Rangers-Devils Game 2. 
I fully expect the Devils to be much, much, much better tonight, and obviously more desperate. And it will be up to the Rangers to be much, much, much better and try to match that desperation.
But as I’ve said, I expect this series to be 1-1 after two … only because most series between teams that are pretty even are 1-1 after two, and because there is no such thing as home-ice advantage in the playoffs. In fact, I truly believe it’s easier to be the road team, especially early in a series.
No changes for ya boys. Devils probably will move future Ranger Zach Parise up to Kovalchuk’s line, and insert D Peter Harrold in place of Adam Larsson.
Let’s Go Tony!
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LETS GO BOYS!
yes!!!
LGR!!!!!
LET’S GO RANGERS!
NYR! NYR! NYR!
dam u beat me lev!
gotta want it grabby!
carped
Finishing dinner with my son, then going to my house to watch the game together. LGR!!!!!
i shoulda wanted it more
Peter Harrold needs a new last name.
LET”S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
1-1 after 2 games?
Might as well FIRE SATHER right now!
good stuff ilb!
im drinkin hot damn again. stickin with what works
very exciting. drinks will flow this evening.
huge game tonight, lets goooooo.
And Carp, while I agree that home-ice doesn’t really mean anything in these playoffs, I do think that if either game 7 was played outside of the Garden, there could have been a much different outcome.
theyre really not stopping with the blocked shots argument. unreal. itsnot something new
One team is better than the other. Time to impose the will for a full
sixty and let nature take its way!
I disagree, Jason.
ilb, want some text updates tonight?
i agree game 7’s do mean something mor at home. the crowd and last change do help
No home ice advantage? No momentum? What’s next? No comment from torts?
Blocked shots have been going on for a long long long time . . . they just need to grow up.
it can also give a home team more pressure, so who knows what really
AND, whoever blocks more shots in game 7 wins automatically, so thats that mattress man
Nomentum
ilb and ilb jr…...love it!!! I just rearranged furniture in my house….antsy…NO!
LGR! We will win tonight!!!!!
sally, i burnt the buffalo wings again
“Ilb”, when did you start capitalizing your name? It’s like I don’t even know you anymore.
grabby, stick to waffles.
Let’s Go Rangers!!
Nome Ice Advantage
future ranger!
Don’t be mad if I pop in every now and then…..grrrrrrr. toooo much tonight…...LGR!!!! And Tony, Pimp, Sally and alll!!!
LGR!
LGR!
LGR!
LGR!
LGR!
BELIEVE
Ill be back when the series is 2-0!!
LGR!!!!
>>1-1 after 2 games?
Yep, that’s what I’m seeing.
he has”it”
>>Nomentum
Monentun!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!
Richards, Gaborik and Lundqvist – have Moneymentum
I sure hope Carp is wrong this time! He has been so on target though…. Would love to go up 2-0 in this series going into MSG west.
SHIFT BY SHIFT…
PERIOD BY PERIOD…
GAME BY GAME….
RANGERS IN 6!!!
u forgot block by block yev
LET’S GO RANGERS!! LET’S GO TONY!! GET BETTER, MIAMI!!
Just got home – what did I miss?
LGR x 400!
1-1 after two games? Wrong attitude. You’re not bringing that trash into my house.
Izzzy! Yev! That’s the right tude!
Sally – no capital letters
Carp- no update. I’m watching live. LGR!!!!!
It’s GO Time!
This is for real, you’ve got to want it…
Fire & Ice”” and “Wyshinski” on Waseka!? WHY, WHY, WHY??
Is there a “Fairness Doctrine” directive that is being applied to Rangers Report?
Just turned the game on. Err, the pre-game since we all know the puck won;t drop til 8:12ish
listen to docs epic pregame speech
You’d think NBC would make Doc take off his Devils cup ring…
Nodeur
Novalchuk
B-E-L-I-E-V-E
Come on Hank…stand on your head again! This team wont have a chance if you dont…Ride the lightning…
“Pierre and his “have a blast” is next”
Here’s the Devil’s theme song to get us in the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9DQnT1Awig
Izzy, you think you’re better than me?
nobody told me it was bolted down.
No blocked shots tonight. NHL outlawed them. Like the Avery rule.
R-A-N-G-E-R-S
if we make it to the finals, will msg broadcast again?
No-Jersey Devils
LOL all…!
i wonder if he told semin to have a blast too
R-A-N-G-E-N-R-N-S
nope, grabby.
Carp- you can’t handle the weight…
weres my buddy cccp?
The altar is ready. LGR!!!!!!!!
there it is!
Someone should tell Pierre that NYR did have a two goal lead in the playoffs.
damn, that sucks. no sam joe and al. i miss them
>>>Here’s the Devil’s theme song to get us in the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9DQnT1Awig
Yeah!!
AMIRANTE!!!!
Why would MARTY bring anything? Or… why WOULD Marty bring anything?
Lou Lamoriellno
grabby, he’s checkin’ coats.
Adam Noates
im squibbed already
Anyone wish a player would just punch Pierre during his interviews? That would be better than his questions.
I don’t really miss Sam & Joe. I do miss Sam & JD though! Or at least Doctor Emrick and JD.
Here we go!
time for the wraparound tonight. Brodeur, you can’t handle the wraparound
in may? rain coats sally??
LGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO YOU ARE POSTING TOO QUICKLY!
I have to listen (which I do) to Amirante on radio….never on tv??? WTB?!
Dam I was typin on the wrong thread!!!!
GO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERSSSS gogogogogoogog!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE are gonna win!
YAY home in time!
LGRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg, that would be called BANJing. :P
Here we go!!!!!!!
almost a kovy breakaway again
They need to create a chant with the words donuts in it for Uncle Daddy
maaaaaaaar-tyyyyyy….maaaaaaaar-tyyyyyy….maaaaaaaar-tyyyyyy….maaaaaaaar-tyyyyyy….
Come on boys! Start strong!
Uncle Daddy chant.
turnovers!
Let’s go Tomy! Let’s go Rangers!!!
mcmonster saved his bacon again
Marty
I have no heart beat or breath….
what the heck? C’mon boys!
Wow that was soft.
LMAO! What is Hags Superman? Please, that’s a fuggin dive
C’mon, Hags
jeez.
that is a joke of a call
MUST KILL
Just for old times sakes..
Dammit!!
now that play stopped
a quick HELLO
to all
and thanks for the be well wishes.
a bit of headache this early morning but not too bad now
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
Again, Rangers just refuse to get the puck out on first try.
Hags is a goon!!!
very soft call
serenity now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man, Prustie there without his stick
Good to “see” you in here, jpg!!
oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Almost on the wraparound.
OK, we’re weathering this early storm, but we gotta do some striking back ourselves!
How’s that not interference? Fuggin idiots
Rangers hockey sure is boring, isn’t it?
Thats interference and Edzo even said it!!!!!!
man who could ever accuse the rangers of playing a boring style?
im having heart flutters
nice uncalled crosschecks to the backs there
Maybe seeing a fight tonight?
I was thinking the same thing, Mickey.
Did Cally hit Elias in the beak!? ;-D
Make ‘em pay, boys!!
