Game 42.
Start of the second half of the season … like the first half, it starts outside of the U.S.A.
The Rangers have suffered half of their regulation losses to Canadian clubs (6-5-1) including a pair of home losses to the Maple Leaves.
They Rangers have lost one in a row—and have only lost as many as two in a row (in regulation) twice this season. They are 5-1 in the last six, 10-2 in the last 12. They are 5-0-1 in the first games of back-to-backs, and 5-0-1 in the second games of back-to-backs, and play in Montreal tomorrow night.
Martin Biron (8-2, 2.06) starts in goal. Brandon Dubinsky (sore shoulder) remains out, which means Wojtek Wolski gets another chance.
This is the first meeting since Dion Phaneuf phaneufed Michael Sauer with a huge, clean hit.
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Got confirmation that Sean Avery’s problems with the Connecticut Whale were NOT due to a spitting incident, as some nit-twit tweeted.
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Unrelated, a source confirmed that the Empire State Building will be lit tomorrow on one side with New York Giants blue, on two sides with Green Bay Packers green and gold, and on the south side in Flyers orange crud … to honor the Packers and the Flyers and Mr. Ed Snider, of course. With a full endorsement from the NHL.
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giddy up
NYDNRangers Pat Leonard
#NYR warmup lines: Hagelin-Richards-Callahan, Mitchell-Stepan-Gaborik, Prust-Boyle-Fedotenko, Anisimov-Rupp-Wolski
Let’s Go!!! RANGERS!!!!!!! Go Caaaaarrrrrrlllllll!!!!!!!!
Bit early for Go Time! isn’t it? Game won’t start for another two hours or so, being a Saturday night in Toronto.
big game for Mitch here
Rene bourque makes his hab debut against NYR.
Lets go Rangers!!!!
Let’s go rake some Leaves!
I’m back! $1700 lighter (and I need a new wheel. not a new tire, a new WHEEL. Who knew there was a difference??). However, I have Five Guys and beer for dinner, so my soul is somewhat assuaged.
Would help if the Rangers win tonight.
Oh and I get the HNIC crew since the game is on NHLN. Should be interesting.
GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! LETS GO RANGERSSS!!! LET GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! gametime in on!!!!! GO RANGERSSSSS , lets kill the LEAFS!!!!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Carp, it’s not the same if you don’t write “ya boys”.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
DUckbill is inside the house as you rapper Americans say.
I am guessing that Greg is pumped. Just a hunch.
Rangers have lost twice this season to the leafs 4-2. It’s time for the rangers to give some payback to the leafs.
if the niners are lucky enough to win this game, and the giants good enough to win tomorrow…..giants will kill the niners…....niner offense is 11 4th line players
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
Scott Gomez is back for the Habs. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Im pumped , im ready , im set, im good too go , im raring , im ready to ROCK N ROLL!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
SCREW YOU LEAFS!!!!
Go Rangerssss , boy are we mad, we want a WIN!!!!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RANGERSSSS!!
RANGERS!!!
RANGERSSS!!!
RANGERSS!!!
RANGERSSS!!
Yip , Mickey , mesa perty pumped up for this one!!!
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Military Appreciation night in TO? I like it.
LETS GO RANGERSSS!!!
Its gonna be a real ring-a-ding dong dandy!!!!
Carp
Great midseason review! Agree with you 101%! This team is on the right path and it is great to be a fan of the Rangers right now!
We have to win this game tonight!
LET’S GO RANGER!
Solidiers? Canadians don’t know how to war!!!?? Just kiddin!!
RANGERS
RANGERS
RANGERS
RANGERS!!!!!
Attaboy, Greg!
Now where is Miami with his bush league tear down of this team?
If they don’t drop the puck soon Greg is going to explode.
Clueless MSG as always. Great military ceremony not being shown so we can hear Duguay repeat the same crap over and over again. Class as always MSG.
Let’s Go Rangers!
GO DirecTV!
GO RCN!
That little girl is adorable.
Why do these MSG people keep saying “this New York Ranger team”? Where’s the darn “S”??
CCCP,got that package! thanks brotha!
:)
Internet feed is working for all of those SCREWED by TWC and MSG!
LOL, BANJ. I wouldn’t wanna have to clean that mess up.
Gotta love that General being all general-like in telling everyone what to do.
Mitchell on the first line? LOL
Glen Sather sighting!!!!
Morg
You got it, bro! Hope you like it! If you do, I’ll send you more of mind twisting music! Enjoy!
Canadian anthem BOOOOO!!!!
Was that Andy Samberg singing?
tomg, jimbo
You guys are crazy. The music of the past is much better than today’s music.
:P
is manny inside the house tonight or is he henpeckled?
BYFUGLIEN TORONTO and all Canadian teams!
I thought the singer had a resemblance to Howdy Doody..
Let’s go Rangers! Let’s take one back!
WOOHOO. Game on!
Lol Mickey!
Duckbill,
My old lady likes to henpeck me…but the lady was some straggletoother when she was a young lassie… yeehaw!
Sincerely,
Bob
Uhh, Prust-Boyle-Feds is NOT a new line for this team, Leafs announcers.
Why does Hagelin wear a visor that doesn’t cover his eyes and a chin strap that dangles down to his chest?
LW…just thought the same thing…didn’t they learn anything from Sauer?
Maybe this was mentioned before but…how serious is Dubi’s injury?
