Yardbarker: Ryan Hollweg

What Ranger Jerseys Can You Comfortably Wear?...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:34:00 -0500

I started compiling this list after I was at the Ranger-Islander game at the Coliseum last Wednesday and saw Nikolai Zherdev and Lauri Korpikoski standing next to each other. Of course, it wasn't actually them, but two people who paid a combined $360 for the jerseys of two players who no longer play on the Rangers.

Yet, some players no longer play in New York, but you can still wear their jersey and be proud of it. And even further, there are some players who play here whose jersey should not be worn, and if it is, you should be ridiculed.

Think you're safe? Check the list...

Good (Wear Proudly)
Jaromir Jagr #68 (had a great resurgence in NY; since he didn’t win a Cup, you have about 2 more years with this jersey before you should move on)
Brendan Shanahan #14 (I would never fault someone for having a Shanny jersey)
Henrik Lundqvist #30
Blair Betts #15/19; Jed Ortmeyer #41 (you can wear there jerseys for years and they would be appropriate)
Nigel Dawes #10 ; Petr Prucha #25 (it’s not your fault they were traded)
Sean Avery #16
Dan Girardi #5; Brandon Dubinsky #17; Marc Staal #18; Ryan Callahan #24; Artem Anisimov #42
Mike Del Zotto #4; Matt Gilroy #97 (buy with no hesitation; there two will be around a while)
Marian Gaborik #10
Steve Rucchin #20 (because I have one, and every once in a while, I still wear it)
Petr Nedved #93
Brian Leetch #2; Adam Graves #9; Mark Messier #11; Mike Richter #35
Jeff Beukeboom #23 (or mostly any member from the 1994 Cup team)
Ales Kotalik #12; Vinny Prospal #20; Martin Straka #82; Michael Nylander #92 (not the superstar of the team, but they compliment a Jagr or Gaborik well)
Eddie Giacomin #1; Rod Gilbert #7; Andy Bathgate #9; Ron Duguay #10 (or any other number he wore); Phil Esposito #77 (if you were old enough to watch these players play)

Iffy (Wear Cautiously)
Darius Kasparaitis #6; Pavel Bure #9; Theo Fleury #14 (I don’t mind the players, but it’s time for a new one, don’t you think?)
#28 Colton Orr (had a solid season last year, but there weren’t other choices?)
#99 Wayne Gretzky (can’t fault a Gretzky jersey, but it has been a decade since he left and he was in the twilight of his great career here. If he won a Cup, that would be different, of course.)
Alex Kovalev #27 (hey, he still might come back, and after all, he did win the Cup here as a rookie)
Chris Drury #23 (you obviously bought it during the summer of 2007 when you thought he’d be a superstar in New York, but he plays hard enough most of the time to warrant wearing him on your back... sometimes)

Bad (Give Them Away to the Garden of Dreams Foundation)
(Before you ask, yes, I have seen all of these jerseys recently.)
Dale Purinton #5 (seriously, I once saw one)
Andy Bathgate #9 (if you were born after 1955, you should not wear a Bathgate jersey. If you have seen him play in person, go for it.)
Lauri Korpikoski #29; Fedor Tyutin #51 (while it’s not your fault they were traded, it’s your fault for buying one in the first place)
Wade Redden #6 (must’ve been a present)
Ivan Baranka #21 (one NHL game and you have a jersey?)
Steve Valiquette #40 (you got it to be different, admit it)
Michal Rozsival #33
Eric Lindros #88 (Only one other jersey makes me madder, and I even have a Lindros jersey... safely in my closet. While Lindros, the player, wasn't awful, this jersey symbolizes a horrible stretch of time in Rangers history and wearing it only brings up good memories. No one goes, "Oh, the Lindros Era! What a jolly time!")
Luc Robitaille #20 (he wasn’t here long enough/didn’t play good enough to warrant having his jersey still 10 years later)
Chris Higgins #21 (until he proves otherwise)
Nik Zherdev #13
Markus Naslund #91
Ryan Hollweg #44 (Yes, I have one - I got it after his great 2005-06 season - and no, I’ll probably never wear it again, even though about 15 players have signed it)
Tom Poti #3/16
Dan Blackburn #31 (by this logic, you should’ve gotten a Lundqvist when he first came up)

And the worst Rangers jersey to wear...
Scott Gomez #19 (You bought it when he was signed. He never did anything in New York except play well against them. Everyone sighed when he was finally traded. Yet, you continue to wear this on your back when real players like Prospal and Gaborik actually show up to play. If you have a Scott Gomez jersey, please don't wear it. No one wants to see it, no one wants to remember him.)

COYOTES ASSIGN HOLLWEG TO SAN ANTONIO

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:51:00 -0500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 GLENDALE, ARIZONA -- Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have assigned left wing Ryan Hollweg to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Sa...

