Ok, so yes, tonight is Adam Graves night. Yippee!!
Ok, yes that is sarcasm people, sorry.
I have made my feelings well known to anyone who will listen, how I feel about Adam Graves # being retired. I feel he does not deserve it, and I haven't changed my stance on that whatsoever. I feel that the Rangers organization has basically made a mockery of 1994, and I'm tired of it. Every single time I turn on MSG, you can’t go more then 5 minutes without seeing something about it. The Garden’s 50 Greatest Moments, the Spring of ’94, Hockey’s Greatest Moments, Richter, Messier, Graves and Leetch profiles. All of them. Continuously rotating on the network’s schedule, day in, day out. They need new programming. And they need lives. Seriously!
And with the raising of Graves #, it only underscores even more what I’m saying. Do I believe that Messier, Richter and Leetch all deserve to be up in the Garden rafters? Yes, I do. Do I believe that 8 of the 9 #’s that will be up there after this season are worthy? Absolutely. And I have defended and defended and re-defended it every time someone says, “Oh they retire everyone’s jersey.” No, they don’t. It just seems that way, cause they’ve done it so much the last few years. They probably should’ve made double ceremonies out of Richter and Graves, to be honest. And Messier’s ceremony, while incredible, was ridiculously long. He thanked the fricken janitors for crying out loud! And he cried…and cried…and cried…and cried some more! Remeber last year at Leetch night? When a fan made the whole crowd and everyone on the ice laugh hysterically by screaming, “Here we go!” when Mess had to compose himself before he spoke? Geez, even Richter joked by famously saying “Welcome to Brian Leetch Night brought to you by Kleenex!” Or was that Messier night? I lost track. Look, Mess is my favorite all time Ranger, but what’s the over/under on how long before his eyes get red tonight people, huh? I’m gonna go with when he’s introduced!
Listen, I love the '94 team. I am thankful and eternally grateful for everything they accomplished. Hey, I still can't help but get chills when I see certain moments from that year sometimes. It was an amazing year. It was our year, and for Ranger fans (young and old), we know all too well, that there haven't been too many times where we can say that.
But I, for one, am looking more forward to Andy Bathgate & Harry Howell night, which I am going to. I’m pumped for it. I am very much into the Rangers history, read up on it as much as I can, and consider myself to be very knowledgeable on the subject. So it'll be fun to see the old, grainy footage of the 50's & 60's, see pictures of the old Garden and to see 2 true Ranger legends being honored the way they should have been, a long, long time ago.
But with all that being said, I love Adam Graves. He was a great player for us. And he is an even greater human being. And he really does exemplify what it means to be a Ranger, both on and off the ice. And I was never more proud to be a Ranger fan, then when he wore our sweater. So, while I do not support this jersey raising, I will watch the ceremonies tonight. And I will get nostalgic, and I will even enjoy them. The Garden always does a great job with these things and why shouldn't they? It’s not like they haven't had tons of practice!
But after tonight, I am done with 94, and I mean it. I want the book closed on that wonderful season, and I want to move on. We need to. Cause at this point, it is just overkill. And it needs to stop. The Garden needs to stop showing all the footage of 94 on TV. And they need to STOP honoring this team. Seriously, enough. You’ve honored the core of the team. We all knew eventually you would, and this was probably the way it needed to be, but stop, PLEASE! I am tired of hearing Devil fans bust my chops all the time! STOP!!!! This is long and rambling, isn’t it? Feels like it’s never gonna end, right? WELL NOW YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL!!!
Winning a championship once in a blue moon, really does suck. Yeah, it’s worth it in a lot of ways, cause there’s all that build up and all that suffering. What was that banner in the Garden on that great night about 2 years ago? “Now I Can Die In Peace”? Oh wait, it was 15 years ago? Sorry, the way it is played on MSG over and over again, you would think it was just recently!
The only other good thing about not winning it all very often, besides it being worth the suffering, is that it’s rare. It’s precious. And what you do with something so precious and so rare is you cherish it. And you do that by taking it and locking it away. You protect its legacy, you let it stay rare. And then every once in a while, when you haven’t seen it in ages, you take it out again, and you say, “Wow, I haven’t seen this in such a long time...isn’t this great?”. And you enjoy it.
That feeling for me with 1994, ended about 2 years ago. The rareness is gone and I want it back. Give it back to us Garden management, we deserve it.
Lock it away, close the book and let us all move on, please.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Old Country Road Fried Fishsticks!!!
Has a great ring to it, doesn’t it? Little tartar sauce, some fries with ketchup, maybe have a nice table cloth to set the mood…sorry, am I reveling? Ok, I’ll stop.
