2009-2010 New York Rangers thread

[Papagolash]

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have a holdout as training camp starts tomorrow. Barring a last minute change of mind, Brandon Dubinsky will be a holdout and not be allowed in the Rangers facilities.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Well that's a pisser...I thought he was going to sign his offer sheet

[ginaf20697]

I wonder how badly they're trying to fuck him. He deserves at least as much as Cally is making.

[Mindslayer]

They better lock this kid up.

Anyway, looks like a friend of mine is giving up some of the games for her season tix this year, so if I can come up with some scratch I may be going to at least a handful of games this year.

[FAZ8218]

I miss Sam Weinmann.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

So yeah...1st preseason game is tomorrow night. I'm going. Anyone else?


Oh and this is pretty cool....I'm at the Giants game yesterday with Badcellphoneguy. This beautiful black Audi S8 rolls up, guy asks out the window if this was the media lot. I do a double take and realize that it's Sean fucking Avery. He parked directly across from us and had to readjust his car 5x to get it straight. Said hi to him, BCPG wished him good luck on the season...then Avery asked us where Gate D Will Call was. Good times.

[buttwax]

i hope they throw doobie some money he deserves it.
i'm sure sather will sign and trade him for a 36 year old
i don't understand how the rangers never bring guys up from hartford
and give them a real chance to make/stay with the team

[Jimmy's Dignity]

http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/files/2009/09/AveryFlowchart3.jpg

[George Costanza]

Wow that illustration is confusing. I saw Avery at Joe Louis when he played for the Wings.

[FAZ8218]

So yeah...1st preseason game is tomorrow night. I'm going. Anyone else?


Oh and this is pretty cool....I'm at the Giants game yesterday with Badcellphoneguy. This beautiful black Audi S8 rolls up, guy asks out the window if this was the media lot. I do a double take and realize that it's Sean fucking Avery. He parked directly across from us and had to readjust his car 5x to get it straight. Said hi to him, BCPG wished him good luck on the season...then Avery asked us where Gate D Will Call was. Good times.
Then what happened... :action-sm

[ginaf20697]

i hope they throw doobie some money he deserves it.
i'm sure sather will sign and trade him for a 36 year old
i don't understand how the rangers never bring guys up from hartford
and give them a real chance to make/stay with the team


I hate how they throw mad cash at all these mediocre free agents but then get stingy with people who've actually played for the team. Annoys the shit out of me.

[George Costanza]

Gaborik Hurt [robably nothing I predicted a big season for Gaborik.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/gaborik-still-hurt-dubinsky-still-awol-from-rangers-1.1444411

[iSpeakEloquent]

i hope they throw doobie some money he deserves it.
i'm sure sather will sign and trade him for a 36 year old
i don't understand how the rangers never bring guys up from hartford
and give them a real chance to make/stay with the team

because the guys in hartford suck. The rangers never finish at the bottom of the league hence there are no top draft pick guys. However there will likely be 3-5 rookies on this team so even though they suck they are bringing them up

I hate how they throw mad cash at all these mediocre free agents but then get stingy with people who've actually played for the team. Annoys the shit out of me.

could be true but what if dubi is the one being a douche and asking for ridiculous contract. Maybe he wants 3+ mil. Sorry but he isn't worth it, if he thought he was maybe he should've gone to arbitration like cally and z. I personally think he should have the same contract as cally but if u look at numbers alone he is probably and <1 mil player

[Fr. Dougal]

I miss Sam Weinmann.

Me fucking too.

[Fr. Dougal]

I've got 3 tickets to tonight's game up for grabs.
Sec. 313.
$20 each for you friendly fuckers here. Less than half of face. A steal at twice the price.

Any takers?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Decent read from Brooks about the Dubi situation (http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/dubinsky_must_wait_to_hit_rangers_MdkKsi2pYOtyY6Rp WgUjjI)

Dubinsky must wait to hit Rangers paydirt

By the winter of 1998, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera had established themselves as integral parts of what was then the Yankees' embryonic dynasty. Jeter had won Rookie of the Year and Rivera had mastered, if not invented, the role of bullpen set-up man for the 1996 world champions. They each followed with superb seasons in 1997, Rivera as the closer, for the club that lost the ALDS to Cleveland.

Surely each merited significant raises off the $550,000 for which they had both played in 1997. The problem was that second-year players had no leverage whatsoever under the terms of Major League Baseball's collective bargain agreement. As such, the Yankees renewed each contract for $750,000 apiece for 1998.

That meant that in 1998, while starring for the team that went 125-50 in winning the World Series, Jeter earned less money than utility man Luis Sojo, who played for $800,000, and Rivera earned less money than matchup reliever Graeme Lloyd, who was in at $875,000.

Said Jeter in spring training upon his contract being renewed: "I can't negotiate."

Said Rivera: "I've got to wait for my turn."

A year later, Jeter was earning $5M, Rivera was at $4.25M. Neither ever looked back, and neither ever exactly found himself wanting for subway fare.

Memo to Brandon Dubinsky: if Jeter and Rivera could wait their turn, so can you; if Jeter and Rivera could understand and live within the terms of their respective sport's labor agreement, so can you.

If that means that Dubinsky, now entering the fourth day of his Ranger training-camp holdout, plays for less money this season than Enver Lisin, who is in for $790,000, then so be it. Jeter didn't take it as a personal insult that he played for less than Sojo.

Players and management each own tools under the CBA. They are there to be utilized; no apologies necessary.

A Group II free agent coming off Entry Level without arbitration rights such as Dubinsky, has no leverage absent an offer sheet. Dubinsky, who recorded 41 points last season and 40 points as a rookie, was not able to attract an offer sheet. If he had, he would have owned the hammer. One can be quite sure Dubinsky would not have apologized if a competing club's offer sheet had backed GM Glen Sather into a cap corner.

Sather thus owes Dubinsky no apology for using the CBA to his advantage. The Rangers have offered Dubinsky $700,000 on a one-year deal when, indeed, Sather could have stood on a qualifier of $522,500.

The Rangers now could reduce their offer to Dubinsky, who is seeking $1.4M, to the league minimum of $500,000 if they so choose.

Could Sather come up to, say, $850,000?

Sure he could and he probably should if that would get the deal done immediately. Let's not pretend that the Rangers wouldn't be better off with Dubinsky in camp. But there is no indication that Dubinsky, who is seeking approximately $1.4M this year, would accept that offer. And the Rangers have no reason to negotiate against themselves.

Fact is, under terms of the CBA, the Rangers are under no obligation at all at this stage of the process to offer Dubinsky a one-year deal of any kind that would serve as a bridge to salary arbitration next summer, when the center could be in line to get $3-3.5M off a good season.

Sather could pull his one-year offer at any moment and present Dubinsky with a two-year, take-it-or-leave it contract worth, say, $1.1M total. That, of course, though would set off a chain of events that would lead to Dubinsky's departure from Broadway. But if this current stalemate persists, it is likely to lead to Dubinsky leaving the Rangers in a trade, probably sooner rather than later.

By the way, pay little attention to head coach John Tortorella's take on things. Of course he's going to attempt to apply pressure by whatever means necessary to get an important player into camp. If it means calling Dubinsky and agent Kurt Overhardt, "stupid," well, that's what it means. But it doesn't mean Tortorella's voice is constructive in the process.

Indeed, it's at least equally as "stupid" for the Rangers to have rejected Dubinsky's request to borrow his own equipment so he could use it while training on his own, as The Post has learned that they did yesterday, though perhaps Sather would have been more amenable had the request come from either the player or his agent, and not through a third party. But still.

The Blueshirts don't have a first-line center. They want to give Dubinsky, who did not have a particularly impressive sophomore season last year, the first chance to grab that spot and make it his own. Dubinsky is going to have to decide, and pretty soon, whether he's going to accept it.

Derek Jeter waited his turn. So did Mariano Rivera. They had no choice. Neither does Brandon Dubinsky if he wants to be a Ranger.

[Papagolash]

That pretty much says it all.


Cannot wait for tonight, WOOOOOO HOCKEY'S BACK!!!!

Tonights lineup as per Gross.

Christopher Higgins-Chris Drury-Ales Kotalik
Evgeny Grachev-Artem Anisimov-Ryan Callahan
Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-P.A. Parenteau
Dane Byers-Matt Maccarone-Enver Lisin
Marc Staal-Matt Gilroy
Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi
Alexei Semenov-Mike Sauer
G: Steve Valiquette, Matt Zaba

[George Costanza]

I think Dubinsky is worth around a million and and 1.4 million seems reasonable. I predict they'll resign him and he'll have a great year.

[Papagolash]

Well this is his put up or shut up year. Fucker is already blowing it with his hold out bullshit.

[Papagolash]

Gaborik skating well today.

http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/2009/09/gaborik-skates-well.html

[iSpeakEloquent]

gilroy looked great tonight

that guy maccorone is a goon with a club soda kenny moustache, wtf

[Mindslayer]

Only caught bits and pieces of the game tonight. Anything of note to report ?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

that guy maccorone is a goon with a club soda kenny moustache, wtf

It's fucking epic. I hope he makes the team...or at least puts on some weight...he looked like he was 6'5" 190lbs.

the powerplay didn't look too bad, they actually were shooting the puck for a change and there was some nice puck movement

[LZMF1]

gilroy was impressive in tonight's preseason game.

[Sack of Chisels]

Larry says we might be interested in bringing Dominic Moore back.:icon_conf

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/blueshirts_lacking_depth_in_key_1v3oRK1qhYRIB5DUzZ WLKJ

Hey, he did put up more points than Dubi last year..

[George Costanza]

Kessel down to the Rangers, Leafs, Wild or Preds. Personally I think he's overrated like most of Boston's roster and the Rangers should take a pass. I'd rather them resign Dubinsky and buy out or trade one of the 2 overpriced d-men.

http://www.spectorshockey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=550:kessel-blockbuster-coming&catid=5:trade-rumors&Itemid=4

[iSpeakEloquent]

Larry says we might be interested in bringing Dominic Moore back.:icon_conf

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/blueshirts_lacking_depth_in_key_1v3oRK1qhYRIB5DUzZ WLKJ

Hey, he did put up more points than Dubi last year..

i really liked him with the rangers and he is way better now than he was back then, i just feel like dubi is better at being a #1 center then moore is

[FAZ8218]

i really liked him with the rangers and he is way better now than he was back then, i just feel like dubi is better at being a #1 center then moore is
x2

[iSpeakEloquent]

It's fucking epic. I hope he makes the team...or at least puts on some weight...he looked like he was 6'5" 190lbs.

the powerplay didn't look too bad, they actually were shooting the puck for a change and there was some nice puck movement

6'6, 232lbs

so we have our first cuts and i think a surprise or two

on their way to hartford:

G-Miika Wiikman
D-Trevor Glass
D-Brent Henley
D-Sam Klassen
D-Mike Sauer (i thought he was gonna have that 6th spot)
D-David Urquhart
D-Nigel Williams
F-Adres Ambuhl
F-Daniel Bartek
F-Devin DiDiomete
F-Brodie Dupont
F-Dan LaCouture-i didn't even know he was in camp, loved him back in 04
F-Matt Maccarone-there goes the stache
F-Justin Soryal
F-Dale Weise

going to juniors:

G-Scott Stajcer (OHL)
D-Tomas Kundratek (WHL)
F-Ryan Bourque (QMJHL)
F-Roman Horak (WHL)
F-Ethan Werek (OHL)

continuing training camp with hartford but no officially assigned yet:

F-Tyler Arnason
F-Dane Byers
F-Corey Locke
F-Jordan Owens
F-Patrick Rissmiller

We are down to 4 goaltenders

Chad Johnson
Henrik Lundqvist
Steve Valiquette
Matt Zaba

10 Defensemen

Michael Del Zotto-apparently has a shot at #6
Matt Gilroy-lock at #5
Dan Girardi
Ilkka Heikkinen
Corey Potter
Wade Redden
Michal Rozsival
Bobby Sanguinetti
Marc Staal
Alexei Semenov

15 forwards

Artem Anisimov
Sean Avery
Brian Boyle
Donald Brashear
Ryan Callahan
Paul Crowder
Chris Drury
Marian Gaborik
Evgeny Grachev
Chris Higgins
Ales Kotalik
Enver Lisin
P.A. Parenteau
Vinny Prospal
Aaron Voros-im gonna kill myself if he makes the team

1 holdout

[Ball of Hate]

Good to hear that Redden/Rozi picked up where they left off last year.

Fuck them. They should spend the whole fucking year in Hartford. And forget about any other disasters Sather may have had...those 2 for almost $60M is cause enough for him to be fired.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

6) Redden and Rozsival. Well, the best play Redden made was to give Anisimov the puck. Otherwise, they stunk.

awesome, glad I didn't watch the game

[George Costanza]

Good to hear that Redden/Rozi picked up where they left off last year.

Fuck them. They should spend the whole fucking year in Hartford. And forget about any other disasters Sather may have had...those 2 for almost $60M is cause enough for him to be fired.

It blows my mind the Rangers picked up those dmen for that price last summer. Yet they take a hard line approach to retaining they're restricted free agents like Avery and Dubinsky.
Yeah it really hinders the Rangers ability to make adjustments to the roster. At least they got rid of Gomez for Gaborik.

[iSpeakEloquent]

Good to hear that Redden/Rozi picked up where they left off last year.

Fuck them. They should spend the whole fucking year in Hartford. And forget about any other disasters Sather may have had...those 2 for almost $60M is cause enough for him to be fired.

well if redden picked up from last year he would be the best defensman on the ice cuz he was in the playoffs last season...but yea well i guess not

[Ball of Hate]

So b/c he had a couple of good games in a series in which they lost, that makes his contract palatable?

[iSpeakEloquent]

is that what i said? im just saying he is picking up where he left off after the regular season but ill wait til the games count to pass judgment.

[ginaf20697]

Blogs are saying Dubi is signed to a 2 year deal. YAY!

[FAZ8218]

Pretty high if you ask me... but it may turn out to be a bargain if he does well.
RANGERS SIGN RFA DUBINSKY TO 2-YEAR, $3.7 MILLION DEAL

The New York Rangers re-signed restricted free agent Brandon Dubinsky to a 2-year, $3.7 million deal on Saturday.

Last season, he scored 13 goals and added 28 assists for 41 points in 82 games. The 23-year-old also amassed 112 minutes in penalties.

There had been speculation before training camp began that Dubinsky was being tabbed to centre the Rangers' top line with Marian Gaborik on the wing.

This will be the Alaska native's third full season the NHL.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291733

[iSpeakEloquent]

that's is actually the contract i thought he should've gotten since cally signed

[George Costanza]

that's is actually the contract i thought he should've gotten since cally signed

Totally agree it seemed to me like the Sather was lowballing him. That is a fair contract based on his production and experience.

[FAZ8218]

Never expected much from Enver Lisin, but he looks good today. And how about Matty Gilroy?!

[Sack of Chisels]

For those that missed todays game.


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[Papagolash]

Totally agree it seemed to me like the Sather was lowballing him. That is a fair contract based on his production and experience.



Did you see the 1st offer Dubi's guy game Sather? 4 years $16 million? Of course Sather was going to lowball him, and deservingly so.

[iSpeakEloquent]

5 more gone

on their way to hartford:


F-Paul Crowder
D-Corey Potter
D-Ilkka Heikkinen
G-Chad Johnson
G-Matt Zaba

We are now down to 25 players, at least 2 more cuts to go

Your Official Goalie Tandem

30-Henrik Lundqvist
40-Steve Valiquette

8 Defensemen

43-Michael Del Zotto-down to a 2 man fight for the #6 spot
97-Matt Gilroy-lock at #5
5-Dan Girardi
6-Wade Redden
33-Michal Rozsival
54-Bobby Sanguinetti-see fight with dz
18-Marc Staal
Alexei Semenov-im guessing is gonna be the #7

15 forwards

42-Artem Anisimov-best player in camp?
16-Sean Avery
22-Brian Boyle
87-Donald Brashear
24-Ryan Callahan
23-Chris Drury
17-Brandon Dubinsky-welcome back dick
10-Marian Gaborik
59-Evgeny Grachev
21-Chris Higgins
12-Ales Kotalik
81-Enver Lisin
38-P.A. Parenteau-big surprise out of camp
20-Vinny Prospal
34-Aaron Voros-still hanging

so who is the 1 forward to get cut?
Boyle, Grachev, Lisin, Parenteau, Voros

Im guessing PA but hoping voros

Totally agree it seemed to me like the Sather was lowballing him. That is a fair contract based on his production and experience.

sather had the right, dubi wasn't eligible for arbitration, he had no where else to go, in all honesty he should've gotten 700k

Never expected much from Enver Lisin, but he looks good today. And how about Matty Gilroy?!

gilroy is my calder pick, lisin and anisimov are looking we are going to have a pretty good 3rd line

[iSpeakEloquent]

Gabs-Dubi-Prospal
Kotalik-Drury-Callahan
Higgins-Anisimov-Lisin
Avery?-Boyle-Brashear

that leaves grachev out and avery on the 4th line, very quietly this team has become pretty deep at forward

[FAZ8218]

Gabs-Dubi-Prospal
Kotalik-Drury-Callahan
Higgins-Anisimov-Lisin
Avery?-Boyle-Brashear

that leaves grachev out and avery on the 4th line, very quietly this team has become pretty deep at forward
Lisin and Kotalik played great on the same line today, I'd leave them together and stick Prospal in the middle, for some reason that line worked.

Chad Johnson is gonna be Hartford's #1 this season. Sad to see Potter go down again but Gilroy and Del Zotto were better. I'm kinda excited to see what the final team can do as a unit.

[Ball of Hate]

So what was the point of this??? If Sather was going to give Dubi that much money, why didn't he get it done earlier?? He seemed to hold pat on the whole $700 grand number, and now to turn around and give him $3.7M over 2 years now, after training camp began and after 4 pre-season games seems like a waste.

Whatever. I'm glad he's signed. Now get on the ice and work it out with Gaborik.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

For those that missed todays game.


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that was a thing of beauty...hopefully he can get that done during the season
so who is the 1 forward to get cut?
Boyle, Grachev, Lisin, Parenteau, Voros

Im guessing PA but hoping vorosI really hope it's Voros too, he hasn't impressed me since last October
gilroy is my calder pick, lisin and anisimov are looking we are going to have a pretty good 3rd lineHas the guy who just won the Hobey Baker ever come in & won the Calder? Cause that'd be one fucking impressive feat

I'm kinda excited to see what the final team can do as a unit.

me too, a full year w/ Torts & the young guys...it may be a long season, but it'll be fun

[Sack of Chisels]

I'm guessing this is what we open the season with. with the possibility of DZ getting sent back to juniors after 11 games, and a guy like Bouillon or Gauthier eventually getting signed. With Parenteau and Byers waiting in the wings for injury callups.

Prospal-Dubinsky-Gaborik
Kotalik-Drury-Callahan
Higgins-Anisimov-Lisin
Avery-Boyle-Brashear
ex: Voros

Redden-Rozsival
Staal-Gilroy
Del Zotto-Girardi
ex: Semenov

Hank
Vally
(and I would love to see Ocho Cinco get a few games in)

edit: I didn't even see Eloquent's post, and we agree, sweet. ;)

[FAZ8218]

Haha @ Ocho Cinco.

[iSpeakEloquent]

it's just weird to me that avery is gonna be on the 4th line by default

[iSpeakEloquent]

Lisin and Kotalik played great on the same line today, I'd leave them together and stick Prospal in the middle, for some reason that line worked.

Chad Johnson is gonna be Hartford's #1 this season. Sad to see Potter go down again but Gilroy and Del Zotto were better. I'm kinda excited to see what the final team can do as a unit.

i think drury and kotalik are going to be together for chemistry purposes, if not i would like to see the local line of drury-cally-higgins

[FAZ8218]

i think drury and kotalik are going to be together for chemistry purposes, if not i would like to see the local line of drury-cally-higgins
Rochester isn't exactly local, sounds like a cool line, though.

[iSpeakEloquent]

it's still ny thats what counts

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Amusing blog entry combining the Rangers & the Fall TV Schedule...

FALL TV PREVIEW RANGERS STYLE:

And now for something different. While browsing my Entertainment Weekly magazine, I noticed a lot of new shows starting up. Here are some excerpts!

EXTREME MAKEOVER: RANGER EDITION: This show has been on forever.

SURVIVOR: NYC: 10 Rookies move into the veterans undersized apartment in Manhattan for training camp. Each day one is voted “off the island” as there is only room for three. Watch as Sean irritates his roommates by “rocking” his “straight Speedo” while cooking breakfast, ridiculing their lack of fashion-sense and bringing home Paris Hilton and an Olsen twin at three in the morning before Tortorella’s first day of camp.

THE AMAZING RACE: Enver Lisin challenges Rico Fata and Fred Sjostrom for the title of “Fastest Skater Who Can’t Score!”.

BIG BROTHER: A documentary on the Staal household, where Marc suffers through yet another summer Stanley Cup Party he can’t enjoy.

TWO AND A HALF MEN: A comedy starring linemates Vinny Prospal, Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery (Who lost half his man-card for interning at Vogue).

THE BIGGEST LOSER:- Starring Wade Redden. Check local listings for a blue-line near you.

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Matt Gilroy and the
Chrises (Drury, & Higgins) compete for a spot on the US Olympic team. Watch as
they hide Henrik Lundqvist’s cup the night before the big game.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?: Starring Donald Brashear.

TRAUMA: Hopefully NOT starring Marian Gaborik!

THE FORGOTTEN: A drama starring Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Scott Gomez, Blair Betts & Paul Mara.

HELL’S KITCHEN: Head Chef John Tortorella searches for the right ingredients to make Ranger Soup. Watch as he stirs the pot, seasons with plenty of salty language, then throws it all in the pressure cooker!

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: The Trash Talk Techniques of Sean Avery.

HANK: ‘Nuff said!

BIG BANG THEORY: A comedy about the Rangers attempts to revive their impotent power-play, starring Marian Gaborik as the “Bang” for the Rangers Bucks!

FRINGE: Fourth Line hopefuls Brian Boyle, Donald Brashear and Aaron Voros search for the mysterious, elusive entity known as icetime.

LOST: Brandon Dubinsky and his agent find themselves on a mysterious island where they are stalked by a Cigar-Smoke Monster and can’t get to training camp.

PRIVATE PRACTICE: Also starring Brandon Dubinsky.

FLASH FORWARD: A fun fantasy about the future of the Rangers after Glen Sather retires.

BONES: No comment from CBS as to the rumor that the show has been renamed “Bone-Heads” featuring a bunch of wannabe bloggers bickering over line combinations.

Of course a lot of these shows won’t last very long, and there are sure to be mid-season replacements (Two Tom Renney Projects are in production, The Mentalist and Bored to Death, the latter featuring his Power Play ). Since this blog seems to have multiple sources, I am sure that there are some insiders who can let us know of other shows on tap!

oh and if you're bored and want to...1994 Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 is being aired right now on NHL Home Ice 204

[iSpeakEloquent]

Amusing blog entry combining the Rangers & the Fall TV Schedule...




you think he likes taking about sean avery?

[George Costanza]

Be cool if the Wings played the Rangers this often in the regular season. Too bad Bertuzziu,Zetterberg and Cleary have groin injuries. You guys get to see the best all around forward in hockey tonight due to the injuries.

[Fr. Dougal]

3 tix to tonights game... For free. Who wants em?

[Papagolash]

3 tix to tonights game... For free. Who wants em?



dammit dammit dammit! I wouldn't get to the city in time.

[Fr. Dougal]

Damn sorry dude. I didn't know till late that the tix were available. How late would you be?

[FAZ8218]

How bout these guys?!!!

[EarthCrisis]

Glad to finally see Gaborik play.

I guess this Detroit goalie is going back to the AHL

[George Costanza]

Gaborik is the fastest since Bure. Wanna bet Wings win 5-4.

[FAZ8218]

Gaborik is the fastest since Bure. Wanna bet Wings win 5-4.
$20 via paypal, I'll take that bet.

[LZMF1]

cloutier!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Cloutier always gets chippy...miss him :(

[iSpeakEloquent]

$20 via paypal, I'll take that bet.

is that first ever bet on a preseason game

[Papagolash]

Avery has a sprained MCL, not considered serious.

Gabby wants to play in the last pre-season games.

Dubi will play the next game, do the laps/miles run after the games.

Torts is going to cut about 3 more people tomorrow.

I'm guessing Sanguinetti, Parenteau, Grachev

[FAZ8218]

Cloutier always gets chippy...miss him :(
That makes one of us.

[George Costanza]

Cloutier wont make the team hopefully. Wings already made 1 bad sigining with Williams.

Rangers Preview by Burnside
Didn't know Gaborik was a big Slovak:huh:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/preview2009/team?page=nhlpre09/nyr

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That makes one of us.

Not really on the ice...aside from this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqp19EdCvJg

from Carpiniello's (guest) blog
The comparisons to Gilroy being like or reminding fans and TV media of a Brian Leetch are absurd. Matt Gilroy is already 25 years old has only played in ONLY five pre-season games and by that age Brian had already played in 353 NHL games scored 78 goals and recorded 289 assists for a total of 367 Points. Leetch accumulated all this while taking care of his defensive zone in phenomenal fashion. If you feel the need to compare Gilroy to anybody how about a young James Patrick, that I might buy into.

[Papagolash]

PA Patrnteau sent down.

Avery is on crutches

Staal held out of practice for his groin. Will play thursday

Redden left practice sore back

[iSpeakEloquent]

PA Patrnteau sent down.

Avery is on crutches

Staal held out of practice for his groin. Will play thursday

Redden left practice sore back

expected, fuck, fuck, good

[Sack of Chisels]

Just gotta say Rangers Report has been gradually turning to dogshit since Weinman left. it was alright for a bit when they had 2 reporters covering the team. now nobody is and it's just fucking guest bloggers everyday. during one of the most exciting training camps in recent years? not good enough, it's irrelevant now, and zipay rules. Andrew Gross is worth bookmarking too. http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/

[Papagolash]

Yep, I've stopped reading Rangers Report since Weinman left. To add on to what sack of chisels said, Zipay and Gross are fucking great. They update all the time on twitter and have blogs that get updated daily.

Andrew Gross
http://njmg.typepad.com/rangersblog/
http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

Steve Zipay
http://www.newsday.com/blogs/sports/blue-notes-1.811976
http://twitter.com/SteveZipay

[FAZ8218]

x3. Carp's real job is covering the Giants, and he should stick to that. The Journal News obviously can't pay someone enough money to fill the position which is sad because they went from the best to having absolutely no one. Sam spoiled us with 900 updates a day too. Thanks for the Andrew Gross link, btw.

[Mindslayer]

Yea, Ill definitely be reading those blogs regularly. Thx for the links.

[Fr. Dougal]

A week until the Season Opener... and we're already on our 4th page.

:clap::clap::clap:

Predictions -- How many pages will we have by the end of the regular season?

[iSpeakEloquent]

id say 100 but they'll change it to 200 posts per page when we get to 99

[Papagolash]

Sanguinetti sent down to harford. So looks like Del Zotto will be getting his 9 game tryout.

Lines for tonight

Christopher Higgins-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik
Enver Lisin-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan Callahan
Evgeny Grachev-Chris Drury-Ales Kotalik
Donald Brashear-Artem Anisimov-Aaron Voros

Alexei Semenov-Matt Gilroy
Wade Redden-Michal Rozsival
Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi

Henrik Lundqvist likely to play the full game.

Anisimov will be moved around throughout the game

[Jimmy's Dignity]

So Matty Gilroy was voted the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award winner...best rookie of training camp. I'm confused at the list of defensemen who have won it...how the hell can Mattias Norstrom win it twice? "whaa" Aren't you only a rookie once?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Wow...a goal off a rebound, on a delayed penalty :bigok
Gaborik's having a good night

[FAZ8218]

Great play Dubi, gets leveled and still gets the pass off! What a great game!

[iSpeakEloquent]

So Matty Gilroy was voted the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award winner...best rookie of training camp. I'm confused at the list of defensemen who have won it...how the hell can Mattias Norstrom win it twice? "whaa" Aren't you only a rookie once?

not if the rookie doesn't make the team, then the next season they are a rookie again. Dubinsky and dawes were both finalists one year and the next year

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Ahh...good point.

That 2nd fight between Brashear & Sugden was a lot better than the first...Brashear was getting his ass kicked until his jersey came pulled up over his head. The way Maloney was talking about how Brashear is still trying to work his way into the swing of things, it seems like he's a little affected by the booing. He'll probably be fine by mid-October...but he's still a cockbag

[badcellphoneguy]

I think Bobby Sanguinetti better hire a hit man to kill Redden and/or Rozival. What does this kid have to do to break the lineup! Holy Shit!!! If Gaborik can stay healthy and Dubinski can feed him the puck I hope they have extra light bulbs at MSG.

