Game Preview: Rangers v. Capitals – “Earn Your Paycheck” clap-clap-clapclapclap.

The Rangers are home tonight to face the Washington Capitals.  The puck drops at 7pm and airs locally on MSG, or Game Channel 5 if you have Center Ice.  Or you could just hit yourself in the face with a frying pan.  Same effect.
Mother of God.
 
I hate this team right now.  So much.  So very, [...]

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Way to go, Rangers (UPDATED)

For the first time ever–EVER–I do not want to go to the Rangers game.  After seeing the way they have played recently, I would much rather sit at home and watch on TV.  I’m even hesitant to do that.  I would much rather watch Lost and the Duke-UNC game tonight than sit through what is [...]

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Is this it for Renney?

Last night during the game, Marc called me up and said, “If the Rangers lose this game, Tom Renney will be fired.  Especially if they get shut out.”  I tend to disagree.  If Glen Sather were to fire Renney now, or make any changes, he would be admitting that he failed.  He’s not going to [...]

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Have the Rangers quit on Renney?

You’ve heard all of the complaints:

The Rangers can’t score!
They have so much talent (allegedly) but their offense is stagnant and their power play is putrid.
They are a team of second-fiddles being paid first-fiddle money.

And the retorts?

Renney is a defense-first coach.
This team will win with solid goaltending and solid defense.
Drury and Gomez might not score 25 [...]

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Game Preview: Rangers v. Devils

The Rangers are on the road to take on the New Jersey Devils tonight at MSG West the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.  The puck drops at 7 pm and can be seen nationally on Versus and TSN.
 
Hey y’all!  I know we’ve been terrible about updating for the last week or so, and we’re very [...]

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5-Hole Pick ‘Em: It’s Nice-Guy Night at the Garden

I hope everyone’s ready for Graves Night tonight!  And the Rangers are playing the Thrashers, so let’s hope they can pull a win out of their asses for Gravy.  Because if they don’t, good lord will that be embarrassing.
On to the picks! (I’m feeling lazy today, so they won’t be in the regular game by [...]

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Pick ‘Em! Rory’s in charge now – woot!

Hey everyone, I’m doing Pick ‘Em today – hooray!  Marc’s taking a break for a while, so it’s just me and Eric for a while.
 
St. Louis Blues v. Detroit Red Wings
Rory - Red Wings over Blues: *gimmie* Come on, now.
Eric – Red Rings over Blues: They don’t like losing two in a row.
Calgary Flames v. Colorado [...]

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Good Luck Sam

Sam Weinman has decided to leave the Rangers beat to take a senior editor position at www.golfdigest.com.  And seriously, who can blame him?  That’s a serious step up from blog writer.
First we lose John Dellapina, and now Sam Weinman?  All we have left is Steve Zipay, a squirrel, and a crotchity old man.
Not to say [...]

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Birthday Tackle

I am absolutely swamped with work today, so sadly, there will not any Birthday Punches today, because I just don’t have time.  Please try to hold back your tears.
However, today is Dominik Hasek’s 44th birthday, and I couldn’t leave him out just because I’m busy.  So I give you one of my favorite clips of [...]

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Game Preview: Rangers v. Pittsburgh Penguins

The Rangers are on the rood in Pittsburgh tonight playing the Penguins in Mellon Arena.  Game time is 7:30pm, and the game can be seen MSG + (NOTE THE CHANNEL CHANGE AND THE CHANGED START TIME!), or if you have the Center Ice Package, Game Channel 3 for the Pittsburgh feed in HD, and Game [...]

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