GAME DAY: NY Rangers @ Ottawa, 7:30PM, Thursday, March 8, 2012

wprager wrote:Kids today with their apps, they probably have never even heard of these:

I built my own from a kit I got at the Radio Shack. Note how I called it "the" Radio Shack.

tim1_2 wrote:Was mentioned elsewhere, but Bishop gets the start for Ottawa.

For the Rags, this is the first game of a back-to-back. They play Chicago tomorrow. It is conceivable that we'll see Biron instead of Hank (PLEASE).

Interesting choice for them. Clearly Chicago is a tougher opponent, but Ottawa is an in-Conference team. I think we'll see Lundqvist. Also, probably less of a chance of Llundqvist being run by the Sens. Actually, if you extend that line of thinking, maybe they play Biron back-to-back and give Hank a bit of rest. They don't need the points -- they aren't chasing the President's Trophy if they are smart.

The Rags play Sunday as well, against the Isles, so Lundqvist will probably start tonight, Biron tomorrow, and then back to Lundqvist on Sunday. That's my theory.

Rags lost 4-1 to the Devils on Tue. Lundqvist was in net for that one. They've lost 2 of their past three. Maybe we will see Biron.

spader wrote:

wprager wrote:Lundqvist is over-rated. Got beat by a career minor league who isn't even paying anymore, a couple years ago.

Ya, he's super overrated. Only a .921SV% lifetime? Brutal. He only had 11 shutouts last year. What a hack.

Unreal numbers. Just...wow.

Sens can beat the Rangers which has been shown this season and basically every other season. Sens a message to the team you might be playing in the first round.

NEELY wrote:Sens can beat the Rangers which has been shown this season and basically every other season. Sens a message to the team you might be playing in the first round.

If Bishop plays out-of-his-mind, we have a chance.

tim1_2 wrote:

NEELY wrote:Sens can beat the Rangers which has been shown this season and basically every other season. Sens a message to the team you might be playing in the first round.

If Bishop plays out-of-his-mind, we have a chance.

I don't really think it's that big a difference between the Rangers and the Sens. Maybe I'm naive, but I think the Bs are much more intimidating and tough to play against. I'm not slighting the Rags mind you, but we've shown we can beat them this year, they have limited offence, and they capitalize on mistakes - particularly in the neutral zone - so cut those back, get solid goaltending and capitalize on chances in the offensive zone and I think we'll be okay.

It's obviously not easy, they grind you down, but I think we can play with these guys.

Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

It actually proves that +/- is a useless stat more than anything else. Not sure how that has anything to do with the Anderson signing given his mediocre stats.

Big Ev wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Michallica wrote:Brent Wallace Twitter:

@tsn_wally: Kuba has gone from being ranked 885th with a -26 last season to being the 17th best this season at +21. Karlsson from 889 (-30) to 51st (+14)

That is incredible. All the people who were saying negative things about the Anderson signing (don't know why) have been proven dead wrong now. It also (obviously) is a testament to how well Kuba has played this year. Why have we not re-signed him yet...why...

Karlsson needs no more words right now. Spectacular hockey player.

It actually proves that +/- is a useless stat more than anything else. Not sure how that has anything to do with the Anderson signing given his mediocre stats.

The +/- doesn't mean much, I agree, but the difference between Elliott/Leclaire and Anderson/Blank is enough to help the D get a little more comfortable and go back to playing their style of game IMO.

BooBoo: Looks like Chris Phillips will play. Jim O'Brien should be back. Konopka and Carkner out. #Sens

shabbs wrote:BooBoo: Looks like Chris Phillips will play. Jim O'Brien should be back. Konopka and Carkner out. #Sens

for Phillips. He'll be important vs the Rags.

BooBoo: Martin Biron will start for the Rangers. Lundqvist's streak stops at 26 consecutive starts vs. Ottawa. #Sens

Opportunity knocks!!!!

Mendes: Jim O'Brien will come back into the lineup tonight for Zenon Konopka. Only change to Sens lineup.

Biron!!!!

SpezDispenser wrote:Biron!!!!

Yes! Biron in net!