GDT: #1 - 01/19/2013 | New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins | 7:00 PM - MSG, NHL NET

[Clown Fiesta]

Leafs are winning, wonder if they have started routing the parade yet.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Can someone explain the call against Boyle?

Rask was outside the crease and he skated into Boyle, correct?

The morons on the Boston (National) feed will never actually explain it, so I was hoping someone here could explain why Boyle got called for interference.

He got called because Chris Lee is a horrible ref and has always been conveniently horrible whenever he refs Rangers games (he's from Philly and is a born and raised Flyers fan).

 

[Fataldogg]

Typical Rangers hockey. Get out shot 2-to-1, have your goaltender keep you in the game, and pray for a lucky bounce in the upcoming periods.

Nash looked decent.

I'd like to see Kreider-Richards-Nash as the top line. Kreider/Nash, at 6'4" and 230+ lbs each would give defense fits. Especially with their skill set.

Rangers looked flat. Lundqvist looked great (was nervous given he didn't play in Europe and didn't have the real game experience some other players had heading into this season).

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

I also don't know why we're talking about the Rangers not being physical. Callahan was a wrecking ball and Staal was dropping the hammer, too.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

well at least dont put him on the pp ever again

So don't put a giant goalie screener on the PP?

 

[mike14]

Bull. Awful, AWFUL call by the ref on the "goalie interference." Stupider to get AN EXTRA two on top of that.

Perfectly justified to be angry at that call. It was terrible.

Boyle has every right to be angry (I was too), bit you want to the refs. It's a simple rule that players always forget. SHouldn't have been a penalty, but the extra two is Boyle's fault. Keep your mouth shut and fume on the bench. Has anyone ever actually seen a referee/umpire change a decision because a player yelled at them?

 

[Loff]

this is a bad hockey team

Yep.

 

[Ail]

I thought staal was our best defenseman. He's back

Disagree completely.

 

[Fataldogg]

That wasn't an excessive amount of talking compared to what I've seen before. Kozari is just a very sensitive official.

Hope he can maintain consistency if anyone else argues a call.

Sure, but Boyle is a veteran professional hockey player. He should know better, especially in a 0-0 game. It's a penalty. Deal with it. You're not going to like a lot of the penalties called against you, but keep it to yourself.

That said, I agree. It wasn't a whole lot he did. But it's the officials discretion to make that call.

 

[Pizza]

Pruster getting passed the torch by Gionta?

 

[Muh]

Good for Kovalev getting an assist with Panthers.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

I don't have a problem without putting BB on the PP, but he had a good period when he WAS on the ice.

Whatever, we'll get over that stupid call. PP goal incoming.

 

[Boruto]

I'm calling 3 goals in the 2nd period. Nash Nash DZ

 

[Fataldogg]

I also don't know why we're talking about the Rangers not being physical. Callahan was a wrecking ball and Staal was dropping the hammer, too.

I thought we were soft. Bruins beat us at our own game (although it's their game too). Staal had a nice hit. Callahan threw one or two okay hits, but overall, they dominated us physically.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Not very good, we are getting bullied.
Still better than 1st period of last years 1st game, and that season ended up pretty good

We scored a goal that period.

 

[Brady Skjei]

Pruster getting passed the torch by Gionta?

Yeah, what's the deal with that?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Boyle has every right to be angry (I was too), bit you want to the refs. It's a simple rule that players always forget. SHouldn't have been a penalty, but the extra two is Boyle's fault. Keep your mouth shut and fume on the bench. Has anyone ever actually seen a referee/umpire change a decision because a player yelled at them?

You also don't see an extra two unless a guy is damn near taking a swing at the ref. Boyle was barely even saying anything yet he conveniently got the extra 2. If it was any ref but Lee, I'd agree with you.

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

Saved the day?

He sprung Seguin on a breakaway and stood and watched while Lucic put the puck in.

Pretty sure MDz put seguin on a breakaway

 

[mike14]

Saved the day?

He sprung Seguin on a breakaway and stood and watched while Lucic put the puck in.

LOL at 'stood and watched'. the giveaway was terrible (but at least he redeemed himself by getting back and stopping the puck), he was where he should have been for the rebound, between his man and the goal, there's no way he should be expecting a 25+ ft rebound to blow past him

 

[Doctyl]

So don't put a giant goalie screener on the PP?

hes not very good at it. dont you remember when he blocked rupp's shot that was going in during the 3OT game

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

I thought we were soft. Bruins beat us at our own game (although it's their game too). Staal had a nice hit. Callahan threw one or two okay hits, but overall, they dominated us physically.

I just didn't see it that way at all.

 

[Machinehead]

The physicality was fine. It was 7 out of every 8 passes going to the other team that was the problem imo.

 

[trilobyte]

NEED MORE: Forecheck, Cycle, Physicality, Fight back.

This kind of physicality in the first game of the season without any preseason games is really hard to deal with. Del Zotto and Callahan are two best Rangers by far. Cally needs more ice. Hags, Gabby, Staal - need to get their head on straight. Rangers have more size than a year ago - need to use it. Skill, speed on bottom 6 may be a problem. And I wish Prust was here to stand up to Lucic. Someone needs to.

I tend to agree with you here. It would energize them and get them going.

 

[truebluegoalie]

Boyle has every right to be angry (I was too), bit you want to the refs. It's a simple rule that players always forget. SHouldn't have been a penalty, but the extra two is Boyle's fault. Keep your mouth shut and fume on the bench. Has anyone ever actually seen a referee/umpire change a decision because a player yelled at them?

I don't know what he said but, the officials need to have tougher skin

 

[member 116805]

We scored a goal that period.

Goal or no goal, those two games in Sweden were the saddest hockey i can remember seeing.
BUT, there is plenty of time left. Could get even worse