The Dark Ranger: Slight Redemption Through The Canes

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).

Friday, January 1, 2010

Slight Redemption Through The Canes

(As The Dark Ranger is still on holiday, special guest DA LAVES - a Hurricane fanatic - is our Blogger-du-jour for today):

AND it continues……another loss…..the uninspired 30th placed Canes walk through another amateur night of hockey to a sleepy crowd of hockey fans, playing with their new smart phones and not paying much attention to the game, or the one period the Canes showed up!

Had it not been for Cam Ward (even though he is ranked 33rd ) standing on his head and saving turning away over 30 shots, it should have been a 10-nil game, in the first period alone! The NYR stars, looking a bit slow, steadily dismantled the Canes D, throwing shots at the net all night, and chasing down the second and third rebounds, while the Canes D literally watched the game – its hard to watch our “burly” and creaky D line chase the puck around crease, and they forget that hockey allows checking and open ice hits on attacking opponents – I prefer to call the ESCORTS!

Offensively the Canes have potential, but Coach Mo changes lineups every game, pushing Staal to a wing tonight, and then we watched his bro shut him down…a team with no plan….How can a team fall so far in one half a season? – no changes to the team and re-signing players on the verge of retirement, trading talent away, and an owner who wont spend on good solid players!!!

GRRRR!!!

You know when fans get excited and the media announces another “new” player added to the roster – and it is another AHL player – the team is in trouble!!! Hats off to the three stars of the game: Gaborik – Drury – Ward. I think the Canes players are all hoping to hop on a hot team before the trade deadlines…..there is no hope!

We are lost!! Cheers – Happy New Year – cya at Saturday’s game at MSG.