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pretty sure it was Josh Bailey who smoked Richards last night on one of the many shifts he’s played this season while comatose

and doodie, who do you feel are better options than Kreider and Miller right now?

reposting cause it amused me:

Haha Cory. I was watching one of the games with my fiancee a few nights ago and she wanted to know why in an empty net situation the goaltender didn’t just skate back onto the ice whenever the other team got the puck. I tried to explain it would be a too many men penalty, but then I started thinking it would be funny if teams actually tried to do that by making a fast change.

Anyway, reminds me of that video

Lloyd, as I said, I think Kreider should absolutely be in the lineup compared to some of the dead weight, especially Asham. But I’m not devastated by this because it’s not like Kreider’s been any good either.

Not that there’s much depth but this was the right move for now.

guys – I know this is the U.S. of A. and that it’s the point of the blog in the first place, but isn;t it a complete waste of time to try to get in Tortorella’s head, to suggest roster moves, etc.? Can;t we just leave that to our professional coaching staff and get back to busting each other cagliones?

With no “real” spare forwards, my first thought is that move gives pause to the thought the Rangers might be setting up something for a trade. However, I remembered that the Whale play three games in three days this weekend as opposed to the Rangers one game. It will be interesting to see if Kreider is recalled after the Whale’s Sunday game.

Lloyd, all I’m saying is that the coaching staff, as presently constructed, has really done a good job of developing our young players. Granted, they haven’t been presented with elite level forward talent yet, but seeing the job they’ve done with our elite level defensive talent and midlevel forward talent, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one. I think they’ve earned it.

ok so I understand that your role is to point out that the Rangers as an organization make decisions about their players – that comes as a shock to me, admittedly, but I’ll roll with it.

find me the better options in the Rangers organization to play top 6 minutes right now other than Kreider and Richards. find me the source of scoring on a 2.2 goal per game team; maybe check the Rangers media guide or just wait for the Rangers to announce who they’ve called up and post it here.

Stranger

He will play top six minutes with Newberry and Brandon Segal. That will really help his development dont you know.

I will however give Torts the benefit of waiting to see if they call him up for the Caps game on Sunday. Perhaps they didn’t want him to not play for five straight games. Will see.

Carp, your point about Hartford as training for the NHL is well taken. I just think Kreider played some significant NHL playoff minutes last year, and certainly held his own (understatement). This year, given the extremely small sample size and coming off his injury, not so much. Still, aren’t last year’s playoff minutes more valuable than regular season NHL playoff minutes, and certainly both are more valuable to his development at this point than AHL minutes? Will he develop better and faster by playing against AHL hockey players than against NHL regulars at this point? I just don’t see it. And though he hasn’t exactly earned top 6 minutes yet this year, there are about 4 guys on our current roster that he can play circles around, in my opinion. not naming names.

My advice is to start drinking heavily!

more like Rangers are best

james,

why are you here then? just to say, “great job, boys!”

kind of dull

think Biron could have gotten in front of that meteor over Russia?

Eating lunch in a truck stop dinner in SD reading about the NYRs life is good!

Latona,

A large part of that is due to the management of the team acting like impulsive fans and eschewing player development for quick fix trades and ill conceived signings.

think Carp listens to Brass Bonanza when he’s on the can?

my issue with John Tortorella is basically this. I think he’s capable of being an excellent coach, but I think it’s dishonest for anyone to claim he doesn’t let a personal agenda cloud his judgement. I feel that often times he’s too focused on sucking the offense of the games of he’s players to make them what he feels are more complete players, and I don’t know that the players are better off for it. Del Zotto would be an example of a guy I feel Tortorella has drummed the offense out of. DZ looked like an offensively savvy guy initially and now is starting to look like a liability on both ends. It’s possible he’s just not very good or that he’s scared to death and can no longer play his game. I don’t think he’s really improved even if he had a nice point total last season.

The constant benchings for making a turnover…only stands to reason you’re going to destroy creativity with that. It’s one thing to make a bad decision, that should be addressed, but he punishes aggressiveness – which is also the reason this team goes into a shell on the rare occasions they actually have a comfortable lead, no one wants to be caught dead in that offensive zone with a multi-goal lead. When you do that thing to anybody it makes them nervous, and when you do it to young players it saps their confidence. So yeah, I’m not sold that Tortorella knows how to develop offensive talent. As for playing defense, yeah, no argument there. But quite frankly, it’s not as challenging to develop the defensive end, especially if you’ve got forwards or defensemen who aren’t offensively gifted in the first place and don’t feel they’re conceding anything by being defense-first. You can teach people the right way to play defensively. Offensive talent isn’t really taught; only things you can do is nurture it or stifle it.

