ouch!

verylowpriority · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject: ouch!

Check out the New York Rangers' ticket prices:

LOGE LEVEL SEATING
US $294.50 - US $359.50

100 LEVEL SEATING
US $194.50 - US $329.50

BOX SEATING
US $294.50

200 LEVEL SEATING
US $194.50 - US $209.50

300 LEVEL SEATING
US $114.50 - US $119.50

MEZZANINE SEATING
US $104.50
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SirRisky · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

I'd pay that to watch them get swept.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

LOL
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zambonirodeo · Five for fighting Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 438

On the contrary, I might be doing just that Thursday and I'm not amused. For 100 bucks I want a classic game in a classic series. Plus, I'm sure Risky would agree, don't want either team having another easy round when Habs-Flyers looks to be a war. But I figure it's still an almost once in a lifetime thing - the Garden (which is sure to vanish soon), Crosby, etc.

And just wait, those prices will go up next round. The Stars are an incredible bargain by comparison, but then so is an apartment in Dallas compared to Brooklyn.

How 'bout Zubie with the spin-and-whip tonight?

bk · Gross Misconduct Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1055

It certainly is amusing to see the Flyers expressing outrage over a cheap shot, especially one that seemed to be relatively mild.

It was also fun to see the Pens ready for Avery at the end of their last game. He was immediately mobbed when he threw that final slash.

The Pens were lucky when the whistle blew before what would have been the tying goal trickled in. It looked for a split second like Fleury had it, so it's hard to fault the ref on that one.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:14 am Post subject:

I have been very disappointed with the quality of the officiating in this year's playoffs, and I'm not speaking only of the Rangers-Pens series, (although it damned-sure would be a different series but for a ticky-tack call at the end of game one and a quick whistle at the end of game two).

Lots of silly calls even by new-rules-standards, and lots of non-calls. The video replay system is spot-on, best in professional sports -- but the on-ice officiating has been horrendous, IMO.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:16 am Post subject:

Isn't Zubov something else? I love that guy.
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SirRisky · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:12 am Post subject:

I just hate the stinkin' Rangers!
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verylowpriority · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject:

City of Brotherly Love....my ass! LOL

's'ok....we love youze guyz just as much. :)
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SirRisky · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

That's what makes it fun!

You gotta problem with dat?
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verylowpriority · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

And hey, we can all hate Eric Lindros over a cold beer, right?

Congrats on the win tonight. Got a little dicey there toward the end. One of the worst playoff performances I ever saw by a goalie. Just awful. Makes me wonder if the kid isn't a head case for the rest of the series.
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SirRisky · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

texassoldierhockeyfan · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:54 am Post subject:

I have to be careful..just had 200 of them(New York) soldiers show up here at my FOB... Bastards are saying the STARS are just lucky!! And then when Zubie mad that move.... they say... well he was a ranger first!! Assholes!!

bk · Gross Misconduct Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1055

Price and the Flyers seem to be each trying to give games away.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject:

Sean Avery played two periods of hockey with a lacerated spleen.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Rangers said forward Sean Avery suffered a lacerated spleen in Tuesday night's Stanley Cup playoff game and will be lost for the remainder of the playoffs.

The team also denied a published report in the New York Daily News -- which first reported Avery's hospitalization -- that the forward had been taken to a Manhattan hospital while unconscious and in cardiac arrest.

The Rangers said Avery was admitted to St. Vincent's Medical Center following a CT scan and is expected to make a full recovery. Avery walked into the medical facility with team doctor Andrew Feldman, and the two took a car to the hospital, not an emergency vehicle, the team said.

Michael Fagan, spokesman for St. Vincent's Medical Center, said Avery is in "stable" condition.

Tuesday night, the Rangers lost 5-3 in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins took a 3-0 series lead with the win.

Avery suffered the injury as the result of a hit during the game, spokesman John Rosasco told reporters during the team's morning workout.

"He walked into the hospital," Rosasco said. "He was never in a life-threatening situation."

Avery's mother Marlene told the Toronto Sun that the injury occurred in the first period as the result of a collision with a Penguins defenseman and that he played the remainder of the game in a great deal of pain. She said her son's spleen had not ruptured, but that he had suffered internal bleeding.

Avery played 14 minutes and 34 seconds of Game 3, taking 19 shifts on the ice. He finished the game before going to hospital, according to the team. He has seven points in eight playoff games this spring.

"We're definitely going to miss him," forward Ryan Callahan said after practice Wednesday. "He's a real big part of the team. He's come up with some real big points, scored big goals and obviously gets under the other team's skin.

"It's a tough loss to lose him. But we've got a lot of guys in here. Guys have to step up, and we have to concentrate on the next game." Avery, known for getting under opponents' skin with a chippy style of play, became a lightning rod for controversy during the first round when he tried to disrupt New Jersey Devils netminder Martin Brodeur by waving his arms and stick in the netminder's face. The unorthodox method of screening prompted the NHL to impose a new rule that warned similar actions by players would result in a penalty.

The spleen is an organ about the size of a fist on the left side of the body, behind the stomach. It helps the body fight infection and filters the blood. A person can live without a spleen, although he loses some of his ability to fight infections.

In his NHL time with the Detroit Red Wings, the Kings and the Rangers, he has elevated a knack of riling people into an art form. His targets find themselves mouthing off, or worse, getting so angered that they draw a penalty.

"On the ice, things always happen," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "It's emotional and intense. Guys are not the best of friends on the ice, but you never want to see someone's health in jeopardy. I think we all wish him the best.

"He's a guy who brings a lot of emotion to his team. I think we are a good example, we learned from when we lost some guys that other guys step up. When you lose guys you push harder to be better. So I don't think any of us will take that for granted."

Avery has also had an ongoing feud with 41-year-old Penguins forward Gary Roberts, who has yet to play in this series. Despite his 21 seasons of NHL experience, Roberts lost his cool during a November game and took a 4-minute high-sticking penalty against Avery that led to a goal in a Rangers victory.

"A guy like that, they take it a little bit more of an insult after you disrespect them and all they've done for the game and how great they are," Avery said then of Roberts.

Roberts called Avery "an idiot" after his antics with Brodeur, but took a softer tone when told of the injury.

"There's hockey and then there is life and your health. You don't wish that on anybody," Roberts said. "I don't know Sean personally away from the rink. Obviously, we've had our comments throughout the media, but truthfully when it comes to this kind of stuff you just hope that he makes a full recovery."

Scott Burnside is a senior writer for ESPN.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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**Shanny** · The Goddess Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1509

I got a text around noon saying he was unconscious and not breathing. Couldn't check it out because of the g-d TAKS test. Was glad to hear it was the spleen and not what was initially reported.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

Sorry to have to say this about your heartthrob and cybernamesake, but I've thought it was Mr. Shanahan who's been unconscious and not breathing for the first three games of this series. He's been invisible. Very disappointing.
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**Shanny** · The Goddess Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1509

I've been too tired and busy to watch any of the playoffs. That, and the purchase of a Wii.

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verylowpriority · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

I've been too busy and too tired from watching the playoffs to do anything else. :)

I have watched sooo.....much.....hockey.....
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jlocke · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

Better fill up while you can!

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You're probably right, jlocke. Maybe I'm just going cold-turkey with hockey period. Perhaps my subconscious is telling me that doing so will make the absence of the Bats that much less noticeable...Maybe I'm full of shit.

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verylowpriority · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: