The Official New York Rangers Thread

[jetsfan4life51]

How's Erixon been or did he get called down again.
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[jetsfan4life51]

BAH no shutout.
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[TheChad]

[roysmyboy31]

Only one more point to clinch the East. Finish it up tonight by beating the Bruins.
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[roysmyboy31]

Bah. Lost to Boston tonight despite dominating the third period. Bad turnover by Girardi led to the GWG for Boston. Could not solve Thomas tonight. I think we played very well though. Will just have to wait until Tuesday to clinch the East .
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[roysmyboy31]

Eastern Conference clinched. We played well for the first part of the game, not so much the 2nd. Henrik was magnificent though, stood up to the Flyers very well. I thought the refs were a little whistle happy tonight, but the Rangers dominated on special teams, killing off 7 of 8 penalties and scoring on 3 of 6 PPs.
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[TheChad]

I do enjoy beating the Flyers. Perfect way to clinch the East.

I'm ready for some playoff hockey.
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[kitchenbags]

clinched the east now sit back and relax till the playoffs

[roysmyboy31]

If this game actually meant anything, I would be flipping mad. Nothing good came out of that game for us. We looked like garbage, I have a feeling we took it a bit easy in this game. I can understand that to an extent, but I would still like to have some momentum in the playoffs. So I want us to play well against the Caps and play Lundy if he is healthy (currently has some pain in his arm).

And what a cheap shot on Stepan's knee by Orpik. I hope he gets what is coming to him. Ridiculous. Obviously, I hope D-Step doesn't have a big injury. He skated off on his own power, so I think he'll be OK.

And if there is one team in the whole league I would prefer not to deal with in the playoffs, it is this team. The Penguins present some matchup problems for us with their talent and speed. We'll have Hank in between the pipes should it come to that though instead of Marty.
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[1BackInBlackFan]

Hopefully Stepan is okay and isn't hurt for weeks like Staal was when Rupp kneed him earlier in the year. I can see Orpik getting suspended for it. Of course this is the NHL so who knows what discipline if any he will get.

I wouldn't be that concern over the Rangers performance. The Pens needed that game more than they did and it showed.
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The cool high-flying Troy sig courtesy of Lysar529. Great work!

[roysmyboy31]

[1BackInBlackFan]

[kitchenbags]

torts gets fined 20000 for the comments he made about the pens, [inappropriate/removed] the league

I would rather play the panthers in the first round, gonna be interesting tomorrow with these two games.

[TheChad]

Looks like we don't really want the Presidents' Trophy.
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[roysmyboy31]

That was brutal. Looked honestly like we didn't care all that much. I sense that we lacked the intensity that we have carried for most of this year. We were slow out of the gates and Washington buried us early. Hank did not have his best game, though those deflection goals are hard to stop (especially when he is also being screened). No one did really. We actually played a good game outside of not being able to beat Holtby and being a little soft at the back end. As long as we bring it in the postseason, these last two efforts don't mean anything. I don't like the idea of limping into the postseason really. Would have strongly preferred to have some momentum off of a win.

Our opponent is the Ottawa Senators. Go get 'em.
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