NYR/NJD 4/3 Review: The Devils Pitchfork The Rangers For 60 Minutes; Scorch & Torch Lundqvist, NYR Media Failing The Fans, Lettieri Watch, Injuries Claim Fast & Zucc, Young Kids Take The Heat, In Defense of AV & More From a Hellish Nightmare at The Rock
NYR/NJD 4/3 Review: The Devils Pitchfork The Rangers For 60 Minutes; Scorch & Torch Lundqvist, NYR Media Failing The Fans, Lettieri Watch, Injuries Claim Fast & Zucc, Young Kids Take The Heat, In Defense of AV & More From a Hellish Nightmare at The Rock
It was a hellish 60 minutes for the Burger King on Tuesday night.
What’s up everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Tonight, the Rangers were brutalized by the Devils, losing in HOCKEYTOWN, USA, aka Newark, NJ, to the tune of 5-2. For the Rangers, they were never in this game. To me, it was the first time where the players looked like they were going through the motions. Even the bubbly faces on the M$G Networks looked spent. Thankfully, there’s only six more periods left of this hot trash.
Before getting to the news portion and game review of this blog, in case you missed my last manifesto, and what a lengthy “e-tome” it was, check that out, and my most recent blogs here:
It was announced on Monday that Jesper Fast was done for the season. Mats Zuccarello may also sit out the final week of the season. Photo Credit: NHL.com/Getty Images.
Rangers coach, Alain Vigneault, briefed the media on Monday, that Fast and Zuccarello, now the elder statesmen of these Ranger forwards, were most likely done for the season. Here’s the official news report from NHL.com:
Jesper Fast is out for the remainder of the regular season for the New York Rangers, coach Alain Vigneault said Monday.
The Rangers, eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention, have three games left beginning at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; MSG+, MSG 2, NHL.TV). The regular season ends Sunday.
Fast, a forward, has a groin injury. Mats Zuccarello, also a forward, is having an MRI for an undisclosed injury and will not play Tuesday. He leads the Rangers with 52 points (16 goals, 36 assists) and will enter the final season of a four-year contract in 2018-19.
“He blocked a couple of shots the last couple of games,” Vigneault said about Zuccarello, 30. “He’s having a tough time walking right now.”
Fast, 26, has 33 points (13 points, 20 assists) in 71 games, including 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past 12.
In the grand scheme of things, concerning this 2017-2018 season, these injuries mean nothing. You just want these guys 100% next season. Sadly, next season is still 6 months away. I’m sure they will be fine by then.
When these injuries were announced, I expected a call-up of some sort from Hartford. Instead, the Rangers, you know, the team rebuilding, intended to re-insert Peter Holland and Cody McLeod back into the line-up. Yes, McLeod and Holland, your building blocks for 2018-2019. That’s almost as big of a joke, as paying Lundqvist and Staal, a combined $15M, for next season.
The NYR media continue to fail at doing their jobs. You haven’t heard a peep out of them about Vinni Lettieri, nor what sparked the fight between Letteri and Brendan Smith. However, you do have a million Lundqvist stories and how the team needs to win for him. It’s amazing how none of these reporters have Pulitzer Prizes!
On Monday, with Fast & Zuccarello ruled out, the Rangers once again had a chance to bring Vinni Lettieri back to the club. Instead, despite three local road games on tap, (@NJD, @NYI and @PHI) the Rangers kept Lettieri stashed in Hartford.
Would it kill one of these reporters to do their jobs and find out what’s going on with Lettieri? If Lundqvist has a split end or if his hair isn’t perfectly coifed, it’s a news item. Finding out “Where’s Vinni?” seems to be of no concern to the NYR media. How does a guy, who played well in two different call-ups, go missing? This whole Lettieri story (or the media’s non-story of Lettieri) reminds me of this famous scene from “Goodfellas”:
It’s like the Rangers whacked Lettieri, and there’s nothing they can do about it. He’s gone.
The 1990 movie reference aside, (Can you believe that “Goodfellas” is now 28 years old?) I just don’t understand how not one reporter followed up on the Smith and Lettieri altercation. Not one reporter questions Cody McLeod in this line-up. Sure, this season has been over for some time, but if the goal is to play the kids, where’s Lettieri?
It’s just amazing how selective the Rangers can be when they put out their propaganda. The problem here, is that most of the pro-Lundqvist yellow journalist leeches, like the Hartnett’s of the world, just take everything at face value and will never challenge anything.
Lias Andersson (left) and Filip Chytil (right) are getting a lot of buzz. Other new faces aren’t given the same treatment. Photo Credit: NYR/NHL/Getty Images
Stop me if you’ve seen these recent headlines from the accredited media:
— “THE RANGERS ADD AN INFLUX OF YOUTH TO BROADWAY”
— “RANGERS RECALL FIRST ROUND PICKS CHYTIL AND ANDERSSON”
— “RANGERS LOOK TO KIDS FOR FUTURE”
— “NEW LOOK RANGERS LOOK TO GAIN EXPERIENCE”
— “HENRIK LUNDQIVST CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG!”
Aside from the last headline, which is something Hartnett probably wrote anyway, you’ve seen all these stories about Chytil and Andersson. The Rangers NEED that message out there. If Andersson and Chytil deliver, it makes Jeff Gorton look good. I’m not taking anything away from Chytil or Andersson, or suggesting some sort of “JFK Meets Area 51 Meets Sandy Hook” conspiracy theory here, I’m just laying out the way the Rangers do things.
I’ve said this countless times – the hockey media is very small and underpaid. No one is going to take a risk, especially in this era of e-Reporting. The newspapers that once littered trains and bus stops around America, have been replaced with a generation of people with swollen thumbs and a “glare-burn”, on the skin of their face.
As the older generation of reporters become relics or retired, the bulk of the people carrying the NHL reporting field, are persons with a six digit student loan. These “reporters” still have to be reminded to brush their teeth and wash behind their ears before going to bed.
These reporters are more like ferrets and messenger pigeons. They just report the news they are given and really, outside of Larry Brooks, a relic himself, who is breaking any Ranger stories? All the news comes from the team itself.
You see this every day. Don’t believe me? Just use that Google machine and look back at this season and the season prior. If you’re too lazy to do the research, just look at what happens in the future. However, as a quick example, let’s take a look at the Jesper Fast story:
A quick Google search of “Jesper Fast” brings up a bunch of links, all from different reporters, reciting, word-for-word, what the Rangers told them. Not one reporter actually “broke” this story.
As stated, once in a while, Larry Brooks will “break” something. Aside from Brooks, every story, no matter how big or how small, is delivered in this fashion – from the Rangers, to their carnival-barking-for-clicks media.
So oh yeah, I had a point here. It still amazes me how I get side-tracked and go off on these tangents on these blogs.
The media, being fed their stories from the team, aren’t inclined to challenge the Rangers or ask any question that could be considered controversial. The reporters these days are a dime a dozen. Why risk being cut off, thus losing a source or potentially your job, over asking about the fisticuffs of Lettieri and Smith?
That said, all these reporters are talking about how the Rangers need to get young. The Rangers say it themselves. However, that only applies to Chytil, Andersson, Pionk, Gilmour and a few others. For whatever reason, it’s not a team-wide mandate or idea. That is why Alexander Georgiev is in Hartford. That is why Lettieri is in Hartford.
I don’t care who you’re a fan of, who you don’t like, if you’re pro-Hank or if you’re on the “FIRE AV” train, the bottom line is this – for a team in rebuild mode, and going nowhere, Lettieri and Georgiev should be playing right now. They’re not. It’s this bird-brained management, that if continued, this Cup-less streak will easily demolish the previous 54 year Cup drought.
I’ll say this one last time, before hitting another tiring subject next – “You can’t half-way rebuild a house.” That has been the Rangers modus-operandi since losing in the 2015 Eastern Conference Finals. Despite no evidence of rebuilding on-the-fly producing successful results, gosh darn it, these nimrods are still gonna try.
Have you found your King Coward jersey yet?
I know, I know, I know, we’re all sick of Henrik Lunqvist. I am too. I know I’m sick of writing about him. I can’t wait for the day when there is a new starting goalie in town. Just like you, the reader, I find myself feeling like TBS – airing reruns all the time.
However, his name is in the news, and since many fans associate my name as the “Biggest Lundqvist Hater” around, (I prefer the word “TRUTHER” instead of “Hater”) I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention what King Whinebag had to say today.
Of note from the interview, were these following doozies:
“Next year has to be about winning and nothing else. I understand that the end now has been about the young guys getting used to the league and getting confidence, but next year is not about the process. It’s about winning games.”
“I could see it being an issue if you’re in the bottom two or three and you have a good chance to get the first- or second-overall pick, but in a position like we are, I don’t think that picking eight, nine, 10 or 11 really makes much of a difference, unless you get the first pick, or maybe the second, it all seems like a gamble to me.”
