Game 41
Rangers at Flyers – 8:00 PM NBCSN
The Rangers stunk so bad at MSG last night that they’ve been chased out of the city to a city worthy of their stench: Philadelphia. It’s very disconcerting that they’ve played so poorly at times, especially since this is the halfway point of the season.
Everyone really liked E3’s reviews, so I am going to take a page out of the NHL’s marketing playbook and change it back to my review. Clearly, this is a HAV.
Tonight’s possible lineup for the Rangers (26-13-1):
Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey-Kevin Hayes-Michael Grabner
JT Miller-Oscar Lindberg-Jesper Fast
Nicklas Jensen-Marek Hrivik-Brandon Pirri
Ryan McDonagh-Brady Skjei
Adam Clendening-Kevin Klein
Nick Holden-Dan Girardi
The big news, of course, is that Marc Staal is out tonight and Saturday with an upper body injury. The Rangers have been pretty forthcoming this year with their injuries so it’s a bit odd to go with the “upper body” label and saying he’s definitely out Saturday as well. It could be an even longer absence.
Interestingly,Brady Skjei moves up to the right side with McDonagh, a pair that was particularly strong in the playoffs. It’s a bit of a surprise, however, as the left handed Staal is coming out of the lineup for the right handed Clendening. To then also move the left handed Skjei to the right side is not a change I expected.
Lundqvist gets the start tonight. He should be well rested after being off last night. What’s that? He was in? Oh no.
Rick Nash is getting closer to returning but it remains to be seen if he comes back on Saturday against Columbus. There are still no definitive timetables on Buchnevich or Zibanejad. Buchnevich supposedly just needs to regain his conditioning and he might get it via a conditioning stint in the AHL during the bye* week.
For the Flyers (20-14-5),the story is about their recent struggles after their ten game win streak. They now sit only 3 points ahead of Tampa and Toronto for the final wild card spot. Toronto holds two games in hand. Steve Mason gets the start.
Don’t forget to tell everyone you know and to follow me on Twitter @rangersreport2. And don’t forget to vote for your three stars after the game!
Saw the Flyers firsthand over the weekend and they had a ton of shots against the Ducks. Hopefully we see a more focused Ranger squad.
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Let’s get it on
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Rangers 5
Filthy 0
GWG JT. Also scoring Haze, THE, Catcher, and Ein Klein
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Zucc for Simmonds
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LGR !!!
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Going to be a tough one tonight and you know Milbury is just hoping for us to fail. Hope we disappoint him.
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But also
Screw Milbury.
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What no Schultz / Rolfe ?
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USA! USA!
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Hopefully Mason allows another bad five-hole goal.
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LGR!!!
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FIRST!
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Don’t forget last night. Learn from it…
Let’s Go Rangers!
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Weise = 2 goals vs Hanka Hanka tonight
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Did we win?
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Bash those Philthy rats. LGR !!
Screw NBCSN & Millsbury Dough Boy.
4-2 Rangers. GWG , shooting more Zook.
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Any claim rattie?
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So AV injured Marc Stall just to make room for Clendening?
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Anyone….sheesh
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And was it me but did Boucher get waived and claimed twice in the last 48 hrs?
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Shane got-this-beer = beast
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This game better not go into OT, Vikings is on tonight.
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Gosh it’s good to be here
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There’s NFL playoffs tonight? On rivalry night!?
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Am I BANJing?
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Hanks scoreless streak now at 20+ minutes!
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good evening all!!!!! LGR!
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Oh whew, manny
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Mama!!!
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I’m here for you, Wick.
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Oops…..wrong sign on name…..
Good evening all!!!! LGR!
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Gotta love Zucc with the body in Goondas.
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I still knew who you were, Mama.
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Hey wick!!! Sorry I’ve been so out of the loop….life and stuff. Not my usual way during season….but oy, the boys lately…..
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Smarter than your average BearJew……
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It’s true!
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Thanks manny ❤
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Mama!
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Mama! What’s it been? A year now?
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Zucc is a joke, no one takes him seriously physically
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Wow. Chris Kreider is a human eclipse, you guys.
