NHL denies petition from Rangers and Panthers, "Someone has to be the 8th seed"
After the Rangers lackluster performance in losing to the Bruins 1-0 on Saturday in Boston, NHL Commissioner Gary "what channel is Vs. again?" Bettman announced that he was denying the joint petition submitted by the
"Whether they want to or not, someone is going to have to finish 8th, so I am therefore denying the petition" Bettman remarked outside the TD Banknorth Gardens in Boston.
The Rangers thought they had the inside track to the 9th seed by virtue of losing to the Hurricanes on Thursday night, but in a classic display of "We'll show you"-edness; the Panthers went out and lost to Atlanta in their own building last night.
Florida pulled out all the stops in losing last night, even encouraging their fans to wear black and wave towels that said "9 is just fine", and hung a banner in the rafters that said "In the NHL, anyone can make the playoffs, missing them takes effort....Who wants it less?"
But the Rangers then when out and showed they aren't done showing just how done they are, and lost to Boston 1-0 today. "8th seed my ass", remarked Rangers coach John Tortorella, who went as far as to play former Rangersrd period, and even sent Defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and Roman Ndur on defense for a majority of the third period and sent Wade Redden out to take a few face-offs.
Bettman also said after the game that despite repeated phone calls from Lindy Ruff, that the
"We are holding out hope that despite their best efforts, one of these teams will win a game and clinch that 8th seed" said Bettman.
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very nice Jim…good stuff.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 4, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions
I finally found a good Rangers site, thanks for the mirth!
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
My pleasure
And welcome!
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 4, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions
As with the game last week against the pens; I’m glad I missed this one.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
It was painful to watch
very little action, except fo a few spurts
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 4, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Suggestion
I know you are always looking for suggestions Jim, so here is one.
How about a feature on the front page that shows the up to date standings, not just the Atlantic standings but the whole Eastern Conference standings, complete with games remaining. Of course with 3 games left I don’t know how needed it is.
Do-able?
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
ESPN widget,
There is an ESPN widget on the right hand side of the page with the Eastern Conference standings its been there since day one
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 4, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions
eric
its actually above the Atlantc standings, you can scroll in the widget and see all the teams, and its close to real time.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 4, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Well don’t I feel like an unobservant dumbass.
The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.
No worries
you are not the first to miss that widget, lol
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