Greetings and salutations everyone and welcome to another blog here on BlueCollarBlueShirts.com. Four more losses games to go.
And so much for “Oh Baby” and “It’s A Power-Play Goal” too – as on this night – and the Rangers never gave John Davidson and Sam Rosen a chance to belt out their signature catch phrases one last time.
But TNT did provide us with several “And This One Will Last a Lifetime” clips throughout Wednesday’s broadcast – and where as noted many times on this site over the years – a well-intended collection of seven-words that in the moment, were cause for celebration – but today – have now become a literal curse that’s now 31-years-old and running.
Perhaps one way to break such a curse?
By firing both Peter Laviolette and Chris Drury – but I think that I’ve given you this spiel once or fifty times before during the past few months!
There’s a reason why we are all fond of nostalgia – and of course – why nostalgia sells too.
When it comes to Sam Rosen and John Davidson, then just like anything else deemed nostalgic, then it always brings us back to better days – and more often than not – from the days of our youth.
(And for the younger fans who never experienced a Rosen & JD game before – then I’m glad that they got this opportunity. #ThankYouTNT !)
Whether it’s music, movies, video games, trading cards, clothes, or in this case sports (albeit, via hockey announcers) – and we all universally love nostalgia.
After all, and as the old expression goes, “you don’t know what you got til it’s gone.”
For about three-hours on Wednesday night, then TNT, who I’ve raved about on this site ever since their first broadcast once acquiring the rights to these NHL games – as I do believe that they have the best show in all of sports today (and that includes the other major and collegiate leagues in America too) – and the cable network that sells “we know drama” as a tagline?
Then they found a way to pull the heartstrings too – and where perhaps for many – tissues to wipe the wet eyes were required to boot – and especially at the end of it when the two Ranger legends expressed their love, devotion and all-out gratitude for one another.
Granted, this broadcast, which featured two dud teams going head-to-head with one another, catered to a niche audience.
After all, if you weren’t a long-time fan of the Rangers, then a reunion of two hockey announcers wasn’t really a selling point for you.
But for the people like me, and most likely you too (or why else would you be reading these words?), then we were the few select chosen ones that TNT aimed to please.
And the Turner Network most certainly delivered in this mission.
(#ThankYouTNT !)
For nearly three-hours and this was the football equivalent of a John Madden and Pat Summerall reunion – but of course – providing if the NFL could resurrect this legendary pair from the dead.
(And one day? Then I’m sure that AI will provide such a broadcast!)
Simply put – and Rosen & JD never missed a beat.
Better than that?
Despite everything – JD chasing higher career aspirations elsewhere, his poorly timed firing once returned to New York, Rosen’s daily bouts with senility, etc – and it was like we were returned to their peak years together.
While these two will always be remembered for 1994 (and just like anyone else associated with the Rangers from that year); what also made this broadcast so nostalgic was the fact that the Rangers shit the bed – and as they often did throughout the majority of the Rosen & JD run.
After all, it was this pair that called every game throughout 1998-2004 – aka – “The Second Dark Age” of Ranger hockey.
And while time will ultimately determine what we’ll officially nickname this present era – then who knows – this 2024-25 campaign could wind up becoming the first season in “The Third Dark Age” era of franchise history.
Before moving on and quickly breezing through the nonsense that we watched on the ice on Wednesday night (it’s late, my real-job, overtime, waa-waa-waa, this team sucks, more waa-waa-waa, etc) and I would like to once again thank TNT for making this happen.
And a big FU to M$GN who would not give us this reunion at all – and not even when JD was in the arena during the brief eight-minute M$G ceremony dedicated to Rosen last month.
For one night, I was whisked away to a different time – and while there was always 1994 to hang my hat on – but these two were so in-sync, so much so – that you forgot about the fact that Rosen has now been calling games longer with Joe Micheletti than he once did with JD.
Just as it always was post-1994 – and these two made a bad Ranger game entertaining.
Thank you TNT.
Thank you Sam and John.
