Game 1
Have you waited long enough for this game?
Bunch of guys making their Rangers’ debuts: Rick Nash, Taylor Pyatt, Jeff Halpern and Brandon Segal. Plus Chris Kreider makes his regular-season NHL debut.
Check out the new thingy on the left … it’s our Three Rangers Stars poll. You can vote at any point during the game, but obviously you’d be better off waiting until late in the third, or shortly after the game ends. We’ll close the poll half an hour or so after the game. You can only vote once, and only vote for three players. Hope you enjoy it.
Please also follow me on Twitter: @RangersReport.
Your opening night lineup:
Hagelin-Richards-Nash
Gaborik-Stepan-Callahan
Pyatt-Boyle-Kreider
Rupp-Halpern-Segal
McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Stralman
Del Zotto-Bickel
Lundqvist/Biron
Asham is suspended for tonight’s game from last year’s playoffs, and eligible to return tomorrow. Gilroy and Eminger are prucha’d.
Must win. Obviously.
Finally, it’s a Saturday night, which means no real post-game show and an abbreviated John Tortorella presser, but, hey, Buffalo highlights and Stan!
738 Comments
First! LET’S GO RANGERS!
Finally, LGR!
LGR!!!!!
LGR!!!
So GCL seems to have crashed entirely. Fantastic. Good job, NHL.
Might as well have Jeremy Jacobs personally defecate on my TV. (Hi, Lloyd!)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LGR!!!!!!!!
Wow! Look at all this Technology !!!
Hagelin-Richards-Nash BOOM
Eeeeew Again!! Nice going, LW!! ;)
Ummm, new post, Manny
Just kidding
Yes, Manny – LaGreca is definitely a lifelong Devils fan – he has admitted it in previous days. He grew up in NJ, and probably still lives there.
Ha! That’s why I have the job, Ilb. I show proper enthusiasm and scorn (when necessary).
Giddy Up.
Saw that, lol
Is Del Zaster a Ranger Yet?
Hagelin-Richards-Nash
Gaborik-Stepan-Callahan
Kreider-Boyle-Pyatt
We need to FOCUS for this game.
Wow, great effort with the blog. As usual of course.
Hags Richards Nash is one of those lines that has to work. It nay not click on Day 1 but once it gels its gotta be dynamic. Just hope Torts and the rest of you Boneheads can be patient and give it time to catch the inevitable fire!
How long until Torts changes lines? I think he makes it through 2 periods before the urge to shift overtakes him….
LET’S GO NASHGERS!!!
Did they lose their momentum yet?
Torts may actually stick with those lines this time…Um, scratch that.
Torts – “We’ve practiced enough, we just need to play a game.”
Rangers win 2-1! Voros makes an appearance and falls down.
LGR!!!! Finally hockey is back! LGR!!!
Let’s go Rangers!!!! Love the must win tonight!
LETS GO CCCCOATCHECKP
IT IS TIME!!!!!
3 periods of non stop hockey action!!!
GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
lets go go go gog og go go gog ogg!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
LETS GO BOYS , lets make sum noise!!!!!
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO we are soooo back!!!!!!
CHICAGO SUCKS OLGA!!!!
GO RANGERS!!!!
has Orr declared season over yet???
Greg, you pumped?
What do you guys think about the Three Stars poll?
Voros!?
RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS!!!!!!
Anybody see the 4th Line? Looks like Bickel won’t be taking the faceoff :(
Lindzo! GregL! The gang’s back!
Looks good,Carp…Nice thought
(Skids in very late to the party)
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GANG!!!!
We’re a band, ilb! BAND
Wont be game over season over until the first Bruins goal, Lin!!
Oh. Thanks Carp (and a big DUH by me)
Rupp-Halpern-Segal.
Why do we hate Haley?
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
whoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! ssally shortstacks!!, wheres dancing linda>?
ok, my daughter and son in law drove down to the islanders game and she messages this:
As if he wasn’t hated enough
Only DiPietro gives a puck to a kid wearing a Rangers hat
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So pumped.
holy bluehellness GRABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks good, Carp – but you’re gonna have to change it every game as scratches and injuries occur, no?
I have 100% of the votes
LGR
ILBZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is BecZo ready for her first Rangers game???
And call-ups, should there be any…?
3 stars poll is a little long but looks cool Carp.
Im so pumped , I can’t put it into words.
can’t wait!!! 48 games , no time to play bad. Torts has got to have ‘em play playoff hockey , right now. Blockin shots and ‘all. Hank is the best , Nash potatoes TONIGHT!!!!!!
Must must must win tonight?
It’s about time!
ogogogoggogogoggg
Yup, Linda…mrs asked me to try not scream too loud this time….then she looked at me and said:”Never mind”
where’s OLGA!?!?!?
We expecting the usual 7:09pm puck drop?
does she have a lil Rangers hat ilbzo?
So we’re still boycotting the game, right?
Where’s Izzy?
A bib, lol
Little CT prepare to be awoken if the Rangers score early
If Eric is not around, let me be the first to say that losing tonight would put the Rangers two points behind the Penguins and either the Devils or Islanders, which would be basically insurmountable at this point.
Izzy thinks he’s better than us….
Well. Let’s Go Rangers!
See youse guyses after the game.
Window prepare to broken if the Bruins score early.
Izzy, Olga, miked (riot), Staal, lloyd… and the guy with the sauces
the bid is good ilbzo!!
so who’s got Joe Micheletti”s taste in their mouth from last year?
NOT ME!
lets go boneheads!! lets go rangers!!
Ugh. Have to listen to the NESN clowns on NHL Network.
>>We expecting the usual 7:09pm puck drop?
You’re forgetting the player introduction show.
Phew, they fixed GCL just in time. Bettman better lick up the mess Jacobs left behind.
i got sauce lin!
JB!!!!!!!!!!
Oh Lord, NESN feed on NHLN. Brb, going to find cotton balls for my ears.
