From the Rangers:
New York, May 30, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent forward Marek Hrivik.
Hrivik, 20, led Connecticut (AHL) with five goals and tied for the team lead with nine points in nine playoff games. He ranked second among AHL rookies in playoff goals, tied for third in points and first in power play goals (two). He also tied for sixth in the league overall in playoff goals and power play goals. Hrivik posted a six-game point streak from April 21 at Bridgeport to May 7 vs. Norfolk, registering five goals and three assists over the span. The six-game streak tied as the fourth-longest in the AHL during the playoffs, and included a three-game goal streak which tied as the longest in the postseason. Hrivik completed the first round with a team-high, four goals, in Connecticut’s three-game sweep against Bridgeport.
Hrivik signed an Amateur Tryout Agreement with Connecticut on March 30, and made his professional debut on March 31 vs. Adirondack. He notched one goal in eight games with the Whale during the regular season. Hrivic registered his first professional point with a goal on April 11 at Portland.
Prior to joining Connecticut, Hrivik skated in 54 games with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), registering 29 goals and 41 assists for 70 points, along with eight penalty minutes and a plus-13 rating. He tied his QMJHL career-highs in assists and power play goals (11). Hrivic ranked third on the team in goals, assists, points, and power play goals, and tied for second on Moncton in plus-minus rating. He also registered one goal and two assists in four playoff games with the Wildcats.
The 6-1, 195-pounder skated in 179 career QMJHL games with Moncton, registering 93 goals and 111 assists for 204 points, along with 40 penalty minutes and a plus-29 rating. In 2010-11, Hrivik established career-highs in goals (38), assists (41), points (79), penalty minutes (18), and power play goals (11) while skating in 59 games. He led Moncton and tied for seventh in the league in goals, and ranked second on the team and tied for 15th in the QMJHL in points. Hrivik made his North American debut during the 2009-10 season, recording 26 goals and 29 assists for 55 points in 66 games after being selected by Moncton in the first round (34th overall) of the 2009 CHL Import Draft. Hrivik has also registered six goals and 20 assists for 26 points in 29 career QMJHL playoff games. He skated in the 2010 Memorial Cup with Moncton, tallying one assist in three tournament contests.
The Zilina, Slovakia native has also skated in several international tournaments, including the 2009 and 2011 IIHF U-20 World Junior Championship. In 2011, Hrivik ranked second on Slovakia with two goals in six tournament contests.
363 Comments
Take THAT New Jersey Dweevils.
And you correct my spelling Manny
News 12 New Jersey is overflowing with Devils love. Repulsive. I bet they have a larger proportion of Rangers and Flyers fans on the network than they do Devils fans.
I was just one of many people that corrected your spelling. “Dweevils” was intentional.
Here: http://pikmin.wikia.com/wiki/Dweevil It’s worse than a spider.
repost
I got canny’d (or would it be marped??)
carp
mammal?
mulva?
Deloris!!!!!!!!
How does someone evolve into a Devils’ fan? Seriously?
Evolve, eddie? More like mutate.
I hope the kings win 4 blow outs.
Latona – no doubt :)
They are a pathetic lot, my friend.
Too bad we all envy big lou lammoriello…...kings in six….LA becomes a hockey town for two weeks and a day
My hate for the devils started in 1987-88 when mclean scored the ot goal vs chicago to knock the rangers out of the last playoff spot. 87-88 rangers were loaded that year!!!.....ok maybe not
Boo-Ka-Boom,
Don’t you mean Lou Armadillo?
Apologies latona..i meant lou imacarcillo
Even better, BKB!
LG Kings!
@E3 (Pimp’s Angel) Stay Thirsty My Freinds
“How does someone evolve into a Devils’ fan? Seriously?”
When you want to get rid of that annual feeling in your gut you’ve had since Friday night. That’s how!
All dEVILs are chemical mutants from evil-stanched NJ swamps.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I do have a series to watch. Hey, at least you won the Winter Classic.
Ok guys, I left that post and the responses hanging a few posts due to being busy at work and such :/
Re the cap- if it goes up it makes everything that much easier. I am sure you guys watched what I watched where 1-3 more goals in these playoffs here and there and we are talking about them playing tonight and not golfing early.
