Rangers Recap: Lundqvist Gets Win No. 200, Rangers Top Kings in Shootout
by Nick Montemagno on Feb 17, 2011 10:40 PM EST
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The Rangers took yet another step towards getting back on track after the six-game losing streak with tonight's 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings. As usual, it wasn't a pretty one, but the bottom line is that the Blueshirts picked up yet another two valuable points in the standings for the second straight game. Heart and resiliency are the two words that come to mind when describing the effort in this tilt, and those are two things that need to remain constant for the Rangers as we near the end of the regular season.
For the tenth time in their last eleven games, New York allowed the first goal tonight. This time it was Dustin Brown's spin-around shot in the slot that beat Lundqvist low at the 5:25 mark of the first period. It was a quick play that developed basically out of nothing, but I personally think that Hank needs to stop that one there.
Ryan Callahan would later pick up his second goal in two games when he tied things at one early in the second period. Derek Stepan did a great job of getting the puck to the net with his linemates crashing, and Callahan easily put away the rebound, which was just lying in the crease within his reach. A typical Callahan goal consists of going hard to the net, and that is just what the (alternate) captain did on that specific play.
The Rangers took a 2-1 lead at 6:10 of the third period when Marian Gaborik scored his first goal since January 24. A goal like that is exactly what Marian needed. He has recently started to pick up his play and become more noticeable, and now he finally buried a goal that he earned; he skated all the way up and fought off the check to take the shot. That's the Gabby we know.
Matt Greene tied it for Los Angeles with a point-shot less than two minutes later, though. Again, I think Lundqvist thought he should have had that one, and after looking at the replay, I do too.
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Brandon Dubinsky thought he had scored the game-winner when he pulled the Rangers ahead late in the period by stuffing in a Callahan shot that bounced off the boards. However, Dustin Brown came up clutch yet again to tie it at three for the Kings when he somehow banked a shot from behind the goal line off the back of Lundqvist's head and in.
The Rangers began overtime with a 4 on 3 powerplay, which eventually turned into 3 on 3 play with Dubinsky taking a high-sticking penalty midway through. Despite all the open ice, neither team was able to generate much offense, so to a shootout we went. Usual suspects Erik Christensen and Mats Zuccarello scored for the Rangers, while Lundqvist stoned two out of the three shooters he faced.
Like I said, Lundqvist would like to have a few of the goals he allowed back, but his 25 save effort not only led the team to victory, but also earned him his 200th career win. Congrats to King Henrik on that incredible accomplishment.
Marian Gaborik is starting to find himself now. His confidence is growing, he is shooting the puck more and now one finally went in for him. Look, he could only be heating up and if he could ultimately get to where he was last season, then that will be a tremendous offensive boost for this club at a crucial time of year. I am daring to put my belief in Gabby here, so I really hope he can keep this up.
Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky (Duballahan) both had great games once again. Obviously they each tallied a goal, but that lead by example factor came into play again. They are relentless and I think the team took on their personality and drive tonight, and that's why they are headed home winners. Sometimes you don't realize how big of an impact one player, or in this case two players, can have on an entire team. It is pretty remarkable.
I have some work to do before tomorrow's game against the Devils in Newark, so I am going to put a wrap on this here. The seventh place Rangers are in good position after this win, as they are four points ahead of eighth place and only three out of sixth. Another two would be fabulous tomorrow (Friday) in Jersey.
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Dubinsky’s goal was taken away and given to Anisimov.
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Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if it flips backs though.
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by George E. Ays on Feb 18, 2011 12:04 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
It should. The puck never touched Artie’s stick. Dubi’s wrap around hit Bernier’s skate and in.
by NYR #35 Richter on Feb 18, 2011 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
I just saw a replay on NHL network and it goes off Artie’s stick which is in between Berniers legs
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Feb 18, 2011 1:13 AM EST up reply actions
Duballahan
Classic and I love it! Those two are essentially the heart of the offense when healthy every day. Callahan’s effort is something that just makes me smile all the time. He acts like he could be sent to the minors after any given day, so he plays like it is his last. You have to respect a dedication like his.
I know Henrik is good against the Devils, but we should play Biron tomorrow. Congrats to the King for the milestone win, but before the shootout, he was mostly average.
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Callahan and Dubinsky
are seriously showing us something to be really excited about.
This is the kind of hockey that needs to be played come playoff time.
