Great Day To Love New York Sports
by Joe Fortunato on Feb 6, 2012 9:00 AM EST
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PrintDid you wake up this morning with a huge smile on your face? Even for those of you who follow the New York Rangers but aren't New York Giants fans, you can at least appreciate the Rangers crushing the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
Much like the Giants, the Rangers are proving to the world that they're a force to be reckoned with. The Rangers could have folded when the Flyers scored a power play goal to start the third period, tying the game at two. But Marian Gaborik slid a smooth pass to Michael Del Zotto who game the Rangers a 3-2 lead and a fresh burst of confidence.
In the end, that's what this season has been so far for the Rangers, a year full of big wins and confidence.
Join me after the jump for more.
The win is more than just two points, and a newly minted five-point lead in the Atlantic Division. It's a confidence building for what will amount to be a grueling week for the Rangers. The Rangers' next five games are as follows: home against New Jersey and Tampa Bay, on the road against Philadelphia, home again against Washington before going to Boston to take on the Bruins.
That's two games against division rivals, one game against the Bruins -- who are chasing the Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference -- and then two tough games against the Lightning and the Capitals.
The Rangers will have a lot of work to do the next five game, but a winning record would continue to allow the Rangers' confidence to grow. The confidence the Rangers have gained so far this year have allowed the team to hold the mentality that they can stay with anyone in the league and that no deficit is insurmountable.
The Rangers have been proving both of those traits all season long.
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Most of the people I know are talking baseball…they forget one of the greatest games in hockey.
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 9:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions
yeah I’m real excited about the mets rofl
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 9:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
baseball is a natural sleep aid. i think i read somewhere that in the course of an average game that takes 3-4 hours there is approximately 15-20 minutes of action (from pitch to end of sequence). I have no idea how people watch this sport. It’s pretty fun to play, and I did throughout my childhood, but watching baseball puts me to sleep.
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 6, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
they can get it back to the usual under 3 hrs if they disallow the batters from adjusting themselves after every pitch. believe it or not when I was a real fan the games used to take under 2 1/2 hrs. there was television then believe it or not.
That, constant changing of pitchers, catchers running to the mound, pitchers taking forever, and a batter should have a limit of 5 foul balls before being called automatically out.
Giants not converting the 2 pts
Ruined it for me. Would have won beacoup bucks in my office SB grid.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 6, 2012 9:47 AM EST reply actions
Yeah fuck the Giants, fuck Eli Manning, but most especially fuck Wes Welker… that dropped pass that he always catches probably cost me over two hundred.
BB I saw you arguing with a flyer fan on tsn lol
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 9:59 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Hah yeah. I actually erased what I originally typed before sending it because I did not want to get drawn into too much of a spat. I like the boards there compared to other sites, generally better informed and miles above comments on ESPN, NY Post, etc.
I looked at the ESPN boards a few times and theres always someone trolling with like 8 different accounts
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 10:57 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
-1
At least call them by their earned titles – that would be 4 time Super Bowl Champion Giants and 2 time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning.
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!
by Broheem NJ on Feb 6, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
For what it’s worth, I should also include a Fuck the Patriots. I hate both teams, and actually hate the Patriots more,… but it sickens me that now with 2 Superbowl wins, I have to hear Giants fans putting Eli in the conversation of best QBs of the past 25 years. That’s really the part I have a problem with.
well sorry to break it to ya kid but
He def is one of the best qbs in the last 25 years. Onlly the 11th qb to win miltiple sb. I’m guessing your a jet fan?
by klh2009 on Feb 6, 2012 11:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I was raised a Cowboys fan, so when I moved to NYC 16 years ago I already hated the Giants… yeah, Jets and Cowboys fan, been a miserable 20 years.
