Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. How about those New York Father Finkin’ Rangers?
Following the news of CZAR IGOR’s designation on the injured reserve (complete details in the news segment of tonight’s manifesto), the Rangers, who have exemplified pretty much every positive cliche in hockey, did it again – where the cliche of “NEXT MAN UP” was most apparent.
While Panarin’s (and Strome’s too) three-pointer (much more impressive than the never-ending three-point chuck ball that you currently see in the NBA of today) is the lede story; it’s perhaps Alexandar Georgiev who needed this game the most. In fact, scratch that word “perhaps” from that previous sentence. Georgiev 100% needed a strong performance tonight. I thought he succeeded in achieving that goal on Saturday night.
In a game where the referees did Georgiev, nor the Rangers, any favors (the Blackhawks were the beneficiaries of two video review replays – both good goals for the franchise unfortunately now known for their sexual molesting), “THE KING OF KINGS” (remember that old moniker?) turned back 25 shots in all, during the Rangers 3-2 victory over their Original Six rival.
During last night’s blog, I ran down all of the cliches that I’ve been using all season, such as “Special Teams Swing Games”, “Good Teams Find Different Ways To Win”, and “One Game at a Time.”
As noted at the top of this report, you can also throw in “Next Man Up” as well, with Georgiev being the latest Ranger to meet the challenge. Previously, players like Dryden Hunt and Julien Gauthier have delivered in their new roles.
However, the cliches don’t stop there, as this game had another cliche – “sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.” And of course, I’m also referencing Alexandar Georgiev here.
Aside from cliches, I’ve also talked a lot about people/fans with negative narratives wanting to be proven correct rather than accepting the truth. You can’t argue with these fools, because they are so pig-headed, so much so, that they won’t listen to reason. They would rather just wallow in their own pool of pessimism rather than enjoy the team playing well. Thankfully, I lost one of these people from my Facebook page last night!
That said, one negative narrative from this season is that “GEORGIEV SUCKS!” You may have heard about this.
Sure, Georgiev hasn’t been that hot this season, but as mentioned about 675675675675678567567853678534 times on this site already – he’s at his best when he’s getting regular ice time.
Thus far, #40 in blue hasn’t shown us that he can just take spot starts every 7-10 days and then play at his best. (And yes, in case you’re new here – I’m well aware that is his role. This is CZAR IGOR’s team – and as it should be. Simply stated, the Rangers have no reason to prioritize Georgiev’s issues.)
With CZAR IGOR now down for a bit; this is Georgiev’s best chance (if not his last), to showcase what he has to the entire league – especially during his contract year.
While no one roots for injuries, this was the opportunity that Georgiev needed for himself personally. In his first two tests (the final 14:52 from Friday and tonight), Georgiev has aced them – even if he owes his iron and crossbar a steak dinner after Saturday night’s game.
I don’t want to get too in-depth on this, as if this was the “Book of Georgiev” from some Rangers Bible; but #40 (formerly #90) has had an interesting up-and-down career with the Rangers. Let me explain.
Originally joining the team as a third-string goalie (behind starter Henrik Lundqvist and back-up Ondrej Pavelec) during the 2017-2018 season; come the 2019-2020 season, Georgiev paced all Ranger goalies with the most amount of starts and the most amount of wins too. (17 wins in 34 games played.)
An undrafted free agent, Georgiev was never deemed to be the successor to Henrik Lundqvist. And heck, CZAR IGOR was never thought to be that guy either. Instead, Brandon Halverson, drafted 59th overall during the 2014 NHL Draft (Shestyorkin was drafted that same year at #118 overall), was originally thought to be that guy. However, and as I keep the theme of cliches running strong here – “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”
And I think we can all agree that CZAR IGOR was a nice little surprise. After all, Halverson is still trying to break into the NHL, where he’s currently playing at the ECHL level today.
Back to Georgiev.
With Henrik Lundqvist declining (Father Time is undefeated – another cliche), Georgiev actually posted better stats as #30’s back-up; as previous back-ups, Cam Talbot and Antti Raanta, once did before the Bulgarian. Will Georgiev get big-time starter’s money elsewhere in the future, as both Talbot and Raanta went on to receive? Only time will tell.
However, with the emergence of CZAR IGOR, this was never going to be Georgiev’s team. Rather than being given the keys, Georgiev found himself stuck in the middle between a legend and perhaps the next future franchise goaltender of the organization.
After leading the team in both starts and wins during the 2019-2020 season, come the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff qualifiers (the NHL’s return-to-play format during the pandemic); Georgiev quickly found himself as the odd-man out.
Despite CZAR IGOR’s injury at the time, and Georgiev’s stellar work prior to the pandemic; DQ opted to go with legacy over the future, naming Henrik Lundqvist as his starter until Shestyorkin could return. It wouldn’t matter anyway, as the Rangers were the worst team of the 2020 bubble, losing three straight to the Carolina Hurricanes.
(Of course, this worked out in the end, since the Rangers then won the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery – aka “The Lafreniere Sweepstakes.”)
