News Article: Sam Rosen To Retire After Next Season

[Captain Monglobster]

Only saving grace is that Kenny Albert is waiting in the wings. Howie Rose wouldve been nice but Sam decided to stay for 100 years. Not complaining, Sam is the best in the business. Gonna be missed. Hopefully there will be a few more big calls to make before the year is over for his sake.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Phil Esposito as a Ranger player was Good.
As a Ranger’s announcer he was Bad.
As the Ranger GM he was Ugly.

I dunno, I thought he was a fun listen on MSG. He was entertaining & insightful, plus for a kid like me who was just learning the subtleties of the sport, he taught me a lot about the game. I really liked his Espo on Ice segments during the intermissions.

Plus he was an unabashed homer & his excitement was contagious. His last year in the MSG booth was 85-86 before he was named GM over the summer. 2nd round of the 86 playoffs Game 1 in Washington, game goes to OT where all over a sudden Phil SCREAMS over Sam "He's in!!!", before Brian MacLellan even took the pass for the breakaway that he scored on for the game winner. I will never forgot how fired up he was. As a 14 year old, Phil was alright by me.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

I dunno, I thought he was a fun listen on MSG. He was entertaining & insightful, plus for a kid like me who was just learning the subtleties of the sport, he taught me a lot about the game. I really liked his Espo on Ice segments during the intermissions.

Plus he was an unabashed homer & his excitement was contagious. His last year in the MSG booth was 85-86 before he was named GM over the summer. 2nd round of the 86 playoffs Game 1 in Washington, game goes to OT where all over a sudden Phil SCREAMS over Sam "He's in!!!", before Brian MacLellan even took the pass for the breakaway that he scored on for the game winner. I will never forgot how fired up he was. As a 14 year old, Phil was alright by me.

My take was he used his tv platform to undermine Craig Patrick,Ted Sator and what they were trying to accomplish.
Then ended up getting Patrick’s job and firing Sator even after Sator took a team that finished the season two games under .500 deep into the post season. That team over achieved in the playoffs and was only stopped by an insane Patrick Roy performance. The Canadiens ended up winning the Stanley Cup.
Craig Patrick had said when he took the job after Fred Shero was released that he had a 9 year plan to achieve the objective of making the Rangers into a perennial contender.
Brian MacLellan was another Esposito special.
Trading him when he found out that Brian had taken a lease on a car only until April when he was traded here from the Kings even though MacLellan played extremely well in the playoffs.
Long Live the Smurfs!!!

 

[17futurecap]

Nice job by Mollie, that was basically the highlight of this sad sack of a season so far.