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Chris christie?
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Kris Krispy
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Keep your shirt on, Simmonds.
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Kris Krispy Kreme?
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Nice to see Hank showed up on the PK. Anybody else?
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Hank!
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Kingly
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Olga! Headzo! All!!!!
anyone who doesn’t take Zucc seriosuly by know deserves to get assen’d…..Cripes I hate a non MSG feed
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McDonut is exceptionally bad in last games. What happened now? Captain’s weight, newborn nights or else?
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McD puts the Flyers in the game, Lundqvist bails him out. Superb goaltending.
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Kinglish
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Gotta give the Philthy Phaithful credit – they are loud and there is a real atmosphere at this game. MSG sucks.
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Keep working that, Vesey.
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I hate hearing MDZ’s name on that team….
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Mama!
Somebody claimed him and Larsson today, Wick. I can’t remember who, nor do I care..
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That rat
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Carp!!!!!
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You dirty raaaaattttt
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Answer: sometime in October
Question: when was the last time Brandon Pirri won a one-on-one puck battle?
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Vesey, Fast looking good
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As is Hank
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Mama – better than hearing it in our team!
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Point there Headzo…..
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Zucc and Lundqvist clearly want this. Be nice to see them get it. Good period other than McD’s double brain-fart.
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Why the hell is McDonagh running around so much?
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Seems like more than 8 saves by Hank
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That resembled a hockey game.
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McDonagh looking lost. Would benefit from a steady defense partner.
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Mac Truck does seem to be (said w/Joe Willy’s voice) Struh-guh-ling.
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So far, I have to admit that Hank is trying hard to justify his $34,552.85 wage per period.
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That, what was good about this period.
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Hank’s in the game. Just needs a couple goal lead to protect.
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Everything about every opponent is great, including arenas and fans, and everything about the Rangers sucks
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Did we win yet?
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Oh, Darn. Doc was sick and I didn’t get to hear his voice!
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If Michael Del Zotto scores on Hank is Hank forced to retire?
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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We did a thing!
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Purple Haze!
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Purps!
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Purp
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Haze!
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That goal was Brian Boyle-esque. HODOR
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Boom goes the dynamite
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Sweet jumping Moses!
Haze!
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Hope to God that gives Hayes some confidence. He’s been just awful, and that was a helluva finish.
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A Hazer beam!
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Did NBCSN poop the bed for anybody else? Second period started with the screen breaking up like crazy, and I’ve been stuck on “Coverage will resume shortly” since then.
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Goalpost, dammit.
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Well, that was insane. HANK!
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Lundqvist will end up giving up a goal, and everyone will forget this. Amazing.
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Hank with the special sauce tonight
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Hanky New Year!
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What a goaltending show. Gonna be a shame when the team continues to hang him out to dry and he lets in a softie through no fault of his own.
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Where the ghost be at?
Gostisbehere
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Best hit ever on Simmer
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Capital G!
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Bad icing call. Lazy ref.
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Donuts not backing-up, taking the body. Emulate boyos!
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Girardi will get some love here for that.
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Another wardrobe malfunction for Simmonds
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Chris Collinsworth is the Scarecrow in Oz
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Its time for Jay Tea to light up this goalie with that monster slapper
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Ice Tee surrounded by 5 philthies & not a white shirt in sight to support. Disgraceful.
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How many more things are there in one game that we can each over analyze?
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Bullspitvpenalty
Let them pkay
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Rangers are not handling this line at all.
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Dave, no problems for me, but then again I think the No Brain Cabal poops the bed as a general rule.
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Donuts desperately trying to lead, to do it all. Has to play within himself. Needs a faithful partner.
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Shoot, Dumb ass!
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McDonagh playing great says Pierre
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Fast has no shot, but should have shot anyway.
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Whiff…..Oy vey
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If you can’t shoot, kick it.
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Smart to know Grabner is the guy you want shooting. Dumb not to realize that was never getting through.
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PK looks scary. And I don’t mean scary good…
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Kick it?