I hear ya
Was too young to really enjoy the Cowboy glory days, now I just get to see the Romo circus show…… yay
My older brother was a fan during the late 70s and early 80s and I cheered along with him. I was in college for their 90s dynasty, so at least I have lasting memories of that. Romo is a joke though. And the Jets have been nothing but a disappointment so far. I knew over the summer that the moves mad or not made actually had the team worse than last season.
Easy killer
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 6, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I'm gonna stay outta this one
But for the record, I merely had a Giants score ending in 3 and a Pats score ending in 7. I’m not a diehard football fan, and not a fan of either the Giants or Jets if I had to choose a team, so the winning team didn’t matter much to me as much as the score.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 6, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
What a wonderful day to be a New Yorker. God blessed us with one helluva day.
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by Danz10 on Feb 6, 2012 10:07 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Pics - Hide me if u want
Took some random pics after/during the game yesterday, all are ProHDR pics on Iphone4, thought some of u might like them:
[IMG]http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/teknics/rangersgame/65b91aec.jpg[/IMG]
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 10:12 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I’d post the others here but dunno how big those are or if it’s ok to post them (I’m on my phone so they resize automatically for me)
Here’s the album of 9 pics:
http://s928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/teknics/rangersgame
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 10:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Got the video of the stick salute too but haven’t uploaded it
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 10:21 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yea I had burger and fries from daily burger when I first got there which was great, girlfriend had some from sausage boss, then later I had chicken and waffle fries and she just had waffle fries.
It was definitely some good eating
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 11:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I waited in line for 10 minutes, literally at least 5 minutes of which the line didn’t move, to overpay for nachos. I actually got fed up with it and just went to my seat so I didn’t miss the start of the game. I should have gotten 2 or 3 pretzels before heading in.
I’m sure the “artisan” selections are tasty but the other stuff is such a ripoff. I wish there was a way to fight it. $9.50 for a beer… I can get a 12-pack for $16
I may or may not have punched a ceiling in my euphoria of joy last night
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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 Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 6, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
Actually...
…you should, I owe my friend some money to repair it
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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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I would, If I wasn’t in class all day today (9-9)
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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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You gots a tiny pinky.
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If the Rangers go through the Stanley Cup playoffs like the Giants just went through the Super Bowl…I may not survive it
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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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I’ve only experienced the rangers going to the second round and even that was emotion torture I can’t imagine a Stanley cup series
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 10:21 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
We can laugh about it now because of the ending, but you probably don’t want to experience the ups and downs of what the last 14 games were like in 94. A “boring” run of easy series wins is a lot better for your emotinal well being than having to watch one series with a couple of double OT games and the next one go from dominance to near collapse to brick shitting tension in the final game.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 6, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
just makes winning that much better
right?
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 10:28 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yes
But the feeling of dread every single second of OT in game 7 of the Devils series was nearly unbearable.
Then the last 10 minutes or so of game 7 vs Vancouver probably caused a few aneuryisms across the tri-state area.
by MyFavBaseballSquadron on Feb 6, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I was only 10 but the cup run in ’94 took years off my life.
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 10:33 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
but
it must have been pure euphoria when they finally won and I can only dream of that feeling
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 10:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
you don't want to deal with a game seven in ot
trust me, you just don’t
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mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
"Nobody knows anything" - William Goldman
then again
in ’94 they HAD to win
with the curse and the 54 year drought and the ghost of red dutton and the 1940 chants and islander fans and penguin fans and fucking NORDIQUE fans mocking the drought, anything other than winning would have been a killer, and there’d been plenty of heartbreak before that
all that made every goal, every shift, every ot second all the more magnified
i’ve said before, you youngsters are kinda lucky not having had to deal with that kind of heartache….i think, if there’d been a web 2.0 with a board like this back then (rather than, say, the compuserve dial-up boards we had), this place would have imploded, with smoldering servers all that remained when zelepukin scored with 7.7 seconds left in the ECF
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mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
"Nobody knows anything" - William Goldman
zelepukin
that name still makes my blood boil!
by Eastversewest on Feb 6, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
True!
