Rangers Recap: Panthers beat Rangers 3-2
by Jim Schmiedeberg on Nov 22, 2009 10:00 AM EST
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If the NHL ever decides to shorten its games to five minutes, the Rangers will be in business. Despite all the talk about a new system, new players, and a new attitude, the Rangers continued to play listless hockey except for a 5 minute flurry in the third period last night.
The Florida Panthers on the other hand, chose to work hard, do the little things, and play with emotion for the entire game, and came away with a 3-2 victory last night at Madison Square Garden.
Maybe the Rangers and their fans should stop worrying about Marian Gaborik's groin, and focus on his back, along with Henrik Lundqvist's, because they are carrying this team, and there is little margin for error for either of them.
Here are the news and notes from the Rangers, who think its important to note that despite their best efforts to keep fans away, continue to sell out Madison Square Garden.
By the way, pay special attention to the quote from Vinny Prospal, nice to see someone on this team disappointed with the lack of effort:
- The Rangers were defeated by the Florida Panthers, 3-2, in front of a sold-out crowd (18,200) at Madison Square Garden.
- New York have sold out 167 consecutive regular season games, dating back to Nov. 5, 2005 against New Jersey; the last regular season non-sellout was Oct. 31, 2005 vs. Montreal (17,697); including the playoffs, the Rangers sellout streak is now at 181 games.
- The Rangers are now 11-10-1 (23 pts.) on the season and 6-5-0 at home; In their last 20 regular season games at MSG, New York are 14-6-0, and have out-scored their opponents, 67-43, during the stretch.
- Vinny Prospal led all skaters with two points (one goal and one assist) and won 16 of 23 faceoffs (70%) in 20:22 of icetime; he now has 23 points (six goals and 17 assists) in 22 games on the season.
- Marian Gaborik notched his 16th goal of the season at 6:01 of the third to extend his point streak to six games (five goals and nine points); nine of his 16 goals were tallied in the third period.
- Michal Rozsival recorded an assist on Gaborik's third period goal and logged 19:33 of icetime.
- Rookie defenseman Michael Del Zotto registered a team-high five hits in 20:36 of icetime; he currently leads all NHL rookies with 46 hits on the season.
- Sean Avery led all skaters with five shots and delivered four hits in 15:12 of icetime.
- The Rangers practice schedule for tomorrow, November 22, is 12:00 p.m. at the MSG Training Center.
- The Rangers return to action on Monday, Nov. 23, when they will face-off against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), to close out their three-game homestand; the game will be televised live on MSG Network and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio.
POST-GAME QUOTES
John Tortorella on the team's play...
"You stay with it. You just keep on trying to battle through this and stay with it. You go to work tomorrow and keep on banging away on it."
Vinny Prospal on tonight's game...
"There should have been more urgency because it wasn't getting it done until that point - with five minutes left in the second period. They scored kind of a fluky goal to go up 2-1. Then all of a sudden it looked like, for some reason, we relaxed a little bit. We got the puck in the zone, started to make more passes and really put a lot of pressure on them but once again we didn't come out with the result."
Henrik Lundqvist on the team's play...
"It is not easy but you have to know you are not that far away from turning this around. We definitely had chances to tie or win this game in the third. We played well but the puck just didn't bounce our way tonight."
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Tough Loss
This was a tough loss to swallow. Like you said, lack of effort and emotion. Very frustrating.
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by NYRBlogger on Nov 22, 2009 10:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't have said it better
Jimbo,I couldn’t have said it better myself,Oh thats right I’ve been saying it all along.Not sure what the fix is when you can’t find the effort.Hate to say it but the best thing the Rangers can do now is play a 1-2-2 and hope to win on Gabby’s back 1-0 games,2-1 games—bring in the slow moving trap!We need wins!
by Pauly D on Nov 22, 2009 12:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
the fix is
Sather growing a pair and finding some secondary scoring.
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by Joe Fortunato on Nov 22, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
as much as i dislike sather.
higgins callahan dubinsky drury kotalik avery lisin and anisimov not scoring at all isnt really his fault
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
by Moshe52792 on Nov 22, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i was there. it sucked..
our defense is the worst in the league and we dont get any secondary scoring. at this rate will win 5 more games this season.
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
by Moshe52792 on Nov 22, 2009 12:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sorry can't blame Slats!
