Ranger Crisis Radio # 9 : Rapid Fire Ranger Roundup Show

Tonight you the fan were the star of the show, and you should be used to it because you have been the star of every show since show ONE.

The Mouth as well as his most learned co-host Mandar, held what we like to call in these parts a "Rapid Fire Ranger Roundup Show." Crisis Radio fans were put to the test by having to answer five questions in a quick succinct fashion. The Five questions are listed below.

Most succeeded some struggled, but every bit of it was fun. Those who weren't able to call in their answers to the "Big Five" via telephone had their answers read directly from their favorite forums including Hockey's Future and Outside The Garden. The discussion was both frantic and frenetic both on the air and off, as the Ranger Crisis Radio Chatroom was hopping.

These were the questions that were asked.

1. Why is our team going to be better than they were last season?

2. What part of our team scares the hell out of you this season?

3. Every year there are players that break onto the scene as all-stars or even superstars. Sometimes they’re rookies that are expected to be great, sometimes they are rookies that shock the world and sometimes they’re younger players that simply come into their own. Who is someone on the Rangers that we should look to have a breakout season?

4. We all know that watching a team for 82 games, you start to appreciate things that casual fans won’t necessarily know. Who’s the guy on the Rangers that doesn’t get nearly the respect that he deserves?


5. If you were throwing down some serious money, how do you think the final standings of the Atlantic Division will shake out? More importantly, which teams do you think are going to make the playoffs from the Atlantic?

The last 45 minutes of the show was spent having an in-depth discussion with an attempt on whittling down a list of the top Ranger fighters of all-time.

The Crisis Bruise Brothers , Dagoon and Joe Tucc joined The Mouth to gab about the likes of Joe Kocur, Nick Fotiu,Tie Domi, Rudy Poeschek, Chris Nilan and Barry Beck strictly from the pugilistic point of view.

Great Show and A Must Listen

The Mouth Talks Puck In Chi-Town. Original Six Bondage

Recently, The Mouth visited Chicago and anyone that knows The hefty one from his previous work knows that seeking out anything Hockey related is put on the same high priority list as is stuffing his face with a Chicago style Lou Malnati pizza. The video was originally done for Hockeybarn.com and it is the first video ever shown on Ranger Crisis not laden with exclusively Ranger content.

The Mouth new certain things were tangible and would easily be able to see. The Big man got his first gander at the United Center which is located in a war zone on the west side of Chicago. The mouth suggests if you make the trek down there in the off season you go during the day and bring friends.

The Crisis crew,which included The Mayor, Vinny Vasalino and cameraman Charlie Asti Spumante were half expecting Bad Bad Leroy Brown to accost them as they shot video of an awesome monument honoring the Blackhawks 75th anniversary in the league. On the other side of that monument is a great plaque that pays tribute to Chicago Stadium and lists every Hawk Player to ever suit up and play there. The Mouth was fortunate to see a game in the old Chicago Stadium “The Building that Roared” and he can definitively corroborate that the place was hands down the loudest NHL arena ever.

The Mouth was extremely excited about the things he was able to see that were permanent fixtures and that he knew would be there, but what the big guy was after was much bigger game an intangible of sorts the Blackhawk fan themselves.

Contrary to what is written about The Mouth in the celebrity gossip columns, The Mouth is indeed a people person and can talk NHL hockey with just about anybody face to face sans the delusional Islander fan. The first problem The Mouth had was finding a Hawk fan that was willing to talk hockey was the climate. It was late July 2009 when he and his camera man Charlie Asti Spumante hit the bricks of Chi-Town looking for Blackhawk fans ,and let me tell you something for realz folks, there aren’t too many people wearing their Blackhawk jerseys in the scorching 90 degree heat in Chicago.

But keeping with The Mouth's tradition, he succeeded where others have failed and managed to interview not one but TWO Hawk fans. It’s all captured here on this video. The video is not abut the Rangers but it's about our Original six brothers the Chicago Blackhawks and their fans but More importantly HOCKEY with history.

Ranger Bench Clearing Brawl Infamy. Team Gut Check Comes Up Empty. April 6th 1978

Inherently Ranger fans are a different breed than perhaps any other NHL fans based in the States. The bright shining moments are far and few between for the modern Blueshirt fan and we often find ourselves recalling the more disappointing and infamous events our team has participated in which are plentiful, rather than regaling each another with the scattered more famous achievements our Rangers have accomplished throughout the years.

The following clip is quite a large dose of the first type of event. The infamous and embarrassing kind. On April 6th, 1978 the Rangers got involved in a classic bench clearing brawl against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Spectrum. This incident in The Mouths opinion contains one of the more galling and embarrassing incidents in Ranger history.

Dave Hoyda a 6’1 205lb goon with no hockey skills whatsoever is allowed to pummel a game but much smaller Ranger in the 5’9 175 lb Eddie Johnstone. Not only did Hoyda pound Johnstone on three separate occasions during this brawl , but astonishingly enough no Ranger on the ice comes to his aid. The only player on the rink who seems to care enough to attempt a rescue mission of Johnstone’s trifecta of pain is Ranger goaltender John Davidson.