I don’t see how he was so horrible being that he was out a few games due to injury and when he is dressed to skate he is put on for maybe 9 minutes a game, tops… Not to mention the line he plays on really wasn’t much potential for anything until they called up Miller

We should have asked Rod about Kreider…he knew months ago.

wow you just discredited Kreider’s goal against New Jersey

are you actually John Tortorella

down 2 goals with 13:38 to go = game over to ilb

way to have faith in your team

The problem is that Kreider was not playing assertively enough to merit more playing time. He has the size, speed, and skill to become a player like Nash. He has been tentative, and I’ve seen him pull up on hits quite a few times. He needs to be a bit more definitive in all areas.

The kid is less than a year out of college. Not really sure why some on here act like he’ll never see the ice again.

Sorry, work got in the way.

Guys who have played professionally purely under Tortorella’s regime and have shown growth by doing so: McDonagh, MDZ, Hagelin, Stepan.

Guys who have played under Torts and Renney who have shown tremendous growth under Torts: Callahan, Girardi, Sauer.

Guys who have played elsewhere but have grown tremendously under Torts: Boyle, Stralman, Prust.

I’m going to ignore the work he did in Tampa, btw. But let’s face it: he’s good at developing hockey players.

I would have liked to see him in the lineup more. However, if he wasn’t going to get in the lineup right now, I’d rather see him getting top minutes in the AHL.

Who would you trust with your appendix- a surgeon who performed 1000 operation, or a computer programmer who watched a 1000 operations online?

ilb…a computer programmer who performed a 1000 operations…lol!

I certainly wouldn’t trust a computer programmer with my appendage appendix.

was talking primarily about young players who broke into the league on Tortorella’s watch

McDonagh he definitely gets credit for. Stepan came out of the gate strong; not convinced he’s actually improved, to be honest. I’ve seen indications that he’s a far softer player than it originally appeared and may be playing out of his depth. I like Stepan as a player but I have doubts he’s a 2nd-line center. Hagelin has played well recently no doubt – just feel like we need to wait a while longer with him. He’s looked great the last few games and I hope it continues.

And then there’s Michael Del Zotto who I think is actually worse now than he was a few years ago. I know he had 41-points a year ago but the more I watch him, the less comfortable he appears to me in any open ice situation. That he’s prone to getting caught leaning wouldn’t be as big of a deal if I thought his offensive game was really good, but let’s fact it, he’s abysmal on the power play and hasn’t developed particularly good sense for when to join the rush. With Tortorella it’s always going to be defense first, and I get that, but I think Del Zotto’s game has been hindered a bit because of that.

The other forwards you mentioned are middling offensive, defense-first guys. Callahan was already good before Tortorella got here. If you want to say Tortorella’s intensity has rubbed off on Callahan and made him better, I can buy that, but I’m not going to say Tortorella made Ryan Callahan anymore than he made Staal or Girardi since those guys were already good when he got here. And really, the crux of my argument has to do with the offensive end. I think John Tortorella can improve defensive play all day long. The scoring side of things, eh, not convinced.

I don’t really think comparing the malfunction of a life-threatening vestigial organ to a hockey club temporarily demoting a young player is sensible or appropriate, ilb. But, to answer your question, the surgeon. There is no certainty, however, that the operation will succeed. And that was my point. Yes, the surgeon would succeed many more times than the programmer. Yet I feel many of us, myself included, tend to think more of both ourselves and of the Rangers than perhaps we should. Olga and Miami excluded, obviously.

Staal, that is a better way to phrase it, yes. I think the premise is the same.

Really, I don’t have a problem with the move, considering that Torts is playing him only a few minutes a night. Either play him or let him go down and play. If Torts has no intention of playing him, then sending him down is the best thing.

The problem is, even with CK not scoring his line is more of a threat that the other team has to pay attention to than using Boyle or Halperin or whoever. The team needs ONE more solid forward who can put the puck in the net. Maybe that’s coming in a trade, maybe not.

I guess Miller is here to say then.

It is not sensible or appropriate.

Indeed we sound that way, but the organization does not seem to take heed, so I suppose our discussion is relatively moot.

why hasnt Hank worked on his slap shot in the off season?

I have to admit, though….If it wasn’t for our opinions, we would have much less to discuss on the blog….But I guess eddie and coos could easily compensate :-).

My goal is to never know enough about any one subject to be able to actually even have an opinion

I’m thinking of trading in my Hammond for a Vestigial organ but you have to play it prostate.

Would that make Carp our resident Dr. Frankenstein?

I mean, Fronkenshteen?

