Game 16.
Rangers at Senators.
Ya boys will be one-third of the way through this Bettmaned season after tonight’s game in beautiful 
downtown Kanata, Ont., just a short 55-minute, bumper-to-bumper, straight-into-the-setting sun, 3 mph ride from Canada’s capital.
This is the first meeting since the nasty seven-game series with the Senators in last spring’s playoffs, the one in which Teflon Chris Neil promised that he will catch Michael Del Zotto with his head down, after concussing Brian Boyle with an unpunished elbow to the head. Of course, some of the main combatants in that series, including Matt Carkner, Zenon Konopka and Brandon Prust are all gone.
The Rangers had gotten points (albeit one of those a Bettman Bonus Point for Losing) in five straight games before Tuesday’s loss to Montreal … … … … oh, sorry, I dozed off for a moment there just thinking about that game.
Rick Nash (undisclosed super-duper top-secret injury) did not make the trip. Arron Asham, who skipped Wednesday’s practice for maintenance (the same reason Nash and Girardi skipped practice before missing games with undisclosed injuries), skated this morning. Stu Bickel skated at forward, too.
Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal, which means Martin Biron, who was one of our Three Stars Tuesday, might start Saturday in Montreal … … … … … ooops. nodded off again
Craig Anderson starts in goal for the Senators, who lost Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson for the season to an unpunished Matt Cooke cheapshot, and are without injured Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek (though they were “without” both of them for most of the seven games last spring).
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First. And we lose another game tonight
re-post:
No, it was in a scrum in Game 1 and Boyle threw a bunch of short rabbit punches at Karlsson. That’s why Carkner dressed and went after him in Game 2.
ditto – LOL They dress Carkner to cool Boyle’s jets.
Oh Right. I do remember Boyle doing that to Karlsson. Bet he wishes he could be treated like that now. Instead of undergoing surgery because didn’t wear a kevlar sock.
double ditto: Boyle’s a large specimen. If he got totally outraged and didn’t care about being hit, he might be a problem. The real gorillas are ready to take a couple to throw a couple.
Man, Manny’s got a bogart typewriter!
I think they targeted Boyle because he was a beast in general, maybe the Rangers best player in that series…
Certainly, the little jabs at Karlsson didn’t help him make any friends in Kanata….and, they tried to “intimidate” him with Carkner…
It took a dirty, illegal play for them to neutralize Boyle…
No Nash!!!???
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
“Beast in general” ???? Do you even watch hockey? Are you stupid? Idiot? Moron?
Get a clue – he was a beast in Colonol
This place is nuts
Universe just got hosed on a penalty shot
My bad! E3….I really should start watching the games and lay off the absinthe
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS lets do this!!!!!!
Lets go gog gog go gog gog og goggoogo!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!! LETS GO RANGERS! LETS GO RANGERSS !!
LETS GO RANGERSSS!!! RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS TONIGHT!!!!!!
Kooks said specimen
Papa bear said nuts
ARE YOUUUU ready to rumble!!!!!!!?????
Three fast periods of Rangers hackey folks!!!! Put the kids to bed and get ready for a ring -a-ding-dong-dandyyyyy!!!!!
lets go lets go lets go lets go RANGERSS!!!!!
Alright, I made it. Missed anything?
Something that makes me feel old…
I watched Andre Benoit for a year playing for a terrible Kitchener Rangers team in 2000/01 (alongside Derek Roy and our very own Steven E. Minger) when he was a 16-year-old forward.
He’s now a D-man on the Senators and scored his first NHL goal last game at the age of 29.
Mannu, continued truce?
Mashinter Manny, Mashinter….. Neil don’t have a chance!!!!!!! Mashinter!!!!
LGR!!!!!!
LW3H said D-MAN
It’s a 1895 Remington, Coos. It was really difficult to hook up. Let me tell you. Carp’s IT team had to work overtime.
TRUCE
The guy that sings the anthems in Ottawa is actually Paul McLean…
Stan and Ollie coming to live from Ottowa
manny – wang would be a great last name for you
I guess I could’ve just said that a player was 12 years younger 12 years ago…
Is Leon Sandcastle on our 4th line as well?
this guys’s voice is tingling my thighs
Mashinter + Bickel = Neil Sandwich
Wouldnt you know it, at Buffalo Wild Wings for game tonight, ask bartender for Rangers game on TV, guy next to me says “I was hoping for the Bruins game.” Of course, he looks like a child mo-mo. :)
Great idea, Eddie. Everyone should do it though. Don’t hang me out to dry!
Carp said head.
Tiki – tell him if he can name 10 players currently ON the Bruins then he wins. When he can’t….you get the Rangers game.
Great Shot! STRAHLMAN for MVP
Nice play
werd up yo
Get out of here, man. I dont want to be uncomfortable all night. go back to Assachusetts!
Kreider gonna kick his butt
Another nice play
“the goaler for the visiting New York Islanders”.... love these announcers
Get Strahlman on the 1st line LW
Neil with an elbow to Richards already
One mistake by Kreider already.
Pretty sure that was Boyle’s fault. He’s obviously playing scared.
I remember Asham getting hurt in the Montreal game … but he came back so I didn’t even write it down, and now I can’t remember what it was. Left arm?
great start
Thanks eddie
And a bigger mistake by that defensive stalwart Boyle.
Zibanejad taking time out from ruling Iran…
we need a big PP tonight
they stick the rangers on a small 27 inch tv. college basketball is on the big screen. this is disgusting.
4th line is scary
Another of our new “superstars” is injured? (Asham….hehahaha!) The “Blue Flu” continues…
LOL! I love how Richards makes crisp passes right on the tape of the opposition!
LW – is it sunni bright in ottawa?
e3wang Saigon big PP
How come nobody said this is a bad matchup for the Rangers …?
tiki said 27 inches
looking much better
Nick “Ranger Killer” Foligno isn’t a Senator anymore, Carp.
LMcraiGandersonO, LW
here we go with the regular Boyle basher. Remember the guy who did nothing but cry about Dubinsky?
How’s the 4th line, now? That’s a heck of a shift for them and some physical stuff.
Haha…hilarious, LW…
Small ??? 27 inches.
And apparently the Senators’ goaltending is awful…
you have good PP papi-san
The Kreider drawing a penalty by getting hit in the Bickels.
allright….we got a PP
Carp – Forgot to post to ask a question about Tuesday. Why would the ice have been so bad at the Garden compared to any other average night? And I don’t think the zamboni liquid takes terribly long to set, or else they wouldn’t have between-periods entertainment. Maybe the one extra intermission minute is to sell two more commercials.
Neil got him in the Bickels.
Great play by Neil… stick your leg out and trip a kid
Neil won’t be on the ice against Monster Mash or Pickle
This power play is a bad matchup for the Rangers.
Its not bashing, its simply stating a fact.
I really do like this new positioning of Stepan with his back to the net on the PP
what a horrendous play by Girardi.
Rookie
ridiculous
dave Maloney “Gabby just standing still”
havent heard that before
Well, that was pretty…...Jayzus….
What the hell was Girardi doing there?
Suck it up Kid . get Nasty….. please?
And to think they played Girardi’s Beginnings before this game…
Dubinsky? No one was a bigger supporter of Dubi on this blog than me. Sorry! Try again.
Wake up
i didn’t say it was you, junior. you try again.
dave maloney “rangers are lethargic”
Wow. We’re screwed. Anderson is good.
That goal looked way too easy against an NHL calibre team.
Hank very tentative.
PP went from suck to blow
it was that Barry Beck guy.
well that sucked. I’ve already noticed Richards not back checking or hustling back to the bench for a line change… nice effort. :/
blow it up the whole team is an utter disgrace and richy is the biggest piece of crap i have seen lately
Son, of sam
Sorry Dad. I thought you were talking about me.
Maloney should have said pathetic
shoot the puck barry! shoot the puck!!
eric said blow it
cup favorite to out of playoffs. WE SUCK
Eric said blow it
It’s not a bad reference, Ilb. Maybe if they did 1-2-3-4-5-SHOOT they would get a good PP
LOL ilb! “Comb the desert…”
Richards still on the point. Amazing.
I think that is the worst play I have ever seen Dan Girardi make! Just brutal!
What was Girardi doing there? Did he just fall?
E3w said blow it
Can the Rangers decline the next Ottawa penalty?
Why didn’t Hank try to pokecheck that?
Can we bring back last year?
Hank doesn’t use his stick for anything good.
UGLY start….
year 2 of 9 for richy it is hard to believe
latona said poke
Hanks gotta bail GMan out there. He stayed back and went down bad combo
So, we are down 0-1. Why haven’t we tried to change the momentum by beating up Neil?
manny – that’s not what mrs. hank said
Fair point, Papa. That is precisely the soft goal that Hank has been giving up all year. Over the left shoulder.
can we be like the knicks and coax players out of retirement? Is Zubov available?
If you only knew the hilarity of your joke there, eddie….
This is terrible so far. This team is missing four of their best five players including their best dman and two best forwards.
Izod LaCosta
Achmadinejad is playing against us!? Cross-check him, somebody!
manny – oh i know, believe me :)
Hey Sam, Hey Joe….Is everybody great in this league???
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: Too many Zebras on the ice.
can’t kill hank on that goal. The guy walked out all alone and had all the time in the world.
kenny albert :”on the hard Dump in”
kenny – try some bran
Well, I mean, yeah, Papa Bear. It’s the NHL.
Does MSG really, really think Rangers fans give a flying crap about the minor stuff going on with the opponent? Spend 30 seconds in pregame to tell us who’s hurt, who’s hot, whatever … then stick with the team that people tune in to see. Am I wrong?
I mean, shouldn’t they be breaking down the mutiple breakdowns on that SHG instead of telling us about the Senators draft picks and minor leaguers?
joe micheletti
explain to me what mashinter has done great in about 4 mins of ice time.
carp
msg is clueless
DECLINE
Matt – not killing him. Looking for more from him. At that angle, he needs to poke check or challenge not sit back and sit down.
DECLINE IT! DECLINE IT!!!!
They hate KREIDER
Rain check on that PP….transfer it to next season and buy it out
Carp – i like when pierre tells us what time some player ate breakfast in 5th grade
All Kreider has to do is skate with a little attitude and he’ll draw a penalty…
did you see Teflon Neil cross-check Richards after the penalty was called?
