New York Rangers Traverse City Tournament: Rangers' Prospects Fall 5-2 To Sabres
by Bryan Winters on Sep 14, 2011 9:47 PM EDT
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PrintTonight marked the finale for the Traverse City Prospects Tournament, between the Rangers and the Sabres. The Rangers are back in the finals since 2007, when they took home the championship. Just to give you an idea, the last Rangers team to win included Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan, Michael Sauer, and Marc Staal.
The Rangers went into this one expecting a tough Sabres squad, which was very size oriented. Their size sure showed when Christian Thomas was hit pretty high by Sabres defenseman, Brayden McNabb. The Sabres jumped to an early 2-0 lead with goals coming from Luke Adam, and Marcus Foligno.
Carl Hagelin expressed his speed and vision to set up J.T. Miller halfway through the first period to cut the deficit to 2-1. Gernander gathered the troops, and made a very energizing speech to lead the team into the second period. Early in the first Jason Wilson and Corey Tropp, dropped the gloves in a heated battle. Both players came away with a few cuts and bruises.
Later on in the second period, Ryan Bourque tied up the game at 2-2, after finding a loose puck in front. That point allowed Bourque to tied the all-time Rangers Traverse City point record since Brandon Dubinsky, back in 2007. This game came down to the final 20 minutes to decide the winner.
Corey Tropp gave the Sabres an early 3-2 after Lee Baldwin misplayed a puck, which led to an odd-man rush. Tropp buried it over the high glove side of Scott Stajcer. It was a fairly even period until the score broke open when Marcus Foligno notched his second of the night, followed up by another goal coming from Daniel Catenacci.
Overall, it was a great effort by the Rangers against a much stronger and experienced Sabres club. It was a great showing of all the Rangers prospects, and we are definitely in for a bright future. It should be a very interesting few years, to see what these kids develop into.
The next chapter for the 2011-2012 season starts next Wednesday as the Rangers big club opens the pre-season against the Devils at 7:00 PM. The Rangers also open up training camp this coming Friday, which will officially mark the beginning of the 2011-2012 Rangers hockey season!
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ah hell
oh well…at least we got a great look at some of the top prospects in our system
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A huge % of buffalos team had ahl time and one guy had nhl time. That’s y they chose to enter this year because they had experience over every other team and they know there pro team will never win anything . The prospects did great for who they were up against.
by XxC17xX on Sep 15, 2011 12:19 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Sour grapes
I’d wager that the Sabres will win a cup before the Rangers win another one.
If I was just looking at the prospects at Traverse, my top 10 (based on talent and length of time until NHL ready) would be as follows:
1. Erixon
2. Bourque
3. Hagelin
4. Miller
5. Parlett
6. Yogan
7. Thomas
8. McIlrath
9. Audi-Marshmellow
10. Wilson/McNaught
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Sep 15, 2011 4:46 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Thomas needs to be much higher on that list…while he didn’t score a lot of goals he was constantly making plays and creating havoc for opposing defenses
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"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
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by Kevin Power on Sep 15, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Swap Thomas and miller, and thats a solid list.
I also think Mclogan was good.
"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!!!
yes and also switch Hagelin and Bourque, I think Hagelin will be a better player personally. But thats not much of a difference.
by CrazyRangerFan on Sep 15, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I would put Hagelin 2nd. swap Yogan and Parlett but drop WIlson and keep McNaught.
I also swap out JAM for McColgan as the Beach Boy is going to have fun fun fun cause his WHL team is loaded for a run
Liked Sam Noreau for the most part, he needs someone to teach him how to use his size better.
by theprospectpark on Sep 15, 2011 5:16 AM EDT reply actions
I only got a chance to really watch the finals
Am I being nit-picky by saying I’m disappointed with McIilrath’s performance? He didn’t have his lauded snarl really and seemed to be on his heels a lot.
Question:
Why is everyone so high on Miller’s play?
I didn’t think he played bad, but he wasn’t great my any stretch in my opinion. From my POV, he held on to the puck way too long and turned the puck over a good amount.
That said, he did show some great flashes.
"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!!!
put it in perspective
its his first tournament after being drafted and he’s playing with guys who have had at least played one or two seasons in junior or some equivalent…so based off of that Miller’s played pretty damn well so far
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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
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by Kevin Power on Sep 15, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh I definitely agree with that.
But I’ve already seen comments calling him a Dubinsky with more goal scoring ability. I think thats going WAAAYYY too far.
"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!!!
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