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Backman nets 1st as Ranger, Flyers make change too
March 07, 2008 by
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Maybe Backman heard me as well as he just notched his first as a Ranger off a very nice setup by Brendan Shanahan converting a four-on-three rush by wristing one past Niittymaki.Apparently, John Stevens had seen enough of his starter as well and followed Renney's idea by replacing...
Jagr, Rangers stifle Panthers
March 07, 2008 by
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Jaromir Jagr was at his best scoring and setting up teammates as the Rangers easily blitzed past the visiting Panthers 5-0 tonight at The Garden. The Ranger team captain scored for the second consecutive game and dominated throughout as he and teammates were much better than Florida...
Random thoughts
March 06, 2008 by
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With a lot of hockey taking place this weekend, I figured I'd bring back my total randomness and give you a little insight. So, here goes:1.Some HNIC announcer pointed out that Detroit doesn't have much offensive depth up front outside of Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Holmstrom....
Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole
March 05, 2008 by
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I was trying to come up with a title for the Habs' amazing five-goal comeback to win 6-5 in a shootout over the shell shocked Rangers before an energized home crowd. This was the best I could do. I mean what can you really say. History was made up north as neither the Blueshirts...
Busy deadline raises questions
March 04, 2008 by
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It was a crazy deadline this year. In all 24 trades were completed, second most in history. Here's the chart, as per NHL.com. Team Player/Compensation Marian Hossa, FPascal Dupuis, F Erik Christensen, FColby Armstrong, FAngelo Esposito, C2008 first-round pick David LeNeveu, GFredrik...
Forsberg Back To The Future, McCarty back in MoTown
March 02, 2008 by
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If you're an avid Back To The Future fan, then yesterday was your day when it came to the hockey scene as two former bitter Western rivals turned back the clock to a decade prior.Back then, the best rivalry in the game was between the Red Wings and Avalanche featuring some epic...
Rangers look to rebound against Buffalo
March 02, 2008 by
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The last time the Rangers played Buffalo, they chased Ryan Miller in the first period. Here's to hoping they can do that again tonight when the Chris Drury and the rest of the Rangers return to Buffalo.This will be Drury's first time in Buffalo since he jumped ship to the Rangers...
A drunbken entrey
March 01, 2008 by
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I mean why noty? Right? here were sopme great hockey games tonight. W#ell, ifg yuou a cvtually warhede. lmao The Canadiwne3s somehow goty shutout by the Blue jacke3tts. That is a complete embarrassment. Tpo post no goalds at home. hahaHey. At least Manny Malhotra sdcvor4eed.What else...
The Devil did it again
March 01, 2008 by
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The Devil did it again. Well, if you're a puck fan, then you are well aware that I'm not talking about anything to do with Hell but about a successful NHL franchise which always seems to do the usual: Just win.There are no style points for Kool Aid supplier Lou Lamoriello&...
Quick look at today's festivities
February 29, 2008 by
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When the eastern time zone clocks strike 3 p.m. this afternoon, the hockey world will know what teams are contenders and what teams have conceded the season. Who will make the biggest splash? Montreal? Ottawa? A surprise team like the Blackhawks? I don't know, but I know it will...
Rangers take on Habs tonight
February 29, 2008 by
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Fresh off of an impressive Western Conference win on Sunday, the Rangers take on the Montreal Canadians tonight at 7:30. It will surely be a physical game, as evidence of the last meeting between the two teams. Brandon Dubinsky and Sean Avery will be with Jaromir Jagr also tonight...
Paddock firing predictable
February 28, 2008 by
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Remember when John Paddock was coaching the Wolf Pack and was thought to be the solution here??? Well, that same guy who left the Ranger organization a few years ago to work with Ottawa's AHL affiliate Binghamton got predictably canned yesterday. His first season coaching the Senators...