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
"Stepan, step in, step out" Timothy Leary
Scott Gomez, the gift that keeps on giving!
by nathansfamous on Feb 7, 2012 5:14 AM EST up reply actions
I was 6 when they won the cup so...
I wanna see a crazy run to the cup..
I was 3 years and 360 days old when the Rangers won the cup
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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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Got you beat. I was 20.
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by Danz10 on Feb 6, 2012 11:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
24 :)
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 6, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
24 as well
Aucune clause de Mouvement
by Blueshirt in Paris on Feb 6, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
Fun days, huh? Parade and drinking like there was no tomorrow. Damn Good Times!
"Fart like a man! It's hockey!"
"A lack of faith shown can go a long, long way to failure."
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around for a while...you'll miss it." Ferris Bueller (1985)
and (underage) alcohol consumption
i drank myself to sleep after game six in vancouver
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"You can be a lion maybe once in your life. If you don't make this deal, you're a
mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
"Nobody knows anything" - William Goldman
old farts
i was 19 :-)
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"You can be a lion maybe once in your life. If you don't make this deal, you're a
mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
"Nobody knows anything" - William Goldman
About the same :)
"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 was only 2! Matteau’s OT goal was actually on my birthday too haha, May 27th. Best birthday gift ever I’d say.
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"I'm not a screamer or yeller. If I would try to scream and yell at people, it's not what I'd naturally do. So if I tried to do that, it would be awkward, I think." - Eli Manning
When the Rangers won the cup, I lived in Connecticut and my hockey allegiances (and viewing experience) were based mostly on the Sega NHL series. I do remember rooting for NY over Vancouver, but I did not care that much.
I started watching hockey in high school.. went to a prep school that was somewhat competitive, and played Sega from 91 through whenever. I was down with the Whalers but I did not watch a ton on tv. When I graduated college and moved to NYC in ‘96, I still did not truly have a team, but I stepped up watching the Rangers .. and the Devils. See, Mike Dunham was my high school’s goalie while I attended. So I was a fan of the Rangers except when playing against Dunny. Fortunately, he left after 2 years and from that point on I was hardcore Rangers fan.
21. 1994, what a year. Had tickets to games up until the finals. Went to MSG, when they were showing the away games on the Jumbo for $5 a ticket. Drove into the city with a bunch of friends right after the game , arrived in time to catch barely a glimpse of Messier with the cup outside MSG. As others have said, What a roller coaster ride. Moved to Fla. that September. If we make any sort of run, I am flying back in to watch games at MSG!!
PRUSTOSTERONE!!!
"Stepan, step in, step out" Timothy Leary
Scott Gomez, the gift that keeps on giving!
by nathansfamous on Feb 7, 2012 5:19 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed
The tension just hangs on you. In 1994, over that last month I couldn’t go an hour without worrying about the next game. I was 20 at the time and I know my stress level would be 10 times worse now. But I’d gladly lose a few years off my life if it meant another Cup win for the Rangers. Best sports memory I have – hands down.
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!
I had just turned 21 during the cup run...
… and man oh man, I nearly killed my liver.
Have another doughnut
94
i was 12. me and my friends broke my parents couch jumpjng up and down. now at a crisp 27, i dont know what would happen if i experience another rangers SC. i may run around like a mad man and get locked up for scaring my neighbors. i will seriously lose mt shit.
I piss excellence
Should be “if you love SOME NY sports”
Knicks, mets, jets, sabres etc etc, still suck.
by teknics on Feb 6, 2012 10:26 AM EST via mobile reply actions
one of the best weekends for NY
the Knicks had a crazy game too with Jeremy Rin doing work. Of course the Rangers, who I’ll now transfer my playoff beard offering to. And the NY Football Giants doing what they do best, beat Mr. Bundchen in the SB.
Speaking of that, the Garden crowd saying “YOU CAN’T BEAT US”, was playing through my mind after the Giants won the game.
