Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Deja poo?
After all, did your feelings change about the Rangers after Thursday night’s loss when compared to Sunday night’s defeat?
In fact, let’s get the normal “in case you missed it” plug out of the way now – and then get into the latest Rangers’ fiasco:
In case you missed it, then here’s where I left off last time:
If you’re too lazy to click the link above (the 6-5 GAME REVIEW of the loss to the Sharks), then here’s how I opened up that particular tome:
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.
Fast-forward some 72-hours later?
And not one thing has changed – that is – unless you feel that this team is even worse!
This team stinks – or in the case of Adam Fox, and as Flames’ fans will loudly tell you – and they SUCK too!
Furthermore?
Then this is coming from the guy who told you in the summer, into the preseason and prior to the first puck drop of the regular season too, that the Blueshirts would be BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD (Eddie Gieck voice) this season.
That said?
And I never thought that the Rangers would be this bad – but alas – and here we are.
It’s my opinion, and I don’t say the following lightly – nor with the intent to be offensive either – then you had to be a “Rangers’ Retard” (I sure love my alliteration) in the event that you thought that the Blueshirts would take care of business in Calgary on Sunday night.
Perhaps I’m a tad slow myself – as after all – I only bet $25 on this game.
Instead – and I should’ve bet $250M – as it was a lock that the Blueshirts would blow this chance to turn things around.
And just to fast-forward things for a second?
Then, and at this time, please take a look at the league’s standings following this abomination of a match:
As I continue this stream-of-consciousness Blueshirts’ manifesto – then this all feels like deja vu to me – and where once again – I don’t even know where to begin.
I also know that I said during the summer that I don’t know how long that I’ll be doing this either – and while I’m not quite there just yet – it’s soon going to be hard when justifying wasting 2-3 hours a night (and that doesn’t include the time spent watching these miserable matches either) by writing about these wretched Rangers.
After all, and especially following my own long work nights at the real j-o-b – then sleep would be preferred after these games!
And at this rate?
Then watching grass grow, watching paint dry or watching disabled midget pornography sounds much more appealing, and a better usage of time too, than watching these daily deja vu Blueshirt abortions.
Some qualifying disclaimers before proceeding.
First off, my season-long mantra, via photoshop:
Secondly, and as predicted after the loss to the Sharks on this site, then this following pregame Tweet/X posting of mine:
After the Flames loss tonight, they are now the worst team in the league. Gee, I wonder what will happen when they play next – Sunday night against #NYR. pic.twitter.com/MnoChmSs5O
— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 25, 2025
UrbanDictionary.com, a dictionary that a younger generation prefers over the likes of Webster’s or Merriam’s, defines the word “slump-buster” as such:
“When someone is having trouble getting laid, they’re in a slump. When you’re in a slump, you need an easy score to get your confidence back up and break the slump – a slumpbuster. Often this means lowering your standards, and sleeping with someone you would never otherwise associate with. The term is obviously negative, and can even damage the reputation of someone who uses it; it implies that the “slumpbuster”‘s only purpose is to screw someone who’s desperate for sex, and also implies that the person invoking the term uses women for sex. Use with caution; it tends to make things worse for everyone involved.”
Without question – and the Rangers have become the league’s official “slump-buster” – and let’s face it – this all began last season too.
I don’t want to give you my whole “don’t get mad at me” spiel here – but because I know that I’ll have some people complaining – then let me get the following out of the way, then go back to the “slump-busting” Blueshirts.
I’m not attacking anyone overweight here – and just like how I don’t attack anyone else’s character traits on this site.
Hell, I’m overweight myself – so like other demographics that do the same – then I’m allowed to call people “fat” – or in this case – “slump-busters!”
And if you can’t tell that this is all a comedy bit – then that’s on you – and not on me!
Furthermore, and I would never use a real photo to mock someone innocent (which also means that Stinka Zibanejad is fair game!) – which is why that fat “Little Mermaid” picture is AI – and not a photoshop of someone’s head on a fat body – and not even my own!
With that said – and now back to my point.
The Blueshirts are slump-busters – and we’ve already counted all of the ways last season (and where this 2025-26 campaign is now feeling like they never left) – so for the purpose of blog – then let’s recap what they did in their latest role as the stereotypical “fat chick”:
— The Flames entered this game as the worst team in the league – which of course – was because the Rangers allowed the Sharks to win on Thursday night, hence giving San Jose a two-point boost over Calgary in the standings.
— In other words, and the Rangers, and just as they did last season and the season before that (who can ever forget about the Jacob Trouba helmet toss from two-years back?) – have now lost back-to-back games to the worst team in the league. Impressive!
— As the M$GN crew (Alex Faust, Dave Maloney and John Giannone) repeatedly mentioned both prior to and during the game – and the Flames were the worst team in the scoring department among the league’s 32-franchises – while also taking the most penalties.
— The Flames took only one penalty tonight – and guess what happened once they did? They scored a short-handed goal – their first shorty of the season!
— Calgary also set a season-high in goals scored tonight, with five red-lights in all!
— Yegor Sharangovich, a player in Calgary that fans want tarred-and-feathered, scored his first goal of the season – and a major insurance 3-1 goal at that.
— Jonathan Huberdeau, who hasn’t exactly been Matt Tkachuk ever since that Calgary/Florida trade, picked up his first assist of the season – and it only took him 102-seconds into the game to do so. Also picking up his first assist of the season on Calgary’s 1-0 goal was Joel Hanley.
— Former Devil, Kevin Bahl, scored the Flames’ 2-0 goal – which also doubled-up as tonight’s game winner. For Bahl, this was both his first goal and game-winner of the season.
— For goalie Dustin Wolf, who did admittedly have one win entering this game, this was also his first highlight reel game of the season – as he was practically flawless in his 30/31 save performance (highlights below).
— An end result of the Flames’ 5-1 heater over the Rangers? Their first home win of the season – which of course – is something that the Blueshirts have yet to experience in their own-and-outdated barn (M$G).
It should also be mentioned that prior to puck drop, then all of the talk in Calgary centered around the word “REBUILD” – which is also a word that should be slung around in every street, corner and alleyway in Rangerstown, USA these days.
But after tonight?
Then maybe this win over the Big Apple slump-busters will put all of that talk in Canada’s rodeo town on hold.
After all, then following the Sharks’ win on M$G ice – and everyone is heating up there – Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini and even Mike Misa too – and where hey – also on Sunday and San Jose beat Minnesota by a 6-5 final – the same exact score that they used to take down the Rangers some 72-hours ago.
Slump-busters indeed – but where sadly – it’s not the Rangers who are getting fucked.
Instead of that – and it’s their fans (yours truly included) who are taking it up the ass on a game-by-game basis – and when you also consider what it costs to attend a game at M$G these days – then there’s a reason why every Blueshirt backer is walking funny after every home contest played.
This game was a train-wreck from the start.
As noted earlier, then it only took Nazem Kadri all of 102-seconds to pot the game’s first goal – but hey – at least it was his second goal of the season – and not his first!
1-0, bad guys – and just like that – and where you might have to worry about CZAR IGOR too (more below).
Kevin Bahl increased the Flames’ lead to 2-0 at the 9:21 mark – a shot from the blue line – and where Alexis “Daigle” Lafreniere doubled-up as Bahl’s screen too.
The lone Rangers’ highlight of the game (unless you count a bevy of CZAR IGOR saves – but when you give up five goals as the highest-paid goalie in the league – then all of these monster stops in-between goals allowed will be forgotten) took place next – as Noah Laba, following his own faceoff win – got down the ice, took a pass off of the boards from Will Cuylle – and then beat Wolf for the 2-1, bad guys, goal.
Laba’s response to Bahl’s goal took all of ten-seconds – but this rare first (and one that – SHOCK – favors the Rangers) – was not only the first goal that the Blueshirts scored on this night – but it was also their only goal too.
The M$GN crew, and throughout the duration of the broadcast tonight, echoed a lot of what’s been said about Calgary from every other pundit in the league – the Flames have trouble scoring.
While a 5-1 final doesn’t suggest that tonight – but in reality – and you could see why such talk was out there.
No joke?
The Flames could have not only scored both the touchdown and the extra point too tonight – but they could have put a ten-spot on the board too.
CZAR IGOR was one reason why the score never reached double-digits – but he wasn’t the only reason neither.
Suffice to say – and the Flames were their own worst enemy at times – including when they went 0-3 on the power-play.
But my old catch-phrase, “Special Teams Swing Games” didn’t apply to this match – as instead – and the Blueshirts continued to lick windows on their special bus.
That said – and special teams DID impact this game; but truth be told – and these man-up and man-down units weren’t the end-all, be-all, determining factor either.
The Rangers, who were just god-awful tonight, and where have your choice – NDArtemi Panarin, Stinka Zibanedud and Alexis “Daigle” Lafreniere, all headlined this shit-show – allowed Sharangovich to put the Flames ahead, 3-1, at the 12:28 mark of the middle period.
And that was the score come the end of the frame too.
In what was really the biggest Blueshirts’ period of the season thus far, this here third-and-final frame, and a twenty-minute finale that should’ve featured two desperate teams trying to save their respective seasons too – and the home team outscored the visitors 2-0 – and where Blake Coleman, who like former Blueshirt Barclay Goodrow, was part of the greatest third-line in hockey history (Tampa Bay at the start of this decade – and where Yanni Gourde was also part of this trio), picked up both of these goals.
The Flames, at this time, already 0-3 on their power-play, were able to kill off a Conor Zary penalty (holding against Laba) which was called at the 6:00 mark.
Not only did Calgary kill off this penalty – but Coleman, on a 2 x 1 short-handed rush, was able to score too – and again – for the first Flames’ shorty of the season.
4-1, bad guys – and at the 6:42 mark.
Coleman put this game away for good, if it wasn’t over already, when a puck from his blade hit Lafreniere – which then went past CZAR IGOR for the 5-1, bad guys, goal at the 14:27 mark.
Game. Set. Match.
The Slump-Buster Blueshirts had struck again – and with a revenge-seekin’ Vancouver Canucks next up on the docket (don’t expect any flowery tributes for J.T. Miller) – then it’s tough to imagine when the losing in New York will end – and especially with the Oilers – and the red-hot Kraken too – also on this here longest road-trip of the season.
(Holy Dashes Batman! What is this, Morse Code?)
Let’s now do the news – then get into tonight’s GAME REVIEW – as this short summary doesn’t cover nearly half of it.
(Plus, I’m working late at my real j-o-b on both Tuesday and Thursday night- so I wanted to give this game the full GAME REVIEW treatment – as I may have to do “abridged” recaps for the games in Vancouver and Edmonton.)
Following Matt Rempe’s fight with Ryan Reaves from Thursday night, and where Rempe didn’t return to the game after this first period scrap either – then come Friday morning – and the Rangers sent this out to their social media fans:
UPDATE: Brennan Othmann has been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack.
— NY Rangers PR (@NYR_PR) October 24, 2025
When this news was first announced – Othmann’s recall – I was mortified.
After all, then I’d much rather see the likes of Brett Berard or Gabe Perreault.
But since the Rangers have trouble scoring goals – then who better than Othmann to bring up!
After all (I use this phrase as much as Dave Maloney says “riiiiiiiiiight?”), and Othmann, your first-round pick from the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, hadn’t scored one goal during his past 25 NHL experiences.
And after tonight?
Then Othmann is still without a goal through 26 NHL career games played.
It’s just too bad that Othmann hasn’t been traded away yet – because had that been the case – then you know that he’d score his first NHL goal against the Rangers!
Speaking of the previously talked about Othmann trade rumors, then the soon-to-be Blueshirts’ bust, who after saying his most recent demotion to Hartford gave him “motivation,” also commented on this such said gossip – and dish which first originated out of the best hockey reporter in the land, Elliotte Friedman:
“I can’t really focus on that stuff. That stuff really all online and I don’t now what’s true and I don’t know what’s false. I’ve just been super focused with Hartford while trying to get back up here lNew York]. I take each day by day. Keep moving forward and focusing on getting back and playing at the NHL level. I think I did a good job with it.”
Othmann went -1 tonight – while also flubbing about four or five different scoring chances – which meant that he was only half as bad as Zibanedud and Laissez-Faire (Lafreniere).
When the news of Othmann being the first choice out of Hartford broke, then this told us that Rempe would be out for at least one game.
Come Saturday, and when the team was set to board their bird to Western Canada – and it was reported that Rempe, who was born in Calgary, wouldn’t be returning to his hometown.
Despite the NHL demanding us to use 7986786869696789687 sports-books whenever watching these games – and yet again – and the league allows all of their 32-teams to keep all injury information as vague as possible.
In turn, then all that we can do is speculate about Rempe’s injury – and since it’s an “upper-body” affliction – then this could mean anything – concussion, dental work or a broken hand – and if he could get his tree-trunk sized legs over his head – then this would count too!
In other words, then Rempe isn’t traveling with the team for this four-game road-trip – and the longest-traveled (mileage wise) roadie of the season.
Sullivan, and during another one of his Kamala Harris inspired word-salad chats with the birdbrain Blueshirts’ beat, also mentioned that Vincent Trocheck (remember him?) isn’t with the team just yet – but that the newly minted alternate captain is making progress for guess what – “an upper-body” injury!
It was also revealed that Sullivan, and due to the Rempe injury (and because of his team’s status as “slump-busters” too) would be shaking up his line-up.
While I have the complete 411 for you below; but unlike others – and none of this shocked me.
After all, not only did I predict that Sullivan’s locker room informant, Conor Sheary (every new head coach finds a former player to join his new team – so this is no way exclusive to Sully), would enter the Blueshirts’ top-six – but I even predicted that it would take about or ten-or-so games for Taylor Raddysh to get a twirl in Sully’s top-six too.
While granted, the injuries sustained on the roster and Raddysh’s hat trick from Thursday played into this decision; but still – then you don’t know your Ranger hockey if you didn’t see these line-up moves coming.
Here was Sully’s line-up for the tenth game of this 2025-26 season:
FIRST LINE: Panarin/Miller/Raddysh
SECOND LINE: Sheary/Mika/Lafreniere
THIRD LINE: Cuylle/Laba/Othmann
FOURTH LINE: Edstrom/Carrick/Parssinen
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
UNHEALTHY SCRATCH: Rempe
LTIR: Vincent Trocheck
BOX SCORE time.
The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:
SCORING:
PENALTIES:
TEAM STATS:
GOALIES:
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| 30 | 5 | 25 | .833 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 |
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| 31 | 1 | 30 | .968 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 |
With Kenny Albert calling the Buccaneers vs Saints game in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon, then Alex Faust had the call on M$GN tonight.
Once again, and he did a tremendous job.
I also thought that the entire M$GN pregame show, hosted live on location with both John Giannone and Dave Maloney handling the emcee duties, was fantastic.
It’s just a breath of fresh air whenever Sieve Vagistat isn’t around.
After all – and we didn’t have 79867869869867986789696 crappy plugs for his useless ANALytic company – aka made-up stats that don’t even imply to the games that we’re watching.
I mean, what’s the point in comparing stats from last season to this one – and especially with the major Rangers’ roster overhaul that has taken place?
(The worst Vagistat made-up ANALytic stat? His special team’s garbage – as the team’s best special team’s player from the start of this decade, Chris Kreider, is no longer here. You may have heard about this!)
You know me – I love me some Dave Maloney – as I think that the youngest captain in franchise history is a godsend to these broadcasts.
But I will admit – then I do feel like he’s been neutered a bit (he even said he’d be going into this season) – as with ten-games down – and there is definitely a notable difference between “TV MALONEY” and “RADIO MALONEY” – and with the former iteration biting his tongue a lot – and where we never had that with the former spokesperson of “Tullamore, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew!”
Maloney’s first (and sage) words when opening this broadcast? These seven-words of wisdom:
“Forget about home. You’re on the road!”
The Rangers never heeded such advice.
Maloney also brought up what I said on Tweeter prior to puck drop:
Having Cuylle on the third line for this match should help him (since he was facing lesser quality of competition).
Cuylle was one of three Rangers to pick up a point tonight (Vladislav Gavrikov also assisted on Laba’s goal) – so I guess that this line-up change did help – but I’d be lying to you if I said that #50 really made a difference (he did not).
Maloney, when talking about his brother’s (Don Maloney) team (the Flames), said, “they take a lot of penalties and they don’t score.”
I wonder if his brother is now saying the same thing about the Rangers?
M$GN then ran a puff piece on Sam Carrick’s maple syrup business.
We first heard about this last season – but we got a video package about Carrick’s side-gig for the first time this year.
Another sticky situation?
The state of the Blueshirts.
Towards the end of the pregame show and the Rangers paid tribute to former New York Jets’ center, Nick Mangold – and a young man who sadly passed away over the weekend.
I already said the following on my social media channels and I’ll repeat it here:
My condolences to the Mangold family.
A 41-year-old man should not die like this (kidneys) – and it deeply pains me to know that he leaves behind four young kids and a wife.
This news just crushed me – and especially since it wasn’t even two-weeks ago when Mangold first talked about his medical condition.
RIP Nick Mangold.
For those who don’t know, then Mangold was perhaps the third-biggest named NFLer to be a fan of the Rangers (Boomer Esiason and Justin Tuck).
Again, RIP Nick Mangold – and where yet again – I don’t know how his four kids can ever get over this tragic passing.
I can bitch and moan about the Rangers all that I want – but such tripe doesn’t compare to this devastating news.
And right before puck drop?
The following:
“The Rangers’ offense isn’t one that can really open it up. They grind. Rangers have to keep doing the simple things and find a goal here and there.” – Maloney
So much for that.
Me?
Then this is what I shared on X:
“OH JOE, THE RANGERS WILL TRY TO AVOID BEING TOASTED AND BURNT BY THE FLAMES JOE!”
So much for that too – and where I’ll always keep the memories of Rosen and Micheletti alive in my writing!
