HAV go time. Wife still sick and I’m sick to my stomach over losing both of my fantasy football semifinal matches despite having been in 1st place with the most points in both leagues. I’m cursed.
HAV go time. Wife still sick and I’m sick to my stomach over losing both of my fantasy football semifinal matches despite having been in 1st place with the most points in both leagues. I’m cursed.
1st?
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Got back my laptop and now can follow. They do have MSG channel here.
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LGR!!!!
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Fantomas (without a make up).
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Get well 4ever!
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Descent beginning?
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Kid try to hard…Want to stay, but could be out just for that.
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I love sweet tea
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For heralded pair of Haze mittens, too simple miss…
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Damn I was just thinking why couldn’t that have been gnash & look what happens
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Grabs has quick skates not a quick stick.
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I’m cooking a new fish dish for the lady – I’m calling it salmon Joe. She said she never heard of it.
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Switch on your killer instinct, guys…
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What’s wrong with Lindberg? He’s off his game. What’s he thinking drawing penalties instead of taking them?
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Headzo, you shouldn’t hide your hidden tenure and introduce to our blog.
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Here goes the powerless play.
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Sooooooo frikkin bad
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That’s kind of silly exchange of PP/PKs.
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It’s only a matter of time, with the frequency that they’ve been taking penalties lately. Smh
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I didn’t like last 4 minutes one bit.
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In the devil’s zone Stepan can’t keep it in, in the Rangers’ zone Stepan can’t get it out. Ugh
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Stepan’ pace is glaciel.
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Half our shots have come on the penalty kill.
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A derbils player runs into a Ranger player in the zone in a delayed offsides… Wtf? The ref should blow the whistle immediately amd the ensuing faceoff should be down in the offensive zone. Learn your job, ref.
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No good…if you don’t score, than opponent inevitably do it against.
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Now that’s Nash!
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This game is gonna be a loss.
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Keep taking penalties guys. That’s working out great for ya.
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Rangers look like they played last night. Devils don’t.
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First!
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Happy Sunday, Carp.
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Stepan isn’t slow. That’s far too kind.
Headzo – tell the mrs. that salmon Joe has nice big thighs which is strange given salmon ain’t got legs…
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Q.E.D.
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Was it a Softie?
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Looks like a team that played last night. They need to suck it up and put in a better effort. And stop taking lazy penalties.
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He seriously needs to be traded before his ntc kicks in.
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Great, another powerless play. Whoop-de-doo.
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I’d trade Stepan for the right package
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Shoot the gdam puck!!!!!
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STEPAN can’t shoot either
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Look out, Pimple is out there!
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What the hell happened to their power play?!
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Powerless. Yup.
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Everybody just stands around and waits for someone to give them the puck.
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I expected to win this game before it started. My outlook drastically changed pretty quickly.
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Should’ve score at the beginning in a short dominated period. Now, guys look like out of gas – young Debbies faster, more persistent and hungrier.
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Do since they’ve ruined the nightly trivia question game and don’t give you the answer during the game anytime… Ego was on net for the rangers first game against the derbils. I already guessed the derbils goalie correctly but I can’t find the Rangers’ goalie in that game online anywhere.
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So*…..who*….
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Scramblicious
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AV. Used a timeout! What?
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Sunday is for football. Delzaster like my salmon Joe recipe
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Agree, you don’t give him away for used pucks…must be a good return.
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Power play needs z pack back
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This is our best chance to finally lose two in a row in regulation. This game then the pens. Ugh
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This team is starting to reflect the coach a little too much. Too calm and cool and businesslike. They need more feistiness and just more passion. They never seem fired up.
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Headzo
Watched footy and unfortunately the Gunners lost 😦
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Oh and 56th!!
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Another highly needed penalty.
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Lol wick
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No signs so far that Rangers could change a tide…Much less to win. Nash, however, is really good – pleasure to watch. Lindberg his former self. In a bad way.
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La machine
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Well Stawl did get it on net
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The law of averages is catching up to us in the second period. Don’t even remember when the last one was that we scored more than the opposition.
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Hell, the law of averages had already caught up to us with regard to our offense.
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These lines are useless, team can’t score with only 1 center able to control the puck (Haze)
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Grabber on 4th line is a mistake
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Season over, Rangers suck, have sucked all year, always lose.
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Brassard is looking differently. Just score against Brooklynders. Good for him.
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Put ODell B. Junior on the PP.
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We will always have The GMEN errrrr Paris.
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Big Game Brass for Stepan
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How dumb is it having miller on a 3rd line? Not like he’s been leading the team in scoring or anything
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Zucc belongs on a 3rd line and the pp…not on top 2 lines
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Devils plan for 3rd
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I’ll be very happy when AV is gone and bob hartley is coach 😉
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SN
You’re calling admiral 😉
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Hopefully this period will be merciful and fast.
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Does Lindberg pay rent in the penalty box?
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I don’t know which is quicker: our entrance into the offensive zone or our exit.
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Scjei play significantly deteriorated.
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Good, I didn’t want another powerless play anyway.
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Just one goal, pule-ease…to begin saving a point.
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Our D cannot carry and create, puts all the onus on forwards
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Is Kreider playing?
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Wood is hard on the puck
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Can’t wait to watch everyone stand around and do nothing when Lundqvist is pulled at the end.
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Perfect slush, I mean ice, for Devils hockey. Wake me up when something happens.
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E3 said wood is hard
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Fatigue is not an excuse! Not in playoff, not now.
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I also said hard on
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great shift – all 5 guys moving
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Oh hell yeah
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I guess Kreider is playing. Lol
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Skjel is going to be a very good NHL D man in a couple of years.
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This whole team (minus ein kleiner) reminds me of Gomez when he was a ranger..another half stride and could deliver a body check, but instead turns and no contact.
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Kreider is playing!
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That was a fantastic shift. They need to keep that up.
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Kreider’s – Zuc”s hugs – priceless!
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Lindbergh on ice and not Stepan
Weird…
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E3 said hard on
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Girardi sucks
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Holy crud! Same goal we scored now scored on us. Smh
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It. Was. The. Stupidest. Goal. Ever!
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McD napping. Filth in the metro
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Girardi and McD not exactly covering themselves in glory there.
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Wood bangs it through
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I didn’t think the Rangers were going to score at all. The possibility of a second one…..
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Wood scored
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Girardi and Zucc made horrific plays. McD late getting there but a basic Squirt play Girardi couldn’t make ends up in back of net. Hard to blame McD
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Auntie stops that
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I can’t watch that. Particularly, why and where I’m now.
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Wood was huge
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Rangers are gonna get spanked in $hittsburgh.
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That 2nd goal is on Girardi and he knows it.
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Wood pecker out of all…Insult to injury.
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Good hands on Wood.
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McDonagh wasn’t much better on the 2nd Derbil goal
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Wood finds a hole
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Beasty Nash made a mistake, create a situation, than heroically save the world.
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Wood entered the dirty area
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…still my favorite.
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This is such crappy hockey the Devils play. Admirable–they’ve blocked 150 shots–but designed to bore the opposition into submission, along with the fans. Give me a non-conference foe every time instead of these guys.
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Wood broke his stick
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“…just missed” seems to an oft repeated mantra regarding the Rangers’ offense lately.
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Wood needs to get in the slot.
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This game’s over. Where the hell is Vesey?
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Wood can’t be deflated
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Wood can really shoot.
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Zucc and mcdonut…not acting like the fan faves they are there, both kinda blew it on that devs goal
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What is up with the refs?
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Wood sends it in deep.
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HANKA gets beat by wood
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Time to hull park?
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Holden can play. #2 Dman
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STEP ON IT!!!!!
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Wood can blast it in
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Is it over yet. Please let it be over.
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Holy wood!
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Step does it – hallelujah
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Maybe 3 on 3 the Devils can’t clog up.
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Woo friggin hoo!!
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Wood plays hard between the red dots
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I thought we traded the useless Stepan.
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I’d still trade him before his ntc kicks in
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Wood comes up huge in OT
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Power moves…
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“…just missed…”
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Nash can’t hit the friggin net.
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Wood is stiff
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AV puts Girardi back on after goal and another Devs opp
Smh
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Me too wick. Trade him now.
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Stepan scores big goals
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Wood likes to come from behind to put it in.
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Rangers and Devils should agree to 1.5 points each and refund all tickets.
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Momentum shifted with JT slamming bodies on forecheck and starting a looong Ozone possession
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Look what happens when you win a
Faceoff
Point
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Be aware of Hall, Henrique and Palmieri in OT. But saved a point. Already an achievement.