Five minutes in and no Crosby update ?
EWWWW, LW. Just ewwww
might be a mention of Crosby during tomorrow’s telecast.
Mickey, i hate it !!
Oh drove past a Crosby Lane today. Nearly lost my mind with laughter at that.
ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED OR WHAT?!
Crosby update: his lips are bigger
Has anyone told Sam Rosen he is going bald????
I wish the NHL Network would get rig of the crawl on the bottom of the screen during games. It cuts off the action at the bottom of the screen.
I love that Cally goal against Buffalo
YEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that guy needs more sausage and peppers
Lin!!!!!!!!!!
Just drop the puck for Kreider’s sake!
Botox
Lets go Blueshirts
Let the amateur-hour clown show begin!
totally agree with you Blast!!!
The slow crawl at the bottom of the screen is Mike Rupp.
lol
Ron Duguay or Jon Bon Jovi?
THERE HE IS! Ron “Bronze Balls” Duguay
omg ears bleeding!
Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash
Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash
Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash
Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash
Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash Rick Nash
Just catching up with Duguay
Shut up already, Du-Gay
Duguay going for the Willy Wonka meets African sofa look tonight.
so many comments hard to catch up! LOL
How about Duguay, blabbing like an expert, even though he didn’t set foot in the practice rink during camp, hasn’t even met these guys.
LGRs !!!!!
I think Kreider is going to do very well on the third line, against the third D pair a lot of the time.
Lot of stripe patterns Torts
61 looking good so far!!
Torts looks focused....
GAME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!1
Trade Hags!
Nice job pretty boy
The goon, Carl Hagelin…
Bit weird not seeing Dubi on the bench
PK to work
Jesus, Hags. BAD SWEDE, BAD.
lmao HaGOONelin
62 …. Not so good.
early PK test then.
someone needs to pick up Dubi’s nose picking duties
Hagelin for 2nd round?
i cant believe we’re watching rangers hockey!!!
Stepan almost puts it home….Sam is mid season form
Good job so far
Just give us the Cup already!
Lots of chances at bad Bruin nicknames – Rene Rancid, Tuukka Dump, Johnny Boychick…
When the lockout started, Brad Marchand’s nose was already in January, so he’ll be in mid-season form.
Don’t ice it Rupp
Hank is in Vezina form
Seeing 17 in blue and realizing its not Dubi= major sadface :(
Wallqvist :-)
HELLO to ALL!!
ugh!!
finally got on your internet.
trying to get radio rather than listen to bruins bozos
on nhl network
(can’t get msg)
yea, that number 6 jersey needs to not be warn
Dial it!
Carp’s favorite…Pitbull and sunglasses.
Marchand’s Nose is responsible for climate change
Lets get some puck possession
exactly what game are these NESN guys watching
When (why) did Stralman change to Wadewitka’s number?
Is anybody voting Asham for star of the game? lol
Hey! No Buffalo highlights on HNL tonight since they’re not playing.
If Stralman stinks this year, they need to retire #6. In the toilet…
Decline it.
Hope Cally is ok
that number is bad freakin luck and gives me bad chills whenever i see it.. get rid of it
Does anyone have any idea what the lines are? Boyle with Gaborik? PP
Big shot by Naasj
yea that was an awkward hit CT
Nash=bust.
Wait, Nash on the point? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
CT, cally can’t get hurt, we have not synchronized getting jersey/shirts yet lol
good call
Carp, are my three stars rangers only or either team?
Pushed into him
Goalies should be penalized for doing that…
WTB?
Interesting P…..I’d call it a bit chaotic..
Wow…
rangers only, doodie.
Boyle should report directly to the doghouse when he gets out.
Hanky Panky
WTB?
yup
PK is tad helter skelter
Nash down twice to attempt blocks: Buying in.
apparently refs have no problem with headhunting
that smile is gone from Torts face. nice while it lasted
focus.
Nash on PP? I guess they intend to make sure he gets his fully earns his contract
well..we look like crap so far…
Crappy, senseless, and defensive officiating. The refs are already in midseason form.
Game over. Season over.
Bad rebound
Damn
sigh
NO rebound control on that one…
SEASON OVER. TRAID EVERYONE.
bad change. bad backcheck by 18
did Staal pay much for that great view of the goal?
gamelink anyone ? down here in Fl No MSG
gonna hafta order NHL package
Hey offense, game started.
Trade me.
Bad change.
thanks Mickey
i thought i missed a Trade Everyone post
season over. for sure…
NHL Net, hammerhead..
Sam was trolling Lundqvist by mentioning how Lucic had just had a daughter, right?
Nash and Hank have showed up…everyone else waiting for period 2.
you’re right
CCCP
thomas will end with mvp trophy this year
(and yes, i’m beeing an aasen and then some)
Should of started Biron.
Prust just had his first fight as a Hab and they loved it up there.
Why does the NHL network never show the MSG feed?
This offense needs some Jason Strudwick right now.
no doubt Carpy…sigh
Organist with Pound the Alarm by Nicki Minaj. Nice.
Prust :(
time to move on…Prust is the enemy. He wasnt crying too much when he got that deal from Montreal.
Oy!! The amputation lady is back again…ugh!
Need Avery!
Not a lick of offense yet. Back to playoff form for the boys!
although he probably will be when Montreal finishes last in the East again.
Fingerless Marie still looks a bit like Scotty Bowman.
Scoring chances 8-4 in favor of the Bruins..
YESSSS !! I got my Game sound back!!!!!
GO RAAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!!
Staal could be minus 2 already
getting it out of the way early Jeff!
lol Lev
we look exactly the same as always. whats the surprise? u guys thought wed win the cup in game 1?
think we need a fight…where’s Prust?
Kreider invisible so far.. looks like a pre-season game… But these count boys!
Good think Hank showed up tonight
They call everything
Up north….
stfu nesn asshats
Avery AVERY!!! Neeed Malik if this goes to a shoootout!!! I hate that dam shootout!!!
