Game 71.
Ya boys have lost four of their last six. They play the fourth of a seven-game homestand (2-1).
Henrik Lundqvist returns from the flu and starts in goal. Ryan Callahan (foot) and Michael Del Zotto (hip) also return.
Tim Erixon, called up from Connecticut today, will play on defense. Artem Anisimov and Steve Eminger (both injured) will not play, and Anton Stralman will be prucha’d along with Jeff Woywitka and John Scott. Ruslan Fedotenko (flu) will play.
360 Comments
Let’s go McRangers!
Enjoy the game everyone.
LOL @ Captainhan! I hope he’s not wearing a green thong, if that’s what he was hinting at
LGR!
Let’s G o’Rangers!
Evening gang!
We ready for a drunk crowd at MSG? Hopefully they will lots to cheer about.
Mc’GoTime
Brian O’Boyle’Fitz better have the game of his life. In honor of St. Patty’s
FitzRangers
LOL! What the hell is with that Avs logo? A foot?
I forgot Downie went to Colorado…
He’s been doing really well with them. Turned out to be a great pickup.
Adam Foote?
Jonathan Toes?
Good for Hank!
Erin Go Bra-less!! Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! LGR!!!
In honor of today, have some Flogging Molly:
http://youtu.be/ogzlmuH7nuY
Jeff Finger?
Is that Mc’Bigfoot’s Foot?
Nail Yakupov?
How far can a dog walk into the woods?
Welcome home O’ilb , hope you had a good time
Also,
Who’s the first Irishman to come out in the spring?
I hate MSG 2. Stupid stupid channel 197.
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh !!!
Serious question: Do they serve Guinness and Jameson’s (separately of course) at the sophisticated new MSG?
LGR
Thanks, Tony. Was great. Missed watching games with you.
Must win ?
>>>In honor of today, have some Flogging Molly:
Wheee!!! I just got home from marching in the parade!
ilb, you leave we lose – your back we win ?
It’s must win for Colorado.
Ugh! I can’t stand Giagnome!
Jealous, Jimbo! Would love to be in NYC for a St Patrick’s Day sometime.
ilb!! How was vacay?
St Paddy’s is a crazy day in NY, stay safe boneheads !
Was great, Mickey! Lots of tennis.
OK, gotta go. It’s only 4:00 here. working till 6:00
Game on DVR
LGR !!!!!!!!
Awesomesauce, ilb!
BTW, been in the 80s all week and today it was 85 and so I went with shorts and sandals. ON MARCH 17th. Then it rained all afternoon after a sunny morning. Missouri weather, WTB is your deal?!
An hour of Dropkick Murphys, Black 47, Flogging Molly and The Pogues has me pumped enough to take the ice myself!
And I can’t skate at all!
Where is EVERYONE? Drunk already? C’mon, let’s give them some support.
Kind of some sweet justice that VarLAmov would be the best goalie on the caps (were he to have remained).
Go Go Go Rangers! I wanna see big games from Captainahan, Boyle and McD! It IS their day after all.
Yes! Firstrowsports feed has Sam & Joe live mics during commercials. They were talking during the anthem!
Manny! I didn’t see you earlier! How ya be?
Because it’s the Rupp
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
I love Hank’s sparkles on his new mask. So shiny and sparkly!
This non-HD feed is making me thirsty.
Ohhhh Jimmy John’s sponsorship on the Avs feed. Jimmy John’s is goooooood
Hearing Micheletti say the Erixon is a “good looking kid” made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Paddy O’Chare
Mickey, if you were here, you could have marched as my guest! Maybe next year?
Oh, God! Sam & Joe are slobbering over Landeskog now – does it ever end with these two!?
Fed O’tenko with a good takeaway.
Geez, Feds
>>>An hour of Dropkick Murphys, Black 47, Flogging Molly and The Pogues has me pumped enough to take the ice myself!
I’d pay to see that!! ;-p
Maybe, Jimbo. We’ll have to see what happens.