In a game that was tight, intense and had a playoff feel to it, even though the home team will most likely not even sniff post season play, the Rangers drew first blood with another one of their bitter rivals Monday night, as the defeated the Islanders, 4-2 at Nassau Coliseum. Chris Drury broke an 11 game goal-less drought, by scoring twice, including the first goal 56 seconds into the game, on a shot from behind the net that went in off the skate of Isles Goal, Joey MacDonald. Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves, and sparkled particularly in the first 40 minutes of the game, including a couple fantastic saves on Trent Hunter, one from point blank, another on a redirection. The Blueshirts won for the 9th time in their first 12 games of the early season and, at 9-2-1, are off to their best start since the 1983-84 season when they went 9-3. Ryan Callahan and Scott Gomez also had goals for the Boys in Blue, who return home on tomorrow for a 7 pm tilt against the Thrashers at the Garden.
This game was close until the 3rd period, and I’m not surprised. Like I mentioned the other day, the ‘Sticks always play us tough regardless of how bad they are, and right now they’re pretty bad. But in this game, they were feisty and MacDonald played really well subbing for the injured Rick DiPietro, who was scratched with an “undisclosed lower body injury”. I’m telling you, Charles Wang is gonna regret that 15 year contract for a long, long time!
I would give you links to the game recaps, but you’ve probably read those by now, as I am a day late with this blog. So instead I will give you something else. I recently completed a podcast with a buddy of mine from school. And it is now up on his website. The podcast is called Flagrant Fouls and you can listen to it here. We talk NHL and bash Philly, so in essence it’s almost as if you’re listening to my blog instead of reading it!
So that’s it for now. Quick update, I have set the starting date for my radio show, appropriately titled "The Ranger Rant". It will be starting up on Tuesday, November 11th at 8 pm, through Youcastr.com. In the meantime, check out the podcast and I’ll be back with a preview for the game tomorrow.
In a game that was tight, intense and had a playoff feel to it, even though the home team will most likely not even sniff post season play, the Rangers drew first blood with another one of their bitter rivals Monday night, as the defeated the Islanders, 4-2 at Nassau Coliseum. Chris Drury broke an 11 game goal-less drought, by scoring twice, including the first goal 56 seconds into the game, on a shot from behind the net that went in off the skate of Isles Goal, Joey MacDonald. Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves, and sparkled particularly in the first 40 minutes of the game, including a couple fantastic saves on Trent Hunter, one from point blank, another on a redirection. The Blueshirts won for the 9th time in their first 12 games of the early season and, at 9-2-1, are off to their best start since the 1983-84 season when they went 9-3. Ryan Callahan and Scott Gomez also had goals for the Boys in Blue, who return home on tomorrow for a 7 pm tilt against the Thrashers at the Garden.
This game was close until the 3rd period, and I’m not surprised. Like I mentioned the other day, the ‘Sticks always play us tough regardless of how bad they are, and right now they’re pretty bad. But in this game, they were feisty and MacDonald played really well subbing for the injured Rick DiPietro, who was scratched with an “undisclosed lower body injury”. I’m telling you, Charles Wang is gonna regret that 15 year contract for a long, long time!
I would give you links to the game recaps, but you’ve probably read those by now, as I am a day late with this blog. So instead I will give you something else. I recently completed a podcast with a buddy of mine from school. And it is now up on his website. The podcast is called Flagrant Fouls and you can listen to it here. We talk NHL and bash Philly, so in essence it’s almost as if you’re listening to my blog instead of reading it!
So that’s it for now. Quick update, I have set the starting date for my radio show, appropriately titled "The Ranger Rant". It will be starting up on Tuesday, November 11th at 8 pm, through Youcastr.com. In the meantime, check out the podcast and I’ll be back with a preview for the game tomorrow.
Monday, October 27, 2008
BACK WHERE I BELONG!!!
Yep, that’s right! Who says you can’t go home? I know, I know. It’s been months…years…decades, centuries! Alright, not really…but it’s been a while! I would like to welcome all of you back to The Gr8 Blue Blog (formerly True Blue Blog). As some of you know, I had started this site up late last season, and after some initial early success, had moved on to a bigger, more known website with the hopes of expanding on that. Sadly, it has not worked out as planned. So after much thought and debate, I have decided to go back to my roots. I thank the website for the opportunity to write for them and wish them success in the future. And in all honesty, it’s better this way. Not only do I feel more at home here, but I can make the focus more about me! And isn’t that really what it’s all about?? ;-D
Anyway…so we have a hockey game tonight! The Rangers, off to their best start in years, travel to LongGUYland tonight, to take on Gordon’s Fishsticks of Nassau County. The Boys in Blue are coming off back to back victories over the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Squid Lips and the Slewfooter. The ‘Sticks meanwhile…suck, but are you really surprised? They have no one on that team other then BGuer, and TP, I mean, DP. Alright fine, they have Mike Comrie, who’s dating Hilary Duff (not a bad thing), and they have Doug Weight, who at this point in his career has become his name. And what do you want to do with all that extra Weight? LOSE IT!!! Yeah, I know. Lame. Leave me alone, alright? Having fun over here…
Anyway, so that’s the story. Rangers & 'Sticks tonight. We should beat them. DP has not looked healthy and we’re the better team. But the Icelanders always play us tough and I can see RDP’s hip all the sudden being healthy tonight and him putting on a show, and then going back to the albatross that he and that contract of his sometimes look like against Philthy on Thursday. And speaking of Philthadelphia, can you believe that those Dirtbags are ONE WIN away from breaking their wanna-be curse?? UGH!! Yeah, that’s right. I called the city Philthadelphia, I called the team Dirtbags, and I called it a wanna-be curse. I hate the Phillies, I hate their fans, and I hate their city. And their curse is stupid. “Waaahhh, we’re Philly! And we haven’t won a championship since 1983 cause some of the buildings in our city (unrelated to sports in anyway shape or form), are taller then Billy Penn’s Statue!” No, you haven’t won ‘cause your sports teams all blow. So, shut up you losers.
Anyway, a few quick reminders, as some of you may already know, I am in the process of launching my own internet talk show through Youcastr.com within the next few weeks. So keep your eyes peeled. More details to come on that impending train wreck!
Also, unlike my former, non-paying employers, anyone can comment on this site. You don’t have to be a member, and I know that was an issue for some people with the other site. So, I expect feed back people. And suggestions. And the occasional insult thrown my way. Hey, if I’m behaving irrationally and making you wanna beat me with a hockey stick, I wanna know about that….so I can do it some more!
Ok, I promise I’ll be a little more serious with the next blog. But today is a celebration, so read, laugh, COMMENT and enjoy!!
Man, it’s great to be back. I freaking love this page, don’t you?
Puck drops at 7 pm tonight. Let’s roast ‘em. GO BLUE!!!
Anyway…so we have a hockey game tonight! The Rangers, off to their best start in years, travel to LongGUYland tonight, to take on Gordon’s Fishsticks of Nassau County. The Boys in Blue are coming off back to back victories over the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Squid Lips and the Slewfooter. The ‘Sticks meanwhile…suck, but are you really surprised? They have no one on that team other then BGuer, and TP, I mean, DP. Alright fine, they have Mike Comrie, who’s dating Hilary Duff (not a bad thing), and they have Doug Weight, who at this point in his career has become his name. And what do you want to do with all that extra Weight? LOSE IT!!! Yeah, I know. Lame. Leave me alone, alright? Having fun over here…
Anyway, so that’s the story. Rangers & 'Sticks tonight. We should beat them. DP has not looked healthy and we’re the better team. But the Icelanders always play us tough and I can see RDP’s hip all the sudden being healthy tonight and him putting on a show, and then going back to the albatross that he and that contract of his sometimes look like against Philthy on Thursday. And speaking of Philthadelphia, can you believe that those Dirtbags are ONE WIN away from breaking their wanna-be curse?? UGH!! Yeah, that’s right. I called the city Philthadelphia, I called the team Dirtbags, and I called it a wanna-be curse. I hate the Phillies, I hate their fans, and I hate their city. And their curse is stupid. “Waaahhh, we’re Philly! And we haven’t won a championship since 1983 cause some of the buildings in our city (unrelated to sports in anyway shape or form), are taller then Billy Penn’s Statue!” No, you haven’t won ‘cause your sports teams all blow. So, shut up you losers.
Anyway, a few quick reminders, as some of you may already know, I am in the process of launching my own internet talk show through Youcastr.com within the next few weeks. So keep your eyes peeled. More details to come on that impending train wreck!
Also, unlike my former, non-paying employers, anyone can comment on this site. You don’t have to be a member, and I know that was an issue for some people with the other site. So, I expect feed back people. And suggestions. And the occasional insult thrown my way. Hey, if I’m behaving irrationally and making you wanna beat me with a hockey stick, I wanna know about that….so I can do it some more!
Ok, I promise I’ll be a little more serious with the next blog. But today is a celebration, so read, laugh, COMMENT and enjoy!!
Man, it’s great to be back. I freaking love this page, don’t you?
Puck drops at 7 pm tonight. Let’s roast ‘em. GO BLUE!!!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!!!!
What you are about to read was witnessed this morning by 2 cockroaches in the apartment of a Ranger fan…on his last wits!
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Tony: (Standing on soap box - literally) Ok, if there is anyone in this room who doesn’t think we can come back and win this series, leave the room now!!!
Roach 1: Oh man, is he starting with that Al Arbour stuff again?
Roach 2: Wilbur just leave him alone. What good will it do?
Roach 1: Dude, it’s annoying. Why can’t he just admit it? (shouting) It’s over Tony!!
Roach 2: *Sigh* Just let him be, will ya?
Tony: Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Roach 1: Germans?
Roach 2: Forget it, he's rolling.
Roach 1: (shouting) DUDE, IT’S OVER!!!
Roach 2: Will you stop? He’s gonna hear you!
