Cody McCormick
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Joined on: Aug 26, 2004 21:24:42 GMT -5
Posts: 1,518
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Post by Cody McCormick on Sept 30, 2007 13:38:54 GMT -5
Anaheim won. I never knew Euros loved fighting
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Oct 1, 2007 10:48:26 GMT -5
Why are they still playing preseason games if the real season supposedly started?
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Post by KMIS™ on Oct 1, 2007 15:01:32 GMT -5
Because London is on fairy-tale time.
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Post by thegalaxy on Oct 1, 2007 15:54:18 GMT -5
I forgot that the season is about to start because I'm getting all caught up with the Phillies. But I will be watching pretty much all Rangers games this year that aren't on Versus or Fri/Sat.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Oct 1, 2007 16:01:29 GMT -5
What a horrible marketing job by the NHL. You have 2 games to open the season in London, and there was absolutely ZERO advertising for it. Not to mention, the Ducks and the Kings? I don't even want to see that crap in the US...why would I want to see it oversees? lol...
They should have done something with a Stanley Cup rematch or 2 of the Original 6 teams competing. That's really the only way anyone was going to care about it. Plus, brilliant idea to have only ONE of the games televised in the US, that one being on a Sunday afternoon when football was on.
Anyway, here's some Rangers news for anyone who cares:
- Rangers will carry 8 defenseman (Malik, Rozsival/ Girardi, Tyutin/ Staal, Mara are the regular lines with Pock and Strudwick traveling with the team)
- Al Montoya, Artem Anisimov and Nigel Dawes all optioned back to Hartford...Valiquette wins the backup goalie job and Dubinsky wins the roster spot as the 3rd line center.
- Andrew Hutchinson (who was acquired from Carolina in the Matt Cullen trade) was placed on waivers and will be optioned to Hartford if/ when he clears.
That is all. If I had to guess the lines on Opening Day, I would assume that they're:
Straka-Drury-Jagr Shanny-Gomez-Avery Prucha-Dubinsky-Callahan Hossa-Betts-Orr/ Hollweg
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Post by bjd on Oct 1, 2007 16:22:49 GMT -5
Nice to see Staal making the team... I think his brothers have proven that his family flat out knows how to play hockey.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Oct 1, 2007 19:19:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I have high expectations for Marc Staal. I'll be really interested to see him, Tyutin and Girardi and how they play for the whole year. We've got a lot of kids on our defense, and we'll probably have even more next year once Malik and Mara are gone.
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Post by thegalaxy on Oct 2, 2007 0:27:29 GMT -5
I didn't even know the NHL started overseas.
I don't care about hockey until Thurs when the Rangers start their season. I really don't know why Malik still has a spot on this team. Pock is a lot better. Montoya should really just be traded, it's a waste having him play in Hartford at this point in my opinion.
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