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stickboy

Bathgate66 wrote:

Trouble A-Bruin
The Rangers may lead the Eastern Conference with 26 points, but the Boston Bruins come into tonight's contest at Madison Square Garden with the best record percentage-wise at 10-3-3, riding a five game winning streak and an 8-1 mark in their last nine after stumbling out of the gate at 2-2-3. The Rangers, meanwhile, have been stumbling lately, but to keep things in perspective, 6-3-1 in your last ten is the definition of stumbling only after you start the season 5-0 and 10-2-1 (though 2-3-1 in your last six is closer to the mark with a smaller sample size).

Like the Rangers with Henrik Lundqvist, the Bruins have forged their record largely with superior goaltending. Although Manny Fernandez backstopped their last win, 6-1 over Montreal, Tim Thomas, who will be in goal tonight, leads the NHL in save percentage (.946) and is second in goals against average (1.76). Don't expect a high scoring affair tonight -- these are the second and third best defenses in the league, thanks again to the goalies. The Bruins have allowed just nine goals in their last eight games, three of those in the one loss in that span.


no gomer?

ut oh

we got this, no worries Even without Gomez

Bathgate66

what a game, but it wasnt without worries!

xavier mcdaniel

Bathgate66 wrote:

what a game, but it wasnt without worries!

It would be nice to get it in regulation though, especially against an Eastern Conference opponent.

Bathgate66

The Captian comes thru again--- ( is it the 3rd game or 4th game he's come thru )


what an entertaining 5tight game

where would Boston be without their unorthodix Tim Thomas ?

wow,.....

Bathgate66

November 16, 2008
Rangers Pull a Rabbit Out of Their Hat


In the "All's well that ends well" department, the Rangers came back from yet another 2-0 deficit to reach a shootout, the third time in their last six home games they have done exactly that.:eek: :eek: This time, unlike the last time, they prevailed in the shootout when Chris Drury fooled Tim Thomas with a sly, almost imperceptible double clutch to score after three scoreless rounds and Henrik Lundqvist survived the referee's silly initial goal call, one that was reversed by replay.

The win negated the damage inflicted in this game by a woefully inept power play, which not only failed to win this game when it had the chance, it almost lost the game, giving up the sixth shorthanded goal of the young season. The win also negated the damage done by the once-again error prone Michal Rozsival, who was victimized for both Boston goals, including that shorthanded goal, the third that has resulted directly from a miscue of his. Wade Redden is fortunate not to be in this same category -- his miscues, including a horrendous turnover in the slot and a near-breakaway that ensued when he tripped over the red line (along with the power play the Bruins got as the Rangers tried to defuse the resulting situation) were erased by Lundqvist.

But this one win doesn't mitigate the ongoing problems with the power play, which reverted to form (bad form) after a good four-game stretch. Coach Tom Renney insisted afterwards that Boston get credit for shutting it down, but despite a good penalty killing stretch for them during their now-ended five game win streak, they are 22nd in the league in that area, and were far less responsible for short-circuiting the Rangers' advantages (two of them two-man advantages) than the Rangers themselves. At some point, Renney his going to have to look beyond execution to the possibility that there are problems with either the system or with the available personnel.

As for Rozsival and Redden, who are part of a corps of defensemen who have been effective in inverse order of their salaries, there is no excusing their mistakes. But the treatment of Rozsival by the fans as well as the tension that was so palpable in the arena during Ranger power plays (even the first one when the score was still 0-0 and the Rangers were in control of play) leads us to pose a simple question to those fans who chose that route: How would you react if the team itself, individually or as a group, chose to quit on themselves as quickly and decisively as you quit on them? If they did that, the Bruins would have been able to cruise to another 6-1 win rather than being caught by behind in the final minutes. But they didn't quit.

Busy morning here tomorrow, so look for a story at Blueshirt Bulletin+ later in the day, focusing on the third line of Lauri Korpikoski, Nigel Dawes, and Dan Fritsche, who got the goal that started the comeback after getting some power play time that was taken away from the usual units who were so ineffective (ditto Marc Staal in place of Rozsival in the third period). Check back right here for a link to that story when it becomes available, as well as links to other news around the web.

Bathgate66

wrong thread whoops

greaticedtea

not sure if anyone posted this but the gomez, naslund, lundqvist, redden and drury are in men's journal this month. i was thumbing through it at the bookstore today and its nothing too great, just the boys like quite suave in some fresh gear.

hears a link to an article and video of the shoot:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=391588

Bathgate66

Senators last season : .................................................15 - 3 - 0

Senators this season : ..................................................6 - 9 - 2

:eek:
:eek:

wow

whats happened up there in Canada ?

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

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xavier mcdaniel

same thing that happened from january 1 through the first round against pittsburgh.

rival.

another feel good win.

want to see orr & mara beat down ruutu saturday. classless punk.

i think alot has gone to rosival's head over the past couple of weeks. he just seems to be playing with zero confidence.

stickboy

nice comeback win again boys!
keep it up

greaticedtea

keep it going all season boys!

stickboy

lets get to voting boys!
The Canadiens are killing us here!

http://fanballoting.nhl.com/leaders

xavier mcdaniel

The Rangers are currently tied with the franchise records for most points (30), most wins (14) and least regulation losses (five) through 21 games in team history. The last time the Blueshirts reached these marks was in 1993-94.