After Henrik Lundqvist’s buy-out in the off-season that followed; Georgiev thought he’d have a chance to wrest the starter’s gig from CZAR IGOR. Like the Islanders making the playoffs this season – FAT CHANCE.
(And speaking of the lowly Islanders, how about their current TEN GAME LOSING streak, and the fact that all of these ESPN douchebags, including that brainless woman who said that Lafreniere wasn’t playing well this season, predicted the Islanders to win the Stanley Cup in 2022? Dumbasses!)
Last season, the truncated 2021 version, Georgiev had the worst season of his career. Georgiev never truly forced the issue, as CZAR IGOR was many steps ahead of him.
In this season, and in his second-year of a contract that expires in June of 2022; Georgiev has only gotten worse.
Granted, a lot of Georgiev’s poor numbers aren’t 100% on him; but at the same time, the disparity in both talent and ability between he and CZAR IGOR has never been greater. Rather than challenging Igor for more time; Georgiev’s numbers have only strengthened CZAR IGOR’s bid for a Vezina.
Hurting Georgiev (even more so than ever before), is the fact that he is one of the highest paid back-up goaltenders of the league, in a time where salary cap hits have never been more important than they are today.
In addition, prior to this season, while Georgiev never directly asked for a trade – he also made it known that he wants a chance to compete for a starter’s job. (And really, any goalie should have this mentality.) However, his limited performances from this season hasn’t helped his case. That is, until now.
I’ll get more into this during the game review segment, but while Georgiev had a TON of help from the iron tonight (three metallic dings, where Sam Rosen heard all of them), he also played well enough to win – as he did.
Furthermore, and as mentioned, the two goals Georgiev allowed in Saturday’s contest were extremely questionable.
If you’re a Georgiev hater that wants to go on-and-on about the three pucks that touched metal, I won’t stop you; but at the same time, you must also admit that Georgiev made a bunch of big saves and that both goals allowed weren’t on him either. (Again, more in the game review segment.)
In now 74+ minutes of action over this weekend, Georgiev has only given up two goals and more importantly – has played his best hockey of the season – when the Rangers need him the most.
That stated, we all know that Georgiev will never be the starter in New York.
However, for at least the next week, if not longer – Georgiev will perhaps get a chance to earn a starter’s job elsewhere.
Maybe Georgiev is traded prior to the 2022 trade deadline. Maybe the Rangers keep him as a back-up and then move on from him in the off-season, where then Georgiev can look for a starter’s job on the open market.
Either way, it does feel like this season is Georgiev’s last in New York.
Whether or not he’s a starter in the future may be determined by what immediately happens next for him. These past two nights have helped out #40, where he’s boosted his putrid numbers from this season, and where he will have to keep this going in order to bolster his argument to become a starter in this league.
And for someone who didn’t want to write a lot about Georgiev tonight (after all, Panarin’s night was bigger for the team), so much for that!
Let’s now get into the news!
Prior to tonight’s game, the Rangers made some roster transactions in light of the injury to CZAR IGOR.
Morgan Barron, just recalled on Thursday, was sent back down to Hartford on Saturday. With Barron sent back down to the AHL, we are to assume that he was just an insurance policy in the event that Barclay Goodrow needed some time off.
And speaking of Goodrow, since I was at the game on Friday night, I didn’t get a chance to see a close-up of his face until Saturday. But man, oh man, how about this:
An injury like this would put one of those $50M per-season baseball players on the disabled list for three months!
Instead, here’s #21 in blue, with stitches above his eye, where it also looks like he took a right hand from an in-his-prime Mike Tyson. Again – hockey player.
Of course, the big news of the day was the aftermath of CZAR IGOR’s right leg injury, where at this time, we don’t know what the specific injury is.
On Saturday afternoon, it was reported (and then later confirmed by the Rangers themselves) that Shestyorkin will miss at least a week’s worth of games, as he’s now on the seven-day injured reserve.
With Shestyorkin out for at least the next week, the Rangers recalled Adam Huska from Hartford. As talked about last night, Keith Kinkaid wasn’t an option, due to his current status on the COVID-19 list.
Here’s Gallant’s pregame press conference from Saturday afternoon, where he addressed the state of his goaltending:
While there is never a good time to get injured, for the Rangers, who are now without their Vezina candidate for at least a week – the upcoming schedule isn’t that bad.
Prior to tonight’s contest with the Blackhawks, where it was already announced that Alexandar Georgiev was getting this start anyway; the Rangers will play the Blackhawks one more time (Tuesday), followed by a home game against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.
If Igor is able to return, he would first be able to rejoin the club on Friday night, when the Rangers go on the road to play the lowly Buffalo Sabres. And even if Igor can’t make that start – it’s a start that Georgiev should be able to handle.
Just like any other injury, this is another case of “NEXT MAN UP” for the Rangers. If Georgiev and/or Huska struggle, it’s up to the team to help lift them up, and that includes Rika Zibanenash – a #93 that’s now without a goal in his last dozen games played.