October 3rd can't come soon enough. This year I have done my hockey schedule. I slated to do 188 regular season hockey games (NHL, AHL, ECHL, NCAA, OHL and LNAH). That is also not including playoffs. So I could hit the 200 game mark again this year! YEA ME!!!

BTW...not like I care but no Islanders thread??? Where's all the Tavares fans!

[iSpeakEloquent]

I think Bobby Sanguinetti better hire a hit man to kill Redden and/or Rozival. What does this kid have to do to break the lineup!

he has to wait about 9 days until dz gets sent to juniors. Of course he might stay but it would be hard for me to believe they are going the long haul with a 19 year old defenseman.

[Begbie]

I've only heard bits and pieces about Brashear getting booed. Is he booed every time he touches the puck...or is it less frequent? I don't know about it...as an Isles fan, it feels like an equivalent would be Darcy Tucker signing with the Isles...or maybe Dale Hunter signing with the Isles in 1994. It'd be a tough pill to swallow...especially since I've never liked Brashear, in the same manner that I've never liked Chris Simon. Yet, I guess when they kick a rival player's ass or score a game winner, all is eventually forgotten.

[Sack of Chisels]

I haven't been to any of the games, but I think it's just a small group of people who always need SOMEONE to boo. Also, the N word was thrown around when Weekes was here, so Brash would get treated like shit regardless of his past.. his recent actions just make it worse. I think it'll mostly stop after the first few regular season games.

[Fred Told Me]

Tortorella blaimed the booing on the media which is ridiculous. He is getting booed because of what he did to Betts last year, and for the many years mostly with the Flyers where he was just a hated goon. If he plays well all will be forgotten, at least for now, but he has to play well for that to happen.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I didn't hear any N-bombs, but then again the tickets I share with friends are down in 128. As for the booing, it's the entire arena every time he touches the puck. At least it was when I went a few weeks ago

[Begbie]

Yeah, I'm sure it'll be a forgive and forget kinda thing eventually once he does some good things. I just don't think there will be many Brashear jerseys walking around the Garden.

[FAZ8218]

I think Bobby Sanguinetti better hire a hit man to kill Redden and/or Rozival. What does this kid have to do to break the lineup! Holy Shit!!!
Maybe play harder than the other two rookies. He's not there to beat out Redden and Roszival, he's there to beat out the other 2 young guys, which he simply didn't do. I say trade the kid while he still has value, Del Zotto is a much better player.

he has to wait about 9 days until dz gets sent to juniors. Of course he might stay but it would be hard for me to believe they are going the long haul with a 19 year old defenseman.
Why not? Kid looked great in last year's camp, and looks even more mature this year. Have some balls and keep the guy, he's done just fine. At the very least, he can't be any worse than what we've dealt with the last few years.

October 3rd can't come soon enough. This year I have done my hockey schedule. I slated to do 188 regular season hockey games (NHL, AHL, ECHL, NCAA, OHL and LNAH). That is also not including playoffs. So I could hit the 200 game mark again this year! YEA ME!!!
Jealous. I'm lucky if I get to more than 5 this year since I started my new job.

[iSpeakEloquent]

Why not? Kid looked great in last year's camp, and looks even more mature this year. Have some balls and keep the guy, he's done just fine. At the very least, he can't be any worse than what we've dealt with the last few years.


camp is one thing, real nhl action is another, there aren't many under 20 defensmen in the nhl ever. what if he wears down after a month or 2? Then you're stuck with him for the rest of the season, of course u can sit him but then u kill his growth by not letting him play. If he's good then im all for it but i don't see a reason to rush him, they didn't rush staal and it worked out just fine

[Papagolash]

camp is one thing, real nhl action is another, there aren't many under 20 defensmen in the nhl ever. what if he wears down after a month or 2? Then you're stuck with him for the rest of the season, of course u can sit him but then u kill his growth by not letting him play. If he's good then im all for it but i don't see a reason to rush him, they didn't rush staal and it worked out just fine



He has 9 NHL games to play then the Rangers have the option to send Del Zotto back down to juniors. It would not surprise me if they send Del Zotto down and either bring up spaghetti or sign a free agent D.

[iSpeakEloquent]

thats exactly what i was saying, i don't think they need to sign anyone, you can fill the role with a rotating semenov/sangs/sauer/potter etc...

[Mindslayer]

Jealous. I'm lucky if I get to more than 5 this year since I started my new job.


Same here. Im definitely going to at least three games that I know of, and unfortunately that'll probably be it. Either way Im fired up for next weekend. Oct. 2nd cant come soon enough.

[FAZ8218]

He has 9 NHL games to play then the Rangers have the option to send Del Zotto back down to juniors. It would not surprise me if they send Del Zotto down and either bring up spaghetti or sign a free agent D.
Haha @ "Spaghetti". Big difference there.

[Papagolash]

What? Spaghetti is a lot easier to spell than Sanguinetti

[iSpeakEloquent]

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/girardi_been_blueshirt_bust_Rs45CUTGGsJLPucEpTmtkK

good article on how no one notices how much dan girardi sucks

[Sack of Chisels]

"Not only has Michael Del Zotto made the NYR's opening day roster, he is running their power play."
:clap:
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/4475380973

[Ball of Hate]

"Not only has Michael Del Zotto made the NYR's opening day roster, he is running their power play."
:clap:
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/4475380973

Nice!

[Sack of Chisels]

Just a little told ya so from May..
Michael Del Zotto signed :)

I really think he can make the team next year.

http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=423827

doubt it

[ginaf20697]

Let's get real. He HAS to be better than the shit they had out there last year.

[iSpeakEloquent]

"Not only has Michael Del Zotto made the NYR's opening day roster, he is running their power play."
:clap:
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/4475380973

powerplay QB by default

Just a little told ya so from May..

good one, ill be sure to quote this post 9 games from now when he is replaced by sanguinetti

Let's get real. He HAS to be better than the shit they had out there last year.

this

[ginaf20697]

I guess I should be happy the Rangers game against Pittsburgh is on NHL Network instead of Center Ice. At least that means I won't have to deal with all the Pittsburgh assholes.

[Sack of Chisels]

Rangers signed semenov. 1yr/600k
http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord/status/4509244143

[FAZ8218]

I guess I should be happy the Rangers game against Pittsburgh is on NHL Network instead of Center Ice. At least that means I won't have to deal with all the Pittsburgh assholes.
Hate to burst your bubble but sometimes NHL Network just uses the local feed. Every once in a while they'll use their own people. Maybe you'll get lucky.

[FAZ8218]

"The Rangers doing the Top 10 on Letterman Watching Thread" :action-sm

[iSpeakEloquent]

Hate to burst your bubble but sometimes NHL Network just uses the local feed. Every once in a while they'll use their own people. Maybe you'll get lucky.

i would guess tsn feed for that one

[pnigga]

ok it's a day before they open the season against Bitch Boy and Co, so let's go ahead with predictions

With the lineup as presently constituted:

41 wins, 92 points

[Mindslayer]

Not sure as far as their overall record, but Id say they'll probably be a five or six seed going into the playoffs.

[badcellphoneguy]

Anybody up for a viewing party tonight for Rangers vs Pens????

[Jimmy's Dignity]

"The Rangers doing the Top 10 on Letterman Watching Thread" :action-sm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjU6AEcTO2U

[25133WhooOoAH]

I'm not a hockey fan but that was great.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I only just watched that...sure hope none of those guys really want to go into acting :icon_conf

least not w/o any training

[Papagolash]

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pnbJQ5cjZA

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That video's fucking awesome...I'm excited for tonight :jump

[Papagolash]

So updates, Call has the only A. No one has shown themselves to Torts they deserve the 2nd A.

And Semenov is not a Ranger. His wife wouldn't allow him. No joke, the cunt wouldn't move to NY and Semenov is pussy whipped. And now my thoughts about this that I just posted elsewhere.

A huge FUCK YOU to Alexei Semenov for fucking the Rangers over and being a pussy whipped pansy. Asshole waits till today, a few hours before the Rangers play their 1st game of the season to tell them that he's declining his contract because his cunt wife doesn't want to move to NY. So because he's a fucking pussy whipped bitch, Semenov is declining play hockey in the NHL. He calls himself a hockey player? Not anymore.



"“He agreed, his agent agreed, but his wife didn’t,” Sather said. “He couldn’t talk his family into it. In all my years of dealing with players, I’ve never had that happen before. He was crying.”"

[George Costanza]

So updates, So because he's a fucking pussy whipped bitch, Semenov is declining play hockey in the NHL. He calls himself a hockey player? Not anymore.



"“He agreed, his agent agreed, but his wife didn’t,” Sather said. “He couldn’t talk his family into it. In all my years of dealing with players, I’ve never had that happen before. He was crying.”"

I blame the KHL, does she live in Russia?
"He was Crying" Women are evil man, what a wimp.

[Papagolash]

Yep, wife won't leave russia. The next paragraph after that quote was

"Before Sather’s comments, Semenov, whose wife lives in Russia, told Newsday that he “would love to be here, but I don’t think it’s going to work out.” Asked if he might play in Russia’s KHL, he said, “Maybe, we’ll see.”"

[George Costanza]

Yep, wife won't leave russia. The next paragraph after that quote was

"Before Sather’s comments, Semenov, whose wife lives in Russia, told Newsday that he “would love to be here, but I don’t think it’s going to work out.” Asked if he might play in Russia’s KHL, he said, “Maybe, we’ll see.”"

Wow I bet I just turned some skeptics, fuck the KHL and controlling women. They still have the good Russian though, possible Calder?

[iSpeakEloquent]

yea u turned me, the khl is evil...they just stole the 7th defenseman that was never going to see a minute of ice time. The only person this hurts is the young player they have to call up just to sit in a press box every game

[George Costanza]

yea u turned me, the khl is evil...they just stole the 7th defenseman that was never going to see a minute of ice time. The only person this hurts is the young player they have to call up just to sit in a press box every game


Regarding the KHL, I was just being douchy.:) The main point is how evil some women are in the the former Soviet Union.

[ginaf20697]

This will give Cherry great fodder on Russians being big pussies.

[Mindslayer]

I love the fact that Cally has an A, but the fact that no else distinguished themselves as a leader in Torts' eyes disturbs me more than a little bit.

Anyway, when was the last time a team has only had one alternate captain ?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Decent banner raising, didn't take overly long. Now let's fucking spoil it

[FAZ8218]

Spanking new arena? Really, Sam?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Wow...DZ is the first teenager to start for the Rangers since Don Maloney. I had no idea that Maloney played as a teenager....

[FAZ8218]

They look shaky. That penalty kill was horrible.

[Mindslayer]

Yea theyre kind of all over the place. Its obviously going to take a while for them to gel at least somewhat cohesively.

[FAZ8218]

Let's go spooky get in there.

[Mindslayer]

It figures Brashear would lose and get busted open in his first fight with us.

[ginaf20697]

Welcome to New York

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren :siren
Druuuuuuuu!!!!

[Ball of Hate]

DRU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet!!!

[ginaf20697]

woooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh holy fuck was that so close!! If that puck went to DZ's stick instead of his feet, he scores his first NHL goal in his debut!

[ginaf20697]

Del Z being there is such a smack in the face to Redden and Rozy. I love it :D

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh and since I got this link from my guy who's name is on the Rangers tickets...

2009-2010 Media Guide (http://www.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416100262&pss=1&o=ext)

You've gotta log in/make an account but there's no confirmation nonsense

[Ball of Hate]

Girardi took out that linesman better than he did anybody on the Pens.

[Ball of Hate]

How did that not go in?????

[ginaf20697]

Ranger "luck"

[Jimmy's Dignity]

A huge FUCK YOU to Alexei Semenov for fucking the Rangers over and being a pussy whipped pansy. Asshole waits till today, a few hours before the Rangers play their 1st game of the season to tell them that he's declining his contract because his cunt wife doesn't want to move to NY. So because he's a fucking pussy whipped bitch, Semenov is declining play hockey in the NHL. He calls himself a hockey player? Not anymore.



"“He agreed, his agent agreed, but his wife didn’t,” Sather said. “He couldn’t talk his family into it. In all my years of dealing with players, I’ve never had that happen before. He was crying.”"

Since I didn't get a chance to say it earlier....

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4656/tonysoprano.jpg

[FAZ8218]

I have a feeling we're gonna see a lot of crap like that goal this year.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I have a feeling we're gonna see a lot of crap like that goal this year.

as long as goals like that happen in 5-4 Rangers wins...

fuck. :arrrh:

[ginaf20697]

double fuck! :arrrh::arrrh:

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Okay, am I the only one who cringes every time we're on the PP & I hear "______ breaks out!" All those shorties last year still have me rattled...

[bill333]

Not a good night for NY sports.

Henrik said it. We're going to have to be patient. Lot's of new guys learning each other.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren :siren
Gabby!!!

[FAZ8218]

Yeah Gaborik!!!

[ginaf20697]

Guess the Rangers were getting too close :(

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Good kill, now it's time to make the PP not suck Brashear-cock

[Ball of Hate]

This may be a long year.

[FAZ8218]

This may be a long year.
It may be... or it may not be. This team is too hard to read, right now. A little too risky when moving up the ice, but I think once they mesh together a little more, they will not be a bad team.

[Ball of Hate]

I'm glad they split up Redden/Rozi...and I didn't think Redden played all that bad of a game...until the end when he couldn't keep the puck.

[Papagolash]

I'm glad they split up Redden/Rozi...and I didn't think Redden played all that bad of a game...until the end when he couldn't keep the puck.


Hard to play the puck when it bounces a foot over your stick.

Fleury won the game tonight. If it weren't for him it could have been 4-1 Rangers in the 2nd. We played pretty well, our young D was very good. Can't wait to see how he play tomorrow night.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

This may be a long year.It may be... or it may not be. This team is too hard to read, right now. A little too risky when moving up the ice, but I think once they mesh together a little more, they will not be a bad team.yeah, I think/hope we'll get very surprised as the year goes on

I'm glad they split up Redden/Rozi...and I didn't think Redden played all that bad of a game...until the end when he couldn't keep the puck.Redden didn't look bad at all for a change. Here's to hoping he keeps it up & Rozi plays well enough to get a decent return in a trade

[Ball of Hate]

Hard to play the puck when it bounces a foot over your stick.

Fleury won the game tonight. If it weren't for him it could have been 4-1 Rangers in the 2nd. We played pretty well, our young D was very good. Can't wait to see how he play tomorrow night.

