TheMessiah

Giambi is not in it and Rodriguez is batting 8th. Does thi mean that Melky is playing?

I am so confused, I am not the best with this stuff you will have to bare with me

It took me to the game thread for the mets....alright I will do that just one one quest. How would I put a link in my sig and then instead of it saying the website name how would I put the phrase?(if that made any sense)

Yeah, I mean any way you put it the lock out was great for the rangers

I will do my best I will post the other Ranger message baord, just tell me what I need to say. I have never done this.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10012006/sport...arry_brooks.htm THE past two Stanley Cup Finals each featured a small-market team from the southeast United States defeating a small-market team from western Canada in a seven-game series. The first came under a collective bargaining agreement which contained no salary cap, the second under a CBA that contains the most restrictive cap of the modern sports era. Five different teams have won the past five Cups, which means the NHL is tracking its parity on a course equal to the '90s, when six different teams won championships in the six years from 1992 through '97. Then, of course, marquee teams with star power were capturing titles and the imagination of the U.S. sports public. Then, on either side of the first lockout, teams filled with recognizable future Hall of Famers were winning championships, remaining intact for repeat runs and challenges, setting the bar for their competition in the way that a rising tide lifts all boats. But that was before Sixth Avenue became obsessed with establishing a lowest common denominator for the league and its teams. That was before the fall. The NHL may have its most appealing product in more than a decade, but not by definition. For this appealing product somehow appealed to fewer people than ever, if TV ratings are the measurement by which all leagues live. But have no fear. The league in which all games have a winner but nearly a quarter of them don't have a loser is about to be saved from itself for the second time in 12 years by its most important and most loathed franchise. The small-market league is going bright lights and Broadway again. The NHL will rest in peace no more. The Rangers are on their way to another parade up the Canyon of Heroes, this time 41 years ahead of schedule. Our lightning elimination round eliminates more teams than the Lightning, but it sure is ironic, isn't it, that this small-market champion became the first victim of the cap that penalizes success regardless of geography. The question in Atlanta - Bobby Holik and Steve Rucchin in the middle; we must have missed the punch line - is whether GM Don Waddell or head coach Bob Hartley will pay first with his job when the Thrashers miss again. The Islanders will compete harder than they did last season and, with both Miro Satan and Viktor Kozlov, may never lose a shootout, but will remain adrift. That is better than capsizing. Boston will be better and better organized, but its goaltending isn't close to good enough. Florida is a joke franchise with a GM/coach in Jacques Martin who has never met a talent he hasn't tried to suppress. It would have been interesting had Pittsburgh and Washington actually tried to attract formidable support people for the glittering Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. It will be as interesting to watch the league attempt to sell itself by marketing players who work for teams that have virtually no chance to be in the playoffs; in other words, this isn't exactly Magic and Bird. Colorado and Detroit, the glamour teams of the old CBA era, are commoners now, neither with much chance of winning, each likely to lose customers and corresponding cache. There isn't much sadder than Hockeytown believing in 155-pound Dom Hasek, is there? St. Louis is years away, Chicago doesn't count; Phoenix doesn't look like any team for which Wayne Gretzky would have enjoyed playing; L.A. is building very smartly; and Vancouver got the goalie a couple of years too late. We'll be curious which excuses Doug MacLean makes this time when Columbus struggles; Dallas is no longer among the elite; and, given fair talent, isn't it finally time for Jacques Lemaire to be in the mix to actually win something in Minnesota? Edmonton, which crunched the numbers hard and well, looks like a one-and-done finalist, anyway. No GM has benefited more from family than Brian Burke, who acquired Scott Niedermayer (the world's best player if Jaromir Jagr isn't) and Chris Pronger in successive summers because of familial tugs, though of different natures. Nashville has kept its work ethic while acquiring talent, and Calgary remains as tough to play and score upon as anyone. These are the three best teams in the West - San Jose a meter behind - that stand in the way of a fourth consecutive Eastern champion. The Hurricanes were as determined to remove Oleg Tverdovsky's $5M over the next two seasons from the books as they were to trade Jack Johnson for immediate help on defense, and that is why the Rangers - and numerous other clubs - backed off. Carolina will be good again, so will Buffalo and so will Ottawa. The Flyers have an abundance of ability of up front, less so in the back, and what else is new? The Devils, as usual, will stand in the way of anyone serious about winning. Which the Rangers are, from the front office to the coaching staff, from King Henrik of, no, not Sweden, but now of Broadway, to the pre-eminent Jagr. The Rangers added winners to their lineup this summer. They have young players who are likely to emerge over the course of the year. The roster - and ice time - in March is likely to be significantly different than the one that opens the season. And there is the approximate $5 million of cap space and overflow of attractive prospects with which the team has to work at the trade deadline. In other words, when John Davidson seeks to move Keith Tkachuk, St. Louis will be dialing 212, not 911. The Rangers will be going for a ride. Once again, the league is welcome to hop on their backs. If that doesn't upset its small-market strategy.

