Good morning, boneheads!
If they lose, they suck.
If they win, they’re dumb because they may end up above the Pens and end up playing Columbus
Either way, AV should be fired and McD is a bad captain.
Am I missing something?
Another flat playoff performance will necessitate changes. AV does have a better relationship with the media and players so he likely won’t take the hit. More likely that there will be roster moves to change the team chemistry. Some guys who frequently bring their C games may be part of a hockey trade. Especially if they do it in the playoffs.
I will tell you, ORF, AV has no friends in the media. He’s not hated, but he has zero relationship with any of us, has never called one of us by name, and virtually never talked to any of us outside of his pressers, which you can tell are pretty uncomfortable and mostly useless.
Some people hated Torts, and AV doesn’t have any of that, either. Nobody hates him that I know of, and he’s respectful. But anybody in my business who wouldn’t rather have Torts pressers than AV pressers is nuts, IMO.
Is Patrik Elias a HOFer? One season with 90 points, one with 80. He scored 400 goals, and 1000 pts. I always viewed him as a very good player, but not great.
Interesting comment Carp. I always liked Torts’ pressers as a fan. Very entertaining and sometimes informative. You can empathize with a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. I didn’t realize they were fun as a participant. There won’t be a mutiny against AV. At times it seems like this group couldn’t muster enough emotion to do that.
Yes you are ilb2001 “Fire Sather”. If the Rangers lose tonight that’s it I’m done with the negatives nothing more can be said about this cotton candy bunch!
I doubt Torts’ Pressers were tons of fun, but they sure provided fodder to sportswriters for their deadlines and potential stories for the future (e.g.: Hags stinks on the PP).
Ev
I just don’t hate the pens, they’ve always had a player on their team I really like (letang currently…and hornqvist to a lesser degree) and I have a ton of respect for Crosby. He whined quite a bit in his early few years, but hasn’t been that way in a while. The slashes and physical abuse he endures every game is pretty crazy. I like the way he gives it back too, willing to throw a hit, stands up for teammates, will drop the gloves, leads by example, will definitely get greasy.
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All that being said, I certainly don’t root for them, but I don’t hate them.
AV: “It was a hard-fought battle, both teams played real hard. We had some good looks. The power play had some Grade A chances.”
Then he does the football coach thing where he does some play by play: “We came back and tied the game, but then they scored late and we lost the game …”
which is inevitably followed by, “so we’ll get back to practice and work real hard tomorrow and prepare for Pittsburgh.”
I don’t know enough about baseball to comment on Raines.
Warner is one of those examples of what matters more: the peak of a guy’s career or its longevity? He had those two epic years. It’s hard to keep a two time league MVP out of any sport’s hall of fame. I also think that run to the Super Bowl with the Cardinals helped him out a lot.
Wicky when did Cindy drop the gloves and how would slashing someone in the nuts be giving it back…guy is best player in the league but let’s not cut him slack from being the weasel he is
And Wick you can like some guys on Pittsburgh but let’s call a spade a spade. Crosby may be a phenom but he’s a lot of other things too. Some of which can be spelled with 4-letters. I guess that’s what happens when Mario takes you under his wing.
We can beat any team in the NHL in a seven game series. How likely we are to do so changes with the team you choose. I’d say we have a 50/50 chance against Montreal.
Captain not playing tonight. Trying to remember who hurt him in SJ game. But he was yapping at somebody at the end. Before that he got hit in the hand with pucks three games in a row.
Am I the only one bothered by mcd jot getting up after getting ragdolled and goin g after Crosby? He’s the damn captain. I can imagine what would have happened if someone did that to messier, or even kisio.
Scottsdale – it bothers me a lot. My kid has a McDonough jersey. He plays defense on his squirt team because he says he wants to be like McDonough. I feel like McDonough owes Crosby an ass-kicking and it should have happened right then and there the way that Brendan Smith dealt with Corey Perry.
If you’re the captain, you set an example for the entire team. He’s probably my favorite player, but the fact that he looked so unprepared to deal with Simmonds last year and that Crosby rag-doll incident make no sense.
McDonough is our most important skater and thus has a target on his back. He should be mentally and physically prepared for that kind of crap and ready to deal with it on the spot.
McDonagh IS the most important skater, and because of that he should not be wasting his time dropping the gloves. Especially if he’s not good at. Which I think is a safe assumption.
You don’t want your best player sitting for 5,7, or 17 unless he is also taking out the other teams best. The Skid-knees tiff was a mugging and everyone was waiting for McD to stand up for himself. That he didn’t shows the league he won’t do so which is also the reason why Skid jumped him. He knew he was an easy mark.
You guys are making a big deal about the Crosby rag doll thing. First of all he got caught off guard then everyone including refs stepped in and sent him to the box.
What bothered me most about that whole incident was that he went back to playing “safe” hockey after that game and wasn’t nearly as aggressive as he looked up to that point.
Pissburgh has to have the most pp’s in the league..automatic for a crew working a Pissburgh game..when a black n gold panzie hits the ice the arm starts goin up…
This is pathetic. I don’t give a crap if they have “nothing to play for”. That’s just an excuse for crappy play. Have some pride. This is a half-assed pens team that’s lost 4 straight. Granted, that usually means we’ll lose but still…. C’mon.
Big difference ticket price wise in Sunrise..but man I envy you though..i have been trying to convince my 60 y/o wife to mail it in w work and move already 35 tonight w wet snow in Poughkeepsie I’m sick of this already
I go on cruises all the time outta FLL and MIA and while I wouldn’t want to live that far south i’d love to be up near Deland or even Titusville…I wopuld gladly put up with the 5 to 7 unbearable months for those 4 or 5 winter months I mean AC AC AC…I have had it with shoveling, raking and every other homeowner perk
I can’t wait I’m done with work..i get social security in August and my oldest son is a pilot for United so I can come back up when I want..the hardest part is dragging my wife away from her friends and job…
So they played OK for about 12 minutes until the Pens picked it up a notch. The compete level for this team is nonexistent right now. That can’t continue. They are going to lose consecutive games to teams that are on 6and 4 game losing streaks. The Knicks are playing harder than them tonight.