To jump ahead a bit, as there’s no way that I can give you ever piece of information from a game that featured thirteen goals (but if you want the complete 411, then check out my Tweeter feed, as I have all of it for you here: https://x.com/NYCTheMiC ), then following this loss and the Rangers’ tragic number now sits at one.
In other words, then all Montreal has to do in their next four-games is at least lose in overtime just once – and then – see ya 2024-25 Rangers.
For the simpletons still clinging onto playoff hope for these pathetic Blueshirts, then the Canadiens finish the season in games against the Senators, Maple Leafs, Blackhawks and Hurricanes.
Granted, both the Senators and Maple Leafs need as many wins as possible, as Ottawa is chasing for a third-seed while Toronto tries to protect their first-overall status in the Atlantic Division.
After those two games, the red-hot Habs host both a bad Chicago team and a Carolina team that’s already locked into their playoff fate – a home-advantage in a first-round series against the Devils.
(Which is to mean, that even if Montreal needs that one last point against Rod Brind’Amour’s brood – then they may face an AHL roster, as Carolina’s first-round plans are already set in stone.)
So yeah – I think that Montreal gets it done.
Furthermore, the Rangers haven’t won three in a row since Veteran’s Day – and do you really think they are going to win four straight to close the season?
The only way the Blueshirts will win four straight?
Only after Montreal clinches!
As usual, and it was the sorry sack of shit, the Swedish-Iranian deejay, Mika Zibanejad, that couldn’t capitalize on an early advantage.
Just 75-seconds into the contest and Cam York had slashed Princess Mika while the man disgracing Petr Nedved’s jersey today was streaking towards the net of rookie goaltender, Aleksei Kolosov.
An $8.5M center, once formerly and allegedly dubbed as “elite,” against a goalie with all of sixteen NHL games of experience – and a Belarus-born netminder that entered this match with a 3.86 GAA and .867 save percentage?
Mika, and just as if it was another Ranger power-play – shot the puck wide.
But don’t worry – he still likes the way that the team is playing – and damn it – they are gonna turn it around during their next game played too!
When you watch Mika shoot the puck these days, then it’s a miracle that he’s a new dad today – as it seems like he can never score at a wide-open and gaping hole.
And perhaps had the puck been a volleyball (read this if you don’t understand the reference: https://bluecollarblueshirts.com/4725/ ) – then perhaps he would have spiked it into the net.
Instead, he’ll soon be spiked from the organization this summer.
As JD was explaining what a 1x3x1 was – and if you recall, then this was Lavy’s “system” that he talked about endlessly last season – only to never mention it once this year; then the Rangers continued to generate some offense at even-strength – but of course – with no goals to show for it either.
Why should anything change?
After all, and these Blueshirts had entered this game without a 5 x 5 goal to their name during their last two matches played.
Down to 13:08 to go and the putrid and pathetic Rangers’ power-play had their first man-up advantage of the game, as the house-hold name of Karsen Dorwart had tripped Zac Jones – and a Jones that was only playing because K’Andre Miller remained out with an undisclosed illness.
Immediately into it and Ryan Poehling, a PKer no less, hit the crossbar.
Two-minutes later and the power-play was kaput – and it didn’t register a SOG either.
At this point, I can’t even keep track with the powerless futility numbers, but I believe these Bad News Bear Blueshirts have only three power-play goals scored in their last seventy-five tries.
And of course, and as it often is, then once doing nothing on their man-advantage, then they gave the Flyers two-minutes of man-up time of their own.
With 10:26 remaining, the Rangers reverted themselves into taking Sieve Vagistat’s favorite bed room activity – but an NHL infraction no less too – “too many men.”
Surprisingly, and as Rosen and Davidson were talking about the past (but JD’s unceremonious firing was never addressed – and for that matter – the names of “Chris Drury” and “James Dolan” were never uttered once either – and you have to think that was a pregame edict/arrangement as well); and there was the real first-line center of this team, Vincent Trocheck, beating the Flyers’ freshman goalie on a short-handed breakaway – and via the backhand too.
This shorty was scored with just two-seconds left on the Rangers’ PK – as once again, the man-down teams had struck again.
