Always enjoy it when SalmonJoe tells you there’s a penalty, then you watch two Volvo and three bank commercials before you find out which team is on the power play.
Nash is obviously very bright and insightful, but there’s a lilt in his voice that sounds a bit like Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy. Maybe they can open an antique store together in their later years.
Norm Merton
Just getting home, missed first period but watched highlight of Joint’s goal. Can’t really complain about Lite or Rutherford’s play of late–they’ve been amazing–but that was some I-got-‘im-you-take-‘im defending there. Both D doing their jobs.
Olga Folkyerself
Brandon Dubinsky puck goesinsky.
Alex
Cooscoos
Staal may make you nervous but I’m more than fine with him as 2nd pair dman. Like most vets contract is a couple of years too long but it’s supply and demand thing.
Here comes the tiebreaker. Columbus has been 0 for their last 10 pp’s. If there’s anything the rangers are good at, it’s getting opposing teams off schnides.
Jokes aside, Raanta is really good. Keep them afloat and probably, given any luck, opportunity to win this game or save a point at least. One can dream, right?
Buchevich IMO, was not born for this league…Too sad. Has a little bit of everything hockey, but lack of character and physicality. (Kind of antithesis of Miller). Would be glad him prove me wrong.
Just started watching the game on dvr…can’t wait to see the comments later. I’m sure if the rangers win the drama queens will come out talking about “how they got run out of the building by a big team” all sarcastically like one game is the same as a 7 game series lol.
Norm Merton
In no way would I suggest the Rangers are contenders for the Cup, but you’d have to say they’re one of the teams in good position to have a shot at it. Wait a minute…
Don’t want to throw cold water on a neat win, but if see a glaring weakness, it’s winning wall battles in our own end against heavier teams. Don’t know if this is correctable as things stand.
How about that ad for the tennis event at MSG. “Tennis legend Leyton Hewitt.”
Norm Merton
SN, hard to say where your Rangers-dismissing comes from–you’d know–but this team has put together quite a successful run these last few years and may be contenders yet again. How on earth is that a bad thing, sports fans want to know.v
Torts seems tempered tonight. Result of team meeting asking him to be more positive?
wicky229
Boring, but good win (if that makes sense).
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I voted no Doritos, opg, and raaaaaaaaaannta…in no particular order
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I do not understand who half these player nicknames are that some of you come up with.
wicky229
Carp
Lol 😉
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SN
Anything less than a cup “should” be considered a failure. Treating making the playoffs and not winning the cup as a positive is a cop out imo.
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I don’t think there is a team drastically better than the rangers at this point. I think the caps have the least amount of “weaknesses”.
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I’d prefer the pens in the first round if we don’t crossover, I think we match up best against them.
Alex
Wicky
I don’t think we match up with Pitt at all if Pitt is in decent health. We are much better crossing over as 1st wildcard or have the Pens cross over. Our crossing over is preferable.
Anything less than a Cup is a failure? It’s a sort of philosophy I suppose. And if there’s anything that’s been brought into focus by this streak, it’s how soft the Rangers are and how much their D sucks. They’re doing it with mirrors I guess.
If we adopt the Yankee fan philosophy that any season that doesn’t end in a championship is a failure we are going to be a bunch of miserable grumps. If I want to be miserable all the time I can just read the regular news and forget about the sports page. Or I can become exclusively a Patriots fan if wining is all I am after. This group has given us a lot of joy over the last few years so let’s enjoy the ride. I’ll be disappointed if they don’t win a Cup at some point, but, it won’t be the end of the world.
197 responses to “Rangers at Blue Jackets… It’s Go Time!”
First!!!!
Thanks C3!! LGR!
Thanks, Mama.
LGR !!!
What’s a matter? Nervous?…
That’s what mama is for coos….I don’t know what the heck is going on with my iPad…stuck on desktop for now
Hartnell = hartnell
Wow, Colombus crowd sounds like they blasted the arena with ether
Quiet here too….ah well.
Oops, and I meant see before, not coos….ok, no more BANJING for me…..
What’s going on? Where is everyone?
Holden is not a good PP player.
CCCP, is that you as me?
No problem. I like to see my name in print.
Is it safe to say that Holden sucks on PP?
