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momo

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Oct 3rd 2025, 22:41:26

Today is Jean Ratelle's 85th birthday. Ratelle centered a line with Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield. The line was known as the GAG line or goal a game. They led the Rangers to the Stanley Cup finals in 1972, but lost to the Bobby Orr led Boston Bruins.

VicRattlehead

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Oct 4th 2025, 0:40:34

Nice recognition. :) GAG line is legendary.

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Oct 5th 2025, 3:34:16

Tuesday, it begins

momo

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Oct 5th 2025, 19:15:46

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Tuesday, it begins

Pens at the Rangers. Should be interesting to see, Mike Sullivan coaching against his old team. And the Pens have a coach who used to be a Rangers assistant coach.

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Oct 8th 2025, 2:32:52

Well that sucked.

momo

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Oct 8th 2025, 2:36:41

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Well that sucked.

The Rangers looked slow, Pens had some jump. Both goalies played well, but the Rangers made one mistake that cost them a goal that held up.

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Oct 10th 2025, 15:56:12

Things looked better last night. It was only Buffalo though.

Still and all, I'm confident if Shesty can maintain a .985 the Rangers will contend 😆

momo

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Oct 11th 2025, 12:34:52

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Things looked better last night. It was only Buffalo though

Still and all, I'm confident if Shesty can maintain a .985 the Rangers will contend 😆

Maintain a .985??? Holy crapola Vic, get back on your meds you're delusional.

VicRattlehead

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Oct 11th 2025, 13:48:50

LOL I'd be thrilled with a .920, for sure

All 32 teams play today, big day

momo

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Oct 11th 2025, 22:50:28

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

LOL I'd be thrilled with a .920, for sure

All 32 teams play today, big day

Anything above 9 would work.

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Oct 12th 2025, 3:40:05

That was a good'un. Everyone on the score sheet.

momo

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Oct 15th 2025, 10:25:20

Vic, your Rangers have lost 3 home games all via shutout.

VicRattlehead

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Oct 15th 2025, 12:30:34

First team in NHL history to get shutout first 3 at home, pretty crazy. They strongly carried play in the last two as well. Even crazier, they have outscored the opposition 10-1 on the road.

They'd better figure out the home cooking or it's going to be a long season.

momo

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Oct 21st 2025, 10:16:25

Well Vic’s Rangers lost another home game, but at least they scored a goal. Wild 3 Rangers 1.

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Oct 21st 2025, 12:17:05

How can they be so bad at home specifically? This is crazy.

momo

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Oct 24th 2025, 1:54:20

Another home loss Vic, this time to the lowly Sharks, the Sharks.

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Oct 27th 2025, 12:53:26

That was ugly, and embarrassing. Bench the vets, play the kids.

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Oct 30th 2025, 14:14:53

With his 5 point outing against muh boys last week, Macklin Celebrini became the 4th teenager ever with 2 (TWO!) five point games in the NHL. The others are Gretzky, Dale Hawerchuck, and Bryan Trottier. Quite a list.

Also, Connor Bedard finally got his first NHL hat trick. His shot is freaking sick, but on the second goal in this game he displayed some stick handling and "shrug it off" ability as a puck carrier that I haven't seen much of.

It's good to see the two presumed future faces of the league starting to look like they'll be as good as advertised.

It's infuriating that all the other teams can have nice things with their 1OA draft pick.

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Oct 31st 2025, 1:06:42

Pesky Rangers.

I don't need anger management, people need to stop pissing me off!

momo

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Nov 7th 2025, 10:40:37

Vic, your Rangers are 0-5-1 at home. Sullivan says you need more net front presence. Meanwhile Chris Kreider seems to be doing well with the Ducks. I think it’s going to take more than the Breadman shaving his head to turn things around.

Edited By: momo on Nov 7th 2025, 10:42:37
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Nov 7th 2025, 13:12:02

Originally posted by momo:

Man, Kreids was my*guy* I love that dude. I was never in favor of that trade.

But yeah, best road record, worst home record. One of them is an illusion. I'm afraid it's the road record.

momo

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Nov 9th 2025, 15:36:09

Islanders 5 Rangers 0 shut out at home again. Rangers are now 0-6-1 at MSG.

VicRattlehead

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Nov 10th 2025, 13:21:45

How on Earth do you managed to get shutout 5x in 7 home games?

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Nov 13th 2025, 14:32:59

Don't look now, but the Rangers have a win streak, Breadman is on fire, Lafreniere has 10 points in his last 10 games, and Cuylle has 9 in his last 10. Meanwhile, the defense continues to be strong, with 3 Ranger defensemen ranked in the league's top 6 for defense rating, per moneypuck.

