i would agree that some of the comments that i saw at least went further than was necessary to make their point and i will say it is an unreasonable expectation and would be pretty boring if we all agreed with everything that was posted on here. what does need to exist is a mutual respect b/w all of us on here that while we may disagree with the opinion someone else has opined it does not make them any less entitled to that respect and at the same time the writer doesnt have any higher standing than the people responding to it.

i believe that the story was going to generate heat no matter what bu i will agree with froese99 that some of the comments in response didnt help to simmer the situation. i understand if greg was feeling ganged up on and the like, but to call those who disagree “typical ranger fans who cant take criticism of their team” is something i expect to hear from a fan of another team like philly or nj. i think if anything this board has shown in the past that criticism is welcome of this team and just about everyone on it, but what was the problem in this case which i mostly stayed out of was the framing of it.

I believe that a case could be made on the merits of recent play that Auld has played as well as Hank and should get more time down the stretch. There are plenty who would probably disagree with that, but i dont think it would devolve as this did because the framing came out differently for me. I think if Greg had framed what Auld was doing with his mask in terms of the way i took it yesterday when i heard about it as a positive on Auld and his decision to honor the Ranger past it would have been praised and the argument for him getting more time in comparing the recent play of both goalies would have been respected even if disagreed with. What happened instead i believe is that when it was taken as a platform to take a dig at Hank as if Henrik hasnt cared about this organization and what it has stood for got everyone’s hair to stand up in attack mode and then the rest of what could have been made as his case for Auld playing more gets lost and the attacks flow from it.

Rant over.

I definitly want to apologize if I said anything that was out of line. I was making a playful joke but as I read more and more posts I can see people getting angry. Definitly the right thing to do by taking it Down but I just want to apologize again if anything was said that was wrong.

I’ll agree that some of the comments were overheated and probably inappropriately directed as personal comments. I apologize for that. I know we are all Ranger fans, most hardcore, and all want for this team, AND its players, to succeed.

But in the 6 or 7 months I’ve been reading here, and in the shorter time I’ve actually been posting, I never saw anything in a main page post that upset me that much. While it was well written, and had some very good commentary, parts of it were, in my mind, slanders against players who deserved it the least.

But I’ll re-write what I posted. His comment on Lundqvist was the equivalent of a French person moving to the USA, tattoing an American Flag on his back, and then calling that person more Patriotic than a Marine because of a tattoo. Somebody who gives his all every game, and has gotten NO support from his teammates who allow him to get run every game.

And many, if not most, of the posters here have made quality criticisms of this team, the coaching staff, and some of the players. To say that we’re “typical Ranger fans who can’t take criticism of their team” smacks of a smug attitude and contempt for anybody who criticized his comments, and a complete lack of involvement reading the other commentary in this community.

I appreciate those who run this community, and those who are part of it. Thank you.

I read this site everyday, and almost never post. However it seems that the one time I forget to check the site cause I’m sick seems to be the one time that something really interesting happened.

I will stand up on my soap box Joe and Apologize as I did curse Greg out. I am not ashamed to admit it. I did go a little over board. I understand that Greg is entitled to his opinion and if that’s his belief then so be it.

But his finger of blame is pointed at the wrong man.

I didnt get the chance to read the post.
I, among others, knows that hank is the most important player for the rangers and he gives it his all every night.

But even if you dont agree with a post or comment you dont have to grab a torch and stant throwing stones. It’s to bad that it had to come to the point where a writer have to leave the banter.

The only positive thing i can come up with about this is that the reason it happend is probebly because we’re all such die hard fans that we just cant stand when someone says something bad about the players we think is the best ones on the team.

To bad it had come to this.

Best of luck to you in the future, greg