Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. DEJA POO!
I don’t even know where to start tonight – but I do know that the Rangers stink.
Heck, they reek even more than the filthy streets of N.Y.C – which today, are nothing but blocks full of disgusting rank pot smoke – which are also sprinkled in with the scanty scents of homeless piss.
And with the way that these Blueshirt Bums are playing – then perhaps they deserve to saddle up next to some vagrant in an abandoned dumpster-filled alley.
If that happened, then maybe the Rangers would wake-up – and then realize how lucky they are to have it so good – and as opposed to taking their lucrative jobs for granted.
Going into Thursday’s eventual loss, then do you remember what I said last time around in this space?
As a reminder, then here’s my last blog in the event that you missed it:
Just to emphasis everything, then here’s what I said some 48-hours ago on this site:
Up Next For The Rangers: A home game against the winless (0-4-2) San Jose Sharks.
You have to be a complete idiot if you’re risking any money on the Blueshirts to win this game – much less think that they are going to win it!
This game has DEJA VU written all over it.
If you recall, then on 10/20/2022, David Quinn, now in his first season as bench boss of the Sharks, took his winless 0-5 team, one that he repeatedly called “fragile,” back to M$G.
The end result?
The Rangers lost, 3-2.
For more, then check out: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/102022/
This coming Thursday night’s game also has several other connections from the one played three-years ago – as the Sharks are reeling after a loss to the Islanders – and where the Blueshirts are also promoting new jerseys (they were promoting the reverse retros/Liberty Heads at the time).
While not a true “money on the board game,” but you have a pair of former Blueshirt bruisers, Ryan Reaves and Barclay Goodrow, who would love nothing better than to beat their former club.
And you could say that the Rangers may want to show up for DQ, now back in New York too – but they don’t even show up for themselves these days.
Furthermore, and this Sharks’ team, despite all of their losing, is much better now than what they were when compared to three-years go – and just ask Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini all about that!
And with two goalies both seeking their first win, the new face of the teal Yaroslav Askarov and journeyman Alex Nedeljkovic – then who better to oblige one of these men than the Blueshirts on Thursday?
Again – prove me wrong.
It’s tough coming up with new ways to dissect the Rangers these days – but I got about 7986786969696 thoughts bouncing around my Blueshirts’ brain right now – so in an effort to not forget about any one of them – then at this time, let me just splurge in a bullet-point manner:
— All summer and then into this season, then I’ve repeatedly shared this graphic:
— While I’m not disappointed at all; but at the same time – then when does James Dolan wake-up and realize that his general manager peaked during the 2022 trade deadline?
— Seriously, it’s been nothing but misfires since, whether it be retaining Vitali Kravtsov, allowing Patrick Kane to walk, hiring-and-firing three coaches in a time-span of four-years, trading away both Jacob Trouba and Chris Kreider, blowing the entire 2024 trade deadline, holding onto both Kaapo Kakko and Filip Chytil for too long, and about a million other things.
— And with the way that “Sully’s Ship” is sinking – then how does it look when Drury’s BFF sounds even more frustrated than the three predecessors before him (Peter Lateralette and Gerard Gallant), including his own assistant head of today, David Quinn?
— “The core, the core, the core,” is what we’ve heard for years – but when push came to shove – and Drury kept the worst player of that rotten core (Mika Zibanejad), while allowing a face of a franchise, Chris Kreider, to mosey on over to Anaheim for NOTHING in return.
— How’s that Rangers’ power-play doing these days? How’s the penalty kill?
— Again, you had to know that the Blueshirts would serve up this game to the Sharks on a silver platter. While I admittedly did expect a low scoring affair – the end result/prediction was still the same – a one-goal loss.
— Will Smith is 20-years-old and earning $975K annually. Macklin Celebrini is 19-years-old and earning the same. Together, these pair of fresh faces, two KIDS who aren’t even allowed to legally drink alcohol in America, combined for NINE points against the Rangers.
— NINE! That’s not a fat-fingered typo!
