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Rygar

NY PJ1 wrote:

dont forget we play them 2 or 3 x

You say that like it is a good thing...

NY PJ1

Rygar wrote:

You say that like it is a good thing...

well everybody has to play each other a few times over the last 13-14 games ..it is what it is

im certainly not afraid of them...yes they are good but were trying to catch them so i want to play em

besides ..to be the best... u gotta beat the best

xavier mcdaniel

i'm not sold on pittsburgh's goaltending.

NY PJ1

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

i'm not sold on pittsburgh's goaltending.

me neither

honestly i think any team in the east has a shot to go to the cup

xavier mcdaniel

me too. although after reading about the dysfunction with ottawa, i can't see them doing it.

Rygar

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

me too. although after reading about the dysfunction with ottawa, i can't see them doing it.

Well if you look at how fast they did a flop, it is conceivable that they can reverse it just as quickly. It's not like the talent isn't there..

xavier mcdaniel

true, i just don't like i've been seeing on the ice, i watched some of the game in Los Angeles and Anaheim on TV.

Rygar

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

true, i just don't like i've been seeing on the ice, i watched some of the game in Los Angeles and Anaheim on TV.

I don't think there's going to be a return to form comparable to how they started the season, but every day I expect to see them start winning again.


That said, I hope they keep losing.

xavier mcdaniel

they also better hope that alfredsson's back is better, they're 1-8 without him this year.

Rygar

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

they also better hope that alfredsson's back is better, they're 1-8 without him this year.

Quite the dilemma. Keep tanking and let TO make the playoffs, or squeak in and keep them out...

Bathgate66

from what i remember , most of the last 2 seasons games against Penguins ( even with Sid The Kid and Malkin ) have all been decided by 1 goal,..

no real dominance there.

theyre beatable.

Bathgate66

And so the numbers continue to mount -- 8-0-3 in the last eleven, 13-3-3 in the last 45 days since a disheartening Garden loss in the back half of a home-and-home with Boston, 7-0-2 in their last nine on the road. Most encouraging is the way the team has been resilient, rebounding quickly from the few blips they suffered during that stretch -- back-to-back wins over Atlanta after those losses to Boston, back-to-back wins in Philly and Jersey after the post-All-Star break loss in Carolina, another shutout win in Philly after consecutive home losses to L.A. and Anaheim, blowing out Buffalo after an OT loss in D.C. and a five-day layoff, another big win in Buffalo after blowing the five-goal lead in Montreal and stewing over it during three off-days, and coming back to win this game after gifting the Isles their shootout win the other night -- a win made even bigger with the Pens, Sens, and Bruins losing last night.

NY PJ1

im in playoff mode mentality already ....

Bathgate66

NY PJ1 wrote:

im in playoff mode mentality already ....

word !

and this dreary, rainy, dank day is calling out for tomorrow afternoons matinee against The Bruins .

pity we have to wait another 24 hours,....


can you tell i am jonesing ?

NY PJ1

Bathgate66 wrote:

word !

and this dreary, rainy, dank day is calling out for tomorrow afternoons matinee against The Bruins .

pity we have to wait another 24 hours,....


can you tell i am jonesing ?

lol today would have been perfect

i have to miss going tom.
im in long island and im taking the gf home for the 1st time after her tragic loss
as long as i get a tv in front of me ill be find

Bathgate66

NY PJ1 wrote:

lol today would have been perfect

i have to miss going tom.
im in long island and im taking the gf home for the 1st time after her tragic loss
as long as i get a tv in front of me ill be find

its tough
my GF lost her Pop not too long ago also-
the wounds stay fresh for a long time ,..
everyday is a reminder,..

god bless.


as for the NYR - theyre hitting full stride right at the righht time


SNY :

Rangers hit stride just in time
Consistency leads to wins for Blueshirts
By Zachary Braziller / SNY.tv

The Rangers have come together on both ends of the ice to make a strong late-season push. (AP)
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This is no longer a sample of victories or string of good luck. This is an extended stretch of play that could define the Rangers.
In their last 11 games, they haven't lost in regulation. They have won eight times, seven without the need of overtime, and fell in the shootout. Since Jan. 20, the Rangers have missed out on nine of a possible 38 points, to the tune of a 13-3-3 mark.

They have staged comebacks and held leads, won low-scoring affairs and piled up goals when either their defense or goaltending wasn't up to par.

For the Rangers, the next step is consistency, to play the aggressive, controlled hockey we have seen over the last month and a half across the season's final 23 games.

It has been obvious in stretches, for a month period between late October and early November and far more recently. Now, a bad performance is still a point, and sometimes two. The Rangers get off to bad starts, then plow ahead. They blow leads one night -- like that five-goal advantage they held in Montreal Feb. 19 -- and get immediately back on the horse two nights later.

Maybe this is the Rangers team we were waiting for all along. Scott Gomez and Chris Drury have found a niche, a position and linemates they feel comfortable with. Gomez, the speedy center, has come on to lead the Rangers with 66 points. He has formed, with Sean Avery and Jaromir Jagr, a puck-controlling troika.

The Rangers, too, have returned to their defensive roots. Instead of forcing the action and playing too fast, the Rangers have regained own-zone responsibility while sustaining their attack, reasons they are second in the East in goals against.

Henrik Lundqvist, remarkably, has been average through much of this run, taking all three of their recent losses His backup, Steve Valiquette has emerged as trustworthy in relief, beating the Flyers twice. The best part of Thursday's 4-1 victory over the Islanders, behind the closeout third period, was The King's 26 saves. Shanahan remarked afterwards of Lundqvist's improvement this year when it comes to bouncing back.

At one point near the bottom of the Eastern Conference in goals scored, the Rangers have risen in that statistic. They have scored 37 goals in their last nine games. Jaromir Jagr has yet to catch fire, stuck on 58 points, but Brendan Shanahan, Gomez, Drury and Sean Avery have been consistent point-producers.

The young guns -- Brandon Dubinsky, Nigel Dawes and Ryan Callahan -- have reestablished themselves, too. The Rangers don't have any 100-point scorers, but at least seven with over 30, including defenseman Michal Rozsival.

The Rangers are no longer purely a defensive team, as was the case in their early string of victories. They aren't the high-scoring machine some predicted before the season. They are solid on each end of the rink, with steady, if not spectacular, play in the back -- from Lundqvist and a mix of veteran and young defenseman to an army of forwards whose skills are as varied as their style.

Entering play Friday, the Rangers, despite all their stops and starts, hot streaks and lulls, are points off the pace in the race for the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division lead. New York sits in sixth place, two points ahead of the seventh-place Bruins and two behind fifth-place Ottawa.

It isn't hard to imagine the Rangers with the best record in the league when it's all said and done, primarily because of their play of late.


Zachary Braziller is a regular contributor to SNY.tv.

Lets Go Rangers

NY PJ1

3 hours till the game !!!!



LET'S GO RANGERS!

xavier mcdaniel

no zdena chara today, he's out with a shoulder injury.

moster78

How insane was the goaltending in that game? From both sides! Great game, sucks that Boston got a point, but what can you do? At least we got the two. Bring on Buffalo!

All hail King Henrik!

LETS GO RANGERS!!!

HailHailVitalogy

That save Henrik made, was one of the best I've ever seen him make