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by Gelatin on Feb 17, 2011 11:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Was at the game tonight, got last minute free tickets. What Callahan showed me tonight I will make a fanpost about momentarily, but he needs to be the captain of this team ASAP. His effort out there is just unbelievable.
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Agreed
I think Drury needs to surrender it to Callahan for the team. Although Drury deserves the respect of a leader, his plague of injuries and lack of production (when he is present) have cast him into obscurity. In my opinion, the one that wears that C needs to have presence on the ice. El Capitan should bring energy to the team in moments in which they seem to be wavering. Drury seems to be losing the ability to do that.
Those were soft throw goals Henrik let in even during the shootout but whatever let’s just keep pressing on . Good work rangers let’s destroy those pansie devils tmrw in there home none the less
by XxC17xX on Feb 17, 2011 11:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Was a deflected shot, and the Brown shot banked in I think off his helmet. heck of a shot tbh. I think he played a strong game..especially the stretch toe save of Kopitar early on in the game.
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 17, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
Nope
Brown’s shot rolled up Staal’s stick.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
'this team has balls'
Torts in post game interview… Twice.
Great stuff.
I’m going to stick with my guess that Hank starts again tomorrow
Calmer than you are.
by Game6 on Feb 17, 2011 11:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
i third!
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Figured it’d make a good tagline
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Wait…something’s wrong there
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by Kevin Power on Feb 17, 2011 11:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Quiet troll and go back to your English class tomorrow lol and you forgot FIERE SATTHERE!
by Mr. Avery to you on Feb 18, 2011 12:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Easier then Dubinskahan
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
That sounds like one of those little middle-east countries where they do ritual women sacrifices.
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My boy Callinsky from Dubinskahan
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
:)
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
sounds polish
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
soft goals
i d’ont know what’s going on with henrik this year especialy at home,every time the game is on the line he find a way to give up bad goals in the last 10-5 minutes
I would argue...
…that he had no chance on the second or third goal scored by LA. On the second goal it changed direction off Boyle’s stick. The last goal was the product of two ranger icings following a “strategical” timeout by Torts.
Every goal allowed was deflected, Hank stopped everything he saw. That save early in the first was AMAZING!
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
My girls sister (a flyers fan) even called to tell me it made number 1 on sportscenter top 10…I still didnt see but ill take her word for it
by Mr. Avery to you on Feb 18, 2011 10:30 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Very Richter-esque sliding toe save. Sure goal imo against other goalies.
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 18, 2011 4:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
If Smith was still our GM
Cally and Dubi would have already been traded to the Islanders for Doug Weight
On a side note, will Torts hurry up and give Dubinsky the captaincy already?
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 17, 2011 11:37 PM EST reply actions
I hope not
I know its rare and sometimes looked down upon but hank needs that C
by thenyrangers on Feb 18, 2011 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
agreed … goaltending is such a mental position (with a requisite very short memory), so being the rah-rah, lead by example, all-out-effort guy on a blue collar team isn’t the goalie’s place. Look how it worked for Luongo. Leave the “C” for Callinsky, and just keep giving Hank the team MVP.
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
All true but...
Not only is it tough to wear the ‘C’ as a goalie, it violates NHL Rule 14(d), so it can’t happen…plus, logistically, he’d have to come out of the crease too often to discuss plays with the official, which would be another issue…
nope. i mentioned this in the other thread. he cant talk to the refs, and for the most part goalie is a very individual position. on many nights his game is completely separate from the teams.
dubi/cally should get the C. the other and staal should get the A’s. but after the season ends.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
I don’t know if you noticed but Dubinsky takes a lot of stupid penalties, and is not very good at keeping his cool. I think the guy can lead but I would prefer Callahan who does everything right basically setting the example for everyone who comes to play for the Rangers.
well with the same logic dubinsky is also the more vocal leader.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
I LOL’d. Not funny if it’s not true.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
I was lucky enough to be at this game – this and the Vancouver game were the best I have been to.
I was pretty high up in MSG, but at the game I thought the first goal against Hank was excusable and the following two were not. After coming home and looking at the game on TV, I was wrong about all 3.
Girardi was unbelievable in this game and should have gotten a star of the game.
