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Bathgate66

henrik- you are absolutely awesome inside the net.

Please, stay in there !

5 dollars a seat , for the Ranger Viewing party at MSG this Friday Night ?
That sounds like alot of fun- just like a home game, except its on the road. Along with 18,000 other fanatics- Hmmmmm


Best Of 3 baby - How Sweet it is !


Heave Ho , 2 to go .



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Bathgate66

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh


touchdown

orig_long red

that shit was a goal u fucks.

the nhl is the only professional sports league that would allow such uncertainty effect the outcome of any game, let alone a playoff game.

f'n ponderous!

Bathgate66

long red wrote:

that shit was a goal u fucks.

the nhl is the only professional sports league that would allow such uncertainty effect the outcome of any game, let alone a playoff game.

f'n ponderous!

inconclusive


so was Rachuneks, so now we can move on from that.



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PatrickBateman

Bathgate66 wrote:

Wahhhhhhhhhhhh


touchdown

I swear the fish was THIS big

FnCircus

Bathgate66 wrote:

henrik- you are absolutely awesome inside the net.

so you agree it was a goal?????

that's the way you want your team to win, to be given the game by incompetent officials?????

PatrickBateman

F'n_Circus wrote:

so you agree it was a goal?????

that's the way you want your team to win, to be given the game by incompetent officials?????

video replay did not show the puck completely crossing the line....light didn't come on, no ref pointing at the goal, etc, etc. It can only be ASSUMED it went in, hence no goal

Bathgate66

F'n_Circus wrote:

so you agree it was a goal?????

that's the way you want your team to win, to be given the game by incompetent officials?????

you forgot the second part of the statement, i said stay inside there ( he is no puck handler )

i agree it was definitely inconclusive to turn over the onice call- ( didnt see any white in between the puck and the red goal line - in all the replays )

i 'll take the win, would you want your team to win by the call ?

maybe if buffalo didnt depend on that on or off ice call ,.... ( like maybe find the twine a little earlier in the game , other then with 17 seconds left ) , it wouldnt have been an issue . ( even Ruff said the same thing in his post game interview )




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Bathgate66

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BUFFALO

GOAL......... oh wait ........... bs call comin ......yup .....no goal .......bs
enjoy it blueshirts

LETS GO BUFFALO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FnCircus

Bathgate66 wrote:

you forgot the second part of the statement, i said stay inside there ( he is no puck handler )

i agree it was definitely inconclusive to turn over the onice call- ( didnt see any white in between the puck and the red goal line - in all the replays )

i 'll take the win, would you want your team to win by the call ?

maybe if buffalo didnt depend on that on or off ice call ,.... ( like maybe find the twine a little earlier in the game , other then with 17 seconds left ) , it wouldnt have been an issue . ( even Ruff said the same thing in his post game interview )

well that was my own evil twist to your words.........gimme something tonight, geez.

take the win, I would. and you're right, those lovable bastards played like crap for two and a half periods, FUCKING AGAIN!

I don't think it will be that way in Buffalo.

Plus the ice will be better (I can't believe you Rags lost the recipe for ice)

HailHailVitalogy

HOLY SHIT!!!

One of the best games I have ever been to!!

Henrik saved their ass so many god damn times...I counted 10 GREAT saves, 5 of those being 5 of the most amazing saves I've seen Henrik make

NuclearTreeFrog

BUFFALO wrote:

GOAL......... oh wait ........... bs call comin ......yup .....no goal .......bs
enjoy it blueshirts

LETS GO BUFFALO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you're thinking of game 3... but the rangers still won that one too.

xavier mcdaniel

wow, i can exhale now. that was amazing. this keeps getting better and better.

some of the quotes:

BOB HALL - supervisor of officials for the series:

"We review all the angles that are provided to us up in our video replay booth. We communicate with the on-ice officials and we also communicate with the war room in Toronto. What we're looking for it either confirmation what the call is on the ice or we have to have a conclusive picture of the puck being in the net. It's what we're looking for in this case because the on-ice ruling was no goal. They hadn't seen the puck in the net. It has to be definitive. We looked and looked and looked. No replay that we have seen shows it definitely crossing the goal line.