“Maybe it has something to do with where I was picked and I haven’t done a statistical study on it, but I think when you get past that, you have about the same chance of getting a big-time player as you go down the first round and then even after that.”
“You have to nail it, but [the scouts] have to do that no matter where we pick.”
“It’s important that the guys who are here for the first time understand they need to compete.”
“That is what we expect here. If [our veterans] had seen that the front office was encouraging tanking, that would not have been appreciated, absolutely not. You want to be a part of a group that’s doing everything it can to win, no matter what the circumstances. In the event you don’t see that from everyone, there are people here who will let it be known that isn’t acceptable.”
While the only crown Lundqvist will ever wear is the paper one from “Burger King”, he’s also a clown, akin to Ronald McDonald.
Let’s look at Hank’s quotes, one-by-one, with his comments in italics and my comments in bold.
“Next year has to be about winning and nothing else. I understand that the end now has been about the young guys getting used to the league and getting confidence, but next year is not about the process. It’s about winning games.”
This contradicts everything the Rangers have done at the deadline and what they have told their fans in the infamous letter. While Philly and New Jersey are examples of teams turning it around, (and Vegas is something else) it’s tough to imagine the Rangers as a Cup contender next season, especially with mediocre goaltending, which Lundqvist has provided this season. Lundqvist should practice what he preaches, as his middle-of-the-pack goaltending hasn’t done the Rangers any favors either.
“I could see it being an issue if you’re in the bottom two or three and you have a good chance to get the first- or second-overall pick, but in a position like we are, I don’t think that picking eight, nine, 10 or 11 really makes much of a difference, unless you get the first pick, or maybe the second, it all seems like a gamble to me.
Now Lundqvist is the General Manager. Who knows what Gorton has planned? Perhaps Gorton will try to trade a bunch of picks for the first overall? Maybe the Rangers win the ping-pong ball challenge. Who knows? What is known is that it’s a huge gamble to be banking on a 37 year old goaltender, who will be the second highest paid goalie in the league next season, as the player to build around, for a Cup.
“Maybe it has something to do with where I was picked and I haven’t done a statistical study on it, but I think when you get past that, you have about the same chance of getting a big-time player as you go down the first round and then even after that.
No wonder the chart-loving basement bretheren love Lundqvist so much – he’s just like them. I wonder if doing a “statistical study” is just calling up Steve Valiquette for the numbers? Here’s a study Lundqvist should also look into – how come not one top five paid goaltender, in the salary cap era, has won a Stanley Cup? While he’s at it, here’s another study he can look into- Why is Raanta, a $1M cap hit, third in the league in save percentage and third in the league in GAA, while Lundqvist, as a $8.5M cap hit, is barely clinging on in the Top 50?
“You have to nail it, but [the scouts] have to do that no matter where we pick.”
“It’s important that the guys who are here for the first time understand they need to compete.”
Now Lundqvist is telling the scouts how to do their job. Should these young guys learn how to compete from a goalie, making the most money on the team, who refuses to play the home finale because Tampa scares him? Should they learn how to compete from a guy who screams and cries at them everytime a puck is sent in Hank’s direction? Should they learn how to compete from a guy who doesn’t hang out with them after games? Should they learn to compete from a guy who throws anyone and everyone under a bus after every loss?
“That is what we expect here. If [our veterans] had seen that the front office was encouraging tanking, that would not have been appreciated, absolutely not. You want to be a part of a group that’s doing everything it can to win, no matter what the circumstances. In the event you don’t see that from everyone, there are people here who will let it be known that isn’t acceptable.”
What isn’t acceptable is paying someone the most amount of money in the league to goaltend, yet he has below the pack numbers. What isn’t acceptable is someone preaching a team game, but the first to finger-point after every loss. What isn’t acceptable is that Donald Trump hasn’t deported Lundswiss yet!
In closing on Hank, I don’t know what’s full of more hot air – Lundqvist or his hair dryer.
With no more home games left at M$G, we will have to wait until October, to see the pearly whites of Al Trautwig again.
