re ranger fans in article apr eagle wesleyan edu kwolfer eagle wesleyan edu writes i for one am happy about the ranger s hiring of keenan it s too bad that they i agree that keenan is an excellent choice did you see mike lupica s column in sunday s news my sentiments exactly i think he just may be the one to instill some hunger and fire into their hearts next season either that or he s going to be kicking alot of butt reading through most of these hockey news i don t see many ranger fans writing i m here but am new to this group and have been keeping fairly quiet you know doing the lurking thing i don t have a sense how many rangers fans there are on the list either i am a die hard ranger fan i guess i have to be i sat in the garden throughout the penguins led by mario s goals decimation of them on but am sick at the abundance of talent that has been totally untapped and the lack of heart displayed this season i have some final questions about the way the team was handled in that last dreadful stretch knowing they needed offensive help from the blueline why didn t we see mike hurlbut who played pretty well when he was called up when leetch first went down hurlbut was injured for quite a while i m not sure but i think he may have recovered in time for the playoff run and if so like you question why he wasn t used why is joe kocur playing every night he is not bob probert who is tough but also can play i believe kocur was used in many instances for his intimidation factor granted he seemed to get an awful lot of ice time for that reason alone but you have to realize that when a team is not doing any real physical intimidation i d like to have a nickel for every time j d said they ve got to take the body more you ve got to at least have some illusions how come paul broten is relegated to street clothes for the end of the season at least he plays with some heart and character draws penalties and plays when he s on the ice was he in the doghouse for some reason i agree and i don t know joe cirella enough said sorry i don t agree with you here i think joey c did a good job filling in when he was asked to i can t imagine that it s easy going from near ice time to being a full timer i don t seem to remember him turning the puck over at the blue line too much or failing to clear the zone he worked hard and at least didn t make any rookie mistakes as he said himself in an interview he can only give what he has and he did ranger fans may be suffering but we re some of the most loyal unlike islander fans who only show up when the team wins absolutely i think attendance at the garden was better on the last day of the season than any average night for the islanders fought series mario is amazing the man is awesome in a way i m enjoying the playoffs more now that the rangers aren t in them i can really appreciate all the glory mario is getting without hating him because he s on the opposing team he deserves it all as far as i m concerned mary mary blumenstock mblumens itsmail hamilton edu hamilton college clinton n y go rangers next year
