Game 79.
As youse know, thanks to what transpired before the melee in Pittsburgh today, ya boys need only a win or a Bettman Bonus Point for losing to clinch the Patrick Division and the Prince of Wales Conference and the No. 1 seed on this side of the bracket.
How much do you love Tony Granato? If only he wasn’t in Pittsburgh, I guess. But I’m appalled at the Penguins behavior. Imagine putting your tough guys on the ice at the end of a blowout loss. The Flyers, bless their little caring hearts, would never do something like that. Poor darlings. Hope they behave themselves in the season finale and throughout their first-round series. Not.
The Rangers have won four in a row, six of seven. They are tied with the 1991-92 Rangers for the second-most wins in team history (50), behind the ‘93-94 team’s 52, with four left including tonight. With 107 points, they are two behind the ‘70-71 and ‘71-72 teams, and five off the ‘93-94 franchise record 112.
Henrik Lundqvist starts his ninth in a row. Same lineup otherwise, which means no John Scott for Milan Lucic duty (remember that Lucic suckered Ryan McDonagh at the buzzer in the last meeting. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if the next three games are particularly nasty, starting tonight.
The Rangers have won all three meetings this season against the defending champs, and have won five in a row and 12 of the last 16 against the Bruins.
To honor the Flyers for beating the Penguins, and to honor Mr. Snider, Comcast, NBC Sports, Dave Schultz, Peter Laviolette, Tostitos and Rinaldo, the Empire State Building will be lit in Orange Crud and Black tonight. With the NHL’s blessing, of course.
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Tonight’s trivia question: In their 86-year history, how many times have the Rangers finished the regular season in first place. No googling. Put your answers below. No prizes.
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LGR!!!!!
Answer: Never
Dingelberry is talking gibberish again. Not that I’m surprised…
LETS GO RANGERS!
2 POINTS FOR THE TAKING BOYS!!!!
Not sure about the logic in anyone saying Scott should have dressed tonight to prevent stuff happening like happened in the last game against the Bruins. A game in which he was dressed for…
Once
Beautiful April Fools Post, Carp!! Thanks for that laugh!
Watched the Pens-Philthies, today, and Crosby broke his stick on a slash, was carrying a stick without a blade, and they let him get away with it. This after getting away with another slash minutes earlier, a slash as blatant and much more severe than any I’ve seen called all season.
Those 2 teams deserve each other—there is Karma (sometimes) in the NHL!
Lets Go Rangers!!!!!!!
Clinch it tonight!!!!
Good evening, Carp! LETS GO RANGERS!!! Lets go! FIVE in a row, boys!!!!!!!!!!!
Carp, email
Cindys reaction when he was cross checked by Schenn was textbook Cindy. Any other player would jump up, spin around and see who the h-e-double-hockey-sticks had hit him. But not Cindy, who slowly got up and looked at the ref the whole time.
Carp, i had no problem with what the Pens did. 6-4 is hardly a blowout too. LW, because at least when the game ended and Lucic pulled a lucic and hit Mc.D, Scott got off the bench and was face to face with Chara, who did not back down. he wouldnt not have been useless in this game.
Winston, cant believe im defending Crosby, but that was pretty cheap by the Flyers…although Crosby got away with about 5 slashes during the game…
BTW, Carp. Read you 1st post of the day and you got me for about a minute. Then I realized what the day was. Kudos to you on that.
LOL @ Hartnell’s Hulk Hogan routine. That was outstanding!
Lev, I was being sarcastic. I didn’t mind it at all.
ye, i figured once i typed that. im not good at figuring sarcasm out on the internet, sorry.
Sweep
did anyone bring tim thomas ray charles’ sunglasses for tonight?
RR won’t let me post the link to the website for a game link for CJP!!
I agree it was cheap. But to me, his reaction is so typical Cindy. He runs his mouth but has always been incapable of standing up for himself. Even before his concussion.
He should just shut up and play and people wouldnt hate him so much.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ilb, 2 mails.