— Celebrini scored a hat trick then added two assists to his ledger. The “elder” Smith also picked up two helpers, while scoring two goals of his own, including the 6-5 overtime game winner.
— Do I need to remind you of what the Rangers earn?
— Combined, and every FAT CAT, players earning $7M or more, which include the likes of Adam Fox, NDArtemi Panarin, Stinka Zibanedud, J.T. Miller and Alexis “Daigle” Lafreniere, scored ZERO points during even-strength play – and against the worst team in the league no less!
— ZERO – somewhat fitting as that’s how the FAT CATS have been playing – and rather to match all of the undeserved zeroes that follow the crooked numbers which are weekly added to their bank accounts.
(I know that I messed-up the wording of the above bullet-point, but bear with me! After all, I’m writing this on no sleep and after a twelve-hour work day!)
— The Blueshirts, who prior to Thursday night, had only scored one goal on home ice during their past four losses at M$G, exploded for five red-lights against the Sharks.
— Taylor Raddysh, earning $1.5M (annually), scored a hat trick. Juuso Parssinen, at $1.25M (per-year), scored another even-strength the goal. The fifth goal that the Rangers scored tonight was a Zibanejad power-play goal – and where let’s face it – a broken clock is correct twice a day too.
And I thought that I saw a pig fly over M$G after #93’s goal to boot!
— As I’ve been saying all-season after all of these amazing CZAR IGOR starts and losses (no goal support), then it was only a matter of time before #31 was going to have a stinker.
— And of course, it was against the worst team in the league when CZAR IGOR had his first bad game of this 2025-26 campaign.
— Granted, the Rangers’ defense all-game was questionable, while their first period was certifiably demented too; but in the case of Mr. Shestyorkin – and I’d reckon about four of the six goals that he let up were just the end result of 100MPH shots sent his way – and there was just no way to react to them.
— Another goal allowed, a Sharks’ PPG (Celebrini), bounced off of two Rangers’ skaters and also a broken stick for good measure, just prior to trickling past his goal line.
— Lafreniere remains an abomination. For all of the people that have been labeling him as a “BUST” for years on end most certainly deserve their parade and flowers after nine games played this year.
That 2023-24 season, his peak year, may be just that – HIS PEAK! (But don’t worry, he only has six-plus years left on his contract! Mika who?)
— Last but not least, as this is our biggest bullet point:
THE RANGERS PLAYED THE WORST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. NONE OF THE FAT CATS DID ANYTHING. THEY LET TWO PIMPLY FACED KIDS DOMINATE THEM, AS IF THEY WERE THE GIMP IN “PULP FICTION!”
Disappointed?
No.
Disgusted?
YES!
I’ll save everything else for the GAME REVIEW segment.
In an effort to I guess boost his bottom-six scoring, and despite the fact that it’s been his bottom-six that’s been carrying the team from an offensive perspective all-season – and Sullivan promoted Matt Rempe to the third line tonight, while demoting Taylor Raddysh to the fourth line.
This move worked.
After all, Raddysh picked up a hat trick.
And while Rempe would later be ruled out for the remainder of the game following a first period scrap with former Ranger Ryan Reaves – it didn’t matter what line #73 had skated on during this tilt – as these two would have found each other anyway (more below).
One last thought?
Urho Vaakanainen, and following the return of Carson Soucy to the roster, has been made a healthy scratch during the past two games/losses.
While I believe this is more of a coincidence than anything else; but if you’re his agent, then I’d point out right now that the Rangers have had their two worst defensive efforts of the season with him in the press box.
Here was Sully’s line-up for the ninth game of this 2025-26 season:
FIRST LINE: Panarin/Zibanejad/Lafreniere
SECOND LINE: Sheary/Miller/Cuylle
THIRD LINE: Parssinen/Laba/Rempe
FOURTH LINE: Edstrom/Carrick/Raddysh
FIRST PAIR: Gavrikov/Fox
SECOND PAIR: Robertson/Borgen
THIRD PAIR: Soucy/Schneider
STARTING GOALIE: CZAR IGOR
BACK UP GOALIE: Quick
HEALTHY SCRATCHES: Jonny Brodzinski and Urho Vaakanainen
LTIR: Vincent Trocheck
BOX SCORE time.