Lloyd, we’ll have to agree to disagree on MDZ because I think he has grown to become a much more complete hockey player from his first year when he was basically the same thing as Cam Fowler was in his rookie year. Sure, it’s easy to score a ton of points and look good on offense when you ignore playing defense. Likewise for Stepan, who I think is starting to figure out how to play offense without losing his defensive responsibilities. If he could only win a faceoff…

I didn’t mention Staal because I don’t think his game has improved all that much over the past couple of years, but c’mon, you can’t tell me that Girardi hasn’t improved leaps and bounds under Torts. People were whispering about him as an outside Norris candidate last year. Under Renney he was just a solid, but unspectacular 2nd pairing guy.

As for Callahan, Torts has trusted him to play offense. He was an injury away from 30 goals last season.

But let’s focus on forwards only, since the real debate is about Kreider. How many elite-level forward prospects have the Rangers had in their system in the past decade? One: Chris Kreider. JT Miller wasn’t even considered an elite offensive talent. So there is no basis for comparison as to what Torts and his staff can do with such a blue chipper.

But what I am saying is, given their track record on defense and with midlevel forward prospects, I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on their handling of Kreider. Do I think it’s the right move? No. I think he should be playing 13-15 controlled minutes a night. But am I ready to storm the castle gates or say I don’t think Torts knows what he’s doing? Not at all. Because he’s shown me that he can do this.

If this were Renney, for example, I’d be at the next game starting a “Fire Renney” chant every 5 minutes. There’s a guy who is just awful at developing young players.

This place is just not the same place I married

well put, Gravy. Like I said, Torts has earned my trust. Earned. Not been blindly given.

I think he can be very Coughlinesque, actually. He will bench guys who commit turnovers.

Torts is often curt with the pro reporters. With some of you guys, he’d be throwing chairs, and I wouldn’t be the one to blame him.

Offensively, Dubinsky regressed under Torts. Anisimov showed flashes of brilliance, but never put it all together on a nightly basis. Both were excellent defensively.

Girardi’s not a better player than he was three years ago?

those last two posts back-to-back just hurt my eyes

Doodie:

Again, my focus is on the offensive side of the puck. I think Tortorella is more than capable of improving players defensively. I think Girardi is probably an overall better player than he was a few years ago; my comment was that he wasn’t a guy who broke into the league under Tortorella and had amassed skills prior to Tortorella taking over the team. But do I think he’s better now? Sure. But John Tortorella improving defensemen doesn’t really surprise me.

That being said, from what I see, Del Zotto is not as good as he was a few years ago. I see a very limited offensive presence and a somewhat average defensive player. Maybe that’s good enough, I don’t know. I thought more was expected from him than that. Del Zotto has no business being on the power play and I would hope the Tortorella regime could help in that capacity – it’s not really fair to single out DZ here either since this power play has been a joke for a long time and Tortorella is seemingly incapable of improving it.

The point about the Rangers not having an elite forward in forever is valid – and it’s pure speculation at this point that Kreider is that either. When was the last time the Rangers even drafted a guy who became a star NHL forward? Savard? Kovalev? Either way you’re going back roughly 2 decades. Maybe this organization just can’t scout and/or develop offensive talent and that’s the end of the story.

Oh, welcome back “Thom94”. Got your streams working OK now?

Oh, welcome back “Thom94”. Got your streams working OK now?

if that Biogenesis list is legitimate, shouldn’t Spock’s name be on it?

Lloyd, I’m not saying he’s ever going to be an elite forward. I don’t know. What I am saying is that he is an elite level offensive prospect. The Rangers haven’t even had that since Pavel Brendl and Jamie Lundmark.

But given Torts’ work with our elite defensive talents, I’m going to give him some leeway on the other side of the puck as well.

I won’t lie, part of what gives me confidence is what he did in Tampa. Lecavalier, St. Louis, and Richards all became stars under his watch.

Lev: Yes.

I always seem to have the same lady indiscriminately screaming “Hit ‘em” every five minutes…and then her Honey Boo Boo family yells YEAH!

SOON

Oh, thanks for the welcome back “LW3H”. After much labour, streams did not work, thanks for asking.

Last year I had this annoyign dbag behind me that tried to create his own chants with his dummy friend. Like they had rehearsed them before the game and tried to get them to catch on. And nobody ever chanted with them, not once.

The year before I had a guy who only said how Tortorella sucks and how they should play Avery on the 1st line and the PP. These comments came during the few moments that he managed to pry his lips off of Avery’s man parts.

ilb, it’s partly that, but we couldn’t even get one of the late round guys that blossoms into an elite level prospect in juniors.

Maybe Grachev counts in that regard, I suppose, but in hindsight, he got to ride some great coat tails playing with Duchene and Hodgson.

We were one Callahan injury from havign 2 last year.

Yea, that’s my point CT (which you can probably back up with statistics and facts and stuff). Did the Kings have one? I mean, Anze Kopitar is good but is he an “elite” scorer? Carter and Richards the same.