LINDY RUFF:

"We intially had the TSN (Canadian TV) guys there next to the bench saying it crossed the line, so we were pretty confident that we had a goal. I believe I've seen a replay where it's in. The only thing you hope with video replay is that you get it right. That's why you go to it and we've had some lengthy video reviews. I think from what I saw it was a goal.

"I thought we had good opportunities. Even after we made it 2-1, Vanek was in alone to get his opportunity. There's not going to be a lot of opportunities just it's better than getting four or five shots a period and I thought we did a better job in that category. If you look at the chances in the third period, it's probably eight to one or eight to two by our count, so we knew we'd have to weather a little bit of a storm at the start of the game.

"We're in a helluva series. Don't forget, they were one of the best teams down the stretch. They swept Atlanta and not for a minute did I anticipate that this would not be a tight series.


TOM RENNEY:

"That's hockey. I looked at it when I got back into the room. I can understand why it was inconclusive. It was a very close play.

"I think we are certainly capable of playing with Buffalo at their speed especially when we move pucks ourselves and counter attack off what they have a tendency to leave. Most teams are like that when they are behind. Buffalo is just a real good team and they can get goals in bunches and we are cognizant of that. We hung in there and the guys are doing a great job. They are finding ways to get the little things done. It is not always pretty but I am not sure anyone was counting on us to be 2-2 after four games with Buffalo.

DANIEL BRIERE:

"Everybody is saying that it crossed the line. I guess it was really close. In a sense, I'm hoping that the league is right. I think they misjudged the one, last game, the Rangers goal should have been a goal. So for the sake of the league, I hope they make the right call because that wouldn't be good, to have two games in a row and two critical goals disallowed.

"To be honest with you on the ice, it happened so quick and my first reaction was I that was asking Bill McCreary if he thought it was in because I knew it was really close and they were trying to delay a little bit to give the goal judge upstairs or in Toronto the chance to go down and look at it over again.

"But I couldn't see it. It happened too quick. I was kind of on the side of the post or behind the net. I couldn't see it.

"I would have treated it like a no goal and we have to move on and get ready for the next game. It's a big loss but at the same time we can't dwell on it too long. It's over and we have to move on.


JAROMIR JAGR:

"We played good for 50 minutes and then the last minutes were a headache. It was awful. We were lucky we won.


"It is good. We haven't accomplished anything. We just tied the series, 2-2. I am happy about the win but I am not happy with the last 10 minutes of the game. We have to be smarter.

"Of course we knew we could play (with Buffalo), but we cannot make mistakes. I think we got excited when we got the two goal led. We were too excited and they scored right away. It wasn't the first time it happened this season.

"I thought we played better (than them) for 50 minutes. We made some mistakes the last 10 minutes. As soon as they score goals, they start skating. They are a great hockey club. When they score goals they get a lot of confidence and they were very dangerous after that. We have to make sure when we have a two-goal lead that we play the same way we played with a one-goal lead.


Ryan Miller
We needed a little desperation. Unfortunately, it took two goals. It's a little frustrating because you can see where the guys are starting to get things going. But there's moments where I think we're not doing everything we can be doing. I think we definitely play the way we did in the third period.
It comes down to little things. I think we keep saying it. (Now) we got to deliver it. We can play better.
It seems like for whatever reason we have to have something go right for us in order to get our feet moving. …. A goal goes in and suddenly it's like, 'oh yeah, we can do that.' We got to get that momentum out of our game and just play.
We have to battle and claw and scratch. The good thing is was (when it) got to two (goals) we played.
"I haven't had an opportunity to look. You guys (media) can make your own judgement on it. You guys can watch the replay and write about that way because whatever we say it's either going to get us in trouble or it's going to be not worth our time. The game's over, they made their ruling. We got to move forward and get back to Buffalo.
LUNDQVIST:

"I just feel I'm so late. I think it bounced it a little bit. I just felt I was late, I have to get over there. It's close.

"I'm exhausted but it's a nice feeling to be back in the series. The way we played today, it was great to see. how we managed the puck. The last 10 minutes was a little panic out there and they were flying out there but we just battled and it paid off in the end.

