Don’t Mess With the Garden Faithful

Seriously, don’t mess with the Garden faithful Boudreau.

In case anyone missed it, Bruce Boudreau, Head Coach for the Washington Capitals decided, after his team lost 3-2 to the Rangers on Sunday, to basically whine about everything. From bashing the visitor locker rooms at the Garden, to complaining about the benches being too small (gee, I wonder why), to the hit Marc Staal put on Mike Green on Sunday afternoon. And those are all fine Bruce. Whine all you want about the Garden, it’s not the most perfect building in the world, and Rangers fans know that. It’s old, the sight lines suck, the escalators shut down after games, and we all have to file out of the building either by walking down said turned off escalators, or down the urine smelling stairwell to the left. And cry all you want about a hit that was not even close to warranting a suspension. It just shows what a whiner you are, and how frustrated you are. And it also shows that you’re nervous. You know your job is on the line, and you know there’s a good chance that you will be fired, if you blow this series to the Rangers and bow out AGAIN in the first round.

But don’t mess with the Garden faithful.

Don’t say we were not loud enough on Sunday.

First of all, it’s not true. The place was absolutely rocking Sunday afternoon. From the drop of the puck, when loud, “Let’s Go Rangers” chants rained down from the rafters, to the eruption that ensued when Vinny Prospal put the Boys in Blue up 2-1 in the 2nd, to the pandemonium that engulfed the entire building when Brandon Dubinsky scored the game winner late in the 3rd, to the final buzzer that produced a mad, towel waving fury, the Garden was in typical playoff fashion on Sunday. It may not be what it once was back in the 70’s and 80’s, when rooting for an opposing team in the Blueseats could get you anything from a beer bath, to a jersey being forcefully removed, or even get you tossed over the balcony. It may be filled with a bunch of corporate yuppies down in the 100’s nowadays, and it may not be the mass hysteria that engulfs the Bell Centre on a nightly basis up in Montreal (what place is?), but we do not need any rooting tips from you Bruce.

Rangers fans are known as among the most loyal in all of sports, sell the building out when we suck (unlike Washington), and don’t need gimmicks like blow horns, or the jumbotron telling us when to make noise. And when it comes to the playoffs, we don’t need the Red C in Calgary, the White Out in Pittsburgh, or the Orange Crush in Philly. We’re Rangers fans. We’ve been around 85 years, and we can make plenty of noise. So if you think we weren’t loud enough on Sunday, you’d better bring a good supply of ear plugs tonight. Cause in case you weren’t aware, we have a long list of chants reserved for types just like you.

Chants for Dennis Potvin.

Chants for opposing goalies.

Chants for a large coach with an even larger mouth.

You name, we have it.

Don’t mess with us Bruce.

We weren’t loud enough on Sunday, you say? You have no clue what you’re in for tonight!

Garden faithful...kindly show Boudreau how loud 18,200 people can REALLY be.

Oh, and Blueshirts..please beat this team.

LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!