Better than that?
And Jonathan Quick received the secondary assist, as he was the one who got the puck to Mika before Zibanejad found the true #1 center on the team.
1-0, Rangers – as despite everything, including playing the worst team in the Eastern Conference, and the Blueshirts were finally ahead on the scoreboard.
Both the good-vibes for Quick and the Rangers would soon implode – but such events were saved for another “biggest period of the season.”
As Rosen may have misspoke when he said, “John, it’s great to be tapping Kathryn Tappen again” (and his only perceived error of the broadcast – and don’t let Jeremy Roenick know about this) and there was JD explaining what a rebuild is – while also defending the good name of his former coach in Columbus, a former bench boss in the Big Apple too, John Tortorella.
Throughout the broadcast, and where perhaps you really had to listen for it, and JD did get some shots in at the only team that he’s ever loved – and one that broke his heart in May of 2021 by betraying him.
While “Et Tu Drury” was never said; JD explained how you had to be patient during rebuilds – and wasted no time when giving us his doctrine on this subject.
In what was mainly a boring period (that is – except from the booth), the Rangers took to the locker room after the first period with this 1-0 lead still in-tact – and a 12-5 SOG advantage too.
While perhaps at the time you felt that the Rangers would actually handle business against a league bottom-feeder; then true Blueshirt backers knew what to expect.
Heck, and for the evidence, then just take a look at my pregame bet – and one that I should’ve put an extra twenty-zeroes on – and as a way to honor the twenty zeroes on ice:
Outside of the Rosen and JD banter – then not much had transpired during the first-half of the second stanza.
But it was exciting and entertaining nonetheless – and especially when the two old chums exchanged tales and war stories with each other – including information from JD’s first run in Columbus.
His front office days with the Rangers?
Not mentioned at all – and not even when he was raving about Artemi Panarin – who as if you recall – then it was JD who made the pitch to the player that wound up becoming the greatest free agent signing in franchise history.
At the 7:00 mark – the Rangers had no SOG in the period.
And speaking of Panarin – the Blueshirts lost him for a brief period of time as well – as “The Breadman” ate a puck high, thus requiring repairs in the locker room.
Come the 9:03 mark and Tyson Foerster, who later went on to score a hat trick, scored his first of the three required, and as he did when he ripped a point-blank shot past JQ32.
1-1.
Following the goal, and now in the back-half of the period, and Kolosov, who didn’t have to do much this period, made a pair of robbery stops on Cuylle and Jones.
In a response, Rosen informed us that he’s a true pimp, as he was now on a “KT” nickname basis with Ms. Tappen.
That cad!
Down to 7:51 remaining and the god-awful excuse of a Rangers’ power-play got their second crack at it, as Jakob Pelletier high-sticked Urho Vaakanainen.
Without Panarin on this power-play (as if it would have mattered) – and all the rookie in the orange-and-black net had to do was make one save – and as he did.
The end result?
An 0-2 power-play against the worst team in the East.
The Rangers got a third try – but we didn’t see the age-old adage of “third time’s a charm” play out either.
With just 3:43 remaining, Nick Seeler hooked Zero Goals Zibanejad.
26-seconds later?
And a fourth-line grunt, Garnet Hathaway, beat Quick.
2-1, following the Flyers’ shortie.
For the Rangers, this was their fourth SHG given up in their last five games played.
IM-PRESS-IVE!
The Rangers’ power-play on this night?
0-3, 1 SOG and 1 SHG allowed.
Disgusting.
A returning Panarin, on an individual play, tied the game at 2-2 with just 1:28 remaining following his forehand-to-backhand goal.
2-2.
And while I’ll have more about this below; but it should be noted here that both Alexis Lafreniere and Chris Kreider didn’t have any SOG at this point – and where only Kreider would put one on net (a 6 x 5 goal at that – the second time the Rangers have scored a goal in this fashion during this miserable season).
This is notable because after only three-games played – and Gabe Perreault, mind you, who the Rangers are burning the first-year of his entry-level contract, took this game in from the press box.
