So a few minutes ago, I posed the question to Tom Renney directly:
Why would you change the lineup?
"That's why I'm contemplating not," he said.
Nigel Dawes and Thomas Pock practiced with the team yesterday, but it would uncharacteristic of this coach to change things. I mean, they were 7.7 seconds away from a third win, right?
"Especially at this stage of the game," Renney agreed. "I thought last year (against the Devils) we could have done some tactical things...."
"The big thing is you've got some continuity going," Renney said.
In his contemplation, he said a lineup change would be to "maybe keep the opponent off balance. Can you add a little twist...I'm gonna skate what I skated in practice yesterday and make a game-time decision"
The Rangers have won nine straight at MSG.
So, all that's left is for the Rangers to avoid being deep-sixed.
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The Rangers Suck, and they be goin' down!
Bye-Bye, punks! No Cup for You!
Tee Time 7:30 AM!
"Bye, Bye, Bye"
(Hey, Hey)
Bye, Bye, Bye
Bye, Bye...
Bye, Bye...
Oh, Oh..
I'm doin' this tonight,
You're probably gonna start a fight.
I know this can't be right.
Hey baby come on,
I loved you endlessly,
When you weren't there for me.
So now it's time to leave and make it alone
I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I wanna see you out that door
Baby, bye, bye, bye...
Bye Bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
You may hate me but it ain't no lie,
Baby, bye, bye, bye...
Bye Bye
Don't really wanna make it tough,
I just wanna tell you that I had enough.
It might sound crazy,
But it ain't no lie,
Baby, bye, bye, bye
(Oh, Oh)
Just hit me with the truth,
Now, girl you're more than welcome to.
So give me one good reason,
Baby come on
I live for you and me,
And now I really come to see,
That life would be much better once you're gone.
I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie,
I wanna see you out that door
Baby, bye, bye, bye...
Bye Bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
You may hate me but it ain't no lie,
Baby Bye, bye, bye...
Bye Bye
Don't really wanna make it tough,
I just wanna tell you that I had enough (ooh ooh)
It might sound crazy,
But it ain't no lie,
Baby, bye, bye, bye
I'm giving up I know for sure
I don't wanna be the reason for your love no more
Bye Bye
I'm checkin' out
I'm signin' off
Don't wanna be the loser and I've had enough
Don't wanna be your fool
In this game for two
So I'm leavin' you behind
Bye, bye, bye...
I don't wanna make it tough (wanna make it tough)
But I had enough
And it ain't no lie (Bye, bye baby...)
Bye, Bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two (I don't wanna be your fool)
But it ain't no lie
Baby bye, bye, bye...
Don't really wanna make it tough (don't really wanna make it tough),
I just wanna tell you that I had enough (that I had enough).
Might sound crazy,
But it ain't no lie,
Bye, bye, bye
Great season boys, I'm glad you Islander fans come on here, I'm glad you have something to be happy about it your pathetic lives.
I'm proud of this team, they fought to the end, didn't give in in March. Can't wait til October.
Let's Go Rangers!
Hey Sean, can you pass me my 9 iron? FORE!!!!!
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hey hey hey
goodbye!!!
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hey hey hey
goodbye!!!
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hey hey hey
goodbye!!!
See you fishsticks next year.!!!!!
Ottawa in 5!!!!!!
Be singing to you soon oh wait how far the fishies go oh yea that's right.
LOSERS! GET A LIFE!
well said gene...solid effort till the end. showed the heart, soul and dedication of a champion. buffalo has the tools, and we gave them all they could handle and more. game 5 is where the series ended. NO TEAM could have overcome that. our future is wats so exciting. we got the makings of a serious contender, next year and beyond. im a proud fan, its been a long time coming. there headed in right direction, FINALLY!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
thanks for a great season boys, see u in october.
p.s.- islander people, you can have your fun now. just remember your future was dealt for 2 home playoff games, that BARELY even sold out. your overpaid captain is the biggest disgrace in hockey. blake and smyth have already bought new homes somewhere else. your stud goalie has head issues. other than that, your in great shape :D
Don't forget: Jagr and Shanahan are not only the two biggest whiners in hockey, but they're also ancient!
Bye, Strangers!
Attention Ranger Fans: You suck, and your team sucks even more. Your team is your captain, and he is old and his hip is deteriorating rapidly. You are mistaken to believe that beating the Thrashers was some great accomplishment. You were outclassed by the Sabres. You even found a way to hand them a game with 7 seconds remaining. You may now select your clubs and draw partners for tomorrow mornings tee-time. Whine if you like, but you suck, and nothing will ever change that.
No whine here. The team showed heart and soul, rose from the dead in March, I can't wait til next year. I don't wanna wish the entire summer away, but I wish it could be October already.
Let's Go Rangers!