A higher cap I don’t see how anyone could be opposed to adding a Parise style player. Especially considering how well he can fit into Johnny T’s system. And how a little bit of scoring could have vastly changed our fortunes this spring
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the league did not say, although it was implied as per old boy’s network agreement, that these “standards” will not be forced upon the new jersey devils so that that team will be able to continue to hold, hook and interfer on a regular basis.
Shoveling their way to a five game beating by Los Angeles, is the Devils.
The kid from CT jonny quick will win the conn smythe…but it will be a close vote between him and Anze the giant!
Dusty Brown….bring the Cup to NY, baby. Ithaca, NY…that is….
Let’s Go Kings!!
Doughty!! Yes sir!!
“Well I would like to have a 60-goal scorer, I’d like to have a defenseman who can play 25 minutes and get 25 goals; I would like to have a goaltender that could be under one goal per game,” Sather said. “I mean those are wish-lists that every team in this league would like to have. Realistically, there are some people that are gonna be available. But they’re not available until July 1. So you really can’t talk about any of those guys.”
Extenze Sather!!
after the wooping they put on us…. why not sign the Devils 4th line this summer? They are all UFA”s and would probably cost $2.5 -3m combined?
Hats off to one of the classiest men to ever play hockey. Nik Lidstrom…wow….what a career….
LMAO, Papa. Good idea.
Make less than Dubinsky.
Papa, I know you’re probably just kidding. But, I’m convinced that we have players in our prospect pool and CT that are better. The Devils just have a more balanced attack than the Rangers. The Rangers essentially sacrifice a scoring line for a defensive “shutdown” line. The Rangers have 3 lines that may score (only 2 really do) and the Devils have 4 lines that can score. I think it comes down to team style; not individual players. Just my humble opinion….
Carp are you going to review the Kings/devils game? Not extensively like our boys, but i always enjoy your hockey point of view.
Or am i breaking a bonehead law and asking for something severly taboo?!?
Okay. If you don’t like the Devils 4th line, How bout …..Tom Poti is a UFA in 2013. Maybe we should save some cap room??? (Although, I’m not even sure if he played this year – but I’m sure he’d come back. He loved it here!) ;-(
LOL! Good ones, Papa!
Face Painting Devils vs. Rangers Seinfeld is on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta support the team.
NYR_FAN, hey buddy…i meant to write back to you, but was busy…i did not invent ‘the Bernank’. There was a video around 2008-09 I think…sometime after the Lehman cascade event…where this guy did a series of paranormal videos for finance about such things as treasury markets and who controlled the Fed. Was pretty funny, and I bet you may have seen some of them already. That gentleman used the name ‘the Bernank’ either by design or by default..pure genius anyhows.
‘Atta Boy, NYR!
DIOS MIO! EL DIABLO!
duckbill, I’m sure if they hadn’t invented it, you would have. Keep on keeping on with your unmatched awesomeness!
Carp, can we get an “IT’S GO TIME!” for some Kings action tonight?
LET’S GO KINGS!
He’s an innocent primate.
So am I.
Yes, “The Bernank”! Genius, Duck. Pure genius ;) I’ll have to find those videos…I know there’s this one guy on CNBC always calls him Big Ben or The Bernank….good stuff!!
The final four this year are far from the best NHL teams, but got where they are by unstoppable grit and by working harder than everybody else. Congrats to Torts and the 2011/12 NYR.
Okay seriously, much better crop of potential UFA’s forwards waiting for us in 2013 (if the labor dispute doesn’t change the rules) if we don’t score Parise this year (which I don’t think we will) :
-Crosby
-Staal (Jordan)
-Perry
-Getzlaf
-Zayjak
-Weiss
-Lupol
-Horton
-Ryder
-Hartnell
-Iginla
Maybe some will be on the block this summer.
Hey, you gotta let them know you’re out there, this is the playoffs.
Go Kings!
And, hey, is “Staal (Jordan)” any relation of Marc?
I wouldn’t take Crosby even if he would play at the minimum salary, Papa Bear.
Chris – I don’t think so – probably just brothers!!!!!!!!
Jerry: Remember the guy who pretended he had cancer so O would buy him the
toupee?
Kramer: So he actually had it?
Jerry: No, car accident. He was trying to adjust his toupee while he was
driving and he lost control of the car.
To be perfectly honest, I’m having trouble getting past the face painting.
Lats – I don’t think he’s coming anyway – so we are safe!!!!
Die you FFFFFFFFFFFFing Devils!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s the letter ‘D’.
So who’s ready for some old fashioned Devils spanking? I guess we are not getting Go Kings Time post?
