… welcome back, Chad Ocho Cinco!
Martin Biron has the flu, so Chad Johnson will back up Henrik Lundqvist tonight. Here’s the official word on Ocho’s recall, courtesy of the Rangers:
New York, January 24, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that goaltender Chad Johnson has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL) on an emergency basis.
Johnson, 25, has posted a 10-8-5 mark with a 2.64 goals against average, .910 save percentage and one shutout in 25 appearances with Connecticut this season. He leads the Whale in wins, goals against average and save percentage. Johnson recorded wins in five consecutive decisions from November 18 vs. Bridgeport to December 3 at Springfield, posting a 5-0-0 mark with a 1.92 goals against average and .932 save percentage in six games. He also registered a 41-save shutout, stopping three of five shootout attempts, in Connecticut’s season opener, a 1-0 shootout win on October 9 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
The Calgary, Alberta native was acquired by the Rangers from Pittsburgh on June 27, 2009, in exchange for a fifth round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (Andy Bathgate). He was originally selected by the Penguins as a fifth round choice, 125th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
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LGR!
smayer’d – repost – 1st?
HA!
Hagelin’s adjustment from Sweden to the United States was surprisingly smooth. He was already fluent in English, having learned the language in school and through daily viewings of “The Simpsons” and “That ’70s Show.”
Lionel Hutz: Well, he’s kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace “accidentally” with “repeatedly” and replace “dog” with “son.
Red Forman: Without rules, we all might as well be up in a tree flinging our crap at each other.
Get ya’ popcorn ready!
Eddie got smayer’d….
Smayer’d again!
“You ask for miracles, Theo: I give you the F…B…I.”
Karl: I don’t want neutral. I want dead.
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NEW SLOGAN for RR
dang – i just dropped a rhyme, in 4:4 time, it was devine, i walk the line….the man in black, carried his sack, thumbtack, smokestack, ticky tack, my name aint jack, where be the crack?
boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
“right on schedule”
Modern day billy shakespeare.
Good afternoon, smayer!
“find him…and bring me those explosives”
John Mayer!
“who are you?”
“i am in charge now that youve killed my boss”
Convenience Store Clerk: I thought you guys just ate doughnuts.
Sergeant Al : [with an armload of Twinkies] Heh. They’re for my wife.
“i dont’ know, i read about them in newsweek”
“The man is hurting! He’s alone, he’s tired, he hasn’t seen diddly squat from anyone down here… and you’re going to stand there and tell me that he’s going to give a damn about what you do to him, if he makes it out of there alive? Why don’t you wake up and smell what you shovel’n?”
“I wanted this to be professional, efficient, adult, cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way… so he won’t be joining us for the rest of his life. We can go any way you want it. You can walk out of here or be carried out. But have no illusions. We are in charge. So, decide now, each of you. And please remember: we have left nothing to chance.”
“youre just a bunch of thieves”
NYR—hhahaha
“They’re for my wife. She’s pregnant.”
lol
Karl, schieß dem Fenster
“snooooooooorrrrrtttttt ahhhhhhh”
“Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…”
“i shot someone”
Oh, I hope that’s not a hostage.
“SHOOT THE GLASS!”
LGR & Pats!
No Kane for the Jets tonight. Out with a concussion. Good for NYR!
“woooooooooooo yeah baby”
“Who’s driving this car, Stevie Wonder?”
“yes sir , lieutenant”
Mr. Takagi, I could talk about industrialization and men’s fashion all day, but I’m afraid work must intrude, and my associate, Theo, has some questions for you. Sort of fill in the blanks questions, actually.
Al, Al, what’s goin on?
The following people are to be released from their captors: In Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement…
you throw quite a party, i didnt know they celebrated christmas in japan
Did Kane get concussed in that fight?
pats=patsies=pansies=kittens
oh my god, the QB is TOAST
Asian Dawn?
“Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister. ”
These guys are mostly European judging by their clothing labels and…
cigarettes. They’re well-financed and very slick.
nice 1 stranger, lol
eeeeh, sorry Hans, wrong guess
Well, what are we gonna do now? Arrest them for not paying their electric bill?
Now i have a machine gun ….ho ho ho
just a fly in the ointment hans, a monkey in the wrench
(on the radio) Mr. mystery guest, are you still there?
Do you really think you have a chance against us, mr. cowboy?
Hey, business is business. You use a gun, I use a fountain pen what’s the difference? Let’s put it in my terms, you’re in a hostile takeover, you snatch us up for some green mail, but you’re not expecting some poison pill to be running around the building, am I right? Hans, booby I’m your white knight.
how does he know so much about us?
