Blog #4 - 10/9

A very controversial topic has come up across the message board. Sarah Palin is supposed to drop the puck for the start of the 4th game of the Rangers season in Philadelphia against the Flyers. Philadelphia is one of the most hated teams in the Eastern conference known for their dirty style of play which gives the league a bad reputation. To have Sarah Palin drop the puck does not help the Flyer’s popularity; but it is funny how people focus on this rather than the game at hand and what the Rangers have to do to win against this physical and gritty team. It seems all they care about is that they have another reason to hate the Flyers. Someone takes a shot at Jay Pandolfo who is a forward for the Devils, saying he “sucks.” You can already feel the rivalry and tension beginning to stir. No one else posts anything relevant to the topic, this group is extremely unorganized. What makes the least sense is that Pandolfo was the main goal scorer for the Devils before his injury (colliding into the boards at full speed) which kept him out for almost half the season. “Timmy B” who seems to be a Devil’s fan posts
“Shit, Jay Pandolfo? That's the best you can come up with? You're out of shape, get to camp boy.”
It seems that most people who respond to a negative comment tend to curse and use foul language, but sometimes is kind of funny when they are right. Not many people here actually know what they are talking about out. It is humorous to see what some people say. Next topic was lack of goals. Since the Rangers lost Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shannahan this summer ever fan seems to think they cannot produce anymore goals. “Chris Jemmett” compares the Rangers and Devils (very defense oriented) with total goals last season. But the Rangers based their whole game around the 2 players they lost through the summer. In the first two lines the Rangers have 5/6 players who are 25+ goal scorers per year who now have a chance to shine. Chris points out utility players and 4th liners who do not impact scoring as much. How do you like a team and not who puts up the most points? Although the first two games they only cashed in 4 times, they had average of 38 shot per game; unheard of for a ranger team who last year on average put 22 shots on net a game. I am awaiting for the next 2 games which are back to back to see more feedback.