Game time. As usual, the ESPN.com box score, followed by my recap of this misery:
1st Period Summary
Time
Team
Scoring Detail
NYR
NJ
0:25
Travis Zajac (12) Assist: Blake Coleman
0
1
3:41
Taylor Hall (38) (Power Play) Unassisted
0
2
10:40
Will Butcher (4) (Power Play) Assists: Kyle Palmieri, Taylor Hall
0
3
17:47
Ryan Spooner (13) Assists: Jimmy Vesey, Filip Chytil
1
3
Time
Team
Penalty Detail
3:14
2 Minute Bench Penalty for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Chris Kreider)
9:30
John Gilmour: 2 Minutes for Delaying Game – Puck over Glass
11:04
Vladislav Namestnikov: 2 Minutes for Slashing
13:16
John Moore: 2 Minutes for Cross checking
2nd Period Summary
Time
Team
Scoring Detail
NYR
NJ
6:53
Will Butcher (5) (Power Play) Assists: Taylor Hall, Travis Zajac
1
4
15:45
Taylor Hall (39) Unassisted
1
5
Time
Team
Penalty Detail
6:36
Ryan Sproul: 2 Minutes for High-sticking
13:23
Brian Gibbons: 2 Minutes for Hooking
15:45
Brady Skjei: Penalty Shot Awarded for Hooking on Breakaway
With all the injuries, the Rangers had to mish-mosh their lines, once again. If Lundqvist’s terrible performance was the “A” story of the game, the “B” story was David “Elvis” Desharnais. Right before the game, Cody McLeod was ruled out. David Desharnais, across the river, and not in the press box, got the 9-1-1 emergency call, to get his ass to the game.
During the game, Sam and Joe gave us constant updates on Double D. We even got the “DESHARNAIS HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING” update, like it was Elvis taking the stage in Memphis. Again, I will mention again, that Lettieri was in Hartford.
Desharnais would enter the game, mid-way into the second period. What a difference maker.
This is what a home game crowd looks like at the Rock, during a non-Rangers game.
This game, like most Ranger games with Lundswiss in net, started off with a quick goal for the opposition. Lundqvist, out of position, gifted the Devils a 1-0 lead, just 25 seconds into the game. What a majestic job in net. Here’s Travis Zajac, lighting the lamp, for the first of five different Devil goals:
Do you know who I felt bad for? Ron Duguay. Before the game, he seemed genuinely excited, like a kid going to his first NHL game. He talked up the rivalry and how the Rangers would want to play spoiler. Valiquette, a bit more realistic, was more reserved.
While you have to respect and admire Duguay for trying to get viewers amped for the game, the fact of the matter is that about half of these guys on this team, have never played the Devils before. They don’t know the rivalry. Duguay does. We do. Hank does. However, for all these fresh-faced rookies? They are more concerned about not screwing up. To them, the Devils are just another team and not a team to get extra riled up over.
Oh, and Devils starting goalie, Keith Kinkaid, received high praise from Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti. It always cracks me up whenever they rave about a back-up goalie becoming the starter (Vasilevskiy and Murray being more recent examples) but never apply that same logic when a goalie is out-playing Lundqvist on the Rangers, like Talbot or Raanta did.
Sam was so excited talking about Kinkaid, that his eyes were popping out and going bug-eyed, like a finger was inserted up his ass during a prostate exam.
Also of note, Micheletti mentioned that Lundqvist would be playing in the consolation tournament in the Spring, the IIHF Worlds. That’s a tournament usually reserved for up-and-comers & playoff losers. However, with goaltending like tonight’s game, Sweden is really going to have a rough go of it. After all, it was already 2-0 Devils, by the 3:41 mark. Here’s Taylor Hall (2 goals, 2 assists and continuing to make his case for the Hart), beating Lundqvist:
2-0, bad guys. Of note, this was a PPG, after the Rangers got busted for too many men on the ice. As much as I would like to laugh at the Burger King, the fact is, the Rangers were overall 0-2 on the PP, while the Devils were 3-4 on their PP. Not going to win too many games with that production (or lack thereof) from your special teams.
“They call him a King!”
Sam Rosen, ever the epitome of the word “shrill”, raved about Lundqvist making a great save, shortly after the Hall goal. Keep in mind, the Devils were shooting 50% and just rung one off the post. If I was PR firm, I’d hire Sam in a heartbeat.
At the 9:30 mark, John Gilmour, continuing to get a “learning experience” in every game, tossed the puck over the glass. Delay of game. On the ensuing PP, Will Butcher carved up Lundswiss:
— Sports Roadhouse® (@SportsRoadhouse) April 4, 2018
3-0, bad guys. The Rangers never had a chance in this one. With all the talk about Desharnais entering the building, I was hoping that my buddy @WHALEPACK was serious when he tweeted this:
We just paid for a chartered helicopter at Brainard airport in #Hartford to get Georgiev into the #NYR game for the 2nd & 3rd periods.