Hank needs to make that save. Come on. He won the Vezina. He has not been that great, statistically, this year. Just like the rest of our team.
HAHA. Buy out the PP. Genius
thought Kreider went down a little easy again…
Carp, Amen brother.
hey JOEM – how are the ranger’s groins?
That looked like a slew foot on Kreider.
HOW does that not go in….HOW
Manny Wang. Right on brother!
puck will never go in on the pp
Did Callahan just get tackled?
Carp 2nd time on the Richards xcheck by Neil
a game like this – Sean Avery would dominate
That was better I guess. Instead of giving up a goal we had a pretty good chance.
Boston @ Tampa game is getting nasty
Sam was much better with JD.
finally on laptop
did i miss much?
hahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahaha
ahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahaha
ahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha
sigh
we really don’t have much snarl. we are getting some opportunities, but I wish this team would play a little meaner.
Sad thing is, Kreider probably thinks he’s doing a good job by drawing penalties.
Am I hallucinating, or did this PP have some pulse?
Move Boyle down to the 4th line already. Big, Humaingous 4th line. Let Halpern get more ice time with the kids on the 3rd line. He creates. He’s like Mini-Nash (way exceeded my expectations)
ILB how’s that LSD
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHHA!
at times like this in the past, i’d say it was time for Dubi to get into a fight. now, i don’t know who would or could and have any impact on the team as a whole. mainly i’d worry that one of these figure skaters would get hurt.
ilb said suck and blow in the same post. my eyes deceive me.
Am I doing that right?
Jaffe said put it right here
Manny…you know what we need?
MASH – BOYLE – PYATT
At what point in the game does Hagelin get suspended?
Ottawa feed showing Richards bobblehead…...it had more life than he’s shown
How come every other team shoots one timers off the pass on the PP except us??????????????????
So in summary:
Daneyko – multiple Cup rings
Jaffe – well connected analyst
Duguay – a bit sassy
Exactly, NYR! That’s an awesome line. Joe M’s head will explode at the size.
Potvin Sucks! Really!
Please get a humungous line on the ice to annihilate these guys. Mashinter vs. Turris and Bickel vs. Neil. Boyle can hide in the corner and cry into his glove with some PTSD flashback….
That Ottawa PP would have been the Rangers’ best power play of the season.
Potvin does suck. And he does Radio for the Sens.
Are we Wanging? I didn’t get the memo
Manny said awesome size head explode
This Silverfish guy looks pretty good….
Another pass from Richie right on the stick of a Senator!
yea yea….I said stick
Richards with another perfect pass to the opponents stick
i think Dave Maloney may
put on a pair of skates
and show these players how it’s done
he sounds pretty
peeved right now
Potvin is the analyst on Ottawa feed…horrible
richards is a a turnover waiting to happen
Gaborik no clue what to do with the puck when he gains the blue line
Kenny Albert had a “love-letter” interview with Potvin (sucks!) before the game, and Sam & Joe are having an Alfredsson love-fest…all is normal..
boooooooo!!!!
If this was last year we would have Mashinter and Bickel on the ice for the last 15 seconds of that to rough it up a bit…
I would put Halpern in Richards’ place…Halpern really has been playing with speed and can make a play…
Sorry, Stephen Weiss. Didn’t know he was on TV now.
Anybody out there got a gramma who can’t shut out the Rangers?
Jpg – if Maloney keeps going of the reservation he’ll be working with brother Don in exile
Love it, NYR. Play Dr. Halpern on the second line until he gives out.
wang will our PP score?
Has “the room” tuned out on Torts…..? Everything he says that they need to do, they don’t!
See what I mean !
JD >>>>>>>Joe Mich
they are definitely not putting ranger fans in the giving mood for garden of raffles night
seriously if brad richards is this type of player we are wasting our time believing this team is any more then a 500 type team
great Pp boy the Rangers. like the boyle cross ice giveaway about 1 minute into the game. besides his inability to score he is a moron…
richards no clue late in the period he tried to get the puck back to gaborik who was being checked as he was 3 seconds earlier. if richards looked where he was passing on occassion it might help, just saying…
girardi looked horrible on the shorty, he fell because of?????
staal with a nice giveaway near the end also, newsflash go up the friggin wall, dope.
taylor pyatt done scoring for the year. got his early
well,
Maloney’ll probably much less
stressed commenting on the coyotes
i swear it’s as if carbon monoxide is pumped
into Rangers locker room
and brain cells of how to play
the game disintegrated.
Yea. How does Hank not poke check that puck? I just saw the replay in slo-mo on NHL Network. Sheesh.
FlaRanger, one of the best things about the video of Malik’s crazy SO goal is JD’s reaction. I love watching that thing. Classic!
who is more of a waste boyle, richards, bickell, halpern??? they do almost nothing…
boyle says all the pablam but he stinks…
Definitely fair to throw Bickel in there, Stuart. Definitely pin it on him…..
And Dr. Halpern? Have you been watching? How could anyone be upset with him?
Boyle will make a good announcer.. He is oblivious to the game and the way there playing.
dammmm it!!
i was really hoping and
going to try
not to be so negative
and cranky
but a shortie
giveaways
and sens mauling us like
it was game 2 from last spring
just eats me up
WTB IS WRONG WITH THIS TEAM?
Horseteeth by far stuart
Yeah, stuart…we should be putting Newbury and Segal out there….right?
Maybe we should trade for Erksine!??
Hank has been average so far and for this team … Not good enough.
you can’t put Halpern on one of the top two lines. Your only hope is Richards gets his head out of his behind.
Obviously, Mr. Ed is the problem. The $6.66 million dollar problem that can be solved with a check from Jim Dolan…
Great points, NYR. Segal had a GWG for the Whale the other night. Newbury (age 31) usually leads the team in goals. Give them a chance!
Carp – you don’t think you would throw Halpern on the second line for a few shifts in the second? He’s been working really hard and maybe he gets something going. Why not at this point?
Knickerbocker update
now
i’ve entered Bizarro World
watching Neil Smith
and Mike Keenan
on sens broadcast
right now
Folks just deal with the fact we are a terrible team. We have no right making the playoffs and if we do we will be one and done. Total disgrace of a hockey team.
Keenan and Neil Smith on the same panel between periods…..hmmmm
“i swear it’s as if carbon monoxide is pumped
into Rangers locker room”
Best possible reason that they are playing this way!
Rhonda Gay working the adult chat line there…
NEW POST?
Disgrace
in all seriousness
based on last year
and some of the additions
of last summer
ON PAPER
we looked like
we’d be a top team in the league
to be watching this chaotic mess
is just becoming frustrating to the point
of apathy
newburry is not an option. when a guy is late 20’s or 30 + and been in the nhl a few games here and there it is for a reason. i got an idea play miller and kreider more minutes!!!crazy but what the heck.
halpern has zero points, nada, 1 less then boyle. what do you want to do, give him a raise?????
3rd and 4th line have to score on occassion, they do not get a pass. they are less to blame then richards or gabby for sure but they need to contribute on occassion.
gabby, scores in very few games, when he scores it is usually multiple…he is a soft….
We usually fare terribly during these Garden of Dreams games, historically speaking….
i have seen enough of newbury to know hes useless. career minor leaguer
just poured myself a scotch.
Carp taking Eric’s game over schtick a bit too literally…
Wow. J.T. Miller was really in coast mode coming back on that short-handed goal.
Maybe Richie Rich is colorblind. He likes to pass and drop pass to the opposition. And how long are Micheletti and Mister Everyone is Great going to milk this Amorante thing?
Yea….I was being Sarcastic about Segal and Newbury. The only guys in Hartford I want to see that I haven’t are Kyle Jean and Thomas
Rupper was good in the room.
Dial it.
nice on the erskine jab..
erskine is no worse then bickell.
erskine may have as many points as dumbo del zotto.. again i think mdz has rocks for brains…
i did not see the alfreddsson save on mdz i was in the car but i could imagine….
What kind of scotch, eric?
Speaking of…..apparently Maker’s Mark is going to water down it’s product 6.75% because they want to sell more of it (they say they can’t keep up with Demand). I think they are at 88 Proof right now.
Pitbull’s face at the end of that commercial is quickly becoming my favourite thing ever.
So we are playing a team with 3 rookies, 4 minor leaguers and are still losing to them. Gee, I dont know, maybe it’s time to start questioning what in the hell our style of game is? Maybe we start questioning he coaching staff and start holding them accountable for the lack of a powerplay now for four seasons? Carp?
Carp. Where is the work ethic. Only Hagelin consistently. Even mcD invisible?
Richards is Hurt! Finally….a Reason for his awful play.
Richards is hurt? Put him on LTIR, acquire O’Reilly! Boom!
Sam greets Joe’s meat?
Go ahead, czech.
Richards “bolted” to the bench.
NYR – you saying he was so confused that he thought he was a Tampa Bay Bolt again?
See….”dumbo del zotto” this is why this place is fun!
Hey, RIR.
I think they added that extra minute of intermission time so I could finish watching a full episode of Wheel of Fortune during that time and have none left over.
ilb, i may need u to bail me out tonight. :)
I am saying he better pray if wants another shift in this game.
“Richards is hurt? Put him on LTIR, acquire O’Reilly! Boom!”
Latona, we still have plently of room on the infirmary list for O’Reilly, too – that’s where he will wind up if he’s acquired by the NYR…
Guess there is no momentum from the playoffs to next season
Lets face t, they just aren’t that good.
Carp
I dont have press creds, if I did youcan be sure that I would.
Hey! Good play by Girardi!
Carp, what happened to the intermission post? It no workee.
LMGO, ilb.
Richards hasn’t taken a stride and has been gliding since the season began, getting hurt didn’t make a change.
Why is Boyle on this line? Al he’s doing it skating into Hagelin…
This is really pathetic.
Howdy, Carp.
Yea, Doodie. I think Richards is going to say the injury that happened tonight actually happened in the off-season.
It’s a trap!
This is a very vanilla rangers team.
Hey Commonwealth of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantation!