It’s more about balance I think than just elite level players.

And when do we actually get to place some of the blame for players not improving on you know the players themselves.

Who knows if Kreider is being asked to do things on the bench and in practices but not translating that to in games situations. Remember, the big concern about bringing him into the playoffs last year was whether he could play a well rounded enough game to justify getting meaningful ice time. He scored some big goals, but there were also stretches where he could not be trusted because of his play without the puck.

And this year he’s been less than spectacular. Doesn’t mean he’s ruined, just means he’s got some learning today.

The Kreider is like a top. You wind him up and he’s good and then slowly but surely diminishes in vigor.

No, Kopitar didn’t have 30, but he had 76 points. He’s maybe not an elite scorer but he’s an elite all around player.

Good news is that at least we know we’ll keep Semin off the score sheet on Sunday night. Which is great, because my main new years resolution was to keep Semin off my sheets

You sound like my wife, coos. Mrs. Manny hates expansion teams so I always tease her that she wants hockey to go back to the original six. She’s all about OLD TIME HOCKEY.

Lloyd, I enjoyed discussing this with you today. Look! people on this blog had a full debate without resorting to name calling or personal attacks!

I love the after loss conversations in here.

He’ll be back. just like Arnold.

Woof – What a rough day at the office.

Hagelin – 3rd on the team in shots behind Gaborik and Nash

Lev February 15th, 2013 at 4:20 pm
Are the people that chanted “Henrik, Henrik” after the 3rd goal yesterday the same people that chanted “Marty, Marty” in OT yesterday and the same people that chanted “We Dont Want You” middle of last year and the same people that chanted “We Want Avery” beginning of last year

POST OF THE DAY! LMGO!

ilb had the erudite post of the day re: surgeons and programmers.

And I admit to being a computer programmer, clumsily performing heart surgery here myself on the (ahem) rare? occasion. It’s fun to play coach, but it’s all a play after all is said and done. Ain’t it?

I saw and followed many of the games of the original six, and I can assure you that though there were some great ones, the kids of today are bigger, stronger faster, and in many ways more talented.

definitely the best since Jagr

700 of them, fran?

yeah I was just looking at his 05-06, CTB

dude was 44 points ahead of the next closest teammate to him in scoring. 2nd on the team in goals that year btw.: Petr Prucha with 30.

amazing thing about Prucha. Guy has 78 career goals. 52 of them came from 2 consecutive seasons.

If I caught a Trautwig, I would either throw it back or donate it to Chico Resch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hagelin

dont buy it. its free

For all you Zuccarello fans out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gs0L4f47ey8

Maybe Kreider going back to the Whale is for the best. you don’t want to see him get Gilroy’d. Develop the rising star properly.. we all saw the impact he made in the playoffs. Gotta be consistent.

I went to a handful of Whale games and while Kreider had some good games (showing sparks of brilliance) he seemed a bit disinterested.. floated around a bit. a lot of his shifts were extremely short though.. maybe they didn’t want to risk him getting hurt by some AHL lifer/thug with the NHL season coming up.

I’d really like to see Brian Boyle permanently on the 3rd/4th line and 2nd PK unit. There is really no reason to get cute and insert him on the top two lines.

I am going to trust that Tortorella and management know what they’re doing with Kreider. You know they want this kid contributing with the big club as much as we do. As Tortorella would say, I just see this as part of the process.

I’m ready, I’m steady, my name be triple eddie, I’m heady, bear be a teddy…...Sunday got the caps, mornings I crap, cheeks will flap, horn playing taps, fingers I snaps, lost? use maps…...

boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

cinderella, tortorella, is he cruella?.....donna bella, girl named stella….i coulda been a champ, goin up the ramp, light the lamp, hobos and tramps, rain makes it damp…..

boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

papa :)

Wylie Wang

Hagelin and Stepan flourished with Gabby last season. the flourishing may have something to do with Hagelin and Stepan.
Czech,
I like Nash, but to say he has made anybody better this season is reaching.

U. R. Wang

At the end of the day, it boils down to what happens after april 27th. If they make a deep run, we will all be happy and things worked out the way we hoped…if not, then we can start the armchair QB’ing.

This team is still trying to find itself and I am patient. All we need is top 8…preferably higher of course…......We can handle any team in the east even Pittsburgh so long as Hank is hot and we have success on special teams.

Lucky wang

Donna Wang

Derek Stepan Wang

Mary Tyler Moore Wang

Frosty Wang

I. M. Dunn … with Wang

Papa Wang

Roe Tate Wang

Sir Irv Wang

Seymour Wang

Fear the Wang

the Kreider after one more period in the AHL: 300 goals, 400 assists, no penalties… needs more jam.

oh yea a minus 1 in +/-

U Wang?