At the game tonight. Very weird energy. It’s like the Rangers operate on wavelengths. Up and down, up and down. Hank making giant saves and one big flub. Figures it was Sid. Ah well. At least he’s getting work. Murray looks really sharp but I’m really curious why he didn’t have to go through the concussion protocol. I’m sitting behind him and he clearly whacked his head and was dazed. Did they say anything in the tv feed?
now Joe is doing his best Jim Cantore imitation discussing the weather and Sam is concerned about the Red Bulls field in NJ for their game tomorrow WTF cares???
Talk about HAV’s, losing at home to Pittsburgh with half their defense out is the ultimate one. BTW, these games are on in the morning in Hong Kong, where I am today. Which is better than staying up all night to watch while in Europe.
Sesame Street should have a segment where the count counts Rangers consecutive home losses….or wins to teams that have lost 4 or more games before they played them.
what did I just watch? 45 min of sleep walking and a wake up call late..still I thought we had the best 3 on 3 chances but as you said our shot selection was as if we had a guide dog skating with us
Hank looked like a real amature on those shot-out goals Wow! SC & Kessel never had easier goals. Maybe someday they will win another home game. However they did get a point grabbing defeat out of the jaws of defeat!
Norm, so Kreider scores the goal that he should not score and now ShampooBoy may be banged up some more. This was a game they were better off to lose, and should have done so in regulation. Of all the meaningless games they have played of late, this one actually had a tiny bit of meaning. Getting out the door with a respectable performance and everyone in one piece was the ticket. And who knows what Holden was thinking, clearly channeling Clendening.
No need to worry boys these games are meaningless. The real season starts in game 1 of the playoffs. And they will finish all those good looks lol! Someone please answer me this how can they not score on that 2 on none? Boggles the mind. This bunch is good just not good enough. Might be a long time before they are. Man I hate the pens.
Blaming Hank on the shootout goals is pretty silly. The game would have been 7-2 without him. The number of wide open chances Pitt had directly in front of the crease was nuts. He played a great game. The hit he took in OT looked pretty bad. He was moving his neck and shoulder around a lot for the rest of the OT. Hopefully he is ok and just a little banged up. I will say that the crowd finally got into it in the 3rd which was nice to hear. Murray was also stellar. Poor Grabner….
“It is really curious how we went from being a really strong defensive team for 60 games to playing the way we are now,” Derek Stepan said. “I don’t know the reason behind it. But I do know we’re working extremely hard as a group to correct it.”
Opie you may not know because you were clearly not watching the NYR those other 60 games. Really strong? Does he honestly believe that?
“It is really curious how we went from being a really strong defensive team for 60 games to playing the way we are now,” Derek Stepan said. “I don’t know the reason behind it. But I do know we’re working extremely hard as a group to correct it.”
Shampooboy’s pretty hair was not up to the task of stopping Cindy. Needs more grit. Switch to CVS house brand!
whoops.. coffee please.. ““That’s why he has 43 goals,” Lundqvist said of the league-leader. “It hit my head and I can’t really stop it with my head. I need to get my head behind the post or something.”
The Ranger sure have a lot of “I need to” and “We need to” sign of a coaching staff and team without any answers. I will admit Hank was good last night, but the better goalie won. Switch net-minders and The NY Rangers win that game. But that’s just my opinion.
I’m happy they tied it late and and made it exciting and all, but man, this team struggles because of a lack of capabilities when up against a team stocked with talent. I really hope they can make a go of it in the post season.
Eli, I’ve said it all season and not many agree with me but Murray is the clear cut difference maker. They can’t solve him enough to win against this team. Another goalie with the Rangers’ number
James G there seems to be quite a few goalies with their number. I also believe it is a lack of elite talent. They just don’t have any great finishers! Lundqvist has always been the difference in the past giving them a shot in any series, not any more it seems. I drove by Paciugo Thursday at work and remembered you being there and thought, I should would have liked to set down together have a beer and talk Rangers hockey.
Hank was better. Maybe that was his B game. That allowed them to steal a point. They were ok for the first ten minutes and pretty good for the last ten. In between they played with the intensity of a September exhibition game. Maybe they can step it up or maybe that just aren’t that good. Gorton has to figure out which it is and act accordingly. Two year in a row they have imploded after the trade deadline.
Good morning, boneheads!
Went back to read last night’s comments and found some stupidity instead.
Hondo, why don’t you deal with your homophobic struggles in a private manner, so that the whole blog doesn’t see it.
And no, you won’t find his comment because I removed it. I have no doubt Doodie wouldn’t mind.
Norm with all due respect use whichever adjectives you want to describe Murray but the no matter what you want to take away from any game against Pittsburgh since May of 2016, the Rangers are not able to beat him. Not even once in the last 12 months have they faced him and beaten him. So unless you want to play the “anything can happen” card (which you’re more than welcomed to do because there’s no malice behind this post) just consider agreeing with me that they need some serious improvements in order to compete with the Pens the way they have in the past.
No ‘the sky is falling’ posts from me today. I’m just trying to figure out what this team can do to correct their issues. I’m not going to use the term “smoke and mirrors” or talk crap about how they over achieved or any of that nonsense. The bottom line is that until last night they had the exact same amount of wins as the Pens team they faced and could have beaten in overtime. But to say that they’re matched evenly with them is to wear blinders. There needs to be some kind of righting of the ship here. A lucky bounce, a veteran stepping up – whatever it is needs to happen relatively soon.
In past years if they scored three they won. They have to get back to that somehow. I’m not sure this group can do that. Showing up for 20 minutes game is just not going to cut it. They went 0 for March at home during which they have chutzpah to announce a ticket price hike. Welcome the world’s most overpriced arena.
ORF- those were the years where the defense was in it’s prime. Girardi and/or Staal were capable of playing as a shut down pair against players like Crosby and Ovechkin. They aren’t capable of that level of play anymore unfortunately.
BDL while I won’t get too down on their chances in a series against Montreal, I’ll take a betting man’s approach to this one. What odds do you give a team against Montreal when they can’t win a game at home and they can’t win a game up in Montreal?