I understand Pitbull’s English less than I do his Spanish, and I don’t speak Spanish.
this is ithout nash.
i think someone is dead in the BJs game
RIR – long time no write
Kreider and Miller getting valuable playing time…
I said 1 or 2 nothing Sens. I see nothing that suggests to me the score will be any different except the Sens might score another and then have the opportunity to get a third via empty-netter.
Another GREAT shift by Brad
Uh oh. Waseka says Anisimov is hurt. Doesn’t sound good..
Yes Sam, Kreider and Miller need to produce, not Richards and Gaborik.
Richards must be off his feed
Gaborik blows
Oh no. Artie Partie. This sounds BAD
MonteHowson’s revenge.
Oh no! Latona, that is awful :(
keith richards would be a better player
Rangers cycle with training wheels
Howson gets fired, Nash, Dubi, and Anisimov all get injured.
E3:
Had to wait until this season’s soap opera started to get interestin’.
Richard VIII would be a better player.
does anyone think we are scoring tonight?
eric, I’ve been saying it from this morning that Anderson would have a shutout.
I think no goals. They stink.
“Richard VIII would be a better player.”
LMAO! And he’s been dead for centuries!
things continue in this manner
and
Nash will be pushing
his agent for a trade
BACK
to columbus
Eric
Scoring? Scoring? What?
Pound for pound and inch for inch, Boyle is the weakest player in the league
Tiki said BJ!
we will score tonight.
i am an optimist at heart.
Carp
itching to pull the plug
on Friday’s chat?
Meant to say Richard III, not Richard VIII. Henry VIII, not Henry III.
Sounds like Anisimov was strapped to a stretcher and taken off the ice. Not good. Poor Artie…
I must say I like that Hagelin will attempt wraparounds. Who tries those nowadays?
Hagelin continues to be heads and shoulders the best Ranger skater.
LOL at that play by Richards.
I am just cringing thinking about it Manny…it sounds like it could be very, very bad….
Get Richards out of the game! He cant make a play!
Sorry, Hank. I was working on something and it got published … so I took it down, of course.
Why doesn’t Miller, the best shot on that line, get in a shooting position?
Well, Hagelin and Stepan still look dangerous. Everyone else…
Richards is terrible. I wish Torts would grow some balls (I said balls) and bench him. Honestly, Richards < No Richards.
Will we be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline….?
Richards is playing tonite?
What would be worse for the Rangers? That Richards is in terrible physical condition. Or that he’s done?
Me too, NYR. Me too. Love this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3n-hQFFADM
“Stick handle. Not score.” – Anisimov
re elect brad richards for 7 more years.
I think if I could ask Torts one question, it would be why do you continue to give Richards not only a lot of ice time, but any ice time, considering he is consistently the worst skater in every game?
See…Boyle is a great teammate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2irhhooRoA
Play Miller at center between Kreider and Cally. Speaking of which, he hasnt done much either today.
The ledge is thin
only saving grace he somehow goes on Long term IR like pronger
gabby and richards with consistent giveaways not deep in the o zone.
criminal.
Monster Mashinter!
Joe the shill, Richards didnt touch the puck.
Boyles best shift of the year
the way there are lately the rangers there not worth the ledge
Richards does not touch that puck, sorry Joe. Also, conveniently ignored the fact that the whole odd-man rush the other way was caused by Richards coughing up the puck on a boneheaded play just inside the offensive zone.
He’s done, Carp. I look at it as an opportunity for the Rangers….
seangentilleWings feed just said Anisimov is awake, responsive and moving.That he’s done Carp
Stepans on the ledge
Richards is playing his way towards an amnesty buyout.
Worst Scotch in the world – 13 year old Glensaranger GM
Bad physical condition this season would be worse, Carp. Because if he comes back next year in some sort of shape, then the Rangers might not use their amnesty buyout on him. But if he’s done and sucks next year, then spending 18 million to get rid of him without a cap penalty will be MIGHTY appealing.
Anderson has had NOTHING to do this period. Rangers finding energetic ways to not be dangerous.
Great news on A-guy.
Right. That’s what I meant. If he’s done, then he’s a compliance buyout this summer. If he’s out of shape, then they try to get him in shape next summer and give him another shot.
ps, agree about Hagelin and Stepan, but neither player is good enough at this stage, or maybe ever, to carry a team for very long.
Have the Red Wings said anything about Richards being awake, responsive and moving?
Wow. Just wow.
Carp, you must be loving how they are playing tonight. Tomorrow’s Charp will set records.
Doodie
He didnt forget. He is just shilling for MSG.
I hope Anisimov wakes up and says, ” Crazy play. He jump. Land on head. I try move. No. Skate. No. Then get off. Go locker room. Feel good. Come back. Play hard. Do good. Shoot. Score.”
richards loves the friggin backhand. must have 3 giveaways a game from his backhand slow pitch pass. 1/2 blueline or out..
gabby not quite as severe but he sucks in his own zone..
No one needs Richards more than Gaborik.
Did Sather get lucky with the Oilers?
Lundqvist fighting it tonight.
In all the doom and gloom, Hagelin has been outstanding!
RIR – welcome back my friend, to the show that never ends…....come inside come inside…..
LMGO, LW.
Chat will be fun tomorrow.
I didn’t think that the start to this game was bad, then the shorthander—I don’t know who to blame other than the last three guys, Del Zotto, Girardi and Lundqvist, but there was more before that—then this team didn’t do jack after that.
and yet, they get two goals in the third and everybody turns those frowns upside down, because this place is like that, as you know.
Time for Boyle’s annual goal.
Hagelin has been, by far, the best Ranger. All around.
Sail on Silverburg
Papa Bear- Golidilocks could have coached that Oilers team.
Are they trying to make me hate hockey?! We we too spoiled by last year our one freaking year where things went right
Yup, rebound control, Doodie
I mean that Hagelin has been the best Ranger for a number of games in a row. Not just tonight.
Or Goldilocks.
Olga, the players? Who picked them?
Apparently Gaborik has 5 SOG so far.
Carp, I think physical condition or being done, either way they won’t buy him out until after next year. It will cost $24 million to buy him out this summer. Next summer it will cost them $18 million. His salary next season is $9 million. So it costs them only an extra $3 million to give him another shot next year on the slim chance (read:not a snowball’s chance in hell) that he gets it together next season.
All Rangers chances are coming from behind the net…wtf kind of strategy is this?
He is, Manny. But what is Hagelin? He’s a second-liner at best? Maybe a 25-30 goal scorer ceiling?
Nice hit by Kreider?
Gaborik has been scoring so many goals from around the net the past few years. Great, but where are the mid- and long-range wrist and slap shots that he scored on in his debut season?
Is Sylverberg the new Doggie Hamilton?
Totally agree, Carp. I’m not saying it’s a good thing. I’m just saying the kid has stepped up. He is going to make a career out of smacking home Nash’s rebounds. And that’s great. We obviously need the top guys to step up.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….........
this period has been better. but not nearly good enough.
25-30 goals would make him a 1st liner on this team.
Take away by Richards? How about, the guy whiffed on his pass.
Richards looks like he’s skating in hummus.
If someone doesn’t beat the snot out of Neil I am going to just lose it…..
That’s the first penalty ever called on Neil.
Best shift by Richards in ten games.
... and that wasn’t really a penalty.
Dallas Starts Twitter account makes me like the team:
DallasStarsPP Alert: Kevin Bieksa is sent to the sin bin after a knee-to-knee collision with Loui Eriksson. #Stars with their first PP of the nightMix in that hilarious Romo stuff with the Modano tweets. Awesome.
Remember when people were complaining that WE DIDN’T trade assets at the deadline a few years ago for Richards?
Richards, just a suggestion: how about looking at where you are passing and using your forehand? Because your no-look backhands only end up on Senators sticks.
?@AGrossRecord@ Stu Bickel with a decent shot from above the left faceoff circle. Just wanted to type that.
Good one from Gross!
start the 3rd on the PP with a clean sheet. great. our studs can make this PP machine perform like clock work..
Nice…..
stepan and hagelin been there best forwards for games…
Checking penalty on Neil and I hope he dies in the box.
Neil been taking liberties with Richards all game.
Sam doesn’t know a giveaway from a takeaway
puck control means squat when you dont score
never gonna win games when carl hagelin is your best player night in/night out.
Mister D said box
who was the one that called the anisimov injury this afternoon?
Cccp
Its called Tom Renney hockey. Thats what Torts’ team has become. What happened to the coach that believed in safe is death? This not what I thought we were getting .
John Giannone= Potsie
i never asked the rangers to dump prospects for richards intraseason.
i believe allmost every FA sigining is a waste any paying big $ for anyone over 30 is insane…
It was Anisimov! Woah. He wasnt moving.
I don’t know Papa. Was Slatsko GM then? He must have had some real scouts back then…
For those of you that still care about Anisimov: http://snyrangersblog.com/rangers/updating-artem-anisimov-taken-off-on-a-stretcher-alert-and-movin/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
That will be updating.
Holy Crap! Chara (Largest man in NHL) was just in a shoving match with Connacher (Smallest man in the NHL)
Chara takes a roughing penalty for punching the little rugrat.
PS – Connacher is really good.
gabby plays at 70%, richards has no clue on the backhand stuff, mdz has rocks for brains, boyle does not believe in gravity and therefore he can never find the puck. i can go on and on.
torts generates offense from forecheck only and when that is not working they have nothing..
LMFAO OLGA!!!
PP to start the 3rd with Horseteeth on the point
NHL is showing the Anisimov Injury
pretty damn sure connacher is not smaller than gerbe
Looked flukey. Two guys going to the board and Anisimov just falls in between Quincy and White. Quincy fell elbow first right into his head. Ansimov wasn’t moving and ended up strapped to a stretcher.
John Davidson came running down to check it out.
NHL Blue Jackets ?@BlueJacketsNHL
Per #CBJ VP of PR @ToddSharrock: Anisimov is alert, moving, never lost consciousness. He’s gone to a hospital (precaution) for evaluation.
Conacher is 5’7”, 176 lbs.
Gerbe: 5’5”, 178.6 lbs.
Close.
