It is possible. The amount of time he missed has definitely hampered his game and conditioning. That said, they played well for a bit after he returned.
- Jsaquella

McDonaugh had a really rough game against us last game too. But I give that kid a mulligan, he's going to be a beauty.

This is interesting. I think I hate the Rangers more then I did before 24/7. For me it's always been the Devils and then the Pens but now because of all the lead up to the Winter Classic, I hate the Rangers.

Dubinsky, Avery and Rupp are guys I want nowhere near this team at any points of their careers. Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan and Henrik Lundqvist seem rather likeable.
- roenick97

I disliked Dubinsky, Avery and Rupp before 24/7. But Boyle, Callahan, Girardi, Lundqvist, Del Zotto and even Prust I came away liking. They were down to earth guys.

button and jaffee just awarded the pens the cup on nhl network. season's over, boys.
- hammarby31

Sweet. I'm going to order my tshirt

Bill tweeted yesterday that the rest of the east has to be hoping for a keystone state showdown in the first round. Nobody would want to play either team.
- BulliesPhan87

This is why they shouldnt give division leaders a guarenteed 1-2-3... And why they shouldnt do round 1 and round 2 conference battles in the playoffs....

Right now it should be:

Rangers- Caps
Penguins- Ottawa
Flyers- Florida
Devils- Boston

Not

Rangers-Caps
Boston- Ottawa
Florida- Devils
Penguins-Flyers

Apparently the flyers are only 11th in the league in man games lost? Would have thought it was more? We may have more individuals that have sustained injuries than other teams though.
- funmaster18

That was an article from last month, so it is a bit outdated. They've probably clawed their way into the top 5 or so.

Apparently the flyers are only 11th in the league in man games lost? Would have thought it was more? We may have more individuals that have sustained injuries than other teams though.
- funmaster18

With the Flyers and Pens it's the caliber of the players they lost. Those stats include guys from other teams that would have trouble cracking the line up.

McDonaugh had a really rough game against us last game too. But I give that kid a mulligan, he's going to be a beauty.
- canadianpenfan

Makes me want to kick Bob Gainey in the teeth....

if anyone cares, nhl network replaying yesterday's game at 1 pm.

That was an article from last month, so it is a bit outdated. They've probably clawed their way into the top 5 or so.
- Jsaquella

certainly with the losses of timo, meszaros, kubina, lilja, and talbot in recent games they've climbed the ladder.

if anyone cares, nhl network replaying yesterday's game at 1 pm.
- hammarby31

So, I guess we can start watching around, 2:15 or so?

With the Flyers and Pens it's the caliber of the players they lost. Those stats include guys from other teams that would have trouble cracking the line up.
- canadianpenfan

exactly. How many teams can say they have lost guys like Pronger, Crosby, Letang, JvR, Jagr, etc.. for extended periods of time..

So, I guess we can start watching around, 2:15 or so?
- Jsaquella

might want to wait until about 2:45.

With the Flyers and Pens it's the caliber of the players they lost. Those stats include guys from other teams that would have trouble cracking the line up.
- canadianpenfan

Yea not to mention when it rains it pours... There was a strech when most of our injuries were forwards like Briere-JVR-Jagr... then there were 2 different streches when it was just our defense that was hurt like Gus, Pronger, Coburn and more currently Timonen, Kubina, Meszaros, Lilja...

if anyone cares, nhl network replaying yesterday's game at 1 pm.
- hammarby31

judging by the comments here just skip the first 1:30 unless it's being played skipping the commericials/intermissions

That was an article from last month, so it is a bit outdated. They've probably clawed their way into the top 5 or so.
- Jsaquella

Ah gotcha. That's one stat I don't want to see trending upward

With the Flyers and Pens it's the caliber of the players they lost. Those stats include guys from other teams that would have trouble cracking the line up.
- canadianpenfan

Great point

So, I guess we can start watching around, 2:15 or so?
- Jsaquella

Thanks, now I know when to take my lunch

button and jaffee just awarded the pens the cup on nhl network. season's over, boys.
- hammarby31

Ek already gave them the Kiss of Death.

Sorry if Leight...

Congrats to Bryz on back to back 1st star of the week honors!

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=622983

Yea not to mention when it rains it pours... There was a strech when most of our injuries were forwards like Briere-JVR-Jagr... then there were 2 different streches when it was just our defense that was hurt like Gus, Pronger, Coburn and more currently Timonen, Kubina, Meszaros, Lilja...
- RooNosHockey

There was a stretch when we were without 5 of our top 6 d-men. That's tough to overcome but they did it. Despres and Morrow are going to torture you bastards for years to come

It is possible. The amount of time he missed has definitely hampered his game and conditioning. That said, they played well for a bit after he returned.
- Jsaquella

Superficial analysis: probably some natural regression to it. Rangers don't really hold a distinct territorial advantage in games like the Pens, Bs, or Wings and Hank wasn't going to be stopping pucks at a 94% clip for a whole season.

This is why they shouldnt give division leaders a guarenteed 1-2-3... And why they shouldnt do round 1 and round 2 conference battles in the playoffs....

Right now it should be:

Rangers- Caps
Penguins- Ottawa
Flyers- Florida
Devils- Boston

Not

Rangers-Caps
Boston- Ottawa
Florida- Devils
Penguins-Flyers
- RooNosHockey

There absolutely should be a reward for winning the Division. It's the same in in every major sport.

Football news: Peyton Manning is reported to be signing with the Broncos. Adam Schefter says they will trade Jesus...er, Tebow

Superficial analysis: probably some natural regression to it. Rangers don't really hold a distinct territorial advantage in games like the Pens, Bs, or Wings and Hank wasn't going to be stopping pucks at a 94% clip for a whole season.
- OrangeBlack27

True, but they have not been as good in limiting the second chances and owning the area in front of the nets like they have done to the Flyers this year.

Football news: Peyton Manning is reported to be signing with the Broncos. Adam Schefter says they will trade Jesus...er, Tebow
- Jsaquella

to philly to be the back up?