Calliehan flying already.
duckbob Plat-y-mao
Woofski- AA-Rupp?? WTB is Torts smoking with that line??
atta-a-boyle!!
Any Raptors updates on CBC yet?
CPPP, david dubinsky has sore shoulder…that is, an excuse to rest him and get Wolveski some ice time..but as you know the Woe-tech Wolveski is a straggletoothed player. Always has been.
Respectfully,
Bob
dde, ...roflMAO™
Oh no, Torts talking to Gabby. He’s soooooo mean to Marian
/sarcasm
what channel are the rangers on for FIOS right now??? not on MSG, or NHL Network, or Versus….???
el pressa
msg2
fios 79…no HD…:(
N/M…..i’m an idiot
thanks fellas….
This is just unbelievable!! Blacked out on cable, and their radio broadcast is on WWRL, which has less of a signal than a travel advisory station – I don’t get it!! – does MSG and Dolan really not want us to follow this team anymore?
Putting the game on a weak Black Gospel station!? WTB!?
Incredible!! Next, we’ll be on CB radio on channel 19….
LOL @ Prust hitting his own teammates in warmups.
Jimbo…you have a better chance of finding the Toronto broadcast…
Callahan is like a heat seeking missile.
cally with 19 hits on that shift
>>Putting the game on a weak Black Gospel station!? WTB!?
Do not despair, they’ll put it on a White Gospel station for you next time.
Jimbo, move to brooklyn and get Cablevsion…Dolan wants everyone living in Brooklyn. BUy a nice little brownstone… enjoy.
Brooklyn Bob
Parros, we have qualifying words for that torrent of vulgarity.
Softly,
Bob
Ruh roh, Parros used bad words, especially the baddest of bad words.
Fun fact: Growing in Thunder Bay Marc Staal idolized Carl Racki.
Joey Crabb. LOL
still cant believe that we (myself included) were all happy about the Boyle 3 year extension in the offseason. Another 2 years of watching this buffoon skate around at $1.7 per….
Unrelated – How does Drew Brees not get more love from the media than Tom Brady. Guy is a freaking magician
Anybody have a link?
F you TWC
Bob you tell me what is more out of line. My vulgarity or Dolan blocking Ranger games from die hard fans.
>>>Jimbo, move to brooklyn and get Cablevsion…Dolan wants everyone living in Brooklyn. BUy a nice little brownstone… enjoy.
My GF lives in Brooklyn – and she’s got Time-Warner, too! That’s not a foolproof answer, either!
>>>Do not despair, they’ll put it on a White Gospel station for you next time.
Really? Find one, if you can!! Maybe Dolan will start one up? He sure doesn’t know carcillo about hockey, maybe he has some expertise in the radio business?
No? I didn’t think so….
Parros, only Fran can use those words here.
I’m pretty sure you can listen to the audio broadcast from the Rangers website if anyone needs…
drinking some black sambuca…
bobJimbo, move to the midwest and get Center Ice/have the game on NHLN and not blacked out. ;)
Parros, ask the admin of the site which is worse and he will tell you its the words you used, even with your ‘creative’ spelling.
Nice fu manchu on the Leaf. LOL
or is it sambvca?
In game borsalino. NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE
>>>Jimbo…you have a better chance of finding the Toronto broadcast…
Thanks, Stall – I’ve got the broadcast now, but I find it “amusing” that during a time when Ranger fans are being kept from seeing their team on TV that they relegate the radio broadcast to a station that has a negative signal and ratings!
Truly, it’s like they don’t want us to follow the team! Next time they’ll move the radio broadcast to the Korean-language radio station..
Jimbo, I ordered DirecTV today!
Has anyone ever compiled all the substitute words we use? Where’s Manny? He likes lists…
Aasen = tuchus
Carcillo/Cooke = smelly stuff that comes out of a tuchus
Byfuglien = firetruckin
>>>Jimbo, move to the midwest and get Center Ice/have the game on NHLN and not blacked out. ;)
Is that an invitation for me to come crash at your place, Mickey!? ;-p
Mickey, fv manchv?
LOL, we DO need an extended list of substitute words.
Move to Europånsyland and get the Rangers games plus the benefits of communism.
Sure Jimbo, come on out! I’ll give you BBQ and Ted Drewes!
Good move, NYR-FAN…..definitely! It looks like they’re not gonna settle this situation anytime soon…
Bickels = balls
LOL, Sally! I should have written that!
>>>Move to Europånsyland and get the Rangers games plus the benefits of communism.
NOOOOO!!!! We’re getting too close to that here already! No way!
Mickey, I really hope they get a big win for you tonight! Sorry to hear about all that mess with your car :(
Watching Gabby skate is a thing of beauty.
Jimbo, move to Buffalo and watch the game on Canadian tv. And eat awesome wings.
Thanks Sally and apologies for the profanity. Dolan is still a big poopie pants. I truly dislike him.
Hmmm….you’re tempting me, Mickey! BBQ I understand, but what’s Ted Drewes?
help, please, anyone with link?
game is NOT on at my friend’s and we are loosing our minds. it’s not the TWC thing, it’s who knows what. We’ve got every other game that’s on TV but NOT our Rangers. wtf.
Thanks Sally. I appreciate that. And I am so sending my bill to MODOT.
A PP? UGH. DECLINE
Rangers should start to decline power play’s
I think the F bomb is fugg…but I may be mistaken…
Byfuglin!!