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Wood looks a little sloppy now
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Wood smells one
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lol norm
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Win a friggin faceoff, da,m it
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Insert wood in OT
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Wood is soft
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Wood looking poke it in again
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Bunch of idiots. Fire all!
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Sloppy assed hockey if I’ve ever seen it.
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Put wood in
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Fuggin Hayes non-shooting BS
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Rangers suck in ot
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Sloppiest overtime ever.
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Kreider watching play
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Movable heart attack.
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I didn’t know they were married.
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Wood hoes limp
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AV has Zucc and Haze together in OT
Who shoots??
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Hall and Miller.
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Paging Marek
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That New York Life commercial has got to go. Awful and hideous.
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Wood came to play
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Their win against Chicago notwithstanding, the Rangers really have no idea how to run an OT.
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Trade mark!
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I don’t think I’m ever going to get used to this 3 on 3 OT. Let’s play 69 minutes one way for s point and then a few minutes of something out of a video game for the other point. Thanks Bettman
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Our goalie is better than yours.
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Nash?
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Shootout blows…Bettman sucks
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Hayes was looking to pass in the shootout
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Holy crap!
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Yessss!
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Unfreakenbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good game Henk
Salmon Joe have officially jumped the shark
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Talk about a game they didn’t deserve.
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Must leave Nash Hayes miller together
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We’ll take it.
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I’ll still take the win
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I wanna vote!
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No Wood in SO? Devs didn’t have anyone to ram it in
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Lundqvist was pumped after poking puck away for the win, rest of the team, not so much, they looked more relieved than anything else.
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Nash, shampoo boy, Miller
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Wood jams at the goalmouth
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On the PK wood was in the box.
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Is the shootout over? Literally can’t watch them any more, so ridiculous. Went off to accomplish some e3 business.
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2 who rarely shoot in SO
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I voted gnash, no Doritos, and hated…in no particular order
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No Doritos? You’re killin’ me, Wick. I left my secret decoder ring at the office.
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No more wood.
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Norm
No Doritos=Hayes
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Kreider lifting Zucc like a young boy – hilarious
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Anyone want to trade Nash for Hall ?
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How much Wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck Wood?
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They used Grabner in OT, E3! Or should I say, Coach E3?
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Columbus is 20-5-4 …. Wow.
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Good for Torts!
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Ricardo – I was on the phone with AV earlier today and believe me….I gave him an earful!!!!
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LE Duke = 28 games played, 1 goal and 4 assists.
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Holden > Yandle
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On the porcelin during the convo, Eddie?
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Of course. Both feet number than a paraplegic’s spine.
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Nash, Hayes, Henrik
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You guys seriously have to watch this…..https://twitter.com/terminallance/status/810330899317280768
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Make sure you have the sound up for the vid
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First?
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Next
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You cannot use a pencil. You cannot use a pen. Ouch, ouch, ********** ouch ****
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Lol e3
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Wicky – Trade Step for Brass. Keep Gnash, Hated, and No Doritos together. That’s their #1 line.
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I like it 😉
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Good morning, boneheads!
What a difference between two tied games in two days. One entertaining, one boring. Looked like the Rangers were able to wake up for a few shifts only last night. Boy, NJ is in deep trouble. Even with Taylor Hall ( was he dressed last night?) they can’t score.
On a different note, NY is falling behind in a ROW category too now since the last 2 wins are in SO 🙂
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Is Columbus the best team in the league at the moment? Haven’t seen too many games played by them. January 7th in Columbus. They’d better put their big boy pants on for that date
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I’m out here in Columbus and there is definitely a buzz around this team again. But they’ve been so used to disappointment that everyone is very wary of getting too optimistic. I don’t have the heart to tell them that Torts is going to F it all up.
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Good morning all. well, last night was a good example of just finding a way to win. Does Buchnevich still play for the Rangers? is he coming back? and what’s the under/over on THE’s goal total this season? Doubt it is what it was the first week or two of the season. Offense has cooled off big time. Suddenly that bum Nash sure looks more like our best offensive player and a veteran leader on the ice than an 8 million dollar albatross EH?