The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:
SCORING:
PENALTIES:
TEAM STATS:
GOALIES:
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| 24 | 6 | 18 | .750 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61:38 | 0 |
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| 27 | 5 | 22 | .815 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61:14 | 0 |
I brought this up earlier on this site (during the preseason), but once it was announced that Alex Faust and Dave Starman were going to succeed Kenny Albert and Dave Maloney on M$GN radio – and admittedly – I didn’t know either one of them.
I do now!
As I’ve written in this space during Faust’s pinch-hit roles for Albert (due to Kenny’s NFL commitments) – and he’s been excellent.
I’m now a fan of his.
When it comes to Starman, then I knew even less of him than Faust.
But I know him now – and just like Faust – and I’m a fan of his now too!
With, PRAISE THE LORD, Sieve Vagistat MIA, and with Henrik Lundqvist probably having PTSD whenever watching CZAR IGOR play in front of these guys thus far this season; then as a result, and Starman made his M$GN TV debut on Thursday night.
He was FANTASTIC.
During all of Starman’s segments – and the former coach just brought the passion.
He didn’t sugarcoat anything either, and when the Blueshirts were bad (as they were during the majority of this match), he said it.
When they played well (the second period) and he said that too – and with complete elation in his voice.
Rather than bombarding viewers with useless, made-up and irrelevant ANALytics – and instead – and the Straight Shootin’ Star told you exactly what it was – and what to look out for too.
In a way, then Starman was akin to a younger Dave Maloney – he cares about this team – and he rides all of the lows-and-highs with us.
While I don’t know if Starman can read a Tullamore Dew ad like Maloney once did; but what I do know is that I’d like to see more of him on M$GN – and at the expense of Vagistat’s terrible and nauseating air-time too!
Let’s get this dreck out of the way, as there’s still a lot to talk about, which brings us to…
THE GAME REVIEW segment!
FIRST PERIOD
Prior to the game, and Jonny Lazarus, the best reporter on the beat today (albeit – that doesn’t say much either), shared this clip:
#NYR Artemi Panarin and Ryan Reaves were having a friendly chat at center ice, then Matt Rempe came over and said something.
Should have some good theater tonight. pic.twitter.com/so0dfcdq5G
— Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) October 23, 2025
Keep this in mind for later.
As it was reported that Rempe and Raddysh were being flip-flopped, then this came to my mind:
I think Rempe would do better if he was flipped with Lafreniere. Let him screen the goalie and have your alleged 1-2 punch of scoring, Stinka and NDArtemi, shoot pucks on net. #NYR
— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 23, 2025
At this rate, then it’s time to give Lafreniere a breather – and in turn – call-up either Brett Berard or Gabe Perreault.
It’s time – and Sullivan can’t fall into the same old holding pattern as his predecessors did.
HE NEEDS TO HOLD THESE OVERPAID MONGRELS ACCOUNTABLE – and that starts by taking away their playing time.
No one should be exempt from a wake-up call anymore.
As it was told to us that tonight’s game was “HISPANIC HERITAGE NIGHT,” which made me really miss Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti more than ever (“OH JOE, THE LATINO X COMMUNITY JOE, WATCH OUT FOR ICE JOE!”), then J.T. Miller won the first draw of the game.
Up next?
Twenty-minutes of garbage – and from a Ranger team that prior to the game – told us how desperate that they were going to play.
No bullshit?
All the Blueshirts do is talk and talk and talk – and that’s during the rare times when they aren’t crying:
The Sharks just owned the Rangers in this period.
The Blueshirts were forced to block two shots within the first fifty-seconds.
A minute after that, and another new face in San Jose, Mike Misa, went behind Igor’s net. He then found Colin Graf waiting at the other post, which then allowed Graf to find a wide-open Adam Gaudette from a foot-away from the Blueshirts’ barrel.
1-0, bad guys – and not even two-minutes in (1:58).
