How did the NHL cheat? I mean I hate Pitt, but it was the right call by the rule. Can't complain about that IMO. The rule is the rule and it was the right call based on the rule.
It's all good. They play the Pens tougher than any team in the league. I would to meet up with these phony fools again the playoffs. Somebody just needs to have enough guys to layout Crosby or Malkin once and for all.
Spare me. Start with the fact the idiot refs closed to their eyes to 5 blatent hooks by the Penguins in the 3rd period. I'm going to love every second when Crosby gets that final hit that scrambles his brains with that final concussion and ends his career. That will teach the NHL for fixing the lottery to save that sorry ass organization.
I can't stand them either but this is not the time you worry about getting even. It's just a November 15th game. After what the Rangers did in the playoffs this is a long season with more match-ups to come.
Rangers got 3 of a possible 4 points against Pitt this week...that is very good. The Pens have won 8 straight against the rest of the NHL. I will take these 3 points and feel good about it. Now just need to keep the level up against TB and Philly this week. No more eggs like the Oiler and Avs games.
Boy oh boy, Dan Girardi is one tough dude. AV has stated that he doesn't think there's a place in todays game for a player like Mcilrath. After seeing one of his top d-men get laid out like that, I hope it makes him at least to think about it. You don't want a goon on the team, but you certainly want to other teams to know they can't take liberties on your team. And for you Kriedertime, to root for any player to have his brains scrambled is sad. Please self-deport from this board.
Coming from a poster nobody here knows or cares about. Crosby is bad for the sport. When one of the best player in the sport cries constantly every game to the refs and throws constant cheap shots in the playoffs when his team is losing, nobody should cry if he takes a hit and becomes a jello head. If wanting a player to take a huge hit who is a crybaby offends you, perhaps you should take up basket weaving. It fits your personality better.
What I want to know is how vs. the Penguins the first time those corrupt, worthless idiots in Toronto made up a bunch of nonsense not to allow the Hayes goal that never happened. Their reason was pathetic. The puck was in the net before the ref even thought about blowing the whistle and Hayes never made any contact with the goalie.
the hit on girardi was clean,. girardi is an all-star d-man playing for us. I can assure you most teams if not all would have more of a response if one of there players was steamrolled like that. girardi was at the end of a long shift and malkin just stepped over the boards and blasted him. That hit calls for a response. Maybe not at that time but certainly going forward. we will see. back in the day, teams like the 70 Canadiens and flyers, the 80's oilers and islanders. bruins of recent years, would have meted out justice right there. these teams have won about 20 cups in those 40 years. I watched them all. Hey kreidertime, I told you to self-deport
I have said this on another thread and no one responded. I think they should try McIlrath on the wing. Let him learn the position with the pack. If he can figure it out, he could be an x-factor come playoffs. If not, we are no worse off because he is not going to play defense for the Rangers. If he's in the box 15 mins a game, it's no big deal as a winger protecting our guys. I'd take that trade off.
Until he can figure out the AHL..........and he finding it tough as it is.... he is not NHL ready. His skating ability is very weak, even for a stay-at-home-D. A winger should have the skill to skate. That's is not McIlrath's strength. He needs to stay in Hartford or trade the dude.
I didn't say he was NHL ready. I said move him to wing now in the AHL and let him learn. It has already been established he will not play D. with AV as coach. So teach him the wing pos. and if he gets it bring him up as the enforcer and get rid of Glass for the playoffs.
Beukeboom doesn't think McIlrath is a bust but luckily we have posters on this board with superior hockey IQs that know much more about the game than good old #23. McIlrath's problem is AV doesn't like him or see the need for his style of play so teams will continue to take runs at Hank and others while cruising toward the goal fearlessly. Same for Miller, doesn't matter how well he plays AV is going to focus on one mistake and use that as justification to send him down. McIlrath doesn't need to be up here to fight every game, that's what Glass is here for, his job would be taking the body/clearing the crease.
I will continue to say what I have been saying about McIlrath. No way we can call him a bust at this point, he hasn't shown enough good or bad to be labeled as such yet. But I do think he needs to become a better skater to really have a solid role in the NHL and I also think he needs to learn to stay of the box otherwise it limits his usefulness. To have 1 of your 6 dmen in the box for major minutes every game isn't good. But I cannot call him a bust now...not sure how anyone can yet. He hasn't done enough to be called a bust yet.