Dr. Hasseldorf: Well, Gail, by this time the hostages will be going through the early stages of the Helsinki Syndrome.
Harvey Johnson: As in Helsinki, Sweden.
Dr. Hasseldorf: Finland.
excuse me sir, but what about the body that fell out of the window?
probably some stockbroker, got depressed
“Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.”
Hans “and when alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer” benefits of a classical education
billy – i messed up that line earlier…i thought it was stockholm :)
Hans: You an American?
John: Only if New Jersey counts.
A hunch, things he said, like spotting a fake ID
LOL! Now, I have to watch Die Hard after the game!
“Jesus christ powell, he could be a byfuglien bartender for all we know”
LETTUCE GO RANGERS!!
haha, I love that part when the TV anchorman gets Sweden/Finland confused. He looks so dumb, and they would just love THAT in either of those countries, lol…
Buenos Tardes Pico de Plato!
“that was Gary Cooper -Azzenhole
watch it after the game? ha, I just watched it in my head… mostly. What’s that thing he says when he’s in the duct with the lighter…
“Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…”
haha.
I can’t believe that movie is from ‘88. what the bufuglien.
special agent johnson – “figure we take out the terrorists, lose 20, 25% of the hostages too”
agent johnson – ” i can live with that”
Pico de pato Manny
“i am an exceptional thief, mrs mccalin”
Karl: No one kills him but me!
All right, listen up guys. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except… the four azzholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation.
How about: “ornitorrinco”
Sister Teresa called me Mr. McClane in the third grade. My friends call me John, and you’re neither, carcillo-head.
Hans Gruber: I have someone who wants to talk to you; a very special friend who was with you at the party tonight.
Harry Ellis: [Hans hands him the walkie talkie] Hey, John boy.
“They’re gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.”
Buenos Tardes Pico de Pato!
Hey, John, I think you can get with the program a little, huh? The police are here now, it’s their problem. Now tell these guys where the detonators are so no one else gets hurt, you know I’m putting my life on the line for you, pal.
Hey, what am I, a method actor? Hans, babe, put away the gun, this is radio, not television.
Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there.
When they land we blow up the roof, they spend a month sifting through rubble, and by the time they work out what went wrong, we’ll be sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent.
This is agent Johnson. No, the other one
Big Johnson :Just like byfuglien’ Saigon, hey, Slick?
Little Johnson: [smiling] I was in junior high, richard cranium.
I’m going to count to three, there will not be a four. Give me the code
You should have heard your brother squeal when I broke his byfuglien neck.
lol “richard cranium”
awww man, we be a runnin’ outta quotes!
Well, when you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you, unless they think you’re already dead.
allright my bruthas….i be off..see you afta the game….
Eddy etc
Let Manny borrow your gun
fran – you are way too into me shooting myself in the legs!
EC has been recalled by NYR! Conditioning stint = Over.
Ruh roh!
Oh no…........................................................................
SHOOT THE GLASS
Apparently that’s what Sullivan says to the PP units.
HA.
Bwahahahahahaha
Hey boys – guess who’s back?!?
It’s party time in the big city!
I am NOT looking forward to AS brake. We still have one game to go and you’ve already lost it! Imagine what this place will look like come next Tuesday? Lol….
Can’t we, as a clever group of fans, do better than a girl’s name taunt?
ilb, I imagine there will be a lot of broken glass on the floor
We always have the lunch contest to keep us afloat.
where’s Carp?
“Can’t we, as a clever group of fans, do better than a girl’s name taunt?”
Says Judy Machetto…
I almost got smayer’d last time!!
So big meetings at work today and i am home with a house full of sick humans…(.BOOOOO on numerous fronts…priorities though)!!
for your viewing pleasure..
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/video-_where_will_tuomo_ruutu_land/
BTW, afternoon ILB, Kathryn Tappen, and all!!
ILB and Manny
I didn’t get any email!
Baseball needs a salary cap!
Prince Fielder signs with the Detroit Tigers: 9 Years / $214M
Tim Lincecum singed a 2 year extension worth $41M
Whoa, where is Miguel “Do you know who I am?” Cabrera gonna play?
I assume Prince will be a full-time DH. He isn’t going to leg out any doubles in that park and he certainly is going to see a drop in his HR production.
I bet they probably split DH and 1B.
Giants had to bite the bullet there, but their offense is still terrible even with Posey.
Yea the Giants are in rough shape.
BORIS Hagelin is the man!
stranger nation
Hags played with university of michigan
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/hagelin_carl00.html
But the NL West has been so inconsistent the last few seasons. They’ve been the division that you don’t know who’s going to win it until pretty late into the season. So maybe if the Giants pitching is as good as expected they can keep the team afloat. They have some raw talent in the IF but they’re basically going with a completely new OF this season.
