Post-Game Talk: Sam

[effen]

Lavi will probably get another try somewhere on the rumply suit established NHL coach merry-go-round, but then again I think I said that about Gallant.

Gallant is gonna be back this coming year, his Rangers paid vacation just ended.

 

[mrmovies779]

And then hire him back and fire him again on Easter.

Tf the Easter Bunny do to you?

 

[eco's bones]

Tampa played like they didn't want to get hurt. Kucherov almost got hurt by his own player anyway.

Sam's the man but Rempe's an even bigger man.

 

[effen]

Lavy looks like a dead man walking, but at least he handled this last press conference with some professionalism unlike whatever Vigneault did in his last one.

Laviolette is coach bot. I don't think he could have a human moment if he tried.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

This season was aids but I had fun talking with everyone here. I definitely check NYRHF more than anything else haha

 

[Rangerboy030]

Sam Rosen.

That's it. That's the post.

 

[will1066]

Snowblind seething at the Igor shutout.

Do you know Snowblind's favorite band?

Seether

 

[will1066]

Anyone remember when Bruce would host those call in shows after the game? One night Bruce's guest was Bobby Orr...some dude calls in & says live on the air..."Bobby Orr you're one of the greatest hockey players ever...& Bruce Beck you're the biggest dick!"

Poor Bruce.

How can anyone call Bruce a dick no less biggest dick? He was too bland to be anything.

 

[NickyFotiu]

We have won 2 in a row! Lets keep playing!

 

[Boris Zubov]

How can anyone call Bruce a dick no less biggest dick. He was too bland to be anything.

Funny you should say that. That same guy must've felt guilty & called back & month or so later & just kept repeating, "Bruce, I love you! Bruce, I love you!" Bruce kept trying to interrupt, "That's great, Eddie, but what's your question!"

You would've figured MSG would've added a delay by then or at least screened their callers better, but nope. Them was the good old days of cable TV when you should expect the unexpected. Funny shit.

 

[Boris Zubov]

We have won 2 in a row! Lets keep playing!

Heave-Ho!

 

[RangersFan]

Had to listen to most of the game because it was tennis night, but glad the boys sent him out with a win and a shutout. I already hate this team enough, not showing up for his last game would have left me even more angry and annoyed with them. Going to miss Sam so much.

Edit: Maybe the curse is over with him retiring. This one will last a lifetime...

 

[Machinehead]

Tf the Easter Bunny do to you?

I did hm a favor here. He doesn't have to go to the Laviolette house.

 

[PolishPrince21]

First rangers goal call Ron Greschner , first PP goal Ruotsalainen (although I don’t know when he really started using his famous it’s a power play goal line regularly ) to his last PP goal with JT miller to zibanejad as his last goal , it’s been pretty cool sam, from your rival , happy retirement

 

[markymarc1215]

Sam Rosen provided several of the best moments of my life. Rangers hockey was my vice for a long time, and hearing the old jazz MSG intro and his voice always gave me a sense of calm and enjoyment. I will truly miss him, as I miss JD, Al Trautwig, Bob Page, and Red Light Messina. He's been part of our lives for such a long time. A class act through and through.

 

[ArPanet]

He will be in the studio occasionally next season I thought John seemed to say.

Did anybody hear Sam thank James Dolan? I didn't.

 

[LokiDog]

One less reg win than the Devils. 2 less than Florida.
Our inability to stay in games really bit us in the arse

I never truly get these posts.

Yes. 110% we missed out on what genuinely should have been a given a playoff spot. Does anyone actually think “anything” could happen if we got in? Our playoff spot would have been completely performative. Whether we won a few more games or not, the team was/is still entirely shit. Would a few extra arbitrary points in the standings have changed that?

 

[LokiDog]

Do you know Snowblind's favorite band?

Seether

Dang, I always imagined him karaoke-ing “I hate everything about you” by Three Days Grace to a montage of NYR goalie highlights.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

 

[DanielBrassard]

Damn when they gave Sam the first star that was just great, that’s when it truly hits you that we aren’t gonna see him call a Ranger game ever again.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Damn when they gave Sam the first star that was just great, that’s when it truly hits you that we aren’t gonna see him call a Ranger game ever again.

He was a member of the family.

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[mrhockey193195]

He was a member of the family.

40 of the 99 years of Rangers history. Just think about that. The unbelievable history of the North American professional hockey, the NHL, the Original 6 teams, the Rangers specifically...this man has been THE VOICE of the Rangers for 40% of the organization's entire history. It's absolutely mind-blowing. The Rangers are a community, a family. And he is, unequivocally, the greatest Ranger in history. Bar none.

 

[mrhockey193195]

First rangers goal call Ron Greschner , first PP goal Ruotsalainen (although I don’t know when he really started using his famous it’s a power play goal line regularly ) to his last PP goal with JT miller to zibanejad as his last goal , it’s been pretty cool sam, from your rival , happy retirement

Not sure about how old you are, but at least for me (in my late 30s, grew up in the 90s), to be a kid and have our three local teams have a lineup of:

- Sam Rosen & JD (Rangers)
- Doc Emerick & Chico Resch (Devils)
- Howie Rose & Joe Micheletti (Isles)

is absolutely insane. Six icons of the sport, six legends in their own right...my word, were we spoiled.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Not sure about how old you are, but at least for me (in my late 30s, grew up in the 90s), to be a kid and have our three local teams have a lineup of:

- Sam Rosen & JD (Rangers)
- Doc Emerick & Chico Resch (Devils)
- Howie Rose & Joe Micheletti (Isles)

is absolutely insane. Six icons of the sport, six legends in their own right...my word, were we spoiled.

I go back before that, when it was just two teams in the late 70s, early 80s.

For the Isles it was Jiggs McDonald & Ed Westphal. Ed was a bit of a clown, way too much of a homer, but Jiggs was actually very good.

Before Sam, the Rangers had Jim Gordon & The Big Whistle, Bill Chadwick. I was really young, but I recall Jim Gordon was excellent, a real pro's pro who also did the radio for the NY Giants. I remember Gordon way more for his Giants work, but again he was just really good at whatever he did. Really unheralded, which is a shame. Chadwick I don't remember as vividly, but I do remember he was entertaining.

I became a teenager when Sam took over for good & he's been the only guy since the Rangers became my favorite local team & that was the same year hockey surpassed baseball to become my favorite sport. It's been so long, we almost took him for granted. I'll miss him dearly.