Hacker McGoo – best name on the blog!!!!
Costas update
Just realized it still hurts, dammit…
LET’S GO KINGS!!!!!
wow this is painful to watch but if i am watching GO KINGS GO
This scoring on Quick thing is just embarrassing.
Hope this doesn’t cut into my Hatfield and McCoys Part III. What time are they dropping the puck??
Man, costas tried hard to make this sound like a juicy final. He and the rest of the suits wish they were at the garden now.
Don’t we all BKB….Don’t we all >:-(
Silver and black look good. Not as good as the red white and blue, but always been a fan. Dustin brown looks like chewbacca and annakin skywalkers offspring.
Soon enough papa..good comercial there with all the team photos. That cup is beautiful!
Dustin B wood look real good in RWB.
i feel like im going to vomit
Who the hell is this Arlette chick? She irritates me.
BKB – remember Kings made the finals in 93. We won the Cup in 94.. We can live with that pattern again.
eric – drink heavily my friend and have a puke bucket close buy!!!
Yes, he would, Papa
You wouldnt even be able to hear john amirante right now
Yes sir papa..ill take that as well!
ilb – he’ll look just as good tonite with his hands raised in celebration scoring a couple on fat daddy!
LGK!
This game’s boring so far!
Lets go dwight king!
I hate Clarkson more than any other Devil. He is a weasel to the max.
The real hockey hasn’t started yet
BKB – i like King. Nice player.
Icing, icing, icing, offsides, offsides.
Why are we signing all these europansies?
No shots by the Devils. NYR would have had one shot on net by now…
Kings seems to be handling the Devils transition game quite well early on….
Kings have broke the forecheck more times in the first 4 minutes than the Rangers did for most of the 1st periods of the series! Dev’s are in trouble!!!!!
Can we just get Dustin Brown instead of Parise?
Speaking of shots… How bout the shot Richards put on Lundquist in Game 5. His best shot of the series!!!!
these first 6 mins may put me to sleep. god why the hell did we have to lose
eric – how’s the stomach feeling???
Imagine if Richards would have scored that….the comments on this board would have been priceless…
Penner’s big but slow…. I’ll pass on him.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Weeeeee! Fraser!
Yes, baby!
SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOrRE
4th line devils take that baby
wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
The KINGS 4th LINE IS BETTER
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTTTTTTTY
I just scared the crap out of me cat with a loud porn star-like “yeah”
stil going to puke at some point tonite
Sign Fraser! (Not Brenan)
GO KINGS GO!!!
NO DUSTIN PENNER will be a bust
LOL @ Clarkson
Poor Jack Johnson. Kings playing for the Cup, and he’s stuck in Columbus!
Was that a flop by Fatty Mcgee?
I hate NBC…show the damn replay….
Sometimes my comments dont post from my ipad :(
Is it me or does it look/ sound like there are a decent amount of kings fans?
Probably undercover boneheads dressed in silver and black :)
Orr – the Cat must be used to that!!!
there is Fatso doing what he does best. he lets in a soft goal, then does his usual dive routine to get a phony PP
wonder if any of ranger beat writers gross carp zip leonard are having there papers send them to LA.
That’s a good point, Papa. Maybe he jumped because he was expecting something to hit him.
That was such an embarrassing embellishment by Brodeur…ugh….
Seriously what a fatso. Billy smith, ron hextall, even patrick roy would have crosschecked brown in the neck there.
Where;s the call on Zubrus!?!?!? What the hell!?
Emrick ” Doughty and Zubrus cancell” translation: Zubrus tackles Doughty…..Cmon Doooooocccc!
Cant wait till zidlicky gets caught up ice
How many times did Emrick call Feds Kreider in the last series…I mean if you cant see the number thats on thing…. but Kreider skates 3 times faster the Feds…
Lol they should have had jiggs mcdonald call this game…doc is such a devil lover
BKB LMAO – Jiggs and 18 – what a pair!!!!!!
Is this game slow? Or is it just that my intensity level watching our boyz was so high that it mad eevery game seeem faster?
Brad Richards’ trainer is at the game
Clarkson blew two great chances this period.
Kings gotta pick it up now
Clarkson’s had chances
Clarkson looked like gabby there
Quick leaves a lot of net up top!!! Strange way to play
LOL! Good one, Orrsie!