Ference for interference? what next lding for holding? sschecking for crosschecking? ghting for fighting?
Fugg
Andrew InterFerence
Unrewarding first 20 minutes…
Worst period of the season.
Torts is gonna tear into them in the locker room…wake up boys!!
Well, they look like last years team, minus the grit…
Anyone else noticing DZ’s slap shot? I don’t remember it being a component of his game in the past. Looks pretty decent.
I miss Mitchell
Looking forward to the MSG 150
(said nobody)
What I’m noticing is a continued lack of offense…
Brad Richards…..my vote for the second long term buyout.
Hilarity carp hilarity and i dont mean clinton
Boston pretty much dominated that period. Not that unexpected to see them struggle a bit early.
Long change this period, should play to the Rangers speed advantage here…
Glad I paid the big bucks for NHL center ice so I can watch the NESN broadcast on the NHL channel.
Gonna be tough to come up with three if they keep playing like that.
Also, a suggestion: move the three star poll to the recap post. How can we vote on stars before the puck drops?
A little Helter Skelter there that 1st period, LQ looked sharp except for the long rebound.
What, what, what???
MLB ?@MLB
We mourn the passing of @Cardinals icon and Hall of Famer Stan Musial, who has passed away at the age of 92: pic.twitter.com/hrTuPzbH
Looks like it’s gonna be a long short season.
Gotta start finishing some checks…safe kills right torts?!
Punish them beaners!
TRADE EVERYBODY!!!!
I see JM hasn’t expanded the words in his limited repertoire at all. Did anyone know Chara was 6’9? And that lots of players have big hands…. Argh!!
LGR!
Jeff, we’re stuck with a ton of NHL Network telecasts this month.
The Islanders are playing three (of the four) players they only got on waivers this week. Solid, deep organisation still…
Kovalev with an asst. 1-0 florida
Must be a Crosby update coming here…
“Punish them beaners!”
Let’s not blame this debacle on the Mexicans – Blowmez isn’t playing in this game!
Torts is going to have some serious coaching to do.
I expect a second period turnaround.
Of the new guys, Nash and halpern have been best
We look BIG and fast
btw folks, NHL gamecenter must be doing a free preview because you can watch the games online
Sully’s whiteboard during the intermission:
Strategy
Focus
Segal
Is it me, or does it take 10 sec less for Rupp to turn around than it did last season?
false alarm. They give you like a 5 min preview
Fun fact: The Islanders still have more than half of Rick DiPietro’s 15 year contract to deal with.
Duguay breaks out the 70’s blazer….looking sharp.
was expecting some rust, but they dont look good so far. its ok though, cuz we have each other!!!! yay! right?
They should do the same for the Center Ice package, ilb – but they aren’t!
lol grabby!!!
lw3h -lmfao!!
10:10 for McBust in the period. 2:12 for Bickel. Fatigue
It’s you ILB. RUPPER turns like an aircraft carrier in rough seas.
R.I.P. Stan “The Man” Musial.
One of the great human beings in sports.
hey lin! how ya doin girl? missed u.
jeff, think he might be a compliance buyout?
missed you too grabby XO
I take my last post BACK!! Center Ice is on free here on Time-Warner Cable in Queens…
Joe Mich thinks Nasher has a big package…
lets go halpern!!
marchand’s nose
Chara didnt need a long reach there….Richards gave it right to him
nice to see pp is looking like Eastern Conference 2011-12 champs
Center Ice is free til 1/31.
Met Stan Musial once, a very nice, sweet man. His office was in the same building as mine in STL.
heard Chttp://www.pollstar.com/resultsCity.aspx?ID=15611&SearchBy=columbus,%20oh&PageIndex=2enter Ice is free til the end of january
sorry Carp
i have NO byfuglien idea
how that link popped up there
was saying that Center Ice is free til end of january
Lundqvist = midseason form
Rwt of team = All Star break form
CT, isn’t that pretty much the same time frame?
I’m not familiar with Musial, Carp, but would you put him just below A-Rod in the tremendous persons in sports list?
hey ilb
at least Rupp is skating faster than John Scott
(trying to be positive)
Egads, Stu
Asham wouldn’t have taken that penalty….
Bickel and Segal = the Prucha brothers soon?
Bickel to Segal … that can’t be a combo you want to hear very often … and of course it leads to a penalty.
So long Segal.
wow are they calling it tight or what
wtf
Someone needs to call armstrong’s dealer…how can we be playing like we’re in a midseason slump if it just started?
Damn refs have their argus eyes on us already this season!!
Sam impressed that Chris Bourque has a famous brother ...
random q; but is anyone else having problems with their picture on MSG? / not seeing the full score on the top left of the screen…(have an HDTV)...
Stepan looks slower than last year
This is BUSH-LEAGUE
Thanks for that info, Mickey – gives me a little more time to appear that I’m “holding out” on signing up for it again this season…
hbomb
it’s sarcasm
get used to it
NP, Jimbo.
Nash is the disaster I expected
Linda the rest of the team looks like they’re literally on break
Hank needs to yell at his teammates that the game started..
LOL @ Bickel…
Get better, Sour Power.
The king does it again…lets get one boys!
TrueBlue – As dumb as it is, I think that’s how they intended it. Look at the Devils-Islanders game.
yea Henrik showing why he won the vezina last yr
Thank God for Hank
So did they know there was a game today? Shouldn’t the team have someone responsible for telling the players when there is a game? That seems like an obvious sort of thing.
Whoever the Rangers used to pay for doing that job must have gotten fired 3 games before the end of the regular season last year.
True, try changing the picture size on your tv… worked for me.. a pain in the asham but it works. Last year it was fine.
I should ask my in laws in the Hartford area for a list of good restaurants and send them to Bickel
No offense, no discipline. Ugly. How the heck can they take this many penalties? C’mon Torts, get ‘em going.
lmao.
its NOVEMBER/December in january!
its game 1 guys. perspective. ok. we will score a goal to tie this. but yea, wheres the offense? jeez.