HAHAHAHA, I would kill myself, since I cannot skate.
Wow, Zuc O’reily looks dangerous
AA is out? Is his injury serious?
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
Nice shift by the 4th line
The Boyle/Feds/Prust line is clearly drunk.
are’‘
WEEEEEEEEEEEE
Zucccccccc!
Danny G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
DOES ANYONE KNOW MSG2 HD FOR TIME WARNER MANHATTAN?
Wait, that’s Zuke’s goal I think.
I don’t care who scored it; I welcome the 1-nil.
Don’t know who got it, but Crosby gets an assist.
197 I think!
Crosby on his couch for this Rangers goal.
The Rangers are looking much better. Back to their old selves.
Boomer with crutches….
Shaft
That was a marvelous trip by Landeskog, right Sam?
The vaunted Rangers Power Play!
197 ISN’T HD :(
C’mon, boys – let’s get another one quickly!
Did Joe Micheletti just make Zuke’s friend sound like a pedophile?
That was a good power play. They kept Colorado from scoring…
Crowd getting restless already. Niiiiiice
Wow! What a move…
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sheesh.
That guy faked everyone out of their jockstraps!
Dammit!
it’s ok though because Bickel has been awesome lately, right? that was a sick move though.
How many times do we have to say it? Hands to the chest!!! Knock him over Stu.
Captainhan drawing the penalty!
Bickel CANNOT get beat on that one-on-one. Of course, the MSGHeads will never say so. It’s always a GREAT PLAY by the other team’s guy.
Bickel is not good. Period.
It was simultaneously a great play by Hunwick and a fail by Bickel, JBytes.
A PP goal for St Patty’s Day, please!
were getting worse by the game now. what happened to us?
Rhino Burn sounds like the name of a bad aftershave.
it’s a good thing DZ is back! we needed another guy that’s afraid to shoot the puck.
dangumit
If there’s any real difference in this last weak stretch, it’s been incredibly lazy passing in both zones. Creates bad turnovers in the d zone and gives up possession on O.
i see Varlamov went to Fleury’s and Brodeur’s international school of exagerrated saves
They’ve dominated the period, Grabby. Not sure how this fits with getting worse.
Another Power Play goes by the wayside.
What channel is the game on for cablevision?
414 for me CCCP
Varlamov still plays well against NYR. :-(
Agree, LW…Varlamov made a few very good saves. But the Rangers were much better team. By a wide margin.
The real question for tonight: where is tollefson?
How in hell do the NYRs get shuffled off to channel 197/MSG2? Dolan owns the team and Cablevision!
rangers dominate. bickel puck obsese for the 2nd time this week cost them big.
bickel needs to play the man…....................
LOL! John Giannone is just a fail.
Oh, No!! Screaming Mimi Emrick will be doing the NYR-Devils game!? Another radio game-listen for me…
In honor of Olga:
Crosby update—Bing beat his kids.
What is this a Pido (sp) free zone?
Thee O’Fleury.
Eddie O’lczyk.
Is this Pidto’s intern? He’s better than Pidto.
K-kickerboggers update
talkin about not scoring on the pp and letting mat hunwick deke you out and score like that. thats what i mean. i agree we were the better team in most areas but this game shouldnt be tied.
Gelbs did a pretty good job.
Was he the NYRangerscast guy?
Is O’Wellman the answer?
How’s the hoops,Carp? Exciting?
Back away from the ledge, Grabby. It will be good for you :)
OMG, Don Cherry. MY EYES!!
Instead of the Colorado Bigfeet’s going into intermission thinking they got out-worked and out-played—they’re thinking they won the period. That late goal really hurt.
Don Cherry!? What feed do you have, Mickey?
what r u talkin about mickey?
Nice pass…..Varlamov is keeping them in this one
I had switched to NHLN guys for the intermission. Don Cherry was on, dressed head to toe in green, with a green plastic hat on. It was hilarious.