As Laviolette, prior to the match, was preaching that this was a way to educate Perreault about the NHL game – then I wonder what the Boston College product learnt from a third period where the Rangers were outscored 6-3.
“The Find A New Way To Lose” Rangers excelled to their deserved moniker during this final frame – and as the touchdown to field goal score in these last twenty-minutes would suggest.
Prior to another Blueshirts’ implosion, and this is when JD made sure to tout the good work of Jeff Gorton out in Montreal – as Gorton’s Habs will be the team to finish with the second wild-card this season – and not his former team.
It should also be noted that at just the 2:07 mark and Owen Tippett fired a shot so hard off of JQ32’s mask that his bucket went flying to the ice.
Fortunately, Quick was okay — but was he?
Perhaps the trainer out in Montreal, Jim Ramsay, would have been a better judge of this.
Not even a minute later after this 100MPH collision of rubber-meets-mask, and Travis Sanheim, after hitting the post – then got his own rebound, beating the Rangers’ defense en route, thus scoring a 3-2 rebound goal at just the 3:05 mark.
This was also a rare goal afforded by the hard-working fourth line, who on this night, consisted of Othmann, Brodzinski and Rempe.
And wouldn’t you know it?
Then some two-minutes and change later – and there was Rempe screening Gritty’s goalie – and Jonny Brodzinski then capitalizing with a 3-3 equalizer.
For Brodzinski, who earns $787K this season, this was his 11th goal scored.
Zibanejad, at $8.5M, and who plays top minutes, including PP1 time, only has 17 red lamps.
Now tied, and you were just waiting to see how the Blueshirts would blow it.
However, it wasn’t at the 7:01 mark, as this is when J.T. Miller took a one-timed feed from Missing Mika and then blasted the puck right into the net for the 4-3 goal.
In other words, then down to 12:59 remaining – and all the Rangers had to was protect a one-goal lead against the worst team in the Eastern Conference in order to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Instead of that – they gave up three-straight.
Just one-minute on the dot after Miller’s go-ahead goal and all good vibes were lost, as Pelletier, after Quick bobbled and then gave up a rebound on a Tippett shot, tied the game at 4-4.
Mental Midget Mika, who previously couldn’t even hit the net on a breakaway, couldn’t hit the net when wide-open and two-feet out with 9:30 remaining.
And how many times does a player finish with four assists – but with a minus one next to his name?
Had he been able to convert on any of his numerous scoring chances – then he would’ve finished with a positive rating next to his name – and most likely – two-points & a win for the Rangers too.
Come 8:05 remaining and with Mika watching – and Couturier scored another rebound goal.
5-4, worst team in the East. (And to be clear – I’m talking about the Flyers’ record as opposed to the Rangers’ record!)
As the Rangers did next-to-nothing when trying to mount a comeback, then Foerster made it 6-4 with 4:27 remaining – and where this one was all on Quick.
Speaking of Quick, and I’ll do it “quick” at that (har-har-har) – and while he didn’t look so hot – then I’m also not saying that the Rangers need to move on from him either – and like many other residents of Rangerstown, USA presently are.
The whole team sucks.
Plus, Quick has been a whole lot more good than he’s been bad.
Furthermore, he’s been on ice (inactive) for some time – and again – it’s not like CZAR IGOR has fared much better with whatever this alleged defense is supposed to be.
Down by two and Bozo The Bench Boss pulled the future Hall of Fame goalie with 2:30 remaining.
Shockingly, and Kreider scored his 21st goal of the season with just 1:50 remaining.
As noted above – and this was his first SOG of the game.
6-5, not the Rangers.
“Fun Fact?”
The Rangers have two 6 x 5 goals this season – and neither score tied the game the Rangers were trailing in.
In other words – they’ve only scored twice this way – but only when down by two.
The Flyers, between Foerster’s hat-trick goal with 55-seconds remaining (7-5) and Tippett’s 20th goal of the season with 13-seconds remaining (8-5) sealed the deal.