And I agree with you. The in and out of the line up stuff and the juggling of combinations isn’t helping and it’s the sign of a coach without a solution to his team’s problems. His post game presser was as generic as some predicted it would be. Put your best line up back together and let them play their way out of this.
I have no problem with all y’all pushing the panic button and looking for negativity wherever you can find it during this utterly meaningless stretch of games, where the only business the Rangers have needed to tend to is health. Now it’s legitimate ramp-up time and they just tied the Penguins, who were probably annoyed they coughed it up. They haven’t needed to play 60-minute games, and they wisely haven’t. They know what will be needed, and I will become almost as bothered if they mail in the last handful. LGR!
Time to settle the D-pairs too, BDL. They need to get used to each other’s tendencies.
Time to stop moving JT around too. He’s been their best player for awhile now.
In other words, while the outcome of those remaining 4 games isn’t important ( 1 point gained in Boston assures they cross to Atlantic division), at some point AV needs to stop experimenting and settle on what he sees is his best lineup. More or less.
Rangers Report 2.0 
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Great title!
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Very optimistic…
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Give the people what they want
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Come on, man!
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The people don’t know what they want. Give them what you think they need!
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Good morning, boneheads!
If they lose, they suck.
If they win, they’re dumb because they may end up above the Pens and end up playing Columbus
Either way, AV should be fired and McD is a bad captain.
Am I missing something?
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ilb – you forgot trade everybody, fire everybody
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Another flat playoff performance will necessitate changes. AV does have a better relationship with the media and players so he likely won’t take the hit. More likely that there will be roster moves to change the team chemistry. Some guys who frequently bring their C games may be part of a hockey trade. Especially if they do it in the playoffs.
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Win tonight and rest the Captain for next 3 games
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Pens 7-NYR 1. Boston wins 1st wild card. Book it. 😜
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I will tell you, ORF, AV has no friends in the media. He’s not hated, but he has zero relationship with any of us, has never called one of us by name, and virtually never talked to any of us outside of his pressers, which you can tell are pretty uncomfortable and mostly useless.
Some people hated Torts, and AV doesn’t have any of that, either. Nobody hates him that I know of, and he’s respectful. But anybody in my business who wouldn’t rather have Torts pressers than AV pressers is nuts, IMO.
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Marshmallow soft, ilb.
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Isaac Hayes gave Richie Roundtree the Shaft.
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“I thought we had some looks, and we played better in the third. Anything else, fellas? No? Okay.”
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Is Patrik Elias a HOFer? One season with 90 points, one with 80. He scored 400 goals, and 1000 pts. I always viewed him as a very good player, but not great.
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Interesting comment Carp. I always liked Torts’ pressers as a fan. Very entertaining and sometimes informative. You can empathize with a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. I didn’t realize they were fun as a participant. There won’t be a mutiny against AV. At times it seems like this group couldn’t muster enough emotion to do that.
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Yes you are ilb2001 “Fire Sather”. If the Rangers lose tonight that’s it I’m done with the negatives nothing more can be said about this cotton candy bunch!
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I doubt Torts’ Pressers were tons of fun, but they sure provided fodder to sportswriters for their deadlines and potential stories for the future (e.g.: Hags stinks on the PP).
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Ev
I just don’t hate the pens, they’ve always had a player on their team I really like (letang currently…and hornqvist to a lesser degree) and I have a ton of respect for Crosby. He whined quite a bit in his early few years, but hasn’t been that way in a while. The slashes and physical abuse he endures every game is pretty crazy. I like the way he gives it back too, willing to throw a hit, stands up for teammates, will drop the gloves, leads by example, will definitely get greasy.
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All that being said, I certainly don’t root for them, but I don’t hate them.
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It’s multitasking like this that will make Trump’s America Great Again
Combining the pregame, in-game and postgame thread into one concise sentence
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In no way is Elias a Hall of Famer. Guys like Pat Verbeek and Dave Andreychuk can’t get in; Elias shouldn’t even be in the conversation.
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those are some seriously wild last names you’re tossing around
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AV: “It was a hard-fought battle, both teams played real hard. We had some good looks. The power play had some Grade A chances.”
Then he does the football coach thing where he does some play by play: “We came back and tied the game, but then they scored late and we lost the game …”
which is inevitably followed by, “so we’ll get back to practice and work real hard tomorrow and prepare for Pittsburgh.”
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Was just told the Rangers were never in it for Vecchione, who signed with Flyers and his buddy Ghost.
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Half of my block on SI was named Vecchione. Maybe the Rangers will get one of them instead
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Flyers sign Vecchione – Welp, guess I’ll have to hate him now….
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but, Doodie, Clark Gillies is in.
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Carp, what about Village People Trevor Gillies?
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he took Hospodar’s molars with him, so there’s that
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Tank! Tank! Tank! Can we do it? yes we can!!
Though playing the BJs w/ Tortles in tow would be grade A entertainment.
Lets Go Rangers!
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I agree RR2,
It just seems that all sports are lowering there standards for the HOF. Kurt Warner got in , in the NFL, and Tim Raines in MLB.
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Two teams, one meaningless game. Let’s sew who has more pride.
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Sew = see
Sewing will be later 🙂
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No way to Elias…verbeek should already be in.
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I don’t know enough about baseball to comment on Raines.
Warner is one of those examples of what matters more: the peak of a guy’s career or its longevity? He had those two epic years. It’s hard to keep a two time league MVP out of any sport’s hall of fame. I also think that run to the Super Bowl with the Cardinals helped him out a lot.
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CCCP, not meaningless for the Penguins. They want home ice against the CBJ.
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Has any forward from Derbils cups got in?
No to Elias – good not great
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Wicky when did Cindy drop the gloves and how would slashing someone in the nuts be giving it back…guy is best player in the league but let’s not cut him slack from being the weasel he is
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Joe Nieuwendyk, who also was inexplicably part of the NHL 100.
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Well then… sucks for us.
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Though playing the BJs w/ Tortles would be grade A entertainment…off the ice.
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I think him playing against Pittsburgh is the best option available:
BTW, love that it was, yet again, Opie the victim.
