Pre-Game Talk: Series discussion: NYR vs MTL

[chosen]

The fact that the NHL wouldn't even let them move the game to Saturday night.

Wouldn't let who move it?

Why do you care?

 

[chosen]

Nosferatu was great.

 

[TeamStewie]

Wouldn't let who move it?

The Rangers requested that the NHL move the game to Saturday night. Who else would be involved?

 

[chosen]

The Rangers requested that the NHL move the game to Saturday night. Who else would be involved?

So you believe leagues should move games if anyone related to a player dies?

 

[Vickers8]

Chara?

 

[Larrybiv]

Halfway there. We can debate about the living on a prayer stuff.

8 wins and 8 to go. It no longer matters what you think of whom. It no longer matters who was traded for whom. It no longer matters what sample size you use to evaluate this team. We can rehash all of these questions in the off season. There will be plenty of time to evaluate trades and performance latter. What matters now is that the Rangers are in the ECF. And are close enough to smell it. What matters is that the Habs are a very, very good team that just caused the exit of what many considered to be the best team in hockey.

I remember 1979. And who was the Habs goalie. Maybe there is some serendipity in that Henke is poised to take this place among such greats as one of the greatest big game goalies of memory. I remember 1994 and what it meant to me as a long suffering Rangers fan. I also remember the LOD running roughshod over the Rangers in another incarnation.

This team showed more guts and fortitude than I ever thought possible. Forget about coming back from 3-1 down for the first time in franchise history. They came back from being shut out in back to back games with an absolute vengeance. Having what in my mind is the best goalie on the planet helps, but every one contributed. Every one showed heart and a new determination. Yes, that even includes Nash who is playing in a way previously unseen. Yes, he needs to score. No doubt about that. But if Crosby still gets lauded for effort, then so too does Nash.

Richards is currently showing himself to be Big Game Brad. Staal was an absolute beast. He can play on any top pair in the league. I could care less how many points he scores. Pay him market value for a top-pairing defenseman, make him Captain and call it a day. Another name to mention is Boyle. Let's not quibble about his dollars. I would rather overpay him than underpay some journeyman 4th liner and then spend even more money in subsequent years trying to replace what Boyle brings. His contributions in the playoffs are invaluable and he truly raises his level in the post season.

And off course, Henke. Can the conversations now end about his level or just how good he is? Arguably the best in the league (as the song says, to me he is simply THE BEST), Best Rangers goalie that I ever recall. And that includes one that backstopped the '94 team. And for my money also includes Eddie.

The team played in a way that any Rangers fan would be proud of . They truly left it all out on the ice in the comeback. And, for my money, sticking it to Cindy is the icing on the cake.

Halfway. The Habs are a very, very good team. LGR!

Nice post, agree with everything except the Hank thing. For me it's Eddie (my first love), Mike (bringing us the cup) then Hank and what he brings. Let's call them 1a, 1b and 1c. J.D. is 1d.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Habs fans that think this series will be a cakewalk because they beat Boston have short memories. In 2010 they beat the Presidents' Trophy winners and defending cup champions and were made short work of in the ECF by the 7 seed.

 

[ez42x10]

Destroy them please.

 

[FLNYR]

Price comes out of his net alot we need to exploit this to win, second chances are a must against the Habs.

 

[Wolfy*]

The Rangers requested that the NHL move the game to Saturday night. Who else would be involved?

I mean no disrespect for the St. Louis family, but trying to change the NHL and NBC schedules for a private funeral is kinda funny..

Nice that the Rangers will attend though.

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

So you believe leagues should move games if anyone related to a player dies?

If the schedule was set in stone, then no. But the schedule was not set yet and really all the games aren't set until game 7 of Kings/Ducks. When Nick Peverley collapsed on the bench this season,should have they kept playing, he's just one guy?

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

I mean no disrespect for the St. Louis family, but trying to change the NHL and NBC schedules for a private funeral is kinda funny..

Nice that the Rangers will attend though.

