Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Saturday, Mar. 24, 7:00 p.m. Air Canada Centre – Toronto, ON Rangers: 46-21-7 (99 pts) Toronto: 33-34-8 (74 pts) All information through NHL games on Mar. 23 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Toronto Maple… Read More →
Good to see that, after two pretty good wins over two pretty good teams, all it takes is a game in which a couple of mistakes turn into a loss against a desperate team playing well in front of a good goalie to return the panic level. Blame, blame, blame… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 23, 2012 (Game 74, Home Game 38) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Team Notes: - The Rangers were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 4-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden, to finish their seven-game homestand with a 4-3-0 mark…. Read More →
The news on Mats Zuccarello’s fractured left wrist isn’t great. It doesn’t appear he will need surgery, but it is a long-term injury, and I’m guessing (not playing doctor) that it’s one of those 4-6 week deals as a best-case scenario. John Mitchell did not play a shift after his… Read More →
Game 74. Eight left after tonight. Holy mackeral. Ya boys on a two-game winning streak, finish out a seven-game homestand (4-2 so far) against a very, very desperate Baby Buffaloes team. The Baby Buffaloes have won two in a row, and haven’t lost in regulation in their last six (4-0-2).... Read More →
Rangers Report Chat With Rick Carpiniello
Don’t forget the 12 noon Live Chat. Please do whatever you need to do to join us for our intellectual conversation, plus gibberish, about tonight’s game, the homestretch of the season, the season to date, the playoff race, and the playoffs. Wasn’t around much yesterday. Spent the better part of… Read More →
Just a reminder. Be there. I’ll remind youse again in the morning. Unless I forget.
Thoughts: 1) This would have been more fun if they’d met a month or so ago, when they were both tearing it up. Would have been more of a measuring stick for both teams. 2) Would have been more fun for me, anyway, if the Rangers wore their traditional blue… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 21, 2012 (Game 73, Home Game 37) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Team Notes: - The Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1, in overtime tonight at Madison Square Garden to improve to 4-2-0 on their current seven-game… Read More →
Some good stuff tonight. Not sure if I turned off the recorder, but after Henrik Lundqvist broke down the goal he allowed—I had asked him if Tim Erixon deflected it and he said he hadn’t—I then said, “Don’t you love it when you give up one and we ask you… Read More →
Game 73. Start of the Foxwoods Final 10 … ooops, sorry. The sixth of a seven-game homestand (3-2 so far). Ya boys have won one in a row and three of the last five, but are 3-5 in their last eight. The Winged Wheels are winless in five (0-4-1) and… Read More →
John Tortorella spoke tonight about Dan Girardi being nominated by the New York chapter of the PHWA for the Masterton Trophy; about making the playoffs and preparing for the playoffs, about Artem Anisimov needing to learn to keep his head up: John Tortorella:
Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. DETROIT RED WINGS Wednesday, Mar. 21, 7:30 p.m. Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers: 45-20-7 (97 pts) Red Wings: 44-25-4 (92 pts) * All information through NHL games on Mar. 19 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against… Read More →
After further review: I said in the game review that John Tortorella pulled the same crap in Newark earlier in the season that Pete DeBoer pulled last night, causing that staged melee at the start of the game. Well, for the first time, I was wrong. To a degree. In… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) I have maintained that the synchronized fights are kind of silly and stupid, and most of the time they are. So I guess I’m a hypocrite and an imbecile … though I have also said that it’s different in a big rivalry game, and it’s different when there’s… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 19, 2012 (Game 72, Home Game 36) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Team Notes: - The Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils, 4-2, tonight at Madison Square Garden to improve to 3-2-0 on their current seven-game homestand. - ... Read More →
First of all, Brandon Prust is fine, John Tortorella said. Don’t have audio of this, but Pete DeBoer said: “I guess in John’s world you can come into our building and start your tough guys, but we can’t do the same in here. “He’s either got short term memory loss… Read More →
Game 72. Ten left after tonight. Can that really be? The Rangers can clinch a playoff spot with a point tonight, even if it’s a Bettman Bonus Point for losing. Ya boys have lost two in a row, five of seven. They play the fifth of a seven-game homestand. And,... Read More →
No John Tortorella presser tonight … he spoke after the morning skate. Said, pretty much, that the last thing he’s thinking about is seedings and home-ice advantage in the playoffs (I completely agree, home-ice is meaningless). ****************************************** Since a lot of you have been discussing Chris Kreider today, here’s the… Read More →