COYOTES SEND HOLLWEG TO SAN ANTONIO TRAINING CAMP

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:54:00 -0500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have sent left wing Ryan Hollweg to the San Antonio Rampage (American Hockey League) training...

On The Rags: Rangers After Dallas’ Sloppy Seconds? (UPDATED)

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:42:42 -0500

Sean Avery is about to resume skating, after which it is expected the Dallas Stars will attempt to assign him to an AHL team for conditioning (and to be rid of him for good).

Kelley: 'Hollweg Not the Next Gretzky'; No Jury Signings in Ottawa

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:10:21 -0500

Wow. Jim Kelley really came out swinging against Ryan Hollweg, the Toronto forward recently suspended for a nasty, from-behind hit on St. Louis' Alex Pietrangelo : Check the stats: In the first four years of his NHL career, Hollweg contributed a grand total of 12 points, a plus-minus figure of ...

Kudos to Doug Weight...

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:21:36 -0500

I forgot to mention this on my earlier post, and as a Ranger fan, it's tough for me to praise the Islanders. However, if life were a MySpace blog post, I would give "2 kudos" to Doug Weight for his hit on Brandon Sutter Saturday night.
Brandon, son of Devil's coach and all-around nice guy Brent (does sarcasm come out well online?), is a cheap-shot artist himself who has never seen a dirty hit he didn't like.
Am I saying that Weight's hit was dirty? Absolutely, positively not. He never left his feet. He didn't hit with an elbow. It was just a rock-hard, solid hit. It was the kind people praised Scott Stevens for when he delivered them.
I'm also saying Sutter deserved it. Now, I'm not one to root for the injury of others, and indeed, Sutter didn't have any injuries suffered. But he is a Ryan Hollweg-type player, going for the hit regardless of the situation, regardless of the safety of the other player involved. Witness him doing a Raiden-esque Torpedo (you know, from Mortal Kombat) on Alexei Cherepanov for no reason other than to injure. And that he did, as Cherepanov didn't play in another game in the 8 game series (the hit was in Game 2).

Once again, I'm not rooting for the injury of Sutter. But I am saying that this completely legal hit was a fantastic moment on Super Saturday in the NHL.

CONTEST: Puck That Hit

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:50:25 -0500

As advertised last week, we are ecstatic pleased to unveil our first-ever Tell-Everyone-About-PTH Contest. Here's how it works. It's so simple even Ryan Hollweg could do it. Maybe. Under the headline or bottom of each post, there is a little Email This Post link (shown here to the right). Every time you mail a story to a [...]

Advantage Sather

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:29:00 -0500

Congratulations, you've just acquired yourself one slightly used Ryan Hollweg! And as luck would have it, Raking Leafs has a Rangers Correspondent to tell you all about your new addition.Hollweg is a gritty player. He's good in the locker-room and well liked by his mates. In fact, he's often called a "team guy". Hollweg plays hard and he's sound defensively. He's quick and he's aggressive. This combination makes him something of a human wrecking-ball on the i...

Rangers, Isles Renew Love-Fest at Nassau Coliseum

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:44:59 -0500

With narry an ice girl in sight, tensions were nevertheless high at Nassau Coliseum last night, where the Rangers and Islanders squared off in a preseason bout. The game marked the first time that Islanders' forward Chris Simon had faced the Blueshirts since his 25-game suspension for tomahawking the Rangers' Ryan Hollweg in the head. While Simon's suspension will continue into the start of the regular season, he is eligible for preseason play.

Islanders vs Rangers: The Throwdown

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:14:25 -0500

The New York Islanders and the New York Rangers play tomorrow for the first time since Chris Simon viciously attached Ryan Hollweg with his stick. Will there be a fight? Who will fight, and more importantly, does anyone care?

Chris Simon's Statement

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:54:48 -0500

Battle of New York has Chris Simon's complete apology. It obviously wasn't written by Simon himself, but it's an interesting take on how he percieves the events that took place the other night. He claims that due to a concussion he barely even remembered the incident until he saw the video. Do you buy Simon's response?

The Rangers are a Joke Again

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:25:20 -0500

Their starting centers recently after Nylander have been, Blair Betts, Jason Krog, and Ryan Hollweg, all of whom have combined for a total of about eight career NHL points. If the blueshirts are going to suit up an AHL team, why don't they at least call up some guys in house who need the experience. These three have close to no value on offense, and should not be centering an NHL line anywhere outside of Columbus. Where in the name of Jarkko Immonen has this "rebuilding" strategy gone. As long as James Dolan and Glen Sather are in control, this team will never go anywhere. Recently the team was dangling Petr Prucha for Martin Rucinsky. Thank goodness Cablevision blocked Dolan family's bid to take over the company, the last thing New York needs is to cede more power to that buffoon.