MCDONAGH OUT INDEF. WITH A CONCUSSION.

NO PUNISHMENT FOR SIMMONDS.

RANGERS BEAT THE WITTLE DEVILS, 2-1 AT MSG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                          30-18-5

RANGERS RESPONDED WELL WITH NASH AND MCDONAGH OUT, KLEIN, PLAYING WITH FRACTURED THUMB WAS GREAT, HENRIK WAS GOOD, TEAM RALLIED TOGETHER. ONLY MILLER, STAAL, ZUCCS, AND YANDLE HAVEN'T MISSED A GAME NOW.

KLEIN--4 (ZUCCS, STAAL), MILLER-- 17 (BRASSARD, FAST)

 
NEXT UP-- WED. AT THE CINDY CROSBY'S IN PITTSBURGH, ON THE NATIONAL BABY CROSBY NETWORK. EXPECT ALOT OF PENALTIES AGAINST THE BLUESHIRTS.

RANGERS BLANK THE PENGUINS, 3-0 IN PITTSBURGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11                                                                31-18-5

HENRIK AND GUYS HOLD CINDY CROSBY W/OUT A SHOT ON GOAL, SHUTOUT THE CRYBABIES. NASH AND MCDONAGH DID NOT PLAY. IST SHUTOUT BY BLUESHIRTS OF PENS IN PITT SINCE 1971(EDDIE GIACOMIN), HENRIK MADE 34 SAVES, PASSED BRODEUR WITH MOST WINS BY GOALIE IN HIS FIRST 11 SEASONS.

HAYES--8 (GLASS(OH MY GOD!),YANDLE), MOORE--5 (STEPAN), FAST--8(UNASS.)

NEXT UP-- FRIDAY-- LA KINGS COME TO  MSG

RANGERS LOST A WILD ONE TO LA KINGS IN OT, 5-4!                                                                       31-18-6

BOTH TEAMS USED BACK-UP GOALIES, RAANTA WAS SHAKY AT START, FELL BEHIND 2-0, RANGERS RALLIED TO TAKE LEADS, 3-2 +4-3. KINGS TIED IT WITH 30 ******* SECONDS LEFT, AND KINGS DOMINATED OT 3 ON 3. HAYES, ZUCCS + STEPAN W/ G+A EACH. NASH AND MCDONAGH STILL OUT. GIRARDI BECAME 11 TH RANGER TO PLAY 700 GAMES FOR TEAM.

STALBERG--8TH( HAYES, LINDBERG), STEPAN--10TH(UNASS.), ZUCCS--19TH (KREIDER, STEPAN), HAYES--9TH (ZUCCS, YANDLE)

NEXT--- SUNDAY REVENGE GAME VS. DIRTY, ROTTEN, VILE, THUG FLYERS

RANGERS DOUCHE- SLAP THE DIRTY, ROTTEN VILE FLYERS, 3-1 AT MSG!!!!!!!!!11                                     32-18-6

MCILRAITH CHALLENGED AND BEAT UP THUG SIMMONDS, AND GLASS POUNDED WHITE IN OPENING MINUTE, SET THE TONE AND BLUESHIRTS DOMINATED THE REST OF WAY. STEPAN WITH 2 GOALS, ZUCCS + GIRARDI W/2 ASSISTS, BRASSARD A GOAL +ASSIST. NASH AND MCDONAGH STILL OUT.

BRASSARD--19(YANDLE, GIRARDI), STEPAN--11( ZUCCS, GIRARDI), STEPAN--12 (ZUCCS, BRASSARD) 


NEXT--- WED. CHI. BLACKHAWKS VISIT MSG!

RANGERS LOSE TO THE BLACKHAWKS, 5-3 AT MSG! 32- 19-6

RANGERS FELL BEHIND 2-0 BATTLED BACK TO TIE IT 3-3, BUT DISALLOWED GOAL AND TERRIBLE PENALTY CALLS(4-1) AND AWFUL PK DOOMED US. 4TH LINE AND PENALTY KILLING UNIT MUST BE ADDRESSED SOON! PAILLE MIGHT BE WORSE THAN GLASS AND THAT'S SAYS ALOT!

HAYES--10TH( LINDBERG), BRASSARD--20TH (YANDLE, KREIDER), BOYLE--6TH (HAYES, MILLER)

NEXT UP-- TONIGHT AT THE TORONTO MAPLE LAFFS

RANGERS RAKE THE MAPLE LAFFS, 4-2 IN TORONTO.!!!!!!!!1 33-19-6

WIN IS MARRED BY A FLYING ELBOW BY KOMAROV(10 MIN. MATCH PEN.) TO MCDONAGH'S HEAD JUST AFTER HE RETURNED FROM CONCUSSION. NO WORD ON SEVERITY YET, IT COULD BE BAD. ONCE AGAIN REFS CALLED A VERY LOPSIDED GAME 8 PENALTIES VS THE RANGERS, 3 VS. TORONTO.