You wake up late for school man you don’t wanna go
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Rangers are sucking their way all the way to a 1-0 loss
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Couch
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Seems like Flyers are getting more O zone time. Bending but not breaking on D.
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unless Hank implodes in 2nd half of game, one of his best this year. Great move by AV to play him tonight. Perhaps he needs to play more. Very sharp so far.
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Hard to lose 1-0 when you have a 1-0 lead, no?
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Gudas is sorta Rinaldo 2.0
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They’re losing anyway, that’s the twist
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Clendening shooting at Kreider looks like a good idea. Keep at it.
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Did Stepan save that Clendenning shot?
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I like mine with a twist
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Nipples?
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KK looking like he’s taking on some Staal-less responsibility.
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These Rangers can do the impossible guys. They will lose 1-0
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There’s a Millah slappah
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Girardi is having himself a game.
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Impressed with flyer d.
By the end of February we will have an AHZl affiliate chock full of hardcore NHL experience
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Is Clendening a gerund or a present participle?
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It’s a fruit actually
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Speaking of sell outs in Philly, first time in a long time there have been some empty seats at MSG up high, on the end, in the old blues, certain games.
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Nancys spotted on the Ledge already…
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Rangers players will be on the stationery bikes after game. Full work out. Playing Torts’ team in a few days. Like the old days.
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Gotta work them boys!
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McD trips over The faceoff dot
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Think the Pyrenean is not long for the team.
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Nice shift, Step.
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He likes to shoot though. I enjoy that aspect of his game
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Good period?
I think so.
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Clendening is a fruit? Who knew?
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Pretty pretty pretty pretty good
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Hayes took Boyle’s self defense classes
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May or may not get any points tonight, but good to see the Rangers playing this way, now with four guys out.
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Yeesh…..
Shouldn’t Giroux be retired by now? Or tossed in the Delware?
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Is it me or is Hayes the best forward on the team not named Nash?
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He was hooking George Washington from behind in the famous crossing painting
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I am clendening. I was clendening. I have been clendening. I will be clendening. I shall have been clendening. I would have been clendening. Clendening is my favorite thing to do.
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If Mrs. Sippi gave Miss Zouri a new jersey, what would Dela wear?
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ha!!!!! Faux, you’re on a roll tonight….
If we play philly on a Tuesday, is it not a rivalry ?
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Milbury looks like that dicc at the bus stop
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Goodguyinsports, like Larry David says it?
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It’s funny, Fat Guy, Hayes really is starting to remind me of Bran Bole.
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‘I shall have been clendening.’ Classico
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And Norm…..never thought grammar could make be laugh so hard
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Who was it that go so irrationally upset when we nicknamed Bole “Olive Boyle”
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Boyle would hit and check and wouldn’t go away until you punched him.
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Carp
Thanks and re your 8:40, it’s skjelitis, which should come as a surprise to no one.
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Nice goal by no Doritos btw
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Just wanted to give you a good clendening.
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Isn’t Clendenning a verb?
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I don’t know. People used to get SO mad about Bran Bole aka Hodor.
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Milbury oozing disappointment.
Excellent, keep it going boys.
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I’d never have thought I’d ever use this LoHud Yankees blog line, but certain guys really don’t show up when the rangers are winning
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Clendening making good plays with puck; tape to tape variety, forward surprised they are getting clean passes.
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The Henk is a Royal Pain in the Flyers arse. En fuego, not lunging at puck, good side to side movement
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VC with some extra jump and 4th line looks good.
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Must win?
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Is there anyone in the NHL who is gratuitously fouled more than Nash with no calls?
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Etymology of “No Doritos”, please. I think I love it, but not sure.
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One thing is for sure
Boyle’s game tying shorty in the Finals was a thing of beauty
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Is that the short-side one? Because that was awesome. I love Bran Bole so much. He’s such a consummate professional hockey player that shows up when you need him. $2M and we said no. TWO MILLION
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I stand corrected
It wasn’t a game tier
It was a game leader
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No he asked for two billion with a B
That’s why
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Even stallones statue had four facelifts
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Norm
Last season Hayes was kind of out of it a lot and people said he must be stoned.
