Lets face it Ranger Fans, this team may be in first place, but they are no where without the most important guy on this team, the guy between the pipes. He is the only reason they have the points, they have, to be on top of the league.
And how does this team show him how important he is to this team, they leave him out to dry. No one protects this guy and if they don’t wake up, he is going to get a serious injury that will put him out for a long time.
And this is the major problem with this team. First they let this guy get run over 2 or 3 times in one game, and no one, I said no one, goes after anyone. Then the other night in the shoot out, Rutu shoots the puck at him after he gets stopped and the whistle has blown, and this team just stands there. And don’t give me this shet that they all went after him at the end of the game. If this team, was a TEAM, some one should have jumped off the bench and kicked his asp right after he shot the puck, and let him and the teams in the NHL know, you don’t do this to our bread and butter.
And I don’t give a shet how many game suspension he would have gotten, and how much he would have been fined by the NHL. That’s what a TEAM does. But not the Rangers. You can bet your bottom dollar that nothing will happen to Rutu on Saturday. And I don’t care if there was another game coming up. Some one should have taken care of this the moment it happen. And that’s the Major Problem with this Ranger Team.They are not a TEAM.
i agree with you about how rangers dont back up each other nearly enough, especially henrik. but for one of the players to leave the bench during a shootout to go after ruutu just seems so unlikely. i really don't believe many teams would ever do that. after the shootout i could see it being very possible, but not at the time of the shootout
You know Tony, Ruttu's 2nd shot was actually legal and if he woulda scored it would have counted believe it or not. But since it was Ruttu it got a lot more heat.
Tony as much as I would have liked the whole ranger bench to pummel Ruttu it wasn't worth it. BTW, we can take care of this **** on Saturday
Maybe not in this era of hockey, but in the good old days, when they really played the greatest game in the world. The entire team would have come off the bench. Shoot out or no shoot out.
Did you see what O'Brien just did to Voros when he just bunked into their goalie. He jumped right on him. Who cares about the 4 min penalty. It's called sticking up for your bread and butter. And playing like a team.
In the old days, it was called, my teammate, right or wrong.
Tony, you know as an old school fan, I completely agree with you.
HOWEVER, in this day and age, where every point is so valuable in the standings, and the officials don't call the crap that punks like Ruutu cause, a team can't afford to "take care of it".
Paul Mara, while I love him for going after that little b^&*h Kaleta in Buffalo, probably cost the Rangers that game.
If the Rangers miss the playoffs by 1 point, there you go.
Originally posted by rangermaniac90: You know Tony, Ruttu's 2nd shot was actually legal and if he woulda scored it would have counted believe it or not. But since it was Ruttu it got a lot more heat.
Tony as much as I would have liked the whole ranger bench to pummel Ruttu it wasn't worth it. BTW, we can take care of this **** on Saturday
No way, the puck went passed the goal line, and the play is dead. The ref called it dead as soon as he puck went pass the goal line.
You can't shoot the puck when you lose control of it, and it goes pass the goal line.
Originally posted by NCRanger: Tony, you know as an old school fan, I completely agree with you.
HOWEVER, in this day and age, where every point is so valuable in the standings, and the officials don't call the crap that punks like Ruutu cause, a team can't afford to "take care of it".
Paul Mara, while I love him for going after that little b^&*h Kaleta in Buffalo, probably cost the Rangers that game.
If the Rangers miss the playoffs by 1 point, there you go.
NC I know you are old school like me. But 1 point means nothing to the Rangers if their number 1 goalie is out with a serious injury. You have to protect him at all cost.
Old School or new School, its called TEAM, and without being a team, you have nothing, no matter what sport you play.
One major problem I see with the Rangers is we play from behind too many times( or at least the last few games) then we rely on Hank too often to keep us in the game while the Rangers play catch up. Can't win games like that just as was the case tonight.
Originally posted by TonyG: Lets face it Ranger Fans, this team may be in first place, but they are no where without the most important guy on this team, the guy between the pipes. He is the only reason they have the points, they have, to be on top of the league.
And how does this team show him how important he is to this team, they leave him out to dry. No one protects this guy and if they don’t wake up, he is going to get a serious injury that will put him out for a long time.
