I was born in 1983 and was a New York Ranger fan from the very beginning. I attended my first game at Madison Square Garden on February 14, 1988 when the Blueshirts took on the New York Islanders. I may have been only five years old but I could tell how tough the Rangers made it on opposing teams on their ice.
From good friend of the blog Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: Stop us if you’ve heard this one but plenty of discussion today about the Rangers need to generate offense while, critically, maintaining a good defensive effort as they head into the season’s final 16 games battling for a playoff spot.
Yes, you just read that correctly.
Nicholas Montemagno of Rangers Tribune brings up a good point when it comes to New York Rangers’ pest Sean Avery: When Tortorella was hired in 2009, a big question upon his arrival would be how he would work with Sean Avery after making a comment on television earlier that season, stating Avery does not deserve to be in the league. It took a while until the two ran into a conflict here in New York, which resulted in Avery sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch for game four of the Quarterfinal Series against the Washington Capitals
New York Rangers Brandon Dubinsky scores a power play goal late to get the game to overtime, but it’s not enough as they fall at MSG 2-1 in the extra frame. This was their second overtime loss in the last 3 games, all of which have been losses
Yesterday was the day, the day for New York Rangers fans to vent their frustrations and anger at yet another lackluster season due to the front office ways of the organization…Read the full article on Bleacher Report…
Just because a Ranger starts a game doesn’t mean he will be there to finish it, not now, not with five weeks and 16 games to go in the season and not when every mistake might ultimately cost the low-scoring Blueshirts a playoff berth. Saturday, it was Wade Redden…
Amid the slew of negativity flowing around Ranger land, let me just add this. We are continuing to get points, and keep games very close against teams WAY ahead of us in the standings.
Sunday went a long way in clearing up who is going to face who in their league playoffs (or in the case of one no playoffs at all) as we enter the last week of regular season play for the 3 CHL leagues. For those in the college ranks, now we know who is facing who starting next weekend.
A day that began with a rally for Glen Sather’s ouster ended with the Rangers slumping off the Garden ice with their third straight loss. And it was another low-scoring affair in which Marian Gaborik and linemates were a nonfactor.