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This season he came into camp in better shape and seems “with it” more on the ice. Perhaps he gave up the Mary Jane so subsequently he doesn’t have the munchies so he is “No Doritos” to me
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Sigh, I miss my BB….
” the King has not been generous with the Flyers..” ??? Wtb?
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With a ‘B!?’
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Sounds like Bole’s ego was writing checks his body couldn’t cash.
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Oozing First!
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let’s get a quick one, boys
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See? Pirri loves to shoot.
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You need a new fancy boy mama
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Good shot by Pirri. Needs to have one go in, get himself going again.
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Did he seriously just say high hard one?
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Pirri blows
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Part of why he shoots so much is he can’t pass, Mannu. 🙂
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Brian Boyle and Dubi are my favorite ex-Rangers still playing.
And Calm Talbot is honorable mention.
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Ha. Remember in the pre-season when Pirri was playing like prime-era Gretzky?
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Loved Boyler as a Ranger. Another screw up by Sather (and AV)
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I’d rather see Jensen than pirri
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I do Headzo, I really do!
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Thanks, wick, but now can’t help think of him as other than Munchies.
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Someone had to hand Pierre a promo sheet for the Anaheim-Minnie game. What an inane comment.
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Well, right now we have both Wicky. BOTH. That’s not good.
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Almost time for the Skjei penalty
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Better start resting the PK guys…
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THE!!!!!!!
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THE!!!!!!
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Woot
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Cheesus Kreider!
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Holy wow that was amazing. What a play by Stepan!
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THE beast!
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THE!
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Not for nuttin’ but what team has had more 6’4, 220 pounders who can’t fight than us?
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DING-DONG!
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UNBELIEVABLE pass by Step. And great finish. Good second from Zook. Great goal.
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Holy smokes Mama / we vibed nearly 100% !!!!
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The
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I guess now we’ll have to lose 3-2? Nancy?
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THE on fire!
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That whole play was fab
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Mason with the Hanka Hanka (of earlier this season) non-save.
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Talbot and pouliot are mine, HM to brass and dubi.
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Yahtzee
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Would be SO huge for Hank and our boys if they hold this.
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Super pass by opie on the enigma goal.
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Yeah – Pouliot ruled also. Still like him too. Guy was tough, – little dirty and could score.
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I salute thee admiral !
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Crossbar helps. Matches the one we got earlier in the game.
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(And crap goaltending by Mason–hate to mention it.)
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No Mama / it is humbling for me to be on your vibe!
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Manny
Yeah…both 😦
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(vibin’ 2008)
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Milbury — Flyers have been the better team….
….but then there were the goalies
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I’ll vibe that…:)
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Tempting fate, I note for the record Oscar hasn’t had a penalty lately (ducks).
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I laugh every time one of you says “Yahtzee”
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Another great shift for that line
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Bs icing
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One man deep please
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icing??
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Akbar
Pouliot was so underrated. Mrs wicky could call the pouliot forechecks from the other room because of how hard he hit and how loud they were.
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Norm, you HAD to say that?? 🙂
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Nobody likes tax-free? Moops?
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Pouliot was underrated but he was certainly not worth $5M Per
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Simmonds unusually quiet? He’s usually a major pain in the azz.
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Tax Free – no way. Should’ve found a way to stay here. Good riddance. Now his declining play and huge contract are Tampa’s problem.
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You gotta love Pierre calling a bad play a heads up play by Clendenning. Smh
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Not to mention Callahan’s infringement on the limited bald-cream resources of Tampa.
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Props to mrs Wicky
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Maybe in 10 years I will soften up on Tax Free. He should still be here. Definitely miss his play.
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Yahtzee!!!!!
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BAM
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Headzo
Tax free lost me completely and moops was meh to me. Great guy but not anything special as a player (imo). I’d have rather kept the aforementioned Boyle instead of letting him go and keeping moops (I’m relatively sure that was an AV decision).
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WHAT A PASS BY TJ!
