Western Canadian RoadTrip: Part Deux (That’s Part Two for my non-French speaking readers)

I’d like to sum up the second half of the road trip in one word.

Ouchthathurtlikeamofo

                

The Rangers were beyond flat in the game against Edmonton.  Be-f’ing-yond.  Lundqvist was okay in net, allowing two goals.  He did throw out some fantastic saves, keeping it a 2-0 game.  It easily could have been worse.  But him leaving 8:25 into the third period sent everyone into a panic.  There were suspicions of groin injury, a Richter-like injury, diarrhea, or possibly nausea from watching the game.  Either way, it cause my twit-feed to go berserk.  All of the female population, and some Rangers fans were relieved when it was made public that it was his skates.  Yes, his skates.  Turns out he was breaking in his second pair.  That was the most exciting part of the game.  Prust gets props for taking on Andy Sutter.  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, aka BoyWonder, proved to be a puzzle for the Rangers scoring the game winning 1^st goal.

Winnipeg brought the arrival of Wojtek Wolski and Woywitka (say that three times fast).  For the first few moments of the game, I got the TSN feed and they showed Mark Stuart.  I swooned for a moment, then regrouped myself.  The Rangers were dominated for most of the game, only getting 17 shots on net.  Winnipeg could not convert on their power plays, the Rangers come back and score two power play goals.  Yes, you read that correctly – TWO power play goals. They also only took two penalties. It was a game where the Jets could not capitalize and the Rangers got lucky.  Really lucky.  Biron proved to be “Lundqvistesque” in this game, obviously sitting on the bench watching Lundqvist paid off.  That and wearing skates that fit.  There was a scary moment when both Richards and Prust looking a little banged up in the third, and Gaborik spent some quality time on the bench.  But, after a flurry of action in front of Biron, the game ended with a 2-1 win.

So, leaving Canada with a 3-1 record ain’t to shabby.  It doesn’t matter how ugly the wins were, all that matters is points were won.  Don't jump onto the life boats yet folks. We're only 7 games into the season.

Maybe for the home opener, Torts can put names in the Broadway Hat and draw names out for who goes on the ice next.