>>>Jimbo, move to Buffalo and watch the game on Canadian tv. And eat awesome wings.
OK on the first part, Sally – but if I did the latter, my stomach and aasen would self-destruct, and I’d be no more!
Nothing like Rangers “Corporate” screwing the fans who give them money…
Jimbo, Ted Drewes is this awesome frozen custard that is an STL institution. It’s much smoother than ice cream and so yummy: http://www.teddrewes.com/home/default.aspx
billy, http://88.80.11.29/42720/watch-ny-rangers-vs-toronto
The MSG150 is sponsored now? Somebody at Audi is going to get fired.
Jimbo, that’s too bad. Beef on weck?
http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/ice-hockey.html Game link found here…
Don Cherry time!
billy:
http://atdhenet.tv/42720/watch-ny-rangers-vs-toronto
radio 1600 AM
Don Cherry- hahahahaha
Mickey, OK on Ted Drewes – sounds great! They used to have frozen custard-type ice cream at Coney Island a million years ago, and it was FAB!
Sally, I never had beef on weck – I think I’d like it, but they don’t have it down here.
Sally, thank you my dear! :D
>>>radio 1600 AM
Which has a signal as powerful as EC’s fighting ability and desire….
Don Cherry is yelling with his mouth. And with his jacket. SO loud.
I like frozen custard better than ice cream now. But either are gooood.
Sally, I have to admit that I don’t like Beef on Weck. It’s the carraway seeds on the bun that get to me.
Sally January 14th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Don Cherry is yelling with his mouth. And with his jacket. SO loud.
LIKE TIL INFINITY!
Parros, don’t ever pull that crap here again. you’ve been warned.
hahaha, the Rangers are in 1st place and they are on AM1600 and no where to be found on Comcast where I’m at right now. Amateur-hour (tm Miami)!
anyone on Putnam Comcast and know what the channel is? My buddy was on the phone with their customer service for like a 1/2 hour and then accidentally hung up, it was really funny, but we got nowhere with it :(
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!
I also want to make a list of verbs named after ‘heads. To Carp, to Laurel, to BANj… others?
Mickey, did you write “asshats” on your check?
Mickey, did you hear him calm himself down? “I’m getting carried away here…” LMAO!
You go Sally!
Beef on Weck isn’t my favorite either, but I like it like I like the Bills (just cause it’s Buffalo).
Carp, Nope. I had to use a credit card. I will use asshats when I send a copy of the bill to MODOT demanding they repay me for their idiocy/short-sightedness.
Sally, I heard that! Nearly spit out my beer when he said that!
LMAO, I’m a verb!
I’d like to try beef on weck and Italian beef – but neither is to be found here in New York City…
This scoring drought is not good – we need to put some pucks in the net…..Pronto!!
Just caught up with you. Time to score, eh?
How many periods since NYR scored a goal?
Let’s GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First time in awhile watching on TV, game on NHLN! MSG still sucks!!!!!!!!!
BANJ, indeed you are!
I wonder of the Boyle-haters are watching this game … or if they still can’t see past the G column in the stats.
Tough to do, but the Leafs demolish the Rsngers when it comes to the number of fans who can’t be bothered returning to their premium seats by the start of the second period.
Hey Boneheads, I’ll be at the game tommorrow up in Montreal. Let’s GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*if.
Boy, that Kessel is a pasty, flabby-looking guy, isn’t he?
WOOOO!!!!! RVPPER!!!!!!
BEAUTY!!!
YESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
WOOOOO!!! RUPPER!!!!
YEEHAWW, RUPPER!!!!
SICK PASSING!!!!
That was a Tappen for Rupp. 1-nil.
LMAO Carp!!!
That was almost two passes too many, and it would have looked idiotic if it didn’t end up in the net. But some great passes.
Rupp is useless again! Wooohhoooo
Weve already had one “Boyle is loafing around the ice” comment, Carp.
Schweeet !!!!!!!!!
Also, saw that pass/catch by the Niners to win the game. HOLY SMOKES!
nice tic tack toe goal there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tappen? Isn’t that somebody’s name?
Sweet play! Keep the pressure on, boys!
Dime a dozen bushleaguer scores?
Hockey Globtrotters!!! Ruppppeeeer!
seriously, LW? do these people understand hockey even a little?
Aww, Gabby :(
Rupp is so slow, I saw that goal two minutes after everyone else.
I hate comcast … fishsticks only with the dreaded knicks
Someone was asking before…Torts with this line smoked the right stuff, obviously, hah?
the Doghouse Line scores, nice :p
Rupp with zero assists…useless!
Can’t see particular enthusiasm here…What’s the matter?
Carp,
Boyle haters = Avery lovers
I’d like to see us get a few more goals, and then see one or more of our guys wipe out Mr. Sloppy Seconds for injuring Sauer-power…..
“I hate comcast … fishsticks only with the dreaded knicks”
I take the Islanders to win at basketball, the Knicks at hockey in that matchup.
>>Tappen? Isn’t that somebody’s name?
You might be right. I think there’s someone on the NHL Network with that name. I just can’t recall the full name at the moment.
That was me that asked about the line, 4ever. I retract my statement.
Sean Avery is a better player than Mike Rupp.
Leaves are 30th in the NHL on PK…how bad can our PP be?! Put Boris Hagelin on PP!
Correction…Avery is a better AHL player than Mike Rupp
LOL, Staal!
when he’s not benched for disciplinary reasons, Staal Wart.
