they are hurting doubly bad lol
3-0 Chitsburgh. Time to worry?
christ almighty
McDamnit grrrrrrr
I fall asleep like a baby nightly to Francis Healy’s soothing voice.
Another ticky-tacky penalty…..
Carp, HBO edits the footage up until a couple hours before air, so it’s entirely possible this will be on tomorrow’s show.
its hard to throw a puck that far with a glove on, i think he batted it
you’re probably right Lin. I forgot I’m 30 in a few hours it’s probably just an angina attack :-(
My bad. That’s definitely a penalty. McBust.
Are you kidding me!!
oh yeah
he covered the puck
thought he just threw it out
OK, now a shorthanded goal, boys!
Where is Prust?
Exactly, 1940
i sit corrected
lmao
big clear Dubi!
What a play, Dubi. Wow.
Big clear by Dublowsky!
who got the puck out of zone?
HAGELIN!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
holy cripes
WHooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
HE_MAN!!!
I GOT THE POWER!!!!!!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGZZZZZZZ
That clear by Dubinsky was worth $2M.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
HAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friggen ripper!!!!!!
No no Jimbo. Go with it! Ask for a Dubinsky goal.
HANS GRUBER! THE HAGUE! HICC!!!
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
HOLY COW! I Just jumped out of my seat!!!
HAGS!! WOWOWOWOW!
Larry Hagman? 3-1.
Yeah baby!!
HAGS!
HAGS
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where is Prust thought…really…
did he score short side?
LOL! Hagelin fell down after scoring!
HICC with a shortie!!!!!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, ‘heads! Speed kills in this league!
Gotta run out and buy some Lotto tickets!!
Hagelin nearly concussed himself on the celebration.
I think I’m liking that little Swede speedster.
a shortie.
I love it.
HAG LIN!!!!!!!!!! lol
Anybody got 3-1, Gaborik?
or 4-1, Gaborik?
yes Carp
that was 2 mil clear
he must have heard me giving him
carcillo
for falling down again
3rd or 4th time tonight.
Nice of the Devils playing cool music after OUR GOAL.
BTW, speaking of throwing a puck, Carp, remember when Beukaboom, from his knees, threw the puck out of his zone to about center ice and Larmer picked it up and scored on an empty net?
Jimbo, I need some help in the Chicago-Pitt game… If you could just put a word in?
karl “winslow” hagelin
lol Carp that was quite Prospal-esque
HAGEME!! lmao
OK, why not!? Dubi, score an empty-netter!!
Speed kills.
But he’s a dime-a-dozen player.
the big Swede in net is also having quite a night
as much as i liked the shot i liked the
decision making by Hags.
didn’t make the pass with the dev
between him and Boyle
took the shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzej03dyAN8
Hawks, “moider” those Pen()s!!!
Holy Crap guys. WHERE IS PRUST? Anyone?
i had 3-2 dubi
Yea, I’m so glad we traded Hagelin this year for a 2nd round pick ‘cause these prospects never pan out do they?
LMAO at Hagme!
I have 4-1.
But Dubinsky :-/.
#EpicFail
BORK BORK BORK!
And Bickel’s first NHL point!
As dangerous as Kovalchuk’s shot is on the PP, he sure likes giving the matador treatment to players pressuring him on the point going the other way.
this kid Hagelin is going to be a thirty goal scorer in the future. The kid has a rocket wrist shot and he is accurate, not to mention his speed. Goop draft pick for a third rounder.
I’m trying, Olga!
Step has to shoot there
Dubi, it’s your turn to score!
JimboWoodside December 20th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
I GOT THE POWER!!!!!!
LOL! Nice, Jimbo!
And Hagelin doesn’t shy away from physicality either.
Need Avery in this game. Would be 6-1.
Net is empty. Paging Mr. Dubinsky….
Is Boris still in the US?
Empty netter???
I think I’ll tune in to the Devils post-game so I can hear Chico cry.
Third seed, eric?
any of you boneheads going to the winter classic?
has Prust been around since he got hit by
that shot in the first period?
(i’ve been busy trying to tie up some
computer work so i haven’t been paying close
attention and i have the sound on mute
to avoid devs broadcasters)
Where the firetruck did Lloyd go? Once we tied it up he scrammed.
W…T…..H….
LOL! Can’t score on the empty net! Trade someone!
How did Hagelin get to that puck so quickly after he shot it from the red line? Oh, he’s FAST; I almost forgot.
The empty net did a better job than Marty there
http://tinyurl.com/7l7p642
Hagelin was made for dancing
This team cannot hit an empty net to save their own lives.
gives an indication of how the devs
are like 6 goalies out there
601
LMAO @ the negative nancies!
Butt-Chin!
And that’s a wrap!
Anyone else have 4-1 besides me?!
Anybody got 4-1, Gaborik?
I am in the running to win!
And as I type that, Gaborik scores on. LOL
we wnat the cup
I had Callahan
Oh well….Dubi was on the ice, but Gabby got the goal!
