The Agony for NYR Keeps on Keeping On

Well folks, another frustrating loss at home for the Rangers as they drop one to the Florida Panthers 3-2.  There aren’t too many bright spots to chat about tonight since they spent much of the evening trying to figure out how to get pressure on them.  Gaborik had trouble as he was shadowed all night, but did score a goal and Prospal got one too but it wasn’t enough.  One key thing to note is that there has been a clear lack of secondary scoring on this team.  Lundqvist played decently but he can’t save their bacon every night.  The losses of both Drury and Dubinsky have taken their toll and Drury can’t get back soon enough as he has been skating recently.  Dubinsky has no timetable at this time since his injury is going to take some time to come back from.

The once promising start to the season is now turning into a nightmare as they are now 4-9-1 in their last 14 games.  The season is slowly slipping away from them and I’m not sure what, if anything can turn them around other than putting together a few wins to make themselves feel better and give the fans some hope.

Something else that is bothering me is that the officiating in this game faded away in the 3^rd as the Panthers were allowed to pretty much do what they wanted.  I’m starting to wonder if we are headed back to pre-lockout officiating, which allowed tons of garbage to go on.  The games have gotten more defensive, the goalie equipment is gigantic and scoring is down in a lot of games….this formula makes for a bad product and oh wait, empty seats in a good portion of arenas league wide, but yet the commissioner says all is well around the league.  He needs to take the blinders off and see that things need to change and quick.

Lastly, why in the world would the NHLPA hire Donald Fehr?  This guy is clearly responsible for the lack of a salary cap in baseball, a sport that badly needs one, and I’m a Yankee fan. Do the players think that if they go back to no cap that things will get better, they won’t as the haves will out do the have not’s, which is seen in baseball.  The NHLPA should have left things alone, but they didn’t and now there is a potential for another lockout when this CBA runs out.  This is what happens when people who have no clue what they are doing try to run things.

Well, the Rangers next game is Monday night at MSG vs. Columbus and the key for them is that they need to play big time desperate hockey since winning has been a foreign thing to them lately.

Until next time

Your NYR Blogger,

Howie