Blueshirts Come Up Short Again In 3-2 Loss

Rangers goalie #30 Henrik "The King" Lundqvist has been falling short of his usual outstanding performances in net.

He has to get tough when the game is on the line mistakes will happen during the course of a game, but he has to find a way to give the team a lift in those situations.

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This does happen with superstars in sports sometimes they feel like they have to do more than they are capable of.

Henrik has to realize he is one man he has to approach the later minutes of the game with the same approach he comes into the game with.

New York has always been a tough city to play in for any professional athlete so you have to be patient with H. Lundqvist because it is a matter of time before he will own those spots.

Look at players such as retired hall of famer Brian Leetch when Mark Messier left the Rangers many years ago he had a lot of trouble handling the C on his jersey for the early going, but got it together.

You are talking about one of the best players in NHL history everyone goes through slumps it is how they pull themselves out of it.

A brighter note for New York is #10 Marian Gaborik, and #16 Sean Avery have been doing a lot of things with the puck, it is a matter of time before someone joins the attack to start piling up some goals.

Watching Sean Avery tonight you hear so much about him being a goon, but I have to say he is a great passer with an explosive wrist shot that he can take from any spot in the offensive zone.

What can you say about Marian Gaborik? I'll tell you what you can say he is at least in one of the best 3 players in the National Hockey League this season.... At least.

He scored his 22nd goal of the season, and assisted #24 Ryan Callahan's 6th of the year, to give New York their only two goals.

I usually point out the NHL referees mistakes but there wasn't many in tonight's game they missed an important high stick to M. Gaborik's face, but other than that they seemed to call a good game.

Late in the 3rd period for once the Ranger broadcasters wanted to complain for two calls, I have to be honest many people want to make the game soft but a player has to be able to finish his hit.

The one hit was a big one on New York's Sean Avery I know the fans wanted that one but it was a really clean check.

So many players gun for S. Avery but if it was a dirty hit then Sean would have definitely had a problem.

In the position he was in if he was hit up high he might have been knocked out, I just hate how even the commentary wants to take away the physical part of the game.

Monday night the New York Rangers will try their luck in another tough contest as they will battle Ilya Kovalchuck and the Atlanta Thrashers at 7:00 pm eastern time.

The blueshirts are running into another good team and will have tonight along with tomorrow to prepare to begin their quest to learn how to finish a play.

Its one thing to create scoring opportunities all game but in my mind there is no such thing as a bad shot start crashing the net with more shots.

It is frustrating to watch players dance around with the puck and fail to put on a shot during a power play down by a goal.

When you are losing you have to get the puck on net when you do that in big game situations it puts a lot of pressure on the opposing goal tender.