With all the news of the day now covered, here was Gallant’s line-up for tonight’s game, which is the same line-up that he’s been using lately:
FIRST LINE: Kreider/Mika/Kakko
SECOND LINE: Panarin/Strome/Hunt
THIRD LINE: Lafreniere/Chytil/Gauthier
FOURTH LINE: Rooney/Goodrow/Reaves
FIRST D-PAIR: Lindgren/Fox
SECOND D-PAIR: Miller/Trouba
THIRD D-PAIR: Nemeth/Lundkvist
And in net, CZAR IGOR.
BOX SCORE time.
The following information and graphics come from the new world-wide leader in NHL coverage, ESPN.com:
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| 31 | 3 | 28 | .903 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57: |
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| 27 | 2 | 25 | .926 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 |
After writing last night’s blog (plugged below), I watched the M$GN replay of the Sharks/Rangers game. Following the replay, I saw the post-game show, where during the thirty minute affair – Steve Valiquette didn’t mention his own career, nor mentioned anything analytical related either.
Similar to the 2013-14 Rangers, which this 2021-22 team currently reminds me of; Valiquette stuck strictly to the eye-test and human element, rather than bombarding us with 8767867896796786 meaningless and useless made-up statistics. It was nice to see “Vintage Vally” here, as I can’t stand the current incarnation. (You may be aware of this!)
During tonight’s broadcast, Vally once again shied away from all his analytical nonsense, where instead, he focused on intangibles and chemistry, where he also mentioned Ryan Reaves by name. Perhaps Vally’s disciples will also take notice – and give “THE RANGERS WILL NEVER WIN WITHOUT PAVEL BUCHNEVICH” stuff a rest too.
I’m always firm but fair on this site, and I thought this was one of the better M$GN broadcasts of the season.
If there was anything that bothered me, and this is definitely a nit-pick, it’s how Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti are the two biggest reverse-mush jinxes in the world. Anytime they speak, I feel they are hexing the Rangers, whether it’s bringing up how some player is cold on the other team (who then immediately scores), or something else.
For “home announcers” (and to fair, they do get excited when the Rangers win – it’s just everything else in-between), you’d think after the 89678678678967896976 gambling commercials that air during these games, that both Sam “Ulf Nilsson” Rosen and FABULOUS Joe Micheletti had money on the opponent. Then again, maybe they are out-smarting us all (okay, I highly doubt this) and are “reverse reverse jinxing” the other team!
And oh, nothing gives Rosen and Micheletti a bigger hard-on, then whenever two brothers are playing in the same game.
Between the two Strome’s (Dylan on Chicago and Ryan on New York) and the two Jones’ brothers (Caleb and Seth) on the Blackhawks – Rosen and Micheletti were fully erect all broadcast. They couldn’t contain their raging boners for brothers. This is not a new development, as we’ve previously seen this with both the Smith and Staal brothers.
Off to the game review!
If I had only one word to use when summing up the first period, that word would be “snooze”.
In a first period devoid of any real action, it would take the Rangers nearly nine minutes to record their first shot on goal of the game. In fact, once the period was over, the SOG tally read as Chicago 7, New York 5.
However, and as we all know by now, this team always finds new ways to win.
Plus, Gallant’s Gang had just played the night before, so a slow start was somewhat expected. And it’s not like the Rangers were playing bad or anything like that – they were just more focused on defense than offense, where a lot of the time – great defense leads to even better offensive opportunities. (And perhaps this was the game plan due to Georgiev being in net. Completely understandable.)
I won’t rehash all of my stuff on Trouba, but if you’re current with what I’ve been writing – I think he’s been playing well as of late. I also think (especially when watching these games inside of the arenas), that it’s extremely apparent he’s been doing a lot of covering up for K’Andre Miller. (You notice this more live, than you do on TV.)
That said, Adam Fox, as he usually is, was the best rearguard on the Rangers tonight. However, it was Trouba who was most noticeable first, especially when he stepped up to the plate, and blocked a huge shot off of the stick of Slavin.
The Rangers, who can win the 5-2 game just as easy as they can win the 2-1 game (and just like the night before); continued to limit offensive chances in this game, although Patrick Kane broke through several times – something Micheletti pointed out repeatedly before #88 eventually broke through and scored.
Twelve minutes into the game, each team were sitting on two shots on goal a piece.
With seven minutes remaining in the first period, Patrick Kane hit a post, while his former teammate Artemi Panarin (where the two exchanged passes with each other during warm-ups) was then stopped on the other end by Georgiev’s counterpart, Kevin Lankinen, who like #40 in blue, also played well tonight.
And really, isn’t that always the case? Any opposing goalie making their first start at M$G always looks like the second coming of Georges Vezina. I’ve learned to accept it!
Right after, the Hawks hit the iron again.
And I don’t know if you saw this, but in Chicago’s last game against Washington, future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury kissed his goal posts, after his posts denied two Cap shooters. After this game, Georgiev should’ve given his two red pieces of pipe a deep and passionate french kiss – no matter what his opinions are regarding “public display of affection!”
As the Rangers fourth line continued their great forechecking (or is it “four-checking”?), Kane zipped into the Rangers zone again, where this time, K’Andre Miller lifted Kane’s stick, preventing a catastrophe for Georgiev.
Dylan Strome, perhaps trade-bait in Chicago, won three consecutive faceoffs in the Rangers d-zone within the final two minutes of the period, winning two against his brother Ryan, and one against Zibanenash. Ironically, these would be the only three faceoffs that the younger Strome won all game.
After Georgiev made a blocker save on #88 in white, with 22.8 seconds to go, Brandon Hagel high-sticked a puck. Georgiev made the initial save, but the puck then traveled towards Kane, who had a wide-open net to deposit the puck into, with nary a Ranger in sight.
1-0, bad guys.
Three things:
1. During this season, usually it are the Rangers scoring these last minute back-breaking goals. Instead, they were on the other end of the equation tonight, where to their credit; this never derailed them. Rather than sulking, the Rangers played their best period of the game in the following stanza.
2. This looked to be a high-stick, meaning that this goal should’ve never counted. Gallant used his review here, where after about 3.4 seconds later, the refs stuck with their original call – good goal. In my eyes, and yes, there is homerism here – this goal should’ve been erased.
3. Since the referees disagreed with Gallant, this gave the Rangers a delay of game penalty – which Ryan Reaves served on behalf of his team.
After one period, we remained at 1-0 bad guys. We wouldn’t remain with that score for too long.
After Georgiev made two great saves during the final 1:37 of the Hawks power-play; the Rangers got a man-advantage themselves, when Henrik Borgstrom high-sticked Filip Chytil. #13 in white drew blood here, which meant that the Rangers got four minutes worth of power-play time.
The Rangers made good use of the first power-play afforded to them, as 4:41 into the period, Strome tied the game:
Fox + Breadman + Stromer = PPG #NYR pic.twitter.com/Wz7yZcaVr7
— Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) December 5, 2021
1-1.
Just like Strome’s goal scored 24+ hours earlier; Adam Fox found Panarin and “The Breadman” found his favorite center wide-open and undetected. Strome had all day to pot this puck, which he did. While not exactly a frame-to-frame equivalent of Strome’s PPG against the Sharks; this was pretty much the same play, the same passes and more importantly – the same result.
As Rika Zibanenash continued to struggle on the power-play, even hitting a post himself, as the soon-to-be $8.5M man remains snake-bit; the Hawks would stunt the Rangers during their second power-play.
Following the Hawks kill, Georgiev made a great save, when he stopped Carpenter during a wrap-around backhanded attempt.
The Rangers would get a chance to grab the lead during a 3 x 2 odd-man rush, but Kaako made an ill-advised pass, resulting in a turnover. This trend would continue throughout the game for the Rangers, who often decided to make the extra fancy pass for a turnover or no SOG, rather than just shooting the puck and looking for a puck-on-pads type of play.
As the period progressed, the Rangers really owned the time of possession stat. There was a long stretch here, and do I ever mean a looooooooooong stretch, where the Rangers dominantly controlled the puck. The Blackhawks not only were held without a SOG for nearly ten minutes; but they literally didn’t have possession of the puck during this time either.
With the Rangers just owning the period, where all they needed to do was find the go-ahead goal; that goal finally came with 2:35 remaining in the period, courtesy of your future two-time Norris Trophy winner:
Fox puts it in!
Last 6 Games (1G, 8🍎’s) pic.twitter.com/kcyWId0OMm
— Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) December 5, 2021
2-1, GOOD GUYS, as Fox slammed home a rebound, following a shot off of the stick of Panarin.
On this play, Panarin dipsy-doodled around, deked out some Hawks, fired a shot and Fox was there to clean up. GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU SHOOT THE PUCK.
Seriously, at this point in the game, I thought the sticks of the Blackhawks had collected dust, as they weren’t doing anything offensively.
However, just as I was thinking that, with 69 seconds remaining in the period (heh-heh Beavis, you said “69”), Georgiev made a header save, even if it was most likely accidental:
Georgiev looking sharp🙌 pic.twitter.com/EEbb06tM3T
— Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) December 5, 2021
On this play, I think Georgiev was going for a glove save, but instead, the puck bounced off the right side of his mask. But hey, he was in the right position to make this save! Then, with .5 ticks remaining, Georgiev made one more save, keeping in tact the Rangers one goal lead.
After forty minutes, 2-1, GOOD GUYS.
If there was anything negative to say here (should you be looking for that angle), it’s that Rika Zibanenash continues to struggle. We’re all waiting for him to break out and dominate, like we all know he can do.
Just 46 seconds into the period, Georgiev made a pair of saves. Immediately after, Zibanenash was denied again.
Three minutes and change into the final frame, Seth Jones and Chris Kreider collided. Kreider got up gingerly, but otherwise he was fine. He didn’t even miss a shift. On the same play, Jones blatantly slashed Miller, giving the Rangers another power-play.
This man-advantage attempt wouldn’t be successful, as Lankinen continued to stand tall in net for the Hawks.