Highlight of 2nd period, late on: Bickel fires one on net, at about 50 MPH, with no teammate in front. Anderson checks his cell for messages, scratches at that annoying, hard-to-reach itch just below his shoulder blade, and steers the puck to a teammate. Gives the lie to: Putting the Puck on Net is Never a Bad Idea.
Bickel. Playing. In the NHL.
If team tanks this year, Torts will never recover. He’ll have to go.
bill pidto freaking blows as well. everything and everyone associated with msg
Aw COME ON SCORE ALREADY!!!!!
GEEEEZZZZ !!!
GO RANGERS!!!!
WAKE UP!!!!!
Gordon and Chadwick. Ahhh… the memories.
WAKE UP RANGERS WAKE UP RANGERS WAKE UP RANGERS!!!!!!!
Jim and the Big Whistle. Take me back to the good ole days
“Old Time Hockey”!!!
maybe last year was just a dream
before you know it teams in 6th 7th and 8th will be 6-7 pts ahead of us
Including you, eric?
I think Torts has two or three dead last finishes in the conference before he’s fired…
Yeah, I sure miss those guys in the broadcast booth!
OLD TIME HOCKEY
What the holey hell is wrong with Nash!!!???? WE NEED him , badly!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!! just win baby , just win this thang!!
“bill pidto freaking blows as well. everything and everyone associated with msg”
haha…relax there, hondo.
not a fan of pidto, but MSG has a great team.
Coos or Eddie…remember that song ” oh marezdoats and bradeats oats and Sidneycrosbydivey”..sung by another Crosby :)
Time to have a little water of life, neat.
Especially all the volunteers sitting at MSG, where the game is not, answering phones for the Garden of Dreams.
Last year was a dream , tops in fights , top in hits , tops in block shots…
Your name is ZzZz NYR ZzZz and you want the Rangers to wake up?
Is there a disconnect here?
Gordon & Chadwick were SO much better than what we have now….We could use Nicky Fotiu back here now, as well…
I’ve never done this before, but I know the Rangers will leave Ottawa with 2 (ugly) points.
Haha, Olga.
If nothing else, Duguay has collected the numbers of a lot of women tonight.
We could use Foitu on the ice for this one.
Actually Olga its a play on words ..get it? Nawww didn’t think ya would cuz your too busy kissing ChuMpcagos azzes.
This team went soft…
yup, Staal.
This is without Nash. Torts wont get fired unless playoffs are missed this year and next. He’s not getting fired this year. Of course, there are circumstances in which he wouldnt be (Henrik injured for extended period of time)
Wish i’d could cheer on another team on here and still have friends…
Biz Markie called and he wants his clock back from Duguay.
Duguay’s analysis there was to watch a clip and say: “They get a chance…right there”
Ovechkin is drawing a lot of penalties tonight. He’s a regular Chris The Kreider out there.
latona
you must be the ultimate optimist.
Is the telethon to buy the Rangers a goal?
“My Kingdom for a Goal” (or two…)....
He’s not getting fired, and this team isn’t going to miss the playoffs.
Right now they stink, though.
WAKE UP RANGERS cuz im going ZzZz !!!!!
Tiki February 21st, 2013 at 9:18 pm
This is without Nash. Torts wont get fired
unless playoffs are missed this year and next. He’s not getting fired this year. Of course, there are circumstances in which he wouldnt be (Henrik injured for extended period of time)*******************
Just one change (in the spirit of TRUCE)
Which scented marker did Torts’ use for his pp diagram this intermission? I’m guessing asparagus.
Y not get the NYU club coach back to help with the PP.
PP TIME!
Do they HAVE real words in Saskatchewan? Because you’re not using too many.
Don’t play with them if you don’t know how they work… Eh?
Anything can happen, Carp. Henrik could get injured, and that’d be all she wrote.
Funny that Giannone is between the benches but whoever is broadcasting the Sens game doesn’t.
“This team went soft…’
Maybe Rammer handed out the Viagra during the intermission…?
Looks like the rangers need an offensive coordinator .. much too much D minded..
Manny said pp time
Carp -really weak at center ice. This team could miss the PO’s
Yes! The two worst players on the point at THE SAME TIME!
Excellent dump in by Richards
Sniper
go hawks
Was that a shot on goal?
I didn’t expect that.
Great work by Kreider there….....
The Rangers PP should have set plays from behind their goal, since that’s the only guaranteed place they will control the puck on a PP.
Best hit of his career
Ugh…......Please don’t be hurt.
Kreider pull a Gomez for us?
THE KREIDER!
He got tripped! Not his fault! Not his fault!
Still hope he’s not hurt.
Anderson blew his quad.
so much for sully guarantee
The Storm Trooper is coming in!?
This is horrible. Not our fault. Definitely their own fault. But still awful. But that’s probably a torn MCL or whatever is around your knee and tears when you hyper extend your knee (towards your thigh).
wow…honestly have to wonder who in the OTT organization upset the hockey gods…unreal.
Kreider didn’t get tripped. He blew a tire.
Hank better watch out for Neil
You can bet the Sens are going to get NASTY now.
highlight of the game there
LMGirardiO @ “Wang Bear”
Better watch Neil. You know he would love to even things out with Lundqvist
What is this mish-mosh line?
Wow, now Hagelin’s coasting back defensively and Girardi’s going soft on Neil.
OH COME ON
Potvin calling for Kreider to be sent off the ice for the dirty hit….oh wait…maybe his skate was pushed out from under him…..
Booooooooooooooo.
“Rhode Island Ranger February 21st, 2013 at 9:20 pm
Which scented marker did Torts’ use for his pp diagram this intermission? I’m guessing asparagus.”
i would guess nitrous oxide
because the players
look as if their brains are scrambled
There as Halpern’s first goal as a Ranger. On what I would call, the Second line.
MacLean should force Anderson to keep playing.
Halpern score for the year
Haha, The Doctor
Torts should get thrown out over that quick whistle. Pull a Wally Backman and just start throwing every piece of equipment you can find on the ice. He needs to do something to wake them up!!
someone fight! get the team going!
I’ve always been partial to towel on a stick
“Which scented marker did Torts’ use for his pp diagram this intermission? I’m guessing asparagus.”
Poop?
They should make Kreider fight.
How long before Neil takes a run at Lundqvist?
i think i’d enjoy this game more
if i was sniffing nitrous oxide
eric
can you help a drowning man?
this season not going as i expected
How many shots can our defense get on goal? None. None shots on goal.
If Neil took a run at Lundqvist, I’d 100% support a bludgeoning. For real.
jpg, you want us to help keep your head underwater?
None more black
too bad you can’t win a game zero to negative one….we would be in like flint
he already bumped him, P-Dub. He’ll completely run him over before the night is done.
how much more blacker could it be?
Man. We could really use a goal.
maybe too many Ranger players
hurt themselves laughing
too hard
at the Subscribers event
and that’s why they’ve been
playing softer than
the current state of
my belly
(aka 1 pack)
I second the motion for a bludgeoning
Aside from being a great Spinal Tap joke, it’s a GREAT Orchid song.
Second missed open net…
How the hell did Staal miss that?
It’s dark in here.
I would like to buy a couple of tanks of nitrous oxide. Can you get that stuff on the internet?
Mash against Neil…let’s see what he’s got
Can we just get one point, please?
This team just doesn’t have any snarl at all. I’m not saying they are intimidated, but they seem to be incapable of bringing emotion to the game. This looks like pond/pickup hockey.
Um….Doodie….did you just make an ORCHID reference? Wow….....No way.
Staal wide!!!!!! Surprise surprise surprise
Doodie….our friendship just went to insane levels. I actually worked the door at their farewell show. In Boston. We had them play two sets.
LOL! I didn’t even notice Richards hasn’t been playing until Joe mentioned it!
No Joe, we haven’t really seen Richards all year
Staal could not shoot a puck in the ocean from the beach!
Hanks good again.
And still NO ONE roughs up Neil.
Time to air it out
Remember that time when nobody wanted Turis?
If Sam say Yockk-ub again I am going postal!
Manny, we’ve discussed Orchid before, when you were going to Orchid shows and I thought you knew of an Orchid reunion that I did not, but you were going to see flowers.
I’ll proudly take the loss if someone would just kick the snot out of Neil …
CCCP, no, I don’t remember that time. Everybody wanted Turris, just not at his crazy contract demands.
It’s huge
I wanted Turris.
Haha. Really, Doodie? Jeez. We need to get on the whole e-mail thing tomorrow and talk about ridiculous Bahston haaaadcore
Manny! It’s your size line of MAshinter-Boyle-Bickel!
“Gene Carr couldn’t put the puck in the ocean from the end of a pier”...Bill Chadwick
Ryan O’Reilly would have 5 goals tonight and his dad would have 1.
HUGE LINE!
Carp, if it were an 82 game season I’d say yes… I feel good about them bouncing back and making the playoffs, but…. I just don’t see it. This team lost all its grit/shot blocking/cycling down low abilities when they lost Anisimov, Prust, Dubi, Feds and even Mitchell.
Everybody wanted Turris, just not at his crazy contract demands.
5 years, $17.5MM.
dc,they don’t have a player capable of doing that.
Månnu ♥ orchid shows
Lundqvist keeping them in. Why bother? Crap, another power play. Can we score on the counter?
Rangers with another chance to use their pp
OK, I’m going to bed. If they win, it’s because I stopped watching. You’re all welcome.
“Rangers drew a penalty” mighty dangerous words this season. But it’s gotta change sometime…..right?
The Captain!
CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
I don’t believe it!
Finally!
Woooooooo
Bishop didn’t have a prayer on that one.
CallY!!!!!!!!!!
byfuglien finally!!!!!
someone finally heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
wait a second, Doodie.
STEP-CHILD MAKES THE PLAY. THE CAPTAIN FINISHES.
there
goes the trade
for O’Reilly
get the point now
CAPO CALLAHAN
What the HELL does facing or not facing the ice have to do with an injury?
Thanks captain
they suck. they’re great!
macccccccccccccc
Open the flood gates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTB?!?!?
MICK MONSTER
Doodie, did you really go to bed?
Miller +1
Oh BABY, McTruck! 2-1.
Yipeeeeee…
Wow!
Hahahaha!!
Halpern’s first goal!?
Turn that frown upside own! lol
Woooooooooo 3-1…..Oh wait
WOW , Salty was right!!!!!!! WTG Salty!!
GO RANGERS!!!!
Injury the goalie , then we WAKE UP!!!!!!
Here comes a fight….....
SERIOUSLY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ALL
STAAL AND MAC BOTH SHOOT FROM POINT WE SCORE
DEL ZASTER AND RICHY WILL NEVER SHOOT
well i sure didn’t expect the spanish inquisition
Doodie don’t let the pillow hit you in the arse
Richards is still atrocious…even though the Rangers are leading…
Oh yea
Good Lord. A goalie we can beat?
Doodie, NEVER watch a Ranger game again!
This place is like the Waterboy. Basically Rob Schneider’s character.
“Oh No We Suck Again!”
Cally!! McD!!!
no Carp
they’re still playing awful
but
they played a total of
20 seconds better
and it led to 2 goals
kinda like 2 long bombs in football that lead to touchdowns and Tebow viewed as a great quarterback
game not over
sounded like the PA guy said Pyatt got the goal.
Sometimes, people like Joe Micheletti need to ask themselves “Self, what the HELL?”
Yay. Hank’s good again! I guess he forgot about his stupid daughter!
Ok now the rangers get the lead and then they fall asleep
The injured players face away from the ice because why inflict more pain on them?
It’s warm in here
yep
after that “commercial break” of
2 goals
we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming
of the Rangers getting outplayed, outhustled and overmatched in the d zone
this Lincoln-Washington commercial is my favorite.
I see you Abey.
Who’s your founding father?
Incredulous!!
Take that Storm Trooper!
definitely a Halpern tip there. more appropriate score now given that the Rangers have been better all game
i go outside to take a leak, and we score 2 goals?...who knew?
I think Richards needs an Acorn Stair Lift.
LW – I think they do that so they can be struck in the back by flying pucks without being able to defend themselves.
If that did get deflected by a Ranger, then at least Sam’s call about it being McDonagh’s first of the year will still be kind of accurate.
I want to four score a deal for you
Boyle still on pace to have 1 pt. this season
Pretty Sure
Callahan-Halpern-Pyatt is our second line. Can’t imagine Boyle would Centre the 2nd line.
Sam can you stand corrected while sitting down?
E3…no indoor plumbing?
i know, jpg. ... but that’s often the feeling around here, based purely on the score.
they’ve sucked pretty much all night tonight, and last game, too.
Penalty
Looks like Staal had a little glove-to-head-shove into the boards there. Grit.
Carp, I was going to right how wacky it is that a Japanese car company is featuring US presidents in it’s commercial. What Hirohito wasn’t available?
King is stronger than Bishop.
Seriously, did Doodie go to bed moments before the two goals?
That means Richards and the kids are 3rd and my all-time favorite Humungous line is 4th.
Now boys. Get out there and FIGHT
LOL.
Wow, how does Sam not know there’s been a penalty called?
Yay. Boyle! Love it when our PK guys take penalties
incredible
Before the goal barrage, I was going to say that the Rangers had probably been the better team, in that they were the bald man marginally on top in the comb fighting contest.
Well that didn’t take long…..Achmadinejad gets us..
“Good job by Brian Boyle”- Sam Rosen
As I said earlier…
“Oh No! We suck again!”
of course
What bad call that was….still doesn’t excuse the goal…
Brian Boyle – 1st star
That didn’t take long. Can the ‘gers steal the point from here? Sure don’t deserve one.
Trade everybody
Carp, he was busy talking about the “good kids out in the west.”
Carp they suck again.
Anyone hoping for the Bettman bonus tonight??
well
Carp
yeah a bad bounce
but
not winning face off
not retrieving puck
not having the grit and passion of the sens
and
both Hags and Step watching the 4d version of the game
rather than bothering to pay
attention to player
next to him
who ended up scoring
get to the SO…most exciting event in all of sports
Forget about the penalty call, Carp, how about all those kids in the Western conference, huh?
Doodie got up and starting watching again. I know it,
Third line out there. Grandpa and the kids…
Boyle with the game-changer! Oh, wait…
Ok turn that frown back upside down lol
4:20 remaining
I feel a draft now
AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Jockk-ub!!!!
Look at Halpern getting time Centreing Gabby and Hags
As I used to tell my over 25 basketball team….GET POINTS
this is Bickel time
Thrice Edward said “4:20” heh
pull hank
Manny Wang… Halpern has some jump 2 nite
Sam’s been really slacking off on the Foxwood Final Five this year
You got that right, PBW!
get the damn point first and then worry about OT. this is a team we would need to beat out for a playoff spot.
that goal was just so easy. Stepan losing the draw, Staal and Girardi both going to their knees. 5-on-4 with two of the four on their knees? Do the math.
Watching the game on Gamecenter in New York even though it’s blacked out. Take that, NHL!
“It’s time for the Foxwoods final 2:42”
Pyatt blows
They’ve gone back to being useless again…
Shooting gallery! Ugh!
That is a remarkable save.
e3 said pull.
Way to miss the puck and the man Stepan
Nice PP by the Sens there. Oh wait…...
is this a 5-3?
Sam said woods.
E3- I’m not sure how to respond to pp outside,only can say I’ve been renovating downstairs bathroom since…well,I’m not sure I remember
Um…Interference?
Hey- remember when we were good?
Anderson….sprained ankle…day to day
sens playing with same passion
that they showed against Rangers
in last year’s playoffs
awful.
BRING IN TONY ROBBINS ‘cause this team sure look like they pee their pants when they should be putting the pedal to the metal
which is what the sens are doing.
Sam’s been missing a LOT lately….all except for his voluminous praise of players on the opposing teams…
Maloney “hank needs to absorb some of these shots”
Time for some Bettman boner points – the rangers only hope to get points!
Ok. Someone go beat up Neil and take him out of it for OT. Please.
To OT we go.
Bettman Bonus Point guaranteed.
Stepan 6 of 19 on faceoffs, one of which cost them of two points in regulation.
dc62 – i love to water my trees
Anyone know when Richards (or Del Zaster for that matter) was last on the ice?
We got a point! I didn’t think that was happening tonight.
that was moment that defined this season…so far
Girardi is standing with the puck
thinking that there’s no way a sens player
would dare try to check him or get the puck away for a shot
luckily Staal was there to clean up
awful
awful
attitude
dc62 said downstairs.
WE GOT A POINT!!
I think you want Neil on the ice in OT, Manny.
Count the Richards shifts.
Only one team playing at the end. This year’s team so prone to the run-around.
headzo said boner
Headzo said boner…
There he is. Richards that is.
E3 Finishing the bathroom should be your number 2 project.
Lundy’s been earning his paycheck tonight. Oh great, is DZ hurt now?
Bad penalty by Boyle is what caused the goal.
1
In the next 15 minutes we’re going to know if we’re super resilient or the worst team in the NHL. I’m betting on one or the other.
get Bickel on the ice
why the byfuglien would Richards being sending the puck back to Girardi
when there was no one within 5 feet of him and someone near G?
it’s just IQ effin stooooooopid!
If Richards doesn’t score the OT winner…he will miss in the SO
first oddman rush, other than the short-handed breakaway goal from the sideboards.
Del Zotto out? Someone get Woywitka on the phone, we owe him for the Winter Classic last year
olga – i pretend i am camping…...the cool breeze on my PP unit is refreshing
2
Unreal.
I feel like if Richards wasn’t on the ice that Gaborik shot would have gone in…
Gaborik can’t put the puck in the ocean, either….
watching this
neither team deserves the extra point
Gaborik cannot shoot a snow pea into a wok.
let’s see a replay
didn’t look offsides
puck still on blue paint
let’s go to the shootout
Just saw Alfie make a blind backhand pass. I can’t believe those chances for Gabs didn’t go in.
I will say…Richards and Gaborik looked like their old selves there for a second. Of course, there are less people on the ice….
Eddie- my idea of camping is drinking warm beer.
just put Bickel in at forward
and let his slapshot win it
couldn’t be much worse, eh?
get bickel out there….
Anybody buy a raffle ticket?
Wolski
Christensen
Hobbit Wizard
Pull Hank
3
C’mon….beat the Bishop
Great play by Richards to Gab. Near-term hope?
hugo – believe me…......what i have is warm too.
Great game!
BCATHE!
I want to win a Bickel signed bus ticket to Hartford
Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s settle this by stopping the hockey game and having a contest of some sort, unrelated to hockey.
3 total shifts for Brad. One really good chance from Richards to Gaborik and one lost faceoff in the last few seconds. Guess we miss John Mitchell in that situation….
hank finally stole a game for us
Put Malik in!
Ok Hank, thanks for keeping us in the game. Biron’s got it from here….
FLaRanger – ever hang out at the upper deck in hallandale?
the call on boyle was going to be called with us having the multiple pp to there 1.
as carp said blame step for losing draw clean and goal scored in 11 sec.
the rangers are beyond awful on draws
Richards to Gabby: watch me lose this faceoff clean
Let Biron Shoot!
Fla- you were just waiting to use that one, weren’t you?
Carp, perhaps Sarcastaball?
Muckler would have won this in regulation….coaching is everything!!!
That Silfverberg goal is very Franz Nielsen-y
Richards
Bickel
Gilroy
No Headzo…too far south
Gaborik
Callahan
Stepan
Will Gabby beat the Bishop???
SO is my fav part of the game….playoffs should go SO too
Gaborik’s first in the shootout? Ottawa has a chance to take the lead after one round.
Bickel
Avery
Middleton
I’d like to see Gaborik maul Giannone now
So why do the coaches have to pick the shootout players ahead of time? What purpose does it serve?
Gaborik is going 5-hole. You KNOW it.
Can a goalie shoot in a shoot out?
Come on Gaborik, Callahan, Stepan!
Gotcha Fla. When I was down there a couple weeks ago I met this crazy Ranger fan who knew the blog. Thought it may have been you!
Hey Carp – do you know if the players enjoy the BCATHGE?
GRETA GARBO!
stop slowing downnnnnnnnnnn
Sniper
Gabby spits the Wang!
Gabo should have whacked that stool a little harder
Gabby wasn’t gonna score tonight, even if there was no goalie in the nets…
Oh. Too bad.
Awww man.
Suck
Muckler would never let gabby go shootout
Wow…
Silverfish again…
CAPTAIN
Thank god. Sheesh.
Cally – same move?
Yeah!!
Callahan is clutch! Gabby is not.
Beautiful shot.
Cally saves Lundqvist’s bicklels.
Only when they win, Manny.
Actually, Carp. Don’t answer my question. I wil ask in the LIVE CHARP
Dammit, Step!!
can you go any slower
Ignore my answer, Manny.
Come on Win it!
Horseteeth….hahahahahaha
Dave Maloney calls it.
Gabby tries to go 5 hole all the time
(maybe someone has the stats)
no idea why he does that
when his goals are usually from other spots
Torts really has to stop using Richards in any way.
How do you miss the net in the BCATHGE
why not use Kreider or Miller. The kids are usually the best
Why are Rangers paying these guys the big bucks?
Richards…zero…
Well. Nice try guys.
Hagelin?
This game is brutal.
Bishop is so big
Even Hags lets us down..
Good idea, Oleo. We have had luck with kids.
Where’s Zucc? Wolski? Christensen? Jokinen?
That’s it, Rangers don’t want to win the extra point.
Kreider?
Have the last 3 players for BOTH teams missed entirely?
Miller?
Yay Brad! Go Brad!
Great move. Terribly finish.
OH!!!
Wow.
No Miller Time
Oh, fer pete’s sake!!! No goalie, and Miller fails..
Kids got Ranger finishing skills
Uh oh…
He missed the puck and scored.
He whiffed.
how in the hades is Kreider not
doing shoot out?
Well. Nice try guys. See ya.
This CHARP is gonna be out of control
of course…
JT stole Richards’ move
LMAO!!! Maloney just said that was a “Michael Nylander” by Miller…
Jesus Krieder.
Lose the puck, and Dirty Heinie couldnt stop it.
We LOSE!!!!!!!!
i spoke my big dumb mouth too soon.
this is just sickening already
0 for 4 to win in shootout
No skills
fudge
You take the point and you move on…
shootout…lamest, most europansie way to end a hockey game…
They got to stop the shoot out. What a waste of an ending to an otherwise great game.
Bishop just pawn in game of life.
i have this feeling of gagging right now.
Hank versus a backup…..should be easy
Rangers get the lead, lose it, lose the game. Same old, same old. Night everybody.
I wish Richards could have taken all 7 of our shots.
Miller has Ranger finishing skills
Miller and Kreider did fine. Just did not finish. Gaborik, Richards the big stars were awful. Take the point and got to Montreal.
Is it time to start wondering about this team yet?? 1/3 of the way there and out of the playoffs… And do we practice shootouts at all? I mean good God! Miller and Kreider had the best moves.
Now its on to Montreal and lets win there
season over
Uh.. Callahan, JRP?
some of the highlights from this Picasso.
Boyle with a nice penalty with about 7 minutes left.
gaborik doing the same stupid non move in the shootout and failing like he always does.
richards with another shootout shot that si not on goal…
staal gets more shots blocked then richards….
another disgrace, to a ahl team. silverberg best forward on the ice by far…..
Olga – Blazing Saddles – nice!
Brian Boyle – First star
I’m a dreamer, Montreal?
Honestly, right now, would you rather have had a tie? One point each?
but why play miller and kreider when you have boyle, pyatt and some other slow crap….
I think Cally better take these firetruck ups to practice tomorrow . Shooting practice is needed .
Like if I was a pro hockey player I’d be EMBARASSED by that . No one can hit the net and Gaborik alway , alway going 5 hole …like no one knows hes going to do that. Funny thing is he had it but shot right at the goalie instead. What a joke. Nash is the best player on this team , better than Hank . We miss him . ALOT!!
carp the shootout is stupid we are not on the rules committee that decides thsi nonsense….
I think part of the reason I’m lukewarm on the shootout is that the Rangers suck at them…bad goals allowed and no offensive dance steps
OFF goes the post-game! Who gives a big, fat CRAP!?
This team BLOWS…
Loss on Saturday if no Nash.
yes carp.
It’s over
It’s the blown leads in the shootout that are really irritating. I cant even remember how many times it’s happened to Heinie.
The biggest difference, IMO, between this year’s team and last year’s team, is the amount of free goals we give away. Both of Ottawa’s goals were freebies. Epic fail by Girardi on the first one, and anyone else who chose not to backcheck at all, and then wide open Zibanejad with Staal and Girardi on the ice and a clean face-off loss by Stepan after a lame penalty on Boyle.
Bring back Dubisimov asap!
It’s hard right now
yes carp ok with tie
goodnight all sick of this team for tonight
Another rough game… I don’t think Torts is getting through to some of his players.
It’s getting hard to watch them. :(
should have asked this much earlier, but why do teams with half the talent look so much more polished when getting the puck out of their own zone…bing bang boom change lines….will we ever get that right, or do we like the spinorama and chaseorama…agaiun like arcade bubble hockey for the last 5 minutes
We’re not making the playoffs this year. And Richards is a guaranteed offseason compliance buyout.
Dubisimov is hurt.
Callahan willed that team to a point and almost willed it to two. That kid is some competitor. He needs to kick some of these guys in their Cooke!
Isles beat the Habs in OT – were trailing 2-0…...
Gee, is that the same Habs team we lost to the other night….?
That would be Miller coasting back on the SHF, Latona. And the biggest difference to me is the lack of snarl, and the lack of push-back. Last year, the nastier a game got, the better the Rangers played. They don’t initiate nastiness at all, and don’t seem to do well when the opponent initiates it.
when hank was great in shootouts we loved them cuz we could squeak a goal or 2 in the first rounds almost a given when we had nylander,straka, even roszival!!, and then up till recently wolski,ec and zucc
That was Lundqvist’s first shootout loss, Tiki.
isn’t Zibanejad the CEO of Iran or something?
and what’s with all the stick sweeping this year? Cally on the Habs 2nd goal and Giro tonite, plus more, so many many more
It could be worse. You could be a Columbus fan…
Timid. It must be killing Torts.
We should of kept Malik …
the rangers will make the playoffs..
no problem….nothing gone right and in the playoffs 8 ths seed if playoffs tatrted today…
They aren’t hitting.
If I’m the other team, I’m not afraid to play aggressive / rough because even if I take a penalty, chances are they aren’t going to score on it. Yep, Callahan got one on the PP, but the PP also gave up one tonight, so net is zero.
Let’s face it – we are an easy team to play against at the moment. Not sure what they are going to do to fix this.
Not sure why Zucc isn’t on this team…
Three stars
1. Boyle stellar overall play and a smart penalty with 7 minutes to go.
2. Richards is becoming a bigger liability with each passing game. Clearly he is playing for the amnesty buyout.
3. MdZ is clearly terrible night in night out. He does nothing for the team. Has no shot, is afraid to take a hit to make a play and cannot pass. He also makes dumb decisions 90% of the time.
Timid play sucks
Definitely a huge difference there as well, Carp. Last year’s team, after grabbing the 2-1 lead, probably would have held on through a combination of both points.
we should of offered Prust more…
I agree that they will make the playoffs. And if they have their top guys going, they’ll be a tough out.
how did I get so fat?
Carp – totally agree. There is no snarl at all. We don’t get under anyone’s skin, and no one is afraid to play us from a physical standpoint. Too soft at the moment.
how many times does boyle look in the air for the puck. they teach science in Boston?
Hate the timid type of play. They are hard to watch right now.
would have had a great chance to kill that penalty, at least, Latona.
Whens McIilrath suiting up…
if this was a full 162 game schedule, I agree they’d have time to snowball, but with the injuries and bad habits mounting, I think time is already running short
R
” I don’t think Torts is getting through to some of his players”
I think they’ve tuned him out….they’re sick of the same old carcillo, over & over again….
Night, All!
I don’t wanna say we miss Prust, but we do,
Czech said Richards and passing game in the same sentence. Freudian slip? :)
next year, ZzZz. Maybe.
The Rangers are a mediocre-to-slightly above average team.
Here’s where I say something really smart …
Goal 1: RYAN Callahan
Goal 2: RYAN McDonagh
Goal 3: Ry… nope, no goal 3
Final offer to Colorado: Ryan O’Reilly for Richards + Stan Neckar autographed game worn pants (very rare)
Probably wouldn’t have been skating frantically around the zone on the shift which led to the penalty either.
need to figure some things out…while doing that torts cannot run girardi, staaal, and mcdonagh into the ground…
gilroy with under 10 minutes again…
miller and kreider doing fine; stepan and hagelin playing well. cally playing fair..
gabby and richards bad…need to keep plugging away…
Doubt it, Jimbo.
Is training camp over soon? These exhibition games suck…
This year’s Rangers are pure vanilla.
What I wouldn’t give for an Adam Graves on this team. Richards took a couple of hard hits and no one even bothered to return the favor.
Boring timid team right now.
Carp, I didnt say he did. It’s irritating when shootout leads are blown (even if the shootout is still won by the Rangers). He blew at least one lead to the Bruins this year.
“Ottowa wins the draw. The Rangers don’t have enough men on the ice, Joe.”
“I think there was a penalty, Sam, not sure.”
Boyle’s over there in the…SCORE!”
It’s just another game that last season they find a way to win. 2-1 lead late – Boyle takes the penalty and immediately puck goes. Last year, when they had team toughness, they find ways to block shots (Prust was more important to sign than trading for the star) and kill it off and win the game.
It’s hard to have chemistry when coming off a season where you are an OT goal away from 1 game from the Finals you exchange 1/2 your forwards. This team has no identity, no intangible, and certainly no chemistry.
and Boyle probably takes his man out without taking a penalty there last year, Latona.
Sad to watch.
Ottawa is going to sink without Anderson for a while…
memories of the way we were
Vanilla.
No one bothered the Kreider because everyone in the league knows by now that St. Chris would never, never crash the net all on his own.
Ericsson said gagging
Very timid. They look a step slow, indecisive.
were still 2 games over 500 guys!!! perspective
We need the reaper NOW!!!! This team is too soft..LOADS of talent but no more snarl.
Staalsie is acting smallsie.
Mcdoughnut is acting like Madonna.
