Enough already with these shootout wins. Let's earn some points the old fashioned way, by winning a game outright in regulation.
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ICINGS:The Blue Line:
Must the Rangers keep doing this to us? -- Katie Strang, take it away:
For the second game in a row, the Rangers blew a late lead and found themselves in overtime. And for the second game in a row, Markus Naslund and Nikolai Zherdev scored in the shootout, giving the Rangers a 4-3 win over the Panthers Friday night.This is simply not good for our health. Blowing one-goal leads with approximately a minute to play is not a good habit. However, ultimately winning such contests in a shootout is definitely an acceptable outcome. We both were skeptical about the Rangers' chances to win the shootout -- not because of Henrik Lundqvist -- but because of the law of averages. If they were already 5-1 in shootouts, could they possibly make it to 6-1? Yes, they could and did...
Scotty Hockey:
17-7-2: Can't We Win In Regulation? -- That makes back-to-back games where the Blueshirts blew late leads against bad teams only to pull out wins in the skills competition...
Hockey Rodent:
Fool Me Twice -- Jiminy Christmas! This opponent dwells in the nether regions of the Eastern Conference. What should have been a romp turned ugly...
Rangerland.net:
What Do We Think Of… -- Watching the Rangers power play in action is sort of what I imagine being maced...
A tie is like kissing your sister, so a shootout win is like…um…let’s just get the hell out of Florida before the Rangers get arrested for something.
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E.J. Hradek / ESPN:My Top 5 turkeys: The list isn't pretty! -- Dmitri Kalinin
The former Sabres defender has gotten off to a rough start in New York City. Despite working for the fourth-best defensive team in the league, Kalinin is a team-worst minus-10. Every time he makes a mistake, the puck seems to end up in the net. You don't need me to tell you that's not good. Luckily for Kalinin, Rangers fans have been too focused on booing fellow blue-liner Michal Rozsival (minus-8). The 28-year-old Russian is playing on the one-year deal he signed in July. If he doesn't turn things around, it will be his last season as a Ranger...
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My Blueshirt Haven:Turkey Shoot Out -- I am not feeling very well this evening. I have a turkey hangover. You know, too much to eat, too much to drink, too much aggravation. I served 17 of my relatives a sit down Thanksgiving Dinner yesterday. Mind you, I work full time so I do not have the kind of time Martha Stewart has to prepare. This was the least of my issues.
I am really nauseous tonight because I watched the Rangers get taken to their second consecutive shoot out by two bottom feeding teams...
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