Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. You didn’t really expect the Rangers to win tonight, did you?
These 2024-25 Blueshirts, PAPER TIGERS when they opened the season at 12-4-1, only to later be exposed as the frauds that they are during the 4-15 swoon that immediately followed afterwards?
Well they just seem destined to not have anything good going for them during this campaign.
Suffice to say, and it’s just been nothing but “one step forward, two steps back.”
During the rare times when something actually goes right for the Rangers, such as their 5-1 pasting over the injury-laden IslandERs – then it’s not very long afterwards where everything goes wrong again.
“Lavy’s Lot,” who just continues to find new ways to lose this season, did so once again on Friday night at Morgue $quare Garden.
After being out-shot to kingdom come during their past two games, and where ironically, the Rangers prevailed on the scoreboard come the end of both of these matches (Pittsburgh and the Islanders); this time around, and it were the Blueshirts who pummeled their competition in the shots on goal statistic (35-17 – or a ratio of over 2:1 for you math majors) – but who also fell where it mattered most – the final score – and this time by a one-goal 3-2 decision.
In a way, then the Blueshirts got a taste of their own medicine against the Leafs.
While both Bozo The Bench Boss and his players used their post-game interview time to talk about how well they played; but lost in all of their “participation trophy” talk was the fact that there were many culprits that contributed to this blown opportunity – and at this time – let us count the ways and explore all of it below.
— Artemi Panarin picked a bad time to have the worst slump of his (regular season) career.
As the stats show you above – and Panarin hasn’t been very good lately.
While the second-highest paid forward on the team, Missing Mika, has turned it around a little bit (not high praise – as there was nowhere else to go but up); conversely, and Panarin has now taken over for #93 as the biggest sore thumb in town.
As noted many times over on this site throughout this campaign, then one of the myriad of reasons why the Rangers are in the predicament that they are in is because they’ve never had Panarin and Mika clicking at the same time.
It also feels like the playoffs have come early for Panarin – as just like most of his postseason games – and he’s nowhere to be found.
Panarin, who these days, can’t even score against third-string goalies, had three shots on goal tonight – and where Toronto netminder, Anthony Stolarz, successfully stopped this trio of attempts.
So even when Panarin is shooting the puck (he’s had many games this season where he didn’t even register a shot on goal) – he can’t still find the back of the net.
As the top face of the Rangers’ power-play, and now a quintet without Adam Fox (more below) and the Blueshirts had three separate man-advantages in this 3-2 loss – and where “The Breadman” looked gun-shy during all of them.
Equally as concerning are his turnovers and his overall general attitude whenever tasked to play defense.
Alexis Lafreniere has fallen off a cliff.
After showing tons of promise last season, so much so that most of us all felt that the 2020 first-overall pick had finally arrived – and if possible, then today, he’s REGRESSED.
And it’s of no coincidence that his latest decline started once being awarded a seven-year deal worth $52,150,000 – which is also good for $7,450,000 annually.
Just think.
When Lafreniere signed his extension with GM Chris Drury back in late October, then everyone thought that this deal was a steal for the general manager.
Today?
And Part I: It feels like Lafreniere is the one who is wearing the ski mask.
And Part II: What would Lafreniere get today if he didn’t sign this deal?
Half of what he got back then?
Perhaps a trade to Vancouver or Seattle would have been the case too!
Lafreniere, who sometimes, you have to check the box score to see if he even played, only threw one lousy puck on goal tonight – and in a game where the Rangers sent 34 other pieces of rubber towards Stolarz.
He also made a bad turnover when the Rangers were on a power-play – but let’s face it – it’s not like this team scores that much on the man-advantage either, which brings us to…
The power-play is abysmal.
Granted, while power-plays can be streaky; but either way and this team is terrible whenever up a man.
Furthermore?
If I told you that the Blueshirts’ penalty kill has scored more goals than the power-play units have scored this season (and as they did tonight), then you’d probably believe me.
(FYI: Lafreniere, who has been chomping at the bit for PP1 minutes, did nothing during his three tries against Toronto.)
The Fox-less Rangers decided to go with five forwards on their first man-up team tonight, which now feature Lafreniere, Panarin, Trocheck, Zibanejad and Miller.