CJP:
www first row sports dot eu/watch/watch/116745/1/watch-new-york-rangers-vs-boston-bruins.html
Jimbo, CJP, I just un-spammed it. It’s up there ^
Lin!
Our boys are well aware of the opportunity they have tonight. Torts will keep them focused on the task at hand which is to keep walking the walk. They’ll earn these two points tonight and share the Eastern Conference crown with the fans in our House. Then they’ll get a good night’s rest and start preparing for a filthy game on Tuesday night and be ready to do it again.
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Thank you, Carpster!
LW things got nasty at the end of the last game against the Bruins and there wasn’t much Scott could do besides take a number for next game…which is useless now that he is scratched. Having Scott does not 100% prevent all funny business, but he is a deterrent and will be there if things get crazy, which I think is enough to warrant a spot on the fourth line.
LGR!
Lin!!
Carp, does their body language suggest they are already
tired?CARPY!!! i guess my disguise was too much lol !!
Is this an Original Six Matchup or not?
Original Six? REALLY????
I like Strader, I have to admit.
beware the beak
Please stay away from blocking ZC shots…
LINDA!!!!!!
If Scott wasn’t a deterrent last time, what makes him a deterrent now?
ILBZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Strader is definitely tolerable, Mickey. I’d take him over most other non-Canadian broadcasts.
I hope The Captain will stay the hell away from Chara’s slap shot tonight. Having him for the playoffs is more important than these two points.
hello all
better but still a bit under the weather
so Mama and all
may not get much of my
haiku-ing
tonight
still what’s more important is playing the Right Way
Let’s Go Rangers!!!
Listening on the radio tonight, even though we aren’t being subjected to “Screamin’ Doc Hockey” on NBCSC!
Let’s goooooooooooooooooooooooo!
My apologies to the late Screamin’ Jay Hawkins…
MICKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still in your pretty dress?
These Sonic commercials are so stupid!
OMG START THE GAME ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I put a spell on you”
LGR!!!!!
Engblom’s hair: MSG at the back, Prudential Center on top.
LW, Lucic didnt lucic anyone until the game was over… after he did lucic someone, Scott was there (game was over and Torts had to hold him back)....
Bob costas is a wet noodle….
LW because people still drive drunk, should we tell our police to stop looking for drunk drivers? Because people do sometimes get weapons on planes should we get rid of metal detectors?
Scott will not prevent all shananigans, especially at the end of a game when the opposition knows he is on the bench. But its been obvious people don’t want to fight him, and that is enough to make many players think twice. And if nothing else, Scott can at least be there to counter Chara, who dwarfs out tough guys.
Costas update
Hey Lin! And now, Switched to shorts an long time ago, lol!
Crowd sounds into it early!
Sounds like there’s a lot of Bruins fans
Lets go RangersSssSSSsSSssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice white pads, Thomas
Dubi with a nice two hander to the back of The beak!!!!!!
Damn, I need back-up in the John Scott debate. Where is Lloyd?
he looks like he’s wearing full length black pants!
That was an interesting hip check by Bickel
Sounds loud..
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
NBCS has really crappy camera work.
NBC = bush-league
Rupper!
can the camera be any further away from the ice? perhaps the angle from Maine would be ideal.
Wow – the radio feed and the TV feed are so far out-of-sync that I can’t figure out which one is ahead of the other!
It’s like they’re doing two different games!
I guess I’m saying that the Bruins will drink-drive and get weapons on their plane, regardless of Scott’s presence, if we’re using those analogies…
nice play there by McD
Radio feed is very much delayed compared to the TV feed.
In 3-D TV, Bergeron’s nose just crashed thru my garage
This is the game of large noses. Lucic, Marchand, Dubi…
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
GABBY!
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Woooohooooooo!!!!
WOOOOOOOO FORTY!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s beat those peasant assens!!!!!
1-0!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
WOOHOOOOOOOO GABY!!!! NUMBER 40, BABY!!!
as Bono said
“This is 40!”
GABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOO
40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eat it stache…
What a beauty!!!!
LOL! Chara finally injures one of his guys and not ours!!
10-40! 1-nil!
YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OHHHH OHHH OHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY!!! HEY!!! HEY HEY HEY!!!!!!
WOOOO HOOOOO GAAAAABBBBBYYYYY!!!!
40 for #10!
>>>In 3-D TV, Bergeron’s nose just crashed thru my garage
HAHAHAHA!!
40 MAN GABO
eddie
i thought it was marchand’s nose
or am i confused?
HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a sexy goal by Gabby
40! Now, let’s get 30 for Callahan
Kenny mentioned Jean Ratelle! Good for him!
that would be awesome ilbzo
that was gorgeous
Mickey, LMAO @ the game of big noses ;^)
Ranger goal, his 40th, number 10… Marian Gaborik
I hope the Garden lights won’t bother Timmy much…NOT!
Would be sweet for that to happen, ilb.
No assist for Lundqvist on a rebound?
Looking good thus far!
Jpg – marchand’s nose wouldn’t fit on a drive in movie screen much less my 68 incher
Swagger.
wasn’t a rebound, Pru. It hit the Boston guy Caron and practically sent him to the hospital.
boys looking stiff!
Dominating possession, Bruins are a step behind in their own end.
People who are not as old as I am need to understand how fantastic, unusual,
wonderful, spectacular it is to have a NYR team that is this committed, hard-
working, spirited and dedicated as this one. A whole new movie for this old
fart—- with a couple seasons’ exceptions. Trust me.
they seem to be totally primed for this game tonight! FLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, they’re playing well. So smart and disciplined.
Yeah, Prusty
Oh boy!
DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad change there..
Ok, I’m watching on a bad feed so it’s hard to see the details sometimes.
Really nice play in his own zone by Rupp and pass out was a little far, but still a nice lead pass that almost turned into something.
was it me or did that last bruins rush look offsides?
then
i’d like to see another angle because it looked
as if Hank may have had the puck under his glove
and it got knocked out due to no whistle
Thank you Hank!
They are also dominating them physically, Carp….Interesting game, indeed. All business.
Bruins must be dead tired if the Rangers are flying around them since they have been worn down by their playing style.
Upton’s at the game!
All it takes is an unfortunate bounce to change things.
STIFF!
Stiff!
i love torts
hey Carp
Engblom got more than 12 seconds in the interview
Andrew Gross must be so envious
what did Torts say?
Where is she!? Is she wearing that Sports Illustrated bikini!? ;-P
he said STIFF
I missed a Torts interview? Damn
With a friend, Jimbo
http://t.co/fO2vjKST
he said if youre not stiff in this game the bruins will run you over.
and the B’s have been playing really well lately.
Did anyone catch that picture of Thomas with his 70’s porn-guy mustache?
Oh yeah. Uhuhuhhhuuuuhhhhuuuuuhhhhhhh.
Implicit message: John Scott is not stiff
Do you guys hear that annoying sound? Like someone is constantly hitting the crossbar with a stick…wtf is that?!
CC, that’s a Versus thing. Weird. I never hear it on any other network.
has anyone heard from BANJ lately?
Thanks, ORR – No bikinis tonight, I guess. :-(
Horse update ♞
Bruins have been stiffer these last few minutes.
Someone has a really really loud whistle
check out fancy LW
Hearing the constant whistling for the Potvin Sucks chant is so annoying. How bout focusing on the game and the task at hand… Never paid attn to it before, but I wonder if they do it when we’re down in a playoff game in the 3rd period.
CCCP
It’s just the sound of Engblom’s teeth clanking together.
that’s Thomas constantly hitting the crossbar with a stick.
Carp, he must be doing morse code to order his between periods cheeseburger
Remember when the Rangers getting caught by the Penguins wasn’t a “if” but “when”.....”inevitable” supposedly? Lol
check in the previous thread, Lin. Maybe he’s still there?
seriously, though, where in Holy Hell is he?
Or he’s doing it to make sure they are still there since the lighting is SO poor at MSG.
i haven’t heard from him in a week… weird
You mean, season over, Vibz? I remember that.
is that true, Carp? Is it really Thomas?
Boyle=Beast.
