Ya know. It would be nice if the team I cheer for played winning hockey like the bitter rival across the Hudson/Path. When you have the coach and former Cup winning coach chewing out the team's effort level, something's wrong. I've seen plenty of all four Battle teams and the Rangers are the worst. It's one thing if you don't have skill cause after The Big Ticket, there's little else. But when you don't have a ton of talent, you got to make up for it by giving maximum EFFORT. A foreign concept for the team that plays on 33rd and Seventh. The Devils usually show though I don't know what happened today. The Islanders normally work their asses off. Emerging star John Tavares helps but you have to love their spunk. The Sabres don't have top tier talent outside underachieving Thomas Vanek, who hasn't been the same since his early injury. Derek Roy, Tim Connolly, Jason Pominville and Drew Stafford are nice players but must come to work every night. Buffalo does it by winning the trenches as they were doing at last check versus the super skilled Blackhawks with
Aside from the fact that the other three BONY clubs work harder/smarter, they aren't as dull to watch. Somehow, John Tortorella's lost bunch looks a lot like the one Tom Renney coached. I favored the change because it was obvious they tuned the affable man out. So, Tort came in and rallied the troops into the postseason, squeezing as much as he could out of them. He promised high octane. It started well. That seven-game win streak may as well have been ages ago. You mean we actually scored enough goals?!?!?!?!?! Well, don't worry. The rested Blueshirts get a tired Buffalo team tomorrow at MSG. Should be an easy two!
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Did the crowd really boo? I didn't hear it but wouldn't be surprised either, we can be fickle. I still remember the Devils getting booed after a bad period last year when they were at the end of a nine-game winning streak.
There are some things that are starting to concern me though - Marty's workload and Lemaire's willingness to match lines now that Pando and Nieds are back. Parise's got no goals in the last six games since the line-matching started again.
From what I'm told, yes. When you win, people expect it. But it's so hard to do every night. They're not machines.
I don't get why Danis didn't start either. Especially with Philly tomorrow. Marty ain't missing that. I noticed Zach has been quiet lately. Drop in ice-time?
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