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A few days ago, my counterpart, Islanders blogger Bryan, wrote about how he respects Brian Burke.

A solid night overall at a packed Madison Square Garden. Lots of people there tonight, including most of the lower bowl where tickets are always sold but the businesses that own them rarely show up. Apparently all it takes to get people there is a Staal Family Rivalry.

Last year, I'll admit it, I hated the Islanders.A They also beat the Rangers in a few games I was at (including a stinker at the Coliseum in the beginning of the year and a shootout in the Rangers last home game of the season), while this year I haven't been to any Rivalry games yet.A They also h......

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From the Looks Can Be Deceiving Department, the Rangers are simply the worst 17-8-2 I've ever seen in my life.

I'm thankful for hockey, the New York Rangers, Tom Renney, the real Santa appearing at the Macy's Day Parade, hockey fans who like to talk about hockey so I don't feel like a moron for loving it in a baseball state, and Home Alone ......

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What better way to ring in the holiday weekend - and our first weekend in the Blog Box - than to do a live blog of tonight's game? Here we go!

For the first time, I watched the Mike "4 Career Goals" Mottau hit on Frans Nielsen. Very reminiscent of Brandon Sutter giving the Rayden Torpedo to Alexei Cherepanov in the Summit Series. He left his feet, he was looking for an injury. Here, Mottau headhunted Nielsen. A disgusting play on par wi......

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