The Dark Ranger: The Dark Ranger Predicts

Bio of TDR

TDR is a working professional in entertainment and is obsessed with the game of hockey. Three 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!"

Friday, April 25, 2008

The Dark Ranger Predicts

Because everyone else is going on the line, here are my solid predictions for the second round:
Rangers in 6
Red Wings in 6
Flyers in 7
Sharks in 7
Discuss.
(sorry Jibbles)

tdr

3 comments:

FAUX RUMORS said...: This post has been removed by the author.; April 25, 2008
FAUX RUMORS said...: 1) If your predictions come true we'd have no choice but to them make the rangers our Cup favourites!
2) The Blueshirts would dispatch the Flyers, easily (Perhaps Valiquette could play all the games in Philly? LOL)
3) Detroit is VERY beatable, while we think the Sharks woukd make for the more interesting series but also give the rangers the bigger problem
4) All that said, thats not how we have/see it playing out. Sorry guys. Of course anything can happen and thats why they play the games!; April 25, 2008
The Dark Ranger said...: Can't an Indie Blogger Dream, Faux?
Everything in our series will be determined by tonight's game -- it's how the Rangers have played the last three games - THEY determine the tone. They have it in them to contain, Sid and Malk....Hossa is still getting his feet wet.

I'd like to see Philly in the Eastern finals...Valley would be awesome and full of hearty laughs...the backup goalie starts in the third round...hilarious.

I'll go further down the line...
Final Stanley Cup Game:
Rangers vs. Sharks

Dreamin'...

tdr; April 25, 2008