Good period!
not a single penalty, although there were several opportunities
Would Chara even be an average player if it weren’t for his size and extremely long hockey stick?
Yes, I think it is, C3.
He’s an unusual chap.
Yeah, Bergeron, you dont wanna mess with 5 Girardi Way, get to the locker room.
Really good period
Carp @ 7:34, LMAO!
“Unusual chap,” Carp? Them sound like fightin’ words.
Oh, so biting my tongue at what you said there, JBytes. LOL
I don’t think it is. I always hear that sound on Verses games. Unless all goalies are doing that.
>>Horse update ?
I say it’s Knight update!
No Pidto: ₱
FIRE SATHER! {{{{{LINDA}}}}} Sweetie!
What kind of stupid show is this… hey that’s that idiot who took all my records.
Why are we constantly being tormented by this little weasel Costas!?
Those goalies have the weirdest habits!
“Would Chara even be an average player if it weren’t for his size and extremely long hockey stick?”
Yes. John Scott is big and has a long stick. Hasn’t worked for him.
How many games on NBC vs. Boston did we have this year?
FIRE SATHER {{{{{{OLGA}}}}}}baby!!!!!
>>Hearing the constant whistling for the Potvin Sucks chant is so annoying. How bout focusing on
>>the game…
How about focusing on the game, rather than that whistling and chant?
Garden should have played “40” by U2 when Gabby scored ir Bono’s line, “This is forty”
Glad for the goal
WHEN DISCUSSING A PARTICULAR PLAYER, WHY DO ALL HIGHLIGHT REELS CONSIST OF THEM SCORING AGAINST THE RANGERS?
Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?
cccp, I keep hearing the sound of the pick hitting the post and the play is nowhere near there, What is that?
The Potvin chant is completely fine. A relic from the past, a reminder of the franchise
history. I was at the game against the Habs Friday night——it happened twice. A non-
issue if there ever was one…....
Good news everybody! I just saw eric. He’s off the ledge!
... for now.
Seriously, great guy.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY ERIC!! sits on the top of his seat during games!
I have, Latona – and it has ticked me off for a long time!
Even period. We need to get more shots.
I think this is the third, CC.
Johnny, playing that freakin’ voo-doo music.
Yes, Latona, its called the inherent anti NY media bias :)
Hello, there, eric – relax! We’re in good shape now! :-)
No respirator either for eric? LOL
And if it’s a netminder, the clips are of them making saves against the Rangers.
Staal is getting there, finally. Fingers crossed.
Why is Thomas allowed to wear black socks while the rest of this teammates wear white socks? Isn;t there a rule against that??
van aasenholen?
Hospodar, I have more issue with people who complain about the Potvin chant. I don’t understand what the big deal is, really.
i swear mickey its like he’s wearing ski pants
Why is it a 40-goal “plateau” for Gaborik, Mr Strader? Doesn’t that word imply no further growth?
sooooooooooo close Artie!
ski pants. LOL
Eric IS a great guy…I don’t think he sits during the games though :-)
Yup, that’s Thomas banging the posts with his stick.
he shouldnt be allowed to be all black back there… refs are confused about the puck enough
damn
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Pull Hank….
Boooooooooooo.
too many brewins fans @ MSG
Would be nice if we had a nice point-shooter like that.
are there really that many Bruins fans in the building? that’s embarrassing
some just got dumped into the bench
Id love it if Torts sent John Scott into the crowd to
bludgeon Bruins fans with his skatesgreet the Rangers fans, since he wont be doing much else for this team!I can’t tell who is who with the camera so freaking far away
been like that for a lot of teams this year, Lev.
They totally need John Scott in a back and forth tempo game like this.
There were more Bruins fans in the Nassau Mausoleum the other day than there were Fishies fans – that isn’t so difficult, however.
hahaha, bff.
Except Marchand, of course with the nose visible from space.
Scott would be a deterrent to the pace of the game probably.
you would have thought their camera positioning would have improved with the might NBC/COMCAST taking over… wth, its worse that it was when they were OLN
It was Peverley, according to Kenny, Mickey…
They need Michael Scott more….