Nothing more pathetic than Islander fans -- all 2,000 of them. Can't sell a game out in a sewer-infested dump. And the future is bright with Yashin as captain, and two prospects traded for Smyth, who won't be back. The most embarassing organization in the sport.
I love all the Islanders fan coming to dance on our grave.
Isles fans, if you knew anything about hockey, you would be very very scared of the things that are to come for the NY Rangers.
We have the best crop of young players in the NHL. We have kids like Callahan, Girardi, Dawes, Staal, Montoya, Bourret, Dubinsky, Sanguinetti.
We have a franchise goalie who is 25 years old, has won a gold medal and been a Vezina trophy finalist each of his first two seasons in the NHL.
We will have guys like Avery and Mara for a full season next year.
We have Jaromir Jagr on the books for 4.9 million dollars next season. 123 points last year, 96 points this yer and a tremendous playoff. That's highway robbery we only have him on the cap for that little of an amount.
The Isles have Alexi Yashin on the books for over 7 million a year for like 35 more years. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jagr is only one million times better than Yashin, and that is in no way an exaggeration.
Plyers want to play for the Rangers, players cry when they are traded to the Islanders. (See Ryan Smyth, and Kirk Muller LOL)
The Isles farm system is completely depleted and they have no draft picks until the 3rd round this year. LOL.
Rangers have all their picks, they didn't trade the future for a phony Cup run. They made an excellent playoff run with the team they had. And gave the best team in the NHL all they could handle.
Ask Buffalo which team gave them a harder time, the Rangers of Islanders. LOL.
Yeah, future is pretty sweet for the Rangers, so have fun laughing Isles fans.
The joke is on you and your organization.
Wow, Ranger fans sure do have their panties in a twist. The other day they were ready to raise the Cup. Today they lose, and now all they can do is talk about Islander fans. They are all a bunch of tools, and today is the everlasting proof.
BTW whoever posted those lyrics, that was classic!
No you moron, the Islander fans came in here so we went back at them. Are you really that retarded that you can't see that?
Either way it's true, the Rangers are going to be a dangerous team.
The Rangers Suck!!!
LOL LOL LOL us stupid rag fans were chanting let's go rangers after our season was over. We are all idiots!
See you for some blogging during the NHL draft.
Oh yeah, Isles fans. no reason you guys should bother showing up to that. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yashin:
Contract runs out after the 2010-11 season.
Cap hit:
$6,941,333 a season. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rick Dipietro:
Contract runs out after 2020-2021 season. That is not a misprint.
Cap hit:
$4,500,000 a season !!!!!!!
He may have recurring concussion problems LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buffalo/Ottawa should be pretty good. And an unconditional "Ditto" to everything Jim from Woodbury just said. Good effort from a Rangers team with a blue-chip foundation.
Ryan Smyth would rather retire than re-sign with the Isles.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote of the Day, from Jagr:
"We didn't lose it, we just gave it to them... They are no better."
Spoken like a true LOSER!
Quotes of the day, from a cpouple Nassau Coliseum ice attendants.
"I can't believe we still can't get this soda off the ice those from those dumb fans of ours"
"I know, still can't believe they threw all that stuff in the offensive zone when we still had a chance to come back"
"Our fans are a joke"
"We have fans?"
great series between Rangers and Sabres, Rangers played the boys tuff, tougher than the Islanders
Isles fans, even if the Isles do buy out Yashin and end up with a salary cap hit of about 3 million a year for like 6 years because of it, that means you guys end up having a salary cap of 3 million dollars a year less than every other team in the NHL has to play with. LOL!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah and you guys traded Zdeno Chara and the second overall pick in 2001 for him, oh yeah, and that turned out to be Jason Spezza.
Spezza is only one of the best young players in the NHL right now.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jags,
yo did not give the series to buffalo, they were the better team after six games, they took game 5 away from you and had you not scored 3pp goals, the score today would have been 5-1, you cant win a series when you only score 1 even strength goal in an elimination game
Isles fans,
you guys see what Roberto Luongo did the other night for Vancouver? He made 60 saves, yes 60.
He may end up winning the Vezina and Hart Trophies this year.
Did you know that you guys traded him and someone named Oli Jokinen (39 goals this year) for Hall of Famers Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha??????
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike,
Congrats, Buffalo is the better team, chalk Jagr's comments up to being unhappy about losing.
Good luck vs Ottawa and blogging with those joyful Ottawa fans. LOL
Jim, you sure are laughing a lot on the day the Rags lost. Why don't you shut the eff up and take your loss like a man?
I am not taking the loss like a man?
LOL.
I am here, I don't post under false names like you do "Barry"
you are too scared to post under your real name?