William Hurt A. Wang

For Whom the Bell Wang

Tomb

Hey Torts, shut the fasth up!

Wang Gretzky

Quoth the Raven, NeverWang.

E3 said Wang

Wang the Drum Slowly

Wang a gong, get it on

Jack London’s ‘White Wang’

Buffalo Wangs

Alpha Eta Wang

Eta Nu Wang

Ron Low Wang

Goldilocks Mai Wang

Seymour Harry Wang

wang 10

wangin’ with mr. cooper

Wang Redden

Wangston Howell III

Flo N. Wang

Fireman Ed Wang

Wang Chrebet

Wang’s World

Meg A. Hertz Wang

Wang B. Free

Wangland killings

Mister Bo Wangles

The Apple Dumpling Wang

the wangman’s noose

Wangell Clarke

Wangile Dysfunction

20,000 years in wang wang

Charles Wang

Brief pause – I’m checking my Rorschach

hark herald the angels wang

A Rorschach is not a thesaurus. What’s another word for thesaurus?

What A Wonderful Wang

chest fillet of sole?

Wangerful!

a thesaurus is a thermometer? Works for me.

Should auld acqu-wang-tance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acqu-wang-tance be forgot,
And auld wang syne!

Wangasaurus Rex

Ole Wang’s sign – Scorpio

chitty chitty wang wang

Wangon Train

certainly after holloweenie

Phil Mai Wang

pull my wangon

Wango Starr

Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Wang

sang

Detroit Red Wangs

Wangie, Wang’s up?

Wangaholics Wangnonimus

This may all be some kind of weird research E3 is doing and plans to publish in ‘Psychology Today.’ Good think we’re using synonyms. I like synonym toast.

I often have Wangs of guilt.

Deb: “It’s not your imagination that Ponikarovsky scores every game against the Flyers. He has 10 goals in 37 career games against Philadelphia.”

Synonym toast is the best

Diet Wang

The Seen Deadly Synonyms.

After seeing this, Carp has dropped hockey and moved on to restaurant reviewing.

He got Carpal tunnel syndrome from reading this, which can be very painful.

Ying and wang

Hope he doesn’t get called on the Carp-et for letting the blog get out of hand.

And then 3C leaves us wanging, telling us that he has class, which none of us believes until we realize he’s talking about students. :-))

Ah, the old Rod and Reel.

Cheech, Chong, and Wang

Wang I was young…..

Whose wangling over price?

Wang I was 17, it was a very good year

Senator Charles Wangel

You mean Hagelin

Kooz you were thinking of Kate upton :)

Wang does this blog ever get serious?

Next you’ll be hanging up posters of Patti Page over your bureau.

Cally likes to wang against the woards

Wang, wang, wang went the trolley. You still have trolleys, wot?

sorry…my WANG button got stuck

Wang the drum slowly

Saw that, ilb. Never get between a capitalist and his payroll.

Accident or not Cooke=Carcillo

Chatty chatty wang wang

I’m wanging in the rain…..

good God i hate the Devils. came back and about to win 4-3. of course Ponikarovsky comes back to them and immediately scores a goal.

Wanging ten

Wang zoom to the moon Alice

Wang will I be loved again…,

May west south east St. Louis Armstrong

Boston down 2 with 4 to go

Bah stun blows

Papa Bear Wang February 15th, 2013 at 8:47 pm

Caddyshack Wang

This place is restricted Wang, so don’t tell them you’re Jewish!

I told them I was a genius; they said they had all they could use…

Hello May Lou, goodbye heart

I believe whatcha say when you say you’re goin’ steady with nobody else but me…

Nash reminds me of John Wayne, only quieter and without the hat

I didn’t see Malcolm X, but I read the hat.

Gee, I must be pretty bad if my own brother won’t even pick me.

This guy threw at his own son in a father son game.

We Need To Get Stronger Down The Middle…....Wang

Don Drysdale would do that, just to toughen him up

John Wang

The bus is outta control. So I grab him by the collar, I take him out of the seat, I get behind the wheel, and now I’m driving the bus.

Yeah, that’s why I could never become president. That’s also why, from an early age, I never had any interest in politics. I refuse to vote. THEY DON’T WANT ME, I DON’T WANT THEM.

Papa Wang – after this ice cold pilsner, scotch it is…. Watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse

Neanderthal Jeans traced to Bifuglien. Challenges Christie to weigh in

maybe we could go somewhere and just eat a bunch of caramels.

dromedary caramels?

One more scotch and I’ll be in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Hanging out with my pang out.

I bet on a horse in 1989 that is still running.

Sounds like Caber

His name was Faucet. He ran hot and cold.