So now this is on Slats?Really?Sather gave Tort’s all the tools he wanted,This falls on Tort’s and the players, not on Sather.Tort’s has been all talk,His style doesn’t fit this team! Now man up and find a way to help this team meet it’s potential
by Pauly D on Nov 22, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Well Pauly
of course you can blame Sather. Are you telling me that Rozsival and Redden are “all the tools Tortorella wanted?”
Yeah Pauly the players arent scoring and Tort’s isnt doing a great job thus far. Thats the GENERAL MANAGERS JOB to fix. I like Torts system and I like the players but they need some help. And its up to the GM to fix that.
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by Joe Fortunato on Nov 22, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have to agree with Pauly here, this is now on the coaches and players. Tortorella had a big hand in the remaking of this team, and they aren’t getting it done. Redden and Rozsival are an issue, but not the biggest one.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Nov 22, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that Tortorella is a problem right now.
It’s Sathers job to set him straight, call him into his office and talk to him about it.
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by Joe Fortunato on Nov 22, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And then take over as coach when Torts gets pissed and quits? LOL!
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Nov 22, 2009 6:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Sather is that worried about telling Torts what he wants done with this hockey team
then Torts is the wrong man for the job. Or maybe Sather. Or both.
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by Joe Fortunato on Nov 22, 2009 6:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not Slats this time
I agree…there has to be some fine tuning of the roster…..dump Brashear…dump Voros (even though he trys hard)…….give more ice time to Avery (had a nice game again) and lets bring up Corey Locke and send down Lisin……Lisin has an option so it wont huet to send him down……Lets not give up the ship……and I still think we can make an even swap with someone for Rozy (he is totaly lost out there on D)………………..
by froese99 on Nov 22, 2009 1:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think we need to make some call ups…. It’s obvious we don’t have the secondary scoring, bring up guys like Grachev and Locke and let them play… I would hope the AHLers would come up with some heart and bust their balls to stay with the big team, We had brashear on the 3rd line last night? What?!?! Kotalik doesn’t belong on the first line i’d rather see higgins on the first line, because he is a grind it out type of player and i think that would balance our first line. Lisin is playing hurt still, so why not send him down let him heal and call him back up when he’s healthy? We need to find a way to dump Rozi, he played a decent game last night, but his play isn’t the only thing that has the team in a bind. I’d rather play a bunch of young guys and lose then play guys with experience and lose. Let the young guys learn the system and grow in the NHL, we’ve seen what torts did to Lecavalier, lets get grachev up here now…
We also must remember that before this season started this team was being contructed for the future, not for right now, which is a step in the right direction and a step away from what sather normally does, we had to get some filler players to get us to 2-3 years away when our young players will hopefully be ready to contribute on a large scale.
by Tophubufu on Nov 22, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Grachev is just now starting to find his game in the AHL – he had a difficult time adapting to the speed and physicality – and most everyone of the “professional” prospect watchers say he currently isn’t ready and hasn’t shown enough to deserve a call-up. That could change in a month’s time (many expect that he’ll be up sometime this season).
You don’t want to send Lisin down – unless you’re going to put him on IR and make it a conditioning assignment – otherwise he’s got to pass through waivers, as I recall.
Based on the last 2 games, and the comments Torts made in the post-game presser, I suspect that Locke may get called-up – which personally I think is overdue.
And based on play in the last week – the guy who should be on the left wing for the top line is Sean Avery. But I think they liked what they saw from Avery – Higgins – Callahan, so it’s not likely to happen.
by dbmaven on Nov 22, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe some of the individuals on this site. First you hated Sather’s gutts, then you love him, then you thought Tort’s was the best thing since sliced bread and now he’s already dead and moldy and needs to be thrown out.
Torts is a great coach, the fact that his team isn’t winning isn’t because of him. Look at it this way; if he went off the deep end every game, like some of you want, you would be calling him crazy and ineffective.
The reason this team isn’t winning is because they don’t have a leader. sorry, Drury is a great guy, and I know he’s not playing but I’m sure he’s involved. With that being said I doubt the rangers have that much respect for him.
Trade Drury, don’t even replace him, i don’t care just trade your captain, give it to Gabby and move on.
by NewburghHockey on Nov 23, 2009 7:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
That would be a great idea – if Drury would be willing to waive his “NO MOVEMENT CLAUSE”.
Minor detail, fine print and all that. But puts a bit of a crimp in your proposal…
by dbmaven on Nov 23, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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