Islander and the Knick? I know there have been rumors about Isles moving I just didn’t think they’ll move them to the NBA. :)
or maybe Gernander just hates him.
It’s Boyce, Sam. Not Bryce or Byce.
Avery is also a better AHL player than Brian Boyle who is a dime a dozen player.
Carp. My apologies to you as well and to all others on the blog I offended with my vulgarity. I had figured misspelling the words made it ok but I understand that it did not and am sorry for that.
Sally many thanks for the link. Got it just in time to see the goal. LGR!
Are they’re Avery “lovers” in Hartford?
No problem, Parros. I do understand your frustration with the involved parties. Pieces of clarke.
hahaha LW3H isles v. knicks
it really stinks not bein’ able to watch this one. at least there’s Pats v. Tebow. Barf.
Uh oh Del Zaster!
Nice dive by Grabovski
Bah, silly DZ.
Maybe Mickey, but Avery never told Jody Shelley he was “Phaneuf-ing irrelevant out here” That alone makes me want Rupp’s number in the rafters lol
Doesn’t Grabovski play for the Patriots?
I’m betting Sam has used the Rangers app about as many times as Duguay has chosen not to wear an outfit because it was “too 70s”.
CCCP???
I’m not sure Dipietro could play basketball
LOL, LW.
James G, I was being sarcastic :) I would take Rupp a thousand times out of a thousand over Avery.
James that’s because Avery would have to turtle if he had to fight Shelley…lol
But his contract would fit nicely in the NBA.
lol I was trying to ADD to the sarcasm Mick
Sally???
Grabovski looked like he was trying to block a punt on that call, Carp.
LOL, LW! DiPietro would hurt himself on the opening tipoff.
Hey Avery does not “turtle” he “slides gracefully into his fashionable shell” lol
Ahh, ok, James G. I gotcha now :)
the Canadian’s have a military?
I think they wear furry black hats.
the Rangers
are making me
very nervous
The Leaves announcer keeps mispronouncing “Stepan”. Annoying.
Staal, everything you need to know about Canada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-qT6o1jls
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Charles Barkley is in better shape than DiPi and could probably survive Torts’ training camp sooner than Dipi could survive a quarter of hockey ; D
Yes Staal Wart…Canada has an army that runs on maple syrup
Avery is in the Giant Fish, er, Mammal (whatever) lineup tonight and according to twitter accounts took a ridiculously stupid slashing penalty.
Off the post!
What will happen next, a Rangers power play goal or Boyle scoring any type of goal?
Torts shake the lines up again? I feel like I missed that earlier.
More Bryce?
Strong game by Brian Bryle too.
good pressure here
LMAO @ CCCP.
Carp, is tonight pink ice night? Won’t that clash with the Whales’ uniforms? #seanaveryproblems
LOL Sally!
Was expecting a “Save by Lundqvist!” call by Sam when the Leafs hit the post then.
Don Cherry is back. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hahahaha, Sally.
They can’t show these Adam Graves commercials nearly enough as far as I’m concerned.
Does Don Cherry even need a microphone?
i don’t know what’s worse—rooting for the Pats or hearing Tebow for another week.
Prolly will hear Tebow no matter what…
I really can’t stand the Pats…
I’ve gotta be polite and not make a big deal we can’t watch the real game at my friends…
What a great Saturday night.
Please keep me sane Carp & RR.
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!
LOL @ Sally!
“the Canadian’s have a military?”
if Don Cherry can show them a little respect you can too, ya JERK
Sam forgot to check his app to see who was in goal tonight.
Phaneuf- you suck! Stop hitting our players with high elbows.
AA got destroyed by wet fart, er, Phaneuf
“i don’t know what’s worse—rooting for the Pats or hearing Tebow for another week.”
Rooting for the Pats cuz you live in “New England”
::shivers::
If Tebow wins it’s God’s will. And if the Patriots win a game or two, but no Superbowl it’s God’s will as well.
Eat it unbelievers!!!!!!!!!!
check your shorts…you just got Phaneuffed
BOYLE SCORED!!!! YOU CALLED IT BROTHER!!!!
BOYLE!?!?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
BOYLAH!
BOYLE SCORED.
OMG!!!!!!!
wait! what???!!
BOOOOOOOOyler
ok, so now he’s a good player, right?
Boyle!!!!!!
BOYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLAVAH in da House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Schweet Schweeeet !!!!!!!!!!!
And now everyone can get off his case.
I guess I have my answer now. 2-0.
Carp trade him while he’s got value.
Boyle a dozen! 22 games w/o a goal?! Thats like almost two dozens, right? :)
noonan…why?
SHUN THE NONBELIEVERS. SHUN!
BOYLE IS A PROPHET
Since Linda isn’t here apparently, allow me: Flavah!
I guess Boyle must have read this blog, LOL.
Ya gotta shoot that, Cally!
“ok, so now he’s a good player, right?”
If Tonto scores, he’s a good player.
If not he’s still a 6-7 punching bag.
Prusty is so cute and tiny next to Boyle!
Yeah, you guys can pretend you didn’t see my message at @ 8:43 pm.
Carp, “tell him i said TASTE THE RAINBOW” -Linda
Thanks, JBytes!
Boyle has been working hard all game and CRUNCHING people. He deserved that goal! Love the kid. Solid citizen and hard worker.. Give him a BREAK!