Yeah, interference on thee fasttestr guy on the ice goes uncalled. And that “holding” was no holding. If they wanted to call it interference, fine. But they were both going for that puck.
veteran move pierre called it. i call it stinky horsecarcillo
Roberto + Sally = Vibin’
yea tikis here!
“Ryan McDonagh with the wrap-a-don”
LOL! What?
lol “the wrap-adonk”
Good stuff
::yawn:: powerplay
LGR!
LGR!
Let’s see some horrible refereeing!
essssh, stinky pp so far
our pp just sucks. wtf. cmon guys
bah
Come on!! Let them play!
They actually called the slash. What a joke.
we look like crap tonight
“On Saturday, Rangers official airline Delta will FLY fans on a plane from LaGuardia to Newark for Devils game. Flight Time: 20 mins!” – Darren Rovell
I don’t trust these refs tonight.
Dumb penalty by Boyle. He had two chances to get it out of the zone and failed!
This is exactly what fans pay $500 a ticket to see, referees being jerkoffs. Filth.
what’s on tap tonight sally? santa fe happy camper ipa here..delicious
dont wait till the 3rd tonight boys. please
I guess we’re gonna get see a bunch of “ticky-tacky” penalties called tonight…
I’m not impressed with their play so far. They look too much like Game 1’s first two periods. This cannot be a good thing.
They get a PP and put 7 shots on goal. We can barely keep the puck in the zone on our PP.
what’s Torts saying? little help.
mama + positive = win!!!
Torts…man of many words…
CRAP!!!
dammit
Ugh.
yup
Great job, Steppy
Fugging hartnell…..we will rebound and prevail
SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we deserve to be down by 1
awful job getting puck out of zone that led to penalty
and then Girardi did same on pk
ugh!
someone smack Kovalchuck around please
Elias interference on Danny
It was only a matter of time.
Had to give that aasen-hole a chance to score, eh?
That’s it. Trade Henrik for Nash. Bring Mike Dunham out of retirement.
why cant we b the ones playing like that after a win? why do we have to wait until something bad happens?
We couldnt clear the puck. The Devil at the line caught it with his glove and held it in. He’s got a better glove than Henrik.
Not their best game so far, but looked like Elias sure interfered with Girardi there.
he said they’re slow and they are trying to pressure the devils PP
Cue “Lundqvist beat over glove” complaints…
damn! that was bound to happen..wake up boys
Roberto, never heard of that one. Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat.
He was saying we’re too slow.
worst period so far? or was that the2nd in game 1?
Thanks Sis! You rule!
Latona,
exactly right.
Blatant interference and no call.
Drink heavily.
Torts lighting into the team on the bench.. Good! they need to wake up!!!
Mickey, how’s the new place coming along!! I am so stressed, I am in major Mary Tyler Moore mode tonight!
Im already in a volatile mood today. These piece of crap referees and that dirt pile Kovalchuk. What a disgrace it is for him to have that 1st name. Id like to shatter every bone in his face.
Um, other than the PP, do you really think this has been that bad a period?
That’s what happens when you play undisciplined hockey and run all over the ice!
>>He had two chances to get it out of the zone and failed!
I’m telling you, it must be by design that never get the puck out on first try. They either “eat it” along the boards, or make an extra pass.
devils look fast passing/skating the puck around tonight. On the other hand, not so much for the rangers. Hopefully that changes and hank keeps them in the game.
breathe, Tiki.
MTM- Ohhhhhhhh, Rob!
is thisgame lost yet?
Carp’s sis…rules!!!!
really warm in NYC today … and the ice is predictably horrible. advantage: Rangers.
Miami-Pimp was right… Devils in 4.
Time to call Avery
C’mon, boys – answer back now before the period ends..
Olga…..LMAO!!!!
Need a spark
Not bad, Mama. Still unpacking though. Love where I love, literally 10 minutes from lake ontario.
Devils are interfering all over the ice.
Uncle Daddy wont stop them all, gotta keep the bad angle shots coming on him
Even I’m better than thy clown, Boyle
And getting away with it!
ok besides the pp it hasnt been that bad carp. its been ok, but not for playoffs.
>>>What a disgrace it is for him to have that 1st name.
Come again, Tiki? What does his first name have to do with anything!?
Carp
we were okay in first half even when devs were pressing
but
the pp was pretty awful
and since then the devs have been beating us to the puck
and we’re doing an AWFUL job of getting puck out of the zone
(leading to penalty, leading to goal)
i’m not on a ledge
but i’m not please either
those balloons are driving me crazy
marty can take a nap
These pieces of crap are thrwoing themselves down constantly trying to draw penalties.
Like what the HELL is that icing for?
not pleased by stupidity
there
by Stralman
ug!!!
Sweet Mickey…...starting out in a new place is always awesome…..
if anyone leaves now or goes on ledge after this score, I will cease to know you!!!
Rangers still need some “clearing the zone” lessons.
>>breathe, Tiki.
Is there a Boneheads anger management programme?
why are u icing it???
Richards line can’t get out of their own zone tonight.
yea, that wasn’t a penalty. It looks like tackling is allowed.
Just getting beat. That simple.
girardis been terrible so far
Thats a crosscheck!!!!! COMEON!!!!!
Leapfrog!
Ugh, Haaaaaaaate how no one is never there in front
that play by callahan proves his hand isn’t 100%
Crappy period
Torts is gonna be a proctologist during the break – lots of reaming will be going on….
Thank the baby Kreider that period is over
Rangers are extremely fortunate the score is still 0-1.
Devils were the faster team. Hopefully rangers find there legs.
were outta the zone!!!! jeesusr u kidding? think they know they have to win 3 more?
here we go.
Have to do a better job of getting in the passing lanes. They’ll rebound.
I think the crowd was booing. How about you boo yourselves because u didnt show up and cheer your team u hartnelling wastes of space.
we have not won one single one on one battle so far.
lucky to be down one.
good thing is devils can;t play like this all night.
Lol…..
Carp: the Rangers didn’t have a shot on goal for the last 9:30 of the period! Was that a bad period? YES!
ick…..too much panic and NN’ing…...see you later … sigh
It’s one thing to play hard and create chances, it’s another to play hard as you get your ass kicked. Sadly, the Rangers are doing the latter. They need sustained offensive zone possession, they need better clearing, they simply need to be better.
But they’re lucky to be down only one. Or, if not lucky, they’re Hanky.
One shot is all it takes to make it a new game. LGR.
Shake it off. 40 more minutes to go.
if were going period by period yev, were down 3-1
Take a breath. The Devils weren’t going to be shut out in this series. They will play better.
>>good thing is devils can;t play like this all night.
They need only to play well enough to keep Rangers off the scoreboard.
ick…..too much panic and NN’ing…...see you later … sigh
like, omg!!!!
We are gonna be fine…..undisciplined penalty by Boyle caused that. LGR!!!!
Bend over boys. You’re about to receive a reaming from your coach. And a well deserved chewing out too.
2 more periods to go here. Boyle not available for intermission interview with Don..Torts is letting the expletives fly!!
Thanks Mickey , me was BANJing. DOH!!!
