Keep finding ways to win until the king comes back. Struggling coyotes come to town and we need to make sure we take four points over the next two before we hit the murderers row that is March
gotta grab two points tonight because the schedule significantly toughens starting Saturday (at Philly wont be easy with their season hanging on by a fingernail). Plus sweeping a team 4-0 is never easy - we saw Pittsburgh avoid that last night.
Hopefully Nash is a go. No mercy on this Arizona team - sweep the leg.
This game is more important than just your average Coyotes game because of the upcoming schedule. Need to get these wins where we can with Henrik out.
Wouldnt mind another suffocating defensive effort tonight. As long as they are smart with the puck and dont give the Coyotes any easy goals, I don't see why this cant be an easy W.
Rest Nash, we have a very tough stretch coming up, and the rangers should be able to take care of business without him tonight, beating them badly is not important at all, don't care if that puts a crimp in your plans. i would be thrilled with another game like we had against the Flames, a tight game with Talbot playing well, if he can get another good win maybe he starts to gain some much needed confidence. That is far more important than running up the score on Arizona. I also want to see Hayes on the wing once again, i think that is his better position, and i could see him developing into a 30 goal scorer from there. he has a wicked wrist shot and a good slap shot, and he is just starting to put it together, that also is more important then rushing Nash back.
With Winnik gone a player that i would love the rangers to add is Cam Atkinson, he is a guy with a very low cap hit who could be plugged right into our lineup, maybe on the third line even, and then we can put Miller on the 4th line with Moore and Fast, a very nice upgrade to the 4th line. You also place Atkinson on the 4th line. he is a guy that can play on the power play also. here is a look at his stats. His cap hit is 1.15 mil, very low. He is a very fast skater, the down side is he is another small player. Link - ( New Window )
But he seems to hold JT Miller and John Moore to a different standard then anyone else on the team. We all know it was his idea to bring in tanner Glass, which has been a fucking disaster, but there is a time you have to do what is right for the team, Tanner Glass is a -15 in 46 games played, and has 1 fucking assist all season on a team that has an overall +40, and has scored 186 goals in 59 games. That is almost impossible to achieve, yet he has accomplished this feat. JT Miller has 5 goals and 8 assists in 35 games and is a +2, nothing to write home about, but a long way from being the tool Glass is. I know we have beat this to death, but if i see Miller benched once more and Glass playing, i am going to fucking lose now that he even is fighting to keep playing, how much fucking ass does he have to kiss to play, and yet the other guy can do anything and keeps playing. John Moore is the other player that has been singled out in my opinion, Moore was a good player for us last playoff season, and he has the size/speed combo that is rare, he makes some bad mistakes, but why is he punished and not Glass. Hunwick has been very solid, I ust say, but it is time to give Moore a shot, hunwick is nothing more then a 7th defenseman. Done with my rant.
@AGrossRecord: Henrik Lundqvist skated again this morning but that's only update. No follow-up medical exam scheduled yet, per team.
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Ulf Samuelsson's son Henrik, the Coyotes forward set to make NHL debut tonight with dad on opposite bench, just spoke. Will post blog soon.
News on Lundqvist is starting to worry me a bit, I must admit, the team hides the injuries, that is for certain, and with the trade deadline fast approaching, there is no way they would say a word, but I am beginning to get concerned, that is why I am hoping that Talbot can have another really good game tonight to follow up his best performance since he has been the #1 goalie.
has been doing on ice workouts with Benoit Allaire prior to every practice. From the sounds of it things are going just fine and as they predicted. I don't think there's any need to worry.
There has been a lot of news. Last week he started cardio, then skating. This week it has been low shots from BA. Read between the lines -- he's recovering well.
His condition is not something that I think lends itself to clear updates, unless there is a setback. It's a weird thing.
But I didn't feel it necessary to send out a separate Bat-signal; I wanted to thank Greg for taking the time to get together for a couple of drinks last night. Great meeting you and always fun to talk NY sports in the bucolic setting of Richmond.
But I didn't feel it necessary to send out a separate Bat-signal; I wanted to thank Greg for taking the time to get together for a couple of drinks last night. Great meeting you and always fun to talk NY sports in the bucolic setting of Richmond.
Any idea if Nash is a go today?
Hopefully Nash is a go. No mercy on this Arizona team - sweep the leg.
Wouldnt mind another suffocating defensive effort tonight. As long as they are smart with the puck and dont give the Coyotes any easy goals, I don't see why this cant be an easy W.
With Winnik gone a player that i would love the rangers to add is Cam Atkinson, he is a guy with a very low cap hit who could be plugged right into our lineup, maybe on the third line even, and then we can put Miller on the 4th line with Moore and Fast, a very nice upgrade to the 4th line. You also place Atkinson on the 4th line. he is a guy that can play on the power play also. here is a look at his stats. His cap hit is 1.15 mil, very low. He is a very fast skater, the down side is he is another small player.
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And yes, they'd be for die hard Rangers fans.
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Ulf Samuelsson's son Henrik, the Coyotes forward set to make NHL debut tonight with dad on opposite bench, just spoke. Will post blog soon.
How much longer can this go on? It's nearly as annoying as AV's, "Glass is half full" notion when it comes to #15.
His condition is not something that I think lends itself to clear updates, unless there is a setback. It's a weird thing.
Fucking BULLSHIT!
with this said after tonight we start playing better teams ... thus lots of air time on NBC (starting Saturday night) cnbc and NHL network anyway
I took a shot and ordered it. It was $50. And not blacked out. But not in hd.
Whatever. Time Warner are fuckin criminals.
We'll see if you're opening your cocksucker after the Rangers take over first tonight with two games on hand.
Fuckin loser trolling the thread as usual. Get a new act.
Rangers will win this one easily.
Greg never invites me out to drinks. :(