The Dark Ranger: NY Times Meets The Dark Ranger

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, September 30, 2009

NY Times Meets The Dark Ranger - A Preview

September 29, 2009, 1:32 pm

SLAPSHOT
Hockey Night in Blogdom: 30 Teams in 30 Minutes, Eastern Edition

By The New York Times

Graying Mantis of The Dark Ranger

Will the Rangers be better or worse than last year, and where will they finish?

The Rangers will be more youthful, exciting and energetic. They’ll go as far as Gaborik’s groin can carry them; I’ll wince every time he’s hit. Better? Worse? Who knows. The East is even tougher now. I’ll be hopeful and say a repeat seventh place.

What team would you most like to see fail this year, and why?

Flyers. Simply because they decided to go with ugly and nasty. Emery in goal? Pronger on defense? I can hardly wait. I relish the idea of another year celebrating their futility streak — 35 years and counting.

Your fondest memory of the Rangers or a Blueshirts player?

Eddie Giacomin’s return to MSG as a Red Wing because the fans showed that players count more than the jersey. My classmates and I were never so happy to see our team lose a game.

What player would you most like to see checked right through the Zamboni doors?

Is it O.K. to pick one of my own players? Brashear, because he ate up cap space and caused the exile of Colton Orr and departure of Blair Betts.

Automatic penalty for a check to the head – yea or nay?

Depends on who gets hit. Ranger player? Game misconduct. Opponents? A get-well card. N.H.L. welcomes back Sean Avery with makeup calls.

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Thanks to Jeff Klein of The New York Times for including THE DARK RANGER and our writers as one of their Blueshirt Beat Bloggers. (tipping the glass)