Finally all packed. Turned on the game with 2 mins left in the period. Pebble sounds dead. Go Kings Go.
Gabitis. Open net… shoot high!!!!!
Rangers would have been leading 2-0 by now. Goals by Rupper and Stahlser
I think I’m going to watch my Celts for a little bit. Aha, Aha.
ORRsie … I agreesie!!!
Two points the rangers should learn from the kings:
1) they very rarely moved the puck up the boards. They utilize the center of the ice very nicely.This affects the Devils fore-check which outside of a few chances is non-existent.
2) The kings do not run around in their own end. very few times there was 2 kings and 1 devil player on the puck in the kings end.
ORR
any ben and jerrys tonite. try any new flavors
Is Quick wearing skates? He’s never on his feet!!!
I bought a pint of Strawberry Cheesecake. I was trying to find Key Lime Pie & Cannoli, but I don’t think they’re out yet.
Have a good time, Lev.
key lime and canoli sounds sweet
Sashaying across the net mouth was Parise… pardon that was Quick.
JR – the incredibleness of the kings’ throughout this series.”
Liam Mick-You looks really orange tonight.
Doc, I think he was jostled.
Coach D. Sutter – “Hobba hubba hibby who”
Coach Dabore’s pregame speech – “Larry wants to tell you our strategy”
my boy liam. havent seen or spoken to him in years. should try and get his number
eric, not me. I’m not even going to the home games, and didn’t make any effort to even catch the first period on TV … so also no review.
Zip’s not traveling, either, I think. I’m sure Andrew Gross, Pat Leonard and probably Brooks and one of the Times guys will travel, though they’ll be doing sidebars because their papers actually, you know, cover the Devils with a regular beat guy.
Looking at a Friday noon chat, OK kids?
Fatso is the greatest ever…....DIVER, that is.
he should be ashamed of that phony act he puts on, but nothing could shame that debbie loser.
Keith Jones – “JR, can the Devils win?”
JR – “the indication is surmised by continuation”
ilb, spasiba!
Friday noon works for me carp…thanks a million! You are the frank brown of the reporter dispatch
Friday, noon. Be there, or else!!
Friday it is, Carp
I am watching USA brazil soccer friendly in honor of the pimp. Us is losing 2-1. Brazils forecheck is unstoppable. No room for the red white and blue. How’s the hockey game?
LA is sashaying now!!!
Better hockey this period
friday noon works for me
Marty is the best at making easy saves look difficult.
I’ll take that as a pretty high compliment, Boo-K.
Kings looking better
I bet Joe Mich pitches a tent every time the Kings 4th line hits the ice. So big and strong.
so depressing watching this. i have this blank stare on my face like im wathcing a preseason game. would like to see kings get 2 goal lead.
if you had choice of iginla or ryan. who and what would it take for each u think
Anytime Carp..i think of him as bathgate and you as graves..both worthy of the rafters :)
Iginla…probably would take artie and mdz and maybe a prospect or pick
Dangerous play
Anybody see the article in the NY Post about both of these teams having financial troubles?
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/one_empty_cup_b7wbRoj9DgNunv5Kh0v7UN
Very sad, but interesting reading. Devils NEED the series to go 7. They need the $$$$$$$$$$$$.
I’d go with Iggy Stardust. He’ll cost less.
I in such denial. Coming here. On twitter. Looking for the rangers on tv. Wow. This sucks.
Carp you hear the torts radio spots? There was media trashing fr what I saw on twitter.
Slats gave assistant coach pat Leonard an interview.
So for an off day and the start of a long three weeks got some ranger fix.
carp
promise me not go time for finals under any circumstances
For a second I thought the title of this post was “Rangers Re-sign Marek MALIK”!!!!! ;-o
I just got home, and I put the friggin’ game on, and the first voice I hear is Chico the Preeko – and The Crow! It’s all too much to bear….. :-(
WE SHOULD BE PLAYING NOW!!!!!!
What the hell is going on!? Kings are only ahead by one freakin’ goal!? WTB!? This isn’t the way for the Kings to beat these bastages…
Is Kopitar alive in this game…WAKE UP!!!
Qiuck got a nice glove hand
Wow quick is fast…with that glove!
I heard Fast is quick too!
Adam Sandler will never be in another good movie ever again! I’m convinced.
Carpy, we all talk about signing Parise or someone for big bucks and a lotta years. Has any research been done on any of these big money/years contracts? What players are actually playing better in year 2,3,4 of them?
