i thought staal played well. only one noticeable poor play from him which was on the goal but it looked like he was stunned by getting hit on the foot on the play. skated up the ice well and made his usual "dig the puck out near the boards and turn up ice to start a breakout" play most times i saw him in his own zone.
I thought the Dubi-Richards-Cally line was the most dominant throughout the night with the puck but nothing came of it so I guess.. Stepan, Gabby and Feds.
I just got back from the game and the atmosphere was amazing. When they called the penalty shot in OT, the crowd went ****ing nuts. I'm 5-0-0 at the Garden this season.
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"Trust me I'm an expert, I watched 13 rangers games on NHL center Ice this year through streaming." -Starburst
"I don't even understand what the point of all this arguing is. Are you guys hoping that the other side is going to have an epiphany and go 'Oh, OH! You're right, we ARE going to lose this series!'" -Crease
The Redden of tonights game was Mike Rupps turn over which led to the goal.
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I feel like this is such an appropriate quote for these boards...
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience"-Mark Twain
I know we just won 5 in a row and 10 of 11, but anyone else feel like the O has dried up a little? In these eleven games, we scored more than 3 goals without empty net goals twice. Earlier in the season it seems like we were scoring more. Our D and goaltending have been awesome but you know that one of these days we'll allow more than 2 goals. Hopefully our O can answer. Ottawa's a team that's good offensively, our O would need to be better than today.
Good effort tonight after the stinker against the Penguins. Smith was simply incredible as was said. The goal against shouldn't have happened anyway...just lazy play in the defensive zone and a bad giveaway leading to it. Normal nights the Rangers win this one going away, but props to Smith. The schedule gets difficult now with Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Boston on the horizon. Including tonight, 7 games in 11 days. Hope the guys are up for the challenge.
i thought staal played well. only one noticeable poor play from him which was on the goal but it looked like he was stunned by getting hit on the foot on the play. skated up the ice well and made his usual "dig the puck out near the boards and turn up ice to start a breakout" play most times i saw him in his own zone.
Yeah, he's starting to do thoes little moves again. Just need more time till 100% Stalaer
Just saw the game on DVR with Phoenix announcers. Wanted to go to the game, but then I remembered I live in Arizona (LOL). Don't know why people are getting on Boyle. He had a very good game - he has hands of stone but he kept the puck in the Coyote zone constantly. That whole line was dominant, Phoenix announcers kept complementing the Rangers, they love Gaborik, and they darn well knew Smith stole a point. Only real problem for the Rangers is that power play, it will cost them big-time in the playoffs if they don't get it going.
Just saw the game on DVR with Phoenix announcers. Wanted to go to the game, but then I remembered I live in Arizona (LOL). Don't know why people are getting on Boyle. He had a very good game - he has hands of stone but he kept the puck in the Coyote zone constantly. That whole line was dominant, Phoenix announcers kept complementing the Rangers, they love Gaborik, and they darn well knew Smith stole a point. Only real problem for the Rangers is that power play, it will cost them big-time in the playoffs if they don't get it going.
The Bruin PP sucked in the playoffs last year if I remember correctly.