ILB, Columbus is a pleasant surprise this year. they’re finally at full strength, their goalie is healthy and playing his A game and they’ve got young players and veterans all clicking pretty well. Good for the fans and good for Torts. I thought they’d be doing this a year or two ago. That said, ‘best in the league’ – at least to me- is a fluid concept until we hit the post holiday schedule. Should be fun to watch them play the Rangers.
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I think in a way the injuries to this team has actually caused them to have to discover a bit more about themselves and how to win without the flash and dash offense that they started out of the gate with. they’ve done it with veterans stepping up, they’ve done it with team defense and they’ve done it with goaltending. Give these guys some credit. 23-10-1 heading into the week of Christmas after some major injuries and slumps (and with Girardi as the number 2 dman). Again, it’s that long post holiday stretch that shows a lot about a team but to this point they’ve certainly shown themselves as more than the “one trick pony” many accused them of being. even if they’re softer than we’d like them to be.
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An awful lot of negative posts about this team. I know some of it is in jest, and some are from people who root for other teams(not you Olga). It has me curious as to what is actually the right way to be 23/10/1.
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JR – “Who’s gooder than Columbus right now?”
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The Metro is absolutely loaded save for 2 cellar dwellers located not too far away from MSG. Azzlanders dead last in Conference with Derbils right behind them. Feel bad…not.
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Now with everyone bunched up top (BJs 3 pts away in 5 less games) 2017 should be fun.
NYR has played:
Pits (1-1-0) 3 games left included 2 in last 9 days of season
BJs (0-1-0) 4 games left
Craps (1-0-0) 3 games left
Flyers (1-0-0) 3 games left
Guess with new schedule only play some teams in Div 5 and others 4?? Only 2 left with Brooklyn as well.
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Just win baby.
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No one else thought that link was cool? I that it was freaking awesome!!!
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Let’s see how it goes against the Pens. They have tightened up the D quite a bit since they last played. They also play down to the competition and make games like last night’s close.
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Sully vs. Torts in the conference finals? Screaming at each other over the glass?
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RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor. All of her 9 ex-husbands agreed that she was an excellent housekeeper. After each divorce, she kept the house.
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AV, channeling JR: “Hank made some timely saves at the right time.”
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FG – Who will have Glass, Sully or Torts? 🙂
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BDL, I agree. I’m not one to look at the standings but I know it’s been “tight”. When I looked today I realized that they are 2nd in the league in points and 1st in the Eastern Conf. Is it just me or is that pretty good for a team that supposedly was going to have a hard time competing this year and was a one trick pony? Granted, when this team loses it loses ugly at times (who doesn’t?) but let’s face it. Even in the Presidents’ses Trophy year people screamed bloody murder all 22 times they lose in regulation that year.
Now I’m not saying they’re the best in the league but they’re getting the job done. And without some guys that were supposed to be important pieces this year. They win on the road, they win at home, their PP and PK are in the upper tier of the league, they’ve won by scoring, they’ve won with goaltending, they’ve won win stingy “all in” defensive play..I’m not sure what else you could ask for this time of year. Still a ways to go, and I’m sure it’s not going to be all peaches and cream, but I don’t expect the bottom to fall out (I had my moments earlier in the season).
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The one thing I will say is that I’d feel a lot better if they could solve the likes of Matt Murray, Bobrovsky and some of the other big name goalies in the league. The way they attacked the net and put shots on goal in the third last night would be nice to see more often. It’s usually the “hot goalie” that gives them the most issues. especially in the post season
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LOL:
1) Wicky’s video. That guy is effin nuts.
2) Gabor the housekeeper.
3) ilb getting into the negative spirit re: ROWs.
Fifth Metro.
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James – good points. Team is very good; last stretch feels more like March than December. Going to need some Tums in the stocking.
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Team has 9 players on pace for over 40 pts while missing 2 of top 9; very good balance.
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Don’t forget Step’s 6th goal put him ahead of Zika to be tied wit Pirri for second in goals scored among NYR centers…
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Need to figure out rotating chairs on bottom 6; not getting much, if any, O from them.
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6 freakin’ goals from Stepan. Count them, six.
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Holden was a great pick-up by Gorton
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Big Buff would be a Two Ton Pickup.
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Now that LoHud and every other newspaper has jettisoned editors and their talented, experienced, even-handed, insightful writers who don’t need editors (like Reisman and Carp, for example) the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls – garbage journalism. Sad.
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Not for nuttin’, but it pisses me off how these poseur ‘suits and dresses’ see us all as uneducated deplorables who are desperately in need of their direction and instruction. Magazines included.
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In my entire life, I have never bought one thing based on what I saw in a print ad, commercial or infomercial. Because F them. I’m no Manchurian shopper
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Panthers’ owner appointed Secretary of the Army. Wait until Cally tells him his move to Washington DC will cost him 8.5 percent of his annual income.
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All I know is what I know egg egg egg egg egg egg. Well Blow me down
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JR – “if you win a game it means you’ve won the game”
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JR – “if there’s a spoon in the road, take it”
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Engblom – “JR, you are stupider than me and that’s saying something”
JR – “1) you are stupider than me; b) you are totally stupider; 4) you are dumber than stupid”
Engblom – “what?”
JR – “clean the ears out of your wax!”
Engblom – “good lord”
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JR: “With the help of my therapist, I’ve learned to except myself for what I am.”
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JR – “the only two things that you can count on are going to sleep and waking up”
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Kooz – except myself…that’s a good one 😉
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JR – “if the left shoe fits, try the other one”
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JR – “one time my coach was so mad, evented all game long”
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JR – “in order to overturn a call on the ice, the replay must be conclusional”
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“I stay in hotels, knock down the walls.
I have accountants pay for it all.
Life’s been good to me so far.”
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19th in metro
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My Maserati does 185.
I lost my license now I don’t drive.
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Tell Jeremy I can’t ear him because I got my Stanley Cup rings in my hears.
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The words of those prophets are written on the septic walls.
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NHL Public Relations @PR_NHL
6m
SECOND STAR: @HLundqvist30 went 3-0-0 last week (0.98 GAA, .967 SV%) to backstop the @NYRangers to 6 of a possible 8 standings points. pic.twitter.com/KwEUU1qC9G
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six of a possible eight, in three games? New math?
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Trade Hank, Stepan, and Fast for On Zek Coe pit tar and Drew Doubt E
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Ricardo – that’s the new math.
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That common core is ruining education.
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JR – “school should stick with the 3 R’s, Reeding, Riding, and ….what’s the third one?”
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Is JR in charge of their math dpt?
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JR – “I can ad”
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JR – “I’m about to distinguish the fire in my wood stove”
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Carp the 4th game had raanta in net
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JR: “We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.”
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One year ago, the beginning of shampoo boy…
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SN – that kills me every time.
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Holy Sweet Baby Jesus thats the funniest thing I’ve seen in awhile! That’s my new Christmas Story, I have to watch that ever year now.
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SN this team was supposed to improve at center this year. I’m disappointed in the production from Stepan thus far but he can be streaky so hopefully he gets it going a bit more. Delighted with Hayes so far. Kids done what I hoped he would do. Zibanejad update?
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One of the greatest things ever posted on the internets, SN.
also …
Four days to Festivus!
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Has anyone gotten the aluminum pole out of the crawl space?
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James G – This what Steve Zipay tweeted out yesterday when asked about Mika Z: “A few days ago, I saw him on crutches near training center locker room. Still wearing boot/cast”.
I did some quick research and in the 14 games that Brandon Pirri has played with Mika out the lineup, Pirri has a goal and an assist – both in the 5-0 win over the Devils. I guess he misses Mika setting up in the Ovie spot on the PP.
I know AV doesn’t change the lineup much (if at all) when they are winning, but Puempel’s not doing anything to stay in the lineup. Put Pirri back in as a PP specialist/odd 5-on-5 shift and double shift Nash or a couple of the other forwards who are flying on a particular night.
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…and we just winning. Love it.
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CCCP – One wild and crazy guy! Dig those checkered pants and floppy hat.
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SN – It doesn’t get any funnier than that! Classico.
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coos
lol… checkered pants and floppy hat as in clown? 🙂
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Thank you, Anthony. I’m going to guess he’s not gonna be ready until closer to the beginning of Feb but at least he’ll have time to get back in game shape for the spring.
The bottom 6 is tough right now. I think playing Puempel is more to serve as a wake up for Pirri. At least I hope it is. Pirri is too limited to be an answer in the top 6 even in a fill in role but if you’re going to go with your best 12 I guess he’s part of it. My hope is that the offense gets a spark when Buchnevich gets back.
