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Bathgate66

phoney baloney
was said from maloney


LOL

Bathgate66

former NY Ranger enforcer Darren Langdon is going into politics in New Foundland ? :eek: :eek:



who woulda guessed ?

NY PJ1

Bathgate66 wrote:

former NY Ranger enforcer Darren Langdon is going into politics in New Foundland ? :eek: :eek:



who woulda guessed ?

lol i needed a laugh

thay must be some town?? ha

Bathgate66

Young Guns Game


January 24, 2007

2003 Draft Runs Deep, Except in New York
We said it on that June day in 2003, that Ranger fans would have to forever live with hearing about Zach Parise's exploits as a Devil while ruing the longshot selection of Hugh Jessiman. Today, Parise reigns as MVP of the NHL's Young Stars game while Jessiman rides buses in the ECHL. There was a lot more to rue as a Ranger fan in watching the Young Stars game, unless by Ranger fan you mean Paul Ranger. Henrik Lundqvist was somehow overlooked, even though he has had a better two-year run than East starter Kari Lehtonen in a nearly identical number of games and is just a couple of bad games behind him this season (and stats aside, Lundqvist is more a star now anyway).

The Jessiman factor ran deep through the Young Stars roster -- besides Parise, three first rounders drafted after Jessiman were in the game (Patrick Eaves, Brent Seabrook, Ryan Getzlaf), and it turns out that Jessiman's Dartmouth teammate Lee Stempniak, a fifth round draftee that same year who was a Young Star this year, was the real player on that team. The Rangers also may have made an error in the second round, depending on what kind of player Ivan Baranka turns out to be -- they traded down to the #50 slot that year, right past Young Stars Shea Weber, the hard hitting defenseman the Rangers lack, and Matt Carle (not to mention Patrice Bergeron). Hindsight may be 20-20 and the draft may be a crap shoot, but Parise was a sure shot in 2003, and missing out on so many players in a draft as deep as the 2003 class is not merely a matter of luck.

The following year, the Rangers traded the second round pick they chose to get instead of signing R.J. Umberger to move up in the draft to select Lauri Korpikoski. They traded up right past Young Stars Andrej Meszaros, Wojtek Wolski, and Mike Green. Korpikoski's NHL future remains up in the air at this time. Finally, there was Jordan Staal, who made it to the NHL ahead of his older brother, Ranger first rounder Marc Staal (still a top prospect), and there was Paul Ranger, whom the Rangers should have drafted just for his name, just as they drafted Joe Ranger in 1986 (a player who never progressed past junior hockey).

xavier mcdaniel

kasaparitis has been waived, same deal as ozolinsh if he clears, he'll be in hartford.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

kasaparitis has been waived, same deal as ozolinsh if he clears, he'll be in hartford.

where did this come from ? Not on NYR.com at all,...
if true :


where are the priorities ?


Ozolinsh should have been shipped out , way way before Kaspar.

No doubt, some other team wil be picking up kaspar- i do not like this one biit .

Gary Carter

Bathgate66 wrote:

where did this come from ? Not on NYR.com at all,...
if true :


where are the priorities ?


Ozolinsh should have been shipped out , way way before Kaspar.

No doubt, some other team wil be picking up kaspar- i do not like this one biit .

hmmmmm kaspar would look good in a isles jersey, just a thought

Bathgate66

metsfan531941 wrote:

hmmmmm kaspar would look good in a isles jersey, just a thought

you know what ?

he probably knows that , and its very likely in his forethoughts, not to mention the team he first appeared with .



heres his jersey from that year:


Kaspars Jersey

xavier mcdaniel

Bathgate66 wrote:

where did this come from ? Not on NYR.com at all,...
if true :


where are the priorities ?


Ozolinsh should have been shipped out , way way before Kaspar.

No doubt, some other team wil be picking up kaspar- i do not like this one biit .

saw it on newsday's website.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

saw it on newsday's website.

broke out on hockeybird.com, also:

http://mt.hockeybird.com/


this is terrible imo .


Kaspar should have stayed in front of Ozolinsh, Malik, and Rachunek .,

the guy was the only player on the roster with a ( + ) rating ,...


wtf

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terrible

Gary Carter

Bathgate66 wrote:

you know what ?

he probably knows that , and its very likely in his forethoughts, not to mention the team he first appeared with .



heres his jersey from that year:


Kaspars Jersey

not to hi-jack this place and talk isles, but the odds of him coming back home are slim. the isles have some young d that they like alot, but hey u never know

NY PJ1

I Gotta Give Props To My Boyz For 4,000


Let's Go Ranger's


Bye Faithful HELLO SAD

Bathgate66

Blueshirt Bulletin


January 24, 2007
Kaspar Waived to Pave Way for Call-up
The Rangers waived Darius Kasparaitis today, freeing up a roster spot for a call-up from Hartford, expected to be announced by the time the team re-convenes for practice tomorrow evening at 5:00 PM -- apparently, the organization now believes that some of the players in Hartford are ready for the NHL, as Don Maloney told WFAN in a radio interview (among other things). The waiver of Kasparaitis also frees up cap space for possible trades by the February 27th deadline. It finalizes the loss of a key element in the team's chemistry last season -- while Kaspar's on-ice skill set has been severely devalued by the new NHL, his presence in the dressing room will be missed.

I was up at the trianing center most of this afternoon, and as far as I could tell, there were only two Rangers there working out on their own -- Jaromir Jagr and Petr Prucha took to the ice together for an hour to work on their shooting and stickhandling. Otherwise, things were pretty quiet.

D Lo Brown

shouldn't some of the young guys they received in the trade deadline dump of 2004 start producing at some point?

xavier mcdaniel

that's a good point, i know the expectations are different after last season but this should still be somewhat of a rebuilding effort going on.

here are some of the guys sather acquired during that veteran purge of 2004:

C- Dwight Helminen - 23, acquired from Edmonton with a second-round pick in 2004 (Dane Byers) for Petr Nedved and Jussi Markkanen: scored 32 goals in 77 games last year for Hartford, has nine in in 45 games so far

LW - Dane Byers - 20, afforementioned second-round pick, 21 goals for Prince Albert (juniors) last season, 10 goals in 43 games and 112 penalty minutes

C - Jarkko Immonen - 24, acquired from Toronto for Brian Leetch in the same deal that also landed Maxim Kondratiev - obviously we've seen some of him and he has seven goals in 26 games for Hartford. had 30 for them last season.

RW - Hugh Jessiman, 22, - the 2003 first-round pick out of Dartmouth - six goals in 10 games for Charlotte of the ECHL. he also appeared in 25 games for Hartford but also scored just once. He also scored 13 goals for them in 25 games in 05-06 before getting recalled to Hartford.

RW - Rick Kozak, 21, - acquired from the Flyers on March 8, 2004 for Vladimir Malakhov. In 12 games for Charlotte, he has scored three goals.

D - David Liffiton - 22, - acquired from Colorado on March 8, 2004 for Matthew Barnaby - in 44 games, has one goal and six assists and 104 PIM

RW - Greg Moore, 22, acquired from Calgary along with Blair Betts on March 6, 2004 for Chris Simon - in his first full pro season following four at University of Maine. In 44 games for Hartford, has five goals.

obviously there are others like Marc Staal, Al Montoya, Dubinsky but these are some of the ones acquired by Sather back in 2004.

Bathgate66

Its time


happy birthday Xman.

Bathgate66

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Kaspar Not Too Down About Going Down
Don't count Darius Kasparaitis out just yet. Apparently taking his latest demotion more stoically than his first bitter assignment to Hartford, Kasparaitis hopes to work himself back into readiness should the Rangers need him down the road. So he told John Dellapina of the Daily News and Sam Weinman of the Journal News (with additional reporting in Blueshirts Blog and Rangers Report). Kasparaitis told Dellapina that he was informed in person by Tom Renney about the waiver yesterday at the MSG training center, contrary to a report in the Post in which Kasparaitis's agent claimed that Kaspar was not informed directly (or did he mean himself?). Steve Zipay also has his impressions in Newsday and Blue Notes, plus some All-Star Game notes.