GO RANGERS , come on Gaborik get the LEAD OUT!!!!
>>One shot is all it takes to make it a new game.
It also takes one shot to put it out of reach. The way this is going, I don’t see them scoring more than one goal.
Snarl
Desire
Unflatness
There is as much chance as not that this next period is played as successfully as the 3rd in game 1. LGR.
a bunch of fearful forecasters in here…give these guys a little credit it’s the ECF!
whats with the nickleback plug at the beginning of the game..? UGH
No one on NBC pointed out how Elias held up Girardi’s ability to get across on the PP goal? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
boyles penalty caused what dubious? us to be outplayed the whole period? huh?
Eventually clarkson is going to scumbag this series up, until then I remain calm…..LGR…
These Rangers are making me THIRSTY!
i don’t understand why the nhl got all tangled up with nickleback..horrible idea
Unflatness? Is that a word? LOL.
Get your meatballs in there and go get it!
Caused the only goal…and you to grab the tissues grabby
it just takes getting pucks in deep, and getting the forecheck going in their end, what they did to the Rangers in period 1. turn the tables.
High Desert – I agree, somehow Nickelback has a foot in the door with the NHL, but they are really the antithesis of what I think the NHL is all about.
Carp
Did you think they played a good period? Torts sure didn’t.
They were beaten to almost every puck and lost just about every battle along the boards.
They only had one shot on goal in the last 10 minutes of the period.
They failed to clear the puck out of the zone on numerous occasions. Even when it was easy to do so. One of which was Boyle who failed twice on the same play and than took a stupid slashing penalty.
They failed to hustle back on the PP after a devils clear. LQ yelled at MdZ to hustle back faster.
It’s only 1-0, plenty of time left but if they don’t step up their play, they will lose tonight and once again be sweating out a long series.
1-0 after one? Plenty of time left.
i’m so tired of liam, dilbury and jones. put on al n dave
No Nickelback
czech, solid post my friend
Rangers played like garbage and we are only down by two…I like our chances!!!!!
By the way, this exactly how the Kings play so if we can get by in this series, it should give us a lot of practice on how to play the Kings.
Bickelnack
Grabby
Thanks. Just trying to be as objective as a biased fan can be.
Carp
is it a legit question. why can’t this team be consistent with its intensity of play?
expected the devils to be pushing matters but we were beat to the puck
A LOT of the time in all 3 zones.
here’s to hoping it changes in 2nd AND 3rd period
Czech, no, I didn’t think they played a very good period. But they could easily have been 1-1 with McDonagh’s wrap-around. Whatever. I don’t understand how the hell people go all bat-carcillo when one team outplays the other for a short stretch of a game. It makes me think those people only understand the scoreboard and not the game. There probably hasn’t been a game since the Gretzky/Mickey Mouse game where one team didn’t get outplayed for a stretch of the game.
But people here act like it’s their first game …. oooh, we got outplayed for seven minutes, they suck, they’re not trying, there’s a conspiracy.
if things don’t go well, it is Carp’s fault because he said above …. “But as I’ve said, I expect this series to be 1-1 after two … ”
it’s all your fault Carp …...(:
Torts! Get out the big fat red whiffle bat.
Boink! “Pay attention”
Boink! “Clear the zone”
Boink! “Skate Dammit, Skate”
Boink! Boink! Boink!
Second period much better than the first, please!
btw,
funny (as in, it’s not!)
that nbc didn’t bother to show the check at the Rangers blue line
where the devs player was sent backwards
(and on his back?)
So, you want a perfect 60 minutes or more, jpg?
The Carp Curse
Water on the ice at the World’s Most Famous arena. So a delay. Shocker.
Even the HockeyRodent is tweeting that these clowns are clowns
dont complain about aything guys. be happy, peppy, and springing with joy
I want a Tee Shirt!!! Where the hell is the Blue Crew?????
Rupp and Clarkson yakking during the delay.
a good 20 minutes is all we need right?
The game of fisticuffs coming up
Do it better, boys! LGR!
Doesn’t look good so far, doesn’t feel good either…
They called interference? OMG!
a pp!! yes
Go PP!
PP?
Can they win a faceoff on the PP? Sheesh
grabby…..WTB???? Valley boy…...and fyi, It’s bursting with love….
way to go pp!
dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Rangers. Wake the FedOtenko up!
The graphic on the tv said Devil’s penalty . . . .see even they know the Rangers have no powerplay
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
STEPAN!
i knew it!!!
IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL!
so now they don’t suck anymore, right?
WOOOHOO
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLO DEREK!
Wooooonhohohohohohohoh! Stepan!!!!!!,
IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL!!!!!!!!
STEP-ON!!!!!!!!
The Carp Curse is lifted!!
Steppppppppeerrrrrrssssssss!!!!!! Told ya!!!!
Step or Stahl?
hahahahahha, Marty put it in himself
We got a cheapo power play and delivered!!!!!
Thanks Broduer :-)
All square! Use it now!
This better serve as their wake-up call. 1-1.
Carp
don’t get mad at me
i’m just giving my opinion as to how the Rangers played
the period.
i said in an earlier post that they played the first half of 1st period
better
i’m not freaking out
and scoring just now helps
but
we need to have some snarl, urgency and intelligence
again
Keep the tilt, boys.
devs are on crank tonight
last night’s crowd was a little more alive
BEST TEAM IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!
*monday night’s
Fatty got fooled on that one.
(Sixpoint Resin tonight, Sally. Staying NY.)
Good morning, team….
Plenty of time left.
NOMENTUM!
Mister D, Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat. Enjoy!
Anyone know Why there is money along the boards behind hank in the first and third?
C’mon, Cally, aim low!
wow go boy!!! good period so far
very nice backcheck by the Kreider!!
Stepan-Callahan-Kreider line is looking good…..
MAAARRRRTY! MAAAARRRRRTY!!!!!
messiah, i dont see it. might be a virtual ad like the subway ones last year
Matteau in the house again.
anything at his feet just off the side of the net gives Fatso fits. rebounds, wraps, bad angle shots at his feet. he is shaky on all of those.
Preakness. Another horses-aasen race.
Grabby- it looks like little doper bills along where the board and glass meet
Carp, they are like the retarded guy on Waterboy lol. Which is in FX if any of you guys can’t handle the ups and downs of playoff hockey.
Overrated Stahl gets credit for the goal!
Now it’s tied again, an opportune time to rest Girardi and McDonagh for a couple of periods.
Ahh damn auto correct. Should say dollar bills
Head hunting there??
MIAA
Looks like Artie’s in the doghouse
Wait and wait and wait for 6 years for a whistle.
Oh Good Adam Gravey…...
Kreider’s getting some chances!
damn kreider!! \almost
Carp, CTB got to meet Matteau before the game, posted a pic on facebook.com. Lucky jerk. :)
The Rangers have won at least three neutral zone draws so cleanly, the puck has ended up deep in their own zone, then they’ve given possession up on clearing the zone again. Maybe the Devils should do that on purpose.
Hank doesn’t care
LOL, LW.
Somebody run inside and get Eminger.
Matteau’s a lucky jerk for getting to meet CTB?