Playoff races heating up as deadline looms
February 28, 2008 by
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Just how tight is the Eastern playoff race? Well, 19 total points is all which separates first in the conference Ottawa and Montreal (75) from 15th ranked Tampa Bay (56).With most teams having 21-22 games remaining unless you're the Rangers or Hurricanes, there's still plenty...
The real Rangers? Or well timed mirage?
February 28, 2008 by
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Are these the real New York Rangers that we have had the pleasure of watching the last three game? A Rangers team that outplays Philadelphia, New Jersey and comes back from three goals down en route to scoring five unanswered goals is something that has been a rarity to see this season...
Sundin staying put, Brad Richards on the block
February 26, 2008 by
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With the NHL trade deadline a day away, two quick notes:1.Mats Sundin will not waive his no-trade clause.2.Brad Richards has been told that the Lightning are trying to unload him. He gave them a list of teams. So expect the former 2004 Conn Smythe winner to have a new team sometime...
Devs get first win over Isles, Sens rally past Pens
February 25, 2008 by
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With the playoff race coming down to the critical stretch, there's plenty of action today. What else would ya expect on the final Saturday before the NHL version of a holiday known to puck fans as Deadline Day. It's now less than 48 hours away! We will provide extensive coverage...
Rangers look for two straight, Flyers lose again
February 25, 2008 by
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In case you missed it last night, the Rangers got a big one-goal win in Buffalo. It wasn't pretty but it didn't have to be as neither team which entered tied with 68 points played the kind of D which allowed for it to be a lowscoring game.Instead, it was literally back and...
Rangers back to work this afternoon
February 25, 2008 by
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The Rangers' five day layoff comes to an end in just under three hours when they take on the seventh seeded Buffalo Sabres. After watching the teams around them move up and down the standings for the last five days, it will be good to see the Rangers get back to work and try to...
Valiquette shines again against Flyers
February 25, 2008 by
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Stephen Valiquette obviously didn't get the memo that sometimes goaltenders allow goals, as he and a feisty Rangers shut out the Flyers 2-0 in Philly. It was Valiquette's second shutout of his career, second in a row, second in a row against the Flyers and all in the last 10...
Revamped Rangers pelt Miller
February 24, 2008 by
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Who was that team out there today?!?!?!?!?! Whoever they were, it looked like a much different Ranger team after a five day layoff. From the drop of the puck in a game they had to have, the Blueshirts dominated the Sabres by scoring four times in the opening stanza en route to a 5...
Green's PPG gives Caps OT win over Rangers
February 24, 2008 by
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Truthfully, the Caps were the fresher team and that's part of why they cameback to pull out a hard fought 3-2 overtime win over the Rangers earlier today in the nation's capital.However, this was another one of those games the Blueshirts should've gotten two points in instead...
Drury and Callahan lead Blueshirts to actual win over Western foe
February 24, 2008 by
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A miracle of sorts took place earlier this afternoon at Seventh and 33rd. No. Santa Claus didn't arrive on 34th Street. However, the Rangers actually grinded out a well earned victory over a Western opponent, defeating the Sharks 3-1 to take their second in a row. It was their...
Devils Thrashed
February 23, 2008 by
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Well not really. With a chance to pull in front of the idle Penguins for sole possession of first in the Atlantic, the Devils had to settle for one point in a tough 4-3 shootout home defeat at the hands of the Thrashers Friday night.Things were looking good for the Devs when they got...
Still wondering if that really happened
February 22, 2008 by
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I haven't written since the Rangers' five goal lead turned into a five goal implosion and the Habs made an improbable comeback in a shootout. Is it because I didn't have the heart to accept that it really happened? Yeah, maybe. Or is it because I didn't have any answers...
Valiquette in against Flyers this afternoon
February 22, 2008 by
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My apologies on not getting a post game out on the Anaheim game. Sometimes school gets the better of you, and I was stuck doing a whole lot of nonsense for the last couple of days. Anyways, the Rangers dropped another to the Western Conference Ducks on Thursday. They came out flying...
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