They have no problem changing the schedule around for the outdoor games and last I checked they were on NBC/NBCSN. All the Rangers asked if it be at night, which when a hockey game should be played

 

[Wolfy*]

If the schedule was set in stone, then no. But the schedule was not set yet and really all the games aren't set until game 7 of Kings/Ducks. When Nick Peverley collapsed on the bench this season,should have they kept playing, he's just one guy?

Yes it was, and you forget NBC, TV-channels run the show...

 

[chosen]

The Rangers requested that the NHL move the game to Saturday night. Who else would be involved?

So you believe leagues should move games if anyone related to a player dies?

 

[Clown Fiesta]

Maybe the people he's referring to are confident.

What could be cockier than Book it?

Something that is actually cocky?

Book it means he guarantees it will happen, a guarantee shows confidence in something (this team) from a fan that just seems like confidence to me.

Cocky is scoring goals and doing the chest bump celebration in a mocking way. IMO.

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

Yes it was, and you forget NBC, TV-channels run the show...

No it wasn't, game 1 was a tentative time

 

[chosen]

If the schedule was set in stone, then no. But the schedule was not set yet and really all the games aren't set until game 7 of Kings/Ducks. When Nick Peverley collapsed on the bench this season,should have they kept playing, he's just one guy?

I think that is a faulty analogy. It happened during a game to a participant. Clearly, everyone on the ice was near distraught.

That is a bad comparison to someone's mother dying a week ago.

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

Something that is actually cocky?

Book it means he guarantees it will happen, a guarantee shows confidence in something (this team) from a fan that just seems like confidence to me.

Cocky is scoring goals and doing the chest bump celebration in a mocking way. IMO.

Well said

 

[THE BIG WHISTLE]

I think that is a faulty analogy. It happened during a game to a participant. Clearly, everyone on the ice was near distraught.

That is a bad comparison to someone's mother dying a week ago.

You tell that to Marty and his teammates

 

[clmetsfan]

If the schedule was set in stone, then no. But the schedule was not set yet and really all the games aren't set until game 7 of Kings/Ducks. When Nick Peverley collapsed on the bench this season,should have they kept playing, he's just one guy?

Calm down, people. NBC couldn't move the start time because the Preakness is being broadcast on Saturday night. Should the second leg of the Triple Crown be rescheduled for Marty's mom too?

 

[chosen]

Something that is actually cocky?

Book it means he guarantees it will happen, a guarantee shows confidence in something (this team) from a fan that just seems like confidence to me.

Cocky is scoring goals and doing the chest bump celebration in a mocking way. IMO.

We definitely disagree. To me he was far more cocky than those he was upset with.

Subban said he feels sorry for a team coming into Montreal. Some here are upset by this an think it's bulletin board worthy. If he said that you should bet on the sure thing that Montreal will win, that would be as cocky as could be.

What you describe as cocky I call being an ass.

I think cocky means what you think will happen, not what already has happened.

 

[Rosalie]

Looks like i'm headed to Montreal.

My sympathies...

 

[OverTheCap]

I think that is a faulty analogy. It happened during a game to a participant. Clearly, everyone on the ice was near distraught.

That is a bad comparison to someone's mother dying a week ago.

Agreed, entirely different scenarios. Not sure why anyone other than Marty and perhaps Richards since he knew her as well would be so distraught over the loss of a teammate's mother they never even knew. And I'm pretty sure the only reason the team is accompanying Marty to the funeral is because they are already in Montreal. For example, if the funeral was in Vancouver, I highly doubt the entire team would be flying out there in the midst of an ECF series.

 

[Rosalie]

Rangers in 1

I wish...

 

[Clown Fiesta]

I tend to agree that asking an entire league to accommodate the loss of a players mother is pushing it a bit.

I feel for Marty very much and I am sure the league does as well, but it's probably easier for his family/friends to spend an extra day in MTL than it is to accommodate a schedule change.

That said, I don't really care one way or the other those things have a way of working themselves out, as it did. But I can say I am very glad the Rangers can all attend the funeral. If you don't think that will give them another emotional boost you're mistaken.