As Sam Rosen repeatedly called Nils Lundkvist “Ulf Nilsson” (Rosen would later correct himself, bless his heart), Panarin then drew Wyatt Kalynuk for a trip with 12:55 remaining. And really, that line, the Panarin/Strome/Hunt line, looked amazing tonight.
During the power-play, Mika hit the post again. (Can you imagine if the Rangers had the Islanders record right now? Mika would be crucified for his struggles, but instead, they are swept under the rug a bit due to all of the Rangers success.)
The Hawks would kill this Rangers power-play too, where right after, Kubalik hit iron. Georgiev had a big friend tonight.
With nine minutes to go, Trouba got a puck out of the zone, to prevent the Hawks from tying the game. A minute later, Filip Chytil went wide from a foot away. Two minutes after Chytil’s miss, Georgiev stopped Debrincat – another huge save for #40.
As you started clock-watching, and just wanted to get to triple zeroes; with 5:14 remaining, Panarin tried to set up Strome. Strome couldn’t finish on this try, but the puck squirted back to Panarin, where one of the best snipers in the league displayed his skills, going top shelf for the goal. 3-1, GOOD GUYS!
Not only did this give the Rangers the much-needed insurance goal – this also gave Panarin and his favorite center three-point games a piece. Not too shabby!
With 2:30 remaining, and the game all but won for the Blueshirts; Chicago went empty net, and employed their 6×5 attack.
Following a pair of Barclay Goodrow empty net goals from earlier this season (at Nashville and at Seattle), the Rangers aren’t as automatic with these “sealing-of-the-deal” goals. Rather than going up 4-1; instead, the Blackhawks struck within one goal with 79 seconds remaining.
Just like the first Blackhawk goal, this one wasn’t without controversy either, as Georgiev made the initial save and was then BLATANTLY PUSHED (interfered with) into his own net by Kirby Dach. How this goal counted I don’t know; but then again, no one in the world, including NHL officials, know the exact definition of “goaltender interference.”
3-2. Ass-clenching time.
With 14.3 seconds left, the Blackhawks took a desperate time-out. No matter, as the Rangers did their job, held on and picked up the win. 3-2, GOOD GUYS, your final!
And oh yeah – “GOOD TEAMS FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN!”
The Rangers do it again, as they are currently the hottest team in all of the league.
With Washington also winning tonight; the Rangers still remain one point out of first place, but do have two games in hand, as the Caps have played 25 games to the Rangers 23 games played.
In addition, the Rangers increase their win-streak to six games and push their winning streak at home to eight games. “Home Cookin'” has never tasted this good!
And the winning is also infectious and contagious, including inspiring positivity all-throughout Rangerstown, USA. I didn’t see all of the post-game show, but Vally was giddy as a school girl from what I saw – definitively stating that this was the best Rangers team that he’s ever seen.
While I think it may be too early to compare these Rangers to the 1994 and 2015 teams – I won’t stop you, nor criticize Vally for this opinion. We’ve waited for this for a while, and it’s great to see this team shatter all expectations.
Even with Igor’s injury, the schedule isn’t as bad as mentioned earlier.
Sure, the Rangers draw Colorado on the second half of a back-to-back this coming Wednesday night; but the Rangers also have games against these same Blackhawks and the 8-13-3 Buffalo Sabres.
Before going home tonight, everyone’s favorite segment – the PLUGS segment!
The hardcover version of my book, available now at Amazon.com
The first plug of tonight’s blog – the mandatory plug for my new book, “The New York Rangers Rink of Honor and the Rafters of Madison Square Garden”. And let me say this – thank you to everyone who has bought one, as my Amazon sales have exceeded all expectations, where for a limited time (that damn Mark Messier who just released a book!), my book was number one on the Amazon hockey book sales charts.
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Here are my last few blogs, in case you missed them:
NYR/PHI 12/1 Review: CZAR IGOR and Jacob Trouba Shine Most Bright Under M$G’s Lights; Rangers Rolling, Horrendous Officiating Prevents a Blueshirt Blowout, A Penalty Kill to be Proud Of, Rika Zibanenash’s Struggles, Goodrow Okay, Stan Fischler & More
Rangers vs Flyers Preview; Gallant’s Gang Waiting Patiently, NYR “Toys For Tots” Drive, Gorton’s New Gig; DQ Looking For One Too, Wolfpack’s COVID Issues, Kakko/Hughes, Georgiev & More
The Rangers at the Quarter-Pole Report Card; Grades For Every Single Blueshirt on the Roster (Spoiler: Fox, Igor & Kreider = A+), “The IBS Arena” First Impressions Review; What Fans Can Expect at the Isles New Stable & Much More
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Up next: a rematch with the Blackhawks in Chicago on Tuesday night. Puck drop is scheduled at 8:30PM.
What a time to be alive.
Stay FABULOUS my friends.
As always here, thanks for reading and…
LET’S GO RANGERS!
Sean McCaffrey
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I watched the Pat Foley feed last night.
I’ll always stick with the M$G guys, love ’em or hate ’em, just so I’m consistent with my writings. You may have fared better than me tonight lol
I used Also used the away feed. Salmon Joe bug the heck out of me.
