Apparently no one told the Rangers that Lent has started. Rather then eating the Fishsticks tonight, Fishstick fans get another free bowl of chili gratis the Rangers.

And after watching the Rangers play tonight, one might think they have given up winning for Lent. First, they lose in Pittsburgh on Fat Tuesday. Now they embarrass themselves once again at the Mausoleum.

The Rangers sit precariously at the top of the Eastern Conference but for how long? Looks like the usual slide down standings that has been late in coming this year is close at hand.

With the exception of Marian Gaborik. who did basically all you could ask of him, most of the other Ranger should have stayed on the bus. Were they once again guilty of arrogance, coming in to the Mausoleum to play another lowly team?

Michael Del Zotto needs to get his head out of his ass. Perhaps if he sits out a game or two in favor of Eminger, Torts can send him a message to stop with the stupid lateral passses in the neutral zone and the home run passes that get picked off 90% of the time. And the stick passing penalty was really bush league.

Tortorella really should shoulder most of the blame for starting Biron in the first place. Did Torts himself take the Fish too lightly? He gave Henrik the night off when he clearly should have started him. If Torts has so much confidence in Biron, why wouldn’t he give Marty a shot against his old team tomorrow at the Garden?

Compound wrong choice of goalie with choosing the wrong players in the shoot out and it’s clear that the burden of responsibility for this loss hangs on Torts. Callahan? Mitchell? Richards? Really John? He could have used Stepan, Anisimov or Hagelin. He tempted fate and lost. So did the Rangers. Can a coach be bag videoed?

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