B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

xavier mcdaniel

it probably is. they placed shanahan on IR sunday and didn't make a corresponding move.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

it probably is. they placed shanahan on IR sunday and didn't make a corresponding move.

this really sucks.


shanny and nyc( went )go so good together.

good read , worth draggin over here :Blueshirt Bulletin

February 21, 2007
Devils Get More Than They're Due [Links & Prospects Added]
Update: Rangers recall (drum roll please) -- Brad Isbister! You can book your Cup final tickets now.:rolleyes:

The old days were back on the day the Rangers made their last regular season visit to the old Meadowlands. The old days of the Devils allowed to shut down any semblance of offense in any way they want to with impunity in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Check that -- these are not the old days, this is the way it's been all season between these two teams. The Devils can do anything, but not the Rangers. Paul Martin can knee Jaromir Jagr without penalty. Martin Brodeur can initiate a post-whistle scrum by shoving Sean Avery with Avery getting a double minor and Brodeur getting zilch. Even when a Colin White is called for interefering with Marcel Hossa off a draw, Hossa must have dived. Avery and Petr Prucha can be flattened hard in front of the Devils' net away from the puck without any calls, because after all, how else could the Devils get the odd man rush they needed to score the winning goal?

Almost always, complaints about officiating pale in comparison to what a team could have done on its own to overcome that and other adversity. And that has certainly been true about the oft-complaining Rangers this season. But when it comes to the Devils, the officials are literally taking points away from the Rangers beyond their own ability to win them. In their seven meetings so far this season, the Rangers have gotten calls just once. In the other six games, the Rangers have gotten virtually nothing -- seven power plays total in five of the six games (including none at all in one game and just one power play in each of two other games), and in the sixth game, the Rangers had one power play in the first half of the game while the Devils had five, by which time the rout was already on for the Devils thanks to three power play goals of their own (the Rangers ended up with four more power plays in garbage time). Over those five and a half games, the Rangers got eight power plays compared to 28 for the Devils.

You won't get any argument here that the Devils aren't the more disciplined team in this area. But to the tune of 28 to 8? In games that were mostly so close that the aggregate score is 12-11 Devils? Considering what Brodeur, Martin, and others got away with in just last night's game, for example? You can't win very many one-goal games (as each of the last five have been) without your power play, and you can't win on your power play without getting power plays (even if ther Rangers haven't exactly burned up the league in that way this season and lost the one game against the Devils where they were given the power play chances). And you certainly can't win when the opposition can illegally flatten you not once but twice, taking two players out of the play, and come right down the other way and get the game winner. There is something rotten in the state of New Jersey.

Another thing new in last night's game was the way the Rangers got in Brodeur's face, particularly (almost exclusively, actually) Avery. He may have even gotten away with one on the Rangers' goal, though it was too borderline to negate a goal. The Rangers played a feisty game -- Jagr even got into it. Why no one on his own team helped him out is even more criminal than the lack of protection from the refs -- at least the Rangers have control over that. And how about Prucha getting the better of White in the scrum after the Avery-Brodeur shoving match?

Larry Brooks writes about a lot of these same issues in the Post, today's best reading. Game reports abound, all centered on the Avery-Brodeur altercation -- see the Daily News, Newsday, Post, Times, Ledger, Record, AP, SNY, and NY Sports Day. More from the News, Ledger, and Record. Lots of pre-game and post-game notes from the reporters' blogs -- Rangers Report (last three posts), Blueshirts Blog (Shanahan update), Blue Notes -- and USA Today. Devils' notes from the Ledger. Down in Florida, the GMs want to recommend more instigation of fights but want to leave the ridiculous point system in place -- and they wonder why no one takes the NHL seriously. Over at ESPN.com, a look at the importance to the NHL of the Original Six teams -- apparently not as important as the Lou Lamoriello teams, at least in the New York area, more reason to wonder about the NHL's priorities.

And from Jess, a brief prospect update: We have a new leader in the prospect scoring race as the Moose, Brodie Dupont, helped trigger a six goal outburst with his 34th goal, along with an assist, as Calgary roared back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Saskatoon, 6-2. Eric Hunter led Prince George into the home of the best junior team in Canada, Everett, and gave them one heck of a fight. Hunter scored his 20th goal of the season but the Silvertips showed why they are the number one team in the CHL by coming back to win in overtime, 3-2. We have to salute Prince George for playing one of the best games we have followed all season.

Posted by Dubi on February 21, 2007 at 12:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)

pjscreamer

Hey Bats make sure you and nypj1 tell Dustbuster to hit him with his purse LOL.

HailHailVitalogy

Shanny cant come back until the 25th, earliest. I'm sure he will be back for Pitt...I don't think he will be back for Montreal

Hawkshore

Ok Ok....I know this is the Rangers thread and he is probably one of those guys that you would love if he was on your team......but I can not stand by and witness praise being heaped upon this piece of turd.....he has to be the most out of control cheap shot artist in the game.......Am I ever glade to see him leave the Western Conference.