Farrah Fawcett had assen cancer – that had to blow

Donald Duck is a hoot

Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Uncle McRich

Dropped a deuce

..and typed without missing a beat

Did they live in Orange County?

Oops. Sorry eddie. Didn’t refresh.

If someone is asked to ‘repeat,’ does that mean the first time they peated?

They ducked out on the bill

...drink a lot

Great mines have wealth

Never got all the Caber jokes, Latona, is that Bryan McCabe? Forgive the ignorance.

Wash rinse repeat …. Soon shampoo all gone

Kooz – caber is still skating back to the bench in game 5 of 2010-11 playoffs.

Tullamore Dew tonight, eddie. Triple distilled. eat your heart out. I usually don’t start ‘til 12 at home (AM), but I hereby make an exception.

Bud Selig is Ducking the issue

....then pour it out in the parking lot cause that stuff is rank

Somewhere in this house I have some 1940 don Julio tequila. Maybe the smoothest stuff ever poured.

Haven’t had Tequila since I was a kid in Texas (sorry) Still worms in the bottom?

I like pilsners, Irish stouts, Guinness, and Bass for beers…. But I live in serious wine country…..

I drank well as a kid…. Palate was trained early

Silver Patron is my fav sipping tequila …. But Recently I had some almond tequila that was softer than a down pillow

Well, this is Steinbeck country

‘Tortilla Flat” Sounds like a Mexican beer that has sat too long

Travels with chucky

Ricardo – we did wang rd. 2 tonight

Quite a few closeted wangers emerged tonight

Kooz – we will be up in Napa this weekend …. Talk about quenching a thirst.

Anyone watching those Black Hawks?

4-1 over SJ in the third.

I think Lloyd makes many a good argument. I like his passion. Plus, he is my sole Avery-fan supporter.

Lloyd can be a Llittle Lloony sometimes…

Hey, no problemo – this is, after all, a repository for ideas, griping, advice, etc. It’s like the Army without a war, you have to have your little ones in camp. The ad-hominems get me down, but they are few and far between.

Is that what you call it, you sick bass turd?

:)

I liked Avery’s energy and shenanigans, especially with Brodeur. I laughed ‘til I cried. But he did some nasty verbal ad hominems on a new level

Olga makes me laugh….again!

The trouble with ad hominems is they sound just like some other word…

Ralph Cramden loved hominem hominem hominem

I prefer ab hominems, anyway.

The homily was my favorite part of mass.

3E, Wang threw for the Yanks recently. He is pitching in the WBC where they will scout him. They are reportedly “keeping an eye’ on the Wang.

Too bad we all don’t live in the same neighborhood. I imagine we’d have a blast at the corner tavern on a Friday night….

Hawks win!

Hominems are just white corn paste M&M’s.

These days, it’s just the mass is over, go forth in peace…

Funny thing, the field of robotics and computer programming IS doing surgery these days….

Hemorrhoids? I knew a guy once, his nickname was Hemi, short for hemorrhoids. Laughed every time I heard him referred to as that.

I love those Chicago sweaters. If you buy one, at least you get your money’s worth

Pilots don’t fly planes any more – all wire, except for the guy who went down in the Hudson River.

Ducks – Wangs on

Mike Babcock

You know me, eddie. I’m a pugnacious, aggressive bonehead through and through.

Nothing wrong with that Latona – I never sensed you were a contrarian….

If only we had Lats in front of the net every now and again.

That is why I like Lloyd – he likes to rumble.

Would be better if it was Wang Tappen Kathryn.

You say tomato, I say tomato

They both sound the same to me, Eddie

long a somewhere, eh?

I worked in an air conditioning factory – coolie wages.

Beef Bourguignon, best French Canadian crease- clearer of all time.

But you had the Midas touch!

I was an artist. I painted men and women. MEN on one door, WOMEN on the other.

I bet you I could stop gambling.

Someone said to W.C. Fields, a real woman could stop you drinking. Fields replied, “She’d have to be a very BIG woman.”

I haven’t had a drink in over 100 days.
Thank God for nights…

Jonathan Toews is awesome. Gotta love how he went right after Jumbo Shrimp.

Bartender in San Antonio said to me, ‘watch your language.’ I said to him, ‘English. What’s yours?’

Had a job in a detergent factory that also made watches. Hard to stem the Tide.

Then I worked for a Proctologist once. I was giving patients pain killer injections. But I left after a little while. It was a dead end job…

I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

I once had a job in a Deli. I was fired for putting my finger in a meat slicer. She was fired, too…. I didn’t know she was married to the owner!

Hello, Deli!

While we work like dogs!

in a manner of speaking.

Two antennae meet on a roof, fall in love get married. The ceremony wasn’t much but the reception was fantastic.

spherical

Two antennae? You expect me to run that up the chimney and see who salutes?