I’ll be hoping for the Rangers to win the cup much more then the Giants tho. Can’t really explain it and its really not that teh Giants have won 2 Bowls recently, cuz both were really really sweet.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
reading the flyers blog is comedy
they’re all complaining and fighting over their bad defence/goalies
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 11:16 AM EST via Android app reply actions
Gabby
Not enough is being said about Gabby’s “weak” goal. Regardless of how soft is was for Bryz to let by. Gabby took a BIG HIT and was dazed, and called for the puck again and put it in. For a player who has been called soft all of his career, I thought it was very impressive and shows what a hard working attitude he has, as well as how much strength he gained this summer.
by BigB22 on Feb 6, 2012 11:20 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah all that new 2010-2011 off season muscle he built and the tragedy of his friends passing has really turned him around mentally. Good to see that
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 11:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
*good to see that he is doing well for himself .
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 11:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
yeah man, he is a monster this year. even if you forget about the points, just watching him out there is incredible how he changes the game
GET RIPPED
"We'll Win Tonight" - The Captain
"Let's go eat a &€% %¥#$ snack" - Rex
Yeah he’s so serious this year. That’s what we needed from him and he really came through for us
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 1:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He's been incredible
I’ve always felt he’s gotten the Carlos Beltran treatment his entire career. Just because a guy gets hurt a lot does not mean he’s a wuss. Very little can realistically be done to prevent injuries. I’ve been very impressed with his resilience and strength on the puck this year. He’s turned into a great two-way forward.
hey let's be realistic
he’s no datsyuk, any defense/backcheck we see from him is a plus, anytime he absorbs a check and keeps going its a plus, hes our star forward not known to be gritty but you can tell torts has rubbed off on him a little hes starting to do those things little by little.
it helps even if its only some of the time, glad hes buying into the system.
Hopefully. Not. Against. The. Devils.
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 11:35 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Feb Schedule...
Just looked at the schedule for the rest of the month. Wow, this is sure going to be a good test for us. A lot of games, a lot of quality hockey teams. Should be interesting.
Wouldn’t it be great if the Rangers end up with the hockey version of the same result as the Giants?
The Super Bowl
The lovely Gisele prob’ly had her panties in a Bundchen.
Oh, well. At least there was something Tom could pull out last night.
Yeah , can’t feel too bad for her… she can cry herself to sleep on stacks of 100s! I can’t believe they are the highest paid “celebrity couple” above Brangelina and Jay & Beyonce…
Did You Hear . . .
. . . that she went off at Tom’s teammates for dropping passes? Something like “My husband gets paid to throw the ball. They get paid to catch the ball. My husband cannot throw the ball and catch the ball.”
to be honest though. She has a solid point. If welker and hernandez and branch caught those 3 passes the giants had no chance of winning the game. Brady played great. His receivers came up struggling in the 4th quarter.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K31bF2HxM&feature=player_embedded
Daniel "Mustache" Carcillo YOU GOT FUCKED UP " Haley vs Carcillo "http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/104339
" Can You Hear Us" Best Chant in Sports History !!!!
Idk about you guys
but I want the next game against the devils even more than I wanted the flyers game…just to show what a fluke that last game against them was
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 1:34 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Couldn’t agree more. I can’t describe to you in words how bad I want them to dominate that game. I really really hope they do.
"It's far from done, but we did get something accomplished."-#19 B.Richards
by -19-AgainstAll on Feb 6, 2012 1:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Gotta remember that we have a Marty too...
For a second, I thought you just said that you want Hank to get a shutout and Biron to give up 6 lol… stick to calling Brodeur Fatso/Fatty/etc. so this doesn’t happen XD
Just made a bet with my family and everyone
that if the rangers win the CUp !! i am painting myself in red white and blue and going streaking down the neighborhood letting of a high siren of irritating noise !!!!!
