New York Rangers Drop Home Opener To Leafs 4-2

And Newbury took quite a beating in the one thing he’s known for too lol…

Christensen really is just useless out there. Seriously, he can even handle a pass to save his life. I counted like 8 passes in the 3rd period alone that he couldn’t handle.

Hank did let in some weak goals today, to be honest. I’m sure I’ll get the “oh, without him we’re nothing” bashing posts, but he just wasn’t up to par today. Blame the D all you want, but at least 2 of the goals should have been stopped.

Lastly, IS STEPAN EVER GONNA HIT THE NET??? Every game, he’s always shooting high, or wide, or just not shooting “gimme” shots/goals at all. He’s burning me up almost as much as useless EC has lately.

Fire coach and get someone who understands better hockey.!You will see the difference in a few games..this guy restrict players on ice and doesn,t give them much required freedom to be creative,if not ,rangers with all spendor and glory might follow Devils last year….no kidding

Although it hasnt been pretty to say the least, we are still a 500 team. Torts was right we are completely lethargic and lack any kind of heart whatsoever, and that goes on dubi and cally who are supposed to identify this team with their grinding, hitting, and passionate forechecking. None of which have been there for some time, especially for dubi. Agreed that the leaders of this team need to step up but even if they did, the effortsof wolski, christensen, and even stepan (unfortunately) really drain the heart and sole out of the team. Wolski is a straight little girl and Torts lets him know it, which although entertaining prob doesnt help with his confidence. And Stepan hasnt hit the net since NAM; im hoping his great rookie season wasnt just a tease/fluke. Finally I am really getting tired of the excuse that MDZ is a an offensive defensemen so we cant get mad at him when he turns the puck over in front of the net or when he fans on a slapper in the OFFENSIVE zone and leads to the the leading NHL goal scorers breakaway. Hes a damn defensemen his job is to play D. enough of the excuses, he’s still learning and crap like that. Its time to win, we didnt get richards to sneak into the playoffs, we got him so we could win the division. This team has the peices to do that and i think we sell it short. The time is now its been almost 18 years since a cup, are you kidding me, we’re supposed to wait for MDZ and stepan to grow a pair and then we can talk about winning?

Also, for god sakes bring back avery….with him and rupp its like having the bash brothers. adds some grit to the team, im sick and tired of getting pushed around, newbury supposed to be the tough guy, he got embarassed last night.

This has to be a selfless team, where they play for eachother and it just doesnt seem like they are. I have high hopes for this team and i dont think its even close to time to give up, we can make a run at the cup we just need to get our heads out of our asses and wake up.

And finally, will Torts ever stay with same lines in back to back games, or for that matter a full game or even a period? its clear that it screws with the chemistry…..

Anyone wanna see hagelin get a call up? Kid absolutely flies up and down the ice. Is a solid backchecker and can inject some much needed energy into this team. He wouldn’t play big minutes but torts can put him in any time they’re looking for some spark

I’m already sick of watching this team. Drink a fucking Red Bull if you’re tired. The lack of energy, effort, and focus is embarrassing. Thank Henrik and Marty this abortion of a team has even won 3 games so far.

we dont have to sugar-coat anyhting. Dubi, setpan have not done one thing for this club. Dubi looks like he has never played before and stepan couldnt hit a soccer net. and last night richards was awful didnt even notce him out there. rangers really need to make a move here if they wanna be in the playoffs at the end of the year. lots of rumors out of boston about getting rid of Krejci what do you guys think about that?

I was pumped for this game, but by the 3rd quarter I was literally nodding off and struggling to pay attention. This start is not what I expected at all. Chemistry takes time, ok but stupid penalties and lack of effort I didn’t expect. It’s like last year did a 180 now Gabby’s playing like he’s interested and everyone else looks like they’re skating aimlessly.

Larry Brooks described this team last year as the “black and blueshirts”, “more spit than polish”. They need to get back to that fast and maybe let the “polish” develop chemistry with fewer fucking line changes.

