Blue Notes

High water risin'---risin' night and day
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin' East and West
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothing standing there
High water everywhere...
Things are breakin' up out there
High water everywhere

Bob Dylan
"Love and Theft"

With Boston's 6-2 win tonight, the Rangers have sunk to 12th place.

High water everywhere.

No word on Shanahan's post-concussion evaluation.

No word on the trade front, starting to assume that the Rangers won't waste prospects in the hunt for a top player.

While I like Avery's contributions and Dupuis' PK skills, I still think they may have waited too long to pull the trigger on Josef Stumpel or Bryan Smolinski or someone else for more offensive depth, which teams always can use, especially if Jagr is losing confidence like air in a punctured balloon.

And if the bosses are accurate in their assessment that the lads in Hartford aren't ready to assume substantial roles in a playoff race.

Did the front office miss the signals on the captain? Did they wait too long, believing Jagr (5 PP goals) would come around. He still might, I guess, but is the horse out the barn door?

Even if the Rangers beat Columbus tomorrow, I'm not sure they will be aggressive in adding talent---too many teams in the mix, driving up the price. Maybe it's high time to save money for more free agents in the off-season.

Things are breakin' up out there

High water everywhere.

Of course, I'm prepared to be surprised on Trade Deadline Tuesday.

More tomorrah....