Best Celebration Ever : Artem (SHOTGUN) Anismov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K31bF2HxM&feature=player_embedded
Daniel "Mustache" Carcillo YOU GOT FUCKED UP " Haley vs Carcillo "http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/104339
" Can You Hear Us" Best Chant in Sports History !!!!
you better be able to back that up with photographic proof
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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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lol ill have it recorded . Im actually a man of my word so if they do it , its GOING DOWN !!!! Then you guys can start a fund to bail me out of jail !!!
Best Celebration Ever : Artem (SHOTGUN) Anismov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K31bF2HxM&feature=player_embedded
Daniel "Mustache" Carcillo YOU GOT FUCKED UP " Haley vs Carcillo "http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/104339
" Can You Hear Us" Best Chant in Sports History !!!!
i hate you
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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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hey its for a good cause !!!!
Best Celebration Ever : Artem (SHOTGUN) Anismov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K31bF2HxM&feature=player_embedded
Daniel "Mustache" Carcillo YOU GOT FUCKED UP " Haley vs Carcillo "http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/104339
" Can You Hear Us" Best Chant in Sports History !!!!
naked promise
Im 46 and both my kids keep holding me to my promise that I will run around the house sans clothing when the Rangers win the Cup…:) I got hammered in 94 and nearly got arrested by MPs for my drunken behavior that year…..
"Time to bench Tortarella - and by that I mean Tortorella..."
This is kind of mean yet funny at the same time
Time for the Rangers to win the cup eh?
"Anson Carter is a highly skilled, versatile player who we feel will play a very significant role on our team this season. He is a very intelligent player who brings a strong presence and leadership qualities." - Sather
"He's the best first passer in the game. He moves the puck up exceptionally."- Sather on signing Wade Redden
"If you look through the NHL, there aren't many players with his type of ability; he has superstar ability."- Sather on signing Vladimir Malakhov
by RichieToGabbySCORE on Feb 6, 2012 4:39 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Sestito no punishment for the hair pulling on Prust
seriously?
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 6, 2012 5:19 PM EST reply actions
meant to be in response to Richter1994’s post. My bad.
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 6, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
disgusting isn’t the word I was thinking but close…
by OhCallyMyCaptain on Feb 6, 2012 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
Shanny is becoming a Bettman butt boy disgracing his own reputation when he was a player. and what’s worse is lets these thugs hurt players. Rinaldo gets a $2500 fine for slewfooting. big deal, Rinaldo’s reaction was that he needed to “stir the pot” in that game. so that includes risking a serious injury to an opposing player? this is the same Rinaldo that freight trained 3 Rangers during the game yesterday and got zilch in penalties for those hits. just efn BS.
somebody just needs to stir the pot on him
and what i mean by that is have one guy slewfoot him while another guy crashes him into the boards and another punches him in the face and keeps his glove there while hes down.
i call it my coupe de rinaldo, take all of his dirty moves and turn them into one awesome move intended simply to “stir the pot” you know just stir the pot nothing serious just doing a little cookin here.
in general I am not in favor of purposely hurting another player but I keep making exceptions for the Flyers going back to the 70s. to me it’s a shame that criminals like Sestito, Rinaldo, and Carcillo before them overshadow great players like Giroux. the former is what they’re known for while it’s the latter that would allow them to win. you watch, and I said it after the WC, the Flyers will start to fade from the top of the conference. and the best part? Bryz has 8 more years. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Losers.
You’re going way too far in your criticism of Shanahan. He isn’t disgracing anything. He has the hardest job in the league and he is generally doing a good job at it. Discipline is better than at any point in the past. He certainly isn’t tarnishing his reputation in any way.
I disagree. He started out ok and settled into the “Bettman way” of doing things. It is ridiculous that so many good players are out with concussions, etc. Unless you start coming down hard on some of these thugs then it will continue. what’s to stop them? $2,500? please.
I hate Cindy but it is criminal that he’s not playing. Shanny said on the McD hit against the Bees that whatshisname didn’t get more games because McD wasn’t hurt and didn’t miss time. Oh really? When did that become the barometer for suspensions? So how about the perps that knocked out Savard, Horton, etc etc etc. they playing now? shouldn’t those games lost matter in their cases? he picks and chooses. and to not give ANYTHING to Sestito for the hair pulling? just disgraceful. so I 100% disagree.
There are more than this , but..........
Look up Rinaldo on you tube.Several really bad boardings,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lFjZEkGzoFA
On Yogan. Broke his face.
Look at this cheap fn hit……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVu8Vv_fDEM&feature=player_detailpage
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Scott Gomez, the gift that keeps on giving!
by nathansfamous on Feb 7, 2012 5:32 AM EST up reply actions
Dudes a scumbag.
He shouldn’t be in the NHL.
"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!!!
Jeez, it was 5:30 am when I posted this, so I did not post my feelings. Although these are OHL games, my point is he has played dirty before AND continues to do so. After the Yogan hit, he was laughing, just before the camera panned away.
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Scott Gomez, the gift that keeps on giving!
by nathansfamous on Feb 7, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
I mean I’m not one to take any games easy because a team is low in the standings, but Tampa a tough game just like the rest of them?? I don’t think so, it should be a win and it shouldn’t be a one goal game.
Good thing their goaltending is channeling the great Dan Cloutier during games
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A save, a blown save, and beat the shit out of somebody? I thought Roloson was too old to be throwin’ down.
there’s always Matthew Garon
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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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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Man i finally understand what Fail for Nail is
and it totally really makes me want to get the rangers to FAIL FOR NAIL!!!
but if we lose our next 32 games
we would still have 71 points making columbus can catch up
doubt it, lol. but I will say Nail looks to be really something else. I do wonder though about these kids that put up gawdy stats in juniors as to how their game translates to the NHL where the open spaces are slim to none.
That’s the thing with some of these kids that put of gaudy #s in the junior/college/overseas leagues. A lot of them never come close to the same level of domination (some obviously do) but I think for some of them, they just lose any competitive edge, or the will to be better. They’re so dominant that they don’t need to work harder, or make themselves better players, or they play for a team/coach that doesn’t push them to be better. They get to the NHL with awful habits and no will to be better.
Not saying it will happen…but how many of these highly-touted picks really become what people thought they were?
in recent years the #1 pick overall has panned out pretty well….Crosby, Kane,stamkos,taveras,Nugent-Hopkins was having a good year till he got hurt and Taylor hall
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 9:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, but #1 overall….is #1 overall. There’s plenty of others who never reached their supposed potential.
Alexandre Daigle, Patrick Stefan to name two
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
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
Follow me @8kpower
I only said #1 picks because you were talking about fail for nail who’s gonna be a #1 pick
by Prustyballs94 on Feb 6, 2012 11:32 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Pavel Brendl was a Rangers’ #3 overall pick. I remember the Rangers were celebrating like they won the Cup. He turned out to be lazy after he found out what it took to play in the NHL. I don’t even remember how many games he played for the Rangers before being traded to the Flyers. What a stiff he turned out to be.
will be at the game tues
So far I’ve been to two 3-0 shutouts,Hanks 39th and 40th (preds & jets). Hope to continue the trend with hank in net. Love you biron but if I’m going I want the real thing baby.
by nhl_legendz on Feb 6, 2012 7:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
going to be at the garden thursday
hell of a way to celebrate my 37th
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mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
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Sure is!
Heres to a strong finish to the season and hopefully a solid playoff run. Happy 37th! LGR!
by nhl_legendz on Feb 6, 2012 8:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Quick question
Ok so I’m a TWC customer, can’t switch providers.. the whole 9.. anyway.. does anyone know if I can watch past games like say the philly game and record live games if I purchase nhl game center live? I need a way to watch these games. If not, does anyone know where they archive games, cuz I’m about ready to pull a sestito on myself.
by nhl_legendz on Feb 6, 2012 8:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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