Giradi is late to the party.
Ashham wont fight, can’t fight and thinks he can score a goal…hmmmptt.
Cally is too small to be tough.
Hagelin weighs about 80 lbs and can’t hit or fight.
Richard just looks like a construction worker who is trying to look busy.
No snarl .
New team.
Can we keep going?
Jimbo
Funny you say that. Several of my friends and I have started to question the same thing last week. I think he is starting to lose the team. It really goes back to last game when Giannone said that during three separate times, he implored his team to play with energy aggressively and hit the Habs defense deep and they wouldn’t do it once. Maybe some trouble brewing.
Now we know why we have the league’s worst PP. We can’t even hit the net on breakaways.
think of this logic; people are telling us losing dubinsky(who they hated), anisimov(ditto), prust, john mitchell, fedetenko,whoever else, that the chemistry is messed up is pure fantasia…BALONEY
looking at that dreck they lost… they added Nash, miller, kreider regualr season, et…
they will be fine. need to say tough and plug away….
The GAG line is puking watching this team
Ottawa did pretty ok w/o Anderson tonight…
in the meantime, this frustrating 1/3 season is helping Carp’s blog to break all time attendance records, not too mention heightened demand for his Charps
“It’s the blown leads in the shootout that are really irritating. I cant even remember how many times it’s happened to Heinie.”
If not Lundqvist, then to whom were you referring?”
MattLear- we have an Adam Graves, his name is Rick Nash.
nash will return and save us
is Stuart A a completely different person after every game?
Live Charp tomorrow at noon. Should be … um … interesting?
McDonagh reminds me something of the Jets’ Darrelle Revis sport vs sport.
Yeah, but let’s not forget Bishop gave up two in :52, had Gaborik ring a post in OT, and Kreider hit the crossbar in the BCATHGE.
Now what do we do?
they have no identity, etc.. again bull.
some of the big boys are not playing well and richards may never play well again. gaborik needs to be prodded to play hard but he still has the ability.
miller and kreider need to be allowed to play up tempo.
they will be fine, if this team does not make the playoffs and make a run I would be stunned…
stuart- they need to start being tough, and then plug away.
I’m with you grabby
yea whats wrong are you the same stuart as last game?
I can almost guarantee Richards gets bought out, no way will the Rangers allow him to become an albatross for 7 more years under this CBA.
Del Zotto = Del Putrid
hey greg! where the hell u been?
oy vey
It’s not baloney, stuart. It’s legit. They turned over a lot of guys who would grind out games last year. I will say this one more time, and probably a lot of times the rest of the season, you make the Nash trade 100 times out of 100. But they didn’t replace any of those guys very well. Each replacement has been worse.
That wouldn’t be so noticable if Nash, Richards, Gaborik, Callahan, and Kreider were playing better. The bottom six have been very average, if that.
I don’t car eif they’re tough or not as long as they protect the puck better and make shorter faster passes to matriculate the puck down the ice and over the little line behind where the goalie normally stands
Carp – serious question. do you think Richards is worrying about the buyout and could that be affecting his play????
Talking about Lundqvist. But not about losses. I’ll be as clear as possible. I hate blowing a lead in the shootout, even if we eventually win said shootout.
Henrik blew at least one lead in the shootout against the Bruins in a game this year, a game we eventually won in the shootout.
It’s happened countless other times in previous seasons.
I wasn’t picking on Henrik, FWIW. I simply hate blowing shootout leads. I’m going to bed before I manage to get into trouble again.
Well, I doubt he started the season thinking about a buyout. Because if he played the way he expects to play, they wouldn’t be buying him out.
And I still think it’s beyond his wildest dreams that it could happen.
How is it baloney? Does this team not win this game last year?
Plus, I love all the hate on Dubinsky and Anisimov except of course they’ve done more winning than Nash. But that’s ok. Only stats matter right? (You know Prospal making 2.5 mil to Nash’s 8 has double the goals).
A team that is drafted together, comes through the system together, goes through multiple training camps together grows a chemistry and bond. Look at the teams that win and how many of those guys come homegrown and build toegether.
It matters! It’s more than just looking at the scoresheet. Hockey is a pure team sport. Will over skill wins in hockey. This is not basketball where the best player plays 43 of 48 mins and just dominates the whole game. 3rd and 4th line just as important as the top line.
Im here …im always here Mr Mike!!!
Nash will never play another game .
He has a concussion.
Its so bad they wont tell.
They are scared he is done like dinner.
Stick a fork in Nash he is done potatoes.
I’m on the ledge and feeling woozy….
Can’t believe #30 blew that 1-0 deficit he had in the shootout.
that’s another language warning, stuart.
are we allowed to say blowing on here? Or did the FCC ban that also? Can we get a ruling from Jackie Martling?
someone let hwiw know that Anisimov was carted off on a stretcher tonight
Carp is going to start dealing out Cones of Silence as if he was running Control himself
Papa Bear- Ryan Getzlaf is a UFA at the end of the season.
carp i just disagree…. the only guy they miss is Prust…
halpern tied boyle tonight for points for the season. miller has 3 points on the season, he leads boyle by 3 in scoring so far.
the biggest culprits for the ranger situation are; richards, gabby, then mdz and boyle…. i come to this conclusion based on results, expectations, and cap hit…...those 4 guys performance has been putrid overall. gabby played great 2 or 3 games.
the guy should be great a 1/3 of the games or more….
Not really blowing a lead when it’s a series of breakaways. It’s not like you can protect a shootout lead. And I don’t know that Lundqvist ever led tonight, did he?
that’s silly stuff.
I hate Ron Duguays face
Carp
They are not a grind it out team anymore. Too many skill players who cannot play that style of game. If Torts wont adapt to what his team is, than he will be gone and replaced by someone who will. They are not using the players they have correctly. Other than Cally, and maybe Boyle who and Pyatt, no one else is a grinding type of player.
just a matter of this year or next, DJK. IMO.
We weren’t up 1-0 on Callahan’s shootout goal?
but if you can’t be silly here, then where can you be silly?
greg dont u say that. take it back now!
I heard Brian Boyle’s name three times tonight: when he coughed up the puck to trigger a partial breakaway, when he took a holding penalty that lead to the game tying goal and when he was posing for a photograph as part of the garden of dreams.
Gaborik should be traded for an elite offensive defenseman IMO.
Carp –
Thank you. That’s my entire point abt the Nash trade. I am not trying to knock Nash the player. But if you are going to tell they are trading for Nash by giving up two core members of the team and replacing them with over the hill has beens like Halpern Asham Pyatt plus not giving the extra $$ to Prust. I don’t make the trade.
me too craig!
Callahan tied it, Tiki
!!!!!! ya know what i mean?
The shootout is garbage. The 4 on 4 OT tonight was awesome.
hwirth based on your logic the cindies, and wings should never win a cup.
the cindies are a top loaded team like many very good teams..
skill still wins in the long run. the kings are the last plumber team to win the cup and it was a fluke…a fluke…
Nope. Callahan tied it.
DJK – by Adam Graves, I meant someone who was willing to get in your face and play with some snarl. If any one looked at Messier or Leetch the wrong way, Graves was all over them, and returned the favor to the opposing team. We just don’t have that hard nosed player. Nash is big but he’s more of a skill player (not knocking him, he’s been the real deal).
I think that is why us boneheads get frustrated with Boyle. He’s a monster physically, but he just doesn’t seem to have that aggressive streak in him that we all wish he had.
Carp if they don’t tell us what wrong with Nash , can we speculate?
NASH has a concussion and is out for good LALALA Lafontaine styleeee.
Kings also turned into an offensive force in the postseason which a lot of people seem to forget
Oh Canada
gabby to edmonton for the rookie d man with skill and 1 young forward!
that would shake up the team big time..
never happen but gabby gets a pass but he is not what he should be….
For an athlete who cares and has pride ( which I would say describes Richards) it really has to be stressful when things are going so bad. He has not started hearing the boos yet, but they’re coming if he doesn’t turn it around and the team keeps playing win one lose one hockey.
You can speculate all you want, Zz. It doesn’t make any sense to speculate without any info. But go ahead.
Then it will get ugly and he’ll be finished in NY.
The Wings? You realize they drafted that team that won the Cups and kept the team together for years! Do you realize how many years guys like Draper, Mccarty, Cleary, Lidstrom, Holmstrom, Datsyuk, Zetterberg all played together.
let’s talk about positives: the younger guys looked pretty good tonight and the power play did generate a fair number of chances. there were plenty of opportunities where they just couldn’t finish (what else is new?) but the chances were there.
He stunk it up, Lloyd. Not alone. But he stunk.
Thanks for the correction. My bad.
We’ve seen it over and over again.
Anybody care to argue with an oldtimer, after 14 shootout shots that produce only one legitimate goal (Callahan’s) and which half the guys can’t hit the net, about the skill level of todays players vs. the guys I grew up watching? Shootouts, for the most part, have become an embarrassment for NHL shooters- remember, if you miss the net in the shootout you can’t score- not even on Biron.
Would they even mention Nash being available for Saturday if he had a concussion? There was never any speculation on Sauer’s return.
if richards stops the backhand passes just in the o zone I will stop ragging on him…
forehand passes 90% of the time and no ragging on him….
i am shocked that staal cannot get a shot thru and has not developed more on offense…..he joins the rush a ton but not much gets done with him…
not sure who/what you’re referring to, Carp
Heyy Carp I understand but if they don’t tell us anything , what are we to do? Not say anything untill we have some facts? Well there are NO facts cuz they aint telling us anything so all I can say is Nash is concussed .
does that say ABIndy or Al Bundy?
When I took about putting a team together and letting them build to something together. You realize there were 5 guys with the Wings who the CUP in 1997 and were STILL On the team 11 years later when they won in 08!
gravy hope you are right.
the brooksie whispers have me concerned about nash..
Past few years the rangers stood up for each other, took BS from no one, and played a gritty grinding game. They cycled well and played down low better than any team in the league. This year not so much.
Yes, because Dubinsky and Anisimov = Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Lidstrom.
I’ll save the rest for the live chatt , im outta here Elvis styleee.
so hwirth’s point is that the Rangers had the core of the late 90’s-early 00’s Red Wings and gave them all away
you new to hockey, bro
the good news is, can you imagine how expensive Rangers tickets would be if they had a long run like the Wings?