At the 17:47 mark of the period, the Rangers would get their first of two meaningless goals, of the game. Vesey tossed the puck towards Spooner, and Spooner got a puck luck goal, as the puck bounced off his stick and above Kinkaid’s body. 3-1 bad guys.
If you’re looking for a moral victory, Lundqvist didn’t give up a goal with under a minute to go. In perhaps a showing of inexperience, with under 10 seconds to go in the period, and with the puck in the Rangers offensive zone, the Rangers refused to shoot the puck. At least put a shot on net. Instead, the Rangers dicked around, the clock ran out and the score remained 3-1 after twenty minutes.
Surprisingly, Michael Grabner didn’t score in this game. For that matter, neither did Brian Boyle or John Moore. Photo Credit: NHL/NJD/Getty Images.
The M$G Networks interviewed ex-Rangers during the break, with Grabner as the first interviewee. You know the Rangers will make him an offer, come the off-season. Whether he accepts it or not, that remains to be seen. I already talked in previous blogs why I don’t think Grabner will return. I hope I’m wrong.
At the break, this is when Doogie looked shell-shocked. In fact, the Rangers were so fucking bad in this game, that the M$G Networks skipped Ron and Steve’s second period analysis. Instead, they aired a video package of Stan Fischler telling one-liners. That was the right call.
Immediately to start the period, the Devils marched down the ice and took a shot. Lundqvist, earning elite money, made a pass that even Geno Smith would laugh at. Another Lundswiss turnover. Fortunately for Hank, he was able to make the save off the turnover.
The Rangers just looked beat up and disinterested in this one. I know I’m bashing Hank here, because I can’t stand the guy and his bullshit, but this was a team-wide shit show. I mean, even in the first period, John Moore crushed Vladdy Namestnikov with a cross check. Vladdy just skated quietly to the bench and not one Ranger sought retaliation.
Oh and how about everyone’s favorite commie, Pavel Buchnevich? How about these stats since the deadline:
One goal in 17 games, yet some blogs will lead you to believe that he’s the second coming of Ovechkin. But hey, his Corsi is through the roof! Photo Credit: @JoeGillio
On the 22nd shot of the game, the Devils made it 4-1 bad guys, when Will Butcher, once again, beat Lundqvist. This was another Devils PPG, as a result of a Ryan Sproul penalty.
I really hope Jim Ramsey packed some strong sunscreen for Lundqvist, because the back of his neck had to be burning from that red goal light all game.
This game was getting so out of hand, that after every Devils shot, the M$G camera just focused at the back of the net. I mean, why not? After all, Lundqvist was looking there after every shot too.
Lundqvist wasn’t pulled in this one. I guess he had to stay in there, especially with all the silly shit he said on Monday. To me, that tells me that Lundqvist is ducking the Islanders on Thursday. Lundqvist has been a pile of misery against the Islanders in recent years. I think you will see Pavelec on Thursday and Hank closes the season, in a “tune-up” game, for the IIHF Worlds.
In fact, I’ll say this – if Halak doesn’t start on Thursday against the Rangers, the league should do an investigation on the Islanders for openly throwing games/tanking.
After a Brady Skjei hooking call, Taylor Hall made it 5-1, on a penalty shot. I wonder if Lundqvist blames Nick Holden for this:
At this point, Kinkaid’s broken mask, which was broken in the second period, after a shot from Buchnevich, had more life than these Rangers.
5-1, as the horn mercifully sounded, signalling the end of the second period.
While it looked like Chiarelli was a mad genius in his Hall for Larsson trade last year, the trade has blown up in his face this year. Photo Credit: NJD/NHL/Getty Images
The third period pretty much amounted to both teams skating out the clock. It felt like a night out with Colin Kaepernick – both teams just took a knee.
Of note, Jimmy Vesey tried to pick a fight with Brian Boyle. Looks classy when you’re trying to pick a fight, in a 5-1 game, with a guy who has/had cancer.
Kevin Hayes would score his 24th goal of the season, with a little over five minutes to play. 5-2 bad guys.
I don’t mind the team losing. I get the big picture. However, this loss was terrible. I just don’t see this loss as a lesson learned.