Dominated him!
This game did not need a fight, but it was a good one, I guess.
Stuuuuuuuu…O’Bickel?
he hit him in the back of the head and knocked him to ice…. that couldve been dangerous
Sorry I missed Cherry – he cracks me up – even when I don’t agree with him.
VPG reference!
Irish line of Boyle-Prust- Fed O’tenko is looks like they’re ready to score a couple.
Forget “is”
Third time’s the charm
3rd power play for NY. Colorado gets to rest a guy for 2 minutes.
C’mon, Varlamov – give us a break, will ya!?
Score dammit
Wow, St. Patrick has slowed the comments.
Are people too buzzed to talk?
Varlamov tends to gp down early… High shots, boys
More like O’NoBickel.
Why isn’t the hottest forward line in hockey TOGETHER on the power play??
>>>Are people too buzzed to talk?
Could be!!
It’s not the Avs PK, dude. It’s the suckitude of the Rangers PP.
Why is Hagelin not on the PP?
Oh, No!!!
Deflection, dammit.
Game Over
Season Over
You’ve got to be kidding.
Boy’s look flat the last few minutes.
Sigh
Sam & Joe sound like dirty old men when they talk about Landeskog…. :-(
It would really be nice if we had a PP.
London Bridges falling down, the party’s over. What a tired disfunctional team – need four balanced lines a weeks rest and Lunqvist playing God
Too many Landesgrogs
Pretty deflection
What was he doing there standing alone?
who fought?
Oy…
Carp, Bickel and Mcloud or Mcwhatever
10 shots, 2 goals – those are Beer-On numbers….
Stu and McCormick, Carp.
Soooooo close, DZ
VaLAmov is coming up big
Varlamov is putting on a show
In Florida I have the Aves announcers ,they’re not bad.
Mickey, that’s what I said. McCormick ;)
team is going downhil fast
Oh man, Lev. I totally didn’t see your response to Carp. Sorry!
whats up with hank. he looks like he couldnt give a crap. seasons not over bud
Avs announcer is one of my favorites.
O’ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Ok, that is enough, Varlamov.
Anybody still think we don’t need Rick Nash? Has anyone seen Dubinsky?
He actually fought McLeod…
While you’re at it! Has anyone seen Staal?
Had to switch to Slingbox. Feeds suck.
Artie’s playing the worst. It’s as if he’s not even playing. Should have traded him.
Which five other players were you willing to give up for Nash?
They have the big mac, we have the big mc
Dammit – this guy is lucky tonight…
We would have taken 2 steps back with what they wanted for Nash
Disappointing period…
You want Nash, then you would have had to give up…
Dublowsky [no big deal]
One of Step-On or Hagelin
&
One of McDonut or Del Z
Worth it?
If they keep putting the puck on net, they’ll score. VarLAmov isn’t going to be making those saves forever.
O’Bush-O’league
he made a save with his head and shoulder that he did not see.
dominating put this team is a bunch of plumbers led by boyle and dubi….
plug away, keep on shooting….
2 chances all night and the avs have 2 goals….....
bickel play the man…...........................
Hobbit alert!
Boyle’s line benched since the second goal.
I think it went in from the D-man stick, quite honestly….Girardi should get the goal
Boyle wasn’t allowed to talk.
Maybe Tort’s was giving Boyle, Prust and Feds wedgies in the locker room.
Horse-chompers looks like he’s gliding alot to me. Anyone else?
Boyle obviously tossing his cookies drunk not able to do the between periods interview.
O’Boyle getting O’chewed out.
Is Jamerson’s the answer?
Since the trade deadline this team has been lackluster
The pedal to the metal is to blame in my opinion.
Dubi is totally lost… faceoffs ok physical presence ? well lose a fight or two score zippo goals and assists and you have a shell.
They do lack a legit power forward..
Zuccarello on the Pens would be great.
Everyone passed out? Crickets!
Irish – right now anyone on the roster
They’re always after me lucky charms!