JT MILLER WITH 3 ASSISTS, STEPAN-G+A, ZUCCS-1G-2A'S, BRASSARD-2 GOALS

BRASSARD--21 (YANDLE, MILLER), ZUCCS--20 (STEPAN, MILLER), STEPAN--13 (ZUCCS, MILLER), BRASSARD--22(ZUCCS)

NEXT UP--- SUNDAY, DETROIT DEAD WINGS VISIT MSG

RANGERS BEAT THE DEAD WINGS, 1-0 IN OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 34- 19- 6

"JUST BECAUSE YER PARANOID, DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT OUT TO GIT YA" ANOTHER REVIEWABLE GOAL CALL GOES AGAINST THE BLUESHIRTS, MUST BE 90% OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. ANOTHER VICIOUS ELBOW TO THE HEAD NOT CALLED (HELM ON JT MILLER). JESPER FAST ALSO MISSED A PENALTY SHOT. IF NOT FOR JIMMY HOWARD, IT'S AN EASY WIN. HENRIK MADE ONLY 22 SVS FOR THE SHUTOUT. NASH MISSED HIS 12TH GAME, MCDONAGH HIS 5TH. PAILLE WAIVED, THEN SENT TO HARTFORD, MAREK HRIVIK RECALLED AND MADE HIS NHL DEBUT.

KLEIN-- 5TH ( HAYES, KREIDER)

NEXT UP-- TUESDAY-- AT THE WITTLE DEVILS IN NEW JOISEY

RANGERS LOSE BADLY TO DEVILS, 5-2, IN N.J. 34-20-6

BLUESHIRTS GET OUTSHOT, 36-19, OUTPLAYED, LARGELY BECAUSE THE PENALTY CALLS(6-3) VERY ARBITRARY

RECALLED BRADY SKEJ, AS STAAL+ MCDONAGH WERE OUT. NASH STILL OUT. HRIVIK WITH FIRST NHL POINT

HAYES--11 (STALBERG), MOORE--6 (YANDLE, HRIVIK)

NEXT--- THURSDAY-- AT ST. LOUIS

RANGERS BEAT THE BLUES, 2-1 IN ST.LOUIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 35- 20- 6

HENRIK WAS OUTSTANDING, 35 SAVES, MANY OF THEM BREAKAWAYS, AND WIDE OPEN OPPS.HIS 30TH VICTORY JOINING BRODEUR AND ROY AS ONLY ONES TO HAVE THAT MANY IN 10 DIFFERENT SEASONS! HEART ATTACK ALERT-----TANNER GLASS SCORED!!!!!!!!!!!!PUCK GLANCED OFF HIS BODY. 4TH LINE PLAYED WELL(HRIVIK AGAIN). LINDBERG MADE A FANTASTIC PLAY ON ALL EFFORT TO SET UP KREIDERS GW GOAL. MCDONAGH RETURNED.

GLASS-- 2 (GIRARDI), KREIDER--- 12 (LINDBERG, HAYES)

NEXT UP-------SAT. AT DALLAS

RANGERS STIFLE THE STARS, 3-2 IN DALLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 36- 20 -6

HENRIK MADE 36 SAVES, PASSING TOM BARRASSO FOR 16TH IN NHL CAREER WINS. MCDONAGH SCORED AND STOPPED A LATE GOAL FROM GOING OVER LINE.FAST PLAYED WITH A BROKEN NOSE AND HAD A NICE ASSIST. GIRARDI HAD A PUCK TRAPPED IN HIS VISOR, PIC ALREADY GOING VIRAL., NO DEALS YET AS TRADE DEADLINE LOOMS. KREIDER HAD A GREAT GAME AS HIS NAME SURFACES IN MANY RUMOURS!

KREIDER --13TH (BRASSARD, YANDLE), MCDONAGH--8TH (LINDBERG, STALBERG), KLEIN--6TH (STEPAN, FAST)


NEXT UP-- MONDAY BLUE JACKETS VISIT MSG ON TRADE DEADLINE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

RANGERS MAY HAVE TRADED FOR ERIC STAAL(A RENTAL) FOR 2 SECOND ROUND PICKS AND A PROSPECT( GOOD FINNISH PLAYER)

AT LEAST WE DIDN'T GIVE UP BUCHNEVICH, GRAVES OR OTHER TOP PROSPECTS BUT IT'S STILL TOO STEEP FOR 20 GAMES OF STAAL

THE ONLY WAY THIS IS A GOOD TRADE IF WE GET THE CUP! OTHERWISE IT'S DUMB!