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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Mark Bell??

I just heard on NHL Live that the Rangers picked up Mark Bell. Toronto's annoying talk radio FAN590 has it on their front page right now (12:30pm) but no accredited MSM Ranger site has mentioned it and the Rangers have yet to send out a press release. EDIT - TSN now has it, thanks Kukla.

Mark Bell, if you haven't heard of him, is a drunk idiot who has spent time in jail after a hit and run while DUI. Exactly what the Rangers need to do - bring an alcoholic into New York City, where booze is available 24/7. Did the organization totally forget what happened with Sandis Bozolinch?

On the ice Bell is a big body who can't do much of anything. The Pension Plan guys looked at him a while back and showed that he can hit. He does have two 20 goal seasons in his career but that was a long time ago - well before he hit the bottle and another car. I mean look at his numbers, he is a grinding forward who eeked out some points. And, looking at his fighting record, the Rangers just picked up another Aaron Voros. We need a scorer, and Sather is wasting salary cap room on another fourth line nobody.

And Tom Renney got fired.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Sunday Morning Notes

Just a few things before game-time:

*Holding the viewing party at an Astoria beer garden was a great move by the Rangers yesterday, even if I went the wrong way and ended up in Brooklyn first. It was a fun atmosphere packed with fans having a good time. Too bad the team didn't do anything for Game No. 2 today ...

*Newsday had a 12 page NHL season preview pull-out in today's Sunday paper. It was mediocre, and clearly not written recently. With Steve Zipay covering the Rangers in Prague, no one updated the info he put in there and the dates for the Ranger number retirements were listed as TBA. While that was just lazy, this was just stupid: the pull-out appeared to be sponsored by one of the two teams as the Isles had a full-page ad on the back. No signs of impropriety there ...

*It will be really weird seeing Ollie the Goalie in a Lightning jersey today - almost on the same order as seeing Brian Leetch wearing Toronto's blue and white. There is just something wrong with it ...

*And caption this photo: