The Dark Ranger: Return of the Downward Spiral, NYR 2, Sabres 4

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).

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Return of the Downward Spiral, NYR 2, Sabres 4

We are supposed to beat Buffalo - and we are supposed to win the back-to-back games against Toronto over the next four days. This is supposed to be the rally for points to the playoffs, before we start playing competitive Atlantic Division rival games...THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYOFF HOCKEY, JERKIES!

The Blueshirts lost again. Blah, blah, blah. Tom Renney. Blah, Blah, Blah. Glen Sather. Blah Blah, Blah.

Official recap here.

Buffalo goalkeeper Ryan Miller stopped every Ranger shot, until he was taken out by our 'now looking to fight' Scott Gomez. Shortly after during the third period, our Blueshirts rallied back to a (w)hole 2 goals, scored by frustrated Marcus Naslund and rookie Nigel Dawes.

For 'shits & giggles' let's look at some facts:

The Rangers dropped to 2-7-2 in their past 11 games, and are winless in their past eight on the road (0-7-1) since a 3-2 overtime win at Chicago on Jan. 16. New York has been outscored 31-8 during its road slump.

The Rangers' road winless streak is the longest since 2000-01, when they went 0-10-2

Aside from a couple of games in hand for the following teams, the Rangers have the same number of points as the Buffalo Sabres and the Florida Panthers -- occupying the final three slots of playoff consideration in the Eastern Conference.

Woh! A far cry from October!

It's over!

tdr

P.S. To not entirely piss off the New York Rangers fan base, rumor on the street is that Glen Sather is considering raising Darius Kasparitus number next season. At least THAT FICTION would give us something to look forward to.

3 comments:

kittylarueSaturday, February 21, 2009 11:10:00 PM
glad I was at an exciting sporting event, boys H.S. basketball playoffs... missed the joke that is the Rangers. I knew that the win against the Islanders was a fluke. Oh, well there's always five years from now! Oh, and can Renney please just not comment, me thinks he's really on some of that Montreal dope!
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AnonymousSaturday, February 21, 2009 11:31:00 PM
IT WAS ATROCIOUS. You should call yourself THE DARKER & DARKER RANGER. HA HA.
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AnonymousSunday, February 22, 2009 3:37:00 AM
Kitty,
Gotta love how that idiot tool of a coach feels free to totally ignore the facts and spill the first vague comment that overruns his lip.
"duh...duh ..duh.. effort fine.. duh .. battle level... uh .. tight group... cant comment on that... duh... (insert random long dictionary word here)hockey will win games..."
That stick he got hit with in Columbus must of done some permanent damage. Someone take the remaining money under the cap and use it to buy Renney a clue.

-J_Undisputed
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