Simply put, you CANNOT in any shape or form lose to a third string goalie. A glorified AHLer beat the Rangers. When I caught a glimpse of a stat that said Jhonas Enroth hadn’t won since 2011, I cringed. Even the most optimistic True Blue subscriber had to be skeptical once they saw that. Let’s face it. This team historically turns loser netminders into Vezina winners. Should I be shocked that Enroth (32 saves) morphed into Turk Broda, George Hainesworth, Jacques Plante, Terry Sawchuk, Ken Dryden, Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur, Dominik Hasek?!?!?!?!?!?!

We know better. It doesn’t matter if our team had every All-Star. They’d still fall victim to a no-name guy who won’t even have half the career Patrick Lalime did. It’s unbelievable. I’m puzzled. You outshoot a bad team like Buffalo 18-3 in the third and give up the only goal? How is that possible? What was Henrik Lundqvist doing? Napping. It’s not like I’ll ever see the highlights because NHL Network hasn’t shown the Rangers the last two times because they’re too busy repeating games they showed three times. 

If it were Crosby, no problem. Even the Devils get more respect. Maybe I’ve lost it. But wouldn’t you if you didn’t see your team and the NHL Network didn’t show it. Isn’t it their job to show highlights from every game? Never mind. It’s definitely not helping my mood, which actually was pretty good before I got in. 

At least Thomas Vanek is a household name. Speaking of which, why does every responsible blogger spell his first name Tomas? It’s wrong. You’d think they’d do some simple fact checking. Vanek beating Lundqvist on a breakaway if acceptable. Marcus Foligno tallying twice isn’t. He had one god damn goal! Ridiculous. Almost as pathetic as being held to one goal by JHONAS FREAKING ENROTH. 

Remember folks, the Blueshirts awoke from their malaise to put themselves eighth. They lost to the Sabres, who barring a miracle will be in the lottery. Great way to start the second half. Their next opponent, Winnipeg won 5-2 over Toronto. That’s who they play tomorrow. No problem, right? Just as long as it’s not an ECHLer.