Rangers Recap: Rangers Flatten Isles, 7-2, "Gilroy Was Here"

it seemed on TV there was quite a few lower level seats empty, but I noticed that early in the game and never thought about it again. People could of just been late to the game.

They didn’t show his parents on the broadcast. Usually the MSG staff is up on that stuff.

Hat’s off to you for showing Zuke’s parents a good time in NYC.

figures my luck the fn nj transit trains that were running fine all day with the exception of up to 15 minute delays, of course have to develop signal problems between newark and penn station. so service was suspended. time goes by as we slowly inch up to the newark stop. by the time we get to newark they tell us trains are slowly moving into penn station with 60-90 minute delays. at this point it is about 8:15. we were on the train since 5:20. so there was no point in even continuing on. we hopped off at newark, and hopped on the next train back home.
     so last night really sucked considering that my wife bought these tix for my bday a month and a half ago, and i was looking forward to this game for that amout of time. wasted money on unused tix, didnt get my routine hot dog & beer, and missed 7 goal celebrations. Thank You NJ Transit !!!!!

during the first intermission. Perhaps you showed up on the screen when they cut to the family for a camera shot??

if last week wasnt so bad for me. and i made it into the championship game..id have enough to beat both you and whoever urban achievers is….but now im struggling to just get 3rd. FAIL!

That was my first reaction to that sentence, but I think it checks out. Perhaps the addition of “that” will help. The Matt Gilroy that Ranger fans have been waiting a long time for showed up tonight.

thanks….i was probably going to mention something about this….

oh well it happens…i certainly get what it was supposed to say.

gonna need to make room when prospal is ready and if we need Boogey for a game when hes ready to play

he’s really helped our faceoff situation too.

Queens is a mess too. The sanitation workers are pissed at Bloomberg for not caliing a state of emergency so alot of them didnt show to work. im shocked the garden was that full

and I can’t be sure, but it certainly looked like Gabby’s shot was going right into the mid-section of Rolly, then as the puck gets to Zuc’s stick area it goes up and past the goalie. I suppose it could have deflected off of Rolly somehow. . .

That makes you a Prustbeterian

The issue with him, and specifically in Tortorella’s eyes, has been whether he can play passable defense. It seems he’s shored up his responsibility some in his own end. He’s definitely played well enough defensively so far this season in small sample sizes.

as he’s prone to every once in a while. But in total he had a decent game. Just look at the scoring chances for and against when he was on the ice at George’s site: http://trackingthenyrangers.blogspot.com/ . He was +7 (10-3) at ES, second only to his partner for most of the game, Eminger, who was +8 (9-1).

Rozsival does commit glaring turnovers at times, but his play otherwise is perfectly useful.

He also took his standard hooking penalty last night.

He should at least be thrown into the rotation of healthy scratches.

I find that WSJ article pretty interesting. It provides a nice look into the behind-the-scenes work that players and teams put into their equipment.

If only everyone had such a nice equipment budget… We need more Little Lebowski Hockey Urban Achievers

“You have to be careful,” Mr. Christensen said. “If you make it too hot and then step on it, it can crack and then you’ll break it off.”

+1 I will be very disappointed if Del Zotto isn’t in there tomorrow, Although I do believe Gilroy has earned a spot as well.

so so so true.

id actually like t see us move forward with both of them.

Agreed, there have been a lot of Gilroy detractors (I’m not one of them). He’s earned some criticism , but he makes fewer mistakes per minutes ice time then Rozy – and his upside on O is tremendous. I loved Torts putting him on left wing PP with Stall at LD and Stepan on RD.

right??? I think MZA signed a contract to play in the NHL & that’s where he’ll stay. However, off the top of my head, the only players I’d throw down to the AHL are Avery (since nobody will claim him on waivers if/when he comes back to NHL) & Boogard for the same reason as Avery. Throw in Todd White & you’ve got some wiggle room.

u want friggins on the first line with the way he’s played?

I totally forgot about EC! I guess that says a lot, but I’m not an EC hater. Don’t think MZA is ready to take his place just yet, that’s for sure…

No, topic creep is more fun. ;-)

so true.

I think people are excited because he seems to have so much natural talent, and we have a lot of guys that are really hard-working and that’s great but we need guys with a scoring and passing gift, and it’s been a rare commodity recently.
Based on the long interview that gongmallet posted in his Fanpost “The Kinder, Gentler Torts Indeed!”, I suspect he’s here to stay – it’s obvious Torts loves him.