Ray Emery -Respect from Rangers fans

[Embryo]

I think we should all take our hats off to Ray Emery as Ranger fans for all the battles we've had against him over the years and there were A LOT. I know there are appropriate threads on other boards about him but I don't see any harm in having a tribute thread for him here on the Rangers board.

Can't even count how many times I've seen him play live at MSG or against the Devils or Isles ( I go to as many games as I can) and of course just watching games on TV and playoff games he was in. Feels as if I lost a player on one of my favorite teams, I've seen him play so much. He also broke our hearts and stole a few big games from the Rangers over the years which I will never forget. RIP Razor.

Anyone have any memories of him against the Rangers? At first I thought he was in goal in 2010 when Jokkinen choked and blew us a playoff spot but that was Brian Boucher.

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[ReggieDunlop68]

I think we should all take our hats off to Ray Emery as Ranger fans for all the battles we've had against him over the years and there were A LOT. I know there are appropriate threads on other boards about him but I don't see any harm in having a tribute thread for him here on the Rangers board.

Can't even count how many times I've seen him play live at MSG or against the Devils or Isles ( I go to as many games as I can) and of course just watching games on TV and playoff games he was in. Feels as if I lost a player on one of my favorite teams, I've seen him play so much. He also broke our hearts and stole a few big games from the Rangers over the years which I will never forget. RIP Razor.

Anyone have any memories of him against the Rangers? At first I thought he was in goal in 2010 when Jokkinen choked and blew us a playoff spot but that was Brian Boucher.

Did he hit hit head diving or something? The news is pretty vague.

I’m sorry to hear this. He was a young guy.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Did he hit hit head diving or something? The news is pretty vague.

I’m sorry to hear this. He was a young guy.

He drowned
Its crazy and sad that hes gone at 35, shows how fragile life is

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

He drowned
Its crazy and sad that hes gone at 35, shows how fragile life is

Terrible. Sorry to hear that.

 

[eco's bones]

As a hockey goalie--Emery had a really, really bad temper and was arguably the best goalie as far as fighting that I've seen--that includes Daniel Cloutier. He was a good goalie but he could never get enough consistency together to be a great goalie and his temperament sometimes got in the way of that. He absolutely kicked the shit out of Braden Holtby in one game who was practically begging with him not to fight. Emery was having none of that and Holtby got a great big walloping--so I can imagine some Caps fans might not want to join in with good remembrances of him.

 

[vladmyir111]

Did he hit hit head diving or something? The news is pretty vague.

I’m sorry to hear this. He was a young guy.

Sounds like it was in a river or something, who knows, that's just terrible though

 

[nyr2k2]

Sounds like it was in a river or something, who knows, that's just terrible though

It was at a yacht club in Hamilton Harbor. Like a marina or something. And early morning--I understand 6 a.m. Does seem a little unusual.

My buddy, I coach with him, his wife just died this weekend in the Outer Banks. The whole family got caught in a rip current and couldn't handle it. So sad. His son is my son's best friend.

Water is so dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. Even if you do know what you're doing, one mistake is all it takes. That's why I've never been much of a swimmer, outside pools, despite being from Long Island.

Sad about Emery. Rest peacefully.

 

[ecemleafs]

It was at a yacht club in Hamilton Harbor. Like a marina or something. And early morning--I understand 6 a.m. Does seem a little unusual.

My buddy, I coach with him, his wife just died this weekend in the Outer Banks. The whole family got caught in a rip current and couldn't handle it. So sad. His son is my son's best friend.

Water is so dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. Even if you do know what you're doing, one mistake is all it takes. That's why I've never been much of a swimmer, outside pools, despite being from Long Island.

Sad about Emery. Rest peacefully.

I was in the outer banks this week. Currents and waves really were rough. Red flag for half the time we were there. Very sad that people died. Sorry for your and your friends families loss.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

It was at a yacht club in Hamilton Harbor. Like a marina or something. And early morning--I understand 6 a.m. Does seem a little unusual.

My buddy, I coach with him, his wife just died this weekend in the Outer Banks. The whole family got caught in a rip current and couldn't handle it. So sad. His son is my son's best friend.

Water is so dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. Even if you do know what you're doing, one mistake is all it takes. That's why I've never been much of a swimmer, outside pools, despite being from Long Island.

Sad about Emery. Rest peacefully.

