Game 23: Rangers vs Blue Jackets
Welcome to the first edition of “Rangers Need A Win”. Feel like we’ll be seeing a lot of these. (Note: I’m changing the style of the game thread. If you hate it, just tell me).
OPPONENT: Blue Jackets.
RECORD: 12-6-3
LEADING SCORER: Rick Nash, who has 25 points. 14 of those are goals.
GOALIE: Steve Mason, he of the 3.44 GAA and the .890 save percentage.
RANGERS LINES:
Chris Higgins-Vinny Prospal-Marian Gaborik
Sean Avery-Artem Anisimov-P.A. Parenteau
Enver Lisin-Ryan Callahan-Ales Kotalik
Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-Aaron Voros
D-pairs are the same. Lundqvist should be in goal.
STATE OF THE BLUESHIRTS: Not good. We can talk all we want about injuries, but the truth is, this team doesn’t have the secondary scoring. Higgins needs to produce. Avery needs to produce. So does Ryan Callahan. This team reminds me a lot of the Jagr years. Yeah, Gaborik can probably carry this team to the playoffs, just like Jagr. But, it’s not enough to be a contender.
CRAZY THOUGHT: Donald Brashear gets a point. Or two.
ON THE iPOD: Five More Hours, The Gabe Dixon Band
FINAL PREDICTION: Rangers 3, Blue Jackets 1. Just going on a feeling.
Use this as your open thread for the game. Watch, discuss, have fun. Most of all, LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
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Posted by: Jeremy, on 11-23-2009 at 5:50 pm in Game Thread | Comments (108)
Someone reads the Lohud Yankees Blog
Yup. Exactly where I got it from. And what a bad goal. But rangers are attacking
You have to be kidding me….
Again? Really?
Everyone climb on, Gaborik is gonna carry them to the playoffs.
REDDEN!
Or Anisimov!
Where is everyone?
WOO! TIED!
I would marry Marian Gaborik if I could. He is such a stud. Unbelivable. Also, Anisimov just scored!!!! Torts knows how to call a timeout
AA deflected a shot from Redden, although it looked like Gaborik had scored before that
There’s some serious man crush-age going on here for Marian Gaborik.
Not afraid to admit the man crush. Him, Will Smith and Brad Pitt. But, Gaborik is first. Is he better than Jagr was in 2005-6?
He’s doing it by himself. Jagr had two 75 point guys on a line with him.
I’ll take that a yes. Gabby should win the Hart this year
ANisimov’s goal is the first goal by a ranger other than Prospal or Gaborik in 212:19
WTF
The Hart always goes to the one with the most points, not the MVP. It’s a flawed award.
See: Jagr, 2006.
MY bad. Meant MVP. He could get both
I didn’t mean it like that. I meant that the Hart never actually goes to the legitimate MVP.
WOW! What a play by Del Zotto!
MDZ=Calder. So the Rangers have the leading Calder candidate, and a leader for the MVP. And somehow, the Rangers are last in the Atlantic. Somethin’ ain’t right.
Hockey is the ultimate team game. I love how one player can’t turn an entire team around.
Dear Del Zotto,
Wow…
I guess that’s how you answer back.
So THAT was a pretty good period, no? At least the second half
I’m still stunned by that.
how did del zotto score
Took the puck at the Columbus blue line, Columbus changed, Del Zotto just danced around a few players to the slot and ripped it low blocker.
I think moving Higgins to the first line was a pretty good move
Any of the “grinders” who play a natural center/LW work there. They have the skill with Prospal and Gaborik, all they needed was someone to get them the puck.
Has anyone seen Rosival?
We will soon, Staal hurt his shoulder.
Wait, is that a goal? How did Parenteau miss that? Avery put it in, under review
That’s a goal. Avery makes it 4-2!
That’s a goal. Avery!
What a pass by Avery to Parenteau. Tremendous
dear the rangers…
wow
That’s how you answer back!
avery its about time!!!!
WOW!
AVERY AGAIN!!! Wait, GABORIK JUST SCORED AGAIN!!!!!