I think of all these guys that are worse than when they signed. Starting with DiPietro, Ovechkin, Patrick Keane. I guess you could say Malkin is better. Who else?
Is it worth it to sign a guy for $$$ for a long time?
Lol..good one papa.
Fugg
Ugh.
Goddammit…..........
Boo!!
are u freaking kiddign me
Parise not on the ice!
Season over!
off a defenseman
What are those aasen-holes in the crowd chanting? Who sucks?
I hate this – I think I need to turn it off….
Let’s Go Celts!!
typical garbage goal by the debbies. it went in off Voynov
No review on the goal?
Zubrus should get a penalty on ever check he throws. Comes in with the elbows everytime.
that terrible ice helps the debbies, the puck just bounces and rolls on edge all game long.
G7 – I don’t think they freeze the pucks… Especially when they take a lead…. They go to the unfrozen puck bag – no chance of making a play….Been doing for years.
Revolting..
Fuggin right, NYR! Our Celts had two solid period. As long as the refs don’t get involved, we’re okay. I’m just so sick of this anti-Boston stuff from ESPN and the refs.
LA leads in every category
shots 14-9
hits 29-25
faceoffs 19-14
but typical debbies, they tie it on a fluke goal
What a great job title “keeper of the cup”
JR – “never count out any team playing with eradication”
The kings need to stay with it and find a way to win a hockey game
“I would like to have a 60-goal scorer, I’d like to have a defenceman that could play 25 minutes and get 25 goals, I’d like to have a goaltender that could be under one goal-against per game,” Sather said. “Those are wish lists that every team in this league would like to have. Realistically, there are some people that are going to be available, but they’re not available until July 1.”
– Slats
Makes ya want to projectile-vomit…
Doc “the crow” emrik – “cawwwwwwwww”
You guys seen that story just now? Win Cup for a day? What a cool thing for a kid and his family! Only in hockey!
LET’S GO KINGS!!
Im gonna make up a business card and make my title “assistant keeper of the cup”. Id take trips to canada and hand them out to some chicks
Kings need to play within their jam, and go aboot their business. Wouldn’t hurt if they stiffened up against a stiff hockey club
Kovlacuk never won a playoff game before this year???? That can’t be right DooooC
I don’t know…Parise ain’t that impressive
LOL! Look at that awesome Rangers kid!
Butt-Chin wasn’t that impressive either. Same with Richards.
looks like devil forecheck getting going not a good sign
What’s with the disco crew on the ice?
ha kid in a ranger jersey
Wonder if thats bullet proof glass in da ‘wark
love the kid with the Ranger jersey at the Devils game by the broken glass
That kid RULES!
3CP – How’s the hunt for the Liberty Locker room Inspiration Guy job going?
That kid is a future bonehead! Man we are the best fans in this city!
Latona, you should see Secaucus junction train station when there’s a Ranger game. Full of Ranger jerseys!!! Thousands….
>>ha kid in a ranger jersey
I came in here just to point that out. Try as they might, they just can’t keep those Rangers fans away.
Wow!
He is wrong, Papa….He won one in 2010 with NJ. They lost in 5, didn’t make PO last year. In Atlanta he played in 4 games, got swept by NY
Parise’s a cheater!
LOL! What was Parise thinking? What are the odds you get away with that?
Parise = scumbag!
Season over! Trade Parise!
Parise is caught cheating!
if they spend more then a sec on that should be an investigation
Quick is awesome…parise with a sneaky play..not sure how i feel about that…
“He couldn’t get it up”
– Edzo
kings better pick it up
I was in Secaucus after Game 5, Matty… I was hoping the atmosphere would be much more festive; the “LGR!” chants after wins are awesome.
How many quality shots has LA had?
Was Zubrus eating some guy’s face? All that blood on his mouth!
wow. Kopitar glides like Gabby.
I’m turning this TV off if Devils score the next goal.
There’s a 40 year old fat guy in NJ’s net! Put some pressure on him dammit! LA needs to wake up!
Zubrus reminds me of the crazy Russian guy in the Sopranos who Chris and Paul couldn’t kill in the Pine Barrons. Big, stupid, feels no pain.
>>wow. Kopitar glides like Gabby.
I think Kopitar is a tougher glider.
I’ll take a Zubrus on my team, Papa.
Kopitar has some size, yes. He was excellent first two rounds.
