A Great Day To Be A New York Rangers Fan
by Brandon C. on Nov 16, 2011 10:00 AM EST
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PrintThe New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 4-2 yesterday, tying the season series up at one win a piece. The win extended the Rangers' winning streak to seven, a streak that started on October 31st vs. the San Jose Sharks, and included wins over the Anaheim Ducks, Montreal Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, and New York Islanders.
Despite a large number of penalties, and some sloppy hockey, the Rangers-that's right, the New York Rangers-are 10-3-3. No, you are not reading that wrong!
What a fantastic day to be a New York Rangers fan. Let's look at the positives one by one:
-The defense, though depleted, is still playing outstanding hockey. With goals from the likes of Jeff Woywitka and Steve Eminger, the Rangers are still winning despite the injuries.
-Dan Girardi is playing all-star caliber hockey, while Ryan McDonagh is playing like a first-liner, and Michael Del Zotto is showing extreme poise, comfort, and talent at the NHL level.
-Ryan Callahan has eight goals, Brad Richards continues to score clutch goals, and Marian Gaborik is playing some of the best hockey of his New York Rangers career.
More after the jump
-Henrik Lundqvist is playing like a king, and when not in net Martin Biron is playing like a more than capable backup, including a shutout victory.
-Sean Avery returned and scored two goals, while the Rangers are undefeated in the Andre Deveaux era.
-The Rangers have had to deal with slow starts by a few key players, and injuries to Wotjek Wolski, Michael Rupp, Marc Staal, and more, yet the Blueshirts keep on winning.
-Tim Erixon and company in the AHL have not needed to be rushed to the NHL, and are gaining experience in the AHL, as Michael Del Zotto did last season.
-The Rangers are winning. No matter what the negatives are, the Rangers are winning hockey games, and it is just great to see.
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Torts system seems to work...
When Coach T has the players he needs to properly run the system….When he first arrived, he was still using Renney’s players, and their “score two goals and pray” game plan, but now that he has players that can withstand the faster, more offensive orientated game plan, this team is really clicking….how else can you explain how well our defense plays without our best Dman in Staal…because the opposing team can’t shoot from their own zones with accuracy….btw, I know people on the site complained about Richards “slow start” but I’ve been impressed since day one, and now I finally see why Torts practically demanded he come and be the first line center…..it def is a GREAT DAY to be a Broadway Blueshirts faithful!!
After looking at some of those pitiful rosters
You have to give Renney credit for making something out of nothing. However, it’s great to know that Torts pushed the Cigar Man to acquire/develop some great talent for this team.
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Absolutely
It may have sounded like I was hating on Renney, but when he was replaced with Coach T, I was not a happy Rangers fan that day…I finally felt Renney established himself, but the team couldn’t reach that next level…..Who wudda thought that years of overspending for washed up free agents would lead to this kind of home grown talent pool!!
On pace to go something like 51-16-15.
I thought about using sarcasm font there, but felt it took away from the spirit of the post/title. It would be a great year if we got to see that many wins/that few losses.
slow down.
We have a long way to go. That’s 18 games over 500. I love how we’re playing but we simply have too many holes to fix before we can count on that.
Not saying it’s a possibility though.
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and since now voros was signed
In the whale..big things to come lol
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 10:48 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Mother Whale (Redden) just got a new son!
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The ARV line. Avery Richards Voros. In the making?
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 10:56 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
I really wanna know who that random guy on the left is lol
by CrazyRangerFan on Nov 16, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
dont worry
The rangers will find him and sign him to a 20 year 500m deal
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
all in good time
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
all honesty
The guys wearing a nametag. He prob just works there and wanted a pic
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
haha nice catch, didn’t see that lol
by CrazyRangerFan on Nov 16, 2011 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Anson Carter
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
by Rorschach44 on Nov 16, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
lol, he has a name tag on so I assume he works there or something
Bruce Carter+Sean Lee=BRUCE LEE!!!!
RDD=REAL DEAL DEMARCO!!!!
by Archie Barberio on Nov 16, 2011 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Lol look up I said that. I think he just wanted a pic with them
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by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 3:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
all of you are downplaying
the chemistry brewing between Olivia Munn and Brad Richards…we’re undefeated since Torts put those two together on the same line
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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Two person line?