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Jan 3rd 2026, 21:35:12

The Winter Classic did not suck.

Many Ranger fans are clamoring to sell off everything and rooting for losses. I am old fashioned I guess, I always want my team to play well when I watch.

Zibanejad had the first ever hat trick in an outdoor NHL game, and also the first 5 point outdoor game.

braden

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Jan 8th 2026, 16:42:51

I love wayne, dont get me wrong. But Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player of all time.

And big Phil helped a lot.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 11th 2026, 20:30:39

Originally posted by braden:

I love wayne, dont get me wrong. But Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player of all time.

And big Phil helped a lot.

Aren't you Canadian? You're repping a *Bruin* as the GOAT?

Also, WB!

And also fluff the fluffing Bruins. 10-2. oof. It's over, time to sell everything that isn't nailed down and get all the picks.

momo

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Jan 13th 2026, 2:17:25

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Originally posted by braden:

I love wayne, dont get me wrong. But Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player of all time.

And big Phil helped a lot.

Aren't you Canadian? You're repping a *Bruin* as the GOAT?

Also, WB!

And also fluff the fluffing Bruins. 10-2. oof. It's over, time to sell everything that isn't nailed down and get all the picks.

Orr redefined the role of a defenseman, he was a brilliant skater. Wayne is the greatest hockey player, but even he would tell that if Mario didn’t have his career shortened by back injuries and battling cancer, that he would have surpassed all of Wayne’s records.
As for Phil he scored mostly on rebounds.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 13th 2026, 15:30:26

Love the old bumper sticker

Jesus Saves... but Esposito gets the rebound, goes top shelf, AND SCORES

momo

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Jan 14th 2026, 1:50:47

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Love the old bumper sticker

Jesus Saves... but Esposito gets the rebound, goes top shelf, AND SCORES

I was a kid in Chicago when Phil’s brother, Tony, played for the Blackhawks as a goalie. In 1971 Tony led the Hawks to the Cup final against Montreal. The Canadians were a formidable team with Frank and Peter Mohavolich and Henri Richard. The series came down to a game 7. It was played at the old Chicago stadium which didn’t have air conditioning and it was a warm April day. The Hawks took a 2-0 lead, but the Canadians battled back to tie. It was so warm in the stadium that steam was coming off the ice. Henri Richard took a shot which Tony Esposito lost in the “fog”. Montreal won the series and lifted the cup. The city of Chicago went into mourning.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 14th 2026, 15:51:32

Oh man, that's a hell of a memory. Before my time a bit. My earliest hockey memories are the '92 season, when the Rangers won the President's Trophy but got pasted by the Pens in the playoffs. I knew some player names before that and probably saw some games but that's the first year I was really a fan. So when the Rangers won in '94, I assumed we had a period incoming like what the Red Sox had after they broke their curse - a slew of Cups!

...we all know how that turned out.

momo

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Jan 16th 2026, 2:02:45

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Winning the President’s Trophy is the kiss of death. Rarely does the winner lift the Stanley Cup.

Vic, who had the hardest shot you’ve ever seen?

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Jan 16th 2026, 16:21:00

Originally posted by momo:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Winning the President’s Trophy is the kiss of death. Rarely does the winner lift the Stanley Cup.

Vic, who had the hardest shot you’ve ever seen?

Al Iafrate, no hesitation. MacInnis probably second. You?

momo

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Jan 16th 2026, 21:50:22

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Originally posted by momo:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Winning the President’s Trophy is the kiss of death. Rarely does the winner lift the Stanley Cup.

Vic, who had the hardest shot you’ve ever seen?

Al Iafrate, no hesitation. MacInnis probably second. You?

Bobby Hull, Iafrate and MacInnis second and third. They clocked Hull’s slapshot at 118 mph!
Hull was a compact bull of a man, he could skate like the wind and his shot was deadly. They asked Cheevers’ wife if she ever worried about her husband playing goal for Boston. She replied:”Only when Bobby Hull had the puck.”
One year Hull had his jaw broken, the doctors wired up his jaw and put on a Bears’ football helmet and when out and played.
Hull didn’t fight much, mainly because his opponents had more sense than to challenge him, but Brad Park challenged him once. Luckily for Park the linesman jumped in before Hull could unload on him.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 17th 2026, 0:49:51

Yeah, Bobby's a bit before my time. Sounds like Brett was built the same but Brett was feisty more than tough.

Speaking of old goalies, RIP Glenn Hall, one of the greats. His record is one of the 2-3 most unapproachable records in sports, with Walter Johnson's 119 complete game shutouts.