Tonight the New York Rangers (15-11-2) fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs (12-11-6) by a score of 6-2. Nik Antropov had his second NHL hat trick, while the Maple Leafs chased Henrik Lundqvist from the goal. Ranger Defensemen Dan Girardi and Fedor Tyutin scored power-play goals off passing plays by forwards Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. For a full recap go to Yahoo! Sports. ...I can't believe I'm saying this but Lundqvist was awful tonight. He couldn't control a rebound and wasn't very agressive. Like I said before the game Valiquette should have started tonight.
...I wondered how the team was going to react to Monday's dreadful performance and unfortunately they answered with more of the same.
...as much as I love what Renney has done with the Rangers since becoming the head coach a lot of this has to fall at his feet.
...besides starting a tired Lundqvist, Renney must be criticized for playing Malik. This guy should be waived immediately and Pock should be brought up to skate with Mara, with Staal going back on a pair with Rozsival. Not sure why Renney doesn't understand this.
...another month of this uneven play and Renney has to be fired.
...until Avery comes back the lines have to be:
Jagr-Drury-Straka
Callahan-Gomez-Shanahan
Prucha-Dubinsky-Hossa
Orr-Betts-Hollweg
...speaking of Avery, why is this team so terrible without him in the lineup?
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I think someone had one to many at the game last night. There is no way Reney should be fired for halfwy thru the season regardless of how they play. He has the Rangers at the top of the Conference and back to back playoff seasons, while advancing to the 2nd year last year.
However, I do agree Maliek should be waived or at least benched...
Lundqvist wa awful, and needs to be rested more, especially if Valliquete is going to continue to play as well as he has...
If Sather does not sign Avery to a long term deal by Monday, he is crazy. As much as Shanahan is the locker room. Avery is the guy that leads and motivates this team on the Ice.
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