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So the Rangers Season is at an End…

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Posted by Rob on April 12, 2010 – 7:05 am
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It was a fantastic game. The Philadelphia Flyers played a tough, gritty game against the New York Rangers. The Flyers had a ton of shots on goal, kept the puck in the Rangers zone, and were successful in breaking up many of the Rangers plays. However, with all that offense, they were unable to get more than one goal past Ranger’s goalie Lundqvist, which allowed the Rangers to hold on until the shootout. I had complete faith in Lundqvist, but after 60 minutes of having to work his butt off to keep the puck out of his goal, he was exhausted, and not in top form. The Flyers were able to come out above the Rangers in the shootout, thus getting themselves the last open invite to the 2009-2010 playoffs while sending the Rangers packing.

It was a sad moment when that game ended. Lundqvist had played his heart out, and kept the team’s playoff dreams alive far longer than they should have. Unfortunately, just because you have an outstanding goalie, if you can’t get a few goals to give him some breathing room, then you are going to lose games, and that’s just what happened Sunday afternoon. As I sat in my living room shaking my head in disbelief, watching the Rangers leave the ice for the last time this season, I still couldn’t exactly wrap my head around it. They had played so well to get to where they were…a few weeks ago it looked impossible for them to get to the playoffs, and then last night they were so close they could taste it. However, they had pulled themselves together, and in their last ten games (including last night) they had gone 7-1-2, which is extremely great. It’s just a shame that it all had to end…

On a side note, I am not really as upset as I could have been, simply because the Rangers would have been in the eighth seed if they won, meaning they would have played the first seed, which is the Washington Capitals. Now I love the Rangers, and think Lundqvist is the best goalie in the league, but I don’t think the team they have now would have been successful in besting Washington in a best of seven series. Personally, my money is on Washington getting to the Stanley Cup finals, and I will be rooting for them the rest of the season. I just hope they have the chance to roll over the Penguins and their precious Crosby along the way…

The Rangers played a good season, and I can’t wait til October when the pre-season starts up again!

Stanley Cup Final Most-Watched Show

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Posted by Rob on June 16, 2009 – 2:59 pm
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I just found an article which pretty much states that the Stanley Cup final (from last Friday night) was the most-watched show that night. Thats refreshing to hear. I really do wish hockey was more popular here in the U.S. Its such a pain in the ass to find anything NHL-related in stores, such as clothing and other stuff. And when you do find it, its expensive as heck. For example, my Rangers jersey is a plain blank jersey (no name or number on it), and it cost me something like $90. Now you can go to Wal-Mart and find MLB and NFL player jerseys (with the player’s name and number) for like $20-30. Plus there is always a sickening over-abundance of MLB and NFL t-shirts in stores. I wish I was a Yankees fan so that I could buy some new clothes…

Come on America. Hockey is the sport to watch. Its more exciting to watch hockey than to watch baseball and football. Plus hockey is the only sport where you can really “watch your buddy’s back” by being an enforcer. Fighting is expected and accepting in the NHL, as a way of keeping the other team in line. If a baseball player was to do that, he would miss like ten games and pay thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

So come on, wake up and smell the ice. Hockey is far more entertaining than any other pro-sport in America, hands down.

The Stanley Cup Chumps

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Posted by Rob on June 13, 2009 – 11:10 am
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So Pittsburgh won the Cup. They beat Detroit in seven games. The hockey season is officially at an end, and I can now begin to re-root for the Rangers for the 2009-2010 season.

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It was a great game, no doubt. Detroit should have won, and they had a lot of great shots and scoring opportunities. But the reason the Pens won wasnt because Crosby is so awesome (which hes not), but because Fleury happened to be on fire last night. Ive seen it in many games, where for some reason, the goalie for that night is on fire, as if he is being guided by the Force, and is untouchable. Thats how Fleury was last night…unstoppable. Sad, but I give him credit. I dont give Crosby a shit, but I respect Fleury, and I’ll say he won it for the team.

So the Pens are the champs this year, and Crosby has yet another bout of air with which to inflate himself. I saw a commerical during the game, comparing Crosby to Mario Lemuix. Not for nothing, but I think its just a little too soon to be making that comparisson. Just ridiculous.