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Warner is sort of the Eric Lindros of the NFL
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LOL Doodie. That’s a classic “I have to talk to Rammer” moment as well.
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Well Lindros was expected to be great. I’d say Tim Thomas is the better comparison.
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And Wick you can like some guys on Pittsburgh but let’s call a spade a spade. Crosby may be a phenom but he’s a lot of other things too. Some of which can be spelled with 4-letters. I guess that’s what happens when Mario takes you under his wing.
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Fair enough. Steve Thomas then.
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That was a (bad) joke btw. If you’re like Mrs. G you don’t laugh much when work is hectic..:)
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Warner had a few seasons. Not a career.
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Can we beat Montreal in a 7 game series?
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We can beat any team in the NHL in a seven game series. How likely we are to do so changes with the team you choose. I’d say we have a 50/50 chance against Montreal.
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I would have said 50/50 back in January. Now I’m thinking more like 60/40.
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And that has nothing to do with winning games in Montreal or anything that they can do better per say. It’s about our guys playing up to snuff.
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Top of the Morning Boys!!!
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Nobody in the league is better at this than Pavelski.
https://streamable.com/2c8qh
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Price is playing better than Lundqvist, and the Rangers can’t win at the Bell centre.
But this year they win on the road, so it’s 50/50 in a 7 game series. It will go 7 games.
The King will have to be “in court” to win this battle.
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Crosby has fought Dubinsky,, Giroux and others, and he rag-dolled McDonagh
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Where the hell did my post go?
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Captain not playing tonight. Trying to remember who hurt him in SJ game. But he was yapping at somebody at the end. Before that he got hit in the hand with pucks three games in a row.
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They should be resting more than McDonagh at this point.
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Who do you rest, when they are all playing so good?
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Carp
I’m sure whoever he was yapping with got their butt handed to them for messing with our captain….oh wait, probably not
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Thornton got Captain in the nuts pretty good.
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AV-Alright boys. Lets not show up for the 1st, tank the second and try to win the 3rd period!
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Kevin Hayes’ voice is identical to Shawn Michaels.
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LMFAO
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I am quietly confident that the Rangers are going to make a substantial run in these playoffs.
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I am so quietly confident that I’m not going to say anything about it.
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If Crosby fought Dubinsky,Giroux, McDonagh…. not exactly murderers row… probably jumped Dubinsky
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Skid has had seven fighting majors, and you can watch them:
http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/5905
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Am I the only one bothered by mcd jot getting up after getting ragdolled and goin g after Crosby? He’s the damn captain. I can imagine what would have happened if someone did that to messier, or even kisio.
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Just watched them all and I don’t think Skid lost any of them.
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Wonder what would happen if he dropped the gloves with Ovie..
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Carp are you turning into a Cindy fan?
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Scottsdale – it bothers me a lot. My kid has a McDonough jersey. He plays defense on his squirt team because he says he wants to be like McDonough. I feel like McDonough owes Crosby an ass-kicking and it should have happened right then and there the way that Brendan Smith dealt with Corey Perry.
If you’re the captain, you set an example for the entire team. He’s probably my favorite player, but the fact that he looked so unprepared to deal with Simmonds last year and that Crosby rag-doll incident make no sense.
McDonough is our most important skater and thus has a target on his back. He should be mentally and physically prepared for that kind of crap and ready to deal with it on the spot.
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McDonagh IS the most important skater, and because of that he should not be wasting his time dropping the gloves. Especially if he’s not good at. Which I think is a safe assumption.
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You don’t want your best player sitting for 5,7, or 17 unless he is also taking out the other teams best. The Skid-knees tiff was a mugging and everyone was waiting for McD to stand up for himself. That he didn’t shows the league he won’t do so which is also the reason why Skid jumped him. He knew he was an easy mark.
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hamonic of isles got into a fight and busted his hand
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You guys are making a big deal about the Crosby rag doll thing. First of all he got caught off guard then everyone including refs stepped in and sent him to the box.
What bothered me most about that whole incident was that he went back to playing “safe” hockey after that game and wasn’t nearly as aggressive as he looked up to that point.
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SN, who on this team ISN’T an easy mark? Brendan Smith?
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hey where’d my post go? was classic torts v brooks
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Beezle, I’m not seeing it.
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A good late afternoon all! Looking forward to some hockey tonight!!! LGR!!!!!! HARTNELL the west coast!
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Beezle, I’m guessing it was this:
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Jeepers, some guys seem to be itching for some vengeful fisticuffs tonight–Glass dressing?
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Thats it, I was fairly sure I hit post…
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Uh….is it go time yet?
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are we gonna get a go time?????
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So plan tonight is play well and ShampooBoy gives up GWG with 10 secs left, lose 1-0? Deny Cindy the tank!
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Miller on the 4th line with Fast beside Hayes? Someone find BDL and make sure he hasn’t gotten himself arrested somewhere in NYC..
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CCCP…do u have a link for the game?
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Got through the first 5 minutes without a goals against!!!
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here is cccp’s link. I tested it, it works. He said not to share, but he has posted it here, so i dont feel bad
http://blabseal.com/rangers/
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My mama is visiting me….listening to me yap at TV and wanted to know why a player is called Cindy….hee hee.
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Once again the World’s Most Quietest Arena sounds like a Doctor’s waiting room…
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Girardi blocks a shot with his bad ankle. Not very smart.
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Thx Tomb
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I don’t get the Vesey sit
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Would like to see Vesey get more playoff ice time than Buchnevich
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FIRE SATHER! Pissburgh tanking.
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we should play a late March Islander like game…
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Olga!
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18000 people with their data on
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HANK!!!
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Holden is awful
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Good to see 3o make some big saves early
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does that Stall kid have any brothers..?
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Rumor has it finns….
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this game has a don’t get hurt scrimmage feel…
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I’m glad not to see Hags tonight…..that loss still makes me sad
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will someone put Kunitz on his azz
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Why Kunitz is still alive after that???!!!
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Good so far. From Lundqvist at any rate.
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Hopefully this will be the last time we see the Holden-Girardi tandem. My goodness.
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Buch said NYET to hitting anyone on that last shift
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Mama!