Lol, it was MDZ with that hit..
Thanks, Jimbo
ye i know Carp, just havent heard them that much… when they scored it sounded like it was a home game in Boston. that just sucks. i hope Dolan heard that.
LOL, BFF!! Glad u liked that!
Mr. Snider only allows good camera work to be done at his team’s games..
What bothers me in this goal, that Hank wasn’t even screened and saw it at open…
Bruins looks like by far more dangerous in offence than Rangers.
That Lucic-Stralman matchup is going well so far.
Welcome, Mickey!
Sarge in the building!!
Sergei Nemchinov here tonight. Vic Hadfield too.
Hank was briefly screened on that goal. Two guys passed through the crease just as the shot was let go
Rangers’ offence hasn’t done much since Gaborik’s 40th.
Marchand humping Hagelin there.
a bit raggedy
I have a feeling a cheesy penalty will decide this game.
Who stole Hagelin’s helmet!?
oh man, juucy rebound there
Stupid penalty
Someone should spear Marchand’s in the guts!
>>>Marchand humping Hagelin there.
Carp!!
By rule, that’s the right call … but so much of that crap has gone on all night …
wow, really
oh ye so the Bruins guy puts his hands up begging for a call and he gets it. nice.
And there it is. They’ve let lots of stuff behind the play go and they call that.
Chris Snee here.
I hope that wasn’t the cheesy penalty!
I guess Mama is still sleeping :(
Happened in the Penguins game earlier, too, Lev.
Somebody should call Mr. Snider and complain.
Yea, Carp, thats wat i meant lol….some people just dont want to be happy….as if finishing fourth would have been the end of the world anyway
so all the hooking and tripping earlier was ok? asshats
chode jigglin
Marchand pinned Hagelin to the ice using only his nose then.
Hank looks tired
Thanks, Jimbo for the link!!
We gotta kill this!
lmao ref hit with the puk
Wow, Girardi!
damn damn damn
sonsabitches…......
horrific reaction at MSG
Good one dg
Thomas’ black socks are really bad.. they definitely shouldn’t have been allowed.
Dang.
Gotta do something with that Girardi.
WTB was that?
Ah, fer Jeezus’ sake!!
What in holy hell???
the PK has been pretty bad lately
Looks Like Eric will be back on the ledge.
UGLY!
What was that noise? Does somebody have a vuvuzela?
Gotta redial it up again
This not going as planned..
Season over! Trade everybody!
I think that’s more on Girardi than Lundqvist actually, Engblom.
>>>What was that noise? Does somebody have a vuvuzela?
Mulva!?
Hey, a penalty again them! Do you BELIEVE in miracles?!
The puck wasn’t even close Lucic.
nice 4 chins Julien
Engblom might be worse than Pierre, I must say.
Adversity! I welcome it! I sneer at it. I mock it! I revile it.
Not to worry—- the Rangers are better than the B’s and will beat them
in the tourney if it comes to that!
eric’s trying to open one of the windows on the sixth floor. Fortunately they don’t open.
Hahahahaha…thug…
lmao Carp!!!
only need the Bettman Bonus Point.
Stop him, Carp!
Terrible PP
lmao BFF!!!
Don’t let him get out onto the roof of the building, either!
that pp was full of doody
C’MON!!!! We want to wrap up the division title tonight!
Oh guys, it’s Cat Gomez’s birthday. Yup! Ol’ Fat Face is four today.
happy birthday Gomez!!!!!!!!!!
What waste so far. An absolutely brutal period and an absolutely bad game after the first five minutes. I expected more especially with the chance to clinch home ice and the conference.
Yay, Happy Bday Poopy Paws!
This game really means nothing in the grand scheme of things. We just need 1 point to go our way out of a remaining 5 games after tonight, 3 for us, 2 for Pens.
That’s 26 in cat years.
lmfao Carp
You have a cat named Gomez? How many goals does it have!?
kitty Gomez doesnt smirk
He says, “Thank you!” and “Feed me!”
Alright Boyle!!!!!!