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LOL James! What sketch is that?
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2 wild and crazy guys from Czechoslovakia…SNL
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JamesG – Buch was on fire when he went down. If he can pick up where he left off, it’ll be yuge when he gets back. Good ripple effect down the lineup too.
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Any update on Sauer, er, Buchnevich?
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Yes.
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2 wild and crazy guys from Czechoslovakia, eh?
Im’ma a Jew from Ukraine…you al’most guessed it, coos 😉
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Thanks for that in depth answer, rangersreport2.
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E3, as a math teacher, you might appreciate this song from the 60’s, when everyone was complaining about the “new math.”
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New post?
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my favorite math:
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or this:
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SN, maybe tomorrow.
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I feared the worst when Nash didn’t skate in OT.
Brooks is saying he has a different groin injury.
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Step has a rogaine injury.
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C3 – your convoluted sentence reminded me of that SNL skit. 🙂
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I for one am sick and tired of being stuck with the #23 and #24 centers in Hayes and Stepan, in this 30-team league. Trade Step for a warm body, I say–anyone could have made that last-minute tip last night. Not sure why AV had him out there to begin with.
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Wow! Norm is critical. He must be dipping into the liquor closet.
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Well, it looks like Rick Nash has reached Jaromir Jagr heights in terms of groin injuries – something Jagr struggled with going back to last century (circa 1999). I seem to remember hearing or reading about a potential cause for Jagr’s problems arising from having one leg that was longer than the other. Yes, I realize that I opened the door for the peanut gallery, but what the heck, inquiring minds want to know 🙂
I tried to find articles on it, but came up short (yes, I know I opened the door again). But there are tons of articles dealing with Jagr’s problems. One remedy was acupuncture at one time. Okay, now I am making waaay to easy for youse guys! 🙂
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” I say–anyone could have made that last-minute tip last night. ”
I disagree. That was pretty perfectly placed. I don’t think Stepan could even do that more than two or three times out of ten.
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I could not find any testicles relating to that story.
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Wow, coos is disingenuous. And just because I’ve been hitting the bottle a little early in the day doesn’t mean you’re getting any.
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lol coos..yeah…I missed a word or two there somewhere in between
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Nash has a reproductive body- area injury.
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(rr2, I was attempting verbal irony, an occupational hazard in the teaching profession, especially when allegedly under the daytime influence.)
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Step, our top center, has seven goals in 34 games. Six actual goals and the seventh goal is more goals.
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D. Moops has 7, by the way.
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Norm is half Scotch and half water.
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Isn’t scotch 60% water?
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Doodie – as an undergrad I had to take assembler. Base 16. Hexadecimal was whack.
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is that math or arithmetic 😉
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meth matics
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meth manics
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Let’s go, Meth! (lisper Met fan)
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Slacker Lives Matter!
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Technically, it’s programming. But adding in anything other than base 10 certainly isn’t arithmetic 😜
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Step is 10th NHL center in assists. This year’s team is so good, so balanced, you have to really struggle to find a good whipping boy. It will come, though, it will come.
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Speed kills.
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Trade Stepan for Big Game Brass.
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Stepan needs Row Gain.
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Gnash needs to rest that groin. That is one lasting nagging injury that won’t heal without it….
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Unspoken truth: Often groin injury or bad back comes as a result of making the beast with two backs rather than forechecking.
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Hickey related injury.
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Why is my latest rhyme in moderation?
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Bummer Nash injured again! What will come first the year everything goes right for the Rangers or the year uncle Glennie retires?
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Stepan is not the first line centre on this team (Hayes is now, z pack was) and stepan has not been a number one centre for the rangers since the lockout shortened season.
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He’s a nice ranger drafted player, but let’s not get carried away about his overall value or ability. He’s a 2C on most NHL teams including this one and a 3C on the rest.
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And yet, Wicky, there Stepan is, in the the top 25, among 30 teams. He’s a #3 center only in a mythical NHL, as opposed to the league he’s actually playing in.
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Stepan is not pretty.
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I think there is a difference between what role you’re used in by a particular team and what role you’re used in by a championship team. Stepan would be the 2C, at best, on the past few Stanley Cup finalists other than the Rangers, as they were constituted at the time:
3 on the Sharks, 3 on the Penguins, 2 on the Hawks, 3 on the Lightning, 3 on the Kings, 2 on the Hawks, 3 on the Bruins, etc.
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It’s like Bobby Holik used to say, if Bobby Holik is your #3 center, you’re going to win the Stanley Cup. If Bobby Holik is your #1 center, you’re not going to win the Stanley Cup.
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Correct…if stepan is your 1C, you are not winning the cup.
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This team, stepan included, have some inflated stats due to the earlier “scoring bonanza run” they had (that everyone here said they could not maintain). Hayes is a better centre right now and a healthy z pack cuts into stepan’s time and stats.
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Stepan is a good player, he just isn’t the 1st ballot HOFer some of you make him out to be.
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second ballot?
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Three days til Festivus!
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Good morning, boneheads!
Stepan’s on the menu, I see.
How about Nash being sidelined again with the same injury? Different side. This one is difficult, anatomically speaking, to differentiate between lower or upper body, so they had to call the way it is.
Going to be an interesting game tonight, although Pittsburgh is without Letang.
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I’m going to have difficulties finding my aluminum pole this year, I’m afraid. Still haven’t accounted for all my socks since we moved.
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Stepan can’t skate. Like a football player who can’t foot or a baseball player who can’t ball.
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ilb, you have a roof? Mazel Tov!
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Stepan has had the most points of any player on the team, including or excluding playoffs, since AV has taken over (and not even including this year). He is still deployed in all situations, and the coach plays him the most minutes of any C on the team by more than a minute per game (including Z). Like it or not, he’s the 1C on this team.
At least Brassard played he same amount of minutes per game, so there was an argument. Wicky just likes to pick any Not Stepan as the 1C 🙂
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Is this on, does this sight still have followers?
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What would it take for Carp to do a Carp review for Carps sake 🙂
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To answer that 11:19, one would have to have to be blessed with fore-site.
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ILB – I have good news. I got a letter from life source today. 3 of Chase’s organ donations were a success.
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So here’s to a Chase Hat Trick! Hip Hip ….. Horay!!!
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Funny thing is 2 of the 3 went to Gopher fans, a little bit of irony there don’t you think. Since all Gopher fans can’t stand the Sioux. (We win most of the time 🙂
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Great news, Sioux! How did one in Boston go?
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3
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Sioux, for what it’s worth, you have my best wishes and enormous respect for your strength and spirit.
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Here I am, trying to put a roof over my head, and ilb already ordered his roof rake.
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Tonight’s game is too important for Nash to miss so I sent out Eric to massage Nash’s groin. Both sides, to be sure.
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Stepans minutes are no way inflated by the absence of z pack.
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While I appreciate gravy’s (and others) unwavering misguided over rating of stepan, he has not centred the number one line on this team for a few seasons now and still doesn’t…if your 1C does not centre the #1 line…what is he? A good offensive centre with decent defencive instincts (the part of his game that is overrated in my opinion)? Absolutely! A good NHL player? Absolutely! A hall of famer and all World 1C like some here make him out to be? Nope.
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Eric to Nash…
“Your groins are freakin losers!”
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I don’t recall anybody here ever saying that Step, 1C, is a hall of famer or all world Center. He’s just this team’s 1C and has been for most of his career.
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Hey Carp,
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Just out of curiosity, why don’t you take over this site? I’ve been fired and know that finding a new position is a full time job, so I realize it’s a bit of extra effort. I would think that if you still wanted to be a sports columnist, having a sports themed website with measurable traffic/readership would be a good discussion topic with a prospective employer. Unless you have no interest, which is totally fair too but seeing you post on the site leads me to think otherwise…..
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If the Rangers win tonight I’ll never post another negative comment until tomorrow, no make that Friday!
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Wicky
He’s paid like a first liner and is second highest paid forward.
Do you know when his no trade kicks in?
For what it’s worth I agree with you on Stepan.
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He’s not the best centre on this team and hasn’t been for a few seasons. A bit biased and delusional to think otherwise so might as well make that HOF jump.
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Again, good NHL player 2C on most NHL clubs. If Hayes also gets injured (while z pack is still out), then yes stepan is the 1C by default.
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Alex
I think it kicks in right before free agency…I think
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I agree, paid like a mid level 1C but I think that contract was based upon his 1C season here (which was the lockout shortened one). Also the season where his lack of speed (due to the system played during that season) was a non factor.
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Interesting Derek Stepan mention from USA Today’s Kevin Allen from last night. He listed 10 predictions for 2017 and coming in at #6 was the Rangers dealing Stepan for help on defense (no specific deal mentioned). Interestingly enough, #10 was Kevin Shattenkirk drawing the most interest as an UFA during the summer (Allen lists BOS, DET, TB and NYR).
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/columnist/allen/2016/12/19/ten-nhl-predictions-2017-bold-obvious/95624476/
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Eric predicts that Nash’s groin is fifth in Metro
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Any contract clause ( either NTC or NMC) can not kick in until a player reaches his potential UFA status, either 7 year in the league, or 27 years of age. In Stepan’s case it starts next season.
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Out of curiosity I just opened the old link to LoHud’s RR. According to these clowns Carp is still providing “news, video, and commentary” even though all articles are by AP. Carp, I think you’re entitled to certain privileges then, if you catch my drift.
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Yes indeed carp, you need to be drifting
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I don’t know anyone here who has proposed Stepan for the Hall of Fame–show yourself, you straw man! What he has been, though, is a productive 1 or 2 center on a Stanley Cup contender. If the Rangers had won a Cup, he’d still be a productive 1 or 2 center, no more, no less. You can trade him for a defensive upgrade if you like, though the Rangers have hardly been leaking too many goals, but you won’t get much back that you don’t already have. I still think the streaky, big-upside Kreider is the guy to move if you want something significant in return, but I wouldn’t trade him. I’d wait until Zibanejad and
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Trading Stepan for a defensive upgrade would be a mistake. Call him 1 or 2 center, it doesn’t matter. But he is deployed by his coach to play in every single imaginable situation, be at 5 on 5, PP, PK, or against the best opposing skaters. That would leave a big void at center, something that most of the contenders are trying to avoid.
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I believe the Islanders are suffering from losing Nielsen more than Okposo and Martin, There is nobody in their lineup who can fill that role. And Nielsen is significantly less productive ( both goals and points) than Stepan.
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I think Stepan is a No.1 center only on a team that doesn’t have a more legit No. 1 center, and he’s also a very, very good, if not outstanding, No. 2 center if the team has a better center. I think he’s one of the two or three most important forwards on the team — though I can only think of one I actually consider more important.
But I will say this. He’s been poor around the front of his net in spots the last two years, hasn’t been the righty shot they need on the PP and, most of all, Kreider is a better player with Zibanejad, at least in the small sample.
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AV:
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Too many people equate goals with how effective a player is. Stepan is a valuable player on this team. No, not a #1 center, but not a guy that you trade just because he isn’t lighting up the scoreboard.
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Can’t listen to AV’s video at work. What did he have to say about Pirri? I hope he’s going back in the lineup because Pumps adds nothing.
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‘When you’re a Ranger,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You’re a family man!
You’re never alone,
You’re never disconnected!
You’re home with your own:
When company’s expected,
You’re well protected!’
Uh…
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CCC- I think both Pirri and Puempel are in tonight since Nash is out
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AV stashes the hard candy like a chipmunk during interviews.
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I wont lose any sleep over it, but I don’t expect tonight to go well
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Stepan’s cue ball head is his best feature. That hole in his natural glistens like an ice pond on a bright sunny day.
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Looking for a better effort than the last time they played. That may not result in a win. With Nash out scoring will be even harder to come by.
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Three hundred and eighty-third!!
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AV and his hard candies… brush the damn teeth!
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We’re not trading Stepan his Mom’s to valuable!
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Without Nash, the Rangers have no chance…unless they play well and get good goaltending. (The Rangers are good.)
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If the Rangers win tonight we’ve gone from the inner mind to the Outer Limits!
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Jim Cerny @JimCerny
12 minutes ago
Unwraping presents early this week: @RickCarpiniello joins us on #BlueshirtRadio tomorrow & Chris Pronger is my guest THU on #THW Live!!
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The wife pointed out last night once the other metro teams make up their games in hand, we’ll probably have a more accurate gauge of where this team should be in the metro
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Defeatist of this blog – unite!
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First!
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There are already few Firsts…
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I wouldn’t show that “rag doll” event..
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