LOVE that Kreider shoots taht
Glad Kreider shot and didn’t try to pass. Was the right play in this situation. Back during the Ottawa series he would have passed. The kid needs to be more confident.
Hank don’t care. Hank don’t give a carcillo. He just takes what he wants.
do not do that, hank!
where is gaborik?
good. pp!
LW, have you met CTB? Dude’s awesome.
CTB! CTB! CTB!
Bad Zajaz! Haha!
Another PP?
No-wer Play!
Nice shift by McDonut!
beer. its what for dinner
CROSS CHECK? OUCH
They can’t get the penalty box door open.
lol grabby
Could Duncan Keith possibly be ANY boring-er?
Kreider flying this period! Much better effort .. The ice is SO BAD!
No replays huh… Havent seen any of the NJ pens, ok or cheap?
McD might be the true man of steel after the last block.
BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA @ the door
grabby, by “beer” do you mean “beer” or “Mike’s Hard Lemonade”?
LMAO! What the hell is wrong with that door?
I SWEAR HANK GOT LUCKY ON THAT ONE SHOT, IT JUST LOOKED THE PUCK JUST HAPPEN TO GO INTO HIS GLOVE???
How’s the hand?
Did they forget to renovate the penalty box?
Put him in the other box.
WHAT THE ….?!?!?!?!?
(penalty box door)
garden forgot to renovate the damn boards!!
Is this some kind of joke?
so who does this favor the pp or the pk? probably the pk
Let’s go PP!
Bush-league.
That’s what the 23% ticket price increase got us?
That door has no momentum.
Take out the box and build a walkway.
sally, BEER!!! i’ll never drink that stuff again
They really don’t want the Devils in the box tonight, huh?
I guess that entrance wasn’t renovated…
Travis Z is a idiot on that play, real bad penalty to take. Make em pay.
hahahahhahaha! it’s moist…..
I really don’t understand . . . I bet I coulda gotten this door open already
NBC is doing this on purpose. They’re trying to get NYR as much rest as possible so they’re ready to take on the Kings.
NY CONSPIRACY!
grabby, GOOD. What kind of beer?
I mean, seriouslY?????? This is absurd.
The door has no JAM
Find Malik and have him stand there as a human pylon instead of repairing the boards.
Zajac can’t wait to go in…
This is THE turning point of the match. If Rangers lose, this penalty box delay will definitely be the reason.
pierre only wants him to sit with him cuz he went to university of north dakota
Go get John Scott. He can finally do something useful.
Pierre, they ask you a simple question, and you go into your encyclopedia mode, telling us where his father went to school, and what his nephew ate for breakfast.
Share the rangers box?
Hey Dolan, BUY A NEW DOOR!
Tort is secretly amused by this.
“A rather large policeman…” lol. Imagine hockey was a lot more interesting in 1948.
Get him in there and shut the door.
Why can’t they sit in the same box, if need to? They got lice?
Excuse me, but I must utter these words given the situation at hand:
This is absolute amateur-hour and bush-league
These guys must be union members and getting double time. Look how many of them it takes to fix this.
hineys sally
Put a union building tradesman on it. It will get done
I’d like to hear some Doors right about now.
You shut your mouth Eddie!
OK – it’s fixed…...geez…..
Now lets hope he gets stuck in there!!!
hope we kill this pp off
Umm, guys. YOU have the PP.
well so far
the break hasn’t helped the pp
ugh!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AGAIN
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
WOW! A WORKING PP!
Just give it to Stralman!
hells yea baby
IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL!!!!!
SCOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FAAAAAAAAAAAAATSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
FATSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I said so….....hahahahahahahahahahhaah
DOORMENTUM!
This little guy has been HUGE in these playoffs. 2-1.
oh, HOW I LOVE WHEN I POST SOMETHING
SMART
AASEN
AND THEN THE RANGERS GIVE A BIG FU
AND SCORE!!
KEEP IT UP BOYS!!!
Stralsie!!!!!
Woohohohohohohohoho!!!!!
Use that box every time, MSG!
HOLY CHRIST!
Stralzy.
Stupid stupid penalty . Lovely Fatso
Kreider again
DEVILS ARE IN DEEP DOODOO
Release the Kreider!
Maaar. Teeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
That’s it, Strals!! Make them pay for not signing you!!
I’d love to see Mitchell, Prust, or Rupp get one
awesome
I love it when they jack it up another notch.
Carp
here we go!!
2 positive things
the Kreider. GREAT screen!!
also
he may not have scored…..yet
but
i REALLLY like Prust’s play tonight…..so far.
yes?
Just like the 3rd period the other night!
Put the sword to them, Boys!! No Quarter! No Mercy!!
wow. so proud of these guys comin back like this
2 posts and a goal by Kreider
LMAO@ doormentum!
I had a feeling at the beginning of the game that tonight was Mitchell’s night to get a goal – I hope I’m right!
btw,
as far as Doc’s “professionalism”
Staal run into by gionta?!?!!?
heck
Staal did more to eliminate hits by 2 devs
than what they gave him.
That’s some meatballs!
Rangers need this lead going in the third. We know Devils have some more push coming.
does the ice crew guy get an assist on that goal?
Goal was the big guy under the shirt
They’re apparently changing to Kreider’s goal.
“Doormentum” – BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
They’re having problems containing Kreider-Stepan-Callahan line
Poor Scott Howser…
Jesus Kreider with the goal. Me Likey!
They’re trying bad angles on #30.
Ranger should have taken that dev down
for that shower
(probably didn’t know it happened)
Get a axe MDZ
The outcome of this game might hinge on that delay. The Devils couldn’t handle that PP and Kreider answered the bell. Maybe the knob of Brodeur’s stick was knocked again.
would be great if Henrik would stay in between the red lines
Ryan McDonagh- McBeast, McMonster, McAmazing, McGodlike
LGR!!!
McD I’m lovin it
Lovin’ Prusty’s beard.
Major beardage.
GODDAMMIT!!!!!
Ridiculous
Horrible play. KNEW they were gonna score.
Oh dear
god dammmmmmit
Balls.
Well, we’re DOOMED again!
Guys tearing Gaborik a new one for failing to clear the puck…
Double deflect
Inability to clear pucks is sickening.
another soft goal, right?
this is shaping up to be a classic! maybe OT
By guys I mean Dave and Kenny….
That’s the second time a failed clear leads to a goal.
so close Prust!
Goal
They’re having an unusually hard time clearing it tonight. Dunno why.
Clearly a goal
I thought Hank should have had that. It was only a double deflection. If it were triple, then I’d give him a break!
Why do we give up goals to scrubs like Ryan Carter?
Latona,
it is easy.
1 Devil in the corner 2 rangers on him 1 devil always open. undisciplined hockey.
Oh my holy heck…....LGR!!!!!!!
Great job by Butt-Chin on that Devils goal. Maybe he can help his own team now?
here we go again. scoreboard hockey.
I know Carp would argue that these games (and series) are bound to ebb and flow, but man is it frustrating that this team’s killer instinct is non-existent. They seize momentum (not between games) and then ease off the gas. Not intentionally, of course, but it always seems to happen.
