Four in a row

On Jan 8, 8:32 pm, "kovy" wrote:
> What do you think their chances for making the playoffs are? Jagr's putting
> the puck in the net. Gomez is scoring. And yet they are still very very bad.
> The only hope left seems to be that Lundqvist will still awaken. This team
> just reminds me so much of the old Rangers that it's scary.

The chances with the current team are nil. The question before the
season began would be whether or not the defense/Lundqvist could keep
them in games so that the offense could win it for them. Early on it
looked like that could happen, but now it doesn't. If Lundqvist isn't
laying an egg, the defense is shitting itself at every opportunity.

Jagr and Gomez may be scoring, but the fact that absolutely no one
else is is what's going to kill them. The speculation is that Sather
is trying to get a "big" defenseman. That's always a good idea, but
it seems too little and too late. Whichever young forward he ends up
trading away will be blessed with a 30 goal season next year, I'm
sure.

I can't envision anything getting better with Tom Renney as the head
coach. Maybe Tampa will fire Tortorella soon so the Rangers can grab
him. He may not work, but it would be nice to see some of the
floaters get a stick shoved up their ass every now and then.

The 4th line gets such a ridiculous amount of time that it actually
becomes distressing. Why was so much money wasted in the offseason
only to have 2 terrible players and an ineffective center playing more
than them?

> On the bright side, the third period was actually exciting... finally. I
> have been so utterly bored this season that the third period actually
> finally gave me something to get interested in. My eyelids even widened a
> couple times.

I guess. I lose a little bit of excitement seeing our lone sniper
miss the net 4 times on a single 5 on 3 power play. How do you have
all the momentum, get a great opportunity like that, and then not even
make the high school backup goalie Tampa found in a gutter somewhere
make a save? Argh it's frustrating to even think about.
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:44:33 -0800 (PST), Bender
wrote:

>Just imagine how bad they'll be when all the lines are "clicking" and
>"in-sync".
>
>I'm envisioning some real stinkers before the year is through.

Drury is on a roll. Last game he made the offensive play of the game
and tonight he made the defensive play of the game. :-(

Timmy
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On 2008-01-09, Bender wrote:
>
> I can't envision anything getting better with Tom Renney as the head
> coach. Maybe Tampa will fire Tortorella soon so the Rangers can grab
> him. He may not work, but it would be nice to see some of the
> floaters get a stick shoved up their ass every now and then.

Correction: it'd be nice for it to happen. I don't particularly want to
*see* it done.

> The 4th line gets such a ridiculous amount of time that it actually
> becomes distressing. Why was so much money wasted in the offseason
> only to have 2 terrible players and an ineffective center playing more
> than them?

Maybe that's Renneybot's way of punishing the other lines for their
floating?

> I guess. I lose a little bit of excitement seeing our lone sniper
> miss the net 4 times on a single 5 on 3 power play. How do you have
> all the momentum, get a great opportunity like that, and then not even
> make the high school backup goalie Tampa found in a gutter somewhere
> make a save? Argh it's frustrating to even think about.

They were just waiting to gel. It'll happen any day now. Once they
gel, look for actual shots on goal to occur.

--keith

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On Jan 9, 10:48 am, Keith Keller <kkeller-use... DeleteThis @wombat.san-
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> Maybe that's Renneybot's way of punishing the other lines for their
> floating?

Jagr's line was flying in the first period. Why not try and go after
the WORST road team in the NHL and make THEM adjust and line match and
make them try to stop the hundred billion dollar line instead?
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"Bender" wrote in message

> On Jan 9, 10:48 am, Keith Keller <kkeller-use....DeleteThis@wombat.san-
> francisco.ca.us> wrote:
>> Maybe that's Renneybot's way of punishing the other lines for their
>> floating?
>
> Jagr's line was flying in the first period. Why not try and go after
> the WORST road team in the NHL and make THEM adjust and line match and
> make them try to stop the hundred billion dollar line instead?


Flawless logic, the kind of logic in fact that would make renbot's head
explode ala malfunctioning eddie.

Honestly, I don't think Renney has the page in his coaching manual. He
seems completely reactive to all game situations.
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On 2008-01-09, Bender wrote:
> On Jan 9, 10:48 am, Keith Keller <kkeller-use... RemoveThis @wombat.san-
> francisco.ca.us> wrote:
>> Maybe that's Renneybot's way of punishing the other lines for their
>> floating?
>
> Jagr's line was flying in the first period. Why not try and go after
> the WORST road team in the NHL and make THEM adjust and line match and
> make them try to stop the hundred billion dollar line instead?

Actually, I suspect it's something to do with NAFTA. He needs to play
the North American players more than the European players. I think
that's line 1427 in Renney's source code.

--keith


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Keith Keller wrote:
> On 2008-01-09, Bender wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 10:48 am, Keith Keller <kkeller-use... RemoveThis @wombat.san-
>> francisco.ca.us> wrote:
>>> Maybe that's Renneybot's way of punishing the other lines for their
>>> floating?
>> Jagr's line was flying in the first period. Why not try and go after
>> the WORST road team in the NHL and make THEM adjust and line match and
>> make them try to stop the hundred billion dollar line instead?
>
> Actually, I suspect it's something to do with NAFTA. He needs to play
> the North American players more than the European players. I think
> that's line 1427 in Renney's source code.

What they really need to do is update to Renney 2.0. It might be a buggy
until Renney 2.0.1 is released but it should still be an improvement.

Bob
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On 2008-01-09, Bob Levine wrote:
>
> What they really need to do is update to Renney 2.0. It might be a buggy
> until Renney 2.0.1 is released but it should still be an improvement.

Are you sure? I heard Renney 2.0 has a huge bug which starts Malik at
goaltender every fifth game. Might be better to wait for the point
patch, though then again, at least as goalie he wouldn't be putting
pucks past his goalie.

--keith

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Keith Keller wrote:
> On 2008-01-09, Bob Levine wrote:
>> What they really need to do is update to Renney 2.0. It might be a buggy
>> until Renney 2.0.1 is released but it should still be an improvement.
>
> Are you sure? I heard Renney 2.0 has a huge bug which starts Malik at
> goaltender every fifth game. Might be better to wait for the point
> patch, though then again, at least as goalie he wouldn't be putting
> pucks past his goalie.
>
> --keith
>

Rename malik.sux to ~malik.sux

That way it won't be seen.

Bob
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