Of course, if you’re watching in SD, it looks like you don’t get to see the amount of time and the period number. That’s on the Devils telecast on MSG+2. Time Warner doesn’t let you see the SD versions of channels you receive in HD anymore apparently.
This smells like one of those come-from-behind shootout games.
Halpern winning lots of face-offs so far he’s 1 for 8!
Thanks Spider- yep, checked that one too (compared it to NHL network MTL. vs TOR)...but literally thought I was going nuts / the OCD was coming out.
All right, the technical glitch seems to be a good parable for the play thus far- a bit off…
ok that sucked beyond belief
Game Over, Season Over
I liked the strike.
Bring back the lockout…
2-0 Bruins… golf time for the Rangers
TrueBlue – Did you mean you can’t see the numbers of the score or the top of the logos? Nobody can see the top of the logos, but if you can’t see the score, that’s a different problem.
My 9-0 loss prediction is accurate
Firebomb everyone?
WAKE UP
The Little Ball of Nose.
nice to see that the team is playing up to everyone else’s perception of them
ugh!!
Spider, you got it…can’t see the full logos (I can see score, unfortunately, at this point). It’s weird though bc i changed settings around and ONCE and for one time only I could see the full “box” including full logos…
thanks for responding, this has been driving me nuts
this is Aristophanes so far
what is wrong with Hagelin today?
Yeah, Hags looks off.
thanks Taylor
at least it’s a shot on goal
fatigued?
Looking like a monkey trying to Byfuglien a football out there
Never a big Stepan fan. Shoulda retired after his first game.
Power-play is greatly improved….NOT!
Fire Torts! Enough is enough! :)
Carp can we switch it to the 3 goats of the game if the continue to play like this?
PP killing them as usual.
hagelin not having a good game.
how about go forward????
Good thing we got Nash so we wouldn’t need Lundqvist to win every game 1-0
The power play is terrible, but really I think what the team needs to focus on is “grit”.
Two bad changes- two goals against. I think they’ll be jumping over the board without pucks for a week or so
WHY IS SULLIVAN STILL HERE? lol
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Rangerssssss baby!!! Win or lose im HAPPPY HAPPPY!!
Wait till Nash n Gaborik start to shake N Bake!!!
Kreider
bust or fluke?
;-)
go nash go!
This is all part of the process
of looking like they have never played hockey beforeWe are getting killed in neutral zone transition.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Teethchards!!!
Richie. GOODIES
was that Richards?
Well, a glimmer of hope…?
Wooooooooohoooooooo
WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not a moment too soon!!!!
NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
That was a rad move by Nash before the goal.
Woot woot!
and some wonder why Torts loves him!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO
For the record, can still see the score- and liking it marginally better….
nice using the body by Nash just
before
Richards scored
Rangers Report ?@rangersreport
Screen by Nash, who likes to go to the net … should give lessons.
Nash is a Monster. Beast.
Nash’s first point
Jeff,
You’re right there—as long as they’re “blue collar” it won’t matter if they can’t score more than a goal a game. Right?
FIGHT
lmfao CT!!!
Oh, Rupper fighting…
Got one back! Lets keep the pressure on!
C’mon Rupp! Do something useful!!
RUPPER
this dude needs to change his slacks after the fight
Chris, less focus on getting shots on net, more focus on “sticktuitivenessmanship”.
Someone needs to tell Sam about oleo’s trivia question about who scored the last first post-lockout goal for the Rangers.
well that was a bummer
Am I crazy or is the NESN guy’s fight calling almost not related to what is happening in the fight? It’s like old-timey radio.
cmon Rupper
RUPPER …. turns like an Aircraft carrier….fights like a dingy.
LOL @ Sam’s commentating
Rupp needs spinach
c’mon Bickel
Bickel fighting for Camplbell making him look bad
Stuuuu lol
Bickel lands a right…..
broken nose Campbell.
Pickles!
Few cheap ones by Campbell…punk.
Well, that was a stupid waste of time.
That’s a suspension.
BICKEL!
yeah blood for blood
47 game suspension for Bickel
Bickel!!
Campbell is a wuss, hitting him when he’s down.
Stu did better
How stupid are these staged fights?
Bickel had his spinach obviously
what’s a suspension
fighting colin campbell’s kid.
MSG replay… Everything but the punch that Bickel landed.
how the hell does Rupp
with the arm length as long
as some of my Italian relatives are tall
not be able to reach
his opponent and
beat the carcillo
out of him?
oh I see Carp, how could I forget…hahaha
Is anybody surprised Segal didn’t fight? If he sees the ice again, I would be surprised if he doesn’t try to find a partner.
EXACTLY JPG!!!!!!! he must have noodle arms and marshmallow fists
give that one to Bickel, think he cut Campbell, then the wuss tried to hit him when they were down and getting wrapped up by refs
Segal’s probably halfway to Hartford already, Spider.
Where’s pillow hands, Lin? Fixing his tennis balls?
I think the Rangers would be a better team if less of their passes were to the other team.
i dont mind the staged fights… i definitely sat up a bit when Rupp dropped his gloves.
too much ice time for Segal – need to give his minutes to Kreider try and get the kid going
lmao refelting the balls Carp!!!!!!!!! he’s gotten pretty adept with the glue gun
As long as Boyle doesn’t have to fight.
I am however slightly concerned that the Bruins seem to be outworking us, particularly in their own zone.
funayama….......
great name lol
Good game by by Nash so far. Nash is a beast. Nash is going to score . I believe in Nash. Nash is EXPLOSIVE, gotta love Nash. Yo Carp , Rangers gots talent eh?
what happened to Marc?
Nash looks like he came here to retire…
Offensive support for the king please
where the hell is Laurel????
Nobody minds the staged fights. they just usually don’t accomplish anything … better to play nasty, and fight when you need to fight.
Mama’s involved in some NYC bash.
Sickening…..just sickening
Better second than first at least
He got hit with a shot, jpg …
Rupp the moron was looking to change momentum away from the Rangers. He is a real intelligent player.
Getting very hard to come up with three.
ah ok,thanks Carpy!
Don’t worry Bickel took the momentum back
me too, Doodie. That’s the dangerous part of volunteering to do it before knowing the outcome. I have to do it every game. Bickel?
Here’s hoping the boys show up in the third.
CCCP, what do you mean?
why do these networks think their fans want to see interviews with opposing players? do you?
boring ass game. pretty much the dominated all night. but, its 1 game. did the bruins pump sleeping gas in the rangers locker room?
Do you really have to do it every game, Carp? I don’t think anyone would mind if you forgot about it for a week or two. I certainly wouldn’t mind.
Lets see if Rick does anything in period 3. He seems to know what he’s doing.
gabby gonna snipe one and tie this dudes
i’d rather see that than listen to Don Cherry
Way too little ice time at even strengh for Cally and Stepan. SEGAL is awfull.
Do the Red Wings have to disclose who Bertuzzi was making out with when he caught mono? My money’s on Dan Cleary… he has a pretty kissable face. Then again, Datsyuk looks like he might have a few diseases.
My feed seems to have slipped about five minutes behind, so if everybody could avoid making any reference to the game for the next 45 minutes, that would be great. Thanks.
The only thing that needs to happen to an opposing player is contusions.
has JOE mentioned Groins yet?
Kovalev makes it 5-0 Florida and Jagr with a goal in Dallas.
Oh and trade everyone, Rangers suck
We haven’t, LW, no worries
How tall is pidto? 5’3??
Sure, LW – whatever you say!!
1) THE
2) KREIDER
3) intentionally left blank
Standing in a hole.
He’s so short you can see his sneakers in his driver’s license photo.
Wrong, Duguay. Rupp switched wings on the draw just to fight Thornton. It wasn’t Thornton’s decision. jackwagon.
Duguay was probably sniffing around Greta Garbo in the 30s.
Yeah, doogs, they’re going to open it up. That’s Torts’ style.
LMDAO Carpy!! sneakers in dl photo!!!
Just ordered dinner.. maybe that will change things?
OMG
Rangers to tighten up defensively. Keep it to a one goal loss. Let’s do it boys!
Lol…what’s this green stuff in his pocket?
Jagr with a goal and Kovalev with a goal an 2 assists so far tonight…
i need to remove threeormore from my roster!
Duguay’s jacket looks like it was made out of Scooby Doo.
oh wait! read that wrong.. i dont’ for now
I’m sitting in a different chair now. Maybe that will change something?
i see Carolina isnt having the kind of opening game they anticipated.
Jagr with #666. Guy just keeps going.
hopefully Boston plays some prevent defense. They’ve dominated the forecheck this game….
shootout coming.
Rusted or not, but if our guys will play like that tomorrow, I’m afraid Miami Pimp’s predictions will really come true. Gives a bad name to definition of the chaos so far…
Umm….Butt-Chin??
Rangers nearly tied the game twice thus far.
DZ must be thinking he’s in hell playing with Bickel..
Gremlins?
did he just say blotting out the sun?
Sam complaining aboot Mogwai’s?
Kreider needs some snarl in his game
some gremlins snuck in? Vinny P is in the building?
Nice save by Lundqvist on a big shot from the point.
Is that a man or a woman behind Sully?
doofus in the box
Ouch!
Why is Lucic arguing that?
If Tort had another assistant, he could’ve stopped Bickel getting on the ice just then.
hard to tell in Boston Orr
Lucic should have some more time to spend w/ his newborn….
suspend that cheapshot
Penalty on Lucic. Large power play coming up.
Good job Nash
Huuuuuuuge
That’s why they got Nash…
Rangers Report ?@rangersreport
How do they determine two or five on those hits from behind? because if there is a fiver, that was one.
Nash hesitated for a split second…coulda had a clear break.
Nash has skill
WTB was DZ doing back there?!
Penalty on Chara. Large 5 on 3 power play coming up.
5-3 without Chara. No excuse for not scoring here…
Watch how good Nash is on the 5-on-3.
Does anyone really think they’ll score on this 5 on 3? Anyone at all?
season determining power play here
Probably take the 5-on-3 over the penalty shot.
Nice PP so far. NOT
cindy would have 4 goals by now
You can move on the PP you know
Ugly
5 on 3 over, game over, season over
Miserable 5 on 3.
yep
mid-season form
ugh!
Typical Rangers, lol
Not much doing on that 5 on 3. Penalty on the Rangers to kill the rest of the 5 on 4. Tough stuff.
Carp
how about asking Dave Maloney
to coach the pp?
making sesne on the radio
much more than what’s seen on the ice
sheeeeesh!!
Nah, probably take the penalty shot over the 5-on-3…
right now
i don’t want to trade Boyle
but i do want to have him
caned
Power play looking like usual. We might steal a point out of this game hopefully
Wow Hank
Soulless team.
HOLY MAMA!!!!!!
Godqvist
WOW.
HENRIK FIRETRUCKIN LUNDQVIST
I THINK IT WAS IN THO…
glove may be across
ugh!!! times 10000
Wow!! Save of the year in game 1
that’s definitely a goal, but can’t prove it was
Can’t be conclusive
I think it’s going to count.
that’s another thing that NHL could have done
FOR THE FANS
give us the angles that they’re seeing
in Toronto
unreal
No conclusive evidence. Still 2-1.
GloveQvist!
Carp
wrong
wow
or me, jpg. Or you. Or anybody.
Gloves should be transparent.
unless Superman is in ‘the war room’ with his x ray vision and the OFFICIAL game clock…
I guess it wasn’t conclusive, but that puck was in the net. and, yeah, I’ve been wrong before.
with all of his prowess in the offensive zone
maybe we should move Boyle
to 7 dman
penalty, not taking hits when he has the chance
blah in O zone
not happy with boston Brian tonight
For once the rules go the Rangers way.