Boyle’s shots are iron-seeking missles…
Garrrrg!!!
Put puck in net!
GO BOYLE!
Chara wants to fight Boyler but not Scott??
You really think they’re done, guys? C’mon! Should know better
Chara broke his stick on Boyle’s back right in front of the referee, and no call. Then Thornton comes off the bench and goes right after Boyle.
amazing
SCORE DAMNIT!!!
Callahan should try to hit Chara with a shot.
NBC is so fuggin pathetic…yeah show replays and not the stuff happening on the ice…geez!
Blah!
Great response after the 2 goals against. I expect the same ferocity in the 3rd period.
Well, it took 38 minutes but they finally woke up.
Jimbo, none. He’s never gonna score. And he only has two emotions: confused and pathetic. He’s my little sweetie.
I have a feeling the rangers are going to have a very good third period and pull this game out to clinch first over all in the Eastern Conference.
Carp, Dave Maloney was flipping his lid over the non-call on Chara, and the make-up call against Thornton…
you can now break your stick cross checking someone in the back guys, it’s all good.
effin asshats
Confused and pathetic!? Sounds like me, Sally!! Good for him, though.
They are not done. Far from it. There is still a period to play and they are down by one. But in order to come back, you have to first show up. They finally did in the last two minutes.
Milbury has elf ears.
They’re showing a Bobby Orr feature on the big screen. Seriously.
How about Crosby today with two brutal slashes right in front of the ref and no call. Also the pens got away with three blatant slashing the stick out of the flyer players hands and no call. Than Malkin while he tackles Giroux and laying on top of Giroux twice punching Giroux in the back of his head. I can’t stand the pens, they get away with so much nonsense and to top it off all you see is Crosby crying to the refs the whole game.
WTB Carp!? outrage
The QuiBids girl has the same black pants as Tim Thomas.
That PP goal was all on McD. He tried to make a cute play out of the zone on the PK by looking for an outlet pass. Bad move. He got picked and Hank wasn’t expecting the stuff in, nor should he have been, since the proper play is to just hammer it as hard as possible and try to clear the zone.
Rangers need to pick up the physicality and forecheck and they can win this game. Cut out the cute BS and get back to kicking ass.
It was Girardi’s fault.
Thought it was Girardi, Joe….
I love those Bruins’ Bear commercials and, now, the tv show ones. Can we please kidnap their ad folks & make them work for us?
great 1st period, not so great 2nd period. I expect a Rangers comeback in the 3rd to at least get the game the OT and clinch the #1 seed…
I anticipate a good third period from the boys. You could tell that they got it into a third gear at the end there.
Those are the types of plays that never allow me to fully appreciate Girardi.. I know it’s probably unfair, but they bother me SO much. His mistakes are almost always glaring.
I like that, lit in orange and black. You forgot to honor the Doritos Loco Taco.
Yeah, that Thornton call was a clear make-up. And terrible camera work by NBC in that whole sequence.
Probably fairer in previous years, Latona. But how many mistakes like that has he made this year? Can’t think of many.
I don’t know if that’s a make-up call. I mean, you have to call it when a guy jumps off the bench and skates 150 feet after an opponent to try to start a fight. Right?
Ruh roh, Latona getting on Girardi…
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 on 3! C’mon!
Golden chance!
you would think so Carp, but in bizarro bettman world, ya never know.. depends on who the teams are
C’mon PP!!
Must capitalize!
Gaston better watch his back.
Just shoot, Del Z! Fugg!
Girardi has always been by whipping boy, so you’ll never get a truly unbiased opinion about him from me. He’s been spectacular this season, LW, but they still stand out to me.
Fuggin waste
well obviously we wont be winning this game with any help from the PP….grind it out boys.
I kinda agree, latona. I always dislike the sliding out of the play play. Now he’s got McDonagh doing it sometimes. ... like on that goal.
Too many men?
Is Dubi benched or something?
sure, why not? BAH
I hate that god damn penalty
Dumb pass by Girardi there. Why not throw it back to McDonagh to avert the penalty call?