And this is the major problem with this team. First they let this guy get run over 2 or 3 times in one game, and no one, I said no one, goes after anyone. Then the other night in the shoot out, Rutu shoots the puck at him after he gets stopped and the whistle has blown, and this team just stands there. And don’t give me this shet that they all went after him at the end of the game. If this team, was a TEAM, some one should have jumped off the bench and kicked his asp right after he shot the puck, and let him and the teams in the NHL know, you don’t do this to our bread and butter.
And I don’t give a shet how many game suspension he would have gotten, and how much he would have been fined by the NHL. That’s what a TEAM does. But not the Rangers. You can bet your bottom dollar that nothing will happen to Rutu on Saturday. And I don’t care if there was another game coming up. Some one should have taken care of this the moment it happen. And that’s the Major Problem with this Ranger Team.They are not a TEAM.
Well if anyone doubted for a second that this team would be nowhere without Lundqvist, that point was definitely proven tonight..I agree..they totally left him out to dry and the fact that the past 10 games we have been able to squeak by with a couple of wins here and there and have a couple of scoring outbursts here and there proves to me that Lundqvist has been standing on his head all year long..I sincerely hope the guys in front of him dont have the mentality of 'oh well, henrik will stop it" - if so, we are in for some major problems..
First of all, the defense has been all but putrid all year long..it shows on even strength, on the powerplay, but most especially on the penalty kill - that in and of itself is a terrifying thing to see..8 SH goals given up in the first 20 games??..wow..
It is still early in the season and I am not panicking yet because I feel that it will get turned around at some point, but one thing is for certain, if something doesnt change soon, we are in trouble..our record by no means is reflective of how good we are..simply put
I'm with you here. Hank has been carrying the team for prolonged periods of the season (even at it's early stage) and he is only human which showed in last night's game against Vancouver. In my opinion The Defence lacks a real leader,how I'd love a Jeff Beukeboom or a Brian Leetch in there. I do miss a player like Shanny- you remember during the losing streak 2 seasons ago when he took on Brashear and it energized the whole team? You remember Avery getting in the face of his opponents and lifting the team? We need our new team to spark-so far its glimpses from them but its all too streaky- no prolonged stints of good plays and points accumulation. It cannot be left down to Henrik every night to go and perform heroics and steal games (thought well done Valiquette last night to come in when he did after the nightmare against Toronto and play so solidly) we need more players to put their hearts and souls out there more often.
I do miss a player like Shanny- you remember during the losing streak 2 seasons ago when he took on Brashear and it energized the whole team? You remember Avery getting in the face of his opponents and lifting the team?
Then why in the world would Renney have a problem with Shanny (as was rumoured to be the reason Shanny is not back), I ask?
Well, it's simple: Renney does not like strong, outspoken leaders. He prefers the quiet soldiers who do their job and go home. And that's why there is so little team unity and "watching the other's back." IMO, Renney does what he can to break team unity. You have to buy into Renney, not the team. He's the genius. Just ask him.
Mess spotted it right away when he signed with Vancouver. He knew a guy like Renney did not have what it takes to build a real TEAM.
I'm damn sick of his coaching style and his attempts to turn the Rangers into a plain, vanilla hockey team with no personality. Benching Zherdev was a perfect example. Nik is a high risk, high reward player. From what I saw, he was benched for not playing defensive hockey. You may as well skate Rissmiller if that's what you want from Zherdev.
I have no problem with a blue collar team that wins through diligent work. But there HAS TO BE A VOCAL LEADER who can fire up the team. Shanny was that, and he led by example. I'm afraid we'll have to get used to watching Hank get run over as long as Renney is behind the bench. I don't think he's ever sent a message to the other team from behind the bench. And I don't think he ever will.
What I like to see in the next game is we should send Orr on the first shift and beat the living sh*t on Ruutu, that will send the message to teams who want to run our goalie over.
Originally posted by knicksfan75: What I like to see in the next game is we should send Orr on the first shift and beat the living sh*t on Ruutu, that will send the message to teams who want to run our goalie over.
that will never happen.i dont know what renney's done to orr,but he doesn't even seem like an enforcer anymore.im still sick nobody even said a word to jamal meyers after he jumps and fights marc staal...
for putting this topic to bed