The Rangers have allowed two or fewer goals in 16 of their first 21 contests for only the second time since 1943-44, and have posted a 13-2-1 record in those games.

Bathgate66

henrik has allowed 2 or fewer goals in the last 16 of 18 games.

:eek:


first meeting for Naslund tonight with his exteam/ exteammates .

stanley cup of 1994 reunion , should be great , if we can keep rolling and getting the 2 points.
it would be nice, however , to get them in regulation for a change.

Hawkshore

Hawkshore wrote:

Here is some food for thought for the Ranger faithful ........since the travesty that took place in 94 the Rangers and Canucks have played 13 times .......The head to head record in those 13 games













Canucks 10 wins ........Rangers 3 :(


Lets get ready to rumble!!!

Updated from our meeting in January of this year!

rival.

henrik > luongo

the NHL will see why tonight. suckers!

Bathgate66

Hawkshore wrote:

Updated from our meeting in January of this year!

yeah , but now we have Naslund.

& we've got probably the 2 best netminders going head to head.

The Garden will be rocking - as if PJ were onstage :eek:
.too bad we only play once or twice yearly, itll take us a few seasons to make the record more respectable.

we dont envy those west coast roadtrips from city to city.

rival.

Hawkshore wrote:

Updated from our meeting in January of this year!

didn't you have THE mark messier on your team for 2 of those 10 wins?

Hawkshore

Bathgate66 wrote:

yeah , but now we have Naslund.

& we've got probably the 2 best netminders going head to head.

The Garden will be rocking - as if PJ were onstage :eek:
.too bad we only play once or twice yearly, itll take us a few seasons to make the record more respectable.

we dont envy those west coast roadtrips from city to city.

Nice to see Naslund doing well .....from all reports we hear locally he seems to be really rejuvenated in the Big Apple. Nazzy as was his nickname here was always a class act, and it was kind of a shame to see him leave the way he did. A few years back that snap shoot of his was second to none in the NHL!

Now for travel don't get me started! We play tonight in NYC tomorrow in Minnesota and back to Pittsburgh for a Saturday morning game??? :rolleyes:

Hawkshore

singularity wrote:

didn't you have THE mark messier on your team for 2 of those 10 wins?

We do not speak of those times very often in Vancouver ........we refer to those as the dark days .....it was in the midst of our longest run of not making the post season ....four years! :(

rival.

Hawkshore wrote:

We do not speak of those times very often in Vancouver ........we refer to those as the dark days .....it was in the midst of our longest run of not making the post season ....four years! :(

hey hey hey... what about our stretch from 97-04?

a dreadful rangers team and mediocre knicks teams made the garden a very quiet place.

stickboy

singularity wrote:

hey hey hey... what about our stretch from 97-04?

a dreadful rangers team and mediocre knicks teams made the garden a very quiet place.

oh god, please lets not bring those days back... I was one depressed fan for 7 -8 yrs :(

xavier mcdaniel

Interesting article on drury and travis roy, who were teammates at Boston Univerisity briefly:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20081119/SPORTS01/811190381/-1/SPORTS

stickboy

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Interesting article on drury and travis roy, who were teammates at Boston Univerisity briefly:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20081119/SPORTS01/811190381/-1/SPORTS

damn, I remember that accident..watching it on TV freaked me out and pretty much convinced my parents that I shouldnt play hockey as a career. Another guy was Norman Leveille back in the 80's I think who suffered something similar :eek:



"After the final hockey game, Bruins stars from several generations took a final skate around the ice. Although greats such as Orr, Esposito, Neely, and Bourque were all there, the center of attention was Norman Leveille, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during his one year with the Bruins. Thirteen years later, Leveille walks with great difficulty but on the ice that night, a reporter wrote, "Levielle held his cane in front of him, while Bourque, facing him, pulled him around the ice; the crowd clamored in approval as eyes throughout the Garden filled up with tears . . . memories were still being made and dreams realized at rickety old Boston Garden.""

rival.

yikes.

Hawkshore

singularity wrote:

henrik > luongo

the NHL will see why tonight. suckers!

Henrick's awesome .......but you have to help with this one based on tonight's game

Henrick 17 shots 5 goals :eek: .706 save %
Luongo 42 shots 3 goals .929 save %

xavier mcdaniel

Well you could see that coming. Eventually all those slow starts were going to come back to burn them. Even with that third-period barrage, once they got three, I felt that was that. It's alarming that a lot of the recent goals against are either breakaways or off turnovers. Two breakaways tonight and three goals of turnovers, including that old puck gets caught in the skates at the point on the power play nonsense.

rival.

Hawkshore wrote:

Henrick's awesome .......but you have to help with this one based on tonight's game

Henrick 17 shots 5 goals :eek: .706 save %
Luongo 42 shots 3 goals .929 save %

yeah, i set myself up for that one!

slow starts & short handed goals... this team's story for the past couple of weeks.

stickboy

chalk it up as a bad loss and move on to the next game boys....let's go.
We're still one of the best teams in the league so nothing to stress about. Always room for improvement tho,... lets just keep playing hard and we'll be ok