Too many third liners? :P
Come on boyyeees!!!!!! Get a shorty for your favorite shorty!!!!!!!
Woah, Carp, we’re agreeing on something?
argh damint!
too many third-liners on the ice penalty :)
that pipe pounding is certainly annoying lol
Lookin’ good…
I think Carp is trying to get you aggravated by agreeing with you, Latona – he’s obviously trying to play with your head! ;-D
C’mon, boys – let’s give ‘em hell here!
Come on guys!!! Lets do this!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET IT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peverly is still mad he got flipped into the bench.
Good point, Jimbo.
LGR!
Lets get this done, guys!
Still doing Potvin sucks with 8 minutes left in a game, down a goal. Idiots.
C’mon boys!
GAS line is back together. Callahan now with Hagelin and Richards.
Can’t put any pressure on Thomas at all – not good..
im kind of…..bored.
Tiki, both Potvins are in town today – they were at the Fishies game this afternoon, since Denis works for Ottawa – maybe some fans saw him and just had to serenade him while he’s in town!
C’MON RANGERS!! WAKE UP!
Closing in on the Foxwoods Final Five….
Maybe R-A-N-G-E-R-S song, too.
FUGG FINAL FIVE! FUGG FOXWOODS! ;)
Oy! Thomas in the commercials’ too!? Basta!!!
Was it something I said, C3!? :-o
this it torture lol
Jimbo
Nah lol just felt like saying it!
these announcers make it sound as if we are a desperate team fighting for a playoff spot
Great officiating.
OK, C3 – just wondering..
blatant trip, no call
You’re going the wrong way, guys!!
goddammit!
holy carcillo you have GOT to be kidding me
Damn!!! Almost a big flub!!
DAMMIT!
We havent gotten a goal with our goalie pulled this year, I think. Maybe tonight’s the night…
I think he threw his stick.
Nail biting.
OMG
Every time Thomas smacks the posts, Sam Rosen at home must be screaming “Saved by Lundqvist!”
Almost had one there….
Look at the fight of this team. Just look at it, and know theyre going a long way in the playoffs.
I wish Engblom would just shut the fugg up!
Where was this effort in last 30 minutes of the game?
Hair pulling.
did they even try to win the faceoff?
damnit to hell grrrrrrrrrr
Damn :(
We LOSE….
oh well.
BYFUGLIEN.
Is anybody else thirsty?
Very disappointing performance. Will try again Tuesday.
C’est la vie. We’ll just get it on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. No biggie.
It’s alright, they can always try and get in the playoffs next year…..
well,
pens still have a chance to catch up.
SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This team sucks! Could have won this game but they didn’t. Fire Renney.
damnit to the ninth level of hell.. my nerves are shot
Scott wouldve won the faceoff AND scored the goal…prust sayin.
No OT this time…Timmy Thomas should make his 10pm “Tea Party” meeting on time
Some inexcusably tired tiredness tonight. Inexcusable.
ilb2001 April 1st, 2012 at 9:30 pm
It’s alright, they can always try and get in the playoffs next year…..
Line of the night!!! LMAO!!!
Bah! Next game vs. Flys in the snake pit – we didn’t sweep the B’s, and now we have to try to sweep the Flys in Filthy – not happy about this…
Rangers effort was great in much of 1st period
even when bruins got more into the swing of things playwise
but
we continuously regressed as far as our skating
and making plays in the offensive zone
way too many shots in the goalie’s chest.
even I could stop those since i just have to exist in order to stop ‘em.
sigh. oh well, worried about flyers having same intensity as bruins tonight
because they don’t want to be skunked by us
which will then bring us to the pens game
and
if the refs don’t bother to call any penalties on cindy for obvious slashes today
then we better get our PK in PERFECT form for thursday cause we’re going to be
shorthanded all night long.
i’m off to chug some cough syrup.
hoping we get our carcillo together.
must remember to NOT eat before or during the games from this point on. That little bit of dinner i had is doing evil dancing in my stomach
Good luck with the cough syrup, jpg – hope it is stronger than Robitussin – I could use a shot of Codeine after that game, myself.
