GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

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How did Mr Intangible play???

Dropped his stick next to the goal in OT and watched Kaleta bounce in the winner!!

[mrjsbu96]

i watched the entire Ranger postgame show and apparently they did not see the same game that most guys in here saw. if it was truly as bad as made to seem around here, i think the ranger post-game guys would have been a bit more emphatic about the home team coming up short, and deserving more, etc. rather they gave credit to buffalo for playing a good road game and for beginning to look like they have turned their game around..

[Wilbur]

I think the monkey just jumped off my ***squirrel***

[MattPie]

Couple points I'd like to add:

 

1) That was some dubious officiating in the 3rd period. Sekera gets high-sticked but no call. But the Sabres get two ticky-tacky calls that allow the Rangers to tie the game.

 

They missed a Buffalo high-stick on a Ranger player about 30 seconds before the Sekera one, so I figure that's a wash. :)

[Eleven]

i watched the entire Ranger postgame show and apparently they did not see the same game that most guys in here saw. if it was truly as bad as made to seem around here, i think the ranger post-game guys would have been a bit more emphatic about the home team coming up short, and deserving more, etc. rather they gave credit to buffalo for playing a good road game and for beginning to look like they have turned their game around..

 

I hope they are turning their game around. Winning--even winning ugly--builds confidence, so maybe we'll start to see some scoring from the Sabres.

[Calvin]

How did Mr Intangible play???

A small peg or two above being called Mr. Invisible

[scottnc]

Pominville is just weak on the puck and almost never accepts a pass cleanly. The puck is always jumping over his stick. Watching him play live is incredibly frustrating.

 

Does anyone remember when Pommer changed his stick blade last year and they made a big deal about it? It seems to me since then, he fans on a lot of shots/passes and the puck does tend to jump over his stick a the blue line (many frustrating PP memories). Maybe it's nothing, but he definitely needs to start earning his money in the offensive zone.

[rickshaw]

A small peg or two above being called Mr. Invisible

 

So now that the Olympics are over, he's gone back to being an overpaid 3rd line center making 1st line center money and not really contributing anything a youngster from the AHL couldn't bring? Glad we didn't trade our whole team for him at the deadline.

[Calvin]

So now that the Olympics are over, he's gone back to being an overpaid 3rd line center making 1st line center money and not really contributing anything a youngster from the AHL couldn't bring? Glad we didn't trade our whole team for him at the deadline.

Ryan Callahan had an excellent game hustling and blocking shots.. isn't he from Ro-cha-cha? He would be a worthy trade for this team I think.

[Sabre Dance]

It is very sad that the Sabres have to rely on Mair and Kaleta to be their goal scorers. Just :censored: awful. At least they grabbed two points...

[wjag]

I imagine there are some absolutely miserable posters on here now that they won two in a row..

[wjag]

I'm amazed how little discussion there is on here about the off sides wiping out the goal. That was a TERRIBLE call. Replays clearly showed the puck was on the blue line. I haven't been over to the Rangers site, but they have to be spitting tacks.

[Dave Dryden]

I'm amazed how little discussion there is on here about the off sides wiping out the goal. That was a TERRIBLE call. Replays clearly showed the puck was on the blue line. I haven't been over to the Rangers site, but they have to be spitting tacks.

But Miller said he heard the whistle and gave up on the play. I am sure others did too--I did at home. It did look like a bad call--but it was hard to tell. But I don't think you can assume a goal would have been scored if the whistle did not blow.

[wjag]

But Miller said he heard the whistle and gave up on the play. I am sure others did too--I did at home. It did look like a bad call--but it was hard to tell. But I don't think you can assume a goal would have been scored if the whistle did not blow.

It wasn't a hard call though. Replays clearly showed it was on the blue line. That's a routine call.

 

He sure looked like he relaxed a bit. But not every player stopped. If I was the goalie, that's what I'd say too..

[SwampD]

It wasn't a hard call though. Replays clearly showed it was on the blue line. That's a routine call.

 

He sure looked like he relaxed a bit. But not every player stopped. If I was the goalie, that's what I'd say too..

To me it looked like everyone stopped playing. It wasn't even an after thought on the Rangers MSG recap.

[spndnchz]

I'm amazed how little discussion there is on here about the off sides wiping out the goal. That was a TERRIBLE call. Replays clearly showed the puck was on the blue line. I haven't been over to the Rangers site, but they have to be spitting tacks.

 

U R right, the puck was ON the blue line. Never went over. Our defenseman stops it short of crossing into our zone, pops into the air, lands on the line again, Rangers are in the zone and then the puck. On the way in, the puck needs to be passed the line. Same way that on the way out it has to go all the way out, on the line is ok. Same way players hav to tag up by going all the way outside the line, not just touch the blue paint.

[wjag]

U R right, the puck was ON the blue line. Never went over. Our defenseman stops it short of crossing into our zone, pops into the air, lands on the line again, Rangers are in the zone and then the puck. On the way in, the puck needs to be passed the line. Same way that on the way out it has to go all the way out, on the line is ok. Same way players hav to tag up by going all the way outside the line, not just touch the blue paint.

I see your point. Hadn't paid attention to whether it was in the zone first. I thought it was, but now I'm not sure.

[Stoner]

U R right, the puck was ON the blue line. Never went over. Our defenseman stops it short of crossing into our zone, pops into the air, lands on the line again, Rangers are in the zone and then the puck. On the way in, the puck needs to be passed the line. Same way that on the way out it has to go all the way out, on the line is ok. Same way players hav to tag up by going all the way outside the line, not just touch the blue paint.

Skate contact with the blue line, according to the rule book.