Devils’ goaltending looked better than normal on that sequence.
Why didn’t Gaborik shoot earlier?
oh yea. take that Devils!!!!!!!!!!
poor Dubi was just waiting and waiting for Gabby
to pass
wish dubi would have got that empty netter
Listen to our 3rd string arena
Lovely win! Always feels good to beat these losers!
Two in a row!
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! what a 3rd!!
Six seconds. Sadface. Oh well, I’ll take the W
Stupid Gaborik. Empty-netter takes my 3-1 guess out of the ticket contest.
WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I love beating the Devils :)
Like Mickey said, we have a virtual PP with no goalie in their net, and we still can’t score! But hey, WE WIN!!!!
Hahaha! Sam Rosen is seconds away from completely losing his voice.
Henrik has to get the hat tonight.
hmmmmmm
Maloney just sneezed
and Sam is losing his voice.
just saying
hmmmmmmmmm
Another great example why the 4th line talk is so stupid! They Won because their stars were their stars! Gabby 2 goals, Stepan 2 assists. Hank stood on his head again! Girardi and McDonagh were sensational. Cally and (YES!) Dubinsky were terrific defensively making key plays especially on the PK. Hagelin used his speed all night. THATS WHY THEY WIN!! Now go back to whining about the 4th (or should I say) 5th line.
I tried getting you a goal, Dubi, but your suckage has stronger powers than mine!!
great character win by the rangers. The king was spot on tonight as he made big save after big save.
lmao stronger powers!
Victory cookie time!
tomg, character is overrated!! Weren’t you here yesterday for the loverly discussion on that? LOL
Dubinsky wants goals? earn them…Or maybe we should trade Gaborik for being so selfish…and man how bout Hagelin? he’s going to make great trade bait for Iginla
Yes! Hank earned his salary and his reputation tonight!
Awww…. and it was so nice here for awhile ‘til Whino showed up.
This team, no matter the scenario, plays solid team defense each and every night and gets elite goaltending. That’s why they win. And as a lover of fighting in hockey, Prust’s fight to start really didn’t do anything and was pointless. Hank’s goaltending is why they WON!
Dime-a-dozen team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqO8LpE0GU4
Hånk deserves to be #1. Is GAS line with 2 points each?
Hagelin and Stepan will be stars in this league – I just hope they will be stars for the NYR team!
we need a bonehead t shirt that says DIME A DOZEN!! with the dime a dozen players numbers on it
Rupp, HW.
They just showed Wade Redden watching the Sabres-Senators game from a luxury box. Must be a trade brewing…
did girardi hit 40 minutes tonight
Hank is regal. 21-5-5 in his career against Brodeur.
HW, that was Ruppster’s fight tonight – and it was pointless, I agree…
Dubi needs to go the Pedro Cerrano route I think. Sacrifice tequila to some pagan god, ask for goals and stuff.
Where did all trolls go? Sad they were wrong? Carp, this dime-a-dozen team has balls bigger than MSG and TWC combined.
Chicago gets one. 3-1 Pit now.
Give JJ and Ken Gernander in Hartford for having these guys ready to go when they are recalled. Bickel didn’t look out of place. Erixon hung in there all night. Hagelin came up ready to play and contribute.
Gabbie doesn’t pass to Dubi – trade the selfish bum. Rangers SUCK!
Right guys… so used to writing Prust fight.
OOO-la-la, Sassoon! (For Duguay…)
That said, what a great game to watch as a Ranger fan. They didn’t play well in the first, showed a little more in the 2nd and their skill was enough during one of their good stretches to tie the game up and in the 3rd played even better.
The biggest reason for the victory was because so many of the important players came to play. The King was the King – clearly the MVP tonight, but a bunch of players came thru, including Gabbie, Stepan, AA, Hags and I thought Dubi had one his strongest games (that I’ve seen anyways) of the year.
Full kudos to the D, including Stu Bickell who picks up his first NHL point. Love Rupp taking it to however that Devil nob was. And let’s not dismiss the fact that the Devils are a decent team who came to play. IMO, the team with the better skill won tonight.
Richards another strong game on the puck, too.
Amazing stat, NYR_FAN. Hank sure loves shutting Uncle Daddy up.
Girardi was limited to 29:09. That’s only because DeBoer only gave Cam Janssen 2:58 for some unfathomable reason, meaning Girardi could get extra rest.
Dubi needs to rub the bone on his stick, Mickey!!!
Jim – Bang on!
Kovalchuk -3.
That is what I was forgetting, Jimbo! I knew it was something, lol
Carp – Isn’t Lou glad his owner wanted him to bring in a star to sell tickets!?
LOL. Is each of those one ball, ilb?
Guess they were right. Character is overrated.
The devils will never win with Kovalchuk. The guy has all the talent in the world but isn’t a winner. The guy had hossa on the same team and only made the playoffs once.
Hey! That’s 12 for .10 cents!