One could argue that a power-play quarterback, perhaps a Zac Jones, could’ve filled the void that Fox’s injury left open.
You can also argue that it’s Will Cuylle who should have replaced the still injured Chris Kreider – and not Lafreniere.
But hell, you could also argue that the fourth-liners, Brennan Othmann, Jonny Brodzinski and Matt Rempe, should be getting PP1 time too.
After all, not only did they absolutely destroy the Islanders this past Tuesday – but it’s not like that they could’ve finished any worse than the 0-3 showing that we saw tonight.
Peter Laviolette is just clueless.
We’ve talked about this a whole bunch on this site – but once again – and the bench boss failed the Blueshirts.
All-season, and I’ve listed about 798678686986 examples of how Lateralette never has a feel for what’s going on in front of him.
Rather than adjusting to what his own two eyes are seeing; instead, and the head coach stays firm on all of his game plans – except for when he desperately hits the line blender.
Case in point tonight?
Then after watching Othmann/Brodzinski/Rempe just massacre the Isles, then in this match, he went right back to featuring his top-six – and where this red-hot trio, the fourth line, had long stretches of being stapled to the bench.
Rempe only played 4:12. Othmann only played 6:31. Brodzinski only played 7:31.
These three were the most noticeable forwards for the Rangers tonight – or at least during every shift they played.
Conversely, and you had Panarin, Zibanejad and Trocheck all hovering at the 25-minute mark, while Lafreniere played 20:20 – which is fitting when you think about it (his draft year).
A fourth line that just played lights out for you in your last game – and Laviolette’s decision is to make lawn ornaments out of them.
I just don’t get it.
Elsewhere, and while I didn’t think that the third line was bad or anything like that, but you could see that Sam Carrick is lost a bit, akin to a fish out of water, without his regular fourth line mates.
And when Jimmy Vesey and Reilly Smith flank Carrick as your third line, a line that would be a great fourth line for a contender?
Well that speaks to the state of the Rangers today.
And of course, there’s the goalie too that didn’t help matters.
CZAR IGOR wasn’t great.
Whenever CZAR IGOR has these bad games, and as he did tonight (3GA, .824 save percentage), then I get a lot of comments on both social media and email all asking some iteration of, “HOW COME YOU AREN’T SPEAKING ABOUT HIS CONTRACT LIKE YOU ONCE DID WITH HENRIK LUNDQVIST?”
I’ve addressed this before, and I’ll repeat it for the last time here:
CZAR IGOR isn’t the highest-paid goalie in the league today. He isn’t taking up 10% of the salary cap today.
Hell, he isn’t even the second banana in-town either, nor is this “HIS TEAM” as it was with Lundqvist.
In addition, then I also said both prior and after his new deal signed, that I wouldn’t have presented it to him.
In other words?
Then the time to criticize Igor’s contract (and as the league has designed us to do because of this piss-poor and paltry triple-hard salary cap system) will be next year – but let’s hope that we never reach that point either!
But yeah – tonight was bad for CZAR IGOR – so much so – that it was his poor decision making that led to the game-winning goal.
He also had given up three goals on the first thirteen shots that he saw – and save me the Sieve Vagistat nonsense that goalies can get cold whenever they don’t see a high volume of shots sent at them.
After all, everyone and their mother was complaining about the last two games when both Pittsburgh and the Isles turned the Rangers and CZAR IGOR into an “O.K. Corral Tribute Night.”
Once again, and the Rangers who lead this statistic, gave up a goal within the first two-minutes of a game. (They’d later let up another early goal allowed at the start of the second stanza too.)
A boneheaded Zibanejad penalty, committed just eighteen-seconds in when he tripped Auston Matthews, gave the Leafs an early power-play to work with.
By the 1:47 mark of the contest – and Oliver Ekman-Larsson ripped a shot past CZAR IGOR.
1-0, bad guys, just like that.
As the Leafs controlled the game for the first ten-minutes or so; then come the final half of the period and the Rangers turned it on a bit.
It was Mental Mika himself who rectified his previous error, and as he did when he scored a rebound goal at the 13:08 mark of the game, as he became the beneficiary of some offensive awareness from both Will Borgen and J.T. Miller.