LOL!
lmao, jim!!..isle fans can gloat all they want. today is a knee jerk reaction to the rangers losing. all the golf stuff..blibbity, blabbity..bloobity, blubbity..blaaaaaahhhhhhh!!...we all know the islander organization is in dire straits!!..hehehahahehehaha
don maloney said, the rangers are in a five year plan. based on this year, year 2 of that plan, they are WAY AHEAD of schedule...for the rangers, next year is contending time...for the isles, its probably last place....weeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Lets see, what else Isles fans, what else.
Hey, see how well Tim Connolly has played for Buffalo? Taylor Pyatt looked pretty darn good for Vancouver too.
Isles traded both for Michael Peca!! LOL.
Isles traded him for Mike York! LOLOLOLOL
And, they ended up with Randy Robitaille for Mike York. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt for Randy Robitaille!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lmao at this..isle fans insulting the rangers captain?..when there captains ass was glued to the bench and the 4th line in the playoffs!!
Is ther emore Isles fans, is there more.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
How about this. At the same time they made the Luongo Jokinen classic trade, the Isles took Dipietro 1st overall.
Who went 2nd you ask?
Dany Heatley.
So, the Isles could conceivably have Luongo in net, Chara on defense, Heatley, Spezza, Connolly and Pyatt up front.
What do they have instead of those players?
Dipietro, Yashin and Randy Robitaille!!!!!
FRIGGIN PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like we got ammo jimbo!!..wat the isles got?...THE COLD HARD TRUTH BEEYATCHES!!
yea, jim...ur right, im even dumber than garth...if only we could turn back time..to those al harbor days...with mike bassy, clark gills, bryan troutier.
Lets compare the Rangers and Isles captains.
Rangers:
Jaromir Jagr, coming off seasons of 123 points and 96 points, just had a great playoff with 10 points in 9 games.
On the salary cap hook for 4.9 million next year.
Rangers traded Anson Carter for him (LOL)
Islanders:
Alexei Yashin. Coming off seasons of 66 and 50 points. Coming off a playoff of zero points in 5 playoff games. (LOL)
Cap hit averages 6.9 million next 5 years, we have already gone over the trade details of how he was acquired.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think the reality will settle in to those isle fans. eventully they will move, and be gone forever. but hey, at least they have the dragons
TJ,
I think the best any Isles fan wil come back with to all that ammo is:
"uhhhhh, well, uhhhhh, Rangers suck, so there"
crazy as this sounds, our owner is even smarter than theirs...NOW THATS SCARY!!
I just sent our owner 170 bucks this month for cable.
And, I watch, at most, 3 channels??
LOL
Why are you sore loosers raggin on the Isles? Face it. You lost this series in typical Ranger fashion. 7.7 seconds away from taking controll and they blew it. You'r goalie is passed out on some bar stool somewhere as usual when he sucks and looses another big game. Avery's" I'm gonna hit every thing that moves"
problems are just begining. Go ahead and count on a bunch of untested nobodys for your future. Sorry no more buying cups. You ranger fans suck, your team sucks, NO CUP FOR YOU!!!
I think it's funny that some Isles fans will come back to all that ammo I just posted and blame it on Milbury being horrible and things have changed, Garth Snow is great.
Are things so different?
You guys traded your 2003 1st round pick (Robert Nilsson) your 2005 1st round pick (Ryan O'Marra) and your 2007 1st round pick, (15th overall) for Ryan Smyth, who will prove to be a 23 game rental.
This has a chance of making the Yashin trade debacle look brilliant.
Isles fans, seriously, post on your own blog, I don't go there.
But don't dare try to come here and dance on our grave.
My ammo is just too tough for you.
TJ and Jim,
You are a bunch of sorry sacks...
Islander fans are finally over the Milbury years..it's old news.
Your problem is that you have Jagr for another 2 years, and although he finally came to play because he's "running out of opportunites"...his hands are shot and he can't give credit where credit is due...Buffalo is the better team and you were fortunate it even went 6.
By the way..where was Avery? Did he get a point this series? and where was Prucha? Wasn't he your future too? And what happened to Hossa? You've had more "future" players in your history that I can even remember. All busts...Next year they'll be all over Lundqvist to. Can he stop a puck above his shoulders? He went 6th round for a reason.
I would worry about your future and not worry about the Islanders until we see you next year...looking forward to it.
By the way...nice series...your team played hard.
RFS,
your goalie has post concussion syndrome and is signed for 14 more years.
Our goalie has won a gold medal and been a Vezina finalist both of his two NHL years.
LOL.
You can't win. why do you even try?
TD,
The Ryan Smyth trade is worse than anything Milbury ever did, and he set records for being a lousy GM.
You guys will be wishing for Milbury back after before Snow is through, let me tell ya
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
TD,
I am not worried at all about the Isles future.
They don't have one!
Oh yeah, forgot, they even traded their 2nd round pick this year for Richard Zednick, did he even play?
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim, do you have any hobbies besides living on Newsday's Rangers blog? Get a life bro. I've read about 30 posts from you in the last hour.