Good evening all! The Borsalino is going to be real interesting by end of season. I am loving my boys. LGR!
(sorry been away, been crazy nuts, even with iPad. Hartnell!)
Minus three for ‘chuckles?? BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA.
Yeah, Mickey – you forgot the bone!! ;-D
Oh boy. Rangers stuck with their hard forechecking gameplan and capitalized on their chances. And the King was King. It’s as simple as that.
And might I add that Ken the drunk Daneyko can’t lay off the sauce for one game.
Yes, Henwik Lundqwist wooved the puck away from his cwease vewy well!
Dubi could also try sacrificing a live chicken
Well, they also came on strong in the third because they had better stamina. It was a very physical, intense game through two periods. Don’t discard what that training camp means in games like that
Carp, skimmed through the last read, i think jpg wins. There were 3 people tied from what i saw (Omar, alexei, and jpg). Jpg was closest in shots. Had Rangers 27 shots and Devils 30.
thread*....not read
Wish I had one of ORR’s DD Boston Creme donuts to celebrate this win with!
Mama, I thought you were boycotting because of my (yet another) spat with Tiki.
Man, Gaborik has really come back to form. all kidding aside I’m impressed with what he’s doing thus far.
Hawks coming back! 3-2 Pens.
I need the Hawks to win this damn game!
yea!!! 3-2 now, lets go hawks!!
Hawks score again!! 3-2 now.
Ha! If jpg wins
it has to be announced
in jpg style :)
hope you win jpg!
I had one this morning, Jimbo. Literally took me 10 seconds to eat it.
>>>Yes, Henwik Lundqwist wooved the puck away from his cwease vewy well!
Stop making fun of Looie Lamoriello!! Shame on you! (hahahaha!)
“Dubi could also try sacrificing a live chicken”
he wasn’t that bad this game. but yes this kid is snakebitten
Haha! It’s working, Olga – hope there’s enough time for them!
ORR, those suckers are GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
Carp, my life lately has been work, pass out, work, pass out…etc. grand, eh? I barely catch most of most games lately but did see the .000001 second Richie goal! haven’t seen threads in days.
This diwector is weally starting to wub me the wong way.
Yea, I’m so glad we traded Stepan (3 assists +3) last year for some washed-up veteran ‘cause these prospects never pan out do they? Uhm…we do seem to have a lot of these dime-a-dozen prospects.
Defensively, he looked good. Offensively, he continues to look lost.
What the fugg did that kid do this summer?
Del Z, on the other hand, continues to impress me. His strength has really improved. The last two years, Clarkson would have put him on his ass, but he didn’t even budge when Clarkson hit him.
I know Torts was a bit hard on him last season, but it looks like it was the right move. The kid sure as shyet is motivated!
HAHAHAHAHA!!
Nice Bull Durham reference, 1940
sounds like Kripke from big bang theory lol
You Go, Jimbo!!!! I hope you did buy those lotto tickets.
You’ve missed a gigantic bowl of crap mostly, Mama.
Sorry, Mama!! But it helps pay the bills, no?
mama has no time for spats between anyone here anyway. That could be a full-time job for crying out loud. Wait, does it pay?
I’m just glad we didn’t trade Hagelin for a 2nd round. We could actually trade him straight up for Iginla now. Pretty neat!
Del Z has been improving every single game. So glad he got drafted as high as he did. Flash in a pan thoughts are gone; he’s becoming a complete hockey player.
But, Mama, you should be on your knees every night thanking God you’re not you-know-where.
Stop tempting me with Boston Creme donuts, guys! It’s not fair.
>>>This diwector is weally starting to wub me the wong way
Et Tu, Carpus!?
And for all the debate about the merits of the Rangers’ bottom six forwards, how would you like a line-up with Janssen, Sestito and Boulton filling jerseys and not being capable of more than a handful of minutes each game?
sacrificing a live chicken is major league(they decide to go with a bucket of KFC).... Cutting the head off of a live rooster is bull durham
Dubi is strong on the puck but has mediocre passing skills and an average shot. It is what it is. IMO, he drags down the Richards/Cally pairing.
I wanna see Hagelin get a spin on that line (ie for a few games). I think his speed will open up the defense and give Richards more room to weave with the puck, which should translate into more scoring opportunities for Cally.
Noonan -You are right. I’ll be the first to stand and cheer corrected by MDZ. Whatever he did over the summer to come back with more focus and ready to be a professional worked and kudos and good for him on that.
Barely Jimbo, but the cats are in kibble, and that’s all that matters.
Carp, then it’s more like Passover here then, than Hanukkah…what makes this night different than any other night? (C3, ilb and the like will get that :)
dubi should try both
alexei27 December 20th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Rangers 4
El Diablos 1
GWG Gaborik
Shots Rangers 32 , devils 24
Man, I always get those 2 scenes mixed up!
Winner!