No joke – and you could see this goal coming from a mile away.
It was so bad in fact, that TV Maloney, who has been biting his tongue in his new role, called the Rangers “a mess.”
And he was 100% accurate with his assessment of these asses.
4:20 in and the Sharks were already out-shooting the Rangers on the scoreboard, 4-0.
As the Blueshirts were in their usual role of defending, then Will Cuylle, who really hasn’t done much this season, gave former Islander Nick Leddy a big hit – and a hit that knocked Leddy out of the game.
In turn, and the Sharks, and at just the five-minute mark, were down to five defensemen.
Let me rephrase that:
THE LAST PLACE AND WINLESS SHARKS WERE DOWN TO FIVE DEFENSEMEN.
After Sharks’ goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made his first save at the 5:26 mark (Fox), then M$GN replayed the clip that Lazarus had previously shared on Twitter.
On cue – and we then had the second fight between Rempe and Reaves in their careers:
WE GOT A CENTER ICE TILT BETWEEN REMPE AND REAVES 🍿 pic.twitter.com/KMZQkZjF3j
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) October 23, 2025
I thought that if you ruled this fight under boxing or MMA rules, then Rempe took this battle by a razor-thin 10-9 round decision.
But it was Reaves that did more damage.
After all, Rempe never returned to the game following this fight.
It was later said by Reaves (in his post-game interview), that Rempe asked him if he wanted to go when Panarin was fraternizing with him during warm-ups.
During the game, and prior to a faceoff that immediately preceded this tango too- and Rempe asked Reaves again if he wanted to go.
Reaves, verbatim, said, “let me run someone first.”
Reaves, a man of his word, did just that – as he bee-lined when pancaking Parssinen.
Rempe, looking to spark his lifeless Terry Schiavo team to life, immediately responded.
This rematch, much more ferocious than the one from 3/2/24 (when Reaves was in Toronto), was definitely more explosive – as the right hands flew like crazy.
While visually, it looked like Rempe had a slight edge; but in reality, Reaves continued to play -and while Rempe is now-and-presently ruled as “day-to-day with an upper-body injury.”
Despite the NHL being in an orgy with every gambling outfit in the land (and it’s only a matter of time before an NBA scandal happens to them too) – and all 32-teams are still allowed to be vague about injuries.
In other words, Rempe could have broken his hand, busted his mouth (thus requiring dental work), or perhaps the worst-case scenario too – sustained a concussion.
While we won’t find out what Rempe’s injury is until he says it; we also won’t know how long he’ll be out for – and where only Sunday’s game in Calgary will give us more information.
With the Rangers down to eleven forwards, and with the Sharks down to five defensemen – and yet again – OO-GATZ from the FAT CATS.
At the 6:11 mark and Fox had held Smith.
Six-seconds later and Celebrini scored his first of three goals – a rebound off of two Blueshirts and a broken stick.
2-0, bad guys.
I mean – you had to see this coming – or at least I did!
Once returned to full-strength, then on the next puck drop – and Lafreniere, who is drawing more Alex Daigle references by the day, hit a post during a 2 x 1 odd-man rush.
I’d usually say that you can’t make this up – but you can!
At the 8:19 mark, Timothy Liljegren was boxed for a delay of game penalty (puck over the glass).
As the Rangers entered their first power-play, they were also being out-shot 7-1.
Impressive.
Home-cookin? We don’t need no stinkin’ home-cookin’!
This power-play, in a word, was an “ABORTION.”
Fox wouldn’t shoot, which then allowed Ned to easily set-up for a Panarin attempt.
And that was that for this particular Blueshirts’ man-advantage.
With the first half of this period now behind us, Maloney, again, doing his best to be nice, remarked, “San Jose has the better will [they want it more].”
Once again, and the youngest captain in franchise history was 100% correct.
If only Mika Zibanejad’s hair was as wet as his tear ducts after every game – because at this point – and he was just coasting out there.
Down to 6:00 remaining and the Sharks still had two goals.
The Rangers had three shots on goal.
Nineteen-seconds later?