That being said, if they can replicate the 1st quarter with consistancy we’ll be fine. It will be interesting to see how much the team improves overall with the addition of Staal, whenever that happens.

maybe its just me but I kinda loved "we want avery " chants last night. and I know people are gonna say hes not the solution but every single game he goes all out. and if hes under control he is way better the WW and EC…. boy I cant stand WW

For the past three years the Rangers have had very little punch on the power play and not a lot chemistry in the lines. The Rangers need a coach that will leave the lines together for more than a couple of shifts. If Torts doesn’t get immediate results he changes the lines. There’s zero time for line mates to get used to playing with one another.

The Leafs played well in the neutral zone last night. You can’t generate offense if you can’t get into the other teams zone. There doesn’t seem to be any set plays or even a plan when coming out of the defensive zone. Clearly Torts can’t get the players onto the same page, so we need to get someone in there who can. Make the change now, should have been done in the off season, before this season is lost.

besides gabi there has been no-one that stood out yesterday… veery poor efort from top to bottom

first off, glad i was not at this one. it was a huge buzz kill. The Rangers looked flat and uninspired.

second, the officiating was terrible. the Rangers did not deserve to win but those two waived off goals should count. If Callahan is not called for goaltender interference (i know the second goal there was no call and I cant remember if he got a penalty on the first disallowed goal) than there is no gripe and the goals stand. you cant say he was pushed by the defenseman and call off the goal. D-men have been doing that for years and I hope this does not start a trend of “let’s push our opponent into the goalie on purpose and the have him embellish it so goals can be waived off or the play will be dead.”

D-men have every right to clear the crease. if they do so illegally, its a penalty and its always at risk to obscure/jostle the goalie. part of the game and should not be a tactic to disallow goals. and if the ref thinks that Cally could of prevented goalie interference, then call it. otherwise, tough shit. it cant be both ways. it either goaltender interference or not. if you use that logic, why not just have your D-men just hit their own goalie to stop plays and disallow goals. that is essentially what it was.

and the call on Dubi for “snowing” the goalie. I have never seen that call in 36 years. thats another call that has to be consistent. it happens a lot and is used to get under the goalie’s skin. if the refs call it a penalty once, then they have to call it consistently. They dont get to pick and choose when to call unsportsmanlike conduct. it more the consistency than the actual call.

otherwise, Rangers deserved to lose. showed up for one period and faded away. Gustavsson looked shaky and more shots would have been key.

Hank looked mortal. The first goal passed through him. Cant blame him but first time this season Hank looked human.

The only word to describe last night. Other than Gaborik, they all SUCKED.

Where are Dubi, Cally and AA ? I know that Avery is not the answer but no matter what anyone says, we NEED him in this line up.

Enough of Woslki and Christensen. How many chances do you get? How does the operations and management staff not recognize that Tarts is completely mis-handling this roster? Is there anyone that has a say besides Torts? Anyone to say , "Hey, we have better players in Ct than we are putting on the ice right now?

I am NOT a panicking fan, but this is just absurd. For all the hype Tortorella makes about earning a spot on this roster, He is FULL OF SHIT!

I’m sorry, but this is just hard to watch. There are SO many things wrong with this club right now that I feel bad for Gabby, who is breaking his ass ALONE.

Gabby-Richards-AA
Dubi-Cally-Step
Feds-Boyle-Prust
Avery-Hagelin-Rupp

Anyone?

This is a repeat of my post in an earlier story, but it’s certainly applicable in this one.
As a long time fan, I find this level of apathy disgusting! I just refuse to believe that this is the best this group of supposed NHL quality players can produce! It’s got to stop NOW, before the entire season goes down the drain!
It’s hard to believe we have to make excuses for players who are making hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions of dollars for a 9 month job! Is it too much to ask for 100% effort in every game in exchange for being made millionaires before they’re 40? You bet your life I’d be breaking my you know what’s to stay for that kind of yearly compensation!

WHO WERE THEY?

Who were they??? I’d like to know who the players were in the Ranger’s uniforms that played in the first period? They actually played hockey!!! They were actually competitive! What a surprise!
 I question why the Ranger management didn’t hire them to play the entire game! It’s a damn shame they all went home during the first intermission!
The second and third periods were obviously played by the same characters that have been hired for the entire season!
 Perhaps contracts with tiny guaranteed salaries and huge productivity incentives would be in order! Maybe then they’d decide to play the whole game !