“Yea, I’m so glad we traded Stepan (3 assists +3) last year for some washed-up veteran ‘cause these prospects never pan out do they? Uhm…we do seem to have a lot of these dime-a-dozen prospects.”
seems like Los Rangers have more than a few of these young cheap double-digit [bound] goal scoring kidz (like Philly). Being that we built from the blueline up (like LA) and have a great goaltender the future looks bright.
BTW, here in Canada, center ice had only the Devil feed available and while I am not at all a fan of Crapiletti, Toupee Reesch sure is annoying.
Is he in love with Brodeur or what?
Pretty funny when AA scored while Reesch was busy gooing over something Parise had done at the other end of the ice.
Nice win, but I wish Hags would have gotten more than just 0:48 on the power play. This kid can do it all.
Cats need the kibble! They won’t go out to work!! ;-)
I can’t wait for the geniuses to show up tomorrow and try to convince us that Rupp and others are useles…...Mama, you’re missing a sure fire entertainment here. Better than flavored vodka at Russian Samovar :-)
Alex Kovalev won the tickets?
Sorry about the donuts, Mickey – but I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv those suckas!
Not that I wouldn’t mind him getting the 6 days off, but how does Girardi not make the All-Star Game.
Resch is a travesty in the broadcast booth – such a shameless homer…..
“I’m just glad we didn’t trade Hagelin for a 2nd round. We could actually trade him straight up for Iginla now. Pretty neat!”
Bwahahahah!!!
Girardi, by the way, is the reason I have a problem with the Norris Trophy. G won’t even be considered because his offensive numbers won’t be enough but he’s is one of the best defensive dman in the Entire NHL.
As soon as the Rangers tied the game I could almost hear Tortorella telling them to stick to the damn gameplan (forecheck strong, finish your checks). And probably moreso once they went up a goal. And more when they went up by 2! THIS IS WHAT I WANT FROM THIS TEAM AND FROM THIS COACH! MCLOVIN IT~!!~
Girardi is gonna need to spend all 6 off-days in the oxygen chamber to heal up all his bruises and strains!
The Ugly Hat!
Italian dressing and a cold sore are not a good combination :(
Girardi should at the very least be part of the shot blocking relay contest in the skills competition at the All Star festivities.
“Girardi, by the way, is the reason I have a problem with the Norris Trophy. G won’t even be considered because his offensive numbers won’t be enough but he’s is one of the best defensive dman in the Entire NHL.”
dare i say the cliched “it is what it is”? it’s just a publicity stunt. don’t worry about it.
the teams that don’t already know about him will soon. Capitals ‘fans’ know him all too well and for good reason.
Girardi for Super Selke!
hey Carp
i predicted that the Rangers would score 4
and
jpg’s sister predicted that the devs would score 1
and she also predicted that Gabby would get the
game winning goal
so,
can brother and sister share the tickets?
jpg30 December 20th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Rangers 4, Devils 1….. gwg: Gaborik, sog: NYR 27, NJ 30.
Omar A December 20th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Rangers 4, Devils 1
GWG= Gaborik
SOG Rangers 29 Devils 31
And now, back to my regularly scheduled program…pass out time. Catch up with you all later. TA!
btw, I know I’m late, but a happy 26th to Gabby!!!!
HW, I remember way back when Harry Howell won the Norris Trophy in 1967 or 68, and he basically said that he was glad to have won it that year, because for the next 20 years, Bobby Orr would own the trophy…
It didn’t work out that way, of course, but Howell summed up the change in the focus on the accomplishment of winning the Norris right then and there.
oops, of course, a wicky
ilb, very few things are better than flavored vodka at Russian Samovar :-)
Happy Pass-Out, Mama!!
Carp
forget it
jpg’s sister just admitted that she predicted
the devs would score 2
carcillo!!
now i’ve gotta look for xmas present for her
looks like tomorrow night will be free but
not thursday
“Not that I wouldn’t mind him getting the 6 days off, but how does Girardi not make the All-Star Game.”
He’ll make the allstar game/team/whatever. Mark it, dude. If his last name is Staal we have everybody in the league chirping about him carrying the team in front of Lundqvist.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: after last season he is the Rangers BEST defenseman even with a healthy Marc Staal.
Let’s just hope he declines the skillz game!
G’Night Bolgamama.
Jimbo – That is a very true story. I’ve heard that story from Brad Park.
a wicky 2
btw, wait til Friday….I got my list of grievances ready to go!!!
Noonan – You are totally right about that part with the names. He’s an undrafted kid, never played for team Canada and all that does play a role in the lack of respect he gets around the League. Although, Don Cherry gave him some Coaches Corner Love this weekend.
OK, HW – Brad had not been called up to the big leagues yet when Howell made that comment, I don’t think..? But he was close!
Evander Kane just destroyed Montoya on a play much worse than Tootoo on Miller but if Isles don’t whine and complain and make a huge stink like Reiger and Ruff he’ll get nothing.