Raddysh scored his first of three – and while it was a puck-luck/bad goal allowed – they all count.
2-1, bad guys.
Suffice to say and this was a softie allowed by Ned to Raddysh – but at least the new fourth liner could be bothered to put pucks on net – which is much more than I can say about most of the FAT CATS!
Down to 3:26 remaining and Smith hooked Sheary. As a result, the Rangers received a late power-play, which in theory, would give them a chance to tie the game.
Ha!
The Rangers didn’t even put a SOG during these two-minutes.
As you were thinking “for as bad as they’ve been, it’s still only a one-shot/one-goal game,” then, and with only 8.1 seconds remaining – and Celebrini celebrated again.
3-1, bad guys.
There are about 7867836478637863434 different reasons why the Rangers lost tonight – and this was one of them.
As these overpaid snobs were just begging to get to the locker room; then, and on the other side of the ice – and the Sharks were playing to the final horn.
After three consecutive tries to get the puck in the middle, Smith finally did – and Celebrini made it all worth it – as once there – he wrapped a puck around Robertson and then behind Igor.
As a Rangers’ fan – I hated this.
As a hockey fan – I loved this.
I love seeing hard-working players being rewarded like this – and this underage duo worked their holes off for this goal.
Kudos to them.
Shame on the Blueshirts.
3-1, bad guys, after twenty-minuters.
Here’s what I said at the time:
3-1, bad guys, after 20. 1P Thoughts:
— I can’t say that I’m disappointed or surprised – after all – I predicted this.
— #NYR‘s one goal was puck luck too – and by a guy who probably won’t be here by the deadline (Raddysh).
— I kept bringing up the Rangers wasting CZAR IGOR…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 23, 2025
SECOND PERIOD
I don’t know what was said during the intermission – but it’s just too bad that the Rangers didn’t have an intermission between the third period and overtime from tonight’s tilt.
After a pathetic first frame – and the Rangers responded via three unanswered goals within an eight-minute time-span.
As every Ranger fan was saying “AYE CARUMBA” on this here Hispanic Heritage night, then Miller won the first draw of the period.
As I was thinking, “I don’t think it’s a good thing that Celebrini has more goals on M$G ice than every other Ranger on the roster” – and the Sharks were right back on the power-play at just the 69 (nice)-second mark, as Lafreniere took an idiotic high-sticking penalty while in the Blueshirts’ o-zone layer.
After giving up a PPG in just six-seconds on their first man-down – and the Rangers then killed this second Sharks’ power-play with ease.
Better than that, and Ty Dellandrea returned serve once at full-strength, as at the 3:56 mark, he high-sticked Fox.
And just like the Sharks’ first power-play – and it took just seconds, eight in all, for Mika Zibanejad to score a rare man-up goal.
3-2, bad guys.
Seriously, Meekly Mika was so wide-open during this, and Ned’s net was so gaping too – that I would’ve bet my entire bank account, all $67 of it, on this shot going high-and-wide!
About two-minutes later after drawing within one – and the Rangers tied it – as Sheary found Parssinen for the 3-3 equalizer.
While I know that some Ranger fans had their hopes up after this – but not me.
I knew that the bottom would eventually fall out – and despite the Blueshirts continuing their domination of these middle twenty minutes – or at least, 19:55 or so of it.
Down to 8:09 remaining and the Sharks were back on the power-play for the third time, as Robertson, and beyond blatantly at that, had interfered with Gaudette.
Imagine my shock, and the sharts that were then induced too, when freakin’ Raddysh, with Mika on his side during a 2 x 1 short-handed attack, bombed a puck past Ned for the 4-3, GOOD GUYS, man-down goal!
Even I, a Doubtful Thomas if there ever was one, then thought – okay – maybe the Rangers have figured this one out.
But alas – SAME OLD RANGERS – and let’s go to the live tweet machine for the Sharks’ 4-4 tying goal:
Igor, glove save on Skinner, 68-seconds to go – almost deja vu there #NYR
— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 24, 2025
Celebrini, hat trick, 5.8 seconds to go – complete fucking deja vu #NYR
— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 24, 2025
Once again, and during the final eight-seconds of a period – and there was Celebrini, and the Sharks too, out there competing to the final horn.
