The Dark Ranger: Uh-Oh!

Bio of TDR

TDR is a working professional in entertainment and is obsessed with the game of hockey. More four years ago, this site emerged as a means (or an outlet) to tell some truth'isms about the game post-lockout, rather than the crud fed to us through knuckleheads like Jimmy Dolan and his lemmings universe. Today, there are a hundred Rangers sites and is thankful and grateful to all those that have come after him, but honorable thanks go to his fellow Dark-writers, Graying Mantis and J_Undisputed. And "Let's Go Rangers!"

Bio of Graying Mantis

Graying Mantis is in fact a graying legal practitioner by day (and sometimes, alas, by night). In the cobwebs of his memory, he recalls starting to follow the Blueshirts in 1970 and remembers watching pivotal playoff games against the Blackhawks on a snow-covered Hartford t.v. channel in their 1972 march to the Finals. Giacomin, Gilbert, Ratelle, and Hadfield seen skating on a small B&W TV screens always will be among his first Ranger memories. He is grateful beyond words for the opportunity to work with his colleagues here in their never ending battle to inform and entertain. Most of all, he appreciates the chance to engage with fellow hockey fans.

Bio of J_Undisputed

"J_Undisputed is an Information Tech Professional; a student, and on and off in his dreams, Mike Richter. He caught his first glimpse of Rangers Hockey when an overtime preempted his favorite pro wrestling broadcast on WWOR-9 one late saturday night when he was 5 and he's been hooked ever since. He's been watching the Rangers for 30 years despite family attempts to make him an Islander Fan (Rest easy...they're out of the will). What started as a minor annoyance has become a life long passion (and at times, a frustration...But he wouldn't trade it for anything). Lets Go Rangers!"

Bio of General Ganz

General Ganz is a cynical yet well-informed student of the human spirit. He's a professional of sorts, with a post-graduate education, some experience working in real companies, and some limited athletic ability. The total small package. He got picked on a fair bit as a kid, and he experienced his first human-non-relation kiss in his teens. He also grew up on the other side of the tracks, thereby helping to cultivate a healthy contempt for dreamers and optimists whose rosy upbringing gave them something to smile about, even when "life produced lemons." Like it or not, his only mission is to point out the potholes you're lucky enough to miss on your drive to work. To find the blemish on your daughter's carefully-stitched (and not-yet-paid-for) wedding dress. To take that little smidgen of hope that your favorite hockey teams fill you with, and pour orange paint on it. Oh, and he is a Blueshirts fan, and takes most of his fashion direction from Ron Duguay (whose name he dropped as a way to close the deal on that first kiss).

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Uh-Oh!

Simply, embarrassing!

NY Rangers (0), Flyers (5) (pre-season)

The Rangers (1-1-0) used mostly prospects and minor leaguers in their preseason opener Friday, a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils . Against the Flyers, the Rangers rolled out the veterans as forward Jaromir Jagr and goalie Henrik Lundqvist saw their first preseason action. It was also the first game the Rangers' two high-profile free-agent signings - centers Gomez and Drury.

Rangers of old? Rangers of new? (shrug) The Dark Ranger votes to move the team back to West Point for a little more emphasis on team building and team confidence. Our veterans on the ice looked bored (i.e. Jagr, Gomez) our goalkeeper, Henrik Lundquist didn't have a prayer with blue line embarrassment Rozsival- who after last night should be moving north to Hartford with his rookie comrades. Shameful defensive performance. Worrisome.

Leave the veterans off the ice and bring back the rookie Rangers that made the play against NJ feel so good during Friday night's performance (of course, I don't really mean that). We need our Captain Jagr to raise the level of play from the beginning of the season (including pre-season games). And worst of all, I was completely sober watching last night's game -- feel for The Dark Ranger!

tdr

5 comments:

djSep 23, 2007 03:53 AM
Thank god this was a pre-season game. The Rangers sucked tonight and i cannot believe how horrible Scott Gomez looked on the ice. Chris Durry was better, but the veterans looked horrible. The defense was terrible which includes Rosival- OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE. He absolutely sucked....unbelievable. I hope we have more to look forward to than this.
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The Dark RangerSep 23, 2007 03:55 AM
dj,..it was a complete embarrassment - I agree, especially after such a promising display of rookies playing NJ the night before. Though, those on defense are getting the boot north back to Hartford, but it looked like LUndquist gave up after a couple of great saves. There was nothing on our blue line. Jagr looked bored.

I hated watching that game last night. My family is reeling. It is true the only good thing is that it was pre-season.
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Scotty HockeySep 23, 2007 08:09 AM
Exactly, it was preseason, so no reason to get suicidal. The thing I think is funny is that everyone has said that we are soooo deep on offense now and our defense is still weak but I think it was the forwards who looked paper thin - Friday's defensive corps looked good, use some of Saturday's as backups and you have a good unit. I think the blue line will end up being a strength as our stars on offense start to bicker ...
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FdaRangersSep 24, 2007 02:50 PM
Didn't watch because it's preseason but was very happy to see that the Flyers, even in preseason, were capable of scoring 5 goals. And extremely happy it was against the Rangers...even if just preseason. Go Eagles!
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The Dark RangerSep 24, 2007 03:07 PM
I wonder if you had attended the game fdarangers, whether or not you sat in one of those 'all you can eat' seats?

They will be a strong presence in the Atlantic - The Dark Ranger will float above the Wachovia Center and lurk, wait and strike...
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