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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2692309" data-attributes="member: 1"><img src="http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnhlexperts/145142811.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;Preview: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, 8 p.m. ET&nbsp;The Rangers and Devils head back to Newark for Game 6. Will the Rangers stave off elimination, just as they did in 1994? Here&#039;s the key: Michael Del Zotto (above, punching Alexei Ponikarovsky in the beak). The offensive defenceman is a minus-5 in this series, going even in 3 of them, and minus-2 and minus-3 in the Game 2 and Game 5 losses, respectively. The Rangers&#039; top pairing looks to be slowing down -- totally natural considering the minutes they&#039;ve played all year -- and if Del Zotto can&#039;t eat up some quality minutes behind them, the Rangers could be done tonight.&nbsp;Evening reading:&nbsp;• Alain Vigneault went on a French-language radio show earlier this week and confirmed that Roberto Luongo had requested a trade. Friday, Mike Gillis established that &quot;he didn&#039;t mean what he said.&quot; Right. Got it. [<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+coach+Vigneault+didn+mean+what+said+Luongo+trade+request+says/6680236/story.html" target="_blank">Vancouver Sun</a>]&nbsp;• The definitive guide to playoff facial hair. [<a href="http://www.fiveminutesforfighting.com/2012/05/definitive-guide-to-playoff-facial-hair.html" target="_blank">Five Minutes for Fighting</a>]&nbsp;• As it turns out, Hal Gill played the entire postseason on a broken tibia, which is sort of badass. But what blows me away is that I&#039;m not entirely blown away by it -- this sort of things happens fairly often in hockey, reason a billion why hockey is awesome.*[<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2012/5/25/3043793/hal-gill-broken-leg-foot-nashville-predators" target="_blank">SB Nation</a>]&nbsp;• What sort of impact has Martin Brodeur&#039;s puckhandling had on the Rangers/Devils series? [<a href="http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/05/25/tender-touches-an-attempt-to-measure-martin-brodeurs-puckhandling-impact/" target="_blank">Edmonton Journal</a>]&nbsp;• Sean McIndoe on why Maple Leafs fans still can&#039;t get over that missed call from the 1993 Western Conference finals. [<a href="http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/27876/why-wont-toronto-fans-get-over-kerry-frasers-missed-call" target="_blank">Grantland</a>]&nbsp;• And finally, Mark Messier guarantees a Game 6 win after all:&nbsp;Puck Buddy Comment of the Day: Frank Grimes, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/john-tortorella-origin-story-143931886.html" target="_blank">on John Tortorella&#039;s origin story</a>, which included ground balls to the face:This article has been up for an hour and I haven&#039;t read one good &quot;balls to the face joke&quot; yet. Make my Friday Puck Daddy!

No kidding. I expected more from all of you.&nbsp;Bold prediction: Wysh has four heart attacks during the course of Friday night&#039;s game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="admin, post: 2692309, member: 1"] [IMG]http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnhlexperts/145142811.jpg[/IMG] [B]Preview: New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils, 8 p.m. ET[/B] The Rangers and Devils head back to Newark for Game 6. Will the Rangers stave off elimination, just as they did in 1994? Here's the key: Michael Del Zotto (above, punching Alexei Ponikarovsky in the beak). The offensive defenceman is a minus-5 in this series, going even in 3 of them, and minus-2 and minus-3 in the Game 2 and Game 5 losses, respectively. The Rangers' top pairing looks to be slowing down -- totally natural considering the minutes they've played all year -- and if Del Zotto can't eat up some quality minutes behind them, the Rangers could be done tonight. [B]Evening reading:[/B] • Alain Vigneault went on a French-language radio show earlier this week and confirmed that Roberto Luongo had requested a trade. Friday, Mike Gillis established that "he didn't mean what he said." Right. Got it. [[URL="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+coach+Vigneault+didn+mean+what+said+Luongo+trade+request+says/6680236/story.html"]Vancouver Sun[/URL]] • The definitive guide to playoff facial hair. [[URL="http://www.fiveminutesforfighting.com/2012/05/definitive-guide-to-playoff-facial-hair.html"]Five Minutes for Fighting[/URL]] • As it turns out, Hal Gill played the entire postseason on a broken tibia, which is sort of badass. But what blows me away is that I'm not entirely blown away by it -- this sort of things happens fairly often in hockey, reason a billion why hockey is awesome.*[[URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2012/5/25/3043793/hal-gill-broken-leg-foot-nashville-predators"]SB Nation[/URL]] • What sort of impact has Martin Brodeur's puckhandling had on the Rangers/Devils series? [[URL="http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/05/25/tender-touches-an-attempt-to-measure-martin-brodeurs-puckhandling-impact/"]Edmonton Journal[/URL]] • Sean McIndoe on why Maple Leafs fans still can't get over that missed call from the 1993 Western Conference finals. [[URL="http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/27876/why-wont-toronto-fans-get-over-kerry-frasers-missed-call"]Grantland[/URL]] • And finally, Mark Messier guarantees a Game 6 win after all: [CENTER][/CENTER] [B]Puck Buddy Comment of the Day:[/B] Frank Grimes, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/john-tortorella-origin-story-143931886.html"]on John Tortorella's origin story[/URL], which included ground balls to the face: [INDENT]This article has been up for an hour and I haven't read one good "balls to the face joke" yet. Make my Friday Puck Daddy! [/INDENT] No kidding. I expected more from all of you. [B]Bold prediction:[/B] Wysh has four heart attacks during the course of Friday night's game. [/QUOTE]

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