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Bathgate66

Joe Micheletti
April 03, 2007
Avery a big key to playoff run
We can't get ahead of ourselves. Before anyone starts talking about how far the Rangers go in the playoffs, they first have to get into the playoffs. Yes, they can clinch tonight against the Islanders, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

That being said, I think the acquisition of Sean Avery is one of the biggest reasons why they're in the position they are in now.

I'm not sure that they would be where they are without him. He's been that force for them.

First and foremost, get to the playoffs; then after that we'll go from there.

moster78

Bathgate66 wrote:

Joe Micheletti
April 03, 2007
Avery a big key to playoff run
We can't get ahead of ourselves. Before anyone starts talking about how far the Rangers go in the playoffs, they first have to get into the playoffs. Yes, they can clinch tonight against the Islanders, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

That being said, I think the acquisition of Sean Avery is one of the biggest reasons why they're in the position they are in now.

I'm not sure that they would be where they are without him. He's been that force for them.

First and foremost, get to the playoffs; then after that we'll go from there.

Agreed wholeheartedly. I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on an Avery jersey, but would hate to see him sign elsewhere.

NY PJ1

moster78 wrote:

Agreed wholeheartedly. I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on an Avery jersey, but would hate to see him sign elsewhere.

dude just buy it

he isn't going anywhere


actually their are many already at msg

moster78

NY PJ1 wrote:

dude just buy it

he isn't going anywhere


actually their are many already at msg

Yeah, they announced it the last game I was at, which was against the Blackhawks in mid-Feb, like two weeks after he was traded. I found it odd that they were offering Avery jerseys, and not Dupuis, and look what happened to Dupuis.

Bathgate66

moster78 wrote:

I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on an Avery jersey, but would hate to see him sign elsewhere.

pull it.

this guy is in absolute LOVE with NYC, MSG, the fans, and putting on the sweater. He has made numerous statements to such- and I agree with NYPJ1- this guy aint going anywhere- if he can help it.
I think he'll be around for a while .

#16, the only tough decision would be the blue, the white, or the statue of Liberty jersey.
I am more of a traditionalist, so i would go with the blue laceneck, but thats me. The white is nice, but be careful when youre eating your garden hotdog, the mustard stains wont come out of the white.




[size=+3] - _/ _/ _/ Lets Go Rangers \_ \_ \_ - [/size]

moster78

Yeah, I'm thinking blue. I have a white Bure that I hate to wear, and a Llibery Gretzky that looks retarded, mostly because I was never a fan of the Liberty jersey and its all iron-on (not my call, someone got it for me.) I think I just may have to do it!

Bathgate66

as an alternative to Cosbys ( i have shopped there as well )

try http://rivercitysports.com/

have tons of merchandise, for all sports , and all kinds of little oddities.

moster78

Bathgate66 wrote:

as an alternative to Cosbys ( i have shopped there as well )

try http://rivercitysports.com/

have tons of merchandise, for all sports , and all kinds of little oddities.

Thanks man. I was thinking of just going the old shop.nhl.com route. Already bought a new Rangers collar and leash for my dog!

Bathgate66

Blueshirt Bulletin

April 03, 2007

Points Piling Up Rapidly

Over a span of nearly 35 minutes on Sunday, the Rangers got just eight shots on goal. They only even attempted seven other shots during that time. And yet they scored five unanswered goals to break open a 2-2 game and turn it into a key 7-2 win. So much for shooting the puck. Four weeks earlier, 57 shots on goal out of 106 total shot attempts yielded only one goal in a 2-1 shootout win over the Isles, with the Garden crowd exhorting their team to shoot, shoot, shoot!

How things have changed for the Rangers. Back then, shots hit anything but twine -- they hit goal posts, they hit the back of Rick DiPietro's head, they hit Richard Zednik for gosh sakes! Now, sharp angle shots hit the goalie and roll down his back into the net, floaters from the point sail in, and nets open up after series of three or four passes in a row.

Remember when the Rangers were desperately seeking scoring beyond their first line and Brendan Shanahan? That elusive concept of balanced scoring? In the eight games prior to St. Patick's Day, the Rangers were getting practically no goal scoring at all. Despite taking 283 shots on goal -- an average of more than 35 per game! -- the Rangers scored only 17 times. The Rangers' leading goal scorer during that span was Michael Nylander with three. Six others had two each.

