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Bathgate66

stickboy wrote:

I woulda kept Dawes instead of Dubi tho...Nigel made case or himself esp. the past few games.

agree that dawes did make such a great impression and looked seasoned playing with shanny out there.
Dubi or Dawes- either way - we'll probably be seeing alot of both of them, maybe alternating between the 2 on and off again,

like i said before- not a bad problem to have ( all that farm help )

NY PJ1

stickboy wrote:

If all goes well I can see that kid turning into a Pronger type of player..just not dirty like him. I woulda kept Dawes instead of Dubi tho...Nigel made case or himself esp. the past few games.


so question....NHL DID take over our website too, cause it looks to have the same format of all the other teams...it threw me off yest. This is some crazy shit with that lawsuit nhl vs msg! :eek:

nigel did play good but he made the team last year and didnt seize the opp.
dubinsky fought alot so that earned him some points

xavier mcdaniel

i was surprised pock made it, only because if the plan is to have mara, malik, staal, rozsival, girardi and tyutin as your top six, i didn't think the rangers would see it beneficial for pock to be a healthy scratch and would have sent him to hartford to get him ice time.

stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

agree that dawes did make such a great impression and looked seasoned playing with shanny out there.
Dubi or Dawes- either way - we'll probably be seeing alot of both of them, maybe alternating between the 2 on and off again,

like i said before- not a bad problem to have ( all that farm help )

true..last time we had 2 impressive rookies like that I think was Amonte and Weight. Im sure with injuries and stuff like that Dawes will get a chance. The difference is now at least we have "quality" farm help. I remember the wave of the future in the mid-late 90's... Lundmark, Brendl, Kloucek, Chritian Dube, Danny Blackburn...am I missing any top notch prospects there? lol

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

i was surprised pock made it, only because if the plan is to have mara, malik, staal, rozsival, girardi and tyutin as your top six, i didn't think the rangers would see it beneficial for pock to be a healthy scratch and would have sent him to hartford to get him ice time.

maybe theyre thinking one of these multi talented defesemen can also step up into a forward spot as well.i know strudwick has done this, and maybe even pock ( ? ) not sure about him tho,....

xavier mcdaniel

Bathgate66 wrote:

maybe theyre thinking one of these multi talented defesemen can also step up into a forward spot as well.i know strudwick has done this, and maybe even pock ( ? ) not sure about him tho,....

possible or they figure being involved in an nhl practice is more conducive to his development than playing in the minors at this point in his career.

Bathgate66

are the games in london being televised ?

cant find anything on this,....

xavier mcdaniel

Bathgate66 wrote:

are the games in london being televised ?

cant find anything on this,....

they happened already, the kings won 4-1 on saturday and the ducks won 4-1 on sunday.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

they happened already, the kings won 4-1 on saturday and the ducks won 4-1 on sunday.

whoops
as usual im a couple of days behind :eek: :eek:

thanks X Man . !

NY PJ1

straka drury jagr

avery gomez shanny

prucha dubinsky callihan

holly betts orr/hossa



malik rozival

tyutin giradi

mara staal

strudwick pock

Bathgate66

NY PJ1 wrote:

straka drury jagr

avery gomez shanny

prucha dubinsky callihan

holly betts orr/hossa



malik rozival

tyutin giradi

mara staal

strudwick pock

so this is our cup winning roster this season?

i think we can go to war with these guys and be ready ,..

[size=+2] Lets Go Rangers ! [/size]

edvedder913

This is the most handsome NY Ranger as far as I am concerned (and he likes Pearl Jam to boot!):

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http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/edvedder913/?action=view&current=NYR1.jpg

NY PJ1

1 more day kids

the hockey package is ordered ,,, lets get it on

moster78

I noticed they changed some players numbers around, like Callahan, Dubinsky, Staal and Girardi. Good thing I haven't ordered my new jersey yet! I'm 99% sure it'll be Callahan.