Another player, who, according to some experts should’ve been decapitated… Useless. Can’t score. Soft. Sucks. An I forgetting anything?
Interview with Boyle coming up.
“Another player, who, according to some experts should’ve been decapitated… Useless. Can’t score. Soft. Sucks. An I forgetting anything?”
More red herrings please
where is the Southern Belle, Sally?
hey guys what lines are the Rangers rollin’ with tonight?
I’m so psyched about this game that I can’t watch!
wah wah wah
anyways, I’m not crying about it, just tryin to keep the guys updated (and myself sane)
Noooooo one scores like GASBOYLE! No one hits like GASBOYLE! No one’s neck’s as incredibly thick as GASBOYLE!
Carp, apparently she’s recovering from that interview :)
LMAO @ FLAVAH & TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!
SANTA, I KNOW HIM!!!
No one’s got a swell cleft in his chin like GASBOYLE.
NYR, yes!!! That still cracks me up!!!
It’s classic, Sally!!
lol Sally you have to love Linda for editing that for RR
HowlingsToday Mitchell R. Beck
Off the face-off #Avery sounds off to the linesman and gets himself a misconduct at 16:28
James, editing what?
Feds out with back spasms. If Dubi is not ready, NYR_FAN you might get your wish.
The way “Taste the rainbow” gets displayed on FB is a little less PG. Haha at least when I posted it to her page it is.
I miss Dvbi. Not the cat one… she’s right here and she smells a little funky.
I’m in a heated ‘conversation’ about making NYR rental Team Teemu East… u guys would love it
Haha! I don’t think she’d mind tasting that rainbow…
“HowlingsToday Mitchell R. Beck
Off the face-off #Avery sounds off to the linesman and gets himself a misconduct at 16:28”
The Hollywood Mafia is out to get Sean Avery
Anytime, noonan…but has been a good, solid player before tgat goal. Hope you saw it too…
GASBOYLE makes me endlessly snicker.
Rupper and Boyle – 2 of the purest goal scorers in the NHL.
think my dog just laid a Phaneuf…phew
No more Feds? Nooooooooooooooooooooo :(
Lmao. I’m going to say that’s a pretty accurate statement
Where’s Feds?
OK. Rupp needs to kill Phaneuf. Like now.
Lol, Staal…
HW, Zucca sat out tonight…so, hopefully, he is OK soon and can get called up if necessary!
Boyle got creamed
another elbow
on another Ranger
from Sloppy Seconds
outside of Dubinsky’s recent injury I really think that goal scoring slump helped him find his true game. He’s grittier, a better grinder, values puck possession more, and makes bigtime passes (not just breakaway/breakouts but passes behind the net protecting the puck). This is going to work in Tort’s system nicely and he’ll find his scoring touch. It ain’t as pretty (and sometimes he was too pretty) but it works.
Mickey, they’re one and the same! That song was written for GASBOYLE.
Somebody needs to take care of this Phaneuf…
Phaneuf is an asshat
not conclusive – NO GOAL!
Agreed Sally!!
No goal.
“Boyle got creamed”
BOYLE NEVER GETS CREAMED! DO YOU HEAR ME? NEVER EVER SPEAK LIKE THAT AGAIN OR YOU WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF THE GODS AND THEY WILL SHOW YOU NO MERCY.
DO YOU SEE? DO YOU SEE?
BEEEEEEEEEER-ON!
GOOD MARTY!!!!!!!!!!
Great save, Beer-on!!!
BEER-ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bad icing
Hold on…Is Wolski playing?
NICE DIVE 42. THIS ISN’T MONTREAL, BUDDAY!
Step-ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
STEPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STEPS!!!!!
That was purty!
WWWOOOOOOHOOOOO STEPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Step, step, step….....!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOoOOoOOOooOOOooOOo!!!!!!!!111
BEER ON
STEP CHILD
THREE TO ZERO
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was very pweety!!! 3-0.
STEPSON
OH BOY IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS
STEPAN WITH THE MOVES
Steppin’Out!!!
WWWWOOOOOHHHOOOOO!!!
TAPPEN!!!!!!!!!
Biron with another assist!
::checks Cheatriots@Broncos::
uhoh 21-7 nothing to see here
Biron-2 assists. Rupp-0. Send him to AHL…
Trish is jumping for joy again. Leaves tried to throw their weight around; it only fired up the Rangers.
“Biron-2 assists. Rupp-0. Send him to AHL…”
Seriously bro you need to stop. You’re not funny and you are losing your mind.
Step’s move was so nasty, gustaffson’s jock just jumped thru my television
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECgI7PZL2U Step, step, Step…..
Carp, did Dubi join them on the roadtrip?
Maybe its time to send phanuf a message.
Yo don’t need to read it, noonan. And borrrow some basic sense of humor…
noon, he’s kidding
Even the HNIC announcers giving Boyle props. Hmmm, if THEY can see how valuable he is, I wonder what that means for how the Rangers organization sees him.
Car just beat the big scary Bruins 4-2!
Chili cheese dogs give you some serious Phaneuf’s
Boyle is a “dime a dozener” bwahaha
“Yo don’t need to read it, noonan. And borrrow some basic sense of humor…”
Nobody laughed at the 50th rendition of that joke, buddy. Get some new material.
Stepanwolf!
Boyle hit the post. Trade him right byfuglien NOW!
Where is Wolski? lol
hahaha
Ilb I laughed so hard I phaneuffed.
Pha nuff of this carcillo….
Red Herring, Red Herring, Red Herring
LMAO Staal! Is that what you’re feeding your dog?
well your little minion Staal Wart is here to obsess over Boyle all night with you so you have that going.
This is the 1 millionth rendition. It was not funny the first time. It is not funny now.
Rangers sat in the tarmac for 2 hours cause someone forgot to put Sather’s name in the flight manifest, per the HNIC crew.
That is byfuglien hysterical.
yikes MDZ
Baby Buffaloes lose 4-2 to the Fishsticks.
Giants update
You needed 50 renditions too, Staal? :-)
Mitchell is very strong on the puck.
The former attorney general is having a tough time staying upright.
>>yikes MDZ
Overconfidence kills!
Fishticks & Debbies both won again? Dayyum!
I think WW is massaging Fedotenko’s sore back
noonan go phaneuf yourself.
ilb, since I’m a “minion” what are your order’s general?
Seriously though, who is a better tam?
How many renditions of Brodeur fat jokes are permitted? I might be sailing close to the wind there…
Staal and Illb: Weren’t you two Tom Renney loyalists up until months before he got fired? Just wondering.
>>Giants update
I really hate it when these hockey announcers start discussing other sports.
“How many renditions of Brodeur fat jokes are permitted? I might be sailing close to the wind there…”
Sean Avery rendered the renditions infinite. Fatso jokes all around!
Break it up, boys. Rangers are winning!
Mitchell is a better skater that I thought. He can kinda keep up with Gabby.
Good Marty again!
Who is a better tam ?
Patrick Tam or Alan Tam ?
Beer-on is solid tonight. He deserves a shutout.
I don’t think we need to resort to bickering over this…They are about to get another win, mostlly driven by their secondary players. Replacing what they do by a 25 goal scorer would remove at least two of them from the lineup and add at least $3M extra. The bottom line is that someone needs to do what they do, and if they score-it’s a bonus.
CBC broadcasters just called BOYLE the best player on the ice tonight!
I don’t know noonan, I’m only loyal to ilb and right now I’m too busy watching Boyle play another great game
nice toe save by good Marty
>>Beer-on is solid tonight. He deserves a shutout.
He thanks you for the jinx.
Snow Jabba to the Leaves, “I shall enjoy watching you die.”
http://bit.ly/zZmlSB
What a great save by Biron! Another stelar game for him.
JBytes, hey it worked when you said Boyle was gonna score!
I call your shutout and raise you a shutout.
Kinda quiet in Toronto….
lulz not even trying to pull their goaltender
Whiiiifff by Richards
Is this rendition unlimited? Does it come with unlimited orange juice, too?
has to be awesome for the King to know he can rest, and rest assured!
We’re number one! We’re number one!!!
MARTY!
Win and a shutout for Good Marty!! WHEEEEEEEeeeee
Great game boys!
Great bounce back game by the Rangers.
Next, the circus that is known as the Montreal Canadians
#1
Great Win!! Starting another streak, I hope…..
Well done, boys
Salute to Prust, who is quietly racking up primary assist/ even strength points, tops on the team for several weeks, now.
VICTORY COOKIE!!!
did anybody else’s MSG 2 just go black?
Mine did
While one Marty starts another streak, the other Marty starts another steak…
Boom, he was really good tonight. Thought he was really good vs. Ottawa. Maybe he’s just getting healthy.
Dime a dozen.
All 3 stars of the game are Rangers, of course: 3-Prust, 2-Biron, 1-Stepan.
Wow now MSG moved the Rangers post game from MSG2 to MSG+2 because apparently showing the Knicks losing by 30 points on just one channel isn’t enough!
HNL on MSG+
HNL on MSG +
Does Duguay speak English, too?
Great win tonight!!
I’ll be at the game tommorrow in Montreal and hope the Rangers beat the snot out of the Habs.
Again it is proven
The grunts get the goals
Rupp
Boyle – the best player on the ice tonight
And Prust with a key assist
Great lockdown performance by the Rangers
Took all the time and space away from Kessel, Lupul and company
Biron didn’t have a ton of work – but a couple of key saves late
Superb response to the Ottawa game
HNL on MSG+
LW, how do you get all the MSG channels where you live?
‘Write’ on, Authorben
Author, every sentence you wrote is 100 percent accurate. The last sentence is what gives this team a chance to be something pretty cool.
and Boyle wears the broadway hat!
Good night, Carp!
I now have to watch games on a different internet live streams(thanks MSG & TW thugs) and sometimes benefit of that, they didn’t turn microphones in commercials and intermissions(don’t ask why). So, there are plenty of curios things sometimes in free commentator’s conversations. In one of them they were talking about young stricture of hard working Rangers team and how every NHL team would like to have Sather for GM. Yeah, it was a long tough journey for him to this compliment.
BTW, I have to admit, today, surprisingly for me, it was 2 very descent Canadians, as close to be objective as they could in Toronto.
Author – Dead on with every single word there. This team truly hates to lose. They came out angry tonight.
Preds 3 – Universe 1.
>>JBytes, hey it worked when you said Boyle was gonna score!
It looks like everything worked for us and them tonight.
>>Preds 3 – Universe 1.
I wonder which one of Universe’s many faces he shows after a loss.