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Sweet!
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Kaching!
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Crap! Now we have to lose 4-3.
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DOUBLE DING-DONG!!
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JT is scary
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JT with ANOTHER great pass.
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Fans: Booo
Me: Wooo
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BOOM!
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How did Jay Tea get that through?
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That was simple thing of beauty!
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WHO’S THE BETTER TEAM NOW, MILBURY???!!
You creep!
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Eric over in the corner, sobbing.
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Gudas with his back to the play. Well done sir
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Jumpin Jehoshaphat!
Grabby!
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No way you could have predicted this game from the Buffalo loss. So how could someone predict the end of the season?
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia!
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That’s a great point. How are we going to give up four goals in the next couple minutes?
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Manny
It’s 4 mil, but agree. I also liked Prust but did not think his 2.5 mil per was worth it either….I know I know I’m that weird fan that actually calls it how it is whether I like the player or not.
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For what it’s worth, I will always consider Callahan as part of that First Wave of core players which have defined the Rangers of the past decade:
Dubinsky
Callahan
Steal
Girardi
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Step with the Skjei
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Naturally Opie couldn’t get to the penalty box fast enough with a 3-0 lead to protect/blow.
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Never like it when Step is in box. Especially with Nash out.
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BTW. US beats Russia in case you weren’t paying attention.
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I like Callahan a lot better than a retired St Louis.
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Bullsht
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Poor Hank.
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Bear….off to the woods with you!!!!
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It was all McD fault. In more ways than one!!!
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Remember Drury?
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3-1.
Donuts misses a 2 in 1 then scores an own goal.
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Way to go Stepan. McDonagh is not the offensive player he used to be and it leads to that.
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Hank deserves a Standing O at this point. Don’t get rattled, old pro!
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Opie pass giveth, opie penalty taketh away
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Everyone prepared for the nightly chinese fireplace?
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I’d rather have No Callahan and No retired St. Louis at this time
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Dong-ding 😡
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He is playing tonight like beheaded rooster…
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The thing is, I would overpay Prust because of how much I love him and what a man-crush I have on him.
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Chinese fireplace – absolutely gonna happen. Rangers can’t have it easy.
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It’s all up to Hank now.
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Fwiw, I also think the dubi contract is too much for him.
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Whoah. Way to strike back.
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BAMMMMMM!
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Hayzer!!!!!!!
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Purps x 2!
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Haze savze!
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Another Hazer beam!
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Kevin Can’t Wait
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No Doritos
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Munchies!
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HZ make it casual routine…
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DING-DING-DONG!
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Haze: “Me likes Mason”
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Hayes IS THE BEST RANGER forward not named Nash.
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Jambalaya!!
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Bisque?
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Where’s Carp to argue the viability of this challenge?
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Offside
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Duguay had Kreider’s changeup at 87 mph, and Hayes’ second goal at 227 mph.
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What do they burn in a Chinese Fireplace, Oriental Furniture?
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Hate that “offside” challenges
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HaHA!!!!
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Thank Gawd
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Oh phew! Cripes…..
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Suckas!
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Bong hits all around!
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I meant onside
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DESPISE that rule. Waste of time.
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General Tzo’s Fireplace.
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Good one Carp!
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Kung Pow’s Wood Stove
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Del Zotto’s snow angel brings back fond memories.
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Now, score a ENG and get back to normal Rangers’ score…
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Manny
Lol re Prust. He’s one of the wicky family jersey jinx that kept the tradition going
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Let’s get out of here without any more injuries. Sheesh!
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That was funny seeing Eine Klein getting upended by Hank
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I got my Cally jersey a week before he was gone. Oh, it sits in my closet as an ornament.
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Voting tonight going to be a little tougher than normal..I’ve got 4..someone is going to get HM while deserving a vote
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If AV really did take one for the team last night, saying he didn’t prepare them well enough, is that something Torts would ever do? Different approaches, both effective if the players see them as authentic.
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I hate all challenges in all sports. Love the human element.
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Hanka
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I’m putting this on you Bear…..
