Windy City Action Tonight

I’ll start off by saying how pleasantly surprised I was with the Rangers play over the weekend.  In terms of back-to-back games, I think the Buffalo and Detroit games, was the best effort the Rangers have put up since they started out 7-1.  The two things that Erik and I have said need to happen for this team to win, happened against Buffalo.  Someone other than Gaborik found the net, and the defense held their own, only making Hank play excellent instead of god-like.

But, with that being said, it was still a win and a loss.  The Rangers are still the bottom dwellers of the Atlantic and are 11th in the Eastern Conference standings.  Tonight the Rangers go up against arguably the best offense in hockey.  According to Andrew Gross at Rangers Rants, they will do it without Dubinsky, Lisin and Voros on the ice.

In the last podcast Erik and I talked about the possibility of John Tortorella getting the axe as head coach.  Both of us said that we think he will get the entire year to shape the team and continue to make roster moves.  But, John Stevens getting fired in Philadelphia for having the same record as the Rangers might change that.  Again, I still think that Torts has a long leash, but I’m not sure how much further the team can fall before Sather starts thinking about making a change.