1-1 – and that’s where we remained as the second period was set to commence.
Just 51-seconds into the middle period – and boom – William Nylander, son of a Ranger, had a breakaway – but one that Urho Vaakanainen was able to catch up with.
As it looked like U.V. had made the stop and save for his goalie – blammo – CZAR IGOR put the puck into his own net due to the chaos.
2-1, bad guys.
The Rangers, 0-3 on the power-play, but 1-4 on the penalty kill, made up for the PPG allowed to Ekman-Larsson following a Sam Carrick cross-checking penalty committed on the Pajama Boy, John Tavares, at the 2:28 mark of the final frame.
On a two-vs-two breakout during the kill, and Mika found Cuylle Hand Luke for the no-doubt-about-it 2-2 goal.
So despite everything, including CZAR IGOR looking off a bit – and the Rangers were tied.
It took less than three-minutes for Toronto to break the tie.
At the 6:21 mark, Matthew Knies scored the 3-2, bad guys, goal – and ugh – our eventual game-winner too.
This goal was on CZAR IGOR – but if you look at this play from an odds-perspective – then it was somewhat understandable.
After all, CZAR IGOR is one of the best puck-moving/handler goalies in the league.
He just got burnt this time.
As CZAR IGOR was trying to rim the puck from behind his own net, Mitch Marner blocked the puck, found Matthews to the left side of the net – and boom – Matthews dished the puck to a wide-open Knies for the bang-bang goal.
The Rangers could never do much afterwards – but hey – at least you can’t blame the fourth line for that either – as once down 3-2, then it was nothing but the top-six.
Come the end of the night and with another loss of many attached to their record – then Drury can’t be a buyer at this year’s trade deadline – which after tonight – is now less than a week away (March 7th).
Plus, and as said many times over on this site, including earlier during this particular tome – then what’s the point of being a buyer anyway?
To get swept or lose in five-games during a first-round series?
Punt the season, hope to get healthy next year – and oh yeah – get a new head coach named Joel Quenneville too.
Here is our 82-game mantra, which is also known as my 33-word daily disclaimer, that I post on this site after every game played:
“WHATEVER THE RANGERS DO FROM NOW UNTIL THE TRADE DEADLINE DOESN’T MATTER. THEY CAN ONLY BE JUDGED BY WHATEVER THEY DO FOLLOWING THE DEADLINE AND BY WHAT THEY DO IN THE 2025 PLAYOFFS!”
In other words, fifty-nine down, twenty-three to go, and then the real hockey, the only games that matter, begin.
But at this rate – will the Rangers even be there for the real hockey?
Probably not.
In case you missed it, then here’s where I last left off – the Blueshirts bombarding the Islanders:
NYR/NYI 2/25 Review: Newest Rangers’ Fourth Line Completely Dismantles & Owns Idling Islanders; Where’s Mika & Panarin? Vaakanainen’s Best as a Blueshirt; Miller Time Cracks Another One Open, Fox & Miller Injured; Kreider Still Out, Othmann Dazzles in Debut, Buy or Sell Blueshirts, RIP Al Trautwig; M$GN’s Hollow Response, Rival Win Only Keeps Pace; Standings Watch & More
Following the Rangers’ 5-1 win over the Islanders from Tuesday night, then come Wednesday, the team had the day off.
While the Blueshirts didn’t say anything officially; the suspected news of Adam Fox suffering a major injury (the speculation is a broken collarbone) was confirmed (full story here: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/22525/ ), as the Rangers listed the defenseman on the injured reserve list.
In a corresponding move, Matthew Robertson was recalled from Hartford.
A day later, Thursday, “Lavy’s Lot” reconvened at their training facility in Tarrytown, NY, where as a result of being placed on IR – Fox will be out at least a week – and where it’s also thought that it will be longer than that.
And just to say it, then Chris Kreider, who missed his third straight game (and his tenth-overall of the season), wasn’t put on IR – and not even retroactively.
For whatever reason, then the foolish birdbrain Blueshirts’ beat reporters put out there that Fox will be able to return “for the final stretch of the season” – and where of course – that stretch is right now – and especially since the Rangers are immensely struggling when trying to nab a playoff invitation.