And once again – and Celebrini and the Sharks made the Rangers pay – this time via a top-shelf blast/snipe.
I also think it’s safe to say this:
Celebrini may be better than Lafreniere!
DUH!
4-4 after forty-minutes.
Here’s what I said at the time:
4-all after 40, 2P Thoughts:
— Excellent period, or at least for 19:55
— Special Teams Swing Games – two special team goals for #NYR
— Celebrini hat trick – insane – and both at the end of each period
— Rangers have to lift Igor – a tall task
— Who had the Raddysh two…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 24, 2025
THIRD PERIOD
Just 48-seconds into this final frame – and the Sharks took another delay of game penalty.
The Rangers did nothing on this gifted power-play – and once concluded – and Schneider hit a post.
Speaking of Schneider (and I really want to save the deep analysis on every Ranger for the annual Quarter-Pole Progress Report that I do) – but man oh man – wasn’t he supposed to have more offensive upside than what we’re seeing today?
The word “regressed” doesn’t really apply to him – but he hasn’t “progressed” much either.
Funny enough, it was against these same Sharks, during the 2021-22 COVID-impacted season, where he made his debut – and where he scored his first goal too.
Up next – a major turning point in the game.
At the 4:24 mark, Cuylle tripped Jeff Skinner.
Six-seconds later and Raddysh had hooked Eklund.
As a result, the Sharks had a 1:54 5 x 3 power-play – and you know what I always say about these situations:
“If you can’t score on a 5 x 3 power-play – then you deserve to lose.”
The Rangers’ PK, following a strategic Sharks’ timeout, didn’t allow the worst team in the league to score during this 1:54’s worth of two-man down time.
In turn, then the Rangers’ PK went a perfect 2-2 during this 1:54.
But of course – and only one-second once returned to even-strength play – and there was the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith, to put the Sharks ahead again.
5-4, bad guys.
This was essentially a 5 x 3 power-play goal – but it doesn’t go down that way in the box score.
(And that’s why the EYE TEST – and actually WATCHING these games – trumps everything else.)
As you were just waiting for the eventual nightmare to become reality – a glimmer of hope.
Down to 8:10 remaining, and Raddysh, who just jumped on the ice, took a pass from Miller – and then slap-shotted himself into a hat trick!
5-5 – and maybe this time the momentum would finally side in favor of the Blueshirts.
Ha.
Both teams had chances to score the game-winner in regulation – but it wasn’t meant to be.
We remained at five-alive through sixty-minutes.
Here’s what I said at the time:
5-5 after 60. #NYR get their first point at home and will look to get the other one. Thoughts:
— They are playing the worst team in the league and it’s bottom sixers, mainly Raddysh (hat trick) that’s carried them.
— Sharks almost scored at the end of another period too.
—…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 24, 2025
OVERTIME
This overtime felt eerily similar to the Rangers’ first bonus time bout – the loss in Toronto.
Once again – and the Blueshirts won the first face-off – and didn’t allow their opponents to sniff the rubber for the first minute or so.
But once their opponents finally gained possession?
Then game over:
WILL SMITH CALLS GAME. THE SHARKS GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON 🚨 pic.twitter.com/4IW4rToUe9
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) October 24, 2025
6-5, bad guys, following Smith’s walkoff.
6-5, bad guys, your final.
Some may say this is already the worst loss of the season, and mainly due to the competition – and it would be hard to argue against these people – and even with the loser’s point netted in the standings.
Speaking of that word, “standings” – and it’s not looking so hot for the Rangers right now.
I know that it’s way too early to truly get invested in the standings at the moment – but still – we’re only a month away from Thanksgiving – which is the time of the season when you first really start to pay attention to what’s going on.