Mickey, i sense a disturbance in the Force
Carp
don’t say that!!
Damn
are you firetruckin kiddin me
So Carp, do the Rangers coaches ever actually talk about the power play? Or when someone brings it up do they just cough and change the subject?
God dammit
is anybody else thirsty?
There was your disturbance, Lin. LOL
Jeremy Jacobs said transparent gloves were part of the NHL’s offer in November, but the union wouldn’t negotiate.
Rotten.
Score Bruins. 3-1.
yep!!
ask jpg’s sister
told her we’ll let one in to make up for that
one
missing the playoffs
with the pressure on ‘em to win it all
Richards score this one
freakin upchuck
you are not hartnellin kidding Mickey!
Absolutely atrocious
seems like the Rangers have lost every defensive zone faceoff tonight and it has killed them
Maybe not
That one hurts!
do we have to pick 3 stars in the poll
because right now
Richards (who has 2 goals—1 for us, 1 for them)
and
Hank
Rask could play this game blind, and the score wouldn’t be any different.
Seems like old times – can’t get more than one goal a game….
Plenty of time
bet hank was thinking about what he wants to buy next in ikea on that last goal… totally unfocused
Can’t tell ya the last time the Rangers have been throughly outplayed like this.
Boston has been the better team from the opening faceoff.
how many real chances have they had? Gaborik? Callahan? Kreider? Hagelin? Stepan?
Hank, Richards, Nash. I dont think there can be any debate about the stars. No one else came to play.
This is not only the worst game of the season, but the worst game of the year.
Holy crap, these Dewar’s ads on NHLN are just absolutely awful. Like almost an SNL spoof bad.
Not as bad the Rangers’ PP, though. I wish they would focus more on “finish” than “grit.”
giveaways in there own zone about 9 to 2.. bad stat…
2nd line doing absolutely nothing.
stralman and bickell getting as much ice time as me..
they need hagelin, kreider, and stepan to produce this year….
McDonagh?
The passing still sucks
... also, don’t want to get into this too early on but I think it’s shallow to say they didn’t come to play. They just didn’t play well.
At least you know the Penguins will be easier. And less likely to punish the Rangers if they take a bunch of stupid penalties.
Nash does not play well with others. to much individual stuff. MDZ has been awful. Hagelin too.
Trade Nash, Kreider, McDonagh for Alex Kovalev.
Andy McCullough ?@McCulloughSL
Here at the BBWAA dinner, Sandy Alderson says he’s in “serious discussions with several outfielders he met on the Internet.”
LMAO!!
#thewrongway
Stralman changing his number to 6 was a grave mistake.
lmao Mickey!!!
pullin a Manti
John Mitchell scores for Avs
I don’t think I’ve heard The Kreider’s name much at all tonight.
Nash is a beast. Looks very good.
Release The Kreider!
Haha still thinking about that 5 on 3. This team will never change.
Yeah, that 5 on 3 was brutal. Score.
that damned number is CURSED!! CURSED I TELL YA
Woliski gets one for washington!
Artie just scored a really pretty goal for the Jackets..
David Clarkson has more goals than Nash & Butt-Chin combined.
Well, if we can go 4-3 after this 7 game stretch that would win good
Beer commercials are so stupid lol
so does John Mitchell…
they just did not play very well. bad line changes, turnovers in there own zone, minimal pressure on the bruins d..
stupid penalties(boyle 4 min) nash while on a 5 on 3..
gabby was invisible tonight along with hagelin…
Columbus game: Anisimov has a goal. Tyutin has 2 assists.
Carp, no team ever lost because it played badly. They lose because they don’t show up or because they were out-coached.
i wanna see someone, anyone knock lucic the firetruck out
Depressing..
Sounds like Chris Higgins is due for a hat-trick then tonight.
Are ALL of our ex-players scoring tonight!?
Lots of Rangers scoring tonight. Unfortunately for different teams.
Hags is having a pretty pathetic game.
Aw, Jeez, Hags….
This is some old-school Celtic reffiing.
Love seeing the stupid penalties coming back
Hagelin is going lead the team in penalty minutes this season, it seems
Got anybody in mind, Lin? Because I don’t think they have that guy.
Goon
Game over, season over?
Can’t believe that anyone would want to have a child with Lucic. He’s hideous on top of him being a piece-of-Lucic.
Brad Marchand’s nose is so big, Joe Mich thought it was Dougie Hamilton.
Surprised Rozi didn’t score as a scratch for the Hawks then
Good thing the air is free.
ANYONE Carp, from any team, at any time
Ugh
yaaaaaaaaaaaawn
can we still ask to go to the shootout?
Korpedo with a goal too. Ha.
What in holy Hell?
It will be just like he is back in Columbus for Rick Nash. Under .500
This team may be short on nasty this year. We need some more nasty grit.
Tim Erixon with a goal for CBJ’s minor league team. Redden with a goal in a foosball game against Gomez.
Pull Hank.
Latona, had to be a lab creation
This is probably the best Arron Asham will ever look as a Ranger.
LMDAO CARPY!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa, I hope that’s a joke. This team needs scoring a heck of a lot more than nastiness.
and sheesh, if Ovechkin can get engaged….
The passing is SO BAD.
Three positives from this game: 1) Nash looks fantastic 2) Hank is in mid-season form 3) PK hasnt dropped off it seems even with different players
They pulled him! Nice.
Boyle to Hagelin back to Boyle to no one.
Too soon?
Nice to see Hank is in mid season form.
And the offense too :/
Bruins have done a good job on faceoffs? But the Rangers haven’t done a bad job on faceoffs, right Sam and Joe?
Lin,
The baby, the mother, or both?
Great signings Slats!
There goes 48-0 record, dammit…..
Did Ovechkin get engaged to a cavewoman?