GAME REVIEW time – and where I’ll do my best to keep it brief – but if you do want the complete and full play-by-play, then check out my Tweeter feed here: https://x.com/NYCTheMiC
FIRST PERIOD
About a half-hour prior to puck drop – and I tweeted the following (time stamps don’t lie):
Adam Fox isn’t very well liked in Calgary. #NYR
— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 26, 2025
I may have undersold this – as not only did Fox receive boos all-game – but they grew louder-and-louder as the game progressed too.
And by the end of it, and with the Flames comfortably holding a 5-1 lead?
Then loud “YOU SUCK FOX” chants – chants so loud – that these vocalizations even woke up the fentanyl junkies who presently take residence in the streets outside of M$G in NYC.
I don’t know if these chants really got to Fox or not – but once again – and he was another no-show on this night – which is something that I can’t say about his partner, Vladislav Gavrikov.
Again, and like CZAR IGOR’s big saves, and this will get lost because of the final score – but Gavrikov was the best Blueshirts’ rear-guard on this night – and where on two back-to-back possessions – he prevented two Flame goals (which also speaks to why I thought that Calgary could’ve put double-digits on the board).
Last thing before first puck drop?
Then Dave Maloney named Alexis Lafreniere as his “TACO BELL TAKE” player of the game.
While this wasn’t Maloney’s intent – he was soon proven correct – as Lafreniere (-3, dogshit) was just like your stomach after eating from the faux Mexican restaurant – nothing but pure diarrhea.
After Miller’s first faceoff win, then Panarin turned over the puck, which then led to CZAR IGOR’s first save at the 40-second mark (Andersson).
The 2022 Vezina Trophy winner wouldn’t make a consecutive save, as again, and at just the 1:42 mark, Kadri beat CZAR IGOR for the 1-0, bad guys, goal:
🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Nazem Kadri opens the scoring early in the 1st period with a snipe 🎯
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/CjPdDox0ZS
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
I know that Mika, Cuylle and Othmann took a beating on social media for allowing this early goal to occur – but really – then without the alleged sexual assaulter’s freshly baked turnover – then this play never happens either.
At the 4:16 mark, Matt Robertson took the first infraction of the game – for cross-checking Coleman.
Outside of the way that both Laba and Gavrikov played – then the only other good thing to say from this miserable match was that the Rangers’ PK ultimately finished as a perfect 3-3 – albeit against the league’s fourth-worst ranked power-play.
That said – and the Blueshirts’ man-down teams batted a 1.000 mainly because of CZAR IGOR – and Calgary’s inability to pot pucks too – as it wasn’t like the Rangers’ PK was a monstrous defensive presence out there.
Down to 12:52 remaining, and our first of about 798676679796967986786786 different Flame odd-man rushes – and the first of about 798676679796967986786784 that they didn’t score on.
Out of a TV timeout and Giannone reported that the Rangers were frustrated with the early goal allowed.
You don’t say.
For more interesting material, then Giannone should start reporting about what fans on social media say after these goals allowed!
At the 9:00 mark, and with the Flames out-shooting the Rangers 9-2; then CZAR IGOR, again, whose saves from this game won’t be talked about because of the final result, prevented Coleman from making it 2-0.
(But as you already know – and Coleman would soon get the better of him – twice at that.)
Also getting the best of CZAR IGOR?
Alexis Lafreniere – and oh yeah – I guess Kevin Bahl too:
🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Kevin Bahl beats Igor Shesterkin clean with a wrist shot from the point!
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/xD01JSUIqH
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
The clip quote above implies that Bahl beat CZAR IGOR clean – but if you watch this goal allowed closely – and there is Lafreniere screening his own goalie.
Don’t fret yet!
After all, and the MVP of the Quebec 23+ summer softball league would do this again – and for good measure – score on his own goalie too.
And isn’t it SO RANGERS that the Blueshirts get a second- and first-overall pick in back-to-back drafts – and neither one of them is worth a shit?
And yep, this too:
As the franchise historian who wrote the book about “RANGER KILLERS” (check the PLUGS segment) – then that Blueshirts’ meaningless win against the Islanders last season, which as a result, allowed the Isles to land Matt Schaefer, will one day be compared to the 1977 NHL Draft – which is when the Blueshirts’ passed over Mike Bossy – and twice at that.
But hey – we got Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko!
Ugh.
At this point, then this pair may as well be Vitali Kravtsov and Lias Andersson.
After the Flames made it 2-0, bad guys; then it only took Laba ten-seconds to return this match to a one-goal affair:
That was much needed response by the Rangers. We need to tighten it up in our own zone. I like the game Noah Laba plays. We need to get more pucks to the net.