How old are your kids, E3 as if it’s any of my business…

:)

Damn, without looking, I just took a swig of my iced tea instead of my Tullamore Dew. Shocking!

7 and 25

“What’s new P….” I can’t say that on here. I once innocently called Torts that and I was trashbinned.

I am mormon

Theses days I just watch… More fun

All at once? Gotta love that Brigham Young

I get an allowance… Less than a paper boy’s wage

With Ethyl Mormon, you can have as much gas as you want.

Did any of you see footage of that meteor that smashed into mutha russia?

Tgfgg thgfhhjkk dghjhgffjkkjg. Gfddgjkgddhjg hjjgfddgjjkhddssg

I just said resign Avery

When you say resign Avery, I keep looking for the comma after resign.

He was the last piece. Crosby Stills Nash and Brigham Young.

Cowgirls in the sand

No wang then, eh?

I’ve been listening to a lot of CSN lately. I wonder if subconsciously it has to do with your many jokes, Olga.

I knew a girl sandy champagne – both names suited her at various times

What is CSN? Communist Satellite News?

CSN Cablevision Sports Network?

Woah, woah, woah, coos. That was too far. I am no red element.

I’m red, white, and broke

so to speak

Just trying to get Latona’s dander up before I send him in on the next D line…

Amazing harmony

CSN I’m not good at initials.

.... It’s only castles burning, find someone who is turning and you will come around.

Great balls of fire

Don’t let it bring you down

a man needs a maid

Richard III recently found buried in a parking lot. Literally a speed bump in history

my kingdom for a horse

Wilbur…...

Taxi squad…drum and the bass try to move ya waist, bra

Jah

I have absolutely no freeken idea what freek Tort’s is doing.. I’ve been a true fan of his so far this year until now. Kreider plays well to the level of his competition. He became a very disinterested player at Hartford during the work stopage. I have no freeken idea how this is going to help the kid and not hurt the Rangers. During his play with the team was he really one of the Rangers worst players. Give me a freeken brake I’m freeken pissed. I just think Tort’s with his warped mind has this mental boner for the kid and this is going nowhere. Unfortunately., with this somewhar disfunction coach there always has to be someone to replace ave’s in Tort’s freeken doghouse. Dubie last year, Boyle this and now Kreider. Most of Tort’s remedial measures make little sense and just feed Torts own insecurites. Why change the line up the other nite when we were on a run. Disagree with you Carp but I do have that right why in Gods’s name to put Biron in there vs the Isles when you could have won with Henrik, particularly in the shoot out. Let Biron play Sunday vs the caps who suck. Carp, when would Torts after a game that the Rangers lost ever say well we won 3 out of 4 points. Both games were really freeken dirty. A coach shouldn’t effect a game the Rangers should win. With his jackass temperment he all too often over-coaches to the team detriment. Sorry but really pissed.

Brad Richards

2012-2013: $6,666,666.66

2013-2014: $6,666,666.66

2014-2015: $6,666,666.66

2013-2016: $6,666,666.66

2013-2017: $6,666,666.66

2013-2018: $6,666,666.66

2013-2019: $6,666,666.66

2013-2020: UFA

How could this go wrong?

Those are devilish numbers.

JR – “no was is a 5 on 3 a two man advantage – do the math”

I think it was the right thing to do with kreider. Out of all the ranger forwards, I honestly thought he was playing the worst.

Kreider still looked lost in Hartford tonight, but not too bad. zero shots on goal, minus 1, one penalty.

they play Sat. and Sun. so I bet by then he will quit over thinking and start playing.

Yikes, I think you guys should meet at the corner bar…must be hard up for social life with all this banter last night. Think only one of the two BC alumni could play at any one time, and Boyle had seniority. Truthfully, I think they expect Boyle to mentor the kid and it was too much along with the focus on improving play for Boyle. If Kreider can play to his potential in Hartford, he’ll be back at some point in time; if not, we’ll wish we had traded him instead of AA.

Is this thing on?

Where is Eddie and where is coos when you need ‘em?

Hi, Kenny!

Carp, late to this post but ,why can’t Krieder be a
victim” of the usual MSG pr staff and historical fan duping of”irrational exuberance”?

How does the lineup of GMs on the Island look, Comnsnse?

The problem here is that Krieder hates NYR…and Torts hates Kreider (and deep fried trout)...so until they learn how to love each other nothing will change.

No playoffs.

Kreider has been Avery’ed

The biggest difference in coaching styles between torts and Muckler boils down to one of them was not really alive.

Meaning, in 4 years we will trade him (Kreider along with JTM) for Bobby Ryan

Z – last letter in the alphabet.

Cccp – missed ya last night

You hear me talking hillbilly boy?