Great game, and I dont know if you guys saw, but NHL.com has an article about Grachev up. I was pretty surprised to see it.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=553187
For everyone who wants to read it. Thanks for pointing that out CrazyRangerFan
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the kovalev-josef balei trade
hi guys,this is only my post number 2 on this site,i’am a long time rangers fan from montréal(since 1966) so as you should know i had my shares of dissapointment through all those years….this may be not the subject, but i would like to know if you guys knows the real story about the kovalev-josef balei trade few years ago……the story was told by mister danny dubbe after the rangers had quit on balei and sent him to vancouver.danny dube by the way is a former junior coach,now working at a radio station in montreal……it appears that bob ganey who was the gm at that time would have told sather that he has the choice between balei, plekaneck,and another player………you know the rest of the story………when dube told sather just before the trade that he has pick the wrong number and instead should have pick pleckanek, sather said why don’t you tell me,and dubé replied you dont ask my opinin about it,and he was right because dubbé do nt work for the rangers organisation…….bob gainey did not know at that time that pleckaneck would become the best player of the canadiens……….what a steal would have it been if only sather had done some research before the trade……that pleckaneck would have had a great impact with the rangers no doubt about it god bless you rangers fans.
Happy to hear there are Rangers fans in Montreal. You should post more often, we love to hear from other fans, especially those in enemy territory.
Didn’t know that story about Plekanec. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
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One of Sather's worst
I’d like to forget we ever traded a 1,000 point scorer for an incredible waste of talent like Josef Balei
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 18, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Great character win, a huge two points.
Very pleased by the play of Callahan tonight, he has been turning it on the past two games. Dubinsky’s goal was great but he took three really bad penalties tonight. His emotions get the best of him sometimes.
Great to see Gaborik net a goal, even if it was a change-up wrist shot.
Zuke and EC really showed us some magic in the shootout.
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agreeded on all accounts….but if i recall correctly….i think his 3rd penalty…the one in OT was extremely weak based on how those shitty refs were calling the game all night…i mean they missed several high sticks by the kings and call his? so what if they gave us the 4 min PP right before that….doesn’t make up for all the other missed calls.
oh and on his second, which i think was the goalie interference……also incredibly weak….Bernier clearly helped that one along with a dive….either that or he’s really weak and cant take a bump.
speaking of bumps….henrik was “bumped” only a few minutes later and they yet again missed it and/or just didnt call it cuz they sucked so badly last night.
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 18, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Put this up in the gamethread but I thought I'd post it here for anyone who missed it.
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Aight dig where’s that cally pic you promised last night huh huh huh???
by Mr. Avery to you on Feb 18, 2011 10:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I just woke up! I’ll see what I can do for Cally before the puck drops tonight.
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This is a little off topic but does anybody know if Roloson is now Tampa’s #1 goalie? It seems like whenever I see clips of their games now, he’s in net, and if so, maybe we have a shot against them if we face them in the playoffs. He looked Godawful tonight against Detroit.
He is getting more games than Dan Ellis. I think if you asked Lightning fans they’d tell you he was their number one, he is a huge improvement from Dan Ellis and Mike Smith.
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OK thanks.
I don’t know how deep they’re gonna go with that being the case. It’s a real vulnerability.
Yes it is, their defense and GA in general isn’t that great. They have wonderful offense but beyond that they don’t have much.
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I seem to remember Sam saying something last time we played them – that their PP scoring was phenomenal but their offense at ES, not so much. At least I think it was them.
Tampa Bay is 25th in GA per game, with 3.09. Only Atlanta, Edmonton, Ottawa, the Isles, and Colorado are worse. They have the 6th best PP in the league. 49 of their 99 goals have come on the man advantage. Stamkos alone has 15 PPG (total of 40 goals).
They really, really rely on their PP for their offense and to win them games.
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"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
"It's just pain." -Brandon Prust | "In Prust we Trust."
yeah….i remember last season lighting them up for at least 5 goals on our push to NOT make the playoffs down the stretch…
i think that despite our troubles against them earlier in the year…we can beat them assuming we dont forget how to put the puck in the net again….their defense isnt great and as you were saying they have 3 mediocre goalies at best…roloson is 41 and really unlikely to be good enough for a run to the cup…
sadly unless someone really shows up in the playoffs this year…i think philly will be back in the finals.
However, i like to think we can be last year’s Canadiens and knock off a couple top teams.
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 18, 2011 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
sorry my mistake
(when dubbé told sather just after the trade) sorry for my poor english guy
did you see the Rangers play in MTL for the cup in ’79?
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
of course i did
we have a good young teamin 79……may be too young to win against the habs who were a real force in the 70’s,but we came close,i also remember the 72 final against the bruins we had a great teamthat year too,and we came so close but number 4 for the bruins made a difference.