Plus...take out that 1:08 in the 2nd where the Pens took advantage of some breakdowns and who knows what happens.

[Mindslayer]

Not surprised that they lost tonight, Pittsburgh always plays them well, plus the team isnt really a team yet, just a bunch of guys playing together hoping to mesh sooner than later. I think they'll be fired up to play at home tomorrow night against Ottawa, though.

[Sack of Chisels]

We played pretty well for game #1. two deflection goals and Fleury making some outstanding saves was the difference.

once the powerplay finds it's groove this team will surprise a lot of people.

[iSpeakEloquent]

good game, one they could've won but im not mad that they didn't, the ice looked like shit late in the game, pucks bouncing everywhere. I was listening on xm at the end, all i heard was mike lange saying "bounced over his stick.....bounced over his stick...."

[FAZ8218]

Who's goin tonight? I'll be at Blarney around 5.

[Papagolash]

i wanted to go tonight but cheapest tickets I found was over a grand. Bahhh I probably should have looked at stub hub.

[Mindslayer]

Im lucky if I even get to watch the game tonight. Im stuck babysitting my nieces and nephew all fuckin night.

Right now I really hate my wife and sister in law...

[ginaf20697]

I'm sure this performance would be a lot more entertaining if I was on drugs.

[EarthCrisis]

from wikipedia
John Amirante is the long-time national anthem singer at Madison Square Garden. He is noted for his exuberant hand gestures, thundering voice, and his toupee.

[ginaf20697]

Wow that was fun :)

[Sack of Chisels]

MDZ!! :clap: :D

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Congrats to Michael Del Zotto on his first NHL goal. :clap:

I love how in sync the first line looks already. 4 goals and 6 points tonight.

[Mindslayer]

I managed to catch the last period. They looked really good. Really happy for MDZ, too.

[FAZ8218]

What a fun fuckin game to go to!

DEL ZOTTO!!!!!

[iSpeakEloquent]

from wikipedia

he used to be my dad's customer, he came in with his grandson one day after it snowed and took a dive on the sidewalk, wig stayed on

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Who's goin tonight? I'll be at Blarney around 5.And randomly I walked into you!

MDZ!! :clap: :D It's a Guinea Goal!!!

What a fun fuckin game to go to!

DEL ZOTTO!!!!!Game fuckin ruled...waking up in New Haven, not to much

he used to be my dad's customer, he came in with his grandson one day after it snowed and took a dive on the sidewalk, wig stayed on

http://goodfellas.martin-scorsese.net/downloads/morries/pic3_sm.jpg

This is what you pay me for, eh?
http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/a600d09d-9ba3-4b10-b0f5-1bfc80f19037.jpg


I thought it was fucking brilliant that they introduced the entire team at once instead of individuals which would have led to Brashear getting booed out of the fucking building

[Fred Told Me]

And randomly I walked into you!


I thought it was fucking brilliant that they introduced the entire team at once instead of individuals which would have led to Brashear getting booed out of the fucking building

I thought it sucked. I always look forward to player introductions on Opening Night and the booing of Brashear would have been fun.

Memo for next year. Less Blue Man Group, More Player Introductions equals more gooder.

That's safe to say.

[bill333]

If he stays healthy, Gabby is going to have himself one hell of a season for them. That guy is always in key position.

We just need more in front of the net guys. Too many in one area, which makes it easy for the D. The other night, a perfect scoring opp. was missed when the puck was passed into the front of the net and nobody was home.

[FAZ8218]

It's a Guinea Goal!!!

I cracked up when you sent me that text.

[FAZ8218]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091004/capt.2c71fecabcd941768298de1db9c3cdcc.senators_ran gers_hockey_nyma102.jpg

"Keep it up, Wade. And remember, no one can be as bad as Rozy..."

[WarshCloth]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091004/capt.2c71fecabcd941768298de1db9c3cdcc.senators_ran gers_hockey_nyma102.jpg


"Why are they booing you? You aren't very good and you get paid more then all of them combined."

[Jimmy's Dignity]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091004/capt.2c71fecabcd941768298de1db9c3cdcc.senators_ran gers_hockey_nyma102.jpg

"Keep it up, Wade. And remember, no one can be as bad as Rozy..."
that combined with Rozy's face is fucking hysterical :haha7: :haha7: :haha7:

[Fr. Dougal]

Oh and since I got this link from my guy who's name is on the Rangers tickets...

2009-2010 Media Guide (http://www.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416100262&pss=1&o=ext)

You've gotta log in/make an account but there's no confirmation nonsense

I got the same link. Cheap fucking team isn't printing them this year, according to the email. So that "Free Media Guide" for STHs is really a link to an online version. I know it's only a media guide, but it's fucking ridiculous. There are other teams in more dire straits that can still give the world to their STHs.

And Semenov is not a Ranger. His wife wouldn't allow him. No joke, the cunt wouldn't move to NY and Semenov is pussy whipped. And now my thoughts about this that I just posted elsewhere.

A huge FUCK YOU to Alexei Semenov for fucking the Rangers over and being a pussy whipped pansy. Asshole waits till today, a few hours before the Rangers play their 1st game of the season to tell them that he's declining his contract because his cunt wife doesn't want to move to NY. So because he's a fucking pussy whipped bitch, Semenov is declining play hockey in the NHL. He calls himself a hockey player? Not anymore.

I was gonna post a rant about this on that faggot-filled Hockey's Future board, but the faggot mods there would have banned me for using the word "pussy" or "bitch."

[pnigga]

opening night showed how important Avery is to this team; in spite of all of the spin put on the third period by the Rangers players, they were all skating like Brashear at the end of the game.

going to really be a wait-and-see thing with this team. I have the feeling there's going to be a lot of inconsistency in this lineup and I expect our opinions may change on a nightly basis.

Redden still fucking sucks.

[FAZ8218]

I got the same link. Cheap fucking team isn't printing them this year, according to the email. So that "Free Media Guide" for STHs is really a link to an online version. I know it's only a media guide, but it's fucking ridiculous. There are other teams in more dire straits that can still give the world to their STHs.
I collected the media guides. I have the last 12. I was crushed opening night when the guy was like "there are none this year".

[ginaf20697]

Fuck them. What the hell are they thinking? I NEVER bought one of their crappy yearbooks or programs but I always would buy the media guide. Oh and fuck Redden and Rozy.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Boo. Not a fan of giving up one that quickly. And is it just me or does the feed look a little too bright? Always happens with Versus...

[George Costanza]

Strap in for 3 periods of the Trap. Lemaire hoping to make Niedermayers goal stand.

Del zotto scores nice open net

[ginaf20697]

D z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

DZ!!!!!!!!
:siren :siren :siren :siren :siren :siren :siren :siren

It's a POWER PLAY GOAL!!!!

[Sack of Chisels]

wow.
MDZ for calder

[EarthCrisis]

Boo. Not a fan of giving up one that quickly. And is it just me or does the feed look a little too bright? Always happens with Versus...

Yeah i thought there was something wrong with my t.v. I thought this was supposed to be HD :mad4:

[EarthCrisis]

Between the hockeynews, espn and xm 204 and a few others, they all were shitting on the rangers chances this season, i hope they can use it as motivation.
WTF I think Henrik alone gets them to the playoffs.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

"That penalty was because of Wade Redden getting caught flat-footed..."
I have this feeling that we'll be hearing that a LOT this year

[George Costanza]

That was a quick goal.
Drury with the knee on knee.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

DZ with yet another point...:clap:

fucking great seeing a shot from the point like Kotalik's
:siren :siren :siren

[bill333]

I liked the open ice hit, coming across. Haven't seen a Ranger get one of those in a while. Nice to see Torts light a match under their asses quickly.

Hope to see a full season of DZ scoring. Nice.

[bill333]

Gilroy!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Matty G!!!
:siren :siren :siren :siren

fuckin love it

[bill333]

woot!!
Rangers win!!!!!

[FAZ8218]

FUCK YEAH!

So Gilroy with a goal and Del Zotto with a goal and an assist! I love it!

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Always nice to win in Jersey. I wonder what Marty will blame the loss on tonight.

[AND......YUCK]

Fuck school on Monday Nights, caught the last half of the 3rd and good defense when it mattered tonight, especially after all the icings

[McDonaldMouth]

Always nice to win in Jersey. I wonder what Marty will blame the loss on tonight.

Sean Avery

[iSpeakEloquent]

opening night showed how important Avery is to this team; in spite of all of the spin put on the third period by the Rangers players, they were all skating like Brashear at the end of the game.

going to really be a wait-and-see thing with this team. I have the feeling there's going to be a lot of inconsistency in this lineup and I expect our opinions may change on a nightly basis.

Redden still fucking sucks.

is avery going to be a factor when he comes back is playing 6 minutes a game on the 4th line?

Yeah i thought there was something wrong with my t.v. I thought this was supposed to be HD :mad4:

vs isn't hd, just like msg, they take a sd picture and enhance it enough times to make it look decent. i watching it right now on my dvr, there is nothing hd about it except for the fact that it is widescreen. When they start playing on nbc...now that is hd

[pnigga]

is avery going to be a factor when he comes back is playing 6 minutes a game on the 4th line?

not watched many games have you

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I think Avery's going to wind up on the 3rd line, not the 4th

[Papagolash]

Avery will bounce around between the 3rd and 2nd line. Wouldn't be surprised if Lisin's the one that gets scratched, and possibly sent down.

[FAZ8218]

Yeah so if you wanna feel good about the Rangers, don't watch the Flyers-Caps game right now. You'll be brought back down to Earth. These teams look scary. Flyers D is ridic.

[ginaf20697]

Maybe not...

[FAZ8218]

Haha still a sick game though.

[iSpeakEloquent]

avery i think will start on the 3rd line. It depends on how lisin plays, if he scores often enough torts' favorite player sean avery will be moving on down. There isn't a lot of room on this team at wing.

Top line looks set. 2nd and 3rd get juggled a bit but u got higgins, kotalik, callahan and then either lisin/avery

the only way i see lisin going down is the fact that the 4th line is never used so it makes more sense to have voros/boyle there

[iSpeakEloquent]

not watched many games have you

every minute of every game, including pre season

the sean avery factor is getting way overblown. I like him as a player but he has been a liability just as many times as he has helped win games. Just because they have a winning record when he is in the lineup doesn't mean it was all him.

[pnigga]

every minute of every game, including pre season

Sean Avery is the most impactful player in the Rangers lineup that isn't named Lundqvist

what team have you been watching

[George Costanza]

Sean Avery is the most impactful player in the Rangers lineup that isn't named Lundqvist

what team have you been watching

X2
In addition to taking opposing teams players out of the game he has good offensive skills.

[iSpeakEloquent]

dude, again i love sean avery, but calling him the 2nd most impactful (how do you spell that, is it even a word?) player on the team is insane on a team that has marion gaborik and a team that has a top line that has 5 goals and 11 points in 3 games. Obviously he hasn't played yet this season but how would these 3 games go differently if he was there, the thing i can think of is him doing something stupid that cost the rangers a penalty and the game like he almost did in the playoffs last year. I like him but they really don't need him going out there and trying to win and/or lose games by himself with silly antics. Those antics are really fun to watch most of the time but seriously come on.

[iSpeakEloquent]

X2
In addition to taking opposing teams players out of the game he has good offensive skills.

offensive skills that i wish he would use more often, most people don't realize he is one of the fastest skaters in the league. He did use them when he came back last season but once they got into the playoffs he was same old stupid penalty sean avery again.

[Papagolash]

Cally hurt, Grachev called up for tonights game.


And Avery is a big impact player for the Rangers. Unfortunately that includes both positive and negative impacts. If healthy and in Torts system I can easily see him putting up 15-20 goals this season, if not more.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

What'd Cally hurt? Is he hurt or injured?

[iSpeakEloquent]

how'd he get hurt, avery pay him back? im kidding folks, i don't need another argument on how avery is up there in importance with gretzky

[Papagolash]

What'd Cally hurt? Is he hurt or injured?


If you're injured you're hurt. Upper body, questionable for tonight.

[George Costanza]

If you're injured you're hurt. Upper body, questionable for tonight.

I think JD was referencing the movie The Program with James Caan. He was the coach and said something along the lines of if your hurt you can play, if your injured, you gotta sit out.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

how'd he get hurt, avery pay him back? im kidding folks, i don't need another argument on how avery is up there in importance with gretzkyYou're damned right I'm as important as Gretzky!
http://www.c95.com/files/u20/sean_avery_3.jpg:action-sm

I think JD was referencing the movie The Program with James Caan. He was the coach and said something along the lines of if your hurt you can play, if your injured, you gotta sit out.

ding ding ding

[iSpeakEloquent]

not one post for a caps-rangers game?


CALLY!

[bill333]

CALLY!! I didn't think he'd make the other end of the ice.

[bill333]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO, nice pressure

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren

Kotalik!!!

(I wasn't by the compy)

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Man...I really like how this team is looking so far :D
The young kids are really skating well

[iSpeakEloquent]

does anyone work harder than ryan callahan, guy is injured, in the middle of a long shift, skates the length of the ice twice and scores

[Jimmy's Dignity]

He definitely deserves that A, I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up getting the C when Drury's done/gone

Holy shit, I just saw the replay of that Kotalik goal...that was fucking sweet!

[bill333]

I hate to see it happen so much but the PK is doing a great job. Even a shorty (well it was when it started)

PP needs some work. The other thing is how many scoring chances they are getting. Eventually, they will start going in.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Fuck

[bill333]

you gotta be kidding me!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

On a side note, did you guys hear that Rozi only had 9 min played through 2 periods? And hasn't seen the ice in the 3rd? Sure it's only a benching, but I think that if he started griping & asking for a trade, I'd be happier than hell

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Ratfuck. That should have tied it at 2 :icon_conf

[bill333]

way to go Gabby!

[George Costanza]

Gaborik booyah.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Woo hoo!!!!!

GABBY!!!!
:siren :siren :siren :siren

[bill333]

Gabby x 2 !!!!

[George Costanza]

back 2 back belly 2 belly.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh Gabby you beautiful motherfucker!!

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:siren :siren :siren :siren :siren :siren

[bill333]

and to think how old DZ is

[bill333]

WOOOOOOOOO!!

Fuck the Caps!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Damnit...I wanted Gaborik to get the hat trick. But that's a huge win, Ovie gets a big fat 0 on the scoreboard tonight!