Hope I’m right about Nash too…the silence about the injury has me worried. But, it’s not like the team to estimate anything with concussions.
Heyy Carp I understand but if they don’t tell us anything , what are we to do? Not say anything untill we have some facts? Well there are NO facts cuz they aint telling us anything so all I can say is Nash is concussed .
They didn’t tell us what the team had for dinner so until they do, I’m assuming it was dog. Can you believe the Rangers eat dog??? If they don’t, why don’t they just say they don’t??? So sick!!!
Yup.
stuart, don’t mistake my saying that they never replaced their grinders properly … and they didn’t … for saying that’s the only reason they’ve struggled. Their top three players haven’t been good enough. Nash maybe has, but he should have more goals, and he and those guys on the PP should be much, much better. Callahan hasn’t been good enough, honestly. Stepan had a tough start. Hagelin had a rough first few games. Lundqvist hasn’t been as good as he was last year. The bottom six forwards are worse than the bottom six last year. It’s top to bottom … and they’re still over .500, have points in six of their last seven games, and they will be fine.
AB – goalie equipment has made it harder on the shooters. Goalies are bigger more athletic, better than years ago.
If you can make that Nash trade, you do it every time. Prust got overpaid to go to Montreal. Dubi and Artie were solid 3rd liners. I personally didn’t think Mitchell was good for anything except giving the other guys a breather.
The problems get magnified because Richards has pretty much stunk up the joint, and he’s a table setter for the other guys.
Compound that with the lack of a solid player who plays with snarl (i.e., Prust) and an atrocious power play (which is KILLING US), and you wind up with a team that is 8-6-2 with Bettman Bonus Points
I’m also a little concerned abou tthe performance of some of our important poster, to be honest. Top to bottom there hasn’t been a good all around Charp yet this season
Hwirth
Eery player you just mentioned is head and shoulders above what the Rangers traded for Nash or let leave via free agency. The comparison is silly.
Conceptually you make sense. Problem is we dont draft anywhere near as well as the Red Wings. Not even close. They also play a puck possession style of game that utilizes the talents of those players properly. We don’t draft nearly as well nor do we understand what the strengths of our players is.
I believe Nash was not a scorer on the PP with Columbus either.
Carp, agreed they will be fine if they stay healthy. However, if Nash is out for a significant amount of time, I’m not so sure. I think he is that important right now.
Sorry, Lloyd. It was a delayed reply to your comment about hearing Boyle’s name three times …
I’m a firm believer that special teams in hockey are woefully overrated but you’re seeing yet again why having no power play is a very definite problem
although I did think the PP looked better tonight. Rangers easily could have scored on every PP they had.
Numerous opportunities missed: posts, goal that should have counted, Ottowa scores with a shootout dribbler whiff, Hagelin loses puck with open net and etc., etc. or we come out with 2 points. The last two games we should have had 4. These teams were there to be had, even at home, We just didn’t play that well, even if we had won the last 2.
Gravy – That comment is the difference between fantasy sports and the game played on the ice where guys like Matteau (who would have been bashed on here because they gave up a top scorer in Amonte for two grinders in Noonan and Matteau) scored the biggest goal of the 94 season. Is Matteau a better player than Amonte? Of course not. But that’s why the game is played on the ice and when that happens things like chemistry matter.
By the way, the Rangers are the 8 seed…because that matters right now.
Papa:
He was an ok PP goal-scorer with Columbus. Has one big year where he put up 19, had a couple of 10 or 11 seasons and that’s about it. Good career PP point numbers but great.
PP was better tonight … other than that hideous multiple breakdown on the SHG. My God. Del Zotto can’t keep it i n at the point (they never showed what led to that, so I won’t blame Del Zotto yet), then Girardi makes that clownish play coming across, and Miller does a Dubinsky Coast on the backcheck and Lundqvist doesn’t poke the puck.
Del Zotto is a below average player at this point and I’m going to keep saying that until he shows dramatic improvement. Guy isn’t much of a defenseman, has lousy offensive sense and couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with his shot.
Maybe there would be a bit more on ice chemistry if we had specific lines. When somebody’s lagging, tendency is to replace him, but you do get to know your wings, their speed, their idiosyncrasies when you play with them all the time. No training camp didn’t help.
And let’s be honest, they were a whistle away from winning this game in regulation. And a crossbar away from keeping the shootout going. A loss is a loss, but it wasn’t like they were outplayed.
Excuses, ex-shmuses. Yet another game that last year’s team never, ever, never, ever would have lost. Would never have gone to a shootout. And maybe instead of counting his 200 gazillion dollars Brad Richards should have done something remotely related to being a professional athlete during the lockout so he would be in some sort of shape right about now instead of a 8 million dollar guy sitting at the end of the bench.
Rangers didn’t play a complete game either, Gravy. They had some good moments on special teams (apart from the terrible SHG as Carp mentions) and were ok for a couple of minutes surrounding that first goal. Rangers were good in the first, and ok for spurts after that. Late in the game it looked like they were holding on for dear life (i.e. the shootout where Hank can bail them out). I thought they were good for about half the OT. Basically this team doesn’t play a full 60 minutes with any frequency.
I actually think Del Zotto, right now, is better defensively than he is offensively. He has those offensive moments, as does Staal. But I don’t see him as an offensive defenseman at the moment.
Papa Bear, I just found a bunch of your comments in the spam queue. I have no idea why. So please let me know if this continues to happen … drop me an email at rcarpini@lohud.com
Peter, don’t you mean an eight million dollar guy who SHOULD be sitting at the end of the bench? He’s seeing way too much ice with his current form, or lack thereof.
Carp – I don’t think it’s as easy as to say “well, they will be fine” What is that based on? I can’t base it on last season. It’s not the same team with the same players. Yes, Hank is Hank. But there is nothing to go by to just make the assumption they will find a way.
We’ve seen plenty of teams in Sports over the last few years make the big trade to bring in the Big Time Star and then falter. (Eagles, Red Sox, Lakers)
and yes Brad Richards is far and away the biggest problem on this team right now. his failure is magnified by the lack of Nash but he’s been abysmal for all but maybe 2 games and he’s bringing down the players around him. guy either needs a night off or a game centering Asham and Mashinter/Bickel/Guy pulled out of the crowd.
This team will make the playoffs. But I don’t expect a deep run. Hope is a good thing – maybe the best thing. Sadly, this team doesn’t inspire hopefulness.
hwirth he’s actually got more proof that they’ll be fine than you do in saying the Rangers ruined the franchise by trading away Artem Anisimov and Brandon Dubinsky
The Ottawa guy who ended the shootout was laughing; I would be too if one of the luckiest shootout goals ever won a game for my team.
Carp. Roger that.
There is no way this team can be this bad. Somebody slap me.
Sometimes lucky > good
they’re not really that bad
hwirth, I base it on my opinion that, if the top six play the way they’re supposed to play, this team is better than last year’s team personnel-wise, and as you probably know, I think last year’s team came up short because it couldn’t score. This team should score.
Identify the man with the puck and arrive ill and humorous.
Don’t forget about the Live Chat tomorrow … I am really looking forward to this one. I don’t think I’m going to try to talk some of you off the ledge.
I never said ruined the Franchise. I said ruined the chemistry of the current team. The Franchise would include the entire organization. I actually thought the organization was doing a great job of actually building a system, drafting a type of player, having an idea of what a Ranger should be.
My issue is simply if they made it to the Conference finals last year, why not give that same team a chance to match or beat it before removing 6 of the 12 forwards. The Devils get the OT goal make it to the finals and have replaced 2 guys on their roster Yes, no question Zach was a huge loss (but they did know their kids were getting better) and Sykora. That’s it and if you look they are right back at it. The Rangers removed 6 guys and are clearly as the Coach said again tonight are still trying to find their game.
Ledge Jumpers make More room for me, more room for you! Let’s drop the big one now!
Remember the/those disallowed goal(s)?
Btw, if Nash really might go Saturday; it was probably something with his neck, or shoulder.
that’s speculation based on some pipe dream that Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov were instrumental to this team’s chance of winning a cup.
and you’re making assumptions based on 16 games
You don’t get the chance to get a Nash very often.
Plenty of Chevvies available.
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Carp –
I agree the top six with adding Nash along with having Hagelin Stepan and Cally all a year older should be better. Heck, you make that Nash he better produce 30 goals (lockout pro rated to what – 20 goals) but you have been in enough locker rooms to also know what it looks like on paper doesn’t always translate to the field.
That’s the great part of sports especially in this modern era of parity. The team with the most talent doesn’t always win.
Congrats coos you must have been 1000.
hwirth enjoys private papal audience, will not converse with proletarian wretches.
Well, thank yu, son, papabear. And don’t let them tell you any differently, I think your porridge was just right!
new post.
Coos –
I understand it’s hard to pass up on Nash but they are more examples in sports right now of teams that make the big trade that fail then succeed. That’s why Messier is so beloved in NY. Because the trade worked.
I’ve been around this team long enough to have heard this line many times before and have watched it fail. Lots of guys they couldn’t pass up on. Bure, Lindros, Jagr, Robitaille, I’d say Esposito but they made the Finals in 79.
I feel guilty getting a check every month for a myriad of posts, and now I win the 1000 post gift. Maybe I’ll donate it to Ron Duguay.
hwirth, you are a large man to shrug off my catty remark, and I do respect that. I also know what you are saying and it’s hard to disagree. I greedily enjoy watching Nash more than any of the others, so I have a prejudice there.
Coos , stay away from my porridge. ok?
Hagelin looks like he might fit the Goldilocks role. Keep your eye on him. :-)
I chased her away. Remember?
Where’s Uncle Glennie , and what does our former captain with the pizza joint in Ct think about all this ?
Doodie is right, according to this: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Montreal+Canadiens+send+Scott+Gomez/7813172/story.html
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Oh man, you folks have me really ziggin and zaggin now, with all these names that you are throwing around…........for instance, this guy John Scott. Where did he come from, or rather where is he, in the Rangers lower organization teams somewhere? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard about him before. Ah well, you can’t find em all