WE COULD BLAME THIS LOSS ON OUR FREKAING PATHETIC PP. 0-3 . SEASON OVER GAME OVER LOSE TO FLYERS IN 6. OUT IN FIRST ROUND
Ok boys, big third period.
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Dublowsky….
put dubi out of my misery
LOL! VarLAmov is ridiculously lucky this game
C’mon!!!
Argh!!!
Wow, Richards is pissed
McD had HIS stick held…
Are you kidding me? Are you fuggin kidding me?
damn
Can’t count on this fuggin kid to do anything.
shades on 09 for varlamov vs the rangers
dubi sucks period
Varlamov has made a bunch of glove saves.
WHY NOT SHOOT IT TO HIS BLOCKER? o_O
Varlamov looks like Ken Dryden against us…
i have never seen a “professional” league with more inconsistent and ridiculous calls than the NHL.
Cuba Gooding Jr. Update
They’re gonna wave icing off THEN?
WTB?
Someone needs to ‘Gomez’ Varlamov
Rangers only need one goal.
Who give a fug about anyone named Cuba!?
Dropkick Murphys :)
why is this crap 4th line seeing the ice
Have the Rangers scored this year with the goalie pulled?
To tie the game. Richards the other night doesn’t count.
I don’t think so, Latona.
WHERE is our offense!?
O’Byrne is known for two things…
1) Own goal
2) Getting arrested for stealing a woman’s purse at a nightclub
If they don’t score on this PP….fuggetabootit
Oh great a pp
Not another power play :(
Damn post
Jeez! Post!
O’Ping!
ARGH
oh mannnnnnn
Avs so damn lucky in this game.
madonna mia!
Downie taking stupid penalties
this pp is freaking joke
Micheletti is a clown. Can’t remember last visiting goalie to put on a great show at MSG? How about every backup? haha
You said it, ORR. I don’t know how these pucks aren’t going in.
ok eric now youre just getting on my nerves. that pp looked exactly how it’s supposed to look. Varlamov has been lucky/great whatever. another pp coming.
Colorado is begging to be scored against; our guys won’t oblige.
i no speaka di iglese pero mi piace zucarello y los rangers! Lets a Go, eh?
Gotta admit, that is a weird call. Then again, after the damn throwing the stick penalties recently, nothing surprises me.
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we had a 10 pt lead in the conference?
lev
you need to produce we are 0 for 4 the game is on the line find a way . so sick of hearing about puck movement
eric, why you no ever say aniting nice? qui cosa?
brb visiting the foxwoods final 5 instead of watching the PP
Dammit score a pp goal!
well for once you didnt need to hear about the puck movement, you could see it. we hit a post and he made 3 saves on that PP
why because we are blowing a div since we led it on dec 23rd. thats why.
i never understand why teams don’t pull the goalie down a goal with less than 5 min to go and on the PP.
I mean what are the chances a team finds the empty net down 2 players?
but you always sound like a baby cry…maybe use the Johnson & Johnson’s shampoo? No more tears? hai capito?
Oleo, it’s way too risky.
Goodbye conference, Vezina & coach of the year
0 for 5. u think the pens would go 0 for 5.
Oh go jump off a bridge, all of you negative people
Orr
you are going to pull the goalie a minute after the penalty ends so might as well do it so you have a 2 man advantage.
seriously, go jump of that bridge. fuggin annoying.
Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves?
Wow! Stupid penalty!
Aw, come on!!!!!
That is such a bs call
you people must be a joy to live with
lev
if yo dont think playing wash or winn and finshing 1st then 4th or 5th and playing flyers or devs is big diff your lost
Oleo, they can shoot for the empty net. If they don’t score on the PP, NYR has to worry aboot the guy coming out of the box. Just too risky
Amen, Lev!
you pull the goalie for that PP. The odds of you scoring vs. giving one up is tremendously in your favor…
im a miserable person what could i tell u
eric,
If you don’t think the Rangers played a good game tonight, it’s your loss.
The game they should’ve won. Hot goalie. Hank stole a few for us this season too…Relax everyone.
Frustrating loss. Probably the most frustrating loss of the season.
If the Pens win tomorrow, oh boy…this place will get annoying
Well, there goes first place – they are officially in another March swoon…..
Stupid Varlamov
Game over. Forget the conference. Focus on the playoffs which we will make.
Tough loss tonight—this hurts more than losing to the Pens.
VarLAmov was really, really good.
But….
Imagine if our PP functioned at 20%
And good night all. I can’t stay and argue with all your negative folks. Advice: JUMP. NOW.
Can’t win them all, this ain’t NHL12.
i dont give a rat’s tuchus who we play in the first round because i think we can play with anyone. do i want to win the East and have the best record in the league? absolutely. am i going to cry about it and irritate tens of people on a friendly blog and god knows how your family handles it, absolutely not.
at 3 pm tom we will be tied and if not the flyers will be 3pts back for 4th spot. at this rate finish 6th and play florida.
Rangers involved in another March Sadness…
when was the last time a team down 2 men actually had the puck long enough to control it and fire it on goal???
Pull the goalie with 4 and a half left gives u a better chance than waiting until the last minute…
ye im out too Mickey! cant believe i actually got so annoyed…
“at 3 pm tom we will be tied and if not the flyers will be 3pts back for 4th spot. at this rate finish 6th and play florida.”
Who are you? Nostradumass?
That was the best they played in a couple of weeks. Including the way they moved on PP. I thought Erixon looked steady too.
the rangers did play well but the bottom line is they lost and there pp was 0 for 5. hot goalie or not its about results at this time of year.
All I want is home ice advantage. If they can’t get first, then that will suck, but I will gladly settle for 4th.
Wah, wah, wah!
and if the pens hadnt won 11 in a row and we still had 5-6 pt lead i wouldnt be bitching like this.
also by finishing 1st you prob avoid the pens to conf finals
go smother yourselves with your brandon dubinsky pillows and henrik lundqvist bed spread.
Oleo, I just can’t agree with that, unless they’re down by two or more.
The negative nancys are parking lot fans, Lev. They’re the ones that leave a game with 10 minutes left so they can get to the car and beat the traffic.
The ghost of 08-09 Varlamov stole two points tonight!
I’m not mad, I’m just so disappointed
I don’t know about that, eric.
lets get those devils on monday….go flyers go
what you want is consistency..
I don’t care about the pens going on a tear now when its not the playoffs.
conversely the rangers total game is off.. they didnt hit in the 3rd period
Dubi was bounced by the 6’5 guy a few times..and he skated away..
0-5 on PP ? pulease
hangover game.. no more home games on St . Paddy’s day
Seen this show before – it has an unhappy ending.
rangersw been bad for awhile now. i dont think us getting frustrated a little should start a war here.
still plenty of time to right the ship.. its in Tort’s hands
what you don’t want is a Losing effect if the pens beat ‘em out….
that can effect the playoffs.. they need a come from behind win to se them thru the palyoffs.
What can you do? They didn’t play badly at all. Had a number of quality shots but could not score. What did them in is once again their garbage pp. no shot from the points is killing them. They can’t and shouldn’t give up on the conference. Who ever wrote that earlier is silly! What do you propose they do? Stop playin to win? Stop the nonsense. That last game against the Pens is shaping up as a huge game!
RICK NASH!
I am utterly miserable. I am a ranger fan. My family is utterly miserable because of me and my DNA. My wife from Lexington Kentucky (whose cats stand a decent chance for victory) knows what her sentence is. My poor hockey loving son is in misery. My daughter who hasn’t realized what makes her miserable is uupsyairs being miserable. This is how it’s supposed to be. Excruciating. Exhausting. Exasperating. I am so sad on this wonderful day. 42 shots. Really. That just happened
CCCP=I have your coat
meanwhile Carp is still marching in the parade albeit in a circle
The sky is not falling…..but the playoff seed is. Losing games to teams like this is inexcusable. Really is a bummer to lead the league all year and crash in the last month. Good thing Tortorella sat Stralman and dressed Bickel.