The Rangers have already blown so many games – and their now five-game losing streak at home matches a franchise “record” that dates back to the World War II era of Blueshirts hockey (1943) – which is also when the club fielded teams full of non-NHLers – as everyone from the 1940 Stanley Cup winning team was serving their respective countries against the Nazis.
Impressive.
I’m not even going to bother sharing all of the post-game interviews from tonight.
After all, it was the same old shit – “we gotta play better,” “we have to give a full sixty-minute effort,” “Mika’s tampon was on sideways” and blah blah blah.
Up Next For The Rangers:
The longest road-trip of the season, as the Rangers will return Sunday night in Calgary (8PM puck drop), visit Vancouver on Tuesday (10PM), fly back to Alberta for a game against the Oilers on Thursday (10/30, 9PM) and wrap-up against the Krakheads on Saturday, November 1st.
And once returned home?
Hello K’Andre Miller and the first-place Hurricanes on Tuesday, November 4th – as the Blueshirts have concluded all of their October home matches.
Long road-trips work only in two ways for a team like the Rangers.
Either they get their shit together, and with all of the miles traveled, they bond as an ass-kicking cohesive unit – or the negative alternative – the losses keep piling up – and a whole lot of finger-pointing becomes a thing too.
The Flames and Canucks aren’t very good – but of course – and the Rangers just lost to the worst team in the league – and who knows – maybe the Blueshirts, standings-wise, will become the worst team in the league by the end of this four-game roadie.
Going into this season and I said that I might not be here to recap every game this year.
I’m getting there – and if this keeps up – then I’m going to favor sleep after work rather than writing about these broken record losses.
The Blueshirts had a chance to take ten-points on M$G ice.
They only got one.
That’s pathetic – but expected.
See you Sunday night – and where hockey gods willing – Perreault and/or Berard will be on the roster – while Lafreniere sits.
Until then, your favorite segment, which brings us to…
PLUGS TIME! (Buy a book and support my Rangers’ induced therapy bills. After all, I don’t run ads on this site!)
My fourth title and tenth book is now available!
“The Top 100 Villains of New York Rangers History,” is now available for sale!
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My second plug of tonight’s blog – the mandatory plug for my book, “The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden.”
As mentioned previously, the book is now available in hardcover, in paperback and in Kindle formats. To purchase a copy of the book, visit this link:
https://www.amazon.com/Rangers-Rafters-Madison-Square-Garden-ebook/dp/B09CM5N2WD
For those still looking for signed paperback versions of the book, I have re-ordered more copies. I now have a few signed copies for sale at $25 a pop (includes shipping price) through me directly. Here is all the information on that:
Order “The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden” Book Today
My four-volume set of books, “One Game at a Time – A Season to Remember,” is a game-by-game recount of the Rangers 2021-22 campaign.
My second title as an author, “One Game at a Time – A Season to Remember,” is now available in eBook, paperback and hardcover formats.
To obtain signed copies, visit: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/onegamebook/
To purchase all four volumes on Amazon, visit: Amazon.com – “One Game at a Time.”
The greatest volume-set of books on Rangers’ history today!
“Tricks of the Trade – A Century-Long Journey Through Every Trade Made In New York Rangers’ History,” a four-volume set of books that meticulously covers every trade made in franchise history, is now on sale.
All four volumes of the title can be purchased on Amazon.com and are presented in three different formats – eBook, paperback and hardcover.
To purchase Volume I: Conn Smythe (1926) – Craig Patrick (1986), visit Amazon.com
To purchase Volume II: Phil Esposito (1986) – Neil Smith (2000), visit Amazon.com
To purchase Volume III: Glen Sather (2000-2015), visit Amazon.com
To purchase Volume IV: Jeff Gorton (2015) – Chris Drury (2022), visit Amazon.com
To purchase signed copies of all four volumes, visit https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/tricksofthetrade/
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Don’t forget to order my four-volume set of books, “Tricks of the Trade!”
If you don’t order through me, all four volumes are now available on Amazon.com
For more details, check out: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/tricksofthetrade/
Thanks for reading.
LET’S GO RANGERS!
Sean McCaffrey
BULLSMC@aol.com