Agree, mama….Now, go get some sleep..Mrs sends love…
sorry to say, jpg, but initial search … looks like Omar wins. You all went over on the third tiebreaker, so it goes to the fourth and Omar had 31, the exact number. You had 30. Not official yet, though.
as for the Norris, it almost always goes to a guy who plays in all situations, including PP. But the geniuses who vote always look at +/- as if that’s a defensive stat. They should look at ice time and blocks and hits and takeaways.
Sadly, they don’t.
No No Jimbo – I mean Brad Park repeated that story to me, personally, when he was scouting for the Rangers and I was working in the League. The scouts from the different teams were talking about defensemen and that story was told.
I do think he’ll make the all-star team, though. Not by fan vote. But when they fill out the team, he’ll be on it.
HWirth:
Let us hope he never plays for team Canaderr LOL!
Carp – The silly part is since they are just awards and are a publicity stunt they should create a defensive defensemen award like the Selke for the forwards.
Huh. Chicago couldn’t put the third one in.
3-2 Final
I think I may have won the ticket contest because those three posts the Rangers hit tonight didn’t count as shots. :-)
Rangers really needed Avery in tonight’s game ;)
Marty’s saving percentage took a little dive tonight….That Hagelin’s goal, even though it was a great shot, was more than stoppable….
I would have loved to see Avery out there tonight. Just to irritate Fatso.
Sorry, Olga – I tried!
Oh, HW – I misunderstood you – but yeah, I can definitely see Brad telling that story, because I think he had great respect for Harry Howell, who was a Ranger stalwart that nobody thinks of much anymore!
Sorry about the salad dressing, Mickey! Owtch!
Jimbo- I figured you got them the first two. They needed to get one for themselves ;)
Jimbo – Didn’t the Garden Faithful boo him though or at least he wasn’t loved by all the fans. A couple of the old timers as the Garden who crazily enough have had tickets for like 50 years told me that once.
“Rangers really needed Avery in tonight’s game ;)”
Aside from 5 fighting minutes I don’t see how the game goes much different. DON’T HATE!
Fatso probably complained to the refs post game that Avery sent him menacing texts between periods
I guess so, Olga – my powers had a limited time-period to work!
Yeah, if Avery was in the lineup, we could have won this 4-1, instead of 4-1. Damn! Bad coaching!
How aboot Torts though? The guy scratches EC, and plays this kid named Anisimov, and he has a three point night. That’s coaching!!
HW, the Garden Faithful booed everyone – I think I remember some of them yelling for Howell to hit the opposition players with his purse or something, basically because he played the game clean and classy.
The true fans appreciated his work, as did the league when he won that Norris.
Howell and Jim Neilson took a lotta crap back in those days – but they were our best D-men!
The world looks so much sunnier when the Rangers win. Especially when they beat the Devils.
I would prefer that Girardi NOT go to the All Star game. The way this season is going, he’ll get hurt on a freak play.
Orr I said it earlier. Best move Torts has made has been turning Ani into a winger. Nice to see him having a solid year.
Some gems from a Devils blog (not Fire and Ice):
*Larsson had a very good, if not great game. His outlet passes have been excellent these last couple of games and he’s learning quickly what he can and cannot do at the NHL level.
Gaborik might have had two goals tonight, but as I’ve said in the past Kovalchuk is a far superior player, and looked it tonight. I’ll take Kory’s contract over Gaborik’s in a heartbeat.
Brodeur should have saved the second goal, and it turned out to be a back-breaker.*
*Gaborik scores goals and that’s all, otherwise he’s soft, injury prone and has not guts. He will collapse like he does every season, No doubt Kovalchuk is better.
Larsson was very good and some terrific defensive moves, huge improvement.*
Hire Torts!
Ask Kenny Albert sometime to ask his pop about Harry Howell and Jim Neilson – he called the games back then, and he appreciated their work.
LMFAO CT! that’s rich
If the Norris voters look at Girardi’s Corsi Rel QoC of 2.061, they can’t fail to look favourably on him, right Carp?
Steve Zipay @stevezipay
RT @KatieStrangESPN: Tortorella on Lundqvist: “I guess the boys gave him that ugly hat. He deserved it.
Oh, Torts, you funny man you.
Excellent gems, CTB.. I prefer this one:
*Gaborik scores goals and that’s all, otherwise he’s soft, injury prone and has not guts. He will collapse like he does every season, No doubt Kovalchuk is better.”
And Kovalchoke is not injury prone as we’ve all seen this season! LOLOLOLOL
CT you ran into bob the builder on a NJ blog?
Not one more word about Norris and Girardi, fans. I WON’T HAVE IT! HE DOESN’T DESERVE IT! HE’S JUST TOO GOOD DEFENSIVELY! OKAY?
Agreed Noonan…
Once upon a time, there was this guy named Kovalchuk on the trade block that Rangers fans wanted very badly
Lol, CTB…That’s classic. Thanks for the….Hold on, WTB are you doing on the Devils blog? Trolling? Don’t increase their traffic, I bet by just looking you doubled their hits…
Great stuff, CTB – they’re delusional over there….