For a Rangers’ team that’s found 879678698678 ways to lose this season – and in every which way imaginable – they had once again lost to another bottom-feeder – and just like they have previously done against Chicago, Nashville, Buffalo (twice), Anaheim, the former Coyotes, and the list goes on-and-on.
And judging by the post-game interviews where Adam Fox, Missing Mika and Bozo The Bench Boss said the same old shit – then they need a cardiologist to find the Blueshirts’ heart – as there’s no blood pumping with these losers – and as has been the case for some time now.
For posterity, then here are your updated standings – and where if you didn’t know it already, then you can kiss the idea of this team reaching the playoffs goodbye:
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, seventy-eight down, four 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?
Magic Eight Ball is saying, “No.”
In case you missed it, then here’s where I last left off – the Rangers getting spanked by Tampa:
NYR/TBL 4/7 Review: Lightning Crashes; Rangers’ Tragic Number Falls to Five, Big Name Bolts Dominate; Blueshirts’ FAT CATS Go Into Fetal Position, “Volleyball-Gate,” The Numbers Game, Special (Ed) Teams, Dolan Needs To Make a Decision Right Now, Vasilevskiy Proves He’s The Best Russian Goalie Today, Jonathan Quick Named “Mr. Ranger;” Voting Open on This Year’s Frank Boucher Trophy Winner, Bring on The Rosen/JD Reunion, M$GN & More
Since the season came 99.9% of officially meeting its demise following Monday night’s loss to Tampa, coupled-in with the fact that Bozo The Bench Boss rarely has held mandatory practices throughout this 2024-25 campaign too; then come Tuesday and the team had an undeserved day off.
On Wednesday morning, GAME DAY, and the team reconvened for an A.M. skate – and where if you can believe it, then the head coach decided to make a healthy scratch out of Gabe Perreault.
Gee, I wonder who was the first to predict that burning the first year of his ELC was a bad idea?
Such a decision was even more curious, as while Laviolette said that he wanted his assistants and other staff to coach-up Perreault from the press box; then over on the other end, and the Flyers are a team right now that’s primarily made-up of AHLers and prospects.
In other words, then this would’ve been a perfect game for Perreault to compete in.
(And following this result? OO-FA!)
At this rate, and with the Rangers tragic number sitting at three when entering Wednesday night’s tilt – then what’s the use in playing both Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider anymore?
Ah, and alas – I’m just a beer-bellied blogger – and not a former Stanley Cup winning head coach – and a coach who was not only lucky to win it – but hasn’t won the silver again ever since (2006).
Here was Laviolette’s line-up for the seventy-eighth game of this 2024-25 season:
FIRST LINE: Panarin/Trocheck/Lafreniere
SECOND LINE: Cuylle/Miller/Mika
THIRD LINE: Kreider/Carrick/Berard
FOURTH LINE: Othmann/Brodzinski/Rempe
FIRST PAIR: Soucy/Fox
SECOND PAIR: Borgen/Jones
THIRD PAIR: Vaakanainen/Schneider
STARTING GOALIE: Quick
BACK UP GOALIE: CZAR IGOR
LTIR: Adam Edstrom
SICK: K’Andre Miller
DONE FOR THE SEASON: Arthur Kaliyev
HEALTHY SCRATCHES: Calvin de Haan, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Jusse Parssinen and Gabe Perreault.
BOX SCORE time.
The following graphics and information come from ESPN.com:
SCORING:
PENALTIES:
TEAM STATS:
GOALIES:
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| 28 | 6 | 22 | .786 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58:02 | 0 |
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| 29 | 5 | 24 | .828 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 |
Thank you to TNT, and I guess @SNYRangers too, who lifted the video, for providing us an eight-minute pregame face-time segment with Sam and JD:
Sam Rosen and John Davidson in the booth for TNT tonight 💙♥️ pic.twitter.com/nueEY97fFZ
— Rangers Videos (@SNYRangers) April 9, 2025
Again – I can’t rave about this broadcast enough.
THANK YOU to everyone who made it happen – and where I’ve heard that Gary Bettman helped to facilitate the deal too – as even he knew how important this was for the fans.
