Right Where We Want Them

The Pittsburgh Penguins are now upÂ in this semi-final series 2-0. The Rangers are in exactly the same position they were in last year against Buffalo.Â They came home and took the next two off Buffalo and very nearly won game 5 in Buffalo. All is not lost. The Penguins have to win two more games. Â

After today’s loss in Pittsburgh, I readÂ things on some message boards and websites saying “the RangersÂ didn’t deserve to win this game”. Are these people kidding me? These people are Ranger fans? What a crock of BS. These so called fans should read the Event Summary for this game before they start writing offÂ The New York Rangers.

www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20072008/ES030222.Hâ€¦

The Rangers did score a goal which was prematurely and wronglyÂ whistled off. The Rangers slowed the Penguins down and forced them to play their game. The difference was that the Rangers couldn’t score on the powerplay. The Pens did. That’s it.Â Some “fans” out there are making it soundÂ like The Pens shellacked the Rangers 10-0. I can’t believe that people buy into theÂ hype moronicÂ NBC commentators like Pierre MacGuire and Mike Milbury are peddling.

Let’s look at the Stats to determine if the Pens outplayed the Rangers, shall we?

TheÂ Rangers were 0 for 7 on the PP. The Pens were 1 for 6.Â Big Deal. The Rangers had 26 shots. The pens had 32. BigÂ Deal. The Rangers won 65% of the face offs. Each team was credited with 28 hits. Numbers don’t lie. They didn’t outskate us. They didn’t really outshoot us. The one bounce we needed didn’t go our way.

What would “Fans” who say the Rangers didn’t deserve to win this game have us do, go to the game on Tuesday with White Flags and Placards saying ” We Surrender Sidney”?Â

The RangersÂ CAN come into the Garden on Tuesday and start fresh in front of theirÂ homeÂ crowd.Â They CANÂ take the next two games fromÂ Â Cindy the Diver and the Penguins. They did it last year against the projected Stanley Cup Champion Buffalo Sabres. They CAN do it again.

We got the Penguins right where we want them, in MSG.

IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS ANDÂ THIS FAT LADYÂ AIN’T SINGING.

LET’S GO RANGERS!

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