So it's out of the hammock and away from the barbeque grill and on to Buffalo this week, whenever the NHL gets around to deciding the schedule, along with NBC and Versus and arena availability.
In today's Newsday and newsday.com. I turned back the pages to quickly assess the four losses against the Sabres this year and naturally, you can't glean much:
All the games were played before Dec. 2
Kevin Weekes played in three of them; Sean Avery in none.
Straka, Nylander and Shanny had eight of the 12 goals.
More recently, the Rangers have played very well at home; it took a lot for the Sabres to put away the feisty Isles.
Who knows? I'm expecting a six or seven-game series.
We'll see what the Rangers and Renney have to say at practice today. Looks like Rachunek will be back for
Game 1 and Pock sits, at least for that one. Hollweg-Orr? I'm thinking the Rangers will need the speed and Hollweg gets a shot in Game 1.
Swing back here later for more...
Comments (4)
Steve-
I agree. Hollweg needs to go in game 1 becuase of his speed. However, he needs to be told that he HAS to stay under control. If he's going to run around looking for the big hit and he takes himself out of position then he's no help. Buffalo is going to kill you in transition.
In addition, he's has to limit his infractions. I don't want to look at Buffalo's PP all series.
In Hank we trust!
As an Isle fan i have to say the Sabrees are beatable. The Isles are a mediocre team and we did nto get blown out and in fact had a shot at winning games 3-5. It pains em to say that If the Rangers continue to play well all around they will get plenty of opportunites and should beat the Sabres in 6. Isles had the opprotunites but no one could finish. Games 4 and 5 - the chances were there but there is no Jagr or Shanny on the Island to score the clutch goal. The only team that looked better than the Rangers in round 1 is Ottawa.
As an Saber fann I think we are beetable.
Lets Go Rangers!