[bill333]

But that's a huge win, Ovie gets a big fat 0 on the scoreboard tonight!


http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4408/willywonkal.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/willywonkal.jpg/)

[FAZ8218]

What's funny is with Ovechkin on my fantasy team I was wondering who the first team to shut him down was going to be. Needless to say this is the only situation where I'm smiling :icon_mrgr

[Sack of Chisels]

That, ladies and gents, was Marian Gaborik the Game Breaker.

The game tying goal and GWG within 2:30. We haven't seen anybody take over a game like that since Jagr.

Give him the other 'A', and please waive Voros asap.

[iSpeakEloquent]

That, ladies and gents, was Marian Gaborik the Game Breaker.

The game tying goal and GWG within 2:30. We haven't seen anybody take over a game like that since Jagr.

Give him the other 'A', and please waive Voros asap.

when avery comes back u won't be seeing much of voros i don't think barring the occasional injury or benching

[George Costanza]

That, ladies and gents, was Marian Gaborik the Game Breaker.

The game tying goal and GWG within 2:30. We haven't seen anybody take over a game like that since Jagr.


Gaborik rules, good to see him on a team that opens up the offense some. He is fun to watch like Jagr was too, expect Gaborik to pot 40-55 goals this year.

[iSpeakEloquent]

im hoping for 38 actually, i made a bet for about a grand, i need to be dead on though

[Fred Told Me]

If he stays healthy for 82, he will easily surpass 38. At least he better.

[Mindslayer]

Gotta admit, Im definitely surprised with how well theyre playing so far. Gaborik has been as good as advertised and Cally's the fuckin man. Looking forward to the matinee Sunday, which is sandwiched nicely between the Giants and Yankee games.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Gotta admit, Im definitely surprised with how well theyre playing so far. Gaborik has been as good as advertised and Cally's the fuckin man. Looking forward to the matinee Sunday, which is sandwiched nicely between the Giants and Yankee games.

Callahan will be wearing the C after Drury.

The Rangers are very fun to watch this year. They will only get better with time. The 2008 draft may be the strongest in 20 years for them.

[Mindslayer]

Avery back in the lineup tonight.

[George Costanza]

Avery back in the lineup tonight.

I thought he had an MCL tear? 10 odd minutes to gametime, predict Rangers win 4-2. Ducks are no longer contenders without Pronger but they are still one of the top 8 in the Western Conference.

[EarthCrisis]

I think Girardi is a serial killer....just putting it out there.

[George Costanza]

Booyha
Gaborik made this play
Kotalik scores
1-0

[Mindslayer]

That was some shot by Kotalik. Its amazing that this is the first goal theyve scored tonight considering how theyve shut the Ducks down since the beginning of the game.

[George Costanza]

Rangers dominating should be 5-0.
Avery has a big impact.

[Mindslayer]

Great win. Hopefully this carries over for Torono tomorrow night.

[FAZ8218]

It better. Toronto was AWFUL last night, there is absolutely no excuse for losing tomorrow night. Especially since Vally got the start today and Hank goes tomorrow. I wanna see Orr knock out Brashear though. I would cheer.

[Mindslayer]

As would we all.

[Fred Told Me]

That may be the first time ever an entire arena would cheer for the visiting player in a fight.

[Fr. Dougal]

I've got 3 tix for tonight (Monday), together in sec. 313.

Anyone interested?

[iSpeakEloquent]

That was some shot by Kotalik. Its amazing that this is the first goal theyve scored tonight considering how theyve shut the Ducks down since the beginning of the game.

it was also amazing that kotalik has one of the best shots on the team yet he goes to the 4th line, interesting.

how did giguere not get at least #3 star, he played a great game. The backup PA announcer sucks a dick, didn't even mention anisimov's goal was the first of his career. He also announced Kotalik as the #2 star with 1 assist, not mentioning a fairly important goal he scored

I've got 3 tix for tonight (Monday), together in sec. 313.

Anyone interested?

if i didn't go today id take u up on it

[Fred Told Me]

The 3 Star Selections in Hockey is and always has been a joke. Every home team media including the Rangers has a complete home team bias. Why they can't be objective when selecting the 3 stars is beyond me. The other night the Devils won in Tampa, yet Tampa had all 3 stars. Zach Parise had a goal and the game winning goal in the shootout, yet Ryan Malone who didn't even have a point in the game was the #3 star.

[Papagolash]

Dammit Dougal check your PM's!

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Love this quote by Stevie:

“We’re happy with four wins in a row but we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves,” Valiquette said. “Because we know a pat on the back is only a couple feet away from a kick in the butt.”

[Ball of Hate]

This is a pretty damn exciting team, IMO. I love what Torts has done, and the energy they play with. They got off to a rough start with the PP, but damn it, it started to click. And Avery coming back is just that added "salt and pepper".


On a side note...gotta love the NHL point scoring system. No wins, but 3 points for the Islanders.

[Papagolash]

I'll be in seciton 313 row F, flying solo LETS GO RANGERS!!!

[iSpeakEloquent]

The 3 Star Selections in Hockey is and always has been a joke. Every home team media including the Rangers has a complete home team bias. Why they can't be objective when selecting the 3 stars is beyond me. The other night the Devils won in Tampa, yet Tampa had all 3 stars. Zach Parise had a goal and the game winning goal in the shootout, yet Ryan Malone who didn't even have a point in the game was the #3 star.

i would expect that from tampa, i have a higher standard for the rangers and any other original 6 team or big hockey market team. I was at a game once where kevin lowe was the #1 star and i didn't even know he played. I think most of the time the rangers do it right but last night didn't make sense that prospal got #3 over a goaltender that got pelted by shot after shot and only gave up 2 goals

[Ball of Hate]

I thought I heard that it's the media (guys in the press box) who votes for the 3 stars, and usually, they have to turn their votes in midway into the 3rd period. So they usually just put "GWG" on their vote, which means whoever scores the Game Winning Goal (if it's a close game).


Edit...sounds like a fun train ride.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/off-duty-nypd-officer-arrested-in-menacing-on-the-lirr-1.1518761

Off-duty NYPD officer arrested in menacing on the LIRR

October 12, 2009 By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO alfonso.castillo@newsday.com
An LIRR train leaves the

Photo credit: Photo by PATRICK OEHLER | An LIRR train leaves the station at Ronkonkoma.

A New York City Police Department officer was arrested Sunday after "displaying a weapon" aboard a Long Island Rail Road train, MTA police said Monday.

Officer David Hendrick, 38, of Brentwood, was off duty while riding a Ronkonkoma-bound train that left Penn Station at 9:17 p.m., MTA police said. Hendrick showed his gun, which police did not describe, while attempting to quiet down a group of unruly passengers following a Rangers game, MTA police said.

MTA and Nassau Police removed Hendrick from the train at Mineola station and arrested him on menacing charges, MTA police said.

NYPD officials declined to comment Monday and said they had not yet decided whether he will face any departmental disciplinary charges, including suspension.

[ginaf20697]

The 3 Star Selections in Hockey is and always has been a joke. Every home team media including the Rangers has a complete home team bias. Why they can't be objective when selecting the 3 stars is beyond me. The other night the Devils won in Tampa, yet Tampa had all 3 stars. Zach Parise had a goal and the game winning goal in the shootout, yet Ryan Malone who didn't even have a point in the game was the #3 star.

I can't believe there are people who actually give a fuck. Who CARES who the hell the three stars are?

[George Costanza]

Rangers score on the 5 on 3.
Callahan
Rangers Dominating 2-0
Way different team this year.

[bill333]

I wanna see Orr knock out Brashear though. I would cheer.

As would we all.

That may be the first time ever an entire arena would cheer for the visiting player in a fight.


well, it happened and they did :icon_lol:

[bill333]

was that redirected by Cally?

[bill333]

Damn sneaky puck!! :mad4:

started getting sloppy but they are really getting some nice short handed chances this season already

[iSpeakEloquent]

I can't believe there are people who actually give a fuck. Who CARES who the hell the three stars are?

it's a hockey tradition, a pretty big portion of the fans in the 400s stick around to see who they are

Rangers score on the 5 on 3.
Callahan
Rangers Dominating 2-0
Way different team this year.

and you thought they were the best team in the east last year, they must be really good now ;)

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren :siren
Avery!!!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren
Gabby!!!

that was fast and awesome

I want to see that Orr-Brashear fight again...I missed it before. I assume it'll be up on Hockeyfights by tomorrow

[bill333]

sweet!

[bill333]

The fight wasn't anything special. I think Brashear got the better of him but hearing the fans cheer, you wonder who they were really cheering for?

[Mindslayer]

It was a decent fight but unfortunately Brashear got the better of Colton. The big nagger quick jabbed him in the head at least four or five times.

[bill333]

It was a decent fight but unfortunately Brashear got the better of Colton. The big nagger quick jabbed him in the head at least four or five times.

well it started out with Brashear asking him which way was norf :action-sm

[bill333]

whooooo!! Dg

[bill333]

AVERY!!

Fuck you Blake

[FAZ8218]

This Leafs team is just painful to watch. And what's even more painful is that they don't have a 1st round pick next year.

[bill333]

This Leafs team is just painful to watch. And what's even more painful is that they don't have a 1st round pick next year.

How do you and your girl handle the games against each other? Do you give each other shit, any bets or winner/loser favors?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

How do you and your girl handle the games against each other? Do you give each other shit, any bets or winner/loser favors?

I can see Faz's response right now....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxE_oQBwrdU

[FAZ8218]

How do you and your girl handle the games against each other? Do you give each other shit, any bets or winner/loser favors?
We've done bets before... she'd be stupid to do one right now, obviously. It's rough because we know that someone's gonna be pissed at the end of the night and the other person doesn't wanna gloat too much, but you wanna be happy for your own team. Leafs really suck right now though, so I had to lay off.

EDIT: I did throw in one line though - "You know your team sucks when Wade Redden scores on you."

[bill333]

EDIT: I did throw in one line though - "You know your team sucks when Wade Redden scores on you."


LOL!! nice

I don't get real pissed during regular season, just playoffs. I actually don't even get mad anymore about that either. I lost a little since my youth with these overpaid athletes and greedy owners. I'll cheer like a motherfucker but I don't let the losses hang over my head.

[pnigga]

going to say this now:

Higgins and Avery need to be switched

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Just because...

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=media%2Fapphoto%2Feeafa791-8c72-4e1c-9d42-93046461b100.jpg&w=512&h=437 http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=media%2Fgettyphoto%2FGYI0058620681.jpg&w=715&h=854 http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=media%2Fgettyphoto%2FGYI0058620790.jpg&w=715&h=548

[Mindslayer]

Fuckin love the last picture of Colton knockin that fool's block off.

[FAZ8218]

I love the 2nd one with that "I'm gonna fuckin kill you" face.

[The Sarge]

Heck yeah!

[bill333]

miss Orr

[iSpeakEloquent]

Fuckin love the last picture of Colton knockin that fool's block off.

yea but it in the end it never happened

brashear-1
orr-0

[Mindslayer]

True, but I still love that pic. In a perfect world Orr wouldve beaten Brashear so badly he wouldve been taken out of a stetcher, which is, ironically, the same fate that Todd Bertuzzi deserved for paralyzing Steve Moore.


Yea, I know Im dating myself with that, but I still hate that cunt Bertuzzi.

[George Costanza]

True, but I still love that pic. In a perfect world Orr wouldve beaten Brashear so badly he wouldve been taken out of a stetcher, which is, ironically, the same fate that Todd Bertuzzi deserved for paralyzing Steve Moore.


Yea, I know Im dating myself with that, but I still hate that cunt Bertuzzi.

Bertuzzi tried to fight him a few times for Moore taking runs at and injuring Markus Naslund. So he sucker punched him, Moore had it coming and Bertuzzi did not paralyze him the teammates jumping on him after the play did. Nobody deserves what happened to Moore. Bertuzzi made one mistake. Moore ran star players on other teams with intent to injure often.

[Fred Told Me]

. Bertuzzi did not paralyze him the teammates jumping on him after the play did.

I'm speechless. Had to watch the replay over again at You Tube to make sure you just a made another idiotic statement. And sure again you did.

Bertuzzi punches him and drives him to the ice, then the other player gets on top of Bertuzzi, which did very little to Moore. The damage was already done.

[Papagolash]

Brashear won that fight. A few cheers for Orr to win though. Whole crowd cheered for the fight. No one boo'd Brashear, which is good. Even after Redden had a 3 point game there were idiots booing him, and saying how him getting tripped in the 3rd was the only thing he's done good that game. Fucking idiots.

Looks like they did something with the lights at the Garden, looking at the ice was like looking through a glass of Tang. Was fun taunting the Leafs fans. My section SUCKED, no one made any noise. FAIL to 315.

That was my 1st Rangers win in 5 games, dating back to 2 seasons ago. Loss to the Sens like 6-5, then the 2 Dallas games last year, and the playoffs against the Caps, think game 6. One of the more enjoyable games I've been to. Also quite weird going to a game alone. Only done that twice.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9RE9RGrVY

I'll admit, Moore was being a bitch earlier in that game & throughout the season by running guys. But that was all Bertuzzi doing the damage. If Moore wouldn't fight, which he wouldn't, Todd could have just attempted to fight someone else on the Avs. Yes you want to beat the shit out of the guy who is trying to injure your guys, but if that fails, you try to destroy someone else on their squad

Also quite weird going to a game alone. Only done that twice.

At least you could get as drunk as you wanted & not worry about making an ass out of yourself in front of your friends

[George Costanza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpYYNjWnro#809189D2-7517-4af1-BAF0-1A36C3BB8640&numResults=0&command=%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28% 27veohrecs_fr%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%27107px% 27%3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28%27V eoh_SpaceDiv%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%2712px%27 %3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28%27Veo hCompass.LoadingDiv%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%27 0px%27%3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28 %27VeohCompass.LoadingDiv%27%29.style.display%20%3 D%20%27none%27%3B

My point was Moore was always looking to injure players on the opposing team. Bertuzzi did not intend to paralyze Moore and made one mistake that he's paid for.

40 odd minutes till Gametime betting Rangers win 4-2

[Papagolash]

Bertuzzi tried to fight him a few times for Moore taking runs at and injuring Markus Naslund. So he sucker punched him, Moore had it coming and Bertuzzi did not paralyze him the teammates jumping on him after the play did. Nobody deserves what happened to Moore. Bertuzzi made one mistake. Moore ran star players on other teams with intent to injure often.


Wow lot of stupid in this post. 1st the damage was done by Bertuzzi riding Moores head into the ice. 2nd it was a clean hit, you may not have liked it but it was a clean hit. 3rd He had it coming? Well he got it when he fought Matt Cooke earlier in that game. Usually that would be it, but maybe the Canucks/Crawford weren't satisfied since Moore had the upper hand in that fight. I guess that's why when they were down 8-2 in the 3rd they decided to goon it up and have both Pronger and Bertuzzi go after him.