Fortunately, in those eight games, Henrik Lundqvist gave up only 14 goals and Steve Valiquette two to help the team come away with a 5-1-2 record.

In the eight games since then, the Rangers have scored 34 goals -- more than four per game on average. Thirteen different players have scored, nine have scored multiple goals, seven have scored three or more (Jagr, Nylander, Avery, Prucha, Callahan, Cullen, and Pock). Eighteen different players have registered points -- Jagr 12 (five goals), Avery and Nylander 10 (five goals and four goals respectively), Shanahan, Cullen, Rozsival, and Pock six points each. And they've given up only 15 goals against in those games -- almost all of them (12) in six consecutive periods during the past three games.

The Rangers got back into the playoff race thanks to the goaltending of Lundqvist. Now the offense has exploded. All of which brings us to the final game of the season series with the Islanders, with a chance to clinch a post-season berth with a win and possibly eliminate the Islanders at the same time. The Isles can use DiPietro's injury as an excuse for their late season flame out, but they get no sympathy from Ranger fans who saw their own team lose their last nine last season in large part due to injuries to Lundqvist, Jagr, et.al., and got off to a slow start this season due in large part to Lundqvist, Jagr, et.al. not having fully recovered from those injuries. Not to mention Shanahan and the spate of knee injuries, none of which slowed down the Ranger juggernaut.

Speaking of juggenauts, Blueshirt Bulletin's Rangers Four on Four live online panel discussions continues unabated. This month, on the fourth of the month (Wednesday evening from 7:00 - 9:00 eastern time), host Mitch Beck welcomes Ranger radio play by play announcer Kenny Albert, Newsday reporter Steve Zipay, Lyle Richardson of FoxSports.com and Spector's Hockey, Mitch's frequent guest Hockey Rodent (fresh off his latest April Fool's prank), and Ranger draftee Trevor Koverko. We hope you can join us, and we hope we can discuss the playoff clincher at that time.

NY PJ1

4 hours or so till GAME TIME


















LET'S GO RANGER'S!!!!!!!!!!!

moster78

#16 is a 99.9% certainty, in home blue. I'm just not sure on the size! I got my brother an XXL Graves jersey for his birthday back in October and it was big on me then. Just want to confirm that its still like a dress on me before I plunk down the $160 for a spankin new jersey!

Oh yeah...

LET'S GO RANGERS!!!

xavier mcdaniel

type in sean avery on you tube and you get the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ9kx-U_ka8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbFmJrUbwOw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHnZSj1c5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcONzlueC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHAaTmh57U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5o1waZ3J9s

NY PJ1

1 1/2 hours boys












LET'S GO RANGER'S!!!!!!!!!

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHnZSj1c5I

this one is probably the funniest- maybe cuz its the only one i havent seen before.

xavier mcdaniel

is that the one when he does the push ups after scoring a goal?

moster78

I just watched the clip of him on MTV Cribs... is he really dating Elisha Cuthbert? If so he's a lucky F.

Gary Carter

who wants a girl when u can have a woman like carole alt


JAGER CHOKES AND THE ISLES LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY OH BABY WHAT A NIGHT

Bathgate66

oh well.
isles win the season series 5-3.

gotta give credit where its due- that Dubi guy held them in it- their future looks very bright with that guy backing up Dipietro, for sure.

why the fuck didnt cullen go in the shootout ? I love shanny and all, but i think cullen should have shot instead of him.

oh well, our playoff chances have to wait, we still need 1 more point.

we'll have to see how we fare against the scHabs on thursday.

Gary Carter

Bathgate66 wrote:

oh well.
isles win the season series 5-3.

gotta give credit where its due- that Dubi guy held them in it- their future looks very bright with that guy backing up Dipietro, for sure.

wonder if they knew when they celebrated that they had already been mathematically eliminated, based on the fact that they cant catc montreal by virtue of tiebreaker.

actually your wrong bout that, the isles still have a shot at making the playoffs, fsny had there statsatican(sp) list the possible out comes and if the isles win on thrusday they still have a shot, cause the habs and leafs will play each other on saturday

Bathgate66

metsfan531941 wrote:

actually your wrong bout that, the isles still have a shot at making the playoffs, fsny had there statsatican(sp) list the possible out comes and if the isles win on thrusday they still have a shot, cause the habs and leafs will play each other on saturday

yeah sam rosen mislead us Range4r fans.
if you noticed , the post was edited.