Anisimov with a goal for CBJ….
here comes the empty netter
Boules worst game in 2 years.
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE, PLEASE.
BOOOOOOOOOOO opening night. I want the lockout back.
Awk!!
is torts on the hot seat yet?
end this beuty with too many men on the ice.
great display. they were running on all cylinders tonight. who was worse gabby or hagelin???
alot of bad bad performances tonight..
btw the games count…
They lack the Prustle they were famous for last year.
I agree with Mickey!!
Hath voted, Carpster.
Sutter won a faceoff, Joe? Oh wow! Amazing!
Boston was much better tonight… so they take first game…we’ll get them next time.
It’s Go Home Time.
That is what I waited all week for? ughhhhhhhh!
That was a rough first game…
3 stars
Lundqvist
Bus driver out of arena
Plane pilot out of Boston
We waited 4 months for that garbage???
Latona, i don’t think there is a human mom lol
so, half a season means immediate mass hysteria
how many people are already on the freakin ledge?
Izzy, what in holy hell?
Trade Nash, Kreider, McDonagh, Del Zotto and Gaborik for Gomez and Redden..
What a terrible effort. Better show some more at the garden tomorrow night
3 stars are henrik and no one and no one..
girardi and mcdonagh played fine and henrik and that is it.
gabby, hagelin did not even play tonight.
staal with some horrible giveaways and the PP was as good as the red wings in there prime…
i especially like stepan never shooting the puck and looking for the perfect pass every time.
don’t forget Kovalev with a 3 point game so far and Jagr with a goal tonight as well.
Eminger
Gilroy
Biron
Don’t wanted to say I tolded you so, but I tolded you so. I still love the rangers, but understand that the team is infearior. Their play is commensurate with tapioka pudding. Looks tasty, but tastes like ASham.
Asham returns tomorrow. S/B interesting
lmao Thom, from what i heard she’s some pretty tennis player lol
I hate losing streaks.
Inferior to which teams, JK?
The voting will remain open for a while. I understand it’s tough after losses, but gotta do it win-lose or … um, win or lose.
Well we lost.
No worries , we lost now but will beat these bum next week . I’m feelin good about our chances…
Season over.
Carp
just to be nice
i put in a vote for Richards
because he scored
twice
tonight
maybe there should be a poll for the 3 Non-Stars
you’d get more hits that way
No stars for tonight. It would demean the 3 stars process.
Power play is 0-fer.
I don’t know if I’ve ever been tolded anything.
Oh! Johnny tolded us so.
Buzz off.
They came to play, the effort was there, Lundqvist outstanding as ususal, Nash is and will be a beast. They played horribly tonight, not for lack of effort, they just made tons of little mistakes and their timing was just not there. This team is good enough to play safe is death, and this team is much more talented than Boston for sure.
Just played poorly, Boston kept it simple and did better. It will take them a few weeks but once they get rolling the Rangers are going to be a great team.
The ones Lundqvist kept out don’t make up for the ones he let in. He didn’t have as good a game as everyone is making out.
plus the no-goal was in.
Carp,
Infearior to most teams they play. Granted they play a spirited game, and as a fan I love them. I just know that they play an old school LA Rams type defense. Bend but dont break ‘em like BEckham.
i expect the infiltration of MEGA ASSHATS in the half season!
Like what I saw in Nash. Needs to learn how to play with his new teammates. Richards looked like he didn’t practice much. Tried too much. Hank, Nash, McD are my choices. Gaborik didn’t look comfortable on the R, may take time.
I’m sad…..
yeah,
i know that this should have been on earlier post
in regards to thoughts on final standings
but
other than last year’s team playing with a lot of HEART
i really can’t understand
how so many media folk have us penned in for the SC finals
yeah,
it’s only one loss
first game
but
even on paper
i don’t know about our 3rd and 4th line
versus
other teams
especially with some that have a top 2 lines
that outdo ours
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
Is blocking a shot worth six weeks mending a broken bone in a shortened season?
the seaon’s over
Good one, CTB. Lundqvist’s baby is fourth star.
Jonny knightrider , you my friend are a moron.
Told you so.
Can I interject something, JK? The Rangers already look much better than last year. The level of skill now is obvious. Actually potential for offensive pressure. Stepan is a little adam oates. Give ‘em a chance….Nash move to the net is an option this team never had. Should be fun year. BUt I ain’t a negative nancy like 87.31416% of the posters in Rangersville.
I’m sure Lundqvist will think he could’ve done better on the rebound on the first goal, Jeff, but the deflections on the other two?
Well it’s over
Gee, I think the gloom and doom after one day is done with tongue planted firmly in cheek! Nash is going to be a monster.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
Those angle shots on the pads are specifically designed for those types of deflections. Staal could’ve been better covering Lucic there. He was watching the puck.
The standings points show that there are several teams that are already literally infinitely better than the Rangers.
lol i love how Biron has 10 votes
And the newcomer JK is simply, and successfully, trying to get our goat. That is also obvious by looking at his supposedly broken English….
ilb
how many times has that been said about Staal?
“watching the puck”
or about this team?
WTB??!?
can’t they EVER stop their BAD habits?!?!?
Biron didn’t make a mistake all night.
Well, that didn’t go as planned.
if you thought tonight was a rough game, wait until they play the pens tomorrow. I wonder how many goals the rangers will score tomorrow, probably one and again it won’t be Nash. I wonder how many games it will take before ranger fans start knocking Nash for not producing and getting paid 7.8 million per year. Maybe that should be a poll to the right.
tommyG, you’re new here arent you? we’ve been trading Nash since since the puck dropped
all this fancy technology and they STILL can’t have an ignore feature in here lol
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Learned my lesson. Should have stayed home with you guys…..
Ok boy, Hank is ready….now let’s go….
I think this season (year/months) is going to be ridiculous….
Mickey, I’ll respond tomorrow.
Lin, you lost your “S” in “season” above… :)
Tough loss but this is still training camp to some degree. This year the goal is just to make top 8. I am confident there will be a second season for our boys.
Bickel= monster fists!!!
St. Louis outshooting Detroit 27-7 so far and lead 4-0.
LMAO…Game one and the ledge is full already…..
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Yes, I am a member of the spelling hall-monitors!!
hey hockeys back!
It was nice seeing Greg Campbell get his assen kicked.
Sanguinetti is in the Canes line-up tonight. Only got a few minutes left to score.
OK, ilb. No rush. Thanks.
have a good night all. we will do this again tomorrow!
It is just 1st of 48…Relax. So far, in this one, Rangers were much,MUCH less physical than last season(fatigue, Prustless, whatever, but they were outcallahaned most of the game). One positive sign, though, – Stralman is really good…Played like they are progressively paid by mistakes made.Coda.
Andrew Gross ?@AGrossRecord
Torts says none of his players were particularly good. Said early Bruins PPs hurt. And he says 5 on 3 was bad, puck never got to Nash
God, Torts is already infected with the over-love mancrush on Nash. Barf.
thank JImbo ( s missing on purpose there lol)
John Tortorella blames loss on terrible 5 on 3. Vows to do absolutely nothing to fix it.
You could have lifetime employment with Johnny Knightbridge, Jimbo.
carp
I think the NYR would be better off starting this shortened season keeping Gaborik, Richards and Hagelin together. Put Nash with Callahan and Step and let then gel. By moving Gaborik off the top line your top two line have no chemistry.
Lundqvist gift wrapped the first goal against and probably should have had the second goal against after it bounced off his back.
Bergeron has some serious beakage.
The nonster mash is very good.
I think Johnny Knightsbridge may be a World without End fan…does he also collect King Edward the 2nd memorabilia?? lol
In fact, it’s obvious Bergeron’s nose was working out this off season – it is even bigger than last year – and that I didn’t think was possible.
I give them a pass tonight overall. They tried hard they just didnt have their legs.
Just some observations from the game about some of the players.
Nash was good, not great tonight but he will be great. He still had at least two good scoring chances and some nice plays.
Richards was ok but looked like he had cement legs.
Hagelin might have played his worst game as a Ranger tonight. He needs to shoot the puck more.
Stepan played well but he was not on the ice nearly enough at even strength.
Gabby was invisible.
Cally also didnt get enough time tonight at even strengh.
Kreider got less time than segal through two periods. That cant happen. Oh and Kreider will never develop playing on the line he is on.
Boyle was terrible. Could pass, or shoot or win a face off.
Pyatt is very unimpressive. Not at all as physical as he should be.
Halpern I thought played well. Should have been used to take more faceoffs. After all, thats one of the reasons they got him, no?
Segal is horrendous! Just an awfull, awfull player. No wonder he hasnt become an NHL regular all these years. They would have been much better off bringing up JT Miller and playing him on the third line instead of Pyatt.
Rupp is a buffoon! He has no buisness playing in the NHL anymore. He skates just as badly now as he did with supposed bad knees he had last season. And he cant fight anymore either.
Girardi was a bit shaky at times but i would chalk that up to rust more than anything.
McD is the best defenseman on the Rangers by far! Period!
Staal was bad, real bad tonight.
MdZ was terrible and once again played scared tonight.
Tort’s line combos made no sense to me but hey, its just one game.
Again just one game. I think they will need about 5-6 games to really get going.
big day for the former rangers.
Anisimov, Jagr, Kovalev, Mitchell, Wolski, Korpikoski all with goals tonight…
SO, everything I did today and wore tonight during the game are NOT my new season winning superstitions
did Prust score yet?
Do you want them back, oleo?
there was no lockout of negativity apparently…ROFL …hilarious!!
Wasn’t Stepan, cally, and the KREIDER a fantastic line in the playoffs? Why not play them together?
I will be more positive than my brother, jpg
It’s only one game. BUT it would have been so nice if we had scored on the pp plus SO many penalties, again.
Lundqvist really needs to work on trapping the pick with his back.
The puck too…
Izzy
I would take Jagr, Anisimov and Korpikoski back for sure.
Look at that, Minnesota scoring on a 5-on-3.
Think it’s important to have a successful team in a traditional hockey market like that, though. Happy for the franchise.
Talk to Sather…
Dvr’d the game and some nugget here at work blabs the score…aasen!!! Haven’t read the thread yet, but did we get any season over posts or that the teams body language indicated they were fatigued??
Jpgs sister!!! Brackets!!!!!
Bring on the penguins and their cry baby!
With new AA (Aarroonn Asham) on the team tomorrow, I cant wait ALL our fist fighter’s in action(Rupp and Bickel are done).
mao with the post of the night!! lmao
Asham followed Brendan Witt on Twitter during the game, wicky. That was probably the highlight.
pen()s tomorrow night, and for those of us out of area, WORSE announcers than tonight.
anisimov scores in the shoot out
seriously fox sports south?????? you cut away from the shootout for commercials??????????????
Aww, Artie again and the Jackets have more wins than the Rangers. Ergo, Nash=bust.
I was not dissing my brother ,jpg, just trying to be suzy sunshine if I write it, then maybe I’ll believe it, Keep Saying, it’s only the first game, it’s only the first game, it’s only the first game
3 Stars:
Gilroy
Eminger
Asham
Segal already sent down lol
new post
Latona, maybe his girlfriend is a Hungarian, they really like to mate with Croatians and the male progeny, if it happens that way, has to be watched closely from thei birth on. The female babies are usually harmless with some dark exceptions. Anthro 101.
Carp
I’m sorry to be such an itch about this, but I just don’t know what to dial on the TV to get the Rangers games on TV from msg broadcasts. One of the bonesters mentioned that he’d posted it, but somehow I missed it and can’t find it. Could you just let me known what I dial on the TV to pickup these games? It was no sweat last season, but so far I’m adrift. I’d really appreciate it.