TJ and JIM,
Oh and by the way...you're full of sh+t...you've both been on our site plenty.
Typical Ranger fans...can dish it out but can't face reality.
And to think I came on this site to congratulate you guys...what the heck was I thinking.
Wow, you guys are coming back with some good ones.
Gettin me good here.
When have I posted on the Islanders blog?
all 25 or under, and ALREADY HERE
lundqvist - 7th round pick
callahan - 4th round pick
prucha - 8th round pick
tyutin - 2nd round pick
girardi wasnt even drafted
moves this season
avery for jason ward (r u kidding?)
mara for aaron ward (laughable)
hall for dupuis, then bourett (1st rd pick in '05)
solid FAs signed
shanahan, cullen, rosival, nylander, straka..just to name a few.
studs on the rise
staal, montoya, bourett, korpiskowsi, dubinsky
added to the mix next season
CHRIS DRURY!!...HEY WAT THE HELL, and RYAN SMYTH!!...can u say cap room isle fans..no u cant, cuz have none!!
TJ,
Don't forget Dawes now!
We don't need Ryan Smyth.
We don't need to have someone take up 6 million of the cap for 5 years when he'd rather play in Canada.
No room for him really, too many young superstars waiting.
TD,
i posted there, being humorous...it went over poorly here aswell, and i apologized. unlike MOST isle fans, u seem smart and honest. stay on isle blog, we'll stay here..agreed?
I think making fun of the Isles for Sean Hill doing steroids is very funny and doesn't really require an apology from anyone.
Who knows, if the Islanders didn't have any cheaters on their team, they have may have finished even worse and had traded a lottery pick for a rental player.
why is it when ppl post here to insult, they say we have no lives?..this is here for a reason. because ppl are passionate and love HOCKEY is why we post here (isle fans included)..lord knows, based on the tv ratings, we need more fans like all of us in NY-Metro area (again, isle fans included)..so plz, dont come here and say "u have no life"..idiots!
Screw those idiots out east. What do they have to look forward to?
We have Staal here next year, with Baranka, maybe a Gomez to mix in. Who really wants to play out east when the mecca is in Manhattan?
I know this Ranger team will be back. Henrik can only get better and he showed this year what he can do. He can't hide the defensive breakdowns all the time. It caught up with us.
Buffalo enjoy it now, because next year goodbye Drury and Briere. Let's see what happens then.
ranger fans you better win the cup next year cuz that window is closing in 2008-2009 jagr will count a full 8.7 million against the cap.
monster series by avery
o points -5 6 pims
and he didnt even hurt anyone
what a joke
Jim - you should take the loss like a man. You're laughing out loud because the Islanders goalie might have post concussion syndrome? You should be ashamed of yourself. Take a breath pal. It's hockey. That's all.
u avery haters crack me up...avery is not a point per game player..based on this, his point total isnt a big deal. his importance is in intangables...all his haters are hypocrites. cuz if u had on your team, u would love him. thats the kind of player he is, think brenden witt u fools. he says things to pump up his team, to get in the head of other teams. when he draws a penalty, well it worked. vs. buffalo wasnt his best, cuz they didnt take the bait like atl did (kovalchuk). other players say chit all the time..sometimes it works, sometimes not...u so called hockey EXPERTS should understand why hes important to his team.
Funny how you Ranger fans couldn't stay off the Islander blog when we fell to the Sabres. Now you lose big time and complain about us. Not the Sabres -- no, they are NEW YORK'S TEAM this season.
Guess what? You can join us on the golf course this summer. We will improve and next year, we'll see who's got the goods.
You guys played a great series against us. I had no idea how good your team was & it should only get better next year(hopefully without Drury).Classy team & classy fans, except for Jagr's comment after the game. Good luck next year & I hope we don't play you until the conference finals.
Watched the game yesterday with Mess ( who became a mess.)Before he started his uncontrollable blubbering he said the blueskirts lost because the Queen finally got lit up like a Christmas tree. He also sobbed that the rangers will never win the Cup as long as Daddy's Fat Boy Dolan runs them...
Oh, Jim from WOODBURY, is Woodbury like my hometown of Roosevelt cause I'm interested in buying a home there?
Congrats to the Rangers on making it to the second round.
I guess for Renney its baby steps right? You finished with a worse record than last year, but you made the playoffs again.
Last year out in round 1. this year out in round 2.
Either case....better luck next year....
AND YOU STILL SUCK!!!
It's funny you guys can't think of anything substantial to combat my arsenal towards your pitiful Islanders other than diss me personally.
Do you have any intelligent hockey commentary at all? Or have you just resigned yourselves to admitting that the Islanders team is in complete shambles right now and you are looking at a complete rebuilding situation right now without the benefit of having draft picks.
You guys are like the Knicks.