Wolf Pack all-star defenseman Dan Girardi is expected to get the call to replace Kasparaitis on the roster, and if he gets into action, the money in Vegas is overwhelmingly on Thomas Pock as the odd man out, so the good news for youngblood fans will likely be tempered by an equal dose of bad news. One should also expect the Rangers to ultimately fill the available cap space with a veteran acquisition as the trade deadline approaches -- Girardi will be the beneficiary of the timing difference between now and then (as we suggested the other day for Brandon Dubinsky), but probably no more than that. Dellapina corrected his original report that Girardi had to pass through re-entry waivers -- he doesn't.

While it seems as if the Rangers are mistreating a popular veteran, Kasparaitis is actually the victim of the new CBA, which has forced many teams to humiliate veterans in this way in order to clear cap space. Widely expected to buy out Kasparaitis during the one-time amnesty period before the start of last season, the Rangers stunned observers by retaining his large and long pre-lockout contract. That paid off last season, but injuries limited Kasparaitis's effectiveness this season -- although the limited effectiveness of some other veteran defensemen has some fans scratching their heads about why Kaspar was singled out. And speaking of cap space and roster spots, Sandis Ozolinsh is currently eating up salary, but is on injured reserve. Expect him to be assigned to Hartford as soon as he medically cleared to come off IR.

Meanwhile, back at the All-Star game, Brendan Shanahan's scoreless streak continued despite playing on a line with Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. There is no truth to the rumors that he asked for new linemates after these guys failed to set him up for goals (they had eight shots between them, he had only one). Just kidding -- Shanahan had nothing but praise for the young stars (see USA Today). Mark Messier was in Dallas working the broadcast booth, but told reporters that he is planning to get back into hockey on the coaching or management side next season. He also presented Crosby with the latest leadership award named after him and the cold medicine he hawks. The Staal brothers were an all-star story too, with Ranger draftee Marc getting a mention in USA Today's article -- although it seems their reporter doesn't realize there is a fourth brother on the way who is supposed to be the best of the bunch.

On the prospect front, here is Jess Rubenstein's report on last night's action: Kenny Roche and Boston University made up a postponed game against arch-rival Boston College. Roche had an assist as BU took care of BC 4-1 to extend the Terriers' unbeaten streak to eight. Ryan Russell and his Kootenay Ice looked to start a new winning streak as they hosted Red Deer. In earning second star of the game, Russell had two assists as the Ice doubled up the Rebels 4-2. With three games left in January, Russell is 2-12-14 for the month, numbers which right now make him the favorite for Prospect of the Month. Russell’s Ice entered the weekly CHL rankings at number eight. Michael Sauer’s Medicine Hat Tigers jumped to fourth, and Marc-Andre Cliche’s Lewiston MAINEaics dropped to fifth.





and lookout Philly--here comes prospect #1- Girardi

xavier mcdaniel

from newsday's rangers blog:

Jagr: It's On Me

First let's be clear, Jaromir Jagr did not seek the press to send a message about his will and determination; he wanted to work out and not talk to the media.

But he did---upon request---and took a stand befitting a captain.

As he indicated earlier in the season in private moments after games or practices, his lack of production is eating him up.

Early yesterday evening, in an indication that perhaps his shoulder is stronger and his confidence is returning, the mercurial Czech superstar seemed to grab the brakes of the Rangers'downbound train, and say, as the engineer, it's my job to turn it around before it careens off the tracks.

Maybe he was hurt by Brendan Shanahan's critique after the 3-1 loss to the Thrashers that questioned the power play and the East-West style.

Maybe Jagr, a proud player who respects the game, the Rangers and his place in the sport as an acolyte of Mario Lemieux and the finest player in his home country, realized he has to step up and do whatever it takes to set an example and drag this team to the playoffs this season.

Maybe Jagr looked inward and found some revelation, namely, that he simply has to score key goals in this stretch run.

But enough psychoanalysis: We report. You decide.