— Jason Ohlstein (@jason051198) October 27, 2025
2-1, bad guys – and Laba’s first goal of the season – or as my niece calls him (after her toy/plush doll) – LABUBU!
Again – this was another game where a six-figure in salary player, a bottom-sixer too, out-played every single one of these disgusting mega-millionaire FAT CATS.
Great for Laba – but a big FUCK YOU to Mika, Lafreniere, Panarin – and dare I add them – Big Mouth Miller and Fraudulent Foxy too!
(I wrote about this before, so in short here – then yes – I do think that Miller is pulling a Kevin Shattenkirk, which means that it’s my opinion that he’s playing hurt – as he doesn’t want to let anyone down. That said? Then all of his now routine post-game interviews, where he always says “don’t worry,” is getting old – and I’m sick of fucking hearing it!)
Also of note?
Then you already know about my f-word policy – I rarely use it!
But when I’ve used that f-word three-times already – then that speaks to my out-right disgust with these non-lovable losers!
Suffice to say?
Then had this been a rebuild season/year – then yeah – I get it.
As it was in the past – then you wouldn’t read me railing on these guys.
But this moronic GM, and his FAT CATS too, are trying to sell that the Rangers are a playoff team this season, which in turn, explains my four-letter expletives when writing about these scumbags!
After the man who should’ve been deported, Stinka Zibanedud, whiffed on a puck (and as he did about 8967896767869 times), then this set-up Igor for another big stop – but it’s not like that you’ll hear about it anywhere else.
Following the stop, then Faust said that the Rangers have never been beat on the road in regulation time this season, nor had the Flames won at home either.
You had to know what the final result would be at this moment – as the announcer’s jinx never fails!
As I was just waiting for some Flame to pull a Celebrini during the final seconds of this period – and Jonathan Huberdeau, and where only Zibanedud may have a worst contract than him, missed a wide-open net with four-seconds remaining.
We remained at 2-1 bad guys after one period of play.
Here’s what I said at the time:
2-1, bad guys, after 20. 1P Thoughts:
— Same Old Rangers.
— Was expecting a Flames’ goal late – almost had it.
— SOG, 12-5, home team.
— Blocked shots, 10-4, #NYR
— Flames getting to Igor way too easy.
— Happy to see Laba – or as my niece would call him, “LUBUBU” -…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 27, 2025
SECOND PERIOD
The Big Bad Wolf, first name Dustin, just blew the Blueshirts’ door down in this period – and as he’d continue to do all-game to boot.
Again, check out https://x.com/NYCTheMiC for all of it – but it felt like Wolf was trying to politic himself for the lead role in a future Dominik Hasek bio-pic/documentary.
These entire twenty-minutes was bonkers – and in a good way – that is – if you didn’t have any money on the Rangers!
A minute in, and that fucking failure of a human being, Stinka Zibanedud, went high on a tip-try.
Nobody was shocked.
A minute after that, and Wolf just robbed Laba on a backhanded mini-breakaway attempt.
As Fox was as booed as hard as a Jew in Palestine, then Miller made a terrible turnover to end a Rangers’ attack.
After that, and the Flames had made a mad attack at Igor’s net – and where #31, now up to 12 saves just four-minutes in, denied all comers.
No joke – and CZAR IGOR committed three robberies here – while also getting a few breaks.
But yet once more – when you give up five goals, and eleven in total in your last two games played – then this stuff is forgotten – and especially when the other goalie is out-playing you.
Speaking of CZAR IGOR, then let me get this out of the way too:
Sully played CZAR IGOR in back-to-back games against teams with the worst record in the league.
In turn – and the Rangers responded by having their two worst losses of the season.
Going into the San Jose loss, then I said that I felt that CZAR IGOR was due for a stinker – as the Blueshirts have not only played the most games in the league – but #31 has been in the net for 80% of these matches.
What am I getting at?
Good or bad – and I do fear that Sully is burning out his ace goalie – and with all of the losing compiling – then I also believe that the head coach will continue to ride his highest-paid defender.
While such a thing may not mean much now – it will mean a lot as the season progresses – and where yep this too – the slump-busting Blueshirts have already pissed away a ton of points too.
Hello Gavin McKenna?
Hell, who cares?
After all, if the Blueshirts do win the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery – then McKenna will go on to have a career like everyone else associated with this rotten franchise – Othmann, Lafreniere, Kakko, Kravtsov, Chytil, Anderson, so far and so forth.
Simply put?
The Blueshirts will never have an Auston Matthews, a Connor McDavid, and you get the point.
And for McKenna?
Stay in college or the minors should the Rangers ever select you first-overall!