I did not think this team would make the playoffs this year. I figured one more year for “the kids” to grow up. This is awesome!
Thanks for another write-up.
I always thought they’d make the playoffs this year, especially when they added all the veterans to flesh out the line-up. While I didn’t predict this hot of a start, I did think they’d finish third in the division. Now, I may have sold them short. They’re right there for not only first place, but for the Presidents’ Trophy too!
The officiating really got Rangers fans and Gallant pretty hot under the collar. Georgiev played very well in a high pressure emergency situation. The future Rangers goaltender back up is Garand in Kamloops and that will be a few years away. Georgiev and Shesty work well together and that is important also. When did sticker price become important to the Rangers even in the cap world?
The Rangers haven’t had a magical season start like this since… we will leave that to NHL statistics historians.
The Rangers are going to beat Chicago and Colorado this week.
I think they are higher on Wall than Garand, but I’m not a prospects guy either.
Sticker prices have never been more scrutinized than they are today.
I know the stats and the other hot starts, but each come under different circumstances, for me, I’m enjoying the present with this team – somewhat a rarity!
Think AG goes back-to-back? I can’t see throwing Huska out to the Avalanche of all people, altho Igor made his first NHL start against them…
Sam thought Nils Hank………I am calling him that because I could never spell Hank’s last name and get it correct so I am not going through that again with Nils for who knows how many years he will be on the team and Nils has a random K chucked in there somewhere so it is even harder to spell than Hank”s last name………anyway Sam seemed to think Nils Hank was Ulf Nilson!
Sam: Nilson shoots!
Joe: Oh Sam!
Sam: Oh Joe!
I think Georgiev will be ok and get back on track, the thing is you cant just give up on a player just because they had a few bad games, if they did that everybody would get traded or demoted at some point and Georgiev has been with the team long enough to earn some veteran slack and a chance to get his game back on track
Ranger fans can be fickle. As said, I know Georgiev hasn’t been playing well, but I thought he deserved one more chance before going down the Kinkaid/Huska path. Glad he succeeded. This week will be huge for him.
Well first of all I have always stood by Georgiev and he is one of my favorites. It seems like each game the Rangers win, there is a different hero which is great. I don’t know why but it seems the officiating especially at home always seem to be against the Rangers. One game at a time for sure what a great season so far and also keep on writing you are hilarious.
The Wednesday and Friday games were officiated by the same crew too. Thanks for reading, glad you’re enjoying these manifestos!
Well AV got the boot in Philly.
I said on Twitter it would happen on Monday after that 7-1 shellacking.
Sean
I hope we do not see this in hockey or other sports and there may be nothing to this but………
Just for future reference as this is one of those stories that is being buried in the press and only reported on a few alternative media outlets and some easily discredited conspiracy web sites but it is something soccer and rugby fans are taking notice of.
I am not claiming the vaccines are causing this but as myocarditis and pericarditis have already been noted as side affects from the vaccines especially in young people it is a possibility.
Only one MSM outlet has reported on this, Berlin Zeitung, they are considered main stream and reasonably credible.
I provided a link to the search term results so you can see how it is being reported now in case this becomes an issue later
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=soccer+players+collapsing+on+field&fr=yfp-t-s&ei=UTF-8&fp=1
The soccer story at this stage is much like the reporting on the Wuhan Lab, buried in the press and only admitted to 16 months later, then once again buried in the press as “no biggie”….no big deal even though the implications should be astounding to anyone reading about what went on there and who was involved.
This guy Daszak and Eco Health Alliance are what everybody should be looking at but nobody is and nobody is ever going to because him and that outfit are too well connected.
Consider this, western scientists fiddling with bats and sars and corona viruses in the only level 4 biological lab on mainland China’s soil with CCP scientists, CCP Army scientists and obviously CCP intel agents all in attendance at that very same lab!?
These are facts not theories and doesn’t anything about all of the above sound extremely odd?
Yet apparently this is supposed to be “no big deal” according to all of our western “authority figures” like politicians, media. academics, doctors, scientists and scientific researchers?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/greenwald-deny-lab-leak-covid-theory-nyt-wapo-use-dubious-conflicted-sources
Anyone dosing their kids with this fantastically novel drug is being misguided and misinformed by “the science” itself and even the raw numbers for deaths in the under 17 age group that anyone can look up for themselves at the CDC’s own website prove that this age group is not at risk at all from C19. Compare deaths from common flu in this age group over the years vs deaths from C19 over the last 2 years and the numbers for common flu are either very low and comparable to C19 at say around 300 to 400 and sometimes even many times higher like one year where 1600 kids in that cohort died from flu.
Consider just how profoundly unethical giving kids this experimental drug is on a medical ethics basis!
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/greenwald-deny-lab-leak-covid-theory-nyt-wapo-use-dubious-conflicted-sources
I am not an anti vaxxer but then again this is not a vaccine and calling it one is just more hocus pocus from the medical and pharmacuetical establishment.