I’ll never go see the circus again because of ‘79 … That series, and the following year’s olympics, really got me into the game. Of course $5 blue seats and Carol Alt didn’t hurt either …
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
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Don't want to put myself in frankie's category but
someone has to be a downer after a win. As well as Dubi has played recently, he really hurt the team with a couple of downright stupid penalties. Rather than criticize Hank for being beat by a spinning shot from the low slot let’s point the finger of blame in the right direction. If Dubi uses his head just a little he would have never taken the boarding penalty. He had tons of time to pull up on that hit. Gets my vote for dumbest play of the game.
I was at the game and it was unbelievable. Gaborik’s shot was incredible live. Bernier had no clue. Hank had no chance on the 2nd and 3rd goal, the deflection was perfect and who knows what the hell happened on the 3rd goal. The reason why Cally needs the C is on the penalty kill when he gets hit in the face and then gets up and works his ass off to kill it off then goes and makes a play at the other end where he barely missed the net. This team can be great if we cut out the mental mistakes and get rid of Drury and add another weapon. But i was so happy last night at the game, watching the shootout, Bernier had no idea what he was doing
Zuke challenging Ponikarovsky to a fight?
According to Sam Rosen and the other guy Zuke was challenging this guy to fight, and pointing out he was not kidding. Some kind of double irony or whatnot? Ukrainian gotta be 6" taller and got previous pugalistic experiance. The cam on my stream didnt catch much of the incident whitch occurrd in 1st period around 16.30.
Just wondering if Zuke really would trow down his gloves in the NHL? any thougts?
btw sry for poor english
Anyone have video of it
yeah I heard sam mention that and really wanted to see zuke’s challenge. They didn’t replay it though. Anyone have any footage of it?
When you speak hockey, you don’t have to apologize for poor anything. Understood perfectly.
I noticed Zuke looked pretty pissed at a few points during the game.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t have footage (because I was @ the game), but it did happen. It didn’t end until Ponikarovksy went off for a change. Zuccarello came up to his chin, it looked like he was serious and POin… was a little shocked.
by It may HAVE to Last a Lifetime on Feb 18, 2011 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Yup, it happened
Right near the benches as they were coming off the ice for a shift. I was there too. Zuc crosschecked him a couple times right underneath the chin, ponikarovsky skated away like a bitch.
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by stonecoldcory on Feb 18, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Too bad they didn’t scrap. Even if MZA loses the fight, he still wins, giving up a foot in height and still taking him on.
MSG would’ve gone insane had they fought. Props to MZA for sticking up for Girardi.
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 18, 2011 4:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
great effort win … did anybody else notice the officiating being downright awful (against both sides) tonight? They seemed incosistent and just plain wrong on numerous occasions. I was stuck with the NHL network braodcast (which was realy the LA announcers with “NHL on-the-fly” between periods"), so there was very little unbiased perspective …
Verizon has an NHL Center Ice free trial this week, thought I’d get lucky and catch a non-Versus game in HD – Rangers v Kings wasn’t even LISTED (usually it shows with “subject to local blackout”).
What gives?
I HATE DOLAN for keeping HD broadcasts to Cablevision customers only.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
Verizon has filed a complaint with the FCC (I think) about this restriction. Send a comment to the FCC.
by It may HAVE to Last a Lifetime on Feb 18, 2011 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
+1
im sure i complained about it enough last night in the game thread…and in a reply to dig deep above….feel like 2 of 3 dubi penalties were extrememly weak based on how many more obvious penalties werent called
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 18, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
it was tough on both sides. Sure there were a couple uncalled aganst the rangers, so I figured they were “just letting them play”. But even the double minor at the end of the game was pretty questionable – Staal lifted his stick. Couple of the goalie contact stuff was let go, several faceoffs were in the wrong place (for both teams), couple of pretty balatant interference calls got let go (one slowing down Avery, but the refs seem to have swallowed the whistle when Avery’s getting mauled), and sure the boarding stuff was pretty inconsistent …
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
McDonagh and Sauer, +3. For 2 rookies against a pretty skilled team, that’s called getting shit done.
Henrik had a solid game albeit 3 goals against. Can’t really blame him. Brown with a terrific turnaround shot in the slot, the deflection off Bigfoot’s stick, and that incredible angle shot by Brown.
Dubinsky, stop taking stupid penalties. He still had a great game, but he needs to pay attention and not rock guys in the numbers by the boards.
Boyle/Prust/Avery line just dominated on the fore-check all game long.
Still like to win these things in regulation though. Can’t rely on shootout trickery in the playoffs.
