Okay, I am the last person who should ever censor someone for using expletives. I’ve employed them on many occasions. But, the number of times the effing players and coaches on HBO’s effing 24/7 Road to the Winter Classic drop the effing “F” bomb is just effing ridiculous. It’s like they punctuate every effing sentence [...]

If the NHL wants to hang on to the shred of credibility it has left, Steve Downie should go down for the requisite 10 games for leaving the bench during a fight. It is clearly written in the rulebook (Rule 70.10). And, Tampa Bay should be fined $10,000.00 because their player left the bench to [...]

There is no doubt in my mind that if Phaneuf checked Crosby like he did Sauer, he would have been penalized in the game and already suspended. The play should still be reviewed because Sauer has been concussed. Phaneuf should be sanctioned because he’s a repeat offender. Phaneuf came up high with his hands on [...]

If anyone had told me before last night’s game that the officials would call two 5 on 3′s against the Penguins, I would have told them to put down the crack pipe. Despite the fact that they turned a blind eye to the many text book infractions perpetrated by the Penguins in the first period, [...]

The Rangers victory over the Flyers yesterday afternoon couldn’t have gone more perfectly if it was scripted. Wait a minute. Maybe it was scripted. Prust’s two fights with preseason transgressors Rinaldo and Simmonds. Refs swallowing whistles. A shut out for Henrik Lundqvist.  John Tortorella telling the press that Prust has “balls as big as this [...]

It’s better to burn out Then it is to rust My My Hey Hey There is just a touch of iron-y to the fact that the Rangers played in Montreal last night and their winning streak ended. Oddly, one can attribute the drubbing they received at the hands of the Habs to an Ontario native’s [...]

Brendan Shanahan decided today to declare open season on NHL goaltenders. In a precedent setting decision NOT to discipline Milan Lucic in anyway for his cheap hit on Ryan Miller, Shanahan has put every goaltender in the league in jeopardy. I find it curious that Shanahan has not produced a little video to explain this [...]

The Rangers are on a six game winning streak. Things seem to be going well for our boys in Blue this fine Sunday. But all is not well in the NHL. This past week more controversy has been heaped on the league and the game by both players and officials. Teams refusing to play one [...]

Sean Avery is headed back to the NHL after clearing waivers today, being recalled from the Hartford Whale. Did the NHL, Jim Dolan, Glen Sather or John Tortorella really think that die hard Ranger fans would not voice and show their displeasure about the burial of Sean Avery in the AHL? On opening night the [...]

This afternoon’s debacle should put an end to Tortorella’s claim that all of the Ranger’s better players are currently on Broadway. The only reason his two pets Christensen and Wolski, both complete wastes of space so far this season, are on Broadway and not Hartford is to score in the shoot out. They can’t even [...]