Bleeding Blue

Sorry for being away so long, I had issues accessing the account to throw posts up here. All fixed though. Now, no Drury (i can live with that), no Prospal (that’s a little worse), but NO GABORIK (holy s#@t, we are screwed!!). Our offense has been anemic to say the least, for what, the past 6 years or so? Great this is all we need.

On the brighter side, the Boogeyman finally threw down with Colton Orr last night. It was just a meh fight. A few heavy rights, and not much more. Just a taste people, just a taste of what Boogaard is gonna bring. Biron was great, filling in for Lundqvist.

Today’s Links

Solid team effort powers Rangers

Martin Biron stellar in debut as Henrik Lundqvist’s backup as New York Rangers top Maple Leafs 2-1

Biron gives Rangers lift in net

Sloppiness in own end hurts Leafs

Well, this comes as no surprise. Rangers put Redden on waivers as of noon today. Clears his salary toward the cap.

http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=538606&navid=DL%7CNYR%7Chome

Hockey is almost here. Once children start boarding those yellow buses, hockey is close behind. So many good things to look forward to this year. For me, it’s the arrival of the BoogeyMan….

DROP THE GLOVES!

A terrible pun to end what was a terrible f’ing season. Sure the first 8 games were solid, and the last 11 games or so were real good, but what about all that mediocre crap between those two bookends? Inconsistency! That word always is rearing its ugly head when the Ranger’s season comes to a screeching halt. Why can’t that be addressed by either Torts or Sather? How can you stop the vicious cycle that inevitably comes down to inconsistency and/or the power play (the lack-there-of)? Sure, we had some injuries that I would rather not endure the last week of the season, such as Callihan’s and Avery’s knees. Well, all I can hope is that Torts does his so-called “weeding out” of certain individuals during the off-season. Hey, at least we landed the 10th overall pick in this year’s draft…

Oh, and really, Jokinen for the final chance during the shootout!!!! Come on….In case you missed it.

Kotalik trade went through….we give up Kotalik & Higgins (both were complete non-players here) and get Ollie Jokinen & Brandon Prust.

Early Reports:

TSN – FLAMES SEND JOKINEN, PRUST TO RANGERS FOR HIGGINS, KOTALIK

New York Magazine – Rangers Officially Acquire Olli Jokinen

NY Daily News – New York Rangers get Calgary for center Olli Jokinen for Ales Kotalik

Canadian Viewpoint

Calgary Herald – Flames finally pull trigger on controversial Jokinen trade

Calgary Sun – Jokinen deal done

Vancouver Sun – Calgary Flames make controversial Olli Jokinen, Brandon Prust trade

Alright let’s dig in. I bet back about a week and half ago, you were saying to yourself…whew the Rangers figured out their scoring woes. WRONG. How about two shut outs in a row, followed by a 4-2 loss. Jeez by my calculations, that’s 1 goal every 90 minutes!! I can’t wait for the game tonight against Carolina…I’m predicting the score to be .6 to 5. The Rangers with the .6 (DECIMAL POINT then SIX)!! Well, obviously they can’t get a .6, so we’ll round up to the nearest whole number and maybe, just maybe, the Blueshirts will get 1. Enough sarcasm and bashing of the team I love. Let’s just hope this all gets worked out, otherwise Sather will sell the farm and pursue Kovalchuk. Please no.

Todays Media:

NY Post – Rangers look to power play to spark anemic offense

NY Daily News – New York Rangers hope Ales Kotalik can spark woeful power play

NY Times – Anisimov Ends His Slump, but Rangers Can’t Halt Theirs

Sorry for the lack of postings people. I was trying to decide on a newer theme for the site. Done. Hope you likey! Next up, back to regular postings, and an overhaul to the “Fight” section. So, check back and be amazed (hardly!)…haha.

Tim

Well, I was definitely watching the games while I was sick, even if I wasn’t posting. They look great so far. Really fun to watch, no 2-1, or 1-0 games like last year. Gaborik is the new Jagr. We finally have a bonafide scorer who can scare teams. Well, i hope to be back posting soon, so stop on by….

Besides seeing a number of players that won’t be on the opening day roster, we got to see some who just might make the cut. Gilroy…pretty good game, almost had a goal in the 3rd (except for the winning pp goal which he was on the ice for; Del Zotto….didn’t look out of place, and handled almost everything thrown at him. I stress these two, because thats what it seemed like everyone else was doing. Rightly so though.

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