K’Andre Miller, who was also injured in the win over the Islanders, was at Thursday’s practice – but he was wearing a non-contact jersey.
The other Miller, J.T., missed that skate with an illness – and not because of a physical ailment.
Come Friday morning, GAME DAY, and both Miller’s, along with Chris Kreider too, was at the team’s optional skate.
However, what Laviolette’s line-up would be wasn’t revealed until pregame warm-ups.
(Spoiler-Not-A-Spoiler Alert: The Miller’s played. Kreider did not.)
Here was Laviolette’s line-up for the fifty-ninth game of this 2024-25 season:
FIRST LINE: Casper The Friendly Russian/Trocheck/Lafreniere (GAG LINE 2.0 – HA!)
SECOND LINE: Cuylle/Miller/Mental Mika
THIRD LINE: Vesey/Carrick/Smith
FOURTH LINE: Othmann/Brodzinski/Rempe
FIRST PAIR: Miller/Borgen
SECOND PAIR: Lindgren/Vaakanainen
THIRD PAIR: Jones/Schneider
STARTING GOALIE: CZAR IGOR
BACK UP GOALIE: Jonathan Quick
LTIR: Adam Edstrom
IR: Adam Fox
DAY TO DAY: Chris Kreider
HEALTHY SCRATCHES: Matt Robertson and Arthur Kaliyev
BOX SCORE time.
The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:
SCORING:
PENALTIES:
TEAM STATS:
GOALIES:
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| 35 | 2 | 33 | .943 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 |
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| 17 | 3 | 14 | .824 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57:35 | 0 |
Since I’m still in the midst of a 70-hour work week, and where I worked a double-shift on Friday night and now have to go in at 6:00AM Saturday – then I didn’t see any of the M$GN pregame show prior to this Original Six tilt.
But Sieve Vagistat was there, which means that I wouldn’t have watched it had I been home/off anyway.
In a “controversy” to only pussy-hat wearing vegans; then Ranger fans booed the singing of “Oh Canada” when the Canadian National Anthem was sung prior to puck drop.
I can’t say that I’m a fan of all of this anthem booing – but I also believe in eye-for-an-eye too.
I also have a warped sense of humor and can find the laugh in anything.
That said, and it’s not lost on me that while Toronto is in Canada, but the Leaf’s biggest star, Auston Matthews, is an American.
I also get a chuckle at the fact that Ranger fans are also booing some of their own, as Lafreniere, Schneider, Rempe, Cuylle and others all bleed maple syrup from their veins.
To me, then this anthem booing wasn’t a “controversy.”
Instead, it was just “silly.”
But since most of these birdbrain beat reporters are bat-shit crazy liberals, then these mooks made this anthem booing story bigger than it actually was in reality.
(Don’t forget: Jacob Trouba was a hero in 2020 for tweeting out “BLM,” while Henrik Lundqvist, during the height of COVID in this same year, was completely ignored for working with and appearing at several NYPD events. You see, according to these folks, COPS ARE BAD, domestic terrorist organizations are okay!)
As far as anything else, then the top question among the M$GN talking heads was the obvious:
“Can the Rangers step-up for Adam Fox?”
The answer?
As a team no – but I also thought that Zac Jones played admirably well.
Another thought?
While Four Nations was a rousing success, and one of the most exciting international tournaments in hockey history too; it just wasn’t good for the Rangers – and I’m not talking about how bad they looked individually (sans J.T. Miller) either.
Since the tournament and Kreider remains injured (he should have never played – but you can’t stop/criticize these guys for wanting to play for their country), Trocheck has a broken finger and all of the wear-and-tear on Fox has caught up to him.
You can also say that the excluded Russians, men who were excluded because of political issues that they personally have nothing to do with (I don’t think that I have to explain to you again that Panarin doesn’t support Vladimir Putin), have also hit slumps since the pause.
Need proof?
Then see Shestyorkin, Igor and Panarin, Artemi.
GAME REVIEW time – and where I’m going to have to limit myself tonight.
(Heck, we’re just going to use bullet-points – and where I’ll have a full-length game review for you on Sunday following Rangers/Predators.)
After all, I have to be up for work in just four-hours.
(Also, no video clips tonight, but if you want them all, then just visit @DaveyUpper on Tweeter/X.)