Doc said Kovalchuk never won a playoff game as a member of the Thrashers…
La having trouble getting out of their zone. Devils have adjusted. Great coaching.
Matty Boy – He’s having a googd playoff – I’ll give him that. Disappears too much for my liking though to be a full time member of my team.
Sign Nolan. Nice hit
i’ll tell you, Papa, at MSG, he was one of the more feared Debbie players last round. He was solid every game there.
Ted Nolan – good coach – like the ladies a little too much they say!
You guys can have Zubrus. I’ll take Mr. Anze Kopitar
no question there.
Kings don’t look nearly as quick as they did in previous rounds.
forecheck taking over not a good sign
boxcareddiehospodar May 30th, 2012 at 9:51 pm
No review on the goal?
Zubrus should get a penalty on ever check he throws. Comes in with the elbows everytime.
He also dives every time he is touched. He will get a diving penalty this series.
Haven’t played in a while. Have to take that into consideration.
Fayne missed there. Clarkson missed 2. Devils have had more opportunities. More open nets missed.
Hate the Devils.
Ugh! That fat mess Rex Ryan is in the crowd. Make up your mind, do you root for NYR, the Isles, or the Devs? Can’t have it all!
Rex Ryan with a Devils Jersey? First of all, they make one big enough for him?
Secondly, another reason to hate the Jets. Bush league.
Quick doing a Hank impression there…
Lol, Jimbo.
>>>He also dives every time he is touched. He will get a diving penalty this series.
Not if Looie Lam has anything to say about it..
Chunk Style saving the day
Doughty pulled a Richards
Nice saves for the whale.
Holy carcillo !
Funny, but sad, Latona…
LA is sashaying now. Sashay. Sashay.
JR—“the Devils attack has been emulsified.”
Fraser Line – I like it!
fatso on doughty is like fatso on richy in game 6.
Bat Fastard….
JR—“The Protagonist has found substantial stoppage incrementally”
Richards – pick a corner next time.
Question: Rex Ryan, Chris Christie, Marty
Matty – Isn’t it fun being JR? :)
Ugh.. overtime..
OT! Yay!
So, just for my input on the draft, I hope we get either matteau’s kid, ulfie’s kid, or wilson in the first round
I am byfuglien pissed we aren’t watching the rangers in the finals.
I know I need to get over it, but for all the talk of the Rangers getting outplayed by Jersey, in games 5 and 6 they basically entered the third period tied and dominated play for that period. Really, for the first time all year it just didn’t bounce their way. Could easily. – easily- have been Rangers in six. Still can’t get over it.
dwight king for la or zajac for devils
I think I am going to watch the 4th period!! I mean hockey ;)
Me too!
Uh oh, my overtime vision doesn’t look good for the Kings. It’ll be all over before the eighth minute mark.
Debs have the Kings right where they want them – it’s sickening that things are going this way..
The referees must have tossed their whistles in the Hudson River after the second period.
Answer – Huge, huger, hugest
Coach Sutter ” Gubby wubby tubby too
Recall avery
>>>I am byfuglien pissed we aren’t watching the rangers in the finals.
So are we all, compadre – so are we all…... :-(
zubrus/penner
so say we all!!
Devils players need Sam Rosen to tell them when/where they can make a hand pass.
Williams will win this!
Jimbo – The shock has turned to anger
That Kings 3 on 2 looked just like NYR’s normal 3 on 2.
Kings blocked a shot! They’re RUINING the NHL!
YAY!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE KOP
YESSSSSSSSSSSSss
yesssssss
ANZE!!!!!
Ko-pi-TAR!!!!
CHECKMATE!!!!!
Hee Haw!!!!
KOOOOOOPIIIITAAAAR!!!!!!
KOPITAR !!!!!!!
KINGS!
Once again. I will take Mr. Cool as a cucumber, Anze Kopitar
nice play on the wall by brown i believe
Absolutely undressed Uncle Daddy!
KOPITAR IS KING! I WANT HIM!
Way to go KINGS!!!!
Great play!! Kings road streak is still intact!!! Go for another on Saturday night, Kings!
JR – “the fact that the rangers aren’t in the finals is indicatory”
sorry justin williams made that play
BEST PLAYER IN THE NHL
No “Spider Save” this time!
Scorpion save didn’t work for Fatty Mcgee
I literally shouted! I have never rooted for another team this much..
GO KINGS GO!