I feel very “pulp fiction” for some reason

Anyone see the goal by prospect Fogarty from Notre Dame. What moves.

Bickel getting a spot on the 2nd line with Stepan and Hagelin, with Nash not practicing today.

Took in an AHL game last night…had the pleasure of seeing Paul Mara and Patrick Rissmiller in action. Ghosts of the Renney Days.

Just looking at the roster from Renney’s last year coaching. 30 players got a turn for the Rangers that year, 15 of them are no longer playing in the NHL.

This here is between you me and soon to be spending the rest of his short assen life in agonizing pain rapist here…

Jeopardy category…... therapists

Sean Connery: I have the rapist for 2 hundred.

You here me talking hillbilly boy, I’m gonna go mid evil on yo assen

Good. I knew it was time to bench Nash!

I hope you ain’t talking bout Crosby.

I’m on a auto correcting, spell nullifying, angry causing ipad

That’s not what your mother said

Moo

One last question

Sure Sean, anything

Do they make them for men? hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

P o o p

Or Burrows

He may not hate Kreider, but he obviously is showing favouritism to the fourth line whose roles Kreider isn’t really competing for and he doesn’t want his team to score goals because…I don’t know.

More seriously, I definitely share some disappointment that Kreider hasn’t (a) put up big numbers in the AHL during the lockout or (b) immediately shown he’s already a top-six scoring forward, because it would be nice for a Ranger prospect to do that in my lifetime. Just can’t work myself into an angry rage about the coach’s hidden agenda etc.

That agenda will be revealed at a controversial incident up in Buffalo. We’ll all be wondering what was said/what happened for a long time afterwards. Ok, maybe not all of us.

Funny name

Sean – well well fancy seeing you again Trebeck

Alex – not long enough

Sean – that’s not what your mother said last night

Carp, what are you wowing about with Cooke?

The International Olympic Committee is dropping wrestling, an olympic sport since 700 BC, and adding Salad Preparation Competitions.

I just want to make people silky-smooth!

good grief stuart im just waiting for one of your posts to not be a condescending whine.

Kreider is nowhere near ready. Everyone here was jumping up and down during the playoffs when he scored those couple of goals. He had some very ugly moments in there as well. Moments that seemed to triple to start this year.

Cooke isnt considered a repeat offender now. This is becoming a joke. Im assuming next Karlsson will need to call Cooke and apologize for the public outcry towards Cooke when in fact it was all Karlsson’s fault for putting his achilles under Cooke’s uncontrollable leg?

Cooke will rue the day….

Thanks, Carp, that was a very kind response considering my angst last night. But do you really think he’s going to improve with the Whale. Did you follow the games during the first 3 months??? He did nothing. Regarding Torts, can you buy into any of the following. Most coaches can teach as well as Torts’s but what makes Tort’s special is that he’s excellent at convincing 23 relatively intelligent players to play a system that makes them human targets for blocking shots of 125mph or more. Usually after 60 or so games you have a few injuries you don’t need and a team that becomes really worn down. Now this worked well because Henik single-handedly stole at least 15 games for us last year. We had no gas left in the tank during the semis with the Devils. I do believe he has not done his job with our very poor numbers on the power play particularly in 5-3 situations. Conrtolling center ice is really the key in winning hockey games and we do lose when were light along the boards.

Gene Melnyk said everything that needed to be said.

Cooke shouldn’t have even had the opportunity to cause such an “accident”.

Hockey would be a better game without him. If he wants remorse for his past, he should go to penance…

It was a cheap, sneaky, kick to the back of the leg that slipped and cut Karlsson….

ilb, i saw that too! dont remember where though. Perhaps on the nhl.com site. What a joke.

I wonder if they’re going to Il Mulino tonight. Maybe I should make reservations too….It worked before game 7 :-)

Why does Jason Chimera turn into Wayne Gretzky every time he plays the Rangers? His stat line suggests he doesn’t light up every other team.

I will stand and applaud at home if Poti Pourri makes an appearance.

Good afternoon all! Ilb, you should definitely go! And if you still don’t want to spit, maybe baby ilb can “accidently” drool in their dish :)

Chimera is a literal monster. Fire breathing she monster with lion’s head, goat’s body and serpent’s tail.

iLB2001, how about a friendly internet wager for bragging rights?

I say the Islanders will make a Cup appearance before the Rangers!

I say the Islanders already have a better group of forwards than the Rangers.

I say the Islanders are building with both current and prospects, a better group of defensemen than the Rangers.

Lastly I say without Lundqvist’s acrobatics the Rangers have zero chance of ever making the playoffs!

Without Lundqvist this is at best a middle of the pack roster and organization with 1 Cup in 72 years when the Islanders an expansion team has won 4!