Doodie
You are me and I am you and we are all ONE. Cosmically intertwined for eternity.
Staal offers very limited O and makes me nervous on D. 4 1/2 more years for him at almost 6M.
Our boys go to Columbus and get all carried away and distracted from the nightlife.
Where is Pirry, when we needed him? I don’t like Buch on a PP
Always enjoy it when SalmonJoe tells you there’s a penalty, then you watch two Volvo and three bank commercials before you find out which team is on the power play.
Yes pierre, you are a cu……..
Jackets have team meeting, suggest that Torts be more positive, LOL.
Yeah nightlife in Columbus is off the hook! Applebee’s open past midnight!
Duncan Donuts offers 1 glazed at half price with movie ticket stub.
Yuck period.
I apologize for that outburst. It’s just sometimes hard in the hinterlands with certain ‘feeds’.
Decent road period I guess. Bad goal though and their hockey iq is shot so far.
This game is still one MSG even though it’s a national game?
Nash is obviously very bright and insightful, but there’s a lilt in his voice that sounds a bit like Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy. Maybe they can open an antique store together in their later years.
Just getting home, missed first period but watched highlight of Joint’s goal. Can’t really complain about Lite or Rutherford’s play of late–they’ve been amazing–but that was some I-got-‘im-you-take-‘im defending there. Both D doing their jobs.
Brandon Dubinsky puck goesinsky.
Cooscoos
Staal may make you nervous but I’m more than fine with him as 2nd pair dman. Like most vets contract is a couple of years too long but it’s supply and demand thing.
Coos, you’re lucky you don’t have to listen to Potvin on a regular basis smh
Yeah, I don’t know what it is with me and Staal. Guess I’m too critical.
I consider it tough love.
Ev, if I had to listen to Potvin regularly, you could just shoot me and get it over with.
Danny? Our Danny?
1st shorthanded goal by Girardi in ANY league.
We you finally all show up!!!!
Shorthanded goal. Jackets better get their earmuffs on.
Rutherford and Lite make up for it, nice shot from The Man!
All my friends that are from here and watch the Panthers on a regular basis usually mute the tv during broadcasts, Coos.
Norm, that Rutherford thing will not fly. Abandon!
As I remember Potvin, not only did he talk funny, he said some bizarro things.
Aaaaaand back to the usual laziness
Yeah, he’s an absolute idiot. I met him once at a Panthers event and my friend stood behind him saying Potvin Sucks! Lol
Rutherford flies. Not often, but every now and then he attacks that corner. But fair enough. Go, Lemonade Lucy!
Boone Jenner sounds like someone married into the Kardashian family.
Academy in the box. Been a while?
So stupid! They keep randomly giving the puck away and playing lazily and letting Columbus get to every lose puck first.
I have zero idea who norm’s been talking about all night so far.
If they keep playing like this, Raanta is going to have to pitch a shutout the rest of the way.
Hahahahahha ev….
Just out of the hopper. Let me offer a belated
“Hooray for our side!”
The poor man calls #13 Rutherford B. Hayes. Lemonade Lucy, I have no clue.
Really this crazy look….
Wahoo!!!!!! Them’s some sweet words I just heard….Hartnell’s done for the night…..
Joe M: “Vesey hasn’t been scoring, but his game has gotten better.” ????
I’m stuck with No Brain Cabal tonight….blech….
Our side is the best side. We must advance the vulcanized cylinder with increased assiduity, and repel their efforts in return. Vanquish them, I say!
Holden will never be mistaken for a sniper.
The only trade I would like to make – be AV for Scotty Bowmen…That’s it.
Vot-Ve-Vonna-See is minus-9 for the season. Not a terribly meaningful stat, but you’d like a higher number.
Texas alone in front… not much of a shot.
No mensa cards for the rest of these guys either tonight.
AV breaks up team’s best line in 1st so they have to score shorthanded to begin 2nd
Raanta for President! … of Finland.
Rantaa Claus with some nice saves there
Hit looked clean
Free Jay Tea
It’s a penalty-o-rama.
Nbc cut away, what’s the call? Checking?
Coos – any buddy playing like caca gets much undue praise from Salmon Joe
Here comes the tiebreaker. Columbus has been 0 for their last 10 pp’s. If there’s anything the rangers are good at, it’s getting opposing teams off schnides.
Time’s hit maybe a second too late?
We must assume that’s Miller Time.
Solid kill
They. Look. Like. Turd. On. A. Bun.
They’re better at getting the puck out of their zone shorthanded than they are at any other time.
TLLTOAB
Jokes aside, Raanta is really good. Keep them afloat and probably, given any luck, opportunity to win this game or save a point at least. One can dream, right?
No offense but Rangers have no Offense.
We’ve really been semi-blessed with competent back up goaltending during the recent past.
semi-mediocre period?
Can Raanta change sticks with a skater and then skate over the red line? Then we’ve got a chance.
I think Duguay inherited Gene Autry’s horse’s wardrobe. Whoa, Trigger! Down, boy!
Girardi playing better after a rest…hmmm
4th in Metro ?
Come on Terriers!!!!
Cmon Nash, put the puck in the net
New period….same compete level.
hope this wasn’t mentioned yet http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/02/13/capitals-andre-burakovsky-mistakes-a-fans-car-for-an-uber-gets-a-ride-home-anyway/?utm_term=.6a484b94df07
Oh and Auntie’s sharp tonight
Purple !!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!
Holy Hartnell that was a beaut!!!
A Hazer beam!
Hot Diggety.
Funny…
That’s why you don’t trade young first rounders
Phew! My little boys in beantown aren’t having as much luck….getting outshot to carcillo…..
Lemonade Lucy
How bout them mitts on the Big Wolf?
Lemonade Lucy with the HANDS!!
so you can get another teams’ 1st rounder?
1 minute down. Only 13 and a half left of pass prevent defense.
almost put another in
Did Bob do a swan dive there?
Yes
2 down.
Buchevich IMO, was not born for this league…Too sad. Has a little bit of everything hockey, but lack of character and physicality. (Kind of antithesis of Miller). Would be glad him prove me wrong.
carp!
My god the Rangers are awful (s).
Also getting run out of the building and intimidated by another big team. (S)
4 down.
Hey, Eric, maybe they finish second or third and play CBJ while PIT slides over to the Atlantic bracket?
5 down.
Buchnevich’s first season …think he will be good for a long time
HARTNELL!!!!!!!
2. Horrible. Goals.
Ohhhh, they stink again!
Staal scored?
What good is having 3 rangers in front if nobody pays attention to the ONE opposition player? Smh
The fight for fourth place
V-Easy.
Vesey! Finally!
Thank you Jimmy!!!!!!!
Yahtzee!!!
This guy, from other hand….
VC!!!!
Easy Vesey
Way too easy.
Sweet move
Savard with the goat horn tonight so far
They’re GOOD again!
2nd penalty Grabber drew tonite – guy is a force
Venture Capitalist!
Through-a-Glass-Darkly! That was SLICK.
The PP needs a QB
hazy back there is not bad
At least we’re better on their powerplay than we are at ours.
Anhhhhhhhhh!
Stall just saves 2 points
Bull$hip offsides. Grabs had control of the puck.
Nice work by Raanta
Raanta is a Hero, indeed!
Nice win.
Six in a row.
Longest run of the year.
Can’t help but like it.
I voted for Scoop, Oreo and Handy Andy in no particular rationale.
Tough won game! Proud of our guys.
Six in a row for the worst team ever.
Good victory – Rantaa Claus delivers again
Heading for 2nd in Metro. Tougher first round opponent, yet home ice advantage (duck).
hooray!!!! At least one of my teams won tonight….it’s all but over for my dogs. But I celebrate the six!
Rutherford, cyborg, Aunt E. in no particular order.
Auntie really should help Shampoo boy with his stick work
Rangers-Jackets first round.
Yoooj clearance by Delay at the end. I go with Raayva, Lemonade Lucy, and Like-Sunday-Morning.
Keith Jones actually saying nice things about the Rangers, wow.
Yahtzee!
BTW, great jobs SN and BDL on the guest blogs!
I don’t want to move up in the standings but I also don’t want to lose to division rivals that are ahead of us.
How about Rangers-Pens Carp?
