Rangers-Canucks: New York Gets Canucked By Vancouver

The Rangers left Henrik Lundqvist out to dry. And then he did the same to them. After giving up five goals, he had enough and pulled himself from the game. He couldn’t get out of that nightmare fast enough. Can you blame him? So much for the goaltending matchup of the century between the King and Roberto Luongo . Who knew the best netminder on the ice would be Stephen Valiquette ? The final score was 6-3, but it wasn’t really that close. This is what the Rangers look like when Lundqvist isn’t there to bail them out. The turnovers are becoming a broken record. The breakdowns and mistakes keep on coming. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Rangers are on the power play, a forward passes the puck back to the point, the defenseman mishandles said puck, the opponent saunters down the ice and scores. Last night it was Wade Redden who came down with Michal Rozsival ’s disease. But it’s not the defenseman’s fault because a) the puck was ... (link)