Sorry for your loss. I still remember seeing something on the news about how to deal with rip currents. One thing that you should do (at least in the ocean) is NOT try to swim to shore but swim parallel to shore until you're out of the rip current. If I'm making a mistake here please call me on it.

 

[nyr2k2]

Sorry for your loss. I still remember seeing something on the news about how to deal with rip currents. One thing that you should do (at least in the ocean) is NOT try to swim to shore but swim parallel to shore until you're out of the rip current. If I'm making a mistake here please call me on it.

That's absolutely correct. You never swim against the rip current, since even really strong swimmers can't keep up with a really strong pull. They say the bad currents can pull you 6-8 feet per second.

So, you look for where waves are breaking to your side (there tend not to be breaking waves in the current) and as you said try to swim parallel to the beach until you reach breaking waves. Those will help push you in. If you still can't do it just tread water until the current takes you out and weakens and then again swim parallel and back to the breakers.

Just under no circumstances do you panic, or try to fight the current. If you do that, you exhaust yourself. That's evidently what happened to my friend and his family (he has kids that are 12 and I believe 8), they tried to fight it and couldn't any longer. He was keeping the kids afloat but his wife couldn't hang in there. They airlifted her to Virginia and everything. It was and is just terrible.

I'm sorry for distracting from the Emery part of this thread, I just wanted to talk for a second about how dangerous water can be and why people always need to be serious around it. The Atlantic in particular will always come for you, if you don't respect it.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Sorry for your loss. I still remember seeing something on the news about how to deal with rip currents. One thing that you should do (at least in the ocean) is NOT try to swim to shore but swim parallel to shore until you're out of the rip current. If I'm making a mistake here please call me on it.

Remembering that got me out of a potentially bad situation a few years ago when I was vacationing in Puerto Rico. I wandered out a bit to far and next thing I know there is no floor. I could feel myself being pulled out. I swam parallel to the shore for a bit and got out of it. By the time I made it back to the beach I was exhausted and a good quarter mile from where my beach chair was. Oceans, rivers and backyard pools need to be respected and taken seriously. You never dive head first into a body of water you can't see through or know the depth off. That's why scuba divers fall into the water back first and slowly.

 

[nyr2k2]

Remembering that got me out of a potentially bad situation a few years ago when I was vacationing in Puerto Rico. I wandered out a bit to far and next thing I know there is no floor. I could feel myself being pulled out. I swam parallel to the shore for a bit and got out of it. By the time I made it back to the beach I was exhausted and a good quarter mile from where my beach chair was. Oceans, rivers and backyard pools need to be respected and taken seriously. You never dive head first into a body of water you can't see through or know the depth off. That's why scuba divers fall into the water back first and slowly.

Yep, always gotta be safe. No matter how much of a badass you are.

Also, I'm just going to drop this here. I don't expect anyone to donate to a random stranger, but it is what it is. And my apologies if this is not allowed; not sure where we stand on this stuff now.

Click here to support The Murray Family organized by Molly Thompson Brown

That's my buddy. He has a kid in elementary school and a kid in middle school. And now he's a single dad. Very sad.

 

[Harbour Dog]

That's absolutely correct. You never swim against the rip current, since even really strong swimmers can't keep up with a really strong pull. They say the bad currents can pull you 6-8 feet per second.

So, you look for where waves are breaking to your side (there tend not to be breaking waves in the current) and as you said try to swim parallel to the beach until you reach breaking waves. Those will help push you in. If you still can't do it just tread water until the current takes you out and weakens and then again swim parallel and back to the breakers.

Just under no circumstances do you panic, or try to fight the current. If you do that, you exhaust yourself. That's evidently what happened to my friend and his family (he has kids that are 12 and I believe 8), they tried to fight it and couldn't any longer. He was keeping the kids afloat but his wife couldn't hang in there. They airlifted her to Virginia and everything. It was and is just terrible.

I'm sorry for distracting from the Emery part of this thread, I just wanted to talk for a second about how dangerous water can be and why people always need to be serious around it. The Atlantic in particular will always come for you, if you don't respect it.

There's a lot of truth here.

I was born and raised in a small Newfoundland outport. A good friend lost her brother at an early age, another lost his father a half dozen years ago, and my mother lost an uncle before I was born.

I grew up playing and working in, around, and on the ocean for the majority of my life, and it isn't something to be f***ed with. Only takes a second of inattention, and all the experience in the world won't help you.