John M, it’s all part of being a Ranger fan – call it Karma.
John. buy a half gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream and tell everyone to cheer the hell up. There is another game on Monday.
they have to get a killer instinct back
what frustrates me is that Bylsma of Pens says they are definitely striving for first place, while Torterella is always with this BS line of, “Just another game…we don’t look at the standings.” Well, start looking, because everyone is roaring past while you’ve been standing still.
Do we HAVE to play Monday?
just like the post lockout collapse from div and the result lose in 5 in first round to devs that year. this year is no diff. some of us take losses harder then others. doesnt make me wrong or any less of a fan then any of you. i pay for season tix go to like 15-17 games would go to more if i didnt have one year old i expect results and a pp that isnt miserable and go 0 for 5 most of the time
carp write the script now.
How can losing this game be “inexcusable”?
The Avs are basically a #7 or #8 seed or as near as makes no difference. So anything less than a first round sweep if the Rangers finish first would also be inexcusable?
march 4th we had 10 pt lead on div 13 days later is all but gone
oh well, there’s always next year..
again if wash or winnipeg isnt a better mathcup then phil or devs i must be missing something.
cant the lose to anyone yes but on paper when you try and analyze what would better for them its winning the div and being 1 not 4th/5th
Howie Rose has the biggest head in broadcasting.
eric, it sure fits the pattern, doesn’t it?
Onecupin72yearsandcounting
return my coat or i will be forced to use my other one one you! ;)
wolski in the shootout for fla. shocker
CCCP and his arsenal of coats!
Agree that winning the division is preferable, Eric (though you had the Rangers losing to Winnipeg in five games a couple of weeks ago…) but I just don’t see the disgrace or choke job of being passed by a team on an 11-game win streak, who are considered by most to be a better team. And I hate the Pens as much as you do.
Would be interesting to see how much of an overlap there is between the “I don’t care how good the performance was tonight, winning is all that matters” group and the “even though the Rangers won, they look like garbage” group from most of the season.
Where is CTB with his Venn diagram?
I am reading the doom and gloom here having just gotten back from MSG.
I think its going to be a dog fight until the end of the season but the sky is not falling! Even if Pitt beats Philly tomorrow and we’re tied going into the last eleven games of the year, so what?
If we’re going to go anywhere, we’re going to have to win big games and fight through adversity. Is this game tonight any different than us beating Boston in Boston on Feb 14 when we get outshot 33-17 and get totally outplayed except for in net?
We were far and away the better team tonight for 60 mins, Bickel got turned inside out and Staal and Prust were caught napping on the second goal.
These games are going to happen and now we have eleven games to end the year, Hank is going to play most of them, perhaps Kreider is brought in to provide a spark but this is the team we have, warts and all; and Pitt is not going to finish the year on a 23 game winning streak, I guarantee it.
its just the fact that we are going to blow this div that gets me pissed. i know the pens are better and no matter when we play them they will end our season.
i dont think the rangers need this going into playoffs the fact that they blew it.
what do i know im the moron who roots for this sad franchise that had two cups in 72 years and one playoff series win in the last 15 years.
