The Dark Ranger: "It's Going To Come, You Gotta Believe"

Bio of TDR

TDR is a working professional in entertainment and is obsessed with the game of hockey. More fourteen 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 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).

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

"It's Going To Come, You Gotta Believe" - Jagr (UPDATED)

As Jamomir Jagr was quoted last night after another loss to the New York Rangers, courtesy of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers are now 2-5-1.

Let us look at the facts.

The Rangers have gone 181 minutes, 9 seconds without scoring an even-strength goal.

The Rangers haven't scored so few goals in their first eight games since they had nine in 1950.

NYR goalkeeper, "The King" Henrik Lundquist was incredible, the little-Rangers (Callahan, Girardi, Prucha) played hard and the veterans played an ineffective perimeter game as to avoid any contact near the opposing net.

This game is not working. Many of us are not prepared to blame any individual player, but it is leaning toward our great Captain Jagr, whose European style finesse game is not working for the once-gritty game play of current Rangers Brendan Shanahan, Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. The system designed around Jagr needs to change. If it doesn't, the coaching needs to change.

Hey Jags, we still believe! Please just don"t wait until December to realize it!

tdr

UPDATE: Blueshirt Bulletin has a post that outlines outrageous stats for our Blueshirts to date. Great reading. Sad realities. Go here.

4 comments:

Woodside AcresWednesday, October 24, 2007 1:05:00 PM
Agreed. Couldnt say it better myself. BTW, where do you get your photos?
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The Dark RangerWednesday, October 24, 2007 1:14:00 PM
Here and there on the net. Google Images and put the date of the game in the search engine. Simple. Great shots, usually high quality pics 30 minutes after game ending.

A little foreshadowing, maybe we'll be exchanging nice pictures this season as opposed to great Ranger hockey moments.

turn it around...turn it around guys...
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JibblescribbitsThursday, October 25, 2007 12:52:00 AM
Ouch, Not such a good start for the Blueshirts huh?

Hopoefully, for your sake, Jagr has more than just believing to help your team back on track.
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The Dark RangerThursday, October 25, 2007 10:01:00 AM
Tonight is a big game - battle of the two losing Atlantic Division teams. How exciting...

I wish Gomez was actually making an impression going into tonight's game at MSG, but he will fizzle - I suspect - as he has since opening night.

jags will pull it out, he's just being lazy right now.
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