I take it back this one is my favorite:
“Gaborik might have had two goals tonight, but as I’ve said in the past Kovalchuk is a far superior player, and looked it tonight. I’ll take Kory’s contract over Gaborik’s in a heartbeat.”
WHO IS KORY? LOL
Why am I on a Devils blog?
http://tinyurl.com/85h76sy
Those are great, CTB. Delusional Devils fan might be just as fun as delusional Avery fans.
CT: Sounds like Chico Resch wrote those gems!
Fat fingers noonan, in honor of their goalie.
I’m surprised none of the Devils funbois clinged to their “Marty > King” meme. Maybe they aren’t as delusional as we all thought.
Hedberg > Fatso
Good Marty > Big Marty too…
Looking at the East standings, can’t remember since the Lockout ended and the parity and all that such a distinct gap between the top 5 teams and the rest of the Conference.
Crazy because a couple years ago we were all on Girardi’s case for being soft when he didn’t stick up for someone (Gabby?) in a scrap of some sort. And now we love him for having the largest testicles on the team. What a transformation and growth.
This is when you guys are at your best …
guess it helps when the other guys are crying themselves to sleep because the Rangers won and all the dime-a-dozen, overrated character guys and the coach looked good doing it.
and because now it looks like the Rangers won’t throw Stepan, Anisimov and Del Zotto in the trash.
“Good Marty > Big Marty too…”
does not compute…
::head explodes::
Carp, looks like Hagelin is joining the group of untouchables…Nice to know we are patient.
Bickel had his moments, but he was steady for someone who played his first NHL game. 1, 1 assist, 11 min. Immediately went to defend his teammate.
Is Prust OK?
It looks more and more like winning our division is going to be important to avoid the Flyers or Pens in the first round. Watch the top 5 will be there by a distinct margin and 2 of 3 top 3 will lose in the 1st round. You never know in the NHL. That’s why I don’t think the new playoff system in the realignment argument is a big deal cause upsets happen in the NHL all the time no matter who plays who.
Gaborik is on pace for come back player of the year.
Hagelin has 4 goals. Has a single one of them not been an important one? Kinda sucks though. His timely goals are kind of an example of how much better the offense would be if Dubinsky was scoring this season.
They found the intensity in the 3rd but these division/conference games are exactly what they need to get back on track.
Good Marty= Biron, noonan
Great game by Hank, Hags, and the GAS line.
Bichel looked good and likes to bang.
First 3 stars go to Hank. He played great tonite.
Very good points all around James. I’ll add to that 3rd period comment that we are one of the best 3rd period teams in the NHL because that evil man Torts is a taskmaster in training camp and when he talks about the one thing you can control in hockey is your fitness his teams prove it all the time.
If Bickel becomes more than a journeyman it means that he is more than Eminger.
“Crazy because a couple years ago we were all on Girardi’s case for being soft when he didn’t stick up for someone (Gabby?) in a scrap of some sort. And now we love him for having the largest testicles on the team. What a transformation and growth.”
Cmon, guy! (canadian accent) That was ONE game not even a microcosm of his career.
Most fans here weren’t on his case and neither was Carp if I remember correctly. Girardi didn’t want to get thrown out of the game and I don’t fault him for that. It turned out to be an important one being that it was against Philly didn’t it?
In hindsight, NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE, he said he’d jump in in a heartbeat (think i saw it on 24/7). We all know Girardi has the heart and regrets not sticking up for the golden boy. This isn’t some junior league blog!!!
BBB – Eminger is a journeyman dman no question but I thought he found something this year and was becoming more consistent.
“Good Marty= Biron, noonan”
The “good” threw me off.
You are correct, sir!
noonan, you saw that in my column a few weeks ago. He made a mistake. it had nothing to do with courage, obviously. But he heard stuff about his courage, and it hurt him.
Looks like we’re going over 10,000 views today.
HWirth, you mention Eminger finding something this year. Seems a lot of guys have found things the last couple of years. Think maybe the coach and his assistant are pretty good teachers?
Carp – WHAT??!!?? The coach might have done a good job improving the youngsters. NAH!! Can I also say what a bad job Gernander, JJ and Boller are doing in Hartford since every injury replacement has come up and fit right in like a glove.
I still think another assistant coach could help the team.
Great win! LGR!
Refresh!
Oh there you go with your Torts blinders again Carp. He has nothing to do with this teams development. He’s simply in the right place at the wrong time. dime a dozen coach. Or 12 of .10 cents..depending where you shop
YES Carp that was a very good article about Girardi BTW. Why the hell didn’t that make it into the NYSlimes?
It did hurt him though you could tell. And I’m glad it did. Not because what he did was right or wrong, but because he wouldn’t be who he is today if it didn’t.
The guy will literally stick his neck out to block a slapshot with his face and has people questioning his “courage”. It’s almost hilarious. But it’s New York.
The best d-man we have and likely for years to come.
