newsday.com - 10/6/2008
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A weeklong European road trip
culminated yesterday with the Rangers' signature center-ice, raised-sticks salute to an appreciative crowd after a two-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning and an impressive opening to the 2008-09 season.
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Perfect Blueshirts come home
New York Rangers Fan Blog —
... his former teammates yesterday -- and Scott Gomez's bear hug that went along with the visit. Good stuff, and good to know Marty's still on good terms with his former team. But it's not just about Redden. Much as we suspected, this team is showing depth and speed at all points of the roster -- indicating that the front office knows precisely what's needed in this version of the NHL. They skated with intensity on every line, they backchecked, and they forechecked. They created chances. They outshot Tampa 80-40 in the two games . Everything you got frustrated by last year at the ...
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... As for the quality of the play, it was not that bad but it was not that good. The Nj.com blog had a solid description of yesterday's Rangers-Lightning game. Ottawa Vs. Pittsburgh did feature a faster pace by both teams but Pittsburgh could not seem to complete breakout passes on a consistent basis yesterday. In the third period, that really hurt them. It also does not help to have Dany Heatley firing down the middle of the ice wide open enough to blister a one timer. Here is the Sens take on the ...
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