Here's pretty much unedited Jagr from the dresssing room, with only a few players around:

" I tried to work out every day (during the All-Star break) ....Maybe it’s not going to show right away. But I feel like because I started to do something, the body got used to it. And even if we’re going to play, I can continue to work out the same way---my body is going to get used to it, I think.”

When asked if he could have a sustained offensive push, he said, " You have to believe…I’m truly hopeful. I can promise you I’m going to do everything for that.”

“I don’t want to talk about it, but I truly believe something huge is going to happen...with me. That’s my hope. And obviously, if something happens with me, it’s going to help the team for sure....When you’re the top guy and the captain, if you do well, the team does well. And I understand it’s a team game. But when the game is on the line, individuals have to make the difference...If you want to be the special guy, you have to have those special moments. That’s what I play for. That’s what I live for."

“I don’t play good, the team doesn’t play good. That’s the way it is. I’m not saying I’m the team... I spend a lot of time on the ice. The coach gives me the things I need. I have to be the guy...No question about it.”

A born-again Jagr?

Can you say Hallelujah?

Should be intriguing to witness....

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

from newsday's rangers blog:

Jagr: It's On Me

First let's be clear, Jaromir Jagr did not seek the press to send a message about his will and determination; he wanted to work out and not talk to the media.

But he did---upon request---and took a stand befitting a captain.

As he indicated earlier in the season in private moments after games or practices, his lack of production is eating him up.

Early yesterday evening, in an indication that perhaps his shoulder is stronger and his confidence is returning, the mercurial Czech superstar seemed to grab the brakes of the Rangers'downbound train, and say, as the engineer, it's my job to turn it around before it careens off the tracks.

Maybe he was hurt by Brendan Shanahan's critique after the 3-1 loss to the Thrashers that questioned the power play and the East-West style.

Maybe Jagr, a proud player who respects the game, the Rangers and his place in the sport as an acolyte of Mario Lemieux and the finest player in his home country, realized he has to step up and do whatever it takes to set an example and drag this team to the playoffs this season.

Maybe Jagr looked inward and found some revelation, namely, that he simply has to score key goals in this stretch run.

But enough psychoanalysis: We report. You decide.

Here's pretty much unedited Jagr from the dresssing room, with only a few players around:

" I tried to work out every day (during the All-Star break) ....Maybe it’s not going to show right away. But I feel like because I started to do something, the body got used to it. And even if we’re going to play, I can continue to work out the same way---my body is going to get used to it, I think.”

When asked if he could have a sustained offensive push, he said, " You have to believe…I’m truly hopeful. I can promise you I’m going to do everything for that.”

“I don’t want to talk about it, but I truly believe something huge is going to happen...with me. That’s my hope. And obviously, if something happens with me, it’s going to help the team for sure....When you’re the top guy and the captain, if you do well, the team does well. And I understand it’s a team game. But when the game is on the line, individuals have to make the difference...If you want to be the special guy, you have to have those special moments. That’s what I play for. That’s what I live for."

“I don’t play good, the team doesn’t play good. That’s the way it is. I’m not saying I’m the team... I spend a lot of time on the ice. The coach gives me the things I need. I have to be the guy...No question about it.”

A born-again Jagr?

Can you say Hallelujah?

Should be intriguing to witness....

this is absolutely nohing against jagr


but really, c'mon

what if his shoulder and rotator cuff become dislocated again on a fluke play ?


we absolutely need the depth to spread around should 1 of ( if not the top )player(s) go down and out on injury .

he cant be the savior all by himself.


sometimes i'm looking at him skating in over the blueline & I am thinking in my head " Now why didnt he pass that ? " . It is essential for all the team to contribute, and not sporatically but consistantly.


remember the great team credo in 94


" Heave -Ho "



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Bathgate66

wow

what a game

great to see a workmans game winning goal, from the 4th line.

not total domination of the flyers, but good good hardworking game throughout , everyone chipping in .

heck, even Malik was looking good till he gave them ( Flyers ) that shorthanded breakaway , luckily that dude broke his stick on the shot .


phillys goalie kept them in with a chance - we were peppering him !
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jagrs looking alot stronger, and much more confident .


bring on BostonLou s Bruins .
versus game of the week .

s'about time

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