You can call a lawnmower a helicopter and claim the lawnmower has all the attributes and abilities of a helicopter and all of the scientists and engineers in the entire world can claim the lawnmower is in fact a helicopter but that does not mean the lawnmower is actually a helicopter or that it is ever going to fly.
A lawnmower is not a helicopter and these C19 vaccines are not vaccines.
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I am assuming you didn’t get the jab lol
Correct but only because I don’t feel intellectually qualified enough to make such an important decision seeing as I don’t have a PHD in Virology!
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Here is one case where no PHD is necessary, they are planning on rolling this out to every kid under the age of 17
Ok the case totals and death totals are available to anyone on the CDC’s own web site, its something like 700 deaths over 2 years based on a population of 73 to 76 million in this age group.
Does this warrant jabbing all these kids with this completely novel drug whose long term affects are not known and could not be known because there have been no long term trials………..also note that there has never been a single successful clinical trial with any Mrna drug or vaccine which means right up until the FDA declared these 3 vaccines safe by fiat and enacted the EUA any and all clinical trials of Mrna drugs or vaccines FAILED.
The answer in my opinion is absolutely NO and you have to wonder about the deafening silence from the medical establishment, academics, scientist’s and researchers especially from academics with advanced degree’s in medical ethics because jabbing these kids when they are at minimal risk is completely unethical…………but I suppose they are as cowered by the pressure to conform as the rest of us
That is a nice little medical degree you have there Doctor, you would not want to lose it, right?
You can sum this madness up in one tweet from one of these “blue checkmark” clowns….errr I mean important influencers on Twitter that went like this
“No, Colin Powell did not die from getting the C19 vaccine, he died because YOU DID NOT!!”
Try and wrap your mind around the Orwellian pretzel logic of such an idea!
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Even George Orwell or Phillip K Dick could not imagine this sort of commonalty accepted lunacy.
This would be funny if it was just one idiot on Twitter but there are literally millions of people that actually believe this nonsense and nobody in authority is discouraging these beliefs.
Anyway I dont want to turn your hockey blog into a vax complaint blog but after Yahoo canceled thier comments section there are very few outlets left to vent on and if I posted any of the things I said here on Reddit for instance and the same goes for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Youtub………it would be deleted immediately and I would be banned from whatever subreddit I posted it to.
I don’t mind if you post your opinions here, I just might not entertain all of it because I’m just tired of this topic in general and can’t wait for this whole pandemic to be over with.
Alain Vigneault got dismissed in Philly and all the talk is about some police Belgian Malinois taking a dump at centre ice. I always really liked AV as a coach. Very likely Montreal will be calling him soon with a job offer. Looking forward the Rangers-Hawks game tomorrow. Hope Georgiev scores a shutout in second city.
Gorton said no coaching moves will be made this season, so it feels if there is a change (and I think there will be, as all GM’s want their own people), it will be during the offseason.
LGG! LGR!
Sean
I have nothing against traditional vaccines and I really don’t criticize people for getting this C19 placebo because in the short term in aggregate they have a 99%+ chance of survival unless they are very old and or very sick to start with and oddly enough the unvaccinated have the same 99%+ chances of survival too………you should see the median ages for deaths due to C19 from around the world, 80, 82, 84, in Australia I think it is 86, these numbers are well beyond these peoples projected lifespan from an actuary table perspective……. they are long past their sell by date!…….if they were food you would have to throw them away!……….ok I am getting up there in years myself so I shouldn’t joke about it because my turn will be next…….heh……..but come on 80+ with multiple commodities yet it is always the C19 that killed them in the end?………..this goes well beyond confirmation bias
Ok I digressed there…………..what I do have a problem is with science that is so flawed even a layman can spot huge points of contention in the data and all kinds of disturbing and anomalous happenings going on with the science, the scientists and the authority figures drumming all of this up.
I will give you one example.
What are the actual case and death totals for C19?
I don’t know either but I am sure they are vastly exaggerated and I mean by large double digit percentages.
Why?……and why am I so sure?
Because since the pandemic started the PCR test has been the standard test for C19 and the scientists have admitted they have been testing at PCR threshold cycles above 30 and even going so far as 35 to 40 cycles.
Check the results of this clinical study
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html
If they have been testing at over 30 to 40 PCR cycles this clearly means that all of the case totals and death total numbers are suspect and I think even safe to call…….garbage data
OK here comes one of these anomalies……………they know the PCR test spits out false positives and they have known this all along so why would they deliberately use a test they know is so badly flawed unless they actually want to use a test that spits out high numbers of cases.
Using a test that is known to be flawed is not scientific and in this case it is more like advocacy and propaganda
I would like this to end too but I have to tell you I do not believe there is any end in sight for this C19 and I am expecting that forced vaccinations under threat of jail will be next as has been happening in Austria, Australia, Germany and elsewhere
https://news.yahoo.com/germany-launch-nationwide-lockdown-unvaccinated-152041416.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Lets see if we are still talking about this after the Rangers 2nd Stanley Cup win!
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It’s just not a true vaccine, if people (and players) who get it, are still getting the virus. It takes years to perfect a vaccine. I wouldn’t call it a placebo, I just think it lessens the odds of someone getting it.