MINGA.
However, if you want the complete play-by-play from another Rangers’ fiasco, then check out my Tweeter/X page here: https://x.com/NYCTheMiC/
Let’s roll.
FIRST PERIOD
— Eighteen-seconds in and Mika took his penalty – and no less than ninety-seconds later – and OEL scored.
— 1-0, just like that – and another, of what seems like a zillion, early goals allowed by the Rangers (and CZAR IGOR too).
— The Rangers, despite giving up a lot of zone time, continued to pepper Stolarz with SOG and where even 9:00 in, the Blueshirts were out-shooting the Leafs 6-1 – as OEL’s goal was the one shot that CZAR IGOR saw (which also meant that he had a zero save percentage at the time).
— With just 6:52 remaining, Mika scored his rebound goal. Previous to this, and the Rangers had turned a corner, as it was now them who spent the bulk of their shifts in the opponent’s zone.
— Once Mika tied the game and the Leafs looked disjointed a bit. Heck, they looked like the Rangers!
— As Zac Jones was playing noticeably well, Sam Rosen actually said, “Hartford is good for him.”
— Speaking of Jones, then his dream of getting traded to an organization that will make him a permanent fixture of their varsity line-up will most likely have to wait until the off-season – as there’s no way that he can be dealt now with Fox out – and with the club seemingly obsessed with teasing Robertson with his first NHL game too.
— And just to work this in because it’s true:
Then I thought that the fourth line and Jones stood out the most – and yeah – I guess Zibanejad too – although it were JONNY BROADWAY, THE OTTER, REMPESTEIN and Mollie Walker’s crush that looked strong throughout – or at least when Lavy actually played them.
— We remained at 1-1 after twenty-minutes. Here’s what I said at the time:
1-1 after 1. 1P Thoughts:
— Blah start, strong finish.
— Leafs look off.
— Jones is sticking out.
— Mika rectifies his own mistake.
— SOG 15-5, #NYR – a 3:1 clip – that’s a rarity.
— Anyone see Panarin?— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) March 1, 2025
SECOND PERIOD
— In his infinite wisdom, and after talking about college hockey, other teams in the league, who once played for the Islanders, and everything else that didn’t make a difference in this game; then Sam Rosen gave us a weather report to open this middle period.
— Bless Sam’s heart.
— But kudos to “Jumpin'” Joe Micheletti who desperately pleaded with the Rangers to stop making these maddening cross-ice passes to nowhere.
— At the 51-second mark, and following a crystal-clear video replay review too, and this is when Nylander scored.
— 2-1, bad guys – and CZAR IGOR messed this up after getting a ton of help from U.V.
— Then again, why was he facing a breakaway so early into this period to begin with?
— Hmmmm.
— After that, and at the 1:34 mark, Toronto was back on the power-play, as Lindgren had interfered with Pontus Holmberg.
— The Rangers got a big kill here, as without it, then it could’ve been 3-1 just two-minutes into this period.
— Following the kill and Trocheck logged the team’s first SOG of the period at the 4:16 mark – and a blast off of Stolarz’s mask.
— But it was a save for the goalie – and not a goal for the future captain.
— As it was obviously deathly quiet at M$G, so much so, that one of my co-workers who isn’t really into hockey was saying how he couldn’t believe how quiet it was; then Rempe gave the building some signs of life, as he initiated a scrum by taking a few whacks at a puck under Stolarz’s pads.
— However, this play was legal, as the refs hadn’t blown the whistle. Sadly, and in a response, then Lavy just blew this game by just decreasing Rempe’s minutes. After all, how dare #73 try to wake up another funeral service at the World’s Most Quietest Arena!?!?!?!
— Down to 10:10 remaining and #10 was stopped by Stolarz – and on a shot that Panarin would’ve scored on last year.
— Come 6:50 remaining and the Rangers got their first power-play of the game.
— You know the end deal – the first of an eventual 0-3 showing – and where not only did Lafreniere dead an attack with a bad pass to the blue line – but the Rangers also took a penalty of their own too – and as they did with just 17-seconds remaining for Sieve Vagistat’s favorite bedroom activity – “too many men.”