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Holden-Girardi looking like a yellow cab speeding thru midtown…all over the place
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Shoulda knocked Kunitz on his Patunitz.
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Holden, icing. His best paly this period.
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ever since Kunitz opened his pie hole re Marty St L..i can’t stand that smug worm
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Lindberg looks better every time I see him.
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Lindbergh looks really good. He’s earned his ice time.
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smugness is not a good quality
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Must win if we want the playoffs.
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it took the ref 5 seconds to raise his hand
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Hagelin’s juice bar buddy is still manning the home penalty box..
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There is something Brassard never did
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21 Ouch
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Seems all grade A chances tonight with a few B’s but not many C’s or D’s. Who came up with the idea to grade this game on a curve?
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I-D-I-O=T!
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Lazy penalty there. Not smot.
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Kreider prone to occasional glimses of stupidity
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Pardon me all, but it’s been so long with my stupid feeds, it’s a pleasure listening to the home guys tonight!
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ooooooh almost!
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So, aside from Hank, our good period is still to come?
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One thing about Playing Pens …opponent always get to work on the penalty kill
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Nash missed Z’s pass cause you never want to pass up a chance to change…
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Chicago – Columbus at 8:30, if this game gets any duller.
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Pissburgh has to have the most pp’s in the league..automatic for a crew working a Pissburgh game..when a black n gold panzie hits the ice the arm starts goin up…
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sounds like the crowd spent the first 45 minutes trying to find the msg free wifi feed
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Was there one check thrown in that period?
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sending selfies…look where I am…look what I’m doing…
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Tuesday has no feel…this game has a scrimmage feel…
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PUT DOWN YOUR DAMN PHONE FOR 150 minutes and boo the pens will ya
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neither team wants this game very bad
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Lots of hitting in this one Al? Really?
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I have had a clear shot of Vally 745 times this year on my 50″and I’ve seen him 723 times…if I can see the TV I normally see Steve
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Um, about the conspiracy to award penalties to the Pens, it would help if you avoided obvious fouls such as Zibanejad’s and Krieder’s
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Albany Devil Rats tonight
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zibby sucks miss torts
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I like Healy..I get the feelin that he’s had 3 to 5 beers b4 the game starts ..I like that …
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Torts never got beat up at a bus stop in his life
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And fug…..
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and there it is..The Baby Bird
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Too passive, too small a box with seconds left. Need to get aggressive as time winds down.
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Kreider going through the motions tonight
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The pens will get at least 2 goals because that one was after the pp had ended.
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there u go 3 penalties
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Stoooooopid penalty.
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Great timing Holden
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What a joke. Looks like the third will be our good period.
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Healy was funny before the game talking about the isles fans wearing 19 and 40 being chased by ranger fans saying they better be fast
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A Monk’s Abbey generates more noise
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Holden cementing his playoff scratches
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More standing around upstairs on msg ice than downstairs at Penn Station
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Hank and the pk are getting plenty of practice tonight. Everything is going according to plan.
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Vally..That clear sighted shot will be seen 897 times out of 912 and be stopped 546 times during a scrimmage such as this
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This is pathetic. I don’t give a crap if they have “nothing to play for”. That’s just an excuse for crappy play. Have some pride. This is a half-assed pens team that’s lost 4 straight. Granted, that usually means we’ll lose but still…. C’mon.
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Sam it’s not that Pissburgh isn’t giving up much it’s we have heads up our a zzes
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Buchnevich is super soft
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imagine paying for this crap
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I pay for this kinda crap down in Florida. At least it’s cheap though.
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I tuned in to watch som e Freiday Night Hockey…not this bunch of pu$$*es
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Big difference ticket price wise in Sunrise..but man I envy you though..i have been trying to convince my 60 y/o wife to mail it in w work and move already 35 tonight w wet snow in Poughkeepsie I’m sick of this already
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Ha! I pay for it too! Was actually thinking today how my cable bill will decrease once curtain falls on season
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you already made a bold move going down there wish it was me
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Ryan McDonagh-injury management aka he’s afraid of Crosby kicking his ass again.
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Rock Hands
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Kunitz committed 2 penalties that shift no call
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South Florida is only good while it’s cold up North.
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throw some hits will ya boys geez this is pathetic
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If you can’t score here, ….
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Grabner not finishing too many plays lately
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Grabner with a whiff of Zibeanejad proportions
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I go on cruises all the time outta FLL and MIA and while I wouldn’t want to live that far south i’d love to be up near Deland or even Titusville…I wopuld gladly put up with the 5 to 7 unbearable months for those 4 or 5 winter months I mean AC AC AC…I have had it with shoveling, raking and every other homeowner perk
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Zika had the top half of the net open. He put it into Murray’s head. Classic.
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Thomas the Tank Engine pathetic effort just pathetic so far way to go AV
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Mother HARTNELL
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Nah takes 400 shots from there and not 1 goal. Geezus.
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Hank was cheating big time
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Crosby can play a little.
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*Nash
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Buch should play roller hockey..no contact whatsoever
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anyone have Mike Rupp’s number
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look at this effort no wonder people are sitting on their hands ..only using them to hold their 14.75 beers and scroll thru twitter
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That’s why the new style of goaltending doesn’t work. Stop starting one your new and stand the hell up.
Btw this game’s over.
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This game is why you DO need Glass in the lineup
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wouldn’t it be nice to have a skilled goal scorer on the team
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*staying on your knees
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What’s it called in soccer ? a friendly?
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That was horrible. That ref better not be working the playoffs. That was a rookie mistake….in the ahl.
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Game not over at all. Jeesh, the defeatism here gets old.
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hotel hallway knee hockey
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Good hustle ref that does not happen at peewee level
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fl is a big change but house is always perfect temp and ya gotta have a pool and boat
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our next home win in October?
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I think, that in a game of tanking, Rangers are tanking faster and more successful.
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Anyone excited about this team going into the postseason?
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Does AV tell then to continually put the puck in front of the net whether they have a chance there or not? Cuz they do it with ridiculous regularity.
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*them
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I can’t wait I’m done with work..i get social security in August and my oldest son is a pilot for United so I can come back up when I want..the hardest part is dragging my wife away from her friends and job…
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Murray could lie on his side with the pads stacked and still keep the Rangers from scoring in this one. It seems like every shot is on the ice.