Truly was an awesome bounce back game after the last one. They didn’t give the Leaves much of anything all night long. And Good Marty was really good when he had to be. Kudos to all the boys.
And now I have to do laundry. Boo.
Carp/HWirth,
Glad you agree
And yes, it is obvious this team absolutely hates to lose
I don’t get MSG other than the game feed, Carp. Just thought HNL on MSG+ was the new Kathryn Tappen for a moment there.
HNL on MSG+
Kathryn Tappen?
Has anybody mentioned how Miami went back to the bush-league, amateur-hour, clown comments and immediately got the Rangers back on track, after jinxing them with kind words prior to the Ottawa game?
wow!
after all the years of not being able to
watch post-game interviews
and all the extra special shows
i never thought i’d be pleased to see
that i do not have msg
still can’t watch post-game stuff
but some of it online later
at least i’m not jumping through hoops to
see games.
Does anyone know if there is another back up goalie with as good a record as Biron’s?
BIRON WITH THE SHUTOUT!!!
Woooooooooooooooooooo!
FLAVAH!
http://i40.tinypic.com/24l7tat.jpg
NYR, like Moses parting the waters. Amiright?
Amen, Sally!!
Isles don’t have any goalie with 9 wins.
Only really Rask and Schneider plus whoever you might call the backup in the Elliott/Halak platoon in St. Louis, ilb. Emery has a decent win/loss record, but much lower SV%.
And maybe Bobrovsky, if the Flyers ever have anything you could call a backup.
Thanks, LW. Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets a starting job next year.
Flyers’ve had exclusively back up goalies for years now, so that shouldn’t count.
are the dime a dozen comments directed towards me? because I called Betts type players a dime a dozen. I said Boyle needed to contribute some on O, or he would be just a a bigger version of Betts. tonight he contributed on O. he needs to put in 10 to 15 a year with the ice he gets.
ilb, as of thursday’s stat package: Rask 10-4-1, Emery 9-3-2, Bobrovsky 9-3-1, DiPietro 3-2-3.
This team sucks. 3 measly goals against a horrid Toronto squad. I can’t root for them anymore. They are complete amateur-hour clowns.
NYR, you stole some of my thunder for tomorrow morning. no problem, though.
Couple more observations,
1. The Rangers just kept going and going – relentless until the end – absolutely suffocating the Leafs – taking their will away – which is precisely how teams survive and advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
That is without question a reflection of how this team has totally bought in to what the coach is selling.
2. Ryan Callahan, Brad Richards, Marc Staal and the others leaders in that room are doing one helluva job. This cannot be underestimated in the grand scheme of things.
bull dog-Not sure who said, and who it was directed at. Nor I remember who started a “dime-a-dozen ” thing, but it was this year. Not important. It gives some flavor to the blog, but it also creates unnecessary tension. But Boyle has been good at many other important areas this year. And he produces a half of what you suggested during the next 40 games, it should be plenty, no?
Does EC get called up for tomorrow night, Avery or someone else? Surprised Wolski only got 6 mins plus…
Also, not sure if anyone watches the NHL Network regularly but Ms. Tappan hosts a darn good recap show every night.
ilb,
I am a Boyle fan. I think he brings a lot to the table. just think if he is going to play 15 to 18 minutes a game, he needs to pop a few more goals. I think he will in the second half.
LMAO @ DiPietro, Carp. Is there a mercy rule in hockey? Someone should put him out of his misery. Seriously, though, I feel bad for the guy…He, seemingly, can’t catch any luck.
ilb,
also I think it might be time for me to go after AA. he has not scored in about 10 games. i’m going to have to break his slump.
they still need another forward and they miss Dubi, believe it or not. Sit mitchell when dubi comes back and gove WW a few games if he is his usual soft self and does not score, adios…...
It was Lloyd Braun who started the dime-a-dozen thing and it was aimed at Prust.
Also from Lloyd on the same thread (the one with the artist’s illustration of the Winter Classic rink from mid-December), which is rather amusing in retrospect:
“Can’t wait to see Mike Rupp light it up on that rink.”
Amen, bull dog! Last time you went after AA’s butt, he started to look like a world class player. Go for it! By the way, are you and Miami related?
Stuart,
Mitchell should not sit at all
He is one of the foot soldiers – notice how well he plays below the hashmarks
how he positions his body to protect the puck
very strong on the forecheck
that was evident tonight
WW is not a Ranger – doesn’t possess the snarl and the relentlessness
“He, seemingly, can’t catch any luck.”
You using fran’s keyboard there, ilb? Surely you meant to use a p…
ahhhhhhhhhhhh anutha win ….feels sooooo gooood!!!
Rangers rule!!!!
LOL LW3H
Stuart…completely agree that WW is just not a fit on this team and that Mitchell should stay in the line-up. Had a strong game and that pass to Gaborik off the boards was a result of pure hustle and some nice hands.
If Feds is out, what other options are there in Hartford besides EC and Avery. Deveaux perhaps?
LW- Maybe we need Lloyd to come back and light some fire under few more players..
And don’t call me Shirley!
On the dime-a-dozen thing…
I wouldn’t disagree that the Prust/Boyle types are just that to some extent – their roles are ones that more than a few players around the league can perform, and are realistically replaceable without being forced into big contracts to keep them around.