After Gavrikov prevented two goals via blocks, then that moron, Stinka Zibanedud, took an o-zone penalty with 12:18 remaining.
Following the Blueshirts’ second-and-successful kill of the match; then here’s this dry-haired bitch on a jack-in-the-box breakaway:
Dustin Wolf makes an incredible save! He robs Mika Zibanejad on a breakaway
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/m6vfYo5YPP
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
And Chris Drury thought that Chris Kreider was the biggest problem.
Worse than that?
Then, and by his own admission too – and Drury, AND NOT ONCE – and a GM who said that he explored every option this season too – NEVER ASKED MIKA, THE PLAYER WITH THE WORST CONTRACT IN THE LEAGUE, TO WAIVE HIS NO MOVEMENT CLAUSE.
How’s that working out?
Mika has no even-strength goals in ten-games played – and one more time – has one of the worst plus-minus stats in the NHL too.
What could’ve been with Jack Eichel – but I may have talked about this story one or 798678689697 zillion times before on this site!
I wonder if Sully is regretting that Swedish vacation this summer too!
That said – and the Blueshirts are getting what they deserved.
After all, and Drury’s plan this off-season was HOPE – as he HOPED that everyone would turn it around, while also HOPING that last season was a fluke.
Crazier than all of that?
And team owner James Dolan, who despite over sixty-seasons of ownership with both the Knicks and Rangers, hasn’t seen one championship – actually gave the pizza makin’ ZOOM ZOOM GM an extension!
SICKENING!
Furthermore? (I’m on a rant now!)
THEN THEY DESERVE THIS!
After all, they won’t even honor their HOF and legendary alumni in their rafters. (I’ve also written about this topic once or 78678687679696698 trillion times before too!)
FUCK EM!
I’m too angry and it’s getting late.
Bullet-point time:
— As I was wondering if Flame fans booed Jonny Gaudreau (before his passing/murder) and Matthew Tkachuk (for demanding a trade) in the same way that they boo Fox; then Calgary blew another 2 x 1 odd-man rush with 8:21 remaining.
— Up Next? Brennan Othmann’s moment to shine – and where you had to wonder if he has down syndrome or not too:
🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Connor Zary makes a great play to find Yegor Sharangovich in the slot for his 1st goal of the season!
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/40GBU1PVQB
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
— 3-1, bad guys, following Sharangovich’s goal at the 12:28 mark.
— This was a pure disgrace.
— Prior to the goal, and Othmann led a 3 x 1 – and what do you think he did during it?
— Did he shoot? Did he put a puck on pads? Did he find a wide-open teammate?
— NO, NO and NO!
— Instead, this mental headcase forced a stupid pass to Laba. And when you do stupid things, then you get stupid prizes.
— After Othmann’s latest folly, Calgary then had their own odd-man rush, and Sharangovich, who Flame fans hate as much as Fox, scored.
— HORRENDOUS!
— As Calgary had already put three goals into Igor’s net – then Wolf wasn’t having any of it in his end:
Dustin Wolf makes a couple massive saves in a row!
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/s98bzDu7OE
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
— It’s getting old now – but one more time:
CZAR IGOR, or at least prior to these past two losses, has been the best goalie in the NHL. However – and every other goalie up against him has out-played him.
— And for the first time tonight? The Rangers actually faced a quality NHL goalie in Wolf – and as opposed to the back-ups, second-stringers and journeymen that they’ve seen in previous losses (Arturs Silovs, Charlie Lindgren, Stuart Skinner, Anthony Stolarz and Alex Nedeljkovic).
— GROSS!
— Down to 2:32 remaining and Miller took another Rangers’ o-zone penalty – for roughing a crashing-the-crease Andersson.
— The Rangers killed off their third-and-final penalty. Throw a parade.
3-1, bad guys, through forty.
Here’s what I said at the time:
3-1, bad guys, after 40. 2P Thoughts:
— Flames are the worst scoring team in the league – and we’ve seen a lot of that – yet they have also scored three goals.
— Another game where the cheapest player on the roster is out-playing the entire #NYR top-six.
— Flames very…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) October 27, 2025
THIRD PERIOD
— After reading “the Rangers are snake-bitten” debate on social media during the second intermission, I then thought to myself – that’s your take after ten games?
— The phrase “snake-bitten,” and like “GOALIE’D,” applies to one game, maybe two games, three games at best. Instead of that – and this is a trend – THEY STINK AND THEY CAN’T WIN! ALL THEY DO IS TALK BIG IN INTERVIEWS AND THEN SHIT THE BED WHEN IT MATTERS!
— UGH!
— Another thought I had prior to the first puck drop of this final frame?