Ok agree, I was being sarcastic using the word placebo but this vaccine is more like a treatment and not a vaccine and it is completely disingenuous of the medical establishment to constantly not only use the word vaccine to describe it but to also compare it to other previous traditional SUCCESSFUL vaccines like Polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, the Rubella umbrella (remember that one!) and the like because what they are doing is comparing apples and oranges and there is a huge logical fallacy in play when they do and all of this is designed to give the public a false sense of confidence about this completely novel drug treatment.
I don’t know how many supposedly authoritative outlets I have seen doing this
Example………Is the C19 vaccine safe?
Answer………..Of course it is safe because after all we have had all these other perfectly safe vaccines in the past like Polio vaccine, mumps, measles etc etc
The logical fallacy is this………Vaccine A proved to be safe and effective therefore Vaccine B is also safe and effective……nuh uh, it does not work that way!
The literally 10’s or even 100’s of thousands of candidate vaccines that never made it through clinical trials don’t get a mention.
Here is a typical example from U of M University that makes all of these sophist arguments in spades and in this case they are taking the propaganda even further off the deep end by claiming this “vaccine” is safe in the long term.
https://www.muhealth.org/our-stories/how-do-we-know-covid-19-vaccine-wont-have-long-term-side-effects
“History tells us that severe side effects are extremely rare, and if they do occur, they usually happen within the first two months.”
Nuh uh, history does not tell us shite about the safety and efficacy of any vaccine because each and everyone of them is an individual case and you can not claim long term safety based on very short term data and testing.
This quote here is particularly deceptive and dishonest
“COVID-19 vaccine technologies have been studied for years and used in other treatments without issue.”
Uh no, they are implying that Mrna technology has been studied for many years and used safely and effectively in treatments but how could this be possible when 0 Mrna drugs or vaccines have passed a clinical trial and been approved for use by the FDA?
“Researchers have been studying and working with mRNA vaccines for decades.”…………..again more deliberately deceptive language designed to fool people into believing these fantastically novel experimental treatments have a long clinical history………they do not and as late as 2017 pharmaceutical financial analysts were calling Moderna out and speculating if Moderna was another Theranos……..in other words a technology that consisted of an empty box and nothing more like Thernos’ blood testing apparatus
Yeah I think it’s more of a preventive measure than vaccines of the past. There’s just no way to perfect a COVID vaccine in less than two years time. You know I got it because I wanted to attend games. I just figure with all the drinking I do, I’m not going to go nuts about taking a shot. Plus, I’d feel like crap if I ever transmitted the virus to one of my nieces. At least with the shot, I can say I did everything I could.
I meant to say lets see if we are still talking about this 2 years from now after the Rangers 2nd SC win in a row!
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I hope so, new blog up!
Sean
Let me look into this a bit more but after researching Moderna I am fairly certain that no Mrna drug or vaccine has ever made it passed a stage 4 clinical trial and been approved for usage by the FDA………….and these recent 3 were literally approved via fiat under the EUA by the FDA.
But I want to confirm that not one single Mrna vaccine or drug has ever been approved so you can see just how egregious these arguments are and all the obvious hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo and razzamatazz these medical authorities, scientists and researchers are using to fool the public into thinking otherwise about them.
Hey John Hopkins come on down………so reputable!………yea right, so full of shite is more like it.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/the-long-history-of-mrna-vaccines
Don’t blow smoke up my ass and tell me it is only raining John Hopkins!
That is an old Irish saying….heh
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I’ve heard that saying before!
I think this proves the point, Moderna was the first company to heavily invest in this new Mrna technology beginniung in 2010, so as they go so does Mrna go as far as clinical trials and approved drugs and vaccines in the Pharma industry…….other companies only poured money into this research after Moderna went public
Note the late date of this article, 2018……yea yea decades of Mrna research and success!…….bullshit….there were no successes, in fact clinical trials for these Mrna drugs and vaccines had a tendency to blow up in animal testing……not that we would ever know that from any Moderna trial as they have never published any peer reviewed research as is routine for large pharmaceutical companies to do and which I think should be looked at with suspicion.
“Despite the promise of mRNA medicines, skeptics are quick to point out that Moderna has only published human data from one study, an early-stage trial on an mRNA flu vaccine. Companies must still prove that mRNA medicines work in humans without side effects or complications, they say.”
https://phys.org/news/2018-09-mrna-medicines.html
I just hope you know (and I have been clear about this on the site too), I don’t judge anyone for their decisions on this. Everyone is entitled to whatever they think. I think both extremes of this issue are too preachy. Get it or don’t, it doesn’t bother me what anyone else does, you know?
Agree but the problem is it is now………Get the vax…..or else!!!!……..and get that kid of yours the vax too……or else!……..maybe next they will claim the C19 is infecting dogs. cats and goldfish too and then it will be………..get the pet vaxxed too…..or else!
Ok enough vax crap, time to mentally prepare for tonight’s with some positive thinking and meditation.
Ommmmm…….Ommmmm……Ommmmm