But it’s the extreme “he’s not scoring, hence he’s a bum” end of the comments and the idea that they can just be replaced by players with the same qualities and a lot more scoring for equivalent cost (or that other teams have third lines made up of three 25 goalscorers) that doesn’t bear much scrutiny.
just finished watching game on dvr. what a win and effort all contributed. love the bounce back abaility. lets keep the train rolling. next stop the house of horrors montreal.
seriously this is our chance to win in montreal. they suck and we are a gritty bunch
I mentioned something similar before. Between Rupp, Boyle, and Prust, the cap hit is just below $3M. If you replace them with similar players AND add 20 goals per each one, the number will at least triple, if not quadruple…It’s a salary cap era.
Things must be good if eric thinks a win in Montreal is possible.
Below $4M I meant
A player scoring 20 goals more than the player he replaced is definitely not “similar.”
Not to say Boyle in particular doesn’t need to score some more. Of course he does. (Though had he not had that freakish first half last year, would people be on him quite so much now?)
But without looking, I doubt there are many teams with forwards 7-9 racking up 60-75 goals any more.
Nor is a player on the ice for 20 more goals against…
Of course Boyle has to score more. So does Prust. But the team is winning. And it is not a stretch to suggest that, perhaps the team is winning, at least in part, because they are doing what they are supposed to do in other areas.
thanks carolina and nashville for big wins over bost and phil tonight
Actually, LW3H –
A team should be seeking players who provide BALANCE between scoring and the physical game. A scorer lending little D and not much physical game is one-dimensional. A grinder with paltry offense to his arsenal is also, one-dimensional.
These are “role players,” players who are limited in what they bring to the cause. So that they are frequently over-matched when checking two-dimensional or multi-dimensional opponents.
This Rangers team is top-heavy with grinders. Adding a couple decent scorers who can at least forecheck and backcheck, really puts this team over the top.
As this team is now constructed, this imbalance needs to be addressed before Cup winning expectations will be realized. Unless you think the present team, as constructed, has the goods to win it all, in which case we disagree with my hoping you are right and I am wrong. In which case you are saying that Fedo and Mitchell are indispensable and not expendable. I wouldn’t want to go public with that pronouncement.
i watched the canadien broadcast so I did not know Feds left early with back spasms…
is dubi on the trip????imagine the D when sauer comes back. bickell sits and there d is loaded….........
man this team has such a bright future. stepan on pace to net 20 goals, he is 21 and has such a high hockey IQ… aa, dubi, boyle, and prust if anything have underachieved expectations and they are still where they are!!!
this record is all because of defense,winning puck battles and there neutral zone play, and goaltending….the offense has been OK….MDZ, mcdonagh, and girardi have overachieved but really MDZ is 21 so you assume he will get better. Mcdonagh is a great skater and we saw his potential last year. girardi has been pretty good for 3 years but this year when staal was out just became a minutes and defensive monster…....
Boom Boom- there are very few truly indispensable players on this team. But I would be very interested to see which two players, regardless whether they’re available or not, you would like to add to this team.
BBB/SF
I don’t think the argument that Mitchell, Fedo and either Boyle and Prust are “not expendable” or not replaceable but rather what is the cost of replacing them.
Who else is available via a trade and how much will they cost in terms of salary and cap space? And what is the increased production the team is getting for that increased salary and cap space? Right now, the four of them combined are doing a darned good job at a very affordable price.
I think the issue is more needing one more Top 6 guy and to me, the reason you’ve developed a stable of young D and D prospects is to be able to trade for a chip when you have too to get that last piece.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the stayed pretty close to as is headed into the playoffs though…
Wouldn’t say Fedotenko or Mitchell were indispensable and nothing I have said would construe that either.
How big can you expect the scoring “dimension” to be in your bottom six though? No dispute that the Rangers need more depth scoring, but realistically it’s difficult to stockpile multiple 15-20 goalscorers who can also play in their own end in those positions. Legitimate aim, certainly, but it’s hardly as simple as just ditching a couple of players and acquiring goalscoring equivalents or expecting every call up to be like Hagelin.
And Boyle’s line clearly wasn’t overmatched when checking Toronto’s top line tonight.
new post.
It’s not only tonight, LW. Boyle’s line has rendered plenty of first lines in the league largely innefective. And not by using their amazing skills, but by using their size, hard work, and ability to forecheck. The get the puck, dump it in, and good luck getting it away from them…it isn’t a goal scored, but it isn’t a goal score against by the top line either.
I was waiting for exactly that, ilb.
You want to be first in line to make the statement that adding Kreider at the expense of a grinder will, on balance, HURT this team, you go right ahead. “They” used to talk about Mike Bossy being a sieve defensively too, until, long about his third 50-goal scoring season, somehow “they” went away. Can you and some others not understand that this is what we are looking at, in Kreider, understanding we will be getting less offense than Bossy, but more D in terms of back-checking, fore-checking, blocking shots, and playmaking.
WOW! Some people are afraid of change for the better, winning, and achieving the ultimate success. Let’s see where Mitchell and Feds are five years from now, by comparison with Kreider. So that this dialogue a slightly different tenor at that time, I “boldly” predict.
I don’t have a second nominee for a forward addition at this time, as there may not be one ready, in the system. I did add here, this afternoon, that that void could at least be partially addressed via the adding of Hagelin, full time, to the power play. That seemed to actually be an unpopular position to take, with some here. With wonders never cease?
“Boyle needs to score more” Ranger fans, 2012
“Bruins can’t get past first round without improved power play.” Bruin fans, 2011