I just wish that Sam and JD had more to work with – but again – this was both expected on-brand.
We’re just doing the real-time post-period tweets for tonight’s GAME REVIEW segment – as after all – I’ve said it all up top and I’m sure that you don’t need an intricate breakdown of this horrific night of hockey either.
See you on the other side with what’s next.
FIRST PERIOD
1-0, disappointments, after 20. 1P #NYR thoughts:
— Approaching three straight games without a 5 x 5 goal.
— Surprisingly, the PK, which has been roughed up a bit over the past few weeks is back. Trocheck SHG.
— SOG 12-5 Rangers.
— Fourth line continues to be the top…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) April 10, 2025
SECOND PERIOD
2-2 after 2. 2P #NYR Thoughts:
— Rangers’ power-play is god-awful, yet Laviolette will always put the same 5 or 6 guys (depending on how he feels about Kreider that day) out there.
— Guess he can’t use Perreault tonight (what a clown)
— But he could use Rempe to screen…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) April 10, 2025
THIRD PERIOD
8-5, Flyers, final. Pre #NYR https://t.co/pbL0K5NsMb blog thoughts:
— I’m actually going to the Rangers/Isles game tomorrow. I know I should cancel and save the vacation day that I’m using at work – but it’s more about seeing one of my old friends than anything else. Plus the…— BlueCollarBlueShirts (@NYCTheMiC) April 10, 2025
As someone who has constantly complained about his never-ending work schedule ever since November, one full of anywhere from 30-40 hours overtime a week – then finally – I’m using a well-earned vacation day on Thursday!
The hockey gods know that I deserve it!
On Tuesday, one of my longest-friends, “Bad Ass Billy W.,” and a friendship that first dates back to high school, called me up and asked if I wanted to attend Thursday night’s Islanders vs Rangers game at IBS.
While my friend is a filthy, disgusting and dirty lout – as he is an Islander fan – I graciously accepted his offer – as after all – the ticket is free!
(And talk about being a glutton for punishment too – but alas – I’m a sucker for free hockey!)
Granted, while both of our teams suck ass, and suck ass royally they do; then the winner of this game will officially eliminate the other team from the playoffs.
That said, I don’t know what I want to happen.
After all, the Rangers aren’t making the playoffs, so a loss is the best result, as it betters the team’s draft pick odds.
But what person in their right mind can root for the Islanders?
End of the day?
A fun night with an old friend, plenty of beers on me (since he got us free tickets ten rows off of the ice) and a pathetic excuse for a hockey game – and in a rivalry that’s long lost its luster – and despite the fact that it was just over a year ago when Matt Rempe kicked the snot out of Matt Martin at the outdoor game at Giants Stadium, in a Rangers’ comeback overtime win.
Comeback overtime win?
Those three words also sound quite antiquated this season too.
I do have a double-shift (my straight eight and then eight overtime hours on top of that) on Friday.
In other words, I may not be back tomorrow night with a Rangers/Isles review.
But as always, you can find my real-time thoughts on my Tweeter/X account.
Furthermore, and I’m attending my local watering hole’s last Rangers’ watch party of the season, which is scheduled this Saturday when the Blueshirts travel down to Raleigh.
Since these parties can take a toll on one’s liver, where as a result, slumber is immediately required afterwards; then if you don’t hear from me on either Thursday or Saturday night on this site – then I’ll be back Sunday with a weekend round-up.
At this point, it’s all about making memories with people that I like – and not writing about a team that I despise.
And this now brings us to your favorite segment, which is…
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LET’S GO RANGERS!
Sean McCaffrey
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@NYCTHEMIC on the Tweeter machine
“Only Princess Mika could pick up four assists and still wind up with a -1 next to his name in the box score.” My thoughts on that exactly!
I’m now looking on the bright side, I’d be amazed (at the stupidity) if the Rangers don’t get blown up over the summer. At least next year can then be talked about with optimism for the new core!
Oh yeah, and I’d vote Rempe for the Frank Boucher award.