Finish this game hard. LGR.
Isn’t John Carter the guy that beat the crap out of Dublowsky?
the Richards line needs to pick it up. they were out there for that Devils goal by their 4th line, and the richards-gaborik line just has not gotten anything going in this game.
Need another good 3 rd, we have been excellent in the final one for a while now. Just push n skate
refs allowing devils to do what devils do
which led to goal
buttman must be happy
are the devils owned by the some international mobster organization?
either that or lou must have photos
of all the owners with , , and __
since the team’s allowed to get away this crap
year after year after year after….
Need to come out with JAM and a lot of Chris Kreider! :-)
SHIFT BY SHIFT…
PERIOD BY PERIOD…
GAME BY GAME…
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
there went
the opportunity to go into 3rd period
exhaling
CBC making a big deal about the Devils sealing off the wall, keeping all these clearing attempts in and the Rangers not adjusting by going up the middle instead.
Seem to remember one of the games in Boston this year where the Rangers had the same problem.
So better second period, except the last 3 minutes. Gotta bring the pain and domination in the third again.
Yeah, it would be great if Gabby could have a goal like that Kovy one. That isolation play he scored on is sweet (even if it requires some mild interference).
Oh boy, nothing ever comes easy huh boys
The ice is even more adismal tonight, than it was on Monday…probably has something to with the failed clearing attempts on both sides of the “ice”.
I guess ice doesn’t have to be frozen for it to be ice….fascinating
yes yev!!!
the Gaborik flamingo. bench him if he won’t block shots
Ouch on Gabby not blocking that shot.
Wow Milbury killing Gaborilk about not sacrificing.
This John Mitchell Experiment is gonna pay off in some dramatic way at some point, right? Right?
I thought Gabby’s failing to get the puck out of the zone was WAY more heinous than not blocking the shot. Those are the kinds of blocks, when successful, lead to offense.
Much better period. Another one like that and a little bit of luck and we’ll be just fine. LGR!
That face-off win in OT of Game 5 vs. Washington was very melancholy.
Was really hoping they’d get out of that period 2-1. oh well
These NBC “analysts” are total stinking Schmidt. But Dingleberry does have a point about Gabby….he should’ve got down to block that shot.
No Brain Carcillo…..LGR!!!!
2-2 after two. Plenty of time left…
LW
Rangers have had the SAME trouble that cbc mentioned in EVERY series
so far
other than game 7 against caps
This John Mitchell Experiment is gonna pay off in some dramatic way at some point, right? Right?
I’ve been thinking that for months. Must believe in Tortorella, I guess!!!!
wow, I know there is faith when Olga is positive…..LGR!
i think it’s time for a game-winning goal
from
the Kreider
Prust
or Mitchell
and
time for Carp to be wrong for a change.
;-)
20 more minutes. Win the period win the game. LGR!
National
Boston
Channel
Yeh, as much as I love Carp, I want him to be wrong tonight. Just once. Please?
They had a lot of pressure on there right after that second Ranger goal, but they couldn’t pop in another one while the Debs were scrambling around – they need more of a “killer instinct” when they have the advantage.
I expect Torts to have them coming out hard in the third….Dave is still broiling Gabby for his failures at the end of that period..
Folks, you make it sound like the other team doesn’t exist. The Devils went down 1-2, of course they’ll push. The third period is when they usually play their best.
Rangers come on strong in the third. Put ‘em away!!!
Good period until they took the lead. Once again, took their foot of the gas and a fourth line Devil,scrub scores a goal. We need to get something, anything from our fourth line.
Kreider once again outstanding and is the most dangerous player on the ice for the Rangers.
Richards line having a horrible game. Can’t do a damn thin tonight. Can’t even get out of their own zone which caused a goal.
completely agree about Gaborik’s flamingo.
Gaborik is going to redeem himself in the 3rd.
here we go again. he sucks, he sucks, he sucks, no effort, not trying, don’t care, blah-blah-blah … you guys embarrass yourselves.
Ken Campbell just wrote an article about how Gaborik saved hockey.
Ok….fug, the flamingo…..they are cool in zoos…move on….! win in third!!!
ILB, have you been watchin the Rangers’ 3rd periods lately? Devils better bring their best because that;s our Boys best period!!!
Where’s Linda tonight?
OK, I think I’ll go for a nap and wake up after the series is tied at 1. I can do without the nervousness in the next hour.
Lol, Carp, I’m surprised you’re not used to it. After so many years.
Time for some OLGAMENTUM!
I predict that either Gaborik or Richards will get a goal in the 3rd. they know they are in the doghouse,and know they need to step up.
Need to come out and win this period and demobilize the Devils. They cannot play any better than they ar playing tonight. So if we can take them, it will be big.
Artie-art – I meant Rangers play their best in third….
Any update on Sauer, Carp?
Boyle is beyond due!!!
>>Where’s Linda tonight?
Somewhere far away from the computer and TV, being smarter than the rest of us.
Hah, fair enough.
Pressure is on us right from the get-go….
Let’s go third period, boys!
lmao. i’m going to be ripping some of you guys if you attempt to celebrate when they win this series and/or the next.
ilb, crisis averted!
Out of the zone, boys! Go play in the other end…
hahaha all,...Linda is traveling….en route….oh, I think you’ll hear from her when she lands….
Oh Pierre, Id like to introduce your stupid hartnelling aasen to my brass knuckles.
Sally, I think Linda just got to NY this afternoon/evening.
Healy just called Lundqvist “square”. Nerd.
Get Bickel off the ice.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
CARP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
were done
awww phooey
Gotta solve those 5 on 5 power plays the debs are getting.
Waaaah, why doesn’t Torts get Bickel more ice time, waaaah
That may be hit with a high stick!!!!
Ugh. Bad start.
ANOTHER failed clear.
oh my dear…
Carp
So this is good hockey in your opinion so far this period?
So my two most hated devils have scored tonight.
It wasnt, but they didnt even bother to review it.
Spent the whole period in our own end….what do you expect?
Looks like series will be tied 1-1 heading to jersey for game 3.
That should be a major
Is gabby benched?
I wonder if this worthless dirt bag Pierre will “sense a surge coming.” This bald headed brainless criminal.
Meh, actually more of a minor
Cheapshot. Use it boys! LGR!!!
Go go PP again??
Interference, nothing more. Right call
Its always us thrown out. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Yikes.
Jeez, did Step try to win that faceoff?
Come on Gabby – make up for your lousy play last period..
Yes gabby is benched
gaborik sitting.
WOWWW!!! They threw them out!!
Tough to score from the bench…
I love Torts but get Gabby on the ice. Point made
Nauseous.
The PP has gotten two goals tonight, and has looked better this period!
czech, ur not allowed to have an opinion here
Fugg
He didnt shoot it. Golden opportunity.
We’ve fanned on 73 pucks tonight.
oh, how wonderful
now it’s time for real devs hockey
pile up in neutral zone
CLUTCH
GRAB
HOOK
HOLD
REPEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gaborik gave the puck up badly several times and cost at least 1 goal.