Roach 1: He’s been carrying on like this all night!
Tony: NOTHING IS OVER!!! NOTHING!!
Roach 2: Haha…Great job, now he thinks he’s Rambo!
Tony: Rambo…is a p**sy!! And great moments... are born from great opportunity. And that's what we’ll have here, tomorrow, boys. That's what we've earned here tomorrow.
Roach 1: What have you earned?!?!
Tony: One game. If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine.
Roach 1: They’d probably win the 10th one too!
Tony: But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can!
Roach 1: Says who??
Tony: Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This
is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Penguins have. Screw 'em! This is your time! Now go out there and take it!
Roach 1: Dude, he is losing it.
Roach 2: Shhh…just let him carry on, it’s making him feel better
Tony: (reading the paper) Wait…what’s this? Sean Avery, in the hospital? A heart attack???
Roach 1: Where is he getting this stuff from?
Roach 2: No, no. I heard about this. I think it’s actually true.
Tony: (murmuring) Wait his spleen is ruptured too? And lacerated? Holy crap!
Roach 1: You were saying?
Roach 2: Well…
Tony: Oh no! (getting out of chair) He’s in a coma?!?!
Roach 1: Oh boy, here it comes…
Tony: That does it!!
Roach 2: Oh, no…you don’t mean?
Tony: We can’t lose now!!
Roach 1: (cringing) Uh huh…
Tony: DON'T STOP!! BE-LIEVING! HOLD ON TO THAT FEEL-LEY-YEN! STREET LIGHTS!
PEOPLE-OH-OH-OHHHH!!!"
Roach 2: Haha…Wow. That is actually pretty funny!
Roach 1: Haha…yeah, I know. And he’s even on his knees playing the air guitar!
Tony: I WON’T BACK DOWWWWWN-EE-YEAH!!! THERE AIN’T NO EASY WAY OUT!!!
(Gets up, runs toward the door)
Roach 1: Well, at least he didn’t quote that bald headed dude again…
Tony: WE’LL WIN TONIGHT!!
Roach 2: Haha…you spoke to soon…
Tony: Rangers in 7!!
Roach 1: Shh…here comes the big finish..
Tony: We gotta win that game tonight man. We gotta get even with those Pens! Let's do it for Avery, man! (opens door)
Roach 2: lol…where is he going?
Roach 1: Haha…does it really even matter at this point?
Tony: We'll do it for Avery!!!
Shuts door
Roach 1: Ok, he’s gone. Let’s hit the fridge. I’m hungry.
Roach 2: Hey, just stay away from those meatballs.
Roach 1: Why? I wanted one!
Roach 2: Well the bathroom is on the other side of the apartment, and I couldn’t hold it!
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Tony: (Standing on soap box - literally) Ok, if there is anyone in this room who doesn’t think we can come back and win this series, leave the room now!!!
Roach 1: Oh man, is he starting with that Al Arbour stuff again?
Roach 2: Wilbur just leave him alone. What good will it do?
Roach 1: Dude, it’s annoying. Why can’t he just admit it? (shouting) It’s over Tony!!
Roach 2: *Sigh* Just let him be, will ya?
Tony: Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Roach 1: Germans?
Roach 2: Forget it, he's rolling.
Roach 1: (shouting) DUDE, IT’S OVER!!!
Roach 2: Will you stop? He’s gonna hear you!
Roach 1: He’s been carrying on like this all night!
Tony: NOTHING IS OVER!!! NOTHING!!
Roach 2: Haha…Great job, now he thinks he’s Rambo!
Tony: Rambo…is a p**sy!! And great moments... are born from great opportunity. And that's what we’ll have here, tomorrow, boys. That's what we've earned here tomorrow.
Roach 1: What have you earned?!?!
Tony: One game. If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine.
Roach 1: They’d probably win the 10th one too!
Tony: But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can!
Roach 1: Says who??
Tony: Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This
is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Penguins have. Screw 'em! This is your time! Now go out there and take it!
Roach 1: Dude, he is losing it.
Roach 2: Shhh…just let him carry on, it’s making him feel better
Tony: (reading the paper) Wait…what’s this? Sean Avery, in the hospital? A heart attack???
Roach 1: Where is he getting this stuff from?
Roach 2: No, no. I heard about this. I think it’s actually true.
Tony: (murmuring) Wait his spleen is ruptured too? And lacerated? Holy crap!
Roach 1: You were saying?
Roach 2: Well…
Tony: Oh no! (getting out of chair) He’s in a coma?!?!
Roach 1: Oh boy, here it comes…
Tony: That does it!!
Roach 2: Oh, no…you don’t mean?
Tony: We can’t lose now!!
Roach 1: (cringing) Uh huh…
Tony: DON'T STOP!! BE-LIEVING! HOLD ON TO THAT FEEL-LEY-YEN! STREET LIGHTS!