PS And I know who his girlfriend is and how hot she is....why she is with him is a mystery to me

Bathgate66

Hawkshore wrote:

Ok Ok....I know this is the Rangers thread and he is probably one of those guys that you would love if he was on your team......but I can not stand by and witness praise being heaped upon this piece of turd.....he has to be the most out of control cheap shot artist in the game.......Am I ever glade to see him leave the Western Conference.

PS And I know who his girlfriend is and how hot she is....why she is with him is a mystery to me

sorry- no cheapshots last night.

besides the time he was pushed into Brodeur by his own Devil teammate, there was no contact. In fact, his reputation must really screw him over , because Marty punched him in the face, but Avery got the double minor.
What did Martin get? Absolutely nothing .

It always helps to have Karel Rachunek on the opposing team also- he scores on his own goaltender. :rolleyes:

Bathgate66

pjscreamer wrote:

Hey Bats make sure you and nypj1 tell Dustbuster to hit him with his purse LOL.

for the sake of the Yankee empire,

can we get a translation on this, please ?

Hawkshore

Bathgate66 wrote:

sorry- no cheapshots last night.

besides the time he was pushed into Brodeur by his own Devil teammate, there was no contact. In fact, his reputation must really screw him over , because Marty punched him in the face, but Avery got the double minor.
What did Martin get? Absolutely nothing .

It always helps to have Karel Rachunek on the opposing team also- he scores on his own goaltender. :rolleyes:

I have to admit from the highlight package I saw here they began the sequence from the point he and Brouder were already toe-to-toe....so I can't really comment on the incident last night. My comments are more geared around seeing him in action first hand out here when he was with the Kings

But like I alluded to judgment is often a consequence of perspective...when he is being a dirty cheap shoot artist for your team he can be viewed as a guy with grit

moster78

Bathgate66 wrote:

for the sake of the Yankee empire,

can we get a translation on this, please ?

If my retard to english dictionary is working, I think he means to tell Isbister to hit someone, I'm guessing Brodeur, with his purse.

NY PJ1

Bathgate66 wrote:

for the sake of the Yankee empire,

can we get a translation on this, please ?

I TRANSLATE DA KID TALK

HE TOLD U to tell me and u to tell isbister to stop being a girl and hit him

but i think he thinks it aint gonna happen

i just confused myself

NY PJ1

Hawkshore wrote:

I have to admit from the highlight package I saw here they began the sequence from the point he and Brouder were already toe-to-toe....so I can't really comment on the incident last night. My comments are more geared around seeing him in action first hand out here when he was with the Kings

But like I alluded to judgment is often a consequence of perspective...when he is being a dirty cheap shoot artist for your team he can be viewed as a guy with grit

i.e claude lemeiux i.e butch goring o yea both cup winners

yes u hate him as an oppenent and love him as a team mate

but he wasn't dirty last night alittle bumpy lol but not dirty

u have to get in brodeur's face ,,he will stop most shots he see's

Bathgate66

dont forget darcy tucker

and esa tikkannen

xavier mcdaniel

pjscreamer wrote:

Hey Bats make sure you and nypj1 tell Dustbuster to hit him with his purse LOL.

Translation: Hey, Bathgate, makle sure you and NYPJ1 tell Isbister to hit him with his purse, laugh out loud.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Translation: Hey, Bathgate, makle sure you and NYPJ1 tell Isbister to hit him with his purse, laugh out loud.

lol


thanks fellas.

pretty concise

screamer would be better off asking NYPJ1 and The X-Man , since they are the regulars at The Garden this season,....

Bathgate66

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Facial Plate


ouch.


Plate inserted into Knuble's face during surgery
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Knuble had surgery Wednesday to insert a plate in his face to fixate the broken bones in both his right cheekbone and right orbital bone.

Knuble is out indefinitely after suffering a concussion last Saturday when he collided with New York Rangers veteran forward Brendan Shanahan.

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Knuble is out of any type of activity for a week to 10 days and will then start his conditioning.

Knuble has 22 goals and 43 points in 52 games.

NY PJ1

Bathgate66 wrote:

dont forget darcy tucker

and esa tikkannen

ulf samuelson (sp) all cup winners expect for that tucker bum

ya need a guy on your team like that

NY PJ1

OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK IAM FUCKING TWITCHING WAITING 4 TONIGHT

i wish i could play one shift and level brodeur

orig_long red

NY PJ1 wrote:

OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK IAM FUCKING TWITCHING WAITING 4 TONIGHT

i wish i could play one shift and level brodeur

prepare for disappointment. get yourself some double fudge ice cream.

NY PJ1

long red wrote:

prepare for disappointment. get yourself some double fudge ice cream.

cookie dough is in the freezer

Bathgate66

long red wrote:

prepare for disappointment. get yourself some double fudge ice cream.

contrary to the general feelings from theFishsticks Counsel of Greater Long Island ,
i believe tonights game will be the Blueshirts
Funny theyre worried about us having our icecream, when they really should be worried about The Leafs tonight, but alas , they are here worried about our beloved Blueshirts . :rolleyes: