B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

neilybabes86

DS1119 wrote:

Now I hope the Doan thing happens. :corn:

oh boy..i would jizz in my pants

neilybabes86

http://rangers.nhl.com/

badbrains

I can't fucken believe slats pulled this off!!! Rangers world buzzing. Hearing Nash wanted to come here makes it that much sweeter. My buddy told me last month Nash went out with richie for dinner and said he only wanted to play in new York! I'm sure he told howson that too that's why he ended up here.

DS1119

neilybabes86 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

Now I hope the Doan thing happens. :corn:

oh boy..i would jizz in my pants

So how many 8 day weekends do you have next month?

neilybabes86

DS1119 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

Now I hope the Doan thing happens. :corn:

oh boy..i would jizz in my pants

So how many 8 day weekends do you have next month?

ACTUALLY IM OFF THURS AND FRID THIS WEEK

Bathgate66

theres a young defensemen involved too

Steven Delisle and a conditional third round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft from Columbus

neilybabes86

Bathgate66 wrote:

theres a young defensemen involved too

Steven Delisle and a conditional third round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft from Columbus

ANOTHER RYAN McDoungh????

Bathgate66

Brandon Dubinsky

I would like to thank all of my fans and the city of New York for everything! My 8 years being part of the NYR have been magical. Thank you!

neilybabes86

Bathgate66 wrote:

Brandon Dubinsky

I would like to thank all of my fans and the city of New York for everything! My 8 years being part of the NYR have been magical. Thank you!

good guy..and teammate ...but its the nature of the beast

best of luck to all our boys

Bathgate66

stan fischlers take

http://www.msg.com/blogs/stan-fischler/ ... adway.html

Glen Sather won the battle of the minds. Translated: Slats hit the Red Light Jackpot.

For months it had become apparent that Columbus had to unload Rick Nash.

Plus, everyone and his third-cousin-twice-removed knew that the Rangers were pursuing the big fellow with the potent shot.

The obstacle for months was purchase price; or, to put it another way, how much Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson would demand in return. Week after week, Howson had his sights on Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan. Who could blame him?

But here's how Sather held the trump card. Howson knew that Nash desperately wanted to leave Ohio for a team that had a chance to contend. Keeping Rick for another season would have been tantamount to owning a disgruntled player in the lineup -- sound like Jeff Carter? -- and the Jackets simply couldn't afford that.

One of Howson's best pals told me a couple of weeks ago that Columbus was demanding three forwards; the Jackets had to compensate for losing their super-howitzer and only top NHL forwards would fill his bill.

What Scotty settled for was considerably less than that with all due respect to the Rangers en route to Ohio. Brandon Dubinsky was coming off a gosh-awful season with no guarantee that he'll mature into the 30-goal scorer so many of us had thought he would be no less than a year ago.

Yet several NHL savants believed that the best of Dubie had come and gone.

Perhaps ominously -- or meaningfully -- The Hockey News 2011-2012 Pre-Season Annual singled out Dubinsky as a player who will be "Falling." The X-ray added the following negative note about Dubie, "It's unclear where he fits in the top six and the power play."

Brandon's disappointing play underlines the point and the arithmetic says it all. A year earlier he played in 77 games and produced 24-30-54 points. The 24 red lights suggested that the best was yet to come.

It was not. During 2011-2012, Dubie played another 77 games and emerged with 10--24-34. The drop of 14 goals and 20 points was beyond alarming.

Meanwhile Artem Anisimov has been a perplexing case of genius not willing out or -- as we say in Brooklyn -- "The potential he's got; the results he's not!"

Let's face it, the Rapid Russian displayed talent but, simultaneously, betrayed his assets with maddening inconsistency.

Losing Tim Erixon is no big deal because the Blueshirts are loaded with top, young blueliners -- Marc Staal, Dan Girardi, et. al. -- and if strongman Michael Sauer recovers from his ailment and returns to the lineup John Tortorella will have a surplus of blueliners. Erixon was a work in progress last season and the fact that he needed more work was evident since most of his vocational time was spent in Hartford not Manhattan. Plus, the Blueshirts also received 21-year old defenseman Steven Delisle in the deal and a conditional third round draft pick.