PEOPLE-OH-OH-OHHHH!!!"
Roach 2: Haha…Wow. That is actually pretty funny!
Roach 1: Haha…yeah, I know. And he’s even on his knees playing the air guitar!
Tony: I WON’T BACK DOWWWWWN-EE-YEAH!!! THERE AIN’T NO EASY WAY OUT!!!
(Gets up, runs toward the door)
Roach 1: Well, at least he didn’t quote that bald headed dude again…
Tony: WE’LL WIN TONIGHT!!
Roach 2: Haha…you spoke to soon…
Tony: Rangers in 7!!
Roach 1: Shh…here comes the big finish..
Tony: We gotta win that game tonight man. We gotta get even with those Pens! Let's do it for Avery, man! (opens door)
Roach 2: lol…where is he going?
Roach 1: Haha…does it really even matter at this point?
Tony: We'll do it for Avery!!!
Shuts door
Roach 1: Ok, he’s gone. Let’s hit the fridge. I’m hungry.
Roach 2: Hey, just stay away from those meatballs.
Roach 1: Why? I wanted one!
Roach 2: Well the bathroom is on the other side of the apartment, and I couldn’t hold it!
Monday, April 28, 2008
You can STILL go scratch, Camel Lips!!!
And if you think for one moment, that I am taking it back, THINK AGAIN!!!
I don’t care if we’re down 2-0 in the series.
I don’t care if it makes me look stubborn, selfish or childish.
I don’t care!
Sidney Patrick Crosby, you can take your whining, your complaining, your diving and all your embellishing and STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE!!!
SO WADDYA THINK OF THAT???
TTTHHHHPPPPTTT!!!!
Haha...alright, now that I’ve got your attention, relax. I’m not this childish.
Well...maybe I am, but not over something like this! I was actually more upset about Friday’s loss then yesterday. After the offensive barrage on Friday, I expected yesterday to be a lock it down, don’t give an inch type game. But I’ll tell you what I didn’t expect. I didn’t expect to be down 2-0 in this series. My gut feeling was that they would lose on Friday, but bounce back yesterday. Now granted, the series is a long way from being over, and they did bounce back against Buffalo last year, so I’m optimistic. But they need to get it together. They need to play the defensive game they played yesterday, and they need to get in front of Fleury and rattle him. They really did not test him at all at even strength yesterday. And the power play was absolutely pathetic, going 0-6. They’re now a “blistering” 1-9 in the series! But hey, you saw the game. So it’s not like I’m telling you something you didn’t already know!!
And while we’re on the subject, can someone explain to me what the heck Sean Avery is doing? Going after Fleury after the game? Hey Sean, here’s a little tip: you’re supposed to piss people off DURING the game, not after it!! Idiot...
Sorry, I know this not a great blog today. Forgive me, ok? It’s nasty out, were down 2-0, I’m having big time writers block and I just really want a zamboni to fall on Crosby right now!!
Alright, maybe I am this childish...
Anyway, here’s your links, that’s about the best you’re gonna get from me today folks. The News, The Post, NHL.com, and Rangers.com
Ok, so I’m in this pool at work, and I picked Montreal to win it all. But obviously if the Rangers we’re to advance, I would want them to face Philly, being that they’re the weaker opponent, so I have been rooting for them. Well, I’ll tell you this much: The Rangers don’t win tomorrow, I’m switching allegiances and pulling for the Habs. Cause, when you boil down to it, I’m all about the money. Plus I feel dirty rooting for Philthy anyway. BLEH!!
Ok, ok. You torture is over, I'm ending this!!
But not before I insult Camel Lips one more time!!
Hey Cindy, how can the referees even move out there with you so far up their rear ends???
Ok, I’m out. Later people!!
I don’t care if we’re down 2-0 in the series.
I don’t care if it makes me look stubborn, selfish or childish.
I don’t care!
Sidney Patrick Crosby, you can take your whining, your complaining, your diving and all your embellishing and STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE!!!
SO WADDYA THINK OF THAT???
TTTHHHHPPPPTTT!!!!
Haha...alright, now that I’ve got your attention, relax. I’m not this childish.
Well...maybe I am, but not over something like this! I was actually more upset about Friday’s loss then yesterday. After the offensive barrage on Friday, I expected yesterday to be a lock it down, don’t give an inch type game. But I’ll tell you what I didn’t expect. I didn’t expect to be down 2-0 in this series. My gut feeling was that they would lose on Friday, but bounce back yesterday. Now granted, the series is a long way from being over, and they did bounce back against Buffalo last year, so I’m optimistic. But they need to get it together. They need to play the defensive game they played yesterday, and they need to get in front of Fleury and rattle him. They really did not test him at all at even strength yesterday. And the power play was absolutely pathetic, going 0-6. They’re now a “blistering” 1-9 in the series! But hey, you saw the game. So it’s not like I’m telling you something you didn’t already know!!
And while we’re on the subject, can someone explain to me what the heck Sean Avery is doing? Going after Fleury after the game? Hey Sean, here’s a little tip: you’re supposed to piss people off DURING the game, not after it!! Idiot...
Sorry, I know this not a great blog today. Forgive me, ok? It’s nasty out, were down 2-0, I’m having big time writers block and I just really want a zamboni to fall on Crosby right now!!
Alright, maybe I am this childish...
Anyway, here’s your links, that’s about the best you’re gonna get from me today folks. The News, The Post, NHL.com, and Rangers.com
Ok, so I’m in this pool at work, and I picked Montreal to win it all. But obviously if the Rangers we’re to advance, I would want them to face Philly, being that they’re the weaker opponent, so I have been rooting for them. Well, I’ll tell you this much: The Rangers don’t win tomorrow, I’m switching allegiances and pulling for the Habs. Cause, when you boil down to it, I’m all about the money. Plus I feel dirty rooting for Philthy anyway. BLEH!!
Ok, ok. You torture is over, I'm ending this!!
But not before I insult Camel Lips one more time!!
Hey Cindy, how can the referees even move out there with you so far up their rear ends???
Ok, I’m out. Later people!!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
UGH!!! Are you kidding me???
Ok, so this NOT going to be a happy blog from me this morning. I just thought I should warn you all right now.
Start off with the fact that I was unable to watch the game last night cause I had to take care of some personal things, throw in that I had to go straight from work to do it, and then finish it off with not getting home until 11:30 last night, and was completely exhausted. That's # 1.
# 2, I had my walkman with me, so I was able to listen, but the battery was on it's last life and I kept having to shut it off, and give it a little bit before I could listen to it again. But I was getting text updates, heard they were up, 1-0, then 2-0, then 3-0. So I'm thinking, "Great, 3-0 lead. This is going better then I thought it would!".
AND THEN MONTREAL HAPPENED!!!
ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Blowing a 3-0 lead in the playoffs for the first time since 1967, the Rangers dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, 5-4 to the Penguins at the Igloo last night. Sidney Crosby's one timer deflected in off of Evgeni Malkin's knee with 1:41 remaining in the 3rd period, after a questionable interference call on Martin Straka, awarded the Pens a power play.
I've only seen the highlights people, so I can't really talk that intelligently on the game. But from what I could gather, from highlights, articles and from Tom Renney's press conference, the Rangers didn't play a good game last night. The defense was attrocious. They turned the puck over in all 3 zones, and once Pittsburgh got some life, the lead disappeared, and disappeared quickly. 2 goals in 14 seconds cut it to 3-2. Two more in 20 seconds gave the Pens a 4-3 lead. Are you kidding me? How do you do that? How? Someone explain that to me, please.
And then you wanna talk about penalties? Giving Pittsbugh 6 power plays? Just completely unacceptable. Now granted, Straka's call was, from what I could see, complete garbage, and granted the little whiner, got away with another diving call. And a lot of the goals did take funny bounces (one actually went in, IN BETWEEN Gomez' skate blade - is that even possible???). But does any of this really matter people? The bottom line, when you have a 3-0 lead, YOU DO NOT ALLOW THE OPPOSING TEAM BACK INTO THE GAME!!! I don't care what you have to do, YOU JUST DO IT!! And you don't give the other team life either by rubbing it in there faces, which from what I heard, is what Sean Avery might have done after he scored last night. Are ya kidding me? Knock that crap off Sean. You've had a great postseason, you're getting plenty of publicity this year, and if continue to play well, you'll get an extension. But for the love of humanity, pick and choose your spots!!
Alright, this has basically just been one long complaint from me, and I'm sure you all want me to just shut up and give you the links, so here they are. The News, the Post, NHL.com, and Rangers.com
So, there you have it folks. They sucked last night. And that needs to change. Everything I talked about in my playoff preview the other day, about what the Rangers could not do if they expect to have a shot in this series, they did. And if they continue to do it, this series will be over very quickly. So, they better take a good long look at themselves in the mirror today and come out prepared to do everything humanly possible to win Game 2 tomorrow. I know it's only Game 1, and I should not be panicking, but I am. Sorry.
On a non related note, did you all hear about the Montreal-Philly series? Apparently, a Montreal fan poured beer all over Mike Richards either during or after the game the other night. Nice job Habs fans. Good to see you're starting to act more and more like Philly fans with each passing moment. Burning cars after winning the opening round, pouring beer on an opposing player. What's gonna happen if you win the Cup this year? You gonna burn the city to the ground? Grow up you losers. You represent a legendary NHL city. I have no problem with passion, but show some freaking class. Idiots.
Anyway, I'll probably be back on Monday with a recap of Sunday's game. Hopefully, it will be more positive then this.
In the meantime, enjoy the other series everyone. GO BLUE!!