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Yep, the mark of true greatness…..and a 2.40 GAA.
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Bring out the General Tso’s
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Seriously Lundqvist?
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Pirri has to correct his misaligned aim or else…he has no business on this team. Grabby from other hand is absolutely steal this season, even when he slows in scoring.
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There’s the inevitable softie. Just enough time for it to be potentially important.
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It’s fair. This one is 100% on me
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Did I or did I not tell you that there would be a goal scored to ruin the shutout that would NOT be Hank’s fault. Way to go, Captain. Followed by the softie high, glove side.
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Rangers should just play all 82 on road and vs the flyers.
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I have it Lundqvist, Hayes, Miller with 2.5 to go. Will it last?
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Hank is back! Err…..uh…
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Just keep icing it. 2 goal lead.
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NYR
Yeah those situations suck…
Mrs wicky…Avery
Me…Prust
Mrs wicky…brassard
Me…pouliot
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I really want a miller jersey but I’m not going to do it for fear of the jinx
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Carp did that General Tikkanen’s come with a fortune cookie?
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5-4 flyers now lol
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Big goal.
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Empty Netter…where’s Dubinsky?
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Flyers win 6-5?
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6-5 lmao
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I told ya!!!!! 5!
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Der Bingle!
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Grabby!
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Dammit- another 3 🥅 lead
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At least our D is smart enough to not cover anyone, giving Hank a good view of the puck that’s about to go in.
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FIRE SATHER!!
Hire Gorton.
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Norm
I had Kreider instead of hank, hank gets HM
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I don’t have any Jerseys because I’m not on the team.
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Pappa Johns
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Big win secure 4th in metro. Just stay their. Hello Montreal.
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Hank needs to play a full 60. He’ll get there. Plenty of time to sharpen. But it was a good 50 minutes, for sure. Real nice first.
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Anyone else just see opie toe pick? Lol
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My three have 100% of the vote. Great night, any number of guys worthy of a star. Grab, Vesey, Zook, Gerund, Girardi, Oscar…
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Let them fight!
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Perfect. No pp time so no affecting their numbers.
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Also Step, The…
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I have to say – it was well executed game by Rangers. Strange, how the same team could play such a different games within couple days.
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Talk about collective mental state…
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Milbury looks like a lost puppy
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Yay!!!!!!! Nuzzles and a mental stick salute! I got an early alarm so niters all! Glad to be back in the saddle….
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Voted
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I voted hated, no Doritos, and enigma…in no particular order.
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Hank has been good but he should have had that one. He made the saves in the first when they needed them. For a change they had the better of the goaltending matchup.
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Makes last night’s stink fest smell even more.
But boy is Milbury ever so sad.
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…who just soil a carpet.
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Simply amazing Millbury was ever a GM. Let alone for as long as he was.
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Lundqvist won the game early. Early saves always forgotten.
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Flyers fans stuck around hoping for cheapshots. Could have been a great night.
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Eric!
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1.Haze, 2.Grabby, 3. Lundqvist. Exactly in this order.
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I voted Catcher, just because I love the nickname. And Hayes and Lundqvist. In no particular order.
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VERY astute obseration, Carp.
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Makes you wonder if he just needs more playing time to get sharper. The back to backs must be a lot easier when you have only played about 60% of team’s games.
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Catcher?
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before you look up obseration, let me correct that to observation. 🙂
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Stepan, Hayes, Miller
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I have trouble with real names, nick names is killing me
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Haze Grabby and… Pirri, because the way he plays he won’t get another.
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More power to Torts. Didn’t think he’d make it with his taskmaster personality in the new nhl; thought he’d end up a college coach.
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Hey! We’re good again!
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Hank all smiles in Post Gamer.
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Props to Torts. Always loved his passion and commitment to winning. He took a bad rap at the end here.
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Catcher – Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ – Holden Caulfield famous protagonist, ergo Holden= Catcher.
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Mason is a liability in net
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I don’t know about anyone else but I definitely questioned AV for playing Hank tonight. Points for him and the correct call. That’s why I’m not the coach of this team.