You have to be kidding me!
Incredible.
6-2!!! They pulled Mason, and on Garon’s first play, Gabby scores
Avery scored on Garon too!
Oh really? Rough start!
Who is this team, and what have they done with the Rangers.
Somethin’ good…
hell yaa!!i was waiting for a game like this
And then Voros fights the dude who hit Staal. They’re finally listening to BSB
About damn time! They gotta stick up for themselves sooner or later.
Jeremy you gotta always set up the game threads like this man.. though your prediction is just a little off
A little?
Hey, I’ll take this. But, I’m holding out hope for my Brashear prediction!
Ha like your Voros goal?
I don’t call ‘em crazy predictions for nothing.
I think we’ll see this Higgins-Prospal-Gaborik line together next game.
And that Avery-Anisimov-Parenteau line.
What a move by Gilroy!
Indeed. Think they’ll remove Garon?
For who? Think Nash can play goalie too?
At this point, it might be better
Hey, remember when the Rangers were losing 2-0?
Vaguely..
That timeout might be the turning point of the season.
That fight with Voros sticking up for Staal too. Let’s make that a habit.
It’s amazing how the comments for any game thread come with how well the Rangers are playing. During this 4-9-1 stretch, no one posted. The Rangers put up seven goals, and now we have a ton of posts.
Don’t complain
Oh I’m not. I’m gonna start bribing the Rangers to win more.
I love the Bronx cheer for Garon.
This was a good night for Garden Of Dreams awareness night, wasn’t it?
These kids must be so happy.
That was a rip by Huselieus.
Huselieus should be on the Swedish Olympic team. what a shot. BTW, Kotalik got hurt
I wonder how many people are going to over react that the goal was high glove on Hank. I’m going with roughly 500.
Two shoulder injuries. Awesome.
Full of applesauce? Thank you Stan Fischler.
Did he just compare metal bats in baseball to composite sticks?
Who leaves the lineup when Drury comes back? Voros? Parenteau? I would say Voros…
Brashear. Voros has been good recently.
Yeah, but I have 1.2 million reasons why Brash wouldn’t get benched.
$1.4
He’s earning them now. Sort of.
I like Voros though. Interesting to see what they do.
I believe 82 comments is a record.
Two solid plays by DZ there. His defensive game is the most underrated part of his game.
Jeremy, Voros has been solid. I prefer Brashear to get benched. I was actually thinking about writing about that tomorrow. You want to? You brought it up.
Yeah sure. I’ll write it.
The Rangers are more physical than I’ve seen in awhile. Redden was in a guy’s face after he poked at Hank. The Voros and Brashear fights. Some big hits. Very good to see
It’s awesome to see them standing up for each other. It’s about damn time too.
Crap.
If the Rangers hadn’t scored 7 goals, we’d be in panic mode
Seriously. I’m already thinking about the defense and how porous it is.
Rozsival took a shot!
Shoot the puck Rosy! Shoot the puck! RIP Big Whistle
Well played sir.
Ehhh. Weak call on Nash. That’s not interference.
The problem is that there isn’t a real clear rule on running the goalie. It’s a judgement call, but it really shouldn’t be. If he’s pushed, no call. If he isn’t, penalty. Simple as that
It’s a shame Nash plays in Columbus. If he was in New York, or Toronto, or Chicago, he’d be as big as Ovechkin. So good
Columbus is actually a good market. They get snow and ice there. Unlike Kovalchuk and Atlanta…
True. I still don’t get how they thought Atlanta/Phoenix etc were strong hockey markets. Move some teams to Canada!
See Hank, that’s what happens when you take shots off the face. Cut that out.
Hey, we reached 100 comments! How cool! Great job guys!
That’s a record!
Well placed timeouts, and lots of scoring, for the win
2008 Rangers scoring leaders:
Gomez/Zherdev – 58 points
Naslund – 24 goals
How soon until Gaborik shatters both?
Goals by late december. Points by early January
He’s got 18 goals and 32 points right now.
That is what I call a great win