Was just going to mention that JJ will probably get a good look in the NHL sometime soon because those defensemen that come up seem to know how to defend.
Good Marty is awesome. Just sayin.
Hags has 4 goals and Dubi has one. In all seriousness, he needs to make a sacrifice or go to reconciliation or something. He must be having nightmares by now.
Jimbo, IMO worst mistake Emile ever made was sticking with journeymen Wayne Hillman and Al MacNeil (as his fifth D), and total wash-out Arnie Brown, over Rod Seiling and Bob Plager – one a skilled athlete, who could also play left wing, and one a head-hunting bruiser who nearly tore Bobby Hull’s head off in his first shift in the NHL in 1964.
These two kids, were ready for delivery by 1966-67, but got stalled in deference to the damn “experience is ability” curse. Howell and Neilson were the only two decent (actually very good) D’s the Rangers had in ‘67, and the Canadiens bounced them out in the first round in four games.
Talk about paying a price for not promoting kids in timely fashion, that is the best hockey example I can think of; with the best baseball example being that idiot Ed Wade keeping Ryan Howard and Chase Utley on the farm until they were almost 25!
Yeah, Rangers, let’s trade some blue chip kids now for some burned out, banged-up 34 year old and win the Cup with that. Right.
Latona – Ilb——I’m combining both your points. I’ve thought the same thing about the third coach but I guess it’s work for him. However, I was going to say if they bring up an extra coach my coach would be JJ.
Happy birthday, James G. and many more in good health…
Dubi worried me when he didn’t attend training camp.
I would never fault him for holding out on his contract. But how does not being held to the same standards as the rest of your teammates (Tortorella’s conditioning) AND not playing with them help the team? It was selfish.
I was also surprised when he got more money than Callahan. Good thing it’s not a lengthy contract because he is absolutely snakebitten.
Isles win in the shootout. Barf!
Oooo, Lambert is all spiffy now. Minus the concourse that was destroyed by a tornado.
Anyways,
Girardi and McD have been awesome, no question. With Danny taking his rightful place as the leader of the D with Staal out. But without the strides MDZ has made, this team would be worse off then they are. It’s the point where Torts trusts him on the PK and with over 20 minutes a game whereas just a year ago he wouldn’t let him near those with a 50 foot pole.
Just found out that this hot polish model, Marta Krupa, is a Rangers fan! I prefer her sister, Joanna, but she’s a babe!
A lot of models are becoming Rangers fans. First Kate Upton, then Chanel Iman, and probably more. I strongly approve of this.
I’m not saying whether the questions about Girardi’s toughness back then were legit. It’s just the fact that there WERE some people questioning it. And now, nobody questions anything about his game one bit. He’s turned into a cornerstone-type player, with no doubt about it.
noonan, Dubi was in camp this year from the get-go…
I got sweet seats last season and sat in front of a girl Del Z brought. Basically the players wives section. She was exceptionally good looking. As was her mom. That is all.
Barf indeed!! They are not doing too badly lately, the creeps!
Boom-Boom, yes, Emile was perhaps overly loyal to his veterans – I was not yet a Ranger fan when they had Plager and Al MacNeil, but I remember Rod Seiling very well – the fans used to harass him pretty badly, too….as I recall. Arnie Brown I remember, too – he was supposed to be the next Bobby Orr – pleeease!
“noonan, Dubi was in camp this year from the get-go…”
i wasn’t talking about this year. you know, the year he held out and missed two weeks of camp?
but i digress..
real fans are talking, mickeymouse.
Trade everybody!
I don’t know about your Polish model, ORR – but I got a pound of Polish ham at a very Polish deli last night, and it makes a good sandwich on the Polish rye bread I bought there.
Whoa dude, back off. I thought you were talking about then, but wasn’t sure. And no need to call names so chillout.
Hey!! No dissing Mickey! She’s a true fan!
When are you coming North, Mickey?
“Whoa dude, back off. I thought you were talking about then, but wasn’t sure. And no need to call names so chillout.”
im just breaking your balls kid it’s all good ;)
Mama mia!
http://img265.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-15210/loc389/933450747_Tikipeter_Joanna_and_Marta_Krupa_All_Hollywood_Party_023_122_389lo.jpg
All together now…
Put on your yarmulke
Here comes Chanukah
So much funukah
To celebrate Chanukah!
Jimbo, Friday.. and thanks for having my back.
noonan, oh, OK. And I’m no kid, lol. But thanks for the ego boost :P
The one on the right looks like she’s had her lips blown up a bit – but I wouldn’t…oh never mind…
And now I must go to youtube and watch that. Thanks, Jeff in CT!
Fuggin-A, NYR! The one on the left is the Rangers fan.
Fun fact! The one in the right, my preference, did Playboy. Mama mia, is right! Her nips are like baby thumbs! Prust sayin’!!!
Friday? Is that when you’ll be coming through NYC?
The one on the left needs to wipe the little clumps of deodorant off her pit. It’s throwing me off! I hate when that happens!