No Surrender playing at the Pebble loudspeakers – HA!
Referring to Uncle Daddy at the buffet table…
I knew Justin Williams was going to have something to do with the win! I know everything!
Where is this Kopitar from!? He sounds unlike a Europansy!
I hope LA wins their first cup. I could not stand to see Fatso get another one.
This one is going to hurt for the Devs. A lot of open nets missed! Bwaha!
Slovenia, Jimbo
I can now enjoy Kathryn Tappen tonight.
Same here, Latona – I feel bad rooting so hard for a team other than the Rangers, but I hate these byfugliening Devils so much it’s making me blind!
Kopitar is Slovenian
>>Slovenia, Jimbo
He’s one of two in the NHL.
Was he born there, ilb? Came here as a kid? He sounds totally “western”...
The kings held the puck for one second longer tonight than the rangers.
made the devils commit and then passed.
devils forecheck non-existent for most of the night.
will the refs ever call an interference penalty against the devils?
Oh, it was the “Scorpion Save”, eh? Well, the scorpion couldn’t sting tonight.
Thanks, ilb & ORR!
Born and raised, Jimbo. Was still Yugoslavia then, I believe
Watching this game …..it sucks…. how did we loose to that team… it had to be fatigue. this is a game we won time and time again this year…..it sucks boys.
JBytes, is Jan Mursak the other one?
>>>will the refs ever call an interference penalty against the devils?
Apparently not – there’s a special NHL rule just for the Devils..
“western” like clint eastwood??
Wow, ilb – I take my hat off to him – he really learned English perfectly!
Excellent way to end the day!!
Anže Kopitar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C5%BEe_Kopitar
No, I kinda meant “north american”....so that’s what I should have written!
Moncton Wildcats are my favorite team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
LA Kings have won 11 straight road playoff games. that is not easy to do
>>>Kopitar’s grandmother taught English at a local high school, and both Kopitar and his brother learned to speak English from her.[8] (wikipedia)
Grandma was a great teacher!!!
>>...is Jan Mursak the other one?
Yes, he’s with Detroit Red Wings.
Good kid! Wish we had him!
It really stinks that NJ was so close in this game though – I was really hoping for a Kings blowout and a Debs embarrassment at home..
Yes, JBytes. Thanks. I was just doing some surname analysis. Lucky guess!
Marty getting undressed makes it kind of worth it and insta-losing is as good a trade off as you can get though, no?
I became a Kopitar fan when I first saw him turn Pronger inside out to score.
I always really liked the core of this Kings team over the last few years….Kopitar, Brown, And Doughty….and they all continue to impress me now…
Kopitar really is a beast….wow!!!
Parise was no $8M a year player in this game. Clarkson was more noticeable…...I hat Clarkson.
I never really cared for Scorpions [Heavy Metal band].
I hope the Kings don’t use any McSorley sticks. it cost them the cup in ‘93
I wonder if the little kid in the Rangers sweater celebrated when Kopitar scored.
And stinking MSG Network, having a Debbies post-game show on MSG+....some solidarity, Dolan? Wouldn’t that be nice!? He owns the Rangers, and gives the Devils airtime..
I know I’m a sore-loser, but I I owned a team AND a sports-TV network, I would absolutely not give my rival teams any airtime – I wouldn’t even sell them time at a massively-inflated rate..
LOL! Someone just asked Kopitar why he went backhand on Brodeur, and he was like “Uhh.. I went forehand.”
It’s not Torts’ fault! GO TORTS!
Reporter: Anze, what made you decide to go backhand on Marteee.
Kopitar: Uuuh, I went forehand.
Jimbo:
Totally on board with you (as we already discussed last week). Didn’t watch a second of this b.s. tonight and won’t be watching any of the remaining games. That being said, it’s good that the Devils lost.
Yeah, Lloyd – I did watch some of the game, but I found it very hard to stand – the more I saw, the worse I felt, until NJ lost, that is!
I really hate the whole NBC treatment of hockey – announcers, coverage and camera shots, everything.
I wish I could get the Canadian TV feeds here – I’ve heard of some folks getting Canadian satellite dishes that are made for the Canadian TV market and installing them down here, but the legality of it all is questionable, at best…
Jimbo
I grew up outside of Syracuse and we used to get a Canadian station on our cable system before the big cable companies took over and ruined cable TV—always got HNIC—it was great! Spoiled me.
All Hail King Anže!!
Last!!