What do we do or where do we go now Carp. The stage coach is turning into a pumpkin. Earlier cracks in the foundation were ignored
CCCP’s coat has 3 sleeves= Chernoble
Remaining Schedules:
NYR (11 games): NJ, DET, BUF, @TOR, @MIN, @WPG, MON, BOS, @PHI, @PIT, WAS (so we get no team more than once, have two games against non-playoff teams (@MIN and @TOR)
PITT (12 games): @PHI, WPG, NSH, @OTT, NJD, NYI, @NYI, @BUF, PHI, @BOS, NYR, PHI (so 3 of 12 versus Philly, one versus NYR, only games against teams not fighting for playoffs/playoff position is the home and home with the Isles)
bost college keeps winning so no kreider any time soon
There’s 12 fuggin games left. Let’s save the “they blew the division” crap until they actually blow the division after game 82
Eric, perhaps i’m just more of an optimist given the make-up of this team but I think its no worse than 50/50 that we’re within 2 points of the division going into the penultimate game of the season at Pitt.
stick a fork in ‘em
Sell your TV, eric. You can’t handle it.
Who cares about a regular season division title?
If you don’t think the Rangers are good enough to beat the 5th seed then they sure as hell aren’t good enough to beat the Pens.
The Rangers have more then proven themselves in the regular season this year, all I care about is how they do in the playoffs at this point and that they stay healthy getting there.
Wellman IS the answer.
“CCCP’s coat has 3 sleeves= Chernoble”
LOL! Thats good…i like!
It has 3 sleeves and two feet! Damn mutation!
A pox on Perry Pearn for the perpectually pathetic power play.
BUSH-LEAGUE
Crosby was just awarded an assist on landeskogs goal.
@stevezipay Anisimov’s shoulder will require surgery. He’ll be out 6-8 weeks. Tough break
Wow!
Smells like KREIDERTIME to me, ORR.
Was in one of those new ice level suites tonight. Interesting is what I’ll say. It’s like you have a luxury room to go to in between periods. Cool but not as awesome as you would think. Either way that was the highlight of the night. Can’t believe the Rangers played so hard and still lost that game. Ughhh I’m in such a crappy mood now. I guess it’s good they played well but come on guys let’s put the puck in the damn net for a change. And stupid penalty by McD at the end there on that penalty and Stall is back to playing a step behind after having a few real good games. He was soft on that first goal. On the flip side I think Gaborik is still playing some great hockey.
Evan, Being the better team for sixty minutes means nothing when you only have one line that can score and for the most part the whole team can hit the side of a barn. The pressure is really showing. Playing all out in many of their games has really taken it’s toll. Slightly over-achieving for most of the year has also affected this team. Tort’s needs to go back to some of the earlier line combinations to obtain more scoring balance. Also, needs to roll four lines with shorter ice time. Unfortunately Henrik needs to excell in every game. When your running fast without swagger and energy you’re just about always going to be passed. never fails. We could drop as low as 3th place within a couple of weeks. Poor Dubinsky really been screwed with.
smells more like bull-cooke time, ORR :)
We’re the most bruised, worn team in hockey. What a shame
“When your running fast without swagger and energy you’re just about always going to be passed. never fails.”
My thoughts exactly.
Great effort get them next game
I just hope the jockey didn’t take the horse out too fast in the first 6 furlongs. The Belmont is a mile and a half.
What we need to hear down the backstretch is the call like we heard in June 73, “and Secretariat is moving like a tremendous machine”
they shoot horses, don’t they?
Worst collapse since the 1951 Dodgers
Not the only problem, but, putting your only 2 top 6 forwards on the same line means with this edition of the Rangers, you have 3 3rd and 4th lines.
It is what it is….
Did someone just refer to the Rangers losing this game as a collapse? Maybe it was about something else, I dont go back and read the comments.
At least the Knicks won tonight and continued to provide hope that all was needed was the riddance of Antoni.
There is no choice but to continue letting step, cally and dubi figure it out. When they start putting in a few it will make a big difference. That being said I’ve resigned myself to 4th place and am totally fine with it.
Doesn’t matter, we’re gonna make the playoffs and it won’t depend on what happens during Game 82 involving games not involving the Rangers.
Yeah they where good , but not on the power play ….again
Maybe it’s time to reunite the Pack Line?
He-Man Horse-Teeth Butt-Chin
Doobie Artie Captainhan
Boyle Stepan Zuccarello
Rupp – Feds – Prust
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