The Rangers played for the shootout and sometimes you get what you asked for. They got the shootout but they also got another loss and are slowly slipping toward ninth place and elimination. Henrik Lundqvist made 42 saves and three in the shootout but couldn't stop Zednick and the Rangers lost 2-1. Ah yes. We are a 2-1 hockey team and are now seven points ahead of the Hurricanes and Penguins who are tied for ninth pace.
The offense continues to do nothing and the power play reeks. However, with minor exceptions the usual suspects get rounded up and continue to be put on the ice. Notice, I didn't use the word play because I didn't see any of importance out there. Drury, Gomez, Redden and Rozsival should contribute their salaries to the Rangers Stimulus Package to bring in some young players, who play with a purpose and desperation so lacking in their games. Also a new and dynamic coach would help as also would an enlightened GM. But Christmas is gone and why hope for lost causes.
This is as boring, as dull, as non-productive a hockey team that the Rangers have ever put on ice. I'm looking forward to the Andy Bathgate, Harry Howell night and after that who knows. Maybe I'll find the Roller Derby channel and watch some good body checks and hard skating. Of course it's fixed but maybe that is what is wrong with this new brand of hockey. Maybe it should be fixed. But how do you fix a game where the coach plays for a 2-1 result? I need a break from hockey. Let me rephrase that. I need a break from Rangers hockey. Wait. I need a break from coach clueless hockey. Give me a break.
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