ORR!!! Baby thumbs!? Tsk-tsk! ;-P
Tis the season Mickey.
Or fleshy pink bullets, Jimbo!!
ORR, I think Carp is gonna be telling Mama to “get the papers” ready….
Nada Jimbo. I’m flying through Charlotte to Albany. I’m going through NYC on the 28th and 29th.
What did Mickey go to watch?
OH!!! That’s right! Not before Christmas, but before New Year’s….
Bullets! You’re some piece of work, ORR!
Orr …!
(ps, I couldn’t open the link).
Hagelin having a laugh at himself on twitter:
Big win tonight boys, tough celly though!!
Yes, I am!!
I hope Mama doesn’t get the papers, get the papers…
What a game!
Hank = ELITE!
MARTY!! MARTY!!
See ORR – I told you!!
Yes it was, Carp – but what’s a celly!?
Yo, C3!!! How are ya!? Happy Hanukkah!
Yo Jimbo! Doing very well! Thank you! How YOU doing?!
What a way to kick off the Hanukkah!!
I’m doing fine, C3 – yes, we all got a nice present tonight!! And we didn’t need to play with our dreidels…(sp?)
Sorry, Carp – I didn’t realize that you were channeling Hagelin there….to me, a “celly” means a cell phone, but what’s that got to do with anything?
Ron Duguay asked Joe; “Joe, what do you about Hegiln’s composure when he went down on Brodeur?” HUH?! lol
I had the deficit right with my 3 to 0 Rangers shutout prediction! Wo-HOOOOooooo conGRATS TO WHOEVER GOT IT right!!!!! oh, and take a long walk ALL YE NAYSAYERS!!!!!!!!
:D !
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!
Jimbo … celebration.
Thank you, Carp – I’m dense! ;-)
C3, are you sure you heard that correctly? I think Duguay would know better than to word things that way!! Hahahaha!!!
But I bet Joe enjoyed the question! ;-)
Say what, JImbo?
Imagine how much more satisfying this win wold have been had Avery played.
Mickey? Last thing I said to you had to do with when you were coming through NYC – and then I remembered that it wasn’t before Christmas, but before New Year’s Day…
Right, Miami!
my observations. stralman struggled tonight. Bickell did fine.
fedetenko cannot shoot the puck.. still wining with dubi with 1 goal and boyle with 2…
hagelin is here to stay he should jsut rent an apartment for the season.
prust is a turnover machine, watch him sometime…......mitchell, prust, feds, not giving much offensively and same with Boyle. they simply win with defense….
forgot the rangers mainly won because they have the better goalie, by far. bottom line hank is top 4 in the NHL…......
Oh sorry. Stepped away to do something, Jimbo.
I’ll be in NYC the 28th and 29th, albeit briefly.
Ha, Miami, so right. I don’t care that you’re trying to be funny. It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.
I am definitely ready to meet a Polish supermodel chick!
I am ready for Prime Time!! aha aha…I like it!
Obviously I mean the whole Avery comment, not all of Miami’s other assen-clownery.
BILLY,
I’m actually not trying to be funny. I’m a big Avery fan.
MGaborik10 Huge win tonight! “I likeeee”
Bwaha! Butt-Chin Gaby loves pretending to be Borat!
I hope you have a “great shot” at meeting one, NYR! You have the power!
Ok gang, I gotta get to bed, next 2 days are gonna be crazy at work.
See you all on the flip side
I’m like Hagelin!
Take it slow, Mickey – goodnight!
MIAMI, could you not hear me from the greater New York area asking, “WHY NOT PLAY AVERY IN THIS GAME?”
Seriously, so ridiculous! Avery is made for a game like this against the Debbies, and also in games like the one upcoming against the Islanders and the Flyers—let him attract some attention away from the others and shake things up a bit! For me, it’s a no-brainer. I always knew I liked you, Pimp.
But what about me guys?! I do really good in shootouts …
“The Hobbit” trailer leaked today! Looks coool!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k3kHtyoqc
Thanks, Orr. I hope one of has a great shot, anyway.
What’s the NYR players’ excuses? They have plenty of chances to pick up supermodels. What is going on here? I think these guys sell themselves short…
one of us**
You know, I’m beginning to think that one of the Rangers is dating that Marta Krupa! I mean, why would a polish chick, living in LA root for NYR? Maybe that’s Avery’s new squeeze?
Because NYC is like Poland West – of course she wants to root for a NYC team!
Maybe the NYR brought her in to help Wolski with his “groin” therapy!
Ohhh, that’s a good theory, Jimbo! I totally forgot Wolski has Polish blood flowing through his euro pansy veins.
From NHL.com comments section…
DevilsCup I was at the game. The Rangers have a 28 year old top 5 goalie in his prime. We have a 39 year old future hall of fame goalie that should have retired. We cannot compete with the Rags until that inequity is resolved.
I love the honesty! Good chap!
Yes, honest! I’ll give him that!