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Coos, Holden is about the only one I get and can remember, even though I read the book once, a long long time ago.
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Norm – Gerund a star, lol
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Or is it Knick names?
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Mason dropped a brick in net tonight.
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I used it from the very beginning, when he got in the roster by immediate association with Caulfield….Was pretty obvious, despite exchanging first and last names…
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Coos
Ah
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Carmelo Anthony – “What the hell is a Knickerbocker anyway?”
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Hated=miller
No Doritos=Hayes
Enigma=Kreider
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That’s easy. It’s a beer!
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I think I’ll stick with know when to Holden for,well….Holden
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I think we should call Holden “Yogi”
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NYR 7-0 in second of back-to-backs. I believe AV has gone with the same goalie on both ends four times, and 4-0 in those second games.
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Kenny Rodgers got some awful plastic surgery
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Hey, E3, did you see that trivia question. Which team’s arena is known as “The Can?”
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I had a teacher in 9th grade named Beatrice Holden. She called me despicable. She was a good English teacher because I had to look it up.
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At least you knew how to spell it
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Nash – Marshmallow/The Good One
Stepan – Opie the Victim
AV -Double Bubble
The Captain – Donuts
Third Row Staal
Puempel – Pumpernickel
Clendening – The Gerund
Zucc – Topo Gigio
Kreider = THE
who is forgotten?
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did she teach you how to say “Fire Sather!”?
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Klein=ein kleiner
Girardi=opg
Staal=trs
Skjel=beat wide
Hank=shampoo boy
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And now it’s on to Columbus.
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JT, Haze, Grabner
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I didn’t know about the Clendening nickname, and have no idea what that means.
Also:
Couch=Fast.
Machine=Lindberg
Hayes has a whole boatload of nicknames.
Shampoo Boy=Lundqvist.
Auntie=Raanta
OPG=Over-paid Girardi
The Hated One=Miller.
probably missing one or two or three more.
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Over paid Girardi? OPG
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Stop bragging, Olga. Everyone knows you left school in 5th grade to take care of the llamas.
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Zucc=hobbit
Hayes=no Doritos
Kreider=enigma
Fast=couch
Lindberg=machine
Pirri=glass slipper
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That’s Machine, as in penalty machine.
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Machine won some massive draws tonight.
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Ribbit=Hrivik.
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‘Shampoo Boy,’ a classic.
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Machine should be 4th line centre when everyone is healthy…unless they trade for one.
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Hrivnik – Kermit ( because when Sam says Hrivnik it sounds like ribbit)
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Sam – Ping ( because he never hears the ping when the puck hits the post or crossbar)
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Sam sure has a high forehead. Rather becoming, actually.
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Dugauy – John Wayne Gacy because he’s a creepy clown
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So Hank broke a record with this win?
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A gerund is a verb-noun. Sort of like “dry-cleaning” but but exactly. I’m sure that helped. Thus, Adam Drycleaning.
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Curious to see if the predictable case of skjelitis is covered in the game review later.
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Sam hairline has receded so much his forehead has become an eighthead
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I thought everything was digital download now, do they still make records?
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Ping!
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Sideways, Sam’s hair starts back past his ears. When he looks directly into the camera, he looks like The Flying Nun about to take off.
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Milbury – Buster (figure it out … , shoe and hair-do)
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I want the primary assist on Gerund. Now they can’t trade him. The Catcher is also outstanding, kicking myself for not seeing that.
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I learned FIRE SATHER from a crowded Madison Square Garden one night in 2004.
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Sam – Sally Field !!!!
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Wick – I saw a show recently on TV where they showed teenagers old 33 and a third records. They had trouble taking them out of the sleeve, then said that they looked like pizzas.
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Catcher is too obvious. How bout “ignorance”
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Analog is the new digital boys! The circle of life
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Ignorance is bliss. If we ever get a player named Bliss, he will be ‘Ignorance.”
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Tools of ignorance – catcher
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Ignorance is bliss.
How about Bliss?
I think I’m catching on.