Bathgate66

Drury & Jagr Want Fast Start

tomorrow night baby !

Drury-Jagr set to get Rangers off to fast start

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BY JOHN DELLAPINA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 4:00 AM

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The first-try combinations that Rangers coach Tom Renney termed the ones "everyone on the planet would consider obvious," have so far turned out not to be as obviously complementary as expected.

So for tomorrow night's season opener against Florida at the Garden, it will be Chris Drury rather than Scott Gomez who gets the first real crack at making on-ice music with Jaromir Jagr.

Drury centered Jagr and Martin Straka in practice yesterday while Gomez skated between Sean Avery and Brendan Shanahan. Those combinations meshed better over the final few preseason games than the "obvious" Gomez-Jagr and Drury-Shanahan ones did. And in pursuit of the fast start that would preclude a repeat of last season's furious rally to make the playoffs, Renney is going with what figures to require less break-in time.

"I also think that as our guys get their feet under them with respect to how we want them to play - and how we want to play in general - diversification (in line combinations) will just be seamless," Renney said. "It's just a matter of what looks most comfortable while you get your head around all of that. You still have to allow players to play and be instinctive and do the wonderful things that they can without feeling encumbered by the weight of a system."

Centers Gomez and Drury, of course, are the new guys to Renney's on-ice system. Gomez came from a read-and-react Devils team, Drury from a go-go Buffalo club. The Rangers play a combination of the two.

And while Gomez and Drury are adapting to that, Renney is assigning each to the right winger whose game most naturally fits. So while Gomez might have been viewed as the No. 1 center when signed to a seven-year, $51.5 million deal on July 1, his puck-control and pass-first game require no adaptation to pivot the get-open-and-shoot Shanahan.

Similarly, although the more versatile Drury figured to center a second line that could even be deployed in a defensive mode at times, he has proven better able to play off Jagr's unique game so far.

"I think the greatest thing is that we have the options," Gomez said. "And I think that right now, that line with Chris and Jags and Straka looks like it could be really dangerous....To start it off, I like to pass it and (Shanahan) likes to shoot it."

COURT DATE: Attorneys from both sides having met with Judge Loretta A. Preska yesterday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan set Oct. 23 as the hearing date on the preliminary injunction the Garden is seeking in its suit against the NHL. The Garden is seeking to prevent the league from levying daily fines of $100,000 unless the Rangers hand over control of their Web site to the NHL and terminate other solo marketing ventures that the NHL's Board of Governors has voted to centralize under the league umbrella.

Hawkshore

NY PJ1 wrote:

straka drury jagr

avery gomez shanny

prucha dubinsky callihan

holly betts orr/hossa



malik rozival

tyutin giradi

mara staal

strudwick pock

Are you shitting me Malik is in your number one D pairing???

xavier mcdaniel

Hawkshore wrote:

Are you shitting me Malik is in your number one D pairing???

malik always plays when jagr is on the ice in even strength situations.

NY PJ1

Hawkshore wrote:

Are you shitting me Malik is in your number one D pairing???

yup + 30 something last year lol

until staal moves into the slot

listen we were #9 in defense last year ,.,so that tells ya something as long as king henry is ready we'll be fine
the young-ins we got are very good

my my ur bitter with us

a heartbreaking game 7 will do it to ya

NY PJ1

p.s check out the forwards

Hawkshore

NY PJ1 wrote:

yup + 30 something last year lol

until staal moves into the slot

listen we were #9 in defense last year ,.,so that tells ya something as long as king henry is ready we'll be fine
the young-ins we got are very good

my my ur bitter with us

a heartbreaking game 7 will do it to ya

Actually I never had a problem with Malik when he played with us.....I think he actually won the league + / - the last year he played with the Canucks.....now mind you he was never in our number one pairing!....I was busting on malik more for you Ranger fans benefit I seem to remember in this thread last spring a lot of comparison to his mobility and that of a traffic pylon!