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This is where you really start to realize how good the farm actually is
McDonagh has carved out a fantastic nitch for himself on this team, and has been proving day in and day out that he belongs to be on this team.
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 18, 2011 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
I really liked his interview too. You can see the intelligence he has about the game, and conducts himself very well. Wouldn’t surprise me at all to see him wear a letter down the road.
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He was Wisconsin's
everything man. And to wear a “C” on that kind of team means something.
I think it works out that the two (Stepan and him) are playing together.
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"We can trade Lisin for a gun, then hold it to Drury’s head and make him waive the no-movement clause" - XLII
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 18, 2011 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Love the Wisco recruits
We should have a scout living in Madison
My darkhorse for the captaincy
He’s already been a captain and he’ll be among the ice time leaders for the Rangers for years
It really was such a lopsided trade
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 18, 2011 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
Especially since Higgins brought us Prust
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 18, 2011 10:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I want to like Avery’s game, because he fits well with Prust and Boyle down low, b-u-t I can’t count how many time he triy a play from down low to attempt to move the puck to the slot. I think he jump started 2 or 3 easy outs for the Kings last night with low percentage passes from down low or the half-boards. Granted, his line-mates should understand who has the “man-high” responsibility, so maybe this is a chemistry result of torts line juggling …
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
i really hate...
OT and/or SO wins…..well maybe not as bad as OT/SO losses….but at least it was against the west….so doesn’t really matter…
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 18, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking exactly that last night – these damn 3 point games, but like you said it was out of conference so it didn’t matter.
by bleed'n blue on Feb 18, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
oh come on
I can’t make a joke?
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In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
haha no i got ya
i was adding my own don’t worry bud
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by ragsfan72291 on Feb 18, 2011 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
ah ok
I’m just coming out of a business management test so I’m kinda fried
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Business Management test fried brain exemption request: Granted
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
sweet
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
Crap
I hit reply but my post ended up on it’s own. And I have no excuse.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
it better be
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
A really exciting game last night, take the two points and run. Another big game tonight, lets build off it. Callahan was the best player on the ice, Gaborik had another strong game, and Henrik was good enough. How about that skate save in the first? Too bad he didn’t get credit for it from our senile commentators.
In other news, last night Werek had a big game with 3 goals and an assist, and Yogan was cleared to play, should be back as soon as the 24th
by The Blue Seats on Feb 18, 2011 10:40 AM EST reply actions
Unbelievable save
MATTEAU!!!!! MATTEAU!!!!!!! MATTEAU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by stonecoldcory on Feb 18, 2011 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
Time out
Anyone think the timeout was a little strange? You just scored with 3 minutes left in the game, so call timeout and let your opponent catch their breath and regroup? I understand he wanted to get them to focus on the D zone, but obviously it didn’t quite have the best result. I’m not a Torts basher, but at that time, don’t kill the momentum your team just grabbed by chiding them about D when they’re feeling good.
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Agreed. Seemed counter to Tort’s traditional use of a timeout.
I’m not too worried about it, Brown’s tying goal slid up Staal’s stick and bounced off Lundqvist’s back. Two lucky bounces on one play, they had everything else covered on D.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Feb 18, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
The timeout seemed very strange, but George/Smurf made a great point about the 3rd goal we gave up. Why the hell was Stepan taking a defensive zone draw? Just took a time-out, so Boyle or Dubinsky should have been fine to take it. I don’t remember what lead up to it, but that shouldn’t happen.
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I had the exact same thought when Sam said Stepan taking the faceoff. He couldn’t lose it any cleaner. Hopefully that part of his game will come with time but don’t test it in crunchtime while he’s a rookie.
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!
There was an icing, so Stepan was caught on the ice.
EXCEPT….so was Anisimov. I have no clue why Step took it instead of Artie.
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by George E. Ays on Feb 18, 2011 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
True – although Artie lost the draw prior to Callahan’s goal so who knows if he would have been better. Not good strategery either way coming out of a timeout.
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!
Yeah
But over the course of a season, Anisimov has been much better at faceoffs. Stepan has been awful.
missed the reply button AGAIN
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!
haha...
did anyone see leetch and trautwig trying to make sense of that TO, saying it was a good move….but im sure in the back of their minds they were like “wtf…” just like the rest of us
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 18, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed (was being short sighted) – who knows how things would play out but AA is obviously the better choice there. Maybe Dru can teach Step a thing or two on faceoffs, but that would reduce our need for him even more.
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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