Nothing To See Here
Last night’s game should have came with a personal apology from the home team.
The New York Rangers, in a fight for their playoff lives, came out and absolutely laid an egg in front of yet another sellout crowd, as the visiting Montreal Canadiens skated out of Madison Square Garden with a 3-1 victory. The story of this game was pretty simple, the Habs wanted it more than the Blueshirts, simple as that. This is nothing new, the Rangers have been disappointing the home crowd all season long. With this latest sorry excuse of a loss, the Rangers have now lost 21 out of 36 games played at the so-called World’s Most Famous Arena.
Categories: Atlantic, Eastern Conference, NHLHS Features, New York Rangers Tags: Glen Metropolit, Henrik Lundqvist, Jaroslav Halak, Sergei Kostitsyn
Western Road Swing
A season of hope has faded fast.
The New York Islanders who were once a playoff hopeful are now preparing for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Think what you will about the team but understand that this year, even without a playoff appearance, was a season of positives.
Sure there are negatives, which always come with positives, but this seasons Islanders team created somewhat of a balance over the two.
Tonight begins the first of a four game road trip. Three games are against Western Conference clubs and then the Islanders return home to New York to face the Rangers on enemy ice.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Eastern Conference, New York Islanders Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Andrew MacDonald, Cam Fowler, Dustin Kohn, Dwayne Roloson, Henrik Sedin, John Tavares, Josh Bailey, Kyle Okposo, Matt Martin, Matt Moulson, Rick DiPietro, Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin
The Value of: Peter Mueller
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
In the beginning of the 2008-2009 season nobody in Arizona would think about trading away their top young player: Peter Mueller. The former eighth overall selection potted 54 points in his rookie season, only two years after his draft year.
Categories: Atlantic, By Teams, Deadline Speculation, Eastern Conference, New York Rangers, Pacific, Phoenix Coyotes, Value Of:, Western Conference Tags: Bobby Sanguinetti, Brad Boyes, Christopher Higgins, Dave Tippett, Dennis Wideman, Don Maloney, Lauri Korpikoski, Peter Mueller, Robert Lang