Then wasn’t it cute when the Rangers wore their “NO B.S.” t-shirts throughout camp?
— HA!
— It only took CZAR IGOR sixteen-seconds to come up with his first save of this period.
— After ANOTHER Othmann turnover, the first line and first pair had lengthy attack – but Wolf wasn’t having any of it.
— As I was wondering if Drury was on the horn with Hartford (to recall Berard and Perreault), then it was extremely telling when Faust and Maloney were making Calgary’s elevation point (as if the Blueshirts were in Denver, CO) as the main excuse for this eventual loss.
— At the six-minute mark, the Rangers were gifted a power-play, and I mean rigged NBA officials gifted, when Laba drew Zary for holding.
— But alas – and the hockey gods look over shit like this – and as they did here – via Coleman’s short-handed goal:
🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Backlund and Coleman connect for a shorthanded beauty! It’s 4-1 Calgary!
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/lKAxofAEy0
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
— 4-1, bad guys.
— This one play was a snapshot of this Rangers’ season.
— Lafreniere went to the net and you know how that goes – NOTHING. Mika was wide open and you know how that goes – a whiff and NOTHING. This then sprung the Flames for this 2 x 1 odd-man rush shorty.
— But wait – it could’ve been 5-1 during this RANGERS’ POWER-PLAY – but somehow – and CZAR IGOR fended off a Flames’ 2 x 0 odd-man rush – or should I say – Joel Farabee hit the post when trying to find the part of the net that Igor had given him.
— Special Teams: 3-3 on the PK – but 0-1 on the power-play – while surrendering a short-handed goal to the worst scoring team in the league!
— Now at 4-1, I was reminded what I texted my dad prior to the game:
— Now at 4-1 Flames, then I expected Panarin or Mika to score their customary “A-Rod goal.”
— Instead, and after another boneheaded play from Lafreniere, it was now 5-1, bad guys:
🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
The Flames are finally getting some bounces to go their way! Blake Coleman’s shot finds it’s way to the back of the net. That’s his 5th goal of the season.
🎥: Sportsnet | #Flames pic.twitter.com/iNFhb5nLdN
— Robert Munnich (@RingOfFireCGY) October 27, 2025
— Blake Coleman has FIVE goals this season! That’s more than any current Ranger on the roster!
— With 2:30 remaining, and with a celebratory Calgary audience just antagonizing the Blueshirts, then this is when the “FOX YOU SUCK” chants reached a fever pitch.
— Not even Maloney and Faust could ignore them – as that’s how loud these three-words were.
— That’s enough.
— 5-1, bad guys, your final – and yes – your new top candidate for “WORST LOSS OF THE SEASON” too.
These games aren’t good for my health.
Hell, I already told you that I’m fat – and where my fatness originates with my beer belly!
After all, the Rangers will make you drink – and if you use alcohol to cope whenever watching the Blueshirts – then your liver is currently blacker than the ones that Billy Martin and Mickey Mantle once had!
As far as anything else from this pile of excrement, then it was telling that Sullivan’s post-game interview wasn’t aired on the M$GN after the game.
I later read snippets of it – and where all Sully did was echo the same mumbo-jumbo loser shit that Mika and Miller had said.
Enough’s enough!
Do your talking on the ice!
Up Next: The Miller return game in Vancouver – and where this will be a money on the board game for every Canuck.
I’d like to say it’s a money on the board game for the Rangers too – but the only money that they care about is the undeserved cash that is directly deposited into their bank accounts.
Sorry for being so vile, lewd and disgusting tonight – but once in a while – then I have to let the fan come out of me – and by saying what’s what.
After all (again with the “after all” bullshit), and these blogs are my way of “enjoying” the venting/getting it all off of my chest process.
But sadly, and I don’t think that I got everything out of me tonight – but there’s always this upcoming loss to Vancouver to talk about come Tuesday night!
I’m 43-years-old – which also means that I was 12-years-old in 1994.
Can I get one Stanley Cup win in my adult lifetime?
Can I celebrate one Stanley Cup with my 75-year-old dad while both of us are adults?
Can I enjoy one Rangers’ championship with not only my “real-life friends” – but with all of you lovely and devoted readers too?
After all (last time, I promise) – and the Rangers won’t honor their legends and HOF alumni in their rafters.
Give me something positive to talk about – please – I beg of you.
Until the eventual loss in Vancouver, then I bid you adieu for now, which means it’s time for your favorite segment too, you know…
PLUGS TIME! (Buy a book and support my Rangers’ induced therapy bills. After all, I don’t run ads on this site!)
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Sean McCaffrey
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Waive Meeka!!!
The team is bad. Very bad.