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Rangers played a solid 60 minutes tonight. That includes play stoppages and between periods…
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Montreal must be licking their chops
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simply pathetic effort …
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I was a pilot for Wonder Bread. Take bread from here, and pile it over there…
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Habs CLEARLY the better team right now fivefinns
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Hit Crosby for godamn sake already!
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Impotent…
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more noise at a meditation conference in the catskills
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Olga, they haven’t even played that.
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lol good one Olga
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Maybe if you include the pre and post-game.
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61 consistent effort
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Nash drew a call!
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if the ref had a stick Zucc would have gotten an assist there
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Our good period awaits us….
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more action at the Westminster Dog Show
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Jambayahtzee !!!!
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So good at home. Ha!
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Buch Best In Show!! Every Dog has it’s Day!!
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The weakest link just scores!.
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Take that, whiners!
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So they played OK for about 12 minutes until the Pens picked it up a notch. The compete level for this team is nonexistent right now. That can’t continue. They are going to lose consecutive games to teams that are on 6and 4 game losing streaks. The Knicks are playing harder than them tonight.
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wait stop..Holden the Presses ..we are alive
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Sam says we are on the uptick !!! maybe that explains our lethargy ..maybe we have Lymes
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Finally. And they still have their good period to come.
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the best 20 is to come I feel it…I think I feel it…wait what is that…oh I’m sitting on my keys nevermind
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85 in Fort Lauderdale today 35 crappy rainy wet snow in Poughkeepsie..i am in a bad mood
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I had a nice 30 mile bike ride today. Weather was great. Hehe
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It was 80 here in West NY. 40 in the morning, 40 in the afternoon…
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First !
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Looks crappy in NYC too. I’m getting 75 and sunny tomorrow….heading to the lake beach
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LGR!!!
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Hawks leading BJ’s 1-0
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Skating in late seee…..
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Gotta love Shawn Thornton.
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Emelin=Punk with no accountability
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Does anyone know what are bets of Las Vegas or London bookers towards Rangers in PO and SC?
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4 billion to none.
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Skating in late, Mama. Glad you had me covered.
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just took a cruise outta Tampa love that riverwalk area around the Amalie Arena no wonder Boyle and the Baker left
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At the game tonight. Very weird energy. It’s like the Rangers operate on wavelengths. Up and down, up and down. Hank making giant saves and one big flub. Figures it was Sid. Ah well. At least he’s getting work. Murray looks really sharp but I’m really curious why he didn’t have to go through the concussion protocol. I’m sitting behind him and he clearly whacked his head and was dazed. Did they say anything in the tv feed?
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Where’s Craig with his slumpbusters song?
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No they didn’t. Murray has barely been tested though.
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our Auntie had to leave once..because of the head shakers ball I recall…nothing on the broadcast good pick up
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Sam and Jow were too busy talking about McDavid to pick that up
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Nice seat Hockey!!!
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Smith tripped. Nope, can’t give the Rangers another power play.
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At least we got away with one too. Cullen was obviously hooked.
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now Joe is doing his best Jim Cantore imitation discussing the weather and Sam is concerned about the Red Bulls field in NJ for their game tomorrow WTF cares???
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I have nothing against Sully getting his own team, but why oh hartnelling why did it have to be the dirty birds…..
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Dumoulin hadn’t scored this year. Uh oh.
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Pigsknuckle getting mentioned very shift
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And why couldn’t he have even been half as good with the Rangers, mama?
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BATTLE OF THE QVUIST’S
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Only thing Sully did for us in NY was land that plane in the Hudson…
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It’s not looking like they’re even going to have their one good period tonight. That’s just pathetic.
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EV, been asking myself that very question…..made last year all the more painful….
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Is Nash in the Delta Lounge?? Haven’t heard from him this period
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The Rangers are so good at keeping the puck in their own zone so why can’t they keep it in anyone else’s zone?
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MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!
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Assist Buchnevich
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W I D E O P E N
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Lundqvist hung out to dry for the 43rd time in this game.
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absolutely pathetic effort AV should be ashamed….
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THEY ARE SO BAD. Sorry, that deserved caps.
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Where’s norm and all his positive talk?
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Should have dressed Glass maybe someone woul have been hit by now
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bring Phil Rizzuto up in the booth
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Nash out of the lounge !!!!!!! Jambayahtzee !!!!
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there he is!!! beer sales cut off so Rick pops one in..outta the Lounge and into our hearts
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Hooray for our side !!
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Norm will show up now.
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Does anyone on this team ever win a one on one battle? When did they so slow?
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Evr, will you PLEASE stop crying?
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Still won’t consider this a good period yet.
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There’s the peanut gallery.
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Speaking of positive attitude, where’s Greg ZZZZZZ
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Plenty of time…
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we need an OT or shoot out loss 2 night secure a point and push Pissburgh 2 more points into 3rd…
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Chi 2 CBJ 1
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Sully..”Brace For Impact..”
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Did Grabner have a stroke about 4 weeks ago?
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go hawks
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Standings-wise I don’t want to win this game. But it’s $hittsburgh….
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I hear ya..i hate this team almost as much as the Isles..okay just as much
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Come on come on come on boys….pretty please!?
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Have not seen Hayes in a long while
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I do not own a My Pillow…my fill is not patented
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I hate the Penguins more than any other team. Islanders are a tied with Filthy for 2-3 position.
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Hayes is baked
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Hank says get outta here
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who lost that draw? Nedved? someone tell Mess
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Hank!
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Hank! Ok boys, try getting a PPG!!!! Pretty pretty please!
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The scary thing is that if it wasn’t for Lundqvist we’d be down by 3 or 4.
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If I Was Colonel Klink I’d bench Schultz…
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61 best Ranger tonight
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too cute just shoot
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How many bong hits for Hayes tonight?
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Ok, how about even strength?
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After all that work that’s the shot you take?!
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Not a bad PP, but Kreider could have taken it all the way in early on, surprised he didn’t.