— To their credit, and just like being consistently inconsistent, and the penalty kill has also been consistent for the Rangers this season. The Leafs, still looking for an insurance goal, didn’t even register a SOG during this 1:43’s worth of a man-advantage.
— Brodzinski almost tied the game late, as a shot of his just hit under the crossbar. As a response and Lavy took away his playing time.
— The Blueshirts got a big break with only three-seconds left to be ticked, as Pajama Boy Tavares interfered with Vaakanainen when trying to crash CZAR IGOR’s net.
— This was a terrible penalty to take by the former Islander captain, as the puck was nowhere near him, there were only three-seconds left and because duh – this was an o-zone infraction.
— This also gave the still-down-by-a-goal Rangers a 1:57 power-play to open the do-or-die third period.
— 2-1, bad guys, after forty minutes.
— Here’s what I said at the time:
2-1, them, after 40.
— #NYR open up on a 1:57 PP to start 3P.
— Panarin is just off.
— Fourth line and third pair have stood out, not much from elsewhere.
— I think they can pull this off, but gotta score on this man-advantage.— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) March 1, 2025
THIRD PERIOD
— The power-play did nothing.
— 0-2.
— Just 2:28 in and this is when Carrick cross-checked Tavares as Pajama Boy was attempting a wrap-around.
— This is also when the Rangers knotted the game at two-all, as Zibanejad found Cuylle for a shortie – and a rare Cuylle goal that didn’t need to be reviewed or taken back too!
— 2-2 – and with 16:32 remaining.
— The Rangers also killed the final 42-seconds left on Toronto’s power-play, so in turn, the PK was now 1-4 (75%) and with one goal for.
— The Blueshirts almost got a second short-handed goal here too – as a Trocheck shot found iron just ten-seconds after Cuylle’s equalizer.
— The tie didn’t last long, as at the 6:21 mark, Knies capitalized off of Igor’s turnover.
— 3-2, bad guys.
— Knies’ shot was Toronto’s 13th – and it was unlucky for both Igor and the Rangers.
— The Rangers had plenty of chances to tie this, but with Panarin ice cold, Lafreniere playing hot potato and another failed power-play that Lindgren drew with 10:35 to go (Nylander for high-sticking) – and the Blueshirts, who previously made two one-goal comebacks in this game – couldn’t make it “third time’s a charm.”
— They also didn’t score when Laviolette pulled CZAR IGOR with 2:06 remaining.
— In what was somewhat telling – and the Leafs iced the puck five-times once Igor left the net – and where they won four out of the five faceoffs, of the d-zone variety, that ensued.
— Apparently, they were more than content to ice the puck and win a faceoff rather than to control possession and run the clock down.
— 3-2, bad guys, your final.
— One last thought? This one:
Had this been last season, or any other season where the Rangers had a playoff spot sewn up, then you’d write-off this game as “just one of those games” – aka – “that’s hockey Suzyn.”
While you’re not getting much out of your stars; the Rangers did hang in there with the best team of the Atlantic Division.
Then again, they did just take it up the ass to the worst team of the Eastern Conference no less than a week ago (8-2 loss to Buffalo).
But that’s what this 2024-25 season has been for these here Blueshirts:
“Coulda, woulda, shoulda.”
The Rangers, and like Doc Brown’s license plate, are also running “OUTTATIME” too.
Here are the updated standings after another bad loss:
Up Next For The Rangers: They will try to avenge their loss to one of the worst teams in the league, the Nashville Predators, this Sunday night at M$G.
Here’s a recap from when these teams last met – which also doubled-up as Kaapo Kakko’s last game as a Ranger: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/121724/
For those who don’t have the time – then the Rangers were shutout, 2-0, to then the worst team in the league.
Kudos!
Sunday’s rematch is a complete lose-lose situation for the Rangers.
If they win, and no matter by how big or how small, then who cares?
That’s what alleged playoff teams are supposed to do – beast on bad squads.
If they lose (again), then oh boy – as even the optimists will have to kiss all playoff hopes goodbye.
Up Next For Me: Bedtime – and thank the hockey gods – I am off on Sunday – as this work-week has hit me harder than a head-shot from Matt Rempe!
Up Next For You: Say it with me, 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!)
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