“Cyborg”, Cyprinus? Not sure how to keep up with these bizarre nicknames.
Dugay in his jacket looks like a huissier at the cheep hotel.
Raanta Hayes Vesey
A very nice business like, confident win. Good job guys. Extra Pleasure in stifling Crosbabys daddy.
I think that Raanti as Talbot before him, both absolutely could be the starting goalies in a lot of teams. Blessed we are…
Ranta Claus
Venture Capitalist
Doritos
Crazy Eyes Warrior will always have a little saved place in my heart…
Spicoli, Done G, Raanta Claus
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Grabber gots to learn to backhand that shot from red line for ENG.
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Nosepicker and Bachman scored as well for BJs
Enjoyable game. Time to hit the typewriter.
Pens tanking, Kern
Just started watching the game on dvr…can’t wait to see the comments later. I’m sure if the rangers win the drama queens will come out talking about “how they got run out of the building by a big team” all sarcastically like one game is the same as a 7 game series lol.
In no way would I suggest the Rangers are contenders for the Cup, but you’d have to say they’re one of the teams in good position to have a shot at it. Wait a minute…
I mentioned it, Wick.
Wicky, you need to stop projecting your drama queen. 🙂
They are among the best teams in the league, Norm. How that translates to two months in the spring … anybody who knows that us full of crap.
Carp trying to make Eric’s head explode.
Where the hell is Eric?
Is, not us.
Eric’s a twitterer now
Yup, Rangers one of 16 contenders come April
Is too us!
Ahh, that makes sense really. It’s perfect for him.
1 Cup in 77 seasons so contending is a victory, right?
Don’t want to throw cold water on a neat win, but if see a glaring weakness, it’s winning wall battles in our own end against heavier teams. Don’t know if this is correctable as things stand.
FIRE SATHER!
Flash: Oakley bans Dolan and entire Knick front office from his car wash on Central Ave in Yonkers!
Torts presser coming up on nbc after commercial break. That’s always fun.
That was a good win. Close game. no major blunders.
They kept Columbus under six.
power play could use some work.
A kinder, gentler Torts these days to be sure.
There goes Walt Whitman in his Volvo S90 again.
I would love to know which teams are, in your minds, absolutely better than the Rangers. I think there are a few. Not many at all.
Coming up, former NHL Star Anson Carter.
How about that ad for the tennis event at MSG. “Tennis legend Leyton Hewitt.”
SN, hard to say where your Rangers-dismissing comes from–you’d know–but this team has put together quite a successful run these last few years and may be contenders yet again. How on earth is that a bad thing, sports fans want to know.v
here you go:
I love Torts!
Agree Norm they are one of 16 contenders
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PS – The D stinks; top 6 in league notwithstanding
SN, you are a grump. But OUR grump, so it’s al good.
Torts seems tempered tonight. Result of team meeting asking him to be more positive?
Boring, but good win (if that makes sense).
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I voted no Doritos, opg, and raaaaaaaaaannta…in no particular order
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I do not understand who half these player nicknames are that some of you come up with.
Carp
Lol 😉
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SN
Anything less than a cup “should” be considered a failure. Treating making the playoffs and not winning the cup as a positive is a cop out imo.
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I don’t think there is a team drastically better than the rangers at this point. I think the caps have the least amount of “weaknesses”.
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I’d prefer the pens in the first round if we don’t crossover, I think we match up best against them.
Wicky
I don’t think we match up with Pitt at all if Pitt is in decent health. We are much better crossing over as 1st wildcard or have the Pens cross over. Our crossing over is preferable.
Anything less than a Cup is a failure? It’s a sort of philosophy I suppose. And if there’s anything that’s been brought into focus by this streak, it’s how soft the Rangers are and how much their D sucks. They’re doing it with mirrors I guess.
If we adopt the Yankee fan philosophy that any season that doesn’t end in a championship is a failure we are going to be a bunch of miserable grumps. If I want to be miserable all the time I can just read the regular news and forget about the sports page. Or I can become exclusively a Patriots fan if wining is all I am after. This group has given us a lot of joy over the last few years so let’s enjoy the ride. I’ll be disappointed if they don’t win a Cup at some point, but, it won’t be the end of the world.