[George Costanza]

Hate to be at odds with you since you told me about Firefox which I now use instead of IE.

Agree that Bertuzzi played a major role in what happened to Moore. Chris Pronger wasn't on the Canucks. Look at some youtube clips of Moore taking cheap shots on players.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Pretty good pregame talk about Torts about how Redden has been doing much better. He's tried to clean the slate, I believe he has. Coming into this camp he's been really good in the neutral zone & not playing in his endzone so much, as far as breaking up plays above our blueline so then you don't have a lot of difficult situations as far as spending time in your endzone. There are gonna be bumps for all of us here, we're on a little ride right now; we just gotta stay within ourselves. Reds' gotta do the same thing, he's been solid. God, I even heard a cheer! I heard the people cheer for him the other night & he's gonna be okay. We just gotta stay with him & live with some of the bumps along the way and keep on pushing.

[Papagolash]

Hate to be at odds with you since you told me about Firefox which I now use instead of IE.

Agree that Bertuzzi played a major role in what happened to Moore. Chris Pronger wasn't on the Canucks. Look at some youtube clips of Moore taking cheap shots on players.


You do remember Sean, Chris' brother right? Sean and Todd were on the ice both going after Moore on the same shift that Bertuzzi suckerpunched Moore.

Also I looked for clips for Moore on youtube, hits, fights, runs etc, couldn't find anything besides the Nazzy/cooke/bertuzzi stuff. Also couldn't find anything about him running players either.

Also here's a clip of the fight, Nazzy hit, and suckerpunch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwKPI83hK3c

EDIT: Also sorry if I'm coming off douchy a bit, just got a thing about suckerpunches, seen 2 Rangers have their careers pretty much ended because of suckerpunches like that. Plus I'm tired and cranky dealing with idiots calling into work all day.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I would like the Kings to be good again..but fuck are these uniforms ugly. Yes, I get it, purple is the color of royalty, but c'mon. Bring back the old Gretzky-Kurri-Robatille black & silver unis

Vinny!!
:siren :siren :siren :siren
I love it, a deflection from in front of the net on the PP! Another point for DZ, on Prospal's 200th goal


fuckin HANK!!! That was a sick save

[bill333]

X2

[bill333]

damn

[Jimmy's Dignity]

damn

Smyth is good. That goal really shifted the momentum though...the Kings have been carrying the play since. I wonder when the last time the Rangers & Kings played where they were both at the top of their respective divisions

[George Costanza]

Nice elbow to Lundqvists head there.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Harrold should get his ass kicked for that. Did he get pushed? Yeah, a little bit by Girardi, but Harrold definitely put his elbow out to make sure he hit Hank. Sure hope you feel like kicking Voros' ass kid (Brashear's scratched tonight)

I didn't see most of the Toronto game, I didn't realize the Leafs ran Hank like that.

C'mon 5-on-3!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That's a goal unless the ref says he intended to blow it :icon_conf
if it's that, he must have intended to blow it before he even got behind the net

[bill333]

he didn't even bring the whistle up until it was out

[bill333]

whooooo

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Nice! Who was that, Cally or Prospal? Hey the Kings have a black guy who's not Anson Carter!

[Papagolash]

whooooo


whaaaaaaaat

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That was a damned nice 1st period

[George Costanza]

Goal and a fight. Ding
Booyah

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Boyle!!!
:siren :siren :siren :siren

And then Voros gets right into a fight during the celebration. didn't even get his gloves off until O'Donnell had landed about 4 punches :haha7:

[bill333]

Love the clank, when it goes in for us

[samurai]

That was a damned nice 1st period

It's kinda cool watching Hockey on MSG again. When I was in College, (due to being 250 miles from Chicago), it was the only hockey I could watch. For two years, I knew more about the Rangers than my beloved Hawks. :icon_eek:

Don't tell anyone.

[bill333]

Too many hits for Hank

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh man...Hank had better be okay. I cannot believe the number of times he's been run/hit so far this season. That one was incidental but still :icon_conf

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Rozi got booed when he was announced as having the assist on Boyle's goal. But They just added DZ as a secondary assist & there was a nice little cheer

[AND......YUCK]

kudos to the Kings power play, lots of shots and great passes, and fuck a goal

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Ratfarts. Handzus got lucky there

[bill333]

getting sloppy again with giving up PP's

[bill333]

getting outhustled is what's happening

[George Costanza]

Pass worthy of John Elway to Gaborik.
Goallll

[bill333]

gabby!!!

[AND......YUCK]

Holy shit, Marion Gaborik (6), from Prospal & Girardi

[bill333]

SaWEEEEEET

[Mindslayer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpYYNjWnro#809189D2-7517-4af1-BAF0-1A36C3BB8640&numResults=0&command=%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28% 27veohrecs_fr%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%27107px% 27%3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28%27V eoh_SpaceDiv%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%2712px%27 %3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28%27Veo hCompass.LoadingDiv%27%29.style.height%20%3D%20%27 0px%27%3B%20m_objCurrentDocument.getElementById%28 %27VeohCompass.LoadingDiv%27%29.style.display%20%3 D%20%27none%27%3B

My point was Moore was always looking to injure players on the opposing team. Bertuzzi did not intend to paralyze Moore and made one mistake that he's paid for.

40 odd minutes till Gametime betting Rangers win 4-2


Not to start rehashing this again, but Bertuzzi's "one mistake" cost Steve Moore his liveliehood. And I wouldnt exactly say that Bertuzzi paid for what he did considering he recieved a bullshit suspension and is still in the league making millions. He shouldve been banned from the game for as long as Moore cant play, which would be, obviously, for life.


Anyway, onto happier news. Another great win; six in a row, and Gaborik is looking better every game.

[George Costanza]

I called it 4-2
Rangers looked good tonight on the pk and Gaboriks line played well.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

A little flat tonight, but that's to be expected with 3 games in 4 nights - especially tonight against a bigger more physical team.

I am loving how the team is playing this year under Torts. Last year they'd have lost at least two of these 6 games.

[AND......YUCK]

not the best they have looked but got goals when they needed them and Hank pretty much won the game for us

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Damned good series of games...did anyone figure that the Rangers would have 12 points before they even had to make a decision about Del Zotto? I've got this sneaking suspicion that he's going to stay right where he is and never sniff the Juniors again.

That high sticking at the very end of the game was so bad...worst embellishment I've seen outside of Marty

[Mindslayer]

They played like shit the 2nd period but at least were able to close it out nicely.

[FAZ8218]

What a fuckin goal by Gaborik. I love this team.

[bill333]

Holy shit!! is anyone watching MSG still?

the little kid with that shot? are you kidding me?

[FAZ8218]

Holy shit!! is anyone watching MSG still?

the little kid with that shot? are you kidding me?
No I moved on to a real broadcast. TSN feed of the Oilers-Hawks game.


Good thing there's youtube:
6TxGVSw6Ayw

[bill333]

the look from the goalie is priceless.

[iSpeakEloquent]

That was my 1st Rangers win in 5 games, dating back to 2 seasons ago. Loss to the Sens like 6-5, then the 2 Dallas games last year, and the playoffs against the Caps, think game 6. One of the more enjoyable games I've been to. Also quite weird going to a game alone. Only done that twice.

i haven't lost a game since my road trip to buffalo (shootout loss) and ottawa, 6 game winning streak and 6-0-1 in my last 7 including playoffs

ive gone to a game alone once in the playoffs against pit (jagr's last garden game) i had a great time, make friends with everyone around u.


40 odd minutes till Gametime betting Rangers win 4-2

good call


EDIT: Also sorry if I'm coming off douchy a bit, just got a thing about suckerpunches, seen 2 Rangers have their careers pretty much ended because of suckerpunches like that. Plus I'm tired and cranky dealing with idiots calling into work all day.

remember when tie domi was on the leafs and took off his glove and knocked out ulf samuellson, ulf fell and hit the back of his head on the ice, puddle of blood.

I would like the Kings to be good again..but fuck are these uniforms ugly. Yes, I get it, purple is the color of royalty, but c'mon. Bring back the old Gretzky-Kurri-Robatille black & silver unis


go back the lakers colors of purple and gold...:puke:

Smyth is good. That goal really shifted the momentum though...the Kings have been carrying the play since. I wonder when the last time the Rangers & Kings played where they were both at the top of their respective divisions

id guess 1994 and if so thats probably the only other time ever

What a fuckin goal by Gaborik. I love this team.

7/9/09:offseason threads are fuckin hilarious to look back at

How do you cheer for a team when you dislike half of the roster?
I hate Brashear obviously, not a fan about the departures of Mara, Orr and Sjost, I'm not really crazy about their replacements, I really don't like the defense at all.
:action-sm oh and :icon_cool

[Ball of Hate]

So fucking pissed I had midnight shifts this week and missed the games. At least I'll get to watch the next game Sat night...which should be a bloodbath as far as Toronto is concerned. Let's hope Brashear is healthy. ;)

[Sack of Chisels]

7/9/09:offseason threads are fuckin hilarious to look back at


:action-sm oh and :icon_cool

Oh that Faz is always threatening to cease cheering for this team. He didn't want Avery back either.:huh:

[FAZ8218]

7/9/09:offseason threads are fuckin hilarious to look back at

:action-sm oh and :icon_cool
Oh that Faz is always threatening to cease cheering for this team. He didn't want Avery back either.:huh:
I obviously never cease cheering for this team and probably never will. But this start is definitely a surprise... to me at least.

One player who has turned me around is Prospal. We'll see if he can remain consistent. I never liked Kotalik or Brashear and still don't. I am pleased with Kotalik's effort thus far, though.

I've always been a huge fan of Gaborik, he wasn't included in that 7/9/09 statement.

and sunglass facey guy to you too, fuckin cockholes. :rolleyes:

EDIT: Revisiting the initial comment, the only part I really can rescind is the part about defense. I've always been a fan of Del Zotto but obviously I was unsure about the rest of the D. I have been extremely happy with Redden this season, and Gilroy has been great.

[Ball of Hate]

But this start is definitely a surprise... to me at least.

To be fair, given the turnover with the team, this start is pretty surprising. Maybe Tort's training camp really did bring them together.

[FAZ8218]

To be fair, given the turnover with the team, this start is pretty surprising. Maybe Tort's training camp really did bring them together.
I think conditioning is a big part of it. This team is in great shape physically.

[iSpeakEloquent]

To be fair, given the turnover with the team, this start is pretty surprising. Maybe Tort's training camp really did bring them together.

maybe because this year they weren't wasting time trying to put puzzles together

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Tom Renney: Puzzles & Truth or Dare. Perfect NHL conditioning exercises

[Sack of Chisels]

Rangers surprising the hockey world as well.

THN picked us to finish 13th in the East. Messier got them to reconsider. (http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/28580-THNcom-Blog-Real-deal-or-earlyseason-posers.html)

Here's another good article by Sportsnet. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/10/16/rangers_brophy1/

[Mindslayer]

Heh, Messier couldve gotten Hitler to reconsider the Holocaust.

[bill333]

Tom Renney: Puzzles & Truth or Dare. Perfect NHL conditioning exercises

If he stayed on, this year's camp would have been harder though. I heard he had planned to have them do Sudoku.

Torts even has Redden playing decent...so far.

A far better team to watch than that sit back and let them score style.

[Fred Told Me]

Last season on Saturday November 1, the Rangers went in to Toronto at 10-2-1 and looking invincible, similar to the way they do now. They went on to blow that game in the 3rd period which led to 4 losses in 5 games, and the Rangers never looked invincible again the rest of the season.

Let's hope history does not repeat itself starting tonight.

[FAZ8218]

There really is no reason to lose to this shambled Toronto team.

And why the fuck couldn't this game have been last Saturday?! I could have went. I'm going to the one in March, though.

[bill333]

Different players, different coach, different style. Not to say they couldn't go on to lose, just that this team doesn't resemble last years team.

Anyone look at Torts on the bench? Even when they score he looks pissed or unimpressed.

[George Costanza]

Best record in the East vs the worst.
I predict Rangers win 5-2.

[iSpeakEloquent]

Different players, different coach, different style. Not to say they couldn't go on to lose, just that this team doesn't resemble last years team.

Anyone look at Torts on the bench? Even when they score he looks pissed or unimpressed.

similar too tom caughlin, it's never good enough until there is a trophy being raised, i also like how after the period is over he is the first off the bench, looking like he is leaving in disgust

[ginaf20697]

I'm having a hard time deciding whether 90's Night is really cool or really retarded.

[George Costanza]

I never knew Gaborik was such a good 2 way player, probably due to playing under the trap first coach in Minnesota.

[ginaf20697]

HNIC referring to the high powered Rangers power play. We are truly in Bizarro World.

And the Rangers better start bashing some head in the crease. There's no fucking reason they should be letting Lundqvist keep being run without bashing some brains in.

[George Costanza]

Goal Dubinski.
Scrappy game where's Brashear?

[Barely Legal]

HNIC pimping up Del Zotto like he's the next coming of Bobby Orr.

[FAZ8218]

From Monday night:
I did throw in one line though - "You know your team sucks when Wade Redden scores on you."

Tonight's line:
You know your team sucks when you let Enver Lisin net one. :action-sm

[Ball of Hate]

From Monday night:


Tonight's line:
You know your team sucks when you let Enver Lisin net one. :action-sm

Meanwhile...Chris Higgins is asking himself, "What's a guy gotta do to poke one in around here???"

[FAZ8218]

Meanwhile...Chris Higgins is asking himself, "What's a guy gotta do to poke one in around here???"
He should just be happy that the team is performing. If they weren't he'd be under much more scrutiny these days.

Besides... he's from Smithtown. What good ever came out of that place. :action-sm

[iSpeakEloquent]

Meanwhile...Chris Higgins is asking himself, "What's a guy gotta do to poke one in around here???"

he should be asking what do i have to do to get off the chris drury line aka the line that doesn't score.

He should just be happy that the team is performing. If they weren't he'd be under much more scrutiny these days.

Besides... he's from Smithtown. What good ever came out of that place. :action-sm

funny guy over here :action-sm

smithtown is the world famous home of chris higgins, jim mecir, frank catalanotto and Mick Foley :icon_mrgr

[LilJimmyRbinson]

For anyone interested, our first round pick Chris Kreider of BC is playing on ESPNU right now.