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by Kevin Power on Nov 16, 2011 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
to make a thing go right
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Nov 16, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed it is
But lets just keep things in perspective. They have yet to play their 3 biggest challengers in the division and have yet to play the top conference contenders. Let’s see how they do the week after Thanksgiving when they get the Caps, Flyers and Pens over 5 nights – that should be a good indicator of this team’s potential.
Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York!
For the empty net, Mark Messier... do you believe it?! Do you believe it?! He said we will win game 6 - he has just picked up the hat trick!
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The bandwagon pen fans are on full force over on Facebook after the NHL page called us the hot new York rangers could make #1 in there division. Pens and flyers erupted in full force and the ranger fans said its all a matter of time until this all ends. Worst group of comments I have ever read.
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by -19-AgainstAll on Nov 16, 2011 11:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The Pens and Flyers haven’t had tremendously difficult schedules either and neither of those teams started out the season with the road trip the Rangers had. Talent-wise the Rangers still might be 3rd in the Atlantic, but it’s not quite the gap it has been in the past few years.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Nov 16, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
everone criticizes their schedule
but they play their first half of their games to date on the road spaning at least 3 countries and still managed to get enough points to have one of(the best?) points % in the leauge. and sa what you want but on our list of wins include the sharks, the canucks, the always contender Ducks, the senators who were riding their own 6 games streak before thye met us, montreal who has been a team about on our level the last couple seasons. i just dont see the validity of the argument
Well when the Sens were riding the streak they beat us lol, we beat them the second time around.
by CrazyRangerFan on Nov 16, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
or it could mean absolutely nothing
at this point, all games are the same. Its way too early to be talking about strength of schedule. They could win all of those games and still not make the playoffs for all anyone knows.
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by Rorschach44 on Nov 16, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not saying they haven't earned 10-3-3
10 wins in 16 games against anyone is fantastic. I just want to see them continue that play against the divisional opponents that will crank it up a notch (see 1-1 vs lowly Islanders). That’s all I’m saying. George’s numbers have shown that they haven’t necessarily played as well as their record indicates.
Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York!
For the empty net, Mark Messier... do you believe it?! Do you believe it?! He said we will win game 6 - he has just picked up the hat trick!
So when do we see Stralman?
Eminger & Woywo are playing fine, I don’t know if that signing will come to fruition…
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They’re ok, but we can’t keep going all year with the 3rd pair getting 8 1/2 minutes a night. Either Tortorella needs to trust them more, or they need to give Stralman a shot and see if he can eat more minutes.
Plus I wouldn’t mind seeing Stralman in the point instead of MDZ, just to see if it gives the PP a different look/feel.
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by George E. Ays on Nov 16, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
So far I’ve been pretty happy with Richie and MDZ at the point, even though we haven’t scored much it seems like its clicking and everybody knows where the other guys on the ice are at all times.
by CrazyRangerFan on Nov 16, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
They’ve generated enough chances to be happy, but I would like to see a different PP1 unit at least occasionally. Give me Girardi, Dubinsky, Anisimov, Boyle…something to change it up.
It seems (pending verification from the shot logs) that the only ones that look to shoot on PP1 are Gaborik and Richards. Step always looks pass. Callahan is either camped in front and thus not shooting, or firing from terrible angles. MDZ rarely fires unless he’s wide open. It’s as Krit said in the other thread, they’re looking for quality > quantity all the time.
For all the faults with EC, one thing he’s never shy about is firing away on the PP if he has an opening. I’d like to see more guys with that attitude.
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by George E. Ays on Nov 16, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Plus how long can Girardi keep playing nearly 30 mins per?
I would think that the Rangers eventually have to sit him a game or 2 since that kind of workload is crazy.
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You can forgot about him sitting, but once we get a 3 games in 4 night stretch, he won’t have a choice but to cut his minutes.
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by George E. Ays on Nov 16, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
not to sound like the voice of doom
but if they don’t start getting opposition shots down to under 30 a game you’re all going to be really nostalgic for “this wonderful moment” by early january
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sorry
ZOMG THIS IS BEST RANGR TEEM EVR
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much better
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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