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snowing out now…jiminy cribs
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I’m not, Norm. 😉
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Negatives Nancies will be thrilled if the Rangers don’t tie it, but some good signs here and there tonight, I thought, especially in the nets.
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USA 2 CAN 0
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Blind passes….
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There is not a time for blind passes
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Only in net.
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Nobody crashed the net on that shot! Dumbasses.
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the Glass is 3/4 empty unless you play the Glass..
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Then it’s half empty.
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Finally getting puck behind Pitt defense …should have started that 2 hours ago
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Talk about HAV’s, losing at home to Pittsburgh with half their defense out is the ultimate one. BTW, these games are on in the morning in Hong Kong, where I am today. Which is better than staying up all night to watch while in Europe.
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4-2 empty net final.
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AV asking is Pirri on the bench?
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How ironic – Hank finally played his best game in a while and we are loosing it.
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At least you now have all day to get over this. The rest of us have to sleep on it.
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Buch Benched
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I can’t believe it
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Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! It’s never over til it’s over!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow!!! Unbelievable!!! Like a very old time
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Woohoo!
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That was unbelievable……
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Wow. Haven’t done that in a while. Feels nice.
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YAHTZEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let the doubters doubt.
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Game over.
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Nice meaningless goal! 🙂
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that was unexpected…another 3 point game may actually be the best case scenario
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Whine, whine, whine, yay! Bonehead Nation.
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We Gannett played our good period yet….
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ELWOOD !!!!!! I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT !!!!!
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*haven’t
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*haven’t
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THE LIGHT ELWOOD !!! THE LIGHT!!!! DO U SEE THE LIGHT !!!!!
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Geez, EV, that’s a dirty word you used…..and weird assen autocorrect
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Mama, I was gonna say the same thing. I was wondering why it didn’t get caught in moderation.
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This Yentyl kid has got one coming.
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What the hell are they doing here?
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This OT is making me thirsty……
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Van Cortlandt Park Sat Afternoon Pond Hockey
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Overall their shot selection has been atrocious.
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Worst 2 on none ever.
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so the rangers are good again?
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Son of a beech tree
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hope Hank is Ok
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Maybe the shootout will be our good period.
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Meaningless SO after meaningless 3v3
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JT back to the fourth line for the drop pass to Holden. Grabber might never score again.
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Zibanabad
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Maybe not…..
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Has Zika scored even one shootout goal for the rangers?
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What is holy hell was that…..
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of all humps
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Aaaaaaaaand…done.
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The Cinderella slippers are off Grabner, he has come down to earth, never was a finisher, so I’m not surprised.
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💩
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with that point do we clinch the 1st wildcard
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Now that just made me sick…..turned off the tv before Center Ice bid its goodnight. Have some sake for the rest of us Model….niters all!
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Good step up the playoff-prep ramp. Now it’s on to the Flyers and let’s win here.
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This leads to bigger a bigger question: do we protect Grabner in the expansion draft?
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WHAT ARE THEY DOING??? Tank! Tank!
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Bigger a bigger? Really spell-check?
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Who knew the shootout would match Matt Murray wit the Holland Tunnel?
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I say keep Oscar Madison and expose Grabner we got lucky with him early on…
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If I had a choice of lindberg or Grabner, I rather have Lindberg.
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Let’s not even bother seeing what Grabner’s got in the second season. He’s obviously done, will never score again.
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Nevermind
https://www.google.com/search?q=TANK,+THOMAS&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6gZ-Xk4LTAhVkDMAKHZPGBVsQ_AUICCgB&biw=1174&bih=710#tbm=isch&q=nevermind,+emily&*&imgdii=Vnl6JMD8hUpo6M:&imgrc=YdGU0vB_OC48UM:
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Nevermind…redux
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Still inconsistent but at least they came back…Hank looking better also
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Sesame Street should have a segment where the count counts Rangers consecutive home losses….or wins to teams that have lost 4 or more games before they played them.
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See all you nattering nabobs at the next match!
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what did I just watch? 45 min of sleep walking and a wake up call late..still I thought we had the best 3 on 3 chances but as you said our shot selection was as if we had a guide dog skating with us
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4th in Metro!
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Where is Eric?
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Hank looked still rattled in the S/O maybe that Holden Hit left a mark
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I agree about Grabner in the playoffs, Norm. I’m just saying that that has to be on Gorton’s mind.
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Nabobs lmao
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Hank looked like a real amature on those shot-out goals Wow! SC & Kessel never had easier goals. Maybe someday they will win another home game. However they did get a point grabbing defeat out of the jaws of defeat!
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SausageLips can’t stand that piece of ….
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Norm, so Kreider scores the goal that he should not score and now ShampooBoy may be banged up some more. This was a game they were better off to lose, and should have done so in regulation. Of all the meaningless games they have played of late, this one actually had a tiny bit of meaning. Getting out the door with a respectable performance and everyone in one piece was the ticket. And who knows what Holden was thinking, clearly channeling Clendening.
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Home Horrible Home
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I guess the Chase Bridge stands for us trying to come from behind all the time at home
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Now it’s on to Chicago and let’s win there!
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we did not clinch 1st wc yet since pt gained by us was not the same as pt lost by bost due to tiebreak.
glad chances of passing pitt are now very remote
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Screw the Hawks!
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You know the Rangers are in trouble when the Knicks win against a better team and they lose to a decimated one.
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No need to worry boys these games are meaningless. The real season starts in game 1 of the playoffs. And they will finish all those good looks lol! Someone please answer me this how can they not score on that 2 on none? Boggles the mind. This bunch is good just not good enough. Might be a long time before they are. Man I hate the pens.
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Blaming Hank on the shootout goals is pretty silly. The game would have been 7-2 without him. The number of wide open chances Pitt had directly in front of the crease was nuts. He played a great game. The hit he took in OT looked pretty bad. He was moving his neck and shoulder around a lot for the rest of the OT. Hopefully he is ok and just a little banged up. I will say that the crowd finally got into it in the 3rd which was nice to hear. Murray was also stellar. Poor Grabner….