Their pitching has the potential to dominate. But they need some serious repeat season from Bumgarner and Cain and Lincecum need to step up to their potential. Lincecum had an “off” season last year. Their OF is so weak. Melky Cabrera is their big bat! They need Aubrey Huff to have a career year because no one else has the potential to do so.
jpg – great article in NYT today about it.
nicknames –
Hags
BORIS
Shags
Haggar the (not) Horrible
That vid reminds me: Carp, can we get Jeff Marek added to the Twitter Widget? @jeffmarek, I believe.
Alright, politics yesterday, baseball today! Promise me we’ll hit religion, full force, tomorrow!!
Hope everyone is ok, Wicky…
Why Frog?
S.Frog sir.
Shut up!
Lincecum had an “off” season last year. Their
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Hits/9, K’s/9, K/BB were all in line with his career average, some were slightly worse like his K/9. 2.74 ERA, 130 ERA+ Got a little lucky with BABIP in comparison to previous seasons but he also had basically the worst run support in the league among the big starters thus a poor W-L.
Orr, you aren’t a Red Sox fan?
Bobby Valentine = True Professional!
Prust sayin’!
Bobby Valentine = True Professional!
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Professional spokesperson maybe:
http://f00.inventorspot.com/images/bobby_burger_ad2.jpg
Yeah, I’m a Red Socks fan, but I wont watch the games!! Maybe I’ll tune into the 9th period, but if it goes into extra periods, I’m changing the channel.
Bobby “The Hammer” Valentine FTW!
That’s awesome, CT!
LOL @ 9th period!
SPORTS
So the guy in the fake moustache behind the Senators’ bench is not Bobby Valentine?
That’s the Pringles/Monopoly guy!
No, the Knicks coach is Pringles guy:
http://www.hoopsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/Mike-DAntoni-and-the-Pringles-Guy.jpg
wow, didn’t know Baseball had periods, interesting.
Manny
Just trying to help. I hate to see anyone go away disappointed.
Well, there is red on baseballs, so, yeah, they do have their periods…
LOL! Dubi had the Pringles look going at the end of last season….
http://bit.ly/xi4Htl
That was more sharpie than hair.
Or frostbite…
I see Alex Ovechkin decided not to participate in the All Star game because he got suspended. What a baby and a piece of garbage.
Displaced eyebrow…
Speaking of Ovechkin and his suspension…how did Michalek not get suspended?
Folks, I’ll be with you today in Carp’s place. I’ll have some pregame notes and quotes from Tortorella in a bit.
Speaking of meetings, I have a late one tonight, DVR for me…No texting or emailing please..
Manny,
probably because Ovechkin is a repeat offender and Ovechkin is the reason why they changed the rule about leaving your feet to throw a body check. Ovechkin was famous for that move besides charging on almost every hit he threw, where as Michalek has never been suspended or done anything to try and hurt a player.
Here is JT, 26! High, Josh
I understand the Ovechkin suspension. I think it makes sense given other suspensions. I am surprised that Michalek, who led with an elbow to the back of Hendricks’ head, got nothing.
I like what OvechCANT did. The NHL wants to suspend him, then he’ll honor his suspension by not playing.
I really wish Gabby, and Hank would skip it. Such a stupid useless game.
yea, that’s the nhl, there isn’t anything they do that surprises me anymore.
LOL! High Josh!
I would be 100% fine with the Rangers staying home. Is Girardi skipping it?
orr, that’s not why he isn’t playing. I read in the Washington post that he specifically stated that he felt he shouldn’t have gotten suspended and felt if they want to suspend him than he isn’t participating in the All Star game.
What’s ridiculous is that Datsyuk and Lidstrom skipped it last time and got suspended for it.
They’re skipping it this time and the NHL doesn’t seem to care!
All-Star Game = Useless
Ovechkin is headed to Barbados.
Cancun, Manny….To meet Miami who is going to tell him that his game this year is Bush-League!
Tomg, I know. I was being sarcastic when I said “honored”. I don’t care that he’s skipping it. What’s the point of the All Star game? Stupid!!
I thought he was going to Barbados to find Kevin Weekes because Weekes is a goaltender that Ovechkin can actually still score on.
Hendricks was low, that’s why Michalek got nothing. Would have been an elbow to the back if Hendricks was standing up.
standing up straight, I should say.
true, the nhl all star game is a waste of time. I wish none of the rangers players were attending the all star game.
sup, heads? have we traded or fired anyone today yet? fill me in, please…
we shot the glass