Sorry to hear, Lin :(
i should have known better Mickey, this time of year is either eat way before the game, or after. now i need a sedative and there’s no alcohol in the house and the diet cream soda is NOT gonna do it
Hopefully Boston doesn’t mail it in on Tues against Pitt and start Turco
Chaotic offence in desperation. Lack of concentration and connection between players, all of the sudden. Team looks (in PP in particular) like again on a start of the season.
They tried to mail it in against the Fishies, but Turco went and beat them! Go figure!
That was a bummer.
did everything but win.
girardi tunrover on the PK, hurt but mistakes happen and when you only score 1 what can you do.
i guess the lighting at MSG was turned on brighter today for tea party thomas.
staal best ranger on the ice. prust with 5:29 of ice time….
seemed like Torts mixed up all the lines during the game, did not see cally at 1 point for a while. boyle only misses 2 goals tonight, 1 post and etc.
close games anything can happen….intensity was good but not playoff level. wanted to end things tonight.
gabby and richards 23 + minutes. thought as the game went on Gabby’s play went down hill…
mdz needs to just shoot the puck on the PP, magical plays do not happen to often.
Dubi was pretty invisible tonight – not sure who he was lined up against..
boston will mail it in on tuesday. they have absolutely nothing to play for…...
Would have been sweet to clinch tonight at home. :-(
Really, Thomas has played a crapload of games in March – if they started Turco, I would not be surprised.
Our only goal tonight came from a busted play by a Chara shot – not too impressive.
Unhappy hattie.
only other negative of the rangers play tonight was the faceoffs. man they are not a good faceoff team. bergeron schooled them that is huge on the PP or the PK…...
boyle is our best and that is not saying much…........
LOL Lin. And I was eating dinner DURING the game.
Are we forgetting that the Bruins are just as stingy as us on defense? Cause they are!
i dont think Dubinsky’s name was mentioned once today. although that’s been the case most of the season. oh well, im surprisingly not that upset by this loss. it would’ve been nice to sweep them, but c’est la vie. Flyers game will be totally different. wonder who will be scratched once Scott plays. does Torts bench Dubinsky or does he go the likely route and scratch Mitchell?
This collapse into 4th place will be the biggest Rangers collapse since the one that saw them collapse into 6th place last week.
he will scratch mitchell over Dubinsky because Mitchell sucks period. Dubinsky just cannot score a goal, mitchell does nothing. mitchell is a younger faster model of RUpp.
OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, was thinking that the third period looked quite a lot like it must look like for other teams when a goal down to the Rangers in the third.
LMAO @ LW
One thing that can be relied on when Rangers trail late….they will still keep on passing the puck around instead of taking shots from anywhere on goal.but nope..they will keep on passing the puck around, even with the clock running down, pass pass pass, instead of shoot shoot shoot,,The Bruins instead took way more shots this entire game than they did..but NY sure put on a passing clinic. And you just know that Lundqvist loves these.
Torts had very little to say after the game – said he liked the way that the team played, and that Thomas looked very good.
SEASON OVER TRADE EVERYBODY THEYRE GONNA GET CAUGHT BY PENGUINS AND SWEPT!!! (obvi sarcasm) so they clinch on Tuesday now no biggie
Can’t even see a compelling reason to play Scott against the Flyers. Tostitos is hurt and Shelley has played once in the last 10, while they’ve been winning (go figure).
we’ll just have to reconvene Tuesday and get those 2 points then!
Now he probably doesn’t play Scott. Tostitos isn’t playing lately. They don’t need Scott for Rinaldo and Simmonds and Hartnell.
Although giving Scott a shift in the final minute will be worth it just to see Laviolette climb the boards and jab his finger at Mike Sullivan…
fran,
Aren’t you the one who always complains about the Rangers NOT passing the puck?
rangers had 19 shots in the 3rd and out shot the bruins by a bunch on the game.
Boston has a fourth line that can skate very well…Scott would have a pinched nerve in his neck from looking at people skating right by him….
ILBZO, fb a few hours ago lol ;-)
Got it, answered back…
thank you kind sir
new post.