OK, there’s still time for our boys to make some magic – seems like Hags and Gabby are benched, according to Dave & Kenny…
Enough with the Gabby bashing!!! Get behind our Boys instead of freakin complaining!! Carp is right, you can’t celebrate if they win if you always bitch when something goes wrong! Geez!!
i know we want our forwards to block shots but until they stay up higher the devils will pinch us in all night.
why can’t tortorella understand this!!!
Plenty of time left… Let’s Go Rangers!
Gonna tie it up
This tool Emrick can pronounce Parise correctly. But he cant be bothered to say Artem correctly. Toolbag
I am not fatigued
Keep the faith – come on! We can do this! SHOOT THE PUCK!
Oh, Gabby. Get back in there. Score. Snipe.
We got extra rested players, so shorten your bench one goal down with the guy that can even it up quicker than anyone. Na play the Capt with a broken hand until he dies on the ice. Free Gabby
Gabby should be sitting because his play on the ice is no different than siting on he bench.
I just don’t get the flat period so far.
Little undisciplined by MDZ on that replay too.. chased a Devil to get a shot in on him instead of clearing Clarkson away.
This is nauseating
how embarrassing about benching Gaborik.
Torts seems to be bashing Gabby, not us – he’s nailed him to the bench…
but maybe Bickel can play some more, no?
fug fug fug…...I believe!
Butt-Chin will be back. Hopefully he gets the message.
Torts- don’t cut off your Gabby to spite your face.
gaborik hasnt done a damn thing to deserve to be out there.
Doc with the no Gabby call even later than Carp
Carp
i’m not jumping off a ledge
and i really don’t mean to get you angry
but
how can you deride “scoreboard hockey”
when
in the end
the score is the most important thing
if the score holds up right now
the series is tied
if the Rangers come back with 2 goals and the devs none
then
it’s an important 2-0 lead in the series despite being outhustled for much of the game.
i appreciate that the Rangers DON’T QUIT but if they played the RIGHT WAY at the beginning of the period than we wouldn’t be falling into the devils TRAP
I see3 a surge by the Rangers, but I guess that criminal Pierre doesnt see a Rangers surge. Bald headed steaming pile of filth.
Sorry, Torts. But point made on Gabby
Can someone issue a wake up call?
Penalty on the devils for blocking a shot and ruining the whole nhl
any idea why gaborik is benched?
Rupp is going to even it up with a minute left
Gabby is on the ice..
Well, here’s Butt-Chin’s chance. Do something already!
Thank you Torts point taken . Free Ferris
Id like to strangle every last breath out of Pierre. Id like to bash his face in as I strangled the life out of him.
Gaborik’s out there now. Chance to atone like Girardi did in Game 1.
Everyone who hasn’t scored yet should be benched.
Come on!!! Lets go RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is why Torts is a successful coach. he does not play favorites, and he sticks to his system. it is up to Gaborik to earn his spot, just like everyone else.
Upton Update!
Oh look, celebrities!
MickeyM,
exactly right.
I love torts but he has not adjusted to the devils tonight.
stop pushing the puck up the sides.
benching gabby plain stupid@!!!!!!!
Oh dear…....LGR!
Gabby gotta gettit goinng!
breathe, tiki. listen to Kenny and Dave.
Tiki, enjoying the game?
damn!!
Stupid!
hartnell the fugging celebs…...puh leeze
Penalty
Shorty long time coming. We are due
Terrible b’ing penalty. Man, the first minute of these periods really does seem to indicate how they’ll go.
“Carp May 16th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
lmao. i’m going to be ripping some of you guys if you attempt to celebrate when they win this series and/or the next.”
You won’t, atleast by name, but you should.
if anyone deserves to be benched in these playoffs it’s Anisimov. maybe Bickel can play on the PK now.
i will say this
i truly wish that Torts
would pay SOME attention
to the devils positioning and set plays.
after playing ‘em enough times this year
you’d think he and Sully would have a solution to the half board/points clogging
and
eventually come up w/ similar plays that we could use on them
yeah,
i know i write too damn long in all of my posts.
sorry
listening to Fishbone
not nbc
Nuthin’
But
Cheddar
COME ON!!!!
PK does it’s job. Now for some offense.
Artie – 1 goal, 2 assists
Butt-Chin – Nothing
Prust sayin’!
Why does jpg
press “enter” after
every couple of words?
Snack time for Marty
What at the chances of losing all 3 game 2’s 3-2 :(
Time for Kreider to tie it up
I see an OT game tonight.
I don’t mind that penalty. Should you just let Elias get his stick down there and deflect it in? Anisimov’s been fine.
I’d like to chalk up the failed clears to the bad ice; that’s really the only thing I can complain about tonight.
Let’s go Boys!!
Go upstairs!
Marty is sooo shaky
brdeur is freakin good holy crap
Come on, Boys – third period magic please!?
Gabby may not be excelling, but it’s not exactly like his linemates have been getting him room or shots.
It’s just not there tonight.
I’m ready for OT. 1st 2nd 3rd OT… plenty of time left…
Richie Rich time?
They are gonna tie it up
we lost this game already. time to move on guys.
Ok, richie. Time to do your thing. That’s why Dolan pays you the big bucks. Get it done.
Czech, enough with the negative waves. Think positive baby.
Maybe R-A-N-G-E-R-S is a good luck song, because they haven’t played it yet.
You heading for the exits already Grabby?
Thanks for the beard analysis Doc. “This is America”.
wtb no call??
Not a penalty? Didn’t even try to let up
A poor effort when we had a chance to step on their necks.
The referees just allowed Henrik to be run over, and then they almost scored a goal because of it.
Just run over brodeur. Take your stick and club him in the head, kill him. Who cares if its called a penalty.
cuz
it’s what i
do
just follow the words and you won’t get lost
Can we get the fire and ice guy off the twitter widget?
Don’t expect any penalties now…
OK, here comes the magic -
If anything goes, then have 2 of our guys take Brodeur, pick him up and throw him out of the goal, and score itno an empty net. Anythign goes apparently.
Fug you…..See you Saturday…..grrr,......arghhhh…...hartnell! Carp!!!! Stop making predictions!!!
ORR!!
Tiki
why should the refs bother with that call
when they allowed clutching holding hooking
throughout the game?
the hold on Hags is one of the reasons the puck was kept in the zone
and allowed devs to tie
no im here. just dont think we gonnawin olga.
I think putting Bickel out there would be smart right about now.
Game is still on….
jpg, because goalies are supposed to be protected, unlesss youre Hnerik
wyshynski should be off twitter. who the fugg is he again?
sorry…i”m fine..LGR!
and because it created a near goal for the Devils.
How can we expect to advance when the refs are out to screw us each and ever game? If the refs call it fair, we dont lose…have not lose all year unless we get scammed.
Come on. Win a face off already!
face offs, oh!!! those faceoffs.
Cally time?
FUG!
Garbage!
Oh well. Wasn’t gonna be a sweep.
damn. ok. next game
OK. So the series is tied 1-1.
Plenty of time left…
Carp was right again….dagnabit
well fudge
FUG….....we will still win…LGR!
Seriously, why is that wyshynski guy on the twitter feed?