Yeah that is what all the papers are saying

Torre ripped them a new ahole, They should go back to the old lineup and put Melky in left field. If we win today we should be able to win game 5. We just need to score first and put Jaret's mind at ease.

They got killed by the Penguins, lets carry the same style of hockey over

Becauase as you can already see the Rangers are not a very physical team, with the new rules on interference it makes the game more of a speed game where as before if you got the lead you would be able to drop into a trap(look at the devils) and not worry about being called for anything. It gives the players more room to move around and allows Jagr to be so effective. Peter Prucha would not have scored 30 goals last year without the new rules. Another thing that helped them was that Lundqvist was able to play another year in the sweedish elite league on the best team and win. Without the new rules the Rangers would not be as good as they are now

I am glad to hear that Home and home with the flyers(even though we have to wait three more day)

We will be fine tonight Kenny Rogers is picthing, Verlander did not pitch that well we just did not come through when we had teh chance to against him. As Joe Morgan said you can nto shut our line up down you can only hope to slow it.

I hope so I don't want to see this section fo sportswrath to go away , I am sure you are right they will start to win and people will start to post because everyone loves a winner

I did not see him that much in hartford but I know he made the all star game and was considered one of the best goalies in the AHL he ha under 3 goals against and 8+save percentage. From what I saw in the pre season it looked very promising(His future) he is not very Henrik is but I am not sure many goalies at the age of 23 are where he is, the strike was the best thing that ever happened to the Rangers

Evgeni Malkin is going to be the best player in the NHL. I am not sure if the Flyers are going to be as good as many people think,I see them maybe as a 6 or 7 seed. Montoya will probably be spared I think it is more of Weekes who would be traded. As Reeney and Sather have said it is very important to carry two strong goalies on the team, I think that Montoya will be stronger than Weekes will.

Yep, I still like that they go to the middle of the ice and salute the fans. All the NY papers seem tot hink that the Rangers are going to go to the cup. I like it I just don't want bandwagon fans

Thats cool he was a top 10 pick, very fast not a good scoring touch. Rangers looked very good tonight again 8 penalties gotta cut down on that(we did the same thing at the start of last year) and was only only against the caps but just wait and see till sat

Shanny has two golas and the last one was 600 Congrats

Rogers is something like 0-3 in the playoffs with a 9 era

I disagree I see where you are coming from but but we should do this, Verlander in his first start did not see Abreu Jeter Matsui and Sheff; it is a known statement that the Yankees do not do well there first time around against a pitche It was not the offence that lost the game for us, it was pitching we had the lead and could not hold it.

I don't think it will make a difference we should bomb Rogers, Johnson goes six strong 3-4 runs I will be happy. It is going to come down to our offence for the rest of the series unless it gets to a game five

We must win tommrow night, I have no faith in Jaret pitching; why pinch run Melky and not send him? I think if the ball would have been gapped Matsui could have scored

I hope so...I came home early to watch the game and ended up breaking both my remotes

I am going to be out tonight because it is my mother birthday, but thank GOD they have a bar(hopefully they have more than one TV cause I will not be stuck watching the mets tonight)

I beg to differ with you. There was not much that we needed to do, we have a pretty good farm system thanks to the new rules that have been put in place last year. If there would not have been an olympic break last I think we would have won the divsion and not been so tired. Shanny Jags and Hall on the power play will be crazy.Lundqvist will come back 100% Matt Cullen is going to shwo everyone something this year,I think we could have used another defense man but we will see. I can see us going to the cup this year we just have to play hard and stay focused.