Start off with the fact that I was unable to watch the game last night cause I had to take care of some personal things, throw in that I had to go straight from work to do it, and then finish it off with not getting home until 11:30 last night, and was completely exhausted. That's # 1.
# 2, I had my walkman with me, so I was able to listen, but the battery was on it's last life and I kept having to shut it off, and give it a little bit before I could listen to it again. But I was getting text updates, heard they were up, 1-0, then 2-0, then 3-0. So I'm thinking, "Great, 3-0 lead. This is going better then I thought it would!".
AND THEN MONTREAL HAPPENED!!!
ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Blowing a 3-0 lead in the playoffs for the first time since 1967, the Rangers dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, 5-4 to the Penguins at the Igloo last night. Sidney Crosby's one timer deflected in off of Evgeni Malkin's knee with 1:41 remaining in the 3rd period, after a questionable interference call on Martin Straka, awarded the Pens a power play.
I've only seen the highlights people, so I can't really talk that intelligently on the game. But from what I could gather, from highlights, articles and from Tom Renney's press conference, the Rangers didn't play a good game last night. The defense was attrocious. They turned the puck over in all 3 zones, and once Pittsburgh got some life, the lead disappeared, and disappeared quickly. 2 goals in 14 seconds cut it to 3-2. Two more in 20 seconds gave the Pens a 4-3 lead. Are you kidding me? How do you do that? How? Someone explain that to me, please.
And then you wanna talk about penalties? Giving Pittsbugh 6 power plays? Just completely unacceptable. Now granted, Straka's call was, from what I could see, complete garbage, and granted the little whiner, got away with another diving call. And a lot of the goals did take funny bounces (one actually went in, IN BETWEEN Gomez' skate blade - is that even possible???). But does any of this really matter people? The bottom line, when you have a 3-0 lead, YOU DO NOT ALLOW THE OPPOSING TEAM BACK INTO THE GAME!!! I don't care what you have to do, YOU JUST DO IT!! And you don't give the other team life either by rubbing it in there faces, which from what I heard, is what Sean Avery might have done after he scored last night. Are ya kidding me? Knock that crap off Sean. You've had a great postseason, you're getting plenty of publicity this year, and if continue to play well, you'll get an extension. But for the love of humanity, pick and choose your spots!!
Alright, this has basically just been one long complaint from me, and I'm sure you all want me to just shut up and give you the links, so here they are. The News, the Post, NHL.com, and Rangers.com
So, there you have it folks. They sucked last night. And that needs to change. Everything I talked about in my playoff preview the other day, about what the Rangers could not do if they expect to have a shot in this series, they did. And if they continue to do it, this series will be over very quickly. So, they better take a good long look at themselves in the mirror today and come out prepared to do everything humanly possible to win Game 2 tomorrow. I know it's only Game 1, and I should not be panicking, but I am. Sorry.
On a non related note, did you all hear about the Montreal-Philly series? Apparently, a Montreal fan poured beer all over Mike Richards either during or after the game the other night. Nice job Habs fans. Good to see you're starting to act more and more like Philly fans with each passing moment. Burning cars after winning the opening round, pouring beer on an opposing player. What's gonna happen if you win the Cup this year? You gonna burn the city to the ground? Grow up you losers. You represent a legendary NHL city. I have no problem with passion, but show some freaking class. Idiots.
Anyway, I'll probably be back on Monday with a recap of Sunday's game. Hopefully, it will be more positive then this.
In the meantime, enjoy the other series everyone. GO BLUE!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
BRING IT ON CAMEL LIPS!!!
Ok so it’s the Blueshirts vs. the Fat Birds.
The most hated player in the NHL, against the biggest whiner in the NHL.
The NHL’s flagship franchise (that should have the you-know-what promoted out of them) against Bettman’s ultimate wet dream franchise that he would love to have win the Cup...so he can promote the you-know-what out of them!!
Get the point people?
Of course you do. I’m a biased Ranger fan who thinks the NHL wastes too much time catering to and promoting this whiny, little baby. This so-called “next one”, who is on a small market team, when he should be on the NHL’s biggest stage so that the sun could rise and shine around the Blueshirts of Broadway! That about right people?
In all honesty, I don’t feel that way at all. I just wanted to get you all to read the article, so I decided insulting Sidney Crosby and painting myself as a stereo typical Ranger fan would hook you all in. SUCKERS!!!!
Ok, so now that you’re already into the article, let’s talk about the series.
This will be a tough one for the Boys in Blue. The Penguins have loads of firepower, in the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa and even former Blueshirt, Petr Sykora, and also Ryan Malone. They also have an elite puck moving defenseman in Sergei Gonchar, and have plenty of size and grit in players such as Hal Gill, Brooks Orpik and Ryan Whitney. Plus, they have their own pest in Jarrko Ruutu.