Looking for the decisive denominator in this blockbuster exchange, The Maven harks back to a Sather observation of recent vintage: "What we really don't want to do is dismantle the core of the organization. We've got a lot of good, young kids, and we want to let them grow and develop."

The core remains untouched -- intact.

Thus, Howson was unable to get his hands on the very-desirable Kreider nor Stepan; not even Michael Del Zotto whose return next season made Erixon eminently tradeable.

As for the lost first round Draft pick; it's not even an issue in terms of getting the Big Guy.

Nash will make the New York power play a POWER PLAY, adding to the riches of Brad Richards not to mention what should be a healthy return of Marian Gaborik.

With Zach Parise moving West and Nash coming East, the Rangers have hit the pot of GOAL!

The Fixer

funny


The early verdicts are in on the deal that has Rick Nash going to the Rangers in exchange for Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, Tim Erixon and a 2014 first round pick — and they’re not favorable for Columbus GM Scott Howson.

Here’s a sampling of what folks are tweeting….

Mike Harrington, Buffalo News: “So how exactly does Scott Howson still have a job after this fiasco?”

Frank Seravalli, Philadelphia Daily News: “You would almost think Scott Howson was trying to blow up the Blue Jackets. Better off playing with disgruntled captain than that trade.”

Bruce Garrioch, Ottawa Sun: “The Jackets needed to a hit a home run with this deal. This is not a home run. They had better offers at the trade deadline.”

Steve Zipay, Newsday: “Rangers are sending Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon, 1st rounder to Columbus for Rick Nash. Not as much as trade deadline offer.”

Tom Gulitti, NorthJersey.com: “Howson was in a tough spot, but it looks like he caved just to trade Nash rather than hold out for value.”

James Cybulski, TSN: “How does it take Carolina and Pitt 24 hours to make a fair Staal deal, and yet the Nash trade takes 5 months to agree on that package?”

Jason Brough, ProHockeyTalk: “‘Fine. Screw it. WHATEVER!’ — Scott Howson to Glen Sather”

Damien Cox, Toronto Star: “And, after months of dithering, Blue Jackets make a crap deal for Nash. Go for volume rather than quality. Dumb.”

Sean Gentile, Sporting News: “Look at the vitriol for Howson. That’s why you don’t make insane demands for months on end. Now he gets killed for an appropriate return.”

Seth Rorabaugh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Car dealers in Central Ohio are suddenly preparing mass mailings for Scott Howson’s home address…”

Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun: “Columbus didn’t get a Top 6 forward or a defenceman for Rick Nash. Please explain, Scott Howson?

Bobby Holik: “Scott Howson finally earned contract extension. #sarcasm”

And finally, what might be the most telling tweet of them all…

Doug MacLean, Sportsnet (and former Columbus GM!): “If these names are right this is a disaster for cbj.”

rival.

wow, and the rangers just became a much much better team.

dubi has been one of my favorite rangers since the lockout. loved watching him play during the good and bad. definitely a fan favorite in new york, sorry to see him go, but business is business.

neilybabes86

rival. wrote:

wow, and the rangers just became a much much better team.

dubi has been one of my favorite rangers since the lockout. loved watching him play during the good and bad. definitely a fan favorite in new york, sorry to see him go, but business is business.

Dude we just got a stud for second line guys

Nature of the beast

Parise went west and Nash came east

JACKPOT

badbrains

Is it possible since we really didn't give up anybody and we're $13 million under cap, does slats make a trade for B Ryan??? JT miller, Thomas, hags, 1st rd??? What u guys think? Instead of signing doan..

neilybabes86

badbrains wrote:

Is it possible since we really didn't give up anybody and we're $13 million under cap, does slats make a trade for B Ryan??? JT miller, Thomas, hags, 1st rd??? What u guys think? Instead of signing doan..

Nah we got the stud and kept the youth

Try to get doan but we can't trade everyone for Ryan

neilybabes86

And we won't be able to rob ryan

Bathgate66

and we are still under the salary cap?

igotid88

I'm gonna miss Dubi. But it seems like we keep waiting for him to break out.

igotid88

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neilybabes86

igotid88 wrote:

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