I’m sorry carp, but rangers were a step slow, sloppy with passes, and off their game. Again, rangers miss another chance to go up 2 games on an opponent.
Byfuglien you Carp for jinxing them and calling it 1-1!!! :)
Pay no attention to the score board because this game was not at all reflective of what went on on the ice, especially the first and third period.:)
That wasn’t a penalty. He tried to stop and there was contact.
The refs didn’t screw anybody tonight. NYR just couldn’t get the puck out at critical moments. That’s really the only difference.
“How can we expect to advance when the refs are out to screw us each and ever game?”
Yeah, just like they did in game 1, when they let that Devs player get away with a delay of game penalty, which led to a goal….oh wait, that was in NYR’s favor…
Let’s hope for a W on Saturday. LGR!
Devils 4th line took it to our top line – Gonna be a tough next two games if we don’t solve that mismatch in our favor!
Crappy game. top line failed bigtime. 4th line devils beat us. no cally, no gabby, no richie, no prust??? even mitchell was kept scoreless!!!
lol czech
Saturday;s another day. I’m exhausted and my back hurts so time to grab a shower and pass out.
Later all you NN’s :P
Well, Devs came out on fire in the third in this game, and they took our home-ice advantage away.
Had a chance to maybe get a couple in that flurry in the second period, but couldn’t take advantage while the opponent was scrambling around…
Definitely total slop tonight. Couldn’t clear anything; puck handling in the defensive zone and outlet passes looked pretty bad.
someone explain to me the timeout on the icing?
how important to draw up a play.
One word describes tonights game
OUTCOACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grumble grumble. :(
Stop blaming the refs – they had nothing to do with the outcome! We had a 2-1 lead and were pressing, and then took our foot of the gas. The Devils took it to them in the first period and half of the third.
Rock the Pebble on Sat
These guys came up small again. Will they ever learn? What a poor, poor effort.
At least my Celts won tonight. Aha, Aha!
Do you people want to snivel and whine your way all the way to the Cup Finals?
Let it go. We’ll get them next game.
1-1 after 2? Familiar scenario… wish they would go up by two this series… oh well… regroup and back to battle on Saturday! Too bad i won’t be able to watch anymore games unless it goes full seven games since i am leaving on Friday for a week and wont be back till next Sunday. Hopefully they can knock the Devils out before i come back!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!
I will be at the game Saturday cheering the boys on with my two daughters and about half the arena.
If any one wants to stop by and say hello, I will in sec132 row six seat 4-6. My playoff record at the garden sucks! Hopefully it will be better in the Prudential center.it better be because this is costing me $750 bucks for the fix.
The only good to come out of a loss is what we’ll be reading here! I hope it’s as good as game 6 against the Craps. Epic thread!
>>>Seriously, why is that wyshynski guy on the twitter feed?
>>>Can we get the fire and ice guy off the twitter widget?
And LaGreca off of our radio coverage? How many Devil supporters do we have to stomach here?
Let’s Go Kings!
Man that was a real poor effort by our team. From DZ to Giradi and Mcdonagh to the whole first line. Let’s not forget InvisaBOYLE. No effort.
Does Gabby contract say he doesn’t have to go down to block shots?
Our first line could do nothing against their 4th line. WTF?
And now the Devil assholes on the MSG coverage? I won’t be tuning in on that idiot-fest…
Can’t wait to hear torts.
This is ridiculous. I’m outta here.
Tiki
i was being sarcastic
about why should the refs call that penalty
that’s why i mentioned all the other penalties that the refs didn’t bother to call
i’ve been spending too much time tonight tweeting complaints about
how the nhl ALLOWS the devils to play in this manner for over a decade.
yes
we didn’t deserve to win because we were outplayed for much of the game
but
their style is a cancer on hockey and being allowed to get away with it
is DISGUSTING!!!
Best news for Rangers about this game… Brodeur didn’t quite play bad enough to get pulled. (If Rangers win this series he will get pulled in one of the games.) Badly outplayed- a lot of passengers-still only lost by a goal. Need two days off.
Blech…...see you all tomorrow…...LGR!!! Come on!!!!
>>How many Devil supporters do we have to stomach here?
Since those Devils supporters don’t have too many Devils fans to follow them, they’re soliciting our help.
The Rangers, it seems, whenever they talk about having to “match” the other team’s desperation…just never do it.
Still, this was a one goal game. If Gabby doesn’t do the flamingo it’s tied…couple bounces here and there.
The Rangers certainly didn’t play well. Not by a longshot. Some decent stretches for sure but not a complete game by any stretch of the imagination.
The two days off, hopefully, will help. And we’ll get ‘em back Saturday.
These Rangers bounce back….ESPECIALLY from a poor effort. And Torts and the coaching staff are gonna have quite a highlight tape from tonight.
G’night all!
did Gaborik get off the bench in the 3rd? I don’t remember seeing him at all.
Is te Bickel experiment over?
Jimbo
i’ll give him credit for retweeting this from me
or i’ll be expecting LOTS of devs fan hatred coming my way
@Wyshynski gonna do a column on how NJ has been allowed to hook and hold its way thru games for past decade-plus? #refslookotherway
IMO, sometimes when evenly matched teams play one team gets the breaks. Well, the Devils got the breaks tonight. Two of their goals were deflections. Rangers hit the post twice and had another two roll over Martys shoulder and just miss. The hockey gods did not smile on the NYR tonight. That said….Kreider and McDonagh should not be your best players with the roster the NYR have. Too many forwards not contibuting enough.
“From DZ to Giradi and Mcdonagh to the whole first line”
Wow! Enough said.
>>did Gaborik get off the bench in the 3rd?
He was on the ice in the third. I cannot tell you if he actually played, however.
I’d love to see Erixon get a shot, but it’s such a risk.
Good one, jpg! I just don’t understand why we need to have their presence on this blog – this is RANGERS REPORT, not NHL Local Teams Report…
well gee, i wonder who lets devil bloggers on a ranger blog. im with latona, im outta here. have fun at this shiny happy place all. peace
Can someone locate Brian Boyle the hockey player? Ruslan Fedotenko? Marian Gaborik? Carl Hagelin? Can someone please lose Stu Bickel? This is the cup semi finals. How can these guys not show up? Will Feds contribute anything this playoff year? Will Boyle contribute anything post his concussion? Really, these guys took the night off.
I think Gaborik didn’t get on the ice in the third until there was about 8 minutes left – and nothing much happened.
majority of Rangers took the night off
and went to see Spider-Man the musical
>>Too many forwards not contibuting enough.
I’m willing to give The Captain a pass since he’s been so incredible during the season, but he better show up soon if this team is to advance.
LaGreca doing the post-game, with Devil-love in his voice – I’m outta here, and the radio & TV goes off now, too.
On the bright side, Girardi got some rest during the shift Bickel got scored on and no streamers.
Days off will definitely help them. They’ve been playing a lot of hockey.
How embarrassingly bad was the ice tonight? Just horrible! Sigh…
Two deflection goals…tough break. But Richards must be better here…he’s been quite in both games.