"Obviously they are going to come hard there. They wanted to tie the game. Unfortunately for us, they scored that goal right away. It felt really bad to give them that one. I think we got a bit nervous there and maybe we started to back up a little bit. It was a tough finish but we got the win. We're going to have to go to Buffalo and have to win at least one game up there and it will be a great challenge for us.

"Mentally I got ready for a 2-2 game. It's easier to switch back if it is still 2-1. But if it's 2-2, mentally you've got to be ready for it. I felt like it was a save when I made it but when I looked at the replay, I wasn't so sure anymore. But it was, a great finish to this game and just how hockey should be.

"I wasn't surprised. I was relieved. When I made the save it felt pretty good. When I watched the replay, I wasn't so sure. What can you do? You just waited and watched the ref.

Brendan Shanahan:

"Obviously we had solid control. We took the 2-0 lead and it was that shift after that goal. We have shifts to talk about. Momentum builders, last minute of the period, first minute of the period, shifts after a goal, we have to sharpen up there. We certainly took a team that was maybe on the outside looking in and gave them an opportunity to tie it up. Overall, I think we deserve to win. I think we played hard. They battled hard. It is certainly not a game that we stole. It is a game that we earned.

'We've really earned the victories. It's been a hard fought series. We respect them. They earned home ice. The won the President's Trophy. They know they're in a series now. We're not backing up. We're not playing cautiously. We're forchecking and skating hard."

BLAIR BETTS:

"I think for the last three games we have definitely proved it (we can play with the Sabres). Maybe we were a little bit rusty or whatever you want to call it but we weren't as good as we have been the last three games. Definitely the last two games we have been as good as we have been all year. I think for the most part we have outplayed this team. Now it is just a matter of keeping that going and going up to Buffalo, which is a tough a is just a matte rof keeping that going and going up to Buffalo, which is a tough as building to win in and we haven't done that yet. It is going to be a tough challenge.

xavier mcdaniel

my interpretation and i could be totally off base here. but having seen it at least 10 times on replay, my amateur guess is that the red line, puck and lundqvist's pad all met at the same time, which is why it wasn't a goal.

Bathgate66

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HailHailVitalogy

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

my interpretation and i could be totally off base here. but having seen it at least 10 times on replay, my amateur guess is that the red line, puck and lundqvist's pad all met at the same time, which is why it wasn't a goal.

Personally I thought it was a goal looking at the replay, but I think what the real answer is, is that the ENTIRE puck wasnt OVER the line, I would say I kind of agree, but you can't really tell, so in that case without enough evidence...no goal

Bathgate66

HailHailVitalogy wrote:

Personally I thought it was a goal looking at the replay, but I think what the real answer is, is that the ENTIRE puck wasnt OVER the line, I would say I kind of agree, but you can't really tell, so in that case without enough evidence...no goal

exactly

no matter how close it MAY have been, there was no visual white between the puck and the goal line.
inconclusive enough to not over turn the on ice call.

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YieldInHiding

HailHailVitalogy wrote:

HOLY SHIT!!!

One of the best games I have ever been to!!

Henrik saved their ass so many god damn times...I counted 10 GREAT saves, 5 of those being 5 of the most amazing saves I've seen Henrik make

He also made arguably one of the dumbest plays in NHL playoff history. Gave me a freakin' heart attack.

orig_long red

this problem has to be fixed....it is an embarrassment to the league and to those of us who waste our time watching this farce. regardless of who won...i'll give it to the Rangers, i hate em, but they've fought hard to get back into this series. BUT....we cannot have these games decided in this fashion. the nhl is about 10 years behind the times....get a CONCLUSIVE camera shot in the goal. There are ways of being sure a goal is either a goal or not a goal. Better camera shots for one....another way, a little crazier...would be to have something in the puck that automatically sets the red light off. put a computer chip in the puck that sets off a signal when it completely crosses the line.

seriously, year after year after year, the NHL makes itself looks stupid by blinding itself to any potential advancements. maybe people dont watch because of incidents like this and many others. it is REtarded.