The Rangers, meanwhile, have a lot of talented young players, and indeed, Brandon Dubinsky, Nigel Dawes, Ryan Callahan and Marc Staal are all starting to come into their own, but they cannot even come close to matching the offensive abilities of the Pens young guns. That being said, the youth, along with a nice mix of experienced veterans such as Brendan Shanahan, Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, and of course Mr. Clutch, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez will be key. Defensively, the Rangers can turn into the mid-90’s Devils if they have to, with effective blueliners such as Dan Girardi, and Fedor Tyutin. Plus, Michael Rosival, while not the “disher” that Gonchar is, can be effective on the power play.
Bottom line, the Rangers can score. But if they try to go toe to toe with the Pens, they will lose and this series will be over quickly. No, if they are going to win this series, they are going to do it by outworking, outsmarting and basically suffocating the Penguins. We all know that defense and goaltending is what wins in the playoffs. And with a 3rd straight Venzina trophy nomination, Henrik Lunqvist has the edge over Marc-Andre Fluery and Ty Conklin, as one of the best netminders in the game.
Also, keep in mind that the Rangers are fueled predominantly by an agitator whose presence was certainly felt throughout the series against the Devils, and whose presence needs to be felt in this series as well, in order for the Blueshirts to succeed. The stats do not lie, and say what you want about Sean Avery. When he is in this line up, the Rangers win, win and win some more. It will be very interesting to see if he can get under the skin of Crosby, or if the refs will penalize him for accidentally sneezing on diaper boy. And it will be even more interesting to see if Jarrko Ruutu will be able to play the role of agitator as well as our local fashion expert (interning at Vogue Sean??)!
Prediction:
Hahaha...yeah right. I’m wimping out on this one. I’ve told you. I have had a very specific and very effective superstitious routine that has worked all year, so you’re getting nothing from me other then it is going 6 games minimum, and who ever comes out of this series I think is coming out of the East.
The most hated player in the NHL, against the biggest whiner in the NHL.
The NHL’s flagship franchise (that should have the you-know-what promoted out of them) against Bettman’s ultimate wet dream franchise that he would love to have win the Cup...so he can promote the you-know-what out of them!!
Get the point people?
Of course you do. I’m a biased Ranger fan who thinks the NHL wastes too much time catering to and promoting this whiny, little baby. This so-called “next one”, who is on a small market team, when he should be on the NHL’s biggest stage so that the sun could rise and shine around the Blueshirts of Broadway! That about right people?
In all honesty, I don’t feel that way at all. I just wanted to get you all to read the article, so I decided insulting Sidney Crosby and painting myself as a stereo typical Ranger fan would hook you all in. SUCKERS!!!!
Ok, so now that you’re already into the article, let’s talk about the series.
This will be a tough one for the Boys in Blue. The Penguins have loads of firepower, in the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa and even former Blueshirt, Petr Sykora, and also Ryan Malone. They also have an elite puck moving defenseman in Sergei Gonchar, and have plenty of size and grit in players such as Hal Gill, Brooks Orpik and Ryan Whitney. Plus, they have their own pest in Jarrko Ruutu.
The Rangers, meanwhile, have a lot of talented young players, and indeed, Brandon Dubinsky, Nigel Dawes, Ryan Callahan and Marc Staal are all starting to come into their own, but they cannot even come close to matching the offensive abilities of the Pens young guns. That being said, the youth, along with a nice mix of experienced veterans such as Brendan Shanahan, Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, and of course Mr. Clutch, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez will be key. Defensively, the Rangers can turn into the mid-90’s Devils if they have to, with effective blueliners such as Dan Girardi, and Fedor Tyutin. Plus, Michael Rosival, while not the “disher” that Gonchar is, can be effective on the power play.
Bottom line, the Rangers can score. But if they try to go toe to toe with the Pens, they will lose and this series will be over quickly. No, if they are going to win this series, they are going to do it by outworking, outsmarting and basically suffocating the Penguins. We all know that defense and goaltending is what wins in the playoffs. And with a 3rd straight Venzina trophy nomination, Henrik Lunqvist has the edge over Marc-Andre Fluery and Ty Conklin, as one of the best netminders in the game.
Also, keep in mind that the Rangers are fueled predominantly by an agitator whose presence was certainly felt throughout the series against the Devils, and whose presence needs to be felt in this series as well, in order for the Blueshirts to succeed. The stats do not lie, and say what you want about Sean Avery. When he is in this line up, the Rangers win, win and win some more. It will be very interesting to see if he can get under the skin of Crosby, or if the refs will penalize him for accidentally sneezing on diaper boy. And it will be even more interesting to see if Jarrko Ruutu will be able to play the role of agitator as well as our local fashion expert (interning at Vogue Sean??)!
Prediction:
Hahaha...yeah right. I’m wimping out on this one. I’ve told you. I have had a very specific and very effective superstitious routine that has worked all year, so you’re getting nothing from me other then it is going 6 games minimum, and who ever comes out of this series I think is coming out of the East.
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