Best things about this team is the goalie, youth, speed 3 studs on defense and most of all the way they hit, block shots, pay the price and over achieve and that is due to there coach. This is. The rangers for god sakes, thank you Torts. But I got to tell you a lot of this tonite is on the coach, no way you bench Gabby, especially for the power play, scream at him in intermission, and how about changing Bickel in his own end when you had the chance. It not Monday morning QBing it’s coaching. I’m not chicken little Carp, but that game was Huge, now we got a long series and it looks like LA may be short. Torts will have them ready and they will win this series, but it may have cost them in the long run. I know we are resistant but eventually it may catch up.
In the third, Butt-Chin was more noticeable on the bench than he was on the ice. He’s been pretty average in the playoffs, in my opinion. Only four goals in 15-16 games. Definitely not enough.
I think Gaborik would rather be lacing up for Slovakia right now.
Despite my protest of the Fire and Ice twitter, I’m still here. Re-group and come out with a purpose for game 3. Not exactly backs against the wall yet. LGR game 3!
The Rangers will win because Marty is shaky and giving rebounds, his luck won’t hold out.
>>...TV goes off now, too.
Mine went off at the buzzer. I’ll wait for Carp’s audio clips to hear what my favourite coach had to say.
These Carp “1-1” predictions are killin’ me
Fire Torts?
Call up Avery?
watched Torts presser
i’m sorry Carp
but those questions were awful
i ask questions for a living too
and several of those could have made the same point
but only if they were worded differently.
Keep Torts best coach we ever had….. Very bad game though
Torts gets the most out of these guys but sitting Gabby when he’s one of the few legit scorers? This ain’t the preseason.
Torts was asked
When asked if team brought proper amount of effort into Game 2: “no”
the answer to that is soooooooooooooo obvious
that i don’t know how that could come out of someone’s mouth
Rangers in 5. Should not be a problem if Hank plays the right way.
Torts being Torts
Why even bother asking him anything? You know the answer is “NO”
Can someone please explain to me why Michael Del Zotto has become Sullivan’s go-to Defenseman when we get a lead? I haven’t seen him win a one on one battle on the boards since round 1. And it was no coincidence that every single time we got pinned in our zone, Del Zaster had his stick on the puck and failed to get it out.
He’s offensive minded, I get it, so why don’t we consistently put him with a stay at home D? He has a different partner because they don’t play Bickel. Everytime I turn around he’s with Strals, Staal, Bickel, McDonagh. WTF?
And for those, who i see on twitter, who laud Del Zaster for every point he gets, for every goal he gets, or makes happen, or every PP he actually is an effective QB (probably the same percentage of Mark Sanchez in that). But nobody calls this kid out for the mistakes he makes? He has 9 points this postseason, he’s been at fault for at least 9, probably many many more. 2 tonight alone.
I am eagerly awaiting the moment one of the nitwits who posts here begins clamoring for Brandon Dubinsky and claims the Rangers would have won 100-3 if he played.
Oh look…Marty is on a naughty chair! How fuggin AWKWARD is that set up?
Two nuts and a prick in the middle.
The fault on all three goals needs to go to inability to clear the puck and missed coverage. Those are team responsibilities.
Bad ice, bad officiating (2 obvious penalties on NJ in the final 2 min not called – even the NBC dipsticks had trouble covering up for the refs on those) but the bottom line was bad play by the Blueshirts. They had a chance to really take control of the game and the series and came up small. That worked against Ottawa and Washington but NJ is better – a lot better – than those teams. It’s not the end of the world but if the Rangers want to go further in this postseason they need to stop fooling around and step on the neck when the other guy is down.
BTW – who was that guy wearing #19 tonight and what has he done with Brad Richards?
Ok, so the Devils are getting contributions from the bottom of the lineup throughout the playoffs. We have gotten nothing from Mitchell,Rupp,Prust,Feds, and for the last two series Boyle has done nothing on the score sheet. I know that it maybe sacrilege to criticize these guys, but we need to get something from them in the next two games on the score sheet. It would help if Stepan came through with a goal or two.
To me, this was Hags worst game of these playoffs.
MdZ reverted to well, MdZ. No urgency, little hustle and poor decision making and positioning. And that is my biggest problem with him. He is just not consistent enough for me.
Who ever said it earlier, I too would like to see Erixon in there for Bickel. He is just too slow against the Devils.
Mike Rupp is a joke of a player. Watching him liumber around the ice against a much faster team is embarrassing. Like I said all year long. He brings nothing to the table. Nothing.
I hope the extra day of rest helps them and also maybe gives Dubi a chance to come in in place of Rupp. Dubi could be big in this series.
Hey Lloyd,
Shut up.
Wellman is on the taxi squad
Prust sayin’
I think those bottom line guys have played about as well as they can. The problem is that none of them ever score. It’s nice that the defensive forwards seem to put out consistently high effort, but not a one of them could put the puck in the net if his life depended on it. I haven’t ripped on the Fedotenkos and Rupps of the world in the last few weeks because I see the effort they put in, and it’s good for the team that they’re out there trying hard…but jesus h, they never score.
Hey CCCP,
What’s your problem now
Exactly Latona. And i think the reason why Gaborik was benched in the third is because he was the one who had a chance to clear the puck but couldn’t and it ended up in our net late in the second.
Lloyd, YOU’RE the nitwit here…
I agree, Lloyd. It isn’t their job to score, but I think as an NHL player, you should be expected to score occasionally.
Lloyd
Dubi would be a much better option than Rupp. I am sure you would agree. He also plays well against NJ and uncle daddy.
I think so too CCCP. I think him failing to get the puck out along the boards was way worse than him failing to block the shot.
Hey Lloyd,
I’m not tellin’ you.
Czech:
I’d rather have Rupp in there playing a handful of minutes than Dubinsky playing 20 minutes of abject mediocrity and idiots telling us how important he is.
“I’d love to see Erixon get a shot, but it’s such a risk.”
Me too! It’s also a risk to have Bickel on the ice, it seems. Prust sayin’!
new post.
“Can someone locate Brian Boyle the hockey player?”
Do you mean InvisaBOYLE
Bottom line thewhole teamhad very little energy tonite. I can’t remember the last time so many players had an off game on the same night. Here’e hoping the extra day’s rest helps.
John, thanks for that dumb comment.
On the bright side, how good was Kreider tonight? Virtually every shift he took resulted in a scoring chance tonight. Good move by Torts putting him in fron of the net on the power play. I would like to see a lot more of that. The kid was the best Ranger on the ice tonight by far.
Also, like I posted earlier, this is about the best the Devils can play and yet we only lost by a goal and had two bad periods because several of our top guys had a bad game. I have to believe that we are more than capable of taking one out of two games in NY/NJ.
Gaby should be hogging the puck; he is an underrated passer. Gaby is NOT a threat if he doesn’t have the puck. Richards is not very good at carrying pucks. Neither is Hags.
Dump and chase is the way to grind out wins. But, great teams have true game breakers that step up and score skill goals. It’s that simple.
Gaby needs to be that guy.
um, new post.
>>Call up Avery?
We first must send in divers to retrieve his skates from the Hudson River.
It’s also pretty effective as he takes the talk away from the team and takes the blame for his poor showings at the press. Smart move.