Thursday, January 10, 2008

There's Actually Good News?

According to Larry Brooks at the New York Post, its not all doom and gloom for the Rangers right now...

"...Here's the good news for the Rangers: Martin Straka, who sustained a concussion in Edmonton on Saturday, rode the stationary bike yesterday and checked out perfectly afterward. If the vitally important winger continues to progress without a setback, he could return to the lineup for Monday night's game in Pittsburgh.

Here's a second piece of good news: the combination of the slump plus the injuries to Straka and Sean Avery has not sent GM Glen Sather into a panic mode.

There will be no band-aid deals in which the Blueshirts surrender value for emergency replacements. In other words, Petr Prucha is not being sent to Columbus for David Vyborny.

And here's a third piece of good news: on Tuesday, with his team needing Jaromir Jagr to be at his best, the captain responded. Jagr is elevating his game as the season progresses; steadily if not necessarily dramatically..."

...while I agree with Brooks that these are great off the ice news, the on the ice situation is much more bleak. How I long for the days of November when we were only complaining about the lack of scoring.

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