[FAZ8218]

For anyone interested, our first round pick Chris Kreider of BC is playing on ESPNU right now.
Good call! I'll keep an eye on that while watching the Jets.

[bill333]

Sucks, only a handful of Tuesday night games for me to go to.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Good call! I'll keep an eye on that while watching the Jets.

He did everything but score. What an awesome skater he is. I'd say he'd be in the top 5% in the NHL in terms of speed and awareness.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Anyone else going to the game tonight?

[pnigga]

word around town is that Avery is moving up to the second line with Higgins going down to 3, and not a moment too soon.

now if we could just get Drury on the third line where he belongs...

[George Costanza]

word around town is that Avery is moving up to the second line with Higgins going down to 3, and not a moment too soon.

now if we could just get Drury on the third line where he belongs...

Drury makes close to 8 million a year. I can't see him playing on the third line.
Also the Rangers are first in the league with goals scored, nice surprise:icon_bigg. I don't think they'll continue to average 4 goals a game. Probably right around 3.2 goals a game.

[Papagolash]

Drury isn't a playmaker, and if he was before he isn't now. Unfortunately Anisimov is a rookie and is learning the ropes, he's not good enough to be moved up to 2nd line yet. Maybe next season. Prospal is playing too good on the 1st line to be moved to the 2nd line. So we just gotta stick it out with Dru on the 2nd line.

[pnigga]

So we just gotta stick it out with Dru on the 2nd line.

Drury makes close to 8 million a year. I can't see him playing on the third line.

you're both right, and they're definitely stuck with him, but he has no business being a second line center, nor did he deserve the money that dummy paid him. he's a 50-60 point guy...hell, his stats are almost identical to Bobby Holik. Drury would be the target of similar wrath if the Rangers were as terrible now as they were when Holik was robbing the Rangers blind after his walk year.

[FAZ8218]

He did everything but score. What an awesome skater he is. I'd say he'd be in the top 5% in the NHL in terms of speed and awareness.
I should have stuck with the BC game rather than the Jets. :mad4:


A little clip from Scott Burnside's column on ESPN.com today:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=4577207
1. Rangers off to strong start
Most people will point to Marian Gaborik or the kids on the blue line as the catalysts for the New York Rangers' superlative 7-1-0 start to the season. We point to a visit veteran winger Vaclav Prospal had with coach John Tortorella this past summer.

Prospal, who played for Tortorella in Tampa before chasing the money to Anaheim the season the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2003-04, was out of work when he dropped by a backyard cookout at the Tortorella spread. The coach thought there would be a fit for Prospal with his Rangers, but they didn't have a lot of money to throw around. He asked Prospal if he was ready to play for something other than money.

"I've known him for a long time. We've battled. We've had our ups and downs," Tortorella told ESPN.com last week.

Both are stubborn, he said. Both are emotional. "It's a weird relationship," Tortorella said.

Weird or not, Prospal has fit like a foot in a skate with Gaborik and the Rangers. The skilled winger has 11 points and is a plus-7, and he, Gaborik and Brandon Dubinsky have formed one of the league's most productive forward units so far this season.

"It just seems to work with him and me," Tortorella said. "He has been a huge part to our start."

[AND......YUCK]

umm, goal for Del Zotto, 2-0, oh yeah the Yankees are on...

[ginaf20697]

Damn was that a beautiful goal.

[Mindslayer]

Apparently they're down 4-2, but Im not even watching it thanks to extra innings in the Yankees / Angels game.

[FAZ8218]

Apparently they're down 4-2, but Im not even watching it thanks to extra innings in the Yankees / Angels game.
Well now that the Yanks lost you can switch over to find they're actually down 5-2 :mad4:

[ginaf20697]

My advice would be to turn on the Phillies game now

[bill333]

where was the quick whistle for that one?

[pnigga]

this was a total beatdown but a good lesson was learned (read: confirmed for the millionth time): Steve Valiquette is an AHL goalie.

[FAZ8218]

Also, one can't ignore the mountain of penalties the Rangers took tonight. You can't keep a good flow when you're constantly killing penalties.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

the last two days in NY sports have sucked the proverbial big black dick

[iSpeakEloquent]

this was a total beatdown but a good lesson was learned (read: confirmed for the millionth time): Steve Valiquette is an AHL goalie.

this is his last season with the team anyway, chad johnson i think will be much better, was there a reason vally was playing tonight?

[Fred Told Me]

I'm all for Tortorella's plan to give Lundqvist more rest this season. However you have to pick your spots better.

First off it's early in the season. Lundqvist isn't worn out yet. he doesn't need extra rest. Especially with no back to backs, and 2 days off before the next game. And you can't play Valliquette against an elite team like San Jose and expect not to get burned. Ok it worked against Anaheim. I was not happy that he played Valliquette against Anaheim instead of the next night against Toronto, and Valliquette shut out the Ducks. You only get lucky once.

With Lundqivst in nets from the start, who knows what this game might have been. They may have still lost, but at least they would have had a shot.

[Ball of Hate]

I'm all for Tortorella's plan to give Lundqvist more rest this season. However you have to pick your spots better.

First off it's early in the season. Lundqvist isn't worn out yet. he doesn't need extra rest. Especially with no back to backs, and 2 days off before the next game. And you can't play Valliquette against an elite team like San Jose and expect not to get burned. Ok it worked against Anaheim. I was not happy that he played Valliquette against Anaheim instead of the next night against Toronto, and Valliquette shut out the Ducks. You only get lucky once.

With Lundqivst in nets from the start, who knows what this game might have been. They may have still lost, but at least they would have had a shot.

Given the way Toronto was knocking into Hank last week, it was all but assured they would do it again on Sat night. They did. Valley should have played Sat night, then have Hank for the Sharks last night.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

The only saving grace was that it's a non conference opponent so it doesn't really hurt the teams standings. But year, no reason for Valliquette to be in there at home instead of at Toronto. I know Hank needs to rest because of the schedule and the Olympics but he should pick his spots better than that.

Hey, 7 in a row is still 7 in a row, and the Rangers have already scored more goals in their first 9 games than they did in all of October 2008.

[pnigga]

I don't have a problem with giving Lundqvist the night off against a non-conference opponent but there's never really a proper night to let Hank take a seat when your back-up goaltender doesn't belong in the NHL.

[Fred Told Me]

This isn't the NFL. This Non-Conference Opponent doesn't hold. I know you're not going to be battling for a playoff spot with the Sharks, but guess what. You're not going to be battling for a playoff spot against Toronto either. The only thing Toronto is going to be battling for is with the Islanders for worst record in the East.

These Non Conference Games still mean something. You have to give yourself the best chance at 2 points. And Valliquette against the Sharks is almost throwing away a shot at 2 points., regarless of what he did against Anaheim.

[pnigga]

Valiquette against anyone is throwing away two points

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Vally could have gotten 2 points from Toronto. After the way Toronto ran Hank the first game, I'd have put Vally in. He's bigger & could take the hits a little better

[pnigga]

maybe, maybe not. considering how poorly they played in that game, throwing in an AHL goalie doesn't guarantee Toronto only scores 3 goals and maybe the outcome is very different.

anyway, we're splitting hairs. there is no right time to sit Hank when his backup is Steve Valiquette.

[iSpeakEloquent]

this was a total beatdown but a good lesson was learned (read: confirmed for the millionth time): Steve Valiquette is an AHL goalie.

I don't have a problem with giving Lundqvist the night off against a non-conference opponent but there's never really a proper night to let Hank take a seat when your back-up goaltender doesn't belong in the NHL.

Valiquette against anyone is throwing away two points

maybe, maybe not. considering how poorly they played in that game, throwing in an AHL goalie doesn't guarantee Toronto only scores 3 goals and maybe the outcome is very different.

anyway, we're splitting hairs. there is no right time to sit Hank when his backup is Steve Valiquette.

ok we get it, you don't like valiquette

the guy has played well enough over the last 3 years to be backup to an elite goaltender. However backups should always go against the bottom teams, no matter who the back up is. Also lundqvist could have started this game and saturday since they don't have a game til thursday which is against the devils, another poor offensive team.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

And heeeeeeeeere weeeeeeeeeee go!! (at least until the Yankees game starts)

Nice, Avery drops the gloves only 5:30 in...long fight too vs. Mottau

[iSpeakEloquent]

yea this game goes straight to dvr at 7:57

even fight until the end, avery got a good shot in then drove him down to the ice

[Jimmy's Dignity]

27 penalties in the last 4 games? Holy fuck, how about you stop playing so sloppy?


Aggressive D has been a good thing this year so far...tonight, not so much :yuck2:

that period sucked

[George Costanza]

Gaborik Scores
Nice

[FAZ8218]

I have a lot of work to do so I'm actually watching the game on mute and just turning my head every once in a while. Since the goal they've really picked it up. Hopefully they keep it going.

[FAZ8218]

Just keep proving me wrong, Kotalik...

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren
Koats!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That was a great play by Colin White to stop Cally on that breakaway right near the end

[Sack of Chisels]

Good effort, Devils were just better tonight. Rangers looked a step behind all night save a few shifts. Staal & Girardi were just terrible

[George Costanza]

Chelios turns down offer with Rangers AHL affiliate. Too bad I think with the top 4 young guys on the Rangers D he could be a good mentor as a 6th/7th defenseman.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=4588230

[ginaf20697]

Ugh these shitty starts are KILLING us!

[FAZ8218]

Great hands by Anisimov, shitty start though, you're right, Gina.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That 2nd period was just plain scary...go up 3-1, then 4-2...now it's 4-4? :arrrh:

Dubi had a few bad turnovers, he hasn't seen the ice at all in the 3rd (halfway through)
apparently Higgins has been benched in the 3rd too

Why does Avery get booed in Montreal like Pronger does in Detroit? He didn't wrong Montreal in any way, did he? Or do you think it's more of a "You're bad for hockey" type of booing? Off we go to overtime...


:arrrh: :arrrh: :arrrh: :arrrh: :arrrh: :arrrh: :arrrh:

up 3-1 in the 2nd period, on the road in Montreal...and they lose 5-4 in OT. Dubi gave up the puck that directly lead to Montreal's 2nd goal and Hank getting hurt; Hank kept playing, Dubinsky sat on the bench for the duration of the game

[LilJimmyRbinson]

WHat a clusterfuck of a game.

[ginaf20697]

What a clusterfuck of a week :(

[FAZ8218]

We can't win in that building, plain and simple.

[Ball of Hate]

We can't win in that building, plain and simple.

That building or the Penguin's building.

[iSpeakEloquent]

We can't win in that building, plain and simple.

dude wtf, not just can't win but always blowing a huge lead

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I wonder if Prucha's playing tonight...

[ginaf20697]

Yes he is! And those Coyotes uniforms look like pajamas.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh what a fucking goal!!!!

:siren :siren :siren :siren
ARTIE!!!

[George Costanza]

Gaborik>Gomez


WOOOOT

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren
Gabby!!

that was fucking pretty passing by Dubi, I had no idea that our PP was 6th in the league

[bill333]

Dubi has to take that shot on the PP, walked in too far

[bill333]

Vp!!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

:siren :siren :siren :siren
Vinny!!

that was fucking pretty as hell. You almost never see the Rangers score something that pretty

[George Costanza]

Goalll
Prospal looks good this year

[Mindslayer]

This is exactly the kind of game they need after the malaise theyve been going through for the past week or so.

[bill333]

Nice!

[George Costanza]

Jesus what a goal by Gaborik

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Oh man...how fucking beautiful is this? Puck movement, PPGs and another point for Del Zoto

Hey, time to bring in Labarbara

[FAZ8218]

Wow.

[ginaf20697]

God, he's so fucking good. Need to shake off my inevitable feelings of impending doom.

[bill333]

Henrik just sux with stick handling

[bill333]

God, he's so fucking good. Need to shake off my inevitable feelings of impending doom.

hush woman!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

w0000t!! :siren :siren :siren
Lisin!

That was a big one...didn't like that Phoenix closed the gap to 2

nice way to break that 3 game losing streak. Wow, Hank's already got 149 wins? I didn't realize that this is his 5th year already

[FAZ8218]

God, he's so fucking good. Need to shake off my inevitable feelings of impending doom.

......and Gaborik to the locker room.

[George Costanza]

God, he's so fucking good. Need to shake off my inevitable feelings of impending doom.

Jinxed him.
Look like it was just the right leg, hopefully not the groin.

[FAZ8218]

Jinxed him.
Look like it was just the right leg, hopefully not the groin.
Shut up.

[bill333]

Lucky the Coyotes weren't a better team because the Rangers got flat there a few times.

Good to get back in the win column

[pnigga]

is there any way in hell Drury gets benched? only guy on this team less dynamic than "the captain" is Rozsival.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Jinxed him.
Look like it was just the right leg, hopefully not the groin.

Shut up.

according to Andrew Gross...

Neither Marian Gaborik nor Henrik Lundqvist were on the ice today for the Rangers, Gaborik still recovering from a third-period on-ice collision in last night’s 5-2 win over the Coyotes. The Rangers are not disclosing what type of injury it is, just what it isn’t. It isn’t a hip, groin or - in Gaborik’s words - a torso problem. He was shaking his right leg as he skated off the ice so we’ll go out and call this one a lower-body injury. No word on his availability for tomorrow night’s game against the Islanders but coach John Tortorella said he was not too concerned. However, asked for more specifics, Tortorella retreated to his “I didn’t speak to the trainer yet” position.

As for Lundqvist, he was involved in a one-car collision while driving to practice as his luxury car slid off the slick Saw Mill in today’s rain and hit a guardrail. The goalie was said to be OK but was obviously late getting to practice. No reason he shouldn’t be available tomorrow.

Without Gaborik, lines looked like this:
Enver Lisin-Vinny Prospal-Aaron Voros
Sean Avery-Chris Drury-Ales Kotalik
Christopher Higgins-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan Callahan
Donald Brashear-Artem Anisimov-Brian Boyle

[Bone Dry]

I'm not going to be able to make the game Sunday, if anyones intrested in tickets @ face shoot me a PM.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I'm already going w/ my cousin

[Begbie]

Here's to a good game tonight! :drunk:

According to Botta, looks like Gaborik is out. The shocking thing about the Isles is their record...1-4-5. 6 out of their 10 games have gone to overtime. If the Isles manage to get a lead going into the third...expect them to self-destruct between the 10min-5min mark of the third. They've coughed up 1, 2, or 3 goal leads in at least 7 of those 10 games.

I'd at least like to see some fisticuffs...but even then, the Isles don't have anyone, outside of maybe Jackman or Witt, that can throw a punch...a bunch of goddamn softies.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Yeah, Zipay is saying that Gaborik is likely out as well. Rangers recalled Parenteau from Hartford to play.

[pnigga]

no Brashear again...anybody buying that this guy is actually hurt or is he already a healthy scratch more than a month before I thought he'd be relegated to that role.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

no Brashear again...anybody buying that this guy is actually hurt or is he already a healthy scratch more than a month before I thought he'd be relegated to that role.

He better be hurt because he should be out there against the Isles just to have a fight. He's better at that than Voros.

Sucks about Gaborik. Hope this isn't the start of something.

As for Hank, I heard the guardrail crashed into him while his defense was driving around aimlessly.

[pnigga]

He better be hurt because he should be out there against the Isles just to have a fight. He's better at that than Voros.


not a doubt in my mind that Donald Brashear will end up a recurring healthy scratch on this team - I just thought it would happen in December and not October. total waste of money and a guy who barely belongs in the NHL.

still, I'd rather have him out there than Aaron Voros.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

As for Hank, I heard the guardrail crashed into him while his defense was driving around aimlessly.

Hah!! Poor lamborghini.

With Brashear being out, I'm glad that Gaborik isn't playing. I don't want him to be out there less than 100% with Witt out there & no one to keep the Isles in line

[FullBallz]

C'mon Marian! If you get put on the IR by next week I win the "Gaborik Injury Pool" with my friends. :action-sm

[Begbie]

Newsday is reporting Doug Weight had H1N1 and was isolated from the team to prevent spreading it. He'll be in the lineup tonight because team doctors feel he's no longer contagious. Judging by the way they've treated Rick DiPietro's health issues in the past, don't be surprised if both NY teams are infected with H1N1 in a week or two.

A little germ warfare to stifle a Ranger's successful season!

oh yeah and

:icon_cool

[Jimmy's Dignity]

As long as he doesn't try to make out with anyone...

[George Costanza]

Sucks Gaborik is out given how exciting he is to watch. It also looked like it was just the right leg, probably be fine. That being said Luongo is the latest star player to be injured out indefinitely. So it could be worse and the Rangers are deep at forward.

[Fr. Dougal]

Speaking of H1N1, I got about 5 ESPN "breaking nhl news" texts in the last 3 days listing players around the league out with Swine Flu.

As for tonight... I don't want to watch a bunch of Obamas, nor do I want to watch a bunch of Isles homers. Anyone know what channel MSG2 is on? And whether the DolanCunts are putting it in HD?

[Fr. Dougal]

Found it. Ch. 414 Not HD. Of course.

FUCK CABLEVISION. Fuck the Dolans. I hope they get ***** by ******* and get AIDS, swine flu, avian flu, rage virus and tit cancer.

FUCKING CUNT this is annoying. What am I paying these cocksuckers for?

[Fr. Dougal]

PA!!!

First NHL GOAL!!!!!!

[FAZ8218]

That is one loud Mausoleum! Way to go Rangers fans! I'm so jealous, someone offered me tickets but I couldn't take them, too much work to do. Boo.

[iSpeakEloquent]

not a doubt in my mind that Donald Brashear will end up a recurring healthy scratch on this team - I just thought it would happen in December and not October. total waste of money and a guy who barely belongs in the NHL.

still, I'd rather have him out there than Aaron Voros.

as long as the only other option is voros, brashear will be out there when healthy, although he is getting old and the style he plays he will be out with bumps and bruises a lot.

[Fr. Dougal]

The sad fucking thing about this game is that there are oodles of icelander fans who actually care more about beating the Rangers than the fact that it's ONLY their second win.

[FAZ8218]

Easily our worst game of the season. And our captain is easily our worst player.

[Ball of Hate]

Easily our worst game of the season. And our captain is easily our worst player.

I was just coming here to post that exact thing.

Cap't Clutch...at hitting the post.

Not for nothing - you see what? Maybe 1 or 2 post-hits per game??? But 5?? For 1 team???? Unreal.

[Begbie]

What happened to you guys? Too many damn posts!

You know me...I won't gloat. But, really...it was a fun game for me to watch. Pretty even for quite some time. Is Avery normally this tame? I don't get to watch many Rangers games, but really, I expected Avery to be stirring some shit up in a division rivalry.

Oh well...until next time...

[FAZ8218]

Another issue... We've lost 3 of 4 against division rivals so far.

[Ball of Hate]

Is Avery normally this tame? I don't get to watch many Rangers games, but really, I expected Avery to be stirring some shit up in a division rivalry.

Yeah - Avery really hasn't been "Avery" since he got back from his suspension. I guess Betteman effectively neutered him.

[pnigga]

Yeah - Avery really hasn't been "Avery" since he got back from his suspension. I guess Betteman effectively neutered him.

I think it's more Tortorella than Bettman

[George Costanza]

Avery exchange with Caps coach last year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Sean-Avery-feels-Caps-coach-has-a-slight-weight-;_ylt=ApMyrhTTFVrJxc2m9kceTDV7vLYF?urn=nhl,198966

[Fr. Dougal]

Love how all the comments on that blog post are so-called "hockey fans" who are getting their clits in a twist over Avery. Yet any one of them would be creaming their panties to get him on their team. They call Avery a scumbag and dick for his "antics"... yet they call themselves hockey fans? All Avery's doing is trash talking. Isn't this supposed to be a tough sport?

[ginaf20697]

Not to mention Boudreau IS a fat fuck.

[Mindslayer]

I think it's more Tortorella than Bettman


I agree with this. It goes back to last season in the playoffs when Torts benched Avery, effectively ending any chance they had of winning the series. Ever since then Avery has been a shadow of his former self. I think that Avery knows that he has a 'short leash' (Torts' words) and its gotten into his head.

[pnigga]

I agree with this. It goes back to last season in the playoffs when Torts benched Avery, effectively ending any chance they had of winning the series. Ever since then Avery has been a shadow of his former self. I think that Avery knows that he has a 'short leash' (Torts' words) and its gotten into his head.

don't forget when the disciplinarian coach hit a woman in the head with a water bottle and tried to attack a guy with a stick

[George Costanza]

Love how all the comments on that blog post are so-called "hockey fans" who are getting their clits in a twist over Avery. Yet any one of them would be creaming their panties to get him on their team. They call Avery a scumbag and dick for his "antics"... yet they call themselves hockey fans? All Avery's doing is trash talking. Isn't this supposed to be a tough sport?

People hate Avery because it's the thing to do. I like how he's outspoken like Hull and Roenick were. It's good for the sport. I really dig trash talking and expect Avery to have a big year. .

[Fr. Dougal]

Exactly. Let the trash talking flow free, and stop with the pussy PC shit.

It's like I said for years, if they mic'd the players and put it on the air, ratings would be huge. You couldn't because it'd be R-rated language... but I'd gladly fork over cash to watch it on PPV.

[Fr. Dougal]

BTW, I have 3 tickets to this Sunday's game if anyone's interested. Sec. 313.

[iSpeakEloquent]

i can't believe you guys are choosing avery over tortorella. he was benched because he was practically trying to cost the rangers that game. To say he has been a shell of his former self since then is wrong too. How many games has he played since the benching 6? 7? Long season folks

[Ball of Hate]

Here's why I don't get the Avery-hate (from the league/fans of other teams).

Yeah...he's a scumbag, but not for nothing, I can't remember him ever taking a cheap shot on somebody. He never goes after anybody's head...never tries to injure somebody, and will drop the gloves and fight when he has to. Yet Todd Bertuzzi gets welcomed back with open arms. It's disgusting.

[iSpeakEloquent]

yea it doesn't make sense, maybe he should go away for 5 years, come back, then everyone will feel bad when he doesn't make the team and he'll write a book like theo fleury

i remember when he was with the rangers people hated fleury cuz of his issues

[pnigga]

i can't believe you guys are choosing avery over tortorella. he was benched because he was practically trying to cost the rangers that game.

you hate avery; we get it.


also, change your avatar.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I won't say change the avatar, just maybe update it with Higgins wearing a Rangers jersey...

[iSpeakEloquent]

you hate avery; we get it.


also, change your avatar.

actually you don't get it. I have never said i hated avery. I don't. I am actually a pretty big fan of his. However I'm not going to agree with you and a lot of people here that say he is the most impactful player on this team and the reason they made the playoffs the last few years. That is ludicrous. He is a 2nd-3rd line player, he is one of the fastest skaters in the league which no one ever mentions. He has huge scoring ability which is overshadowed by his bullshit antics. You guys want to blame tortorella for sitting him in the playoffs when he almost cost them a game when a month prior people wanted renney fired for not making his players accountable.

and change your avatar too, hard to take someone seriously when bob kelly is staring at you

I won't say change the avatar, just maybe update it with Higgins wearing a Rangers jersey...

i don't know if i can find a picture of higgins celebrating in a rangers jersey

[iSpeakEloquent]

i guess that'll do til he actually shows up and does something

[pnigga]

looks like Avery isn't playing tonight (neither is Higgins but he's worthless)

not sure why but if it's a healthy scratch then I question if Tortorella has a clue what he's doing

[Jimmy's Dignity]

i don't know if i can find a picture of higgins celebrating in a rangers jersey

:(

Godfuckingdamnit! Rangers/Wild is on Cablevision's "overflow" channel...fucking channel 1. I hate when the fucking Knicks start up and push the Rangers onto this fucking awful channel

[ginaf20697]

looks like Avery isn't playing tonight (neither is Higgins but he's worthless)

not sure why but if it's a healthy scratch then I question if Tortorella has a clue what he's doing

I don't think he skated yesterday either so I doubt it's a healthy scratch. And even if it is it's not like he's done much this season.

[FAZ8218]

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/
Here’s the rundown on the Rangers’ lineup (all injuries in parenthesis are presumed by this reporter, not reported by the Rangers):

Marian Gaborik (right knee) is out.
Christopher Higgins (left ankle) is out.
Sean Avery (right knee) is out.
Dane Byers is on a flight to Minnesota from Hartford (direct, arriving about 4:30) and will be in the lineup.
Donald Brashear (right hand/wrist) is in the lineup.
P.A. Parenteau will play his second game for the Rangers.
Henrik Lundqvist will start in goal.

Gaborik participated in the Rangers’ optional morning skate, his first time on the ice since he got hurt in front of the Coyotes’ net in the third period of Monday’s 5-2 win. Even so, Gaborik didn’t sound so sure afterwards when he would skate next or, more importantly, play next.

“It is disappointing but I can’t do anything about it,” Gaborik said of not being able to play in his return to Minnesota, where he spent his first eight NHL seasons with the Wild. “I’m trying to push myself to have a good feel but it’s not there. I don’t think I would b e a piece to the puzzle (tonight).

“I think I’m on the right track,” Gaborik said, before being asked whether he’d skate tomorrow - the Rangers play the Bruins Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. “I don’t know. I need to do a lot of treatment.”

[iSpeakEloquent]

:(

Godfuckingdamnit! Rangers/Wild is on Cablevision's "overflow" channel...fucking channel 1. I hate when the fucking Knicks start up and push the Rangers onto this fucking awful channel

the knicks are on msg

isles are on msg+

rangers are on msg 2

how does that happen? oh i know so they don't have to bring the hd equipment to minnesota. why do people still support cablevision


love the wolfpack line of anisimov-byers-parenteau

[ginaf20697]

They carry around their HD stuff? I always assumed they just borrowed the home team's

[iSpeakEloquent]

honestly i have no idea but i just wanted to call the dolans cheap fucks

idk though cuz they are never in hd when they go to canada and a few years ago they were only in hd for the home games

the yankees are in hd for every single game

i know when they went to europe last year they used the feeds of the local tv, they mentioned that cuz they weren't getting the replays they wanted

[AND......YUCK]

no HD sucks, the Knicks are down by 14 to the Bobcats, switch to the Rangers, put the awful Knicks on MSG 2...

[iSpeakEloquent]

what are these knicks and what do they do

[Jimmy's Dignity]

what are these knicks and what do they do

Nothin but eyes & teeth...


http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Science_and_Body/Mouths/Eyes_and_teeth.gif

[iSpeakEloquent]

ugh

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Why is it that ex-Rangers always score against us? That's annoying as hell

[iSpeakEloquent]

im so sick of petr sykora, we always find him somewhere

[pnigga]

im so sick of petr sykora, we always find him somewhere

except when he wore a Rangers jersey

[bill333]

Why is it that ex-Rangers always score against us? That's annoying as hell



Trade enough away and the percentage is going to be high.

I can't view it so it's drinking time at the bar.

[FAZ8218]

Last two goals scored by AHLers. Are we the Islanders or Rangers? I'm confused.

[pnigga]

Are we the Islanders or Rangers? I'm confused.

just not a very good team

[FAZ8218]

Fuckin Micheletti... "Well (player name) has played well, hasn't he?" 700 times a game. Fuck, with all this money get some new announcers, MSG.

[pnigga]

Fuckin Micheletti... "Well (player name) has played well, hasn't he?" 700 times a game. Fuck, with all this money get some new announcers, MSG.

we could have Chico Resch

end of story

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Staal!! :siren :siren

Fuckin Vinny Prospal has surprised the shit out of me this season. He's tied at 2nd in the league for assists

[Jimmy's Dignity]

You Hulkamaniacs better keep sayin' your prayers, taking your vitamins, and cheering for your Blueshirts!!!

http://cdn.nhl.com/rangers/images/upload/2009/10/Hogan_H_1030_Ins1.jpg


The Hulkster shows his Blueshirt pride
(http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=504188)
Upcoming games at Garden to feature shout-outs from wrestling legend

Rangers fans, be sure to keep an eye on Gardenvision over the next several games to see a special Rangers shout-out from professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.

The World’s Most Famous Wrestler stopped by the World’s Most Famous Arena on Oct. 27 to talk about his new book, My Life Outside the Ring.

Prior to his press conference, the Hulkster donned a Blueshirt and used his trademark voice for some memorable shout-outs that Rangers fans will be able to catch on Gardenvision at an upcoming game.

This was hardly Hogan's first encounter with the Rangers, as the photo at right shows. In January 1985, at the height of the Wrestlemania craze that swept through the U.S., Hogan took time out from his schedule at The Garden to pose with former Blueshirts enforcer Nick Fotiu.

Nearly 25 years have passed since this photo was taken, but Fotiu and Hogan are both still going strong.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I blame the Dolans...MSG 2 makes the team stink.
Really Joe? We only know about Chris Drury's late game heroics with other teams :fu:

[FAZ8218]

Chris who?