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A 3 on 0 led by Klein is bound to result in disappointment
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Got to fire the uconn womens coach. losing in the final 4 is unacceptable. (s)
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HAWKS WIN! Rangers will lose the finals in six to the Black Hawks. Hawks always win in six.
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Where is everybody?
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Hong Kong
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“It is really curious how we went from being a really strong defensive team for 60 games to playing the way we are now,” Derek Stepan said. “I don’t know the reason behind it. But I do know we’re working extremely hard as a group to correct it.”
Opie you may not know because you were clearly not watching the NYR those other 60 games. Really strong? Does he honestly believe that?
“It is really curious how we went from being a really strong defensive team for 60 games to playing the way we are now,” Derek Stepan said. “I don’t know the reason behind it. But I do know we’re working extremely hard as a group to correct it.”
Shampooboy’s pretty hair was not up to the task of stopping Cindy. Needs more grit. Switch to CVS house brand!
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whoops.. coffee please.. ““That’s why he has 43 goals,” Lundqvist said of the league-leader. “It hit my head and I can’t really stop it with my head. I need to get my head behind the post or something.”
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The Ranger sure have a lot of “I need to” and “We need to” sign of a coaching staff and team without any answers. I will admit Hank was good last night, but the better goalie won. Switch net-minders and The NY Rangers win that game. But that’s just my opinion.
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I’m happy they tied it late and and made it exciting and all, but man, this team struggles because of a lack of capabilities when up against a team stocked with talent. I really hope they can make a go of it in the post season.
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Eli, I’ve said it all season and not many agree with me but Murray is the clear cut difference maker. They can’t solve him enough to win against this team. Another goalie with the Rangers’ number
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James G there seems to be quite a few goalies with their number. I also believe it is a lack of elite talent. They just don’t have any great finishers! Lundqvist has always been the difference in the past giving them a shot in any series, not any more it seems. I drove by Paciugo Thursday at work and remembered you being there and thought, I should would have liked to set down together have a beer and talk Rangers hockey.
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Hank was better. Maybe that was his B game. That allowed them to steal a point. They were ok for the first ten minutes and pretty good for the last ten. In between they played with the intensity of a September exhibition game. Maybe they can step it up or maybe that just aren’t that good. Gorton has to figure out which it is and act accordingly. Two year in a row they have imploded after the trade deadline.
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Is it safe?
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C’mon, guys… you all know the story. Franchise in transition playing meaningless games.
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Uh, they got three by Murray, and none of them were flukey. Murray is good, may become great some day, but he’s Murray. I got a sister named Murray.
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BTW…8 straight losses at home.
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9 Sunday?
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Good morning all! I’m going to let last night ruin my Saturday
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Good morning, boneheads!
Went back to read last night’s comments and found some stupidity instead.
Hondo, why don’t you deal with your homophobic struggles in a private manner, so that the whole blog doesn’t see it.
And no, you won’t find his comment because I removed it. I have no doubt Doodie wouldn’t mind.
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Thanks for doing that, ilb, doesn’t belong here.
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St Pete
Wouldn’t shock me.
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Hey, Norm… you’re pretty good at putting a positive spin on all things Rangers… could you apply your sorcery to 8 straight losses thingy?
Wanna see how well you can dress a pig…
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Norm with all due respect use whichever adjectives you want to describe Murray but the no matter what you want to take away from any game against Pittsburgh since May of 2016, the Rangers are not able to beat him. Not even once in the last 12 months have they faced him and beaten him. So unless you want to play the “anything can happen” card (which you’re more than welcomed to do because there’s no malice behind this post) just consider agreeing with me that they need some serious improvements in order to compete with the Pens the way they have in the past.
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No ‘the sky is falling’ posts from me today. I’m just trying to figure out what this team can do to correct their issues. I’m not going to use the term “smoke and mirrors” or talk crap about how they over achieved or any of that nonsense. The bottom line is that until last night they had the exact same amount of wins as the Pens team they faced and could have beaten in overtime. But to say that they’re matched evenly with them is to wear blinders. There needs to be some kind of righting of the ship here. A lucky bounce, a veteran stepping up – whatever it is needs to happen relatively soon.
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I don’t believe in curses but maybe there is some truth in “This one will last a lifetime.”
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In past years if they scored three they won. They have to get back to that somehow. I’m not sure this group can do that. Showing up for 20 minutes game is just not going to cut it. They went 0 for March at home during which they have chutzpah to announce a ticket price hike. Welcome the world’s most overpriced arena.
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No need to worry about Murray, they won’t see him till the ECF, if Pitt gets there. Should be more worried about Price first.
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ORF- those were the years where the defense was in it’s prime. Girardi and/or Staal were capable of playing as a shut down pair against players like Crosby and Ovechkin. They aren’t capable of that level of play anymore unfortunately.
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I still believe that this is a good team, fully capable of making a run. I will say this though, it is time to settle the line combos, and D combos.
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BDL while I won’t get too down on their chances in a series against Montreal, I’ll take a betting man’s approach to this one. What odds do you give a team against Montreal when they can’t win a game at home and they can’t win a game up in Montreal?
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And I agree with you. The in and out of the line up stuff and the juggling of combinations isn’t helping and it’s the sign of a coach without a solution to his team’s problems. His post game presser was as generic as some predicted it would be. Put your best line up back together and let them play their way out of this.
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Very good odds James. The Rangers a deeper, and tested.
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Playoffs are a different animal. Throw all that stuff out the window James.
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I have no problem with all y’all pushing the panic button and looking for negativity wherever you can find it during this utterly meaningless stretch of games, where the only business the Rangers have needed to tend to is health. Now it’s legitimate ramp-up time and they just tied the Penguins, who were probably annoyed they coughed it up. They haven’t needed to play 60-minute games, and they wisely haven’t. They know what will be needed, and I will become almost as bothered if they mail in the last handful. LGR!
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Time to settle the D-pairs too, BDL. They need to get used to each other’s tendencies.
Time to stop moving JT around too. He’s been their best player for awhile now.
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In other words, while the outcome of those remaining 4 games isn’t important ( 1 point gained in Boston assures they cross to Atlantic division), at some point AV needs to stop experimenting and settle on what he sees is his best lineup. More or less.
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*NEW POST*
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