With these young kids, I don’t care if they lose, as long as they gain experience/knowledge in the loss. I’m fine with that type of losing, providing they bust their ass for 60 minutes. In my opinion, this game just looked like a complete lack of effort. It doesn’t help when your star goalie can’t even get you out of the first minute of a game, without giving up a goal, but even down 1-0, you just didn’t see the grunt-work or passion, that you’ve seen from this team in previous games.
Let’s go to King 5.00 GAA on the loss:
No surprises – Hank blames everyone else but himself for the loss. Has any other athlete in NY ever gotten a bigger pass than the Burger King?
What I found really funny, was Sam Rosen blaming the young Rangers for the loss. No mention from Sam on the performance of Hank, nor the whereabouts of Kreider and Zibanejad. And hey, Marc Staal is now OLD but he’s FUNNEEEE. You see, as Sam and the M$G Networks told us, he’s 31 years old, but treated like he’s 80. Marc is now called “Daddy Day Care” by the team, but it’s the goalie that needs a diaper change.
“Motherfucker, we had good looks!” Photo Credit: M$G Networks
What irked me a little bit after the game, was when Chris Kreider said, “the Devils were a well coached team”, implying that the Rangers were not.
I’m not going to get on Kreider here, but keep in mind, with that statement, he’s now had problems with both John Tortorella and Alain Vigneault. That’s like Hillary Clinton losing to Obama (primary) and Trump. At some point, when are you the issue? After all, like Trump and Obama, AV and Torts are two completely different people, with two different sets of styles.
I’m going to do a blog on AV once the season ends, and hopefully he isn’t fired immediately after the Flyer game on Saturday, because I will be defending AV.
For all the Hankbots that blame everyone else but Hank after a loss, why doesn’t AV get the same pass? He’s one of the most winningest coaches, not just in NYR history, but in the history of the NHL. Furthermore, how can you blame him for this season?
I’ll dive deeper into this topic once the season is over, but seriously, how is this season AV’s fault? Here’s a quick list of what AV dealt with this season:’
— A starting “elite” goalie with below average numbers.
— A defense featuring Brendan Smith, who came into camp not ready.
— A defense featuring Kevin Shattenkirk, who played hurt all year.
— No number one center.
— An injured captain.
— Lost Zibanejad, the defacto number 1 center, who is a number 2 or number 3 center on a contending team.
— Lost Chris Kreider due to a blood clot, for over 20+ games.
— Saddled with Cody McLeod, as the big splash move, before the “letter”.
— Forced to play a lot of young and inexperienced kids, before the team’s struggles, in a Vesey, in a Buchnevich, in a Skjei, etc.
— No true competive fourth line.
— A general manager trying to rebuild on the fly, despite no evidence of that ever working.
So while the “in” thing to do is to blame AV for everything, how do you argue with his past successes? Sure he hasn’t won a Cup, but neither has Lundqvist, and everyone defends him. Furthermore, AV can lead these guys to water, but it’s not his fault when Lundqvist spills the bowl and blows every fucking lead he ever gets. You feel me?
The Tank Cup is this Thursday
I’m already up to 5000+ words, so it’s time to put a wrap on this one.
Six more periods of futile Rangers hockey remains. Up next, a Thursday showdown at Barclays with the Islanders. Both teams benefit with a loss, so expect the Rangers to finally beat the Islanders on this night. From there, it’s Philly on Saturday and that’s that. It’s still hard to fathom that this Rangers season is finally over. We’ll talk more about that once the season is donzo.
See ya Thursday.
As always, thanks for reading and “LET’S GO RANGERS!”
2 thoughts on “NYR/NJD 4/3 Review: The Devils Pitchfork The Rangers For 60 Minutes; Scorch & Torch Lundqvist, NYR Media Failing The Fans, Lettieri Watch, Injuries Claim Fast & Zucc, Young Kids Take The Heat, In Defense of AV & More From a Hellish Nightmare at The Rock”
Great stuff Sean…Im with you….too many useless clueless idiots on some of the fan sites….Too many worthless reporters that dont ask the real questions….and too many women covering this team that write stupid ass articles…. I have had it with its never Hanks fault….Ive had it with its never AV’s fault…..JG get to F’n work
Great stuff Sean…Im with you….too many useless clueless idiots on some of the fan sites….Too many worthless reporters that dont ask the real questions….and too many women covering this team that write stupid ass articles…. I have had it with its never Hanks fault….Ive had it with its never AV’s fault…..JG get to F’n work
As outlined, the hockey media, specifically here in NY, aren’t willing to jeopardize their paychecks by questioning the narrative the team provides.