Jan Levine: Game 41: NYR 2 FLA 1, S/O, Rangers Hit Midway Point Over .500 With Win Back to back victories, four in last five...

Jan Levine: Game 41: NYR 2 FLA 1, S/O, Rangers Hit Midway Point Over .500 With Win
Back to back victories, four in last five...
- airjan23

Very good blog as usual Jan.

Nice to see Lundqvist have a full solid game, maybe his best of the season.

I'm not a fan of AV not playing Krieder in the O/T.

Nice get for Toronto with Gleason, scratch Toronto as a destination for DZ.

Jan Levine: Game 41: NYR 2 FLA 1, S/O, Rangers Hit Midway Point Over .500 With Win
Back to back victories, four in last five...
- airjan23

It's just odd cause Kreider played over 17 minutes in regulation which was one of most out of all the forwards. Also he was on the ice with 30 seconds left in regulation in a tie game. It is hard to believe he doesn't trust him in close games.

Very good blog as usual Jan.

Nice to see Lundqvist have a full solid game, maybe his best of the season.

I'm not a fan of AV not playing Krieder in the O/T.

Nice get for Toronto with Gleason, scratch Toronto as a destination for DZ.
- OLDSCHOOL#6

Thanks. Hate seeing Kreider sit in OT.

Agree on Gleason, and at this point, keep MDZ if getting a lousy return.

Stepan made team USA

Wow I thought Bobby Ryan would be on it. Surprised no Keith Yandle to. No Kyle Okposo either

I'm sorry, center or no center you put bobby Ryan on this team. I disagree with the defense too. Gotta put buff on there. And no Okoposo?? Isn't he 2nd in Americans in points??

Wow I thought Bobby Ryan would be on it. Surprised no Keith Yandle to. No Kyle Okposo either
- TPC

Isles fans gonna go ape poop

Isles fans gonna go ape poop
- jimbro83

Yea its gonna be crazy

Isles fans gonna go ape poop
- jimbro83

All 6 of them?

Isles fans gonna go ape poop
- jimbro83

As they should. And I disagree with the defense. Paul Martin, fowler, Faulk? Over yandle, buff, Erik Johnson? Idk....

I'm sorry, center or no center you put bobby Ryan on this team. I disagree with the defense too. Gotta put buff on there. And no Okoposo?? Isn't he 2nd in Americans in points??
- mrhattrick27

No Ryan was shocking to say the least.

Faulk over Yandle was a disturbing selection.

My USA Olympic Team view: Derek Stepan very surprisingly gets in, as don't believe he deserved a spot. How there was no Bobby Ryan or Kyle Okposo over Stepan and/or Stastny is beyond me. Same with no Erik or John Johnson or Keith Yandle over Justin Faulk or Paul Martin (but that could change if Martin or Brooks Orpik not fully healthy). I would have taken Ben Bishop over Jimmy Howard, but if Jonathan Quick not 100 per cent, that switch could happen.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/st...-sochi-olympics-was-named

Nice read on how team USA was built

Stepan was always a lock and Okposo wasn't even given much of a consideration despite his good season as they didn't feel he fit on the big ice according to the article.

My USA Olympic Team view: Derek Stepan very surprisingly gets in, as don't believe he deserved a spot. How there was no Bobby Ryan or Kyle Okposo over Stepan and/or Stastny is beyond me. Same with no Erik or John Johnson or Keith Yandle over Justin Faulk or Paul Martin (but that could change if Martin or Brooks Orpik not fully healthy). I would have taken Ben Bishop over Jimmy Howard, but if Jonathan Quick not 100 per cent, that switch could happen.
- airjan23

I'm with you. Shocked at a good part of the defense and team in general. I just don't get it.

it's not like making the all-star game, where they take only the stats of the first 41 games into consideration. They surely have roles decided for each player, and I am certain they imagine Stepan and Callahan as the top penalty killing pair.

They are trying to win a gold medal, not create an all-star team

All 6 of them?
- JohnnyNYR

yes all 6 of us

My USA Olympic Team view: Derek Stepan very surprisingly gets in, as don't believe he deserved a spot. How there was no Bobby Ryan or Kyle Okposo over Stepan and/or Stastny is beyond me. Same with no Erik or John Johnson or Keith Yandle over Justin Faulk or Paul Martin (but that could change if Martin or Brooks Orpik not fully healthy). I would have taken Ben Bishop over Jimmy Howard, but if Jonathan Quick not 100 per cent, that switch could happen.
- airjan23

A few very puzzling selections. Stepan gets in cause he's a center, he doesn't deserve it. No Yandle or Ryan is a joke.

USA is not going to medal

yes all 6 of us
- mighty13duck

USA is not going to medal
- mighty13duck

it's not like making the all-star game, where they take only the stats of the first 41 games into consideration. They surely have roles decided for each player, and I am certain they imagine Stepan and Callahan as the top penalty killing pair.

They are trying to win a gold medal, not create an all-star team
- jimbro83

I think unlike some, the players and coaches understand, appreciate and respect all that Callahan brings to a hockey team.

USA is not going to medal
- mighty13duck

That defense is horrible.

A few very puzzling selections. Stepan gets in cause he's a center, he doesn't deserve it. No Yandle or Ryan is a joke.
- OLDSCHOOL#6

I think it's great, I hope it helps him to get his game going towards back to where he was last year

I think unlike some, the players and coaches understand, appreciate and respect all that Callahan brings to a hockey team.
- OLDSCHOOL#6

I think Stepan is considered one of the better defensive forwards on the team too, he is a great penalty killer and excellent passer, some great wingers on the team even without Ryan.