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Aw come on, Coos. Let me have one.
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Can’t help myself but every time I hear “Catcher in the Rye,” I think of Mike Piazza’s drinking problem. I know it’s getting hackneyed, but can’t help it. 🙂
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, so if we ever trade for Littleminds (Red Deer, AB), he’ll be Hobgoblin. Consistently.
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I’d love to play a game in “the can”
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Perhaps this conversation has been hackneyed to death?
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And if we get Bob Envy (Arden Hills, MN), he’ll be the Green-Eyed Monster.
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Serge Brevity (Dorval, QC) will be The Soul of Wit.
Please, God, make it stop.
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E3, it’s no game when I’m on the can, I kid you knot!
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Salmon Joe
Slatapus
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Grabber – where’s Grabby?!?
Pirriwinkle
Jensen – The Great Dane
Rantaa Claus
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If we get Tedi Ousness (savanagh, Georgia) he’ll be Limbs and Outward Flourishes.
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Clothesline to string: “You’re an ordinary piece of string.”
String: “Nope. I’m a frayed knot.”
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Troutface
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Henk played very well; very quick pipe to pipe, not lunging at puck
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Was ‘forced’ by wifey to watch 2 more episodes of House of Cards; FU be one bad brutha; evil genius so missed 3rd.
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Everyone including Mason thought Haze was going to pass…both times
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Clendening looks good, but what do I know.
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4 out of 5; win Saturday and then off for 5 days for extended MLK break
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The Marshmallow, Nashed Potato, The Good One, Nick Rash, etc etc etc
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Beat the Meatles
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Troutface is not pretty.
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http://gph.is/2b4BV6N
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Just read many of last night’s comments, thanks for some of the knicknames!
Catcher is a new one, machine one I never remember.
E3 review not needed after last night’s team F’it. Doodie, love your reviews as well.
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Jensen – Hamlet (Prince of Denmark)
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Zuccarello will always be LINK to me (Little Italian Norwegian Kid).
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Good morning from the sunny Florida, beetches! Anyone near or around Naples want to say hi?
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Did cccp just say nipples?
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It’s a balmy -32 Celsius here this morning…anyone want to say hello?
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Should be link ray
Due to his laser ray passing
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LOL @ beetches. First time I’ve READ a Russian accent.
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Grabner has been one hell of a steal. And amidst all of the injuries and goalie whoas I am quite happy to see both Kreider and Hayes on pace for their first 50-60 point seasons. Especially Hayes. He cooled off for a bit but he’s really shown that he can be a player in this league and he’s been really important to this team with Zibanejad out. Two big question marks from the long offseason answered!
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-32 Celsius?! Where the puck do you live?! North of North pole?!
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HELLO WICKY! (andre the giant voice)
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Jeez! I was complaining because it’s -1 here today – positively balmy compared to that wicky!
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Good game last night. After surviving the first period, the Rangers counter-punched well.
Skjei looked pretty good paired with McDonagh.
When Staal gets back then why not sit Girardi for a game or two? Though I thought Girardi played pretty well last night.
Fast is a guy you want on the ice to hold a lead, but boy does he struggle in the offensive part of the game. It’s not his skills, either. It’s his decision making.
Vesey with Fast and Lindberg is a waste. Maybe when Nash comes back they can at least put him on a line with somebody that has a smidgen of offensive talent.
Kreider and Grabner on pace for 32 goals for the season. I think Kreider makes or surpasses that mark. Not sure about Grabner, but if he doesn’t score another goal this season he was steal.
Hanka, Hanka kept the team in the game in that first period. They could have been down by 3 or 4 if he was having one of his off nights.
So who plays in goal Saturday against the unbeatable Blue Jackets?
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LOL James… you kno, I vent to Florida to haf some sun for my skeen… sveem in zee ocean and eat deeleesiouz Kuban cousin 🙂
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NEW POST
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Sam = Rushmore
A legendary career, nose and forehead worthy of a mountainside display
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-32 celsius = zero fahrenheit
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New post? Where?
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zero fahrenheit = -32 celsius
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