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Bathgate66

all i can say is that Exelby needs a good ass kicking.

that is all

xavier mcdaniel

for what? i didn't see the game.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

for what? i didn't see the game.

just for being what he is.

he was head hunting all night ( and getting away with it ) , he was yapping away, and he threw a tiny little sly- wrap crosscheck to the small of jagrs back that set Shanny off the deep end.

watch the Rangers in 60 , youll see what he did.

hes a prick .

xavier mcdaniel

Bathgate66 wrote:

just for being what he is.

he was head hunting all night ( and getting away with it ) , he was yapping away, and he threw a tiny little sly- wrap crosscheck to the small of jagrs back that set Shanny off the deep end.

watch the Rangers in 60 , youll see what he did.

hes a prick .

I was telling this to a friend the other day, these guys that have no purpose but to fight really have no place in this league and i'm including guys like colton orr in that. i'm playing dynasty mode in the video game and i cut orr right away, i have little use for fights that don't happen in the flow of the action.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I was telling this to a friend the other day, these guys that have no purpose but to fight really have no place in this league and i'm including guys like colton orr in that. i'm playing dynasty mode in the video game and i cut orr right away, i have little use for fights that don't happen in the flow of the action.

i agree if its unwaranted- absolutely.

ironically enough- orr did everything i expected him to, standing up to the twit for his teammate , but they immediately fell to the ice- so he couldnt even give him the buisiness.

kenshunt

Allowing Atl there first win of the season, congrats, im gonna miss J, but he does come up with some contreversal threads

FnCircus

kenshunt wrote:

Allowing Atl there first win of the season

they have to give out a better effort than they did last night (except for the last 5 minutes of the third).............

bostonlou

the BROOINS are going to crush you


that's all

kenshunt

bostonlou wrote:

the BROOINS are going to crush you


that's all

You into the Bruins yet lol, they are 4 wins and 2 losses, and the Rangers 2 wins 4 losses

Rygar

kenshunt wrote:

Allowing Atl there first win of the season, congrats, im gonna miss J, but he does come up with some contreversal threads

Yeah, Habs play Atl Tuesday, I was hoping for a guaranteed 2, but thanks to the Rags, ATL is recovering :P

stickboy

well that sucked....I seen it coming tho, giving atl their 1st win. :(

Bathgate66

Exelby still needs a good ass kicking.

that is all.

kenshunt

Bathgate66 wrote:

Exelby still needs a good ass kicking.

that is all.

He takes dangerous runs a players alot and with his elbow up, i wouldn't mind seeing someone feed him there knuckles.

Bathgate66

from the Bulletin

BlueShirt Bulletin wrote:

There is no excuse for the cowardly Garnet Exelby to have been targeted by the Rangers for his dangerous and unsportsmanlike play. After he and Steve McCarthy went hunting for Petr Prucha's head and knee, and after he jabbed Jaromir Jagr after a whistle, the Rangers -- Colton Orr, Ryan Hollweg, and Shanahan -- should have gone after Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk, or someone of that order. An idiot like Exelby will not be deterred if he's targeted -- he will only be deterred if the same caliber players he targets are targeted in return. That said, kudos to the Rangers for going after him anyway, for sticking up for their teammates, as they should.

There is no excuse for the type of hellacious officiating we saw tonight -- both ways. The Rangers gave up an early five on three goal on a pair of penalties that were not, by any interpretation of the rule book, new NHL or whatever, penalties. Fedor Tyutin was interfered with going for a puck and was called for a high stick while falling out of control, while two seconds earlier Dan Girardi's high stick was unseen and/or uncalled. And the non-call on Exelby headhunting Prucha -- many might say Exelby should be suspended for that, we say the referee should be suspended for not calling it.

Worst of all, the Thrashers scored a goal on an offsides that Stephen Walkom, NHL director of officiating, had the gall to tell Joe Micheletti was correctly uncalled because the guy had control of the puck while preceding it into the zone. Except that the very reason he was preceding the puck into the zone was because he had lost control! And Joe accepted the explanation even as the replay showed how wrong the call was. Sure, the Rangers were guilty of incredibly undisciplined play in allowing that goal to happen, as Joe pointed out correctly. But that still should have come to an end when the player put himself offsides.

Finally, despite it all, there is no excuse for Ranger fans to jump off the bandwagon so early in the season. The last two seasons proved, at both ends of the spectrum, exactly what this stage of the season means in the grand scheme of things. Some things obviously need to be improved on -- some of them dramatically. But a fan base who like to believe they are among the most knowledgeable in hockey surely knows that nothing was ever decided in mid-October, especially the fate of a successful coach who has not done a single thing that any GM in his right mind would consider fire-able. This is a season of high hopes, and that is what everyone will be judged on. But that will happen next spring, not this fall.

FnCircus

kenshunt wrote:

He takes dangerous runs a players alot and with his elbow up.

he's not the only one in the league...................

and not to stir the pot, but hasn't Avery been guilty of the same thing?

stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

from the Bulletin

great article, esp the last part.
I was gonna ask, how'd we lose? I didnt see the game ...but see? this only makes it more interesting when Avery comes back and we play them again towrds the end of the season. Ottawa/ Rangers rivalry heating up...watch out

kenshunt

F'n_Circus wrote:

he's not the only one in the league...................

and not to stir the pot, but hasn't Avery been guilty of the same thing?

Maybe, don't follow the Rangers that close, but everytime Excelby plays the Leafs he takes runs at players at least once a game.

Bathgate66

ok

as mentioned in that excerpt from the Bulletin,
he ( Exelby ) was making numerous runs at Prucha in particular, then he was going out of his way to get to Jagr.
He even ( no matter how small or harmless may have seemed- the intent was there ) went after Jagr with a cheapshot crosscheck to the small of his back. This is precisely where Shanny said enough is enough and lost his mind ( rightfully so )

i'd recommend catching it all on the rewind- or on the Rangers in 60 which will be on this afternoon.

kenshunt

Bathgate66 wrote:

ok

as mentioned in that excerpt from the Bulletin,
he ( Exelby ) was making numerous runs at Prucha in particular, then he was going out of his way to get to Jagr.
He even ( no matter how small or harmless may have seemed- the intent was there ) went after Jagr with a cheapshot crosscheck to the small of his back. This is precisely where Shanny said enough is enough and lost his mind ( rightfully so )

i'd recommend catching it all on the rewind- or on the Rangers in 60 which will be on this afternoon.

lol, i saw the highlights i thought Shanny was gonna toss the offical to the ice.

FnCircus

kenshunt wrote:

lol, i saw the highlights i thought Shanny was gonna toss the offical to the ice.

I haven't seen him riled up that much in a while...........

I also agree with the comment about the officiating. Brutal. It was brutal in the Ottawa/Montreal game last night too.

I swear, these refs can't tell the difference between a hook and a dive.