The Mouth suggests after watching this clip the only conclusion J.D wasn’t able to successfully disrupt the carnage is that Big John was so gassed from the tussling of the brawl that he couldn’t handle the interference the opposing goaltender, the ancient Bernie Parent was running on him.

Adding insult to injury the instigator of the brawl Rangers forward Mark Heaslip who highsticked the Flyers Tom Bladon which set the bench clearer off in the first place, gets his head handed to him two separate times by the Flyers Mel Bridgeman.

The Pen Is Mighier Than The Video.. Well Not Really.. Atlantic Division Preview

From time to time I get asked my opinion on The Rangers in a normal fashion rather than using platforms like Ranger Crisis Video or Ranger Crisis Radio as my own personal soap box to spew them forth.

So when Matt who runs a traditional Hockey Blog called View From My Seats asked me to be part of his Atlantic Division Preview written blog piece, I was somewhat surprised but eager to participate. So with pen in hand I wrote the gosh darn thing, typed it up and submitted it to Matt's site.

The criteria of the piece was to have me answer the following five questions. listed below. Follow the link to see what I wrote and thought about our beloved Rangers outlook for the upcoming season.

Also, Check out what the other teams bloggers in our division are saying about their teams.

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Then after that, think about what would have been your answers to these questions ? What would have you answered ? Leave it in the comment section.

1. Why is your team going to be better than they were last season?

2. What part of your own team scares the hell out of you this season?

3. Every year there are players that break onto the scene as all-stars or even superstars. Sometimes they’re rookies that are expected to be great, sometimes their rookies that shock the world and sometimes they’re younger players that simply come into their own. Who is someone on your team that we should all look to have a breakout season?

4. We all know that watching a team for 82 games, you start to appreciate things that casual fans won’t necessarily know. Who’s the guy on your team that doesn’t get nearly the respect that he deserves?

5. Prediction time: If you were throwing down some serious money, how do you think the final standings of the Atlantic Division will shake out (1^st through 5^th)? More importantly, which teams do you think are going to make the playoffs from the Atlantic?

The Fighting Irish. Colton Orr vs. Owen Nolan GigantORR 16. Plus Gaborik Sacrifices Body

The final installment of the Ranger Crisis only fight video compilation GigantORR is beamed onto your monitor as we close the books on former Ranger Colton Orr’s pugilistic exploits during the 2008-2009 campaign.

The final tussle shown in the series took place on March 24th, 2009 at MSG. Colton Orr engaged combat with a somewhat reluctant Owen Nolan of the Minnesota Wild, who eventually complies and does a good job of holding his own once things get down to brass tax.

The Mouth points out, that very rarely do you see a teams captain drop the mitts ever, so a tip of the proverbial cap has to go to Nolan who is no spring chicken at age 37 for taking on the much younger and more devastating Orr.

Colton takes care of business in this one but not without Nolan trying to even things up with a sneak attack while on his back. Nolan has always liked to take the odd advantage but Colton just laughed the futile attempt off.

The Mouth also treats us to some bonus footage as a crushing Marian Gaborik body check is shown that took place while Marian was a member of the Wild last year.

The recipient of the clean hit was the now retired ex-Ranger Markus Naslund. We surely don't need Gaborik to hit, we need him to score goals and more importantly Stay Healthy.

Ex-Ranger Brawler Frank Beaton On Ranger Crisis Radio Hockey Fight Special

Tonight was the night ! The Big Man hosted a Hockey Fight bonanza on Ranger Crisis Radio #8. The Mouth's guest was Former Ranger tough guy and in some circles pugilistic legend Frank "Seldom" Beaton.

Both the Mouth and Frank discussed the glory days of fighting in both the WHA and The NHL including the infamous Bench Clearing Brawls the Rangers had with The Flyers in the late 1970's.

Frank also let us know how it was to play with and for Glen Sather. Informative and fun and a must for any old time fight fan. Frank shared incredible stories about Gordie Howie, John Brophy, and even himself including his infamous fight with a gas station attendant who poured gas on his new Corvette.

The Mouth short on time also eventually got around to introducing the Ranger Crisis version of the Bruise Brothers as he brought in his two Hockey Fight experts Dagoon44 and Joe Tucc to discuss the fisticuffs side of both Ranger and NHL Hockey.

Murder At Tax Time : Don Murdoch Interview April 15th 1978 + Fotiu vs Schoenfeld !

The Mouth treats us to yet another treasure trove that features an interview with then young Ranger superstar Don Murdoch. The almost three minute interview was conducted by NHL 78’s Dave Hodge between periods of Game Three of the best of three preliminaries series between the Rangers and Sabres at the Aud in Buffalo.

Donny Murdoch or “Murder” as he was known to his teammates was a personable as they come and a media darling to boot and in The Mouth opinion it absolutely shines through on this video.

If you talk to any former Ranger who played with Don Murdoch they will all eventually tell you that here was a guy who had unlimited potential, skies the limit. Phil Esposito once even went as far as saying that Don could have been a Hall of Famer.

But like a lot of young pro players that play in New York things came so easy and hit so fast and that he got swallowed up, when it was over for Don who was just a young kid from Cranbrook, B.C found himself in all kinds off ice problems. The main one being a drug conviction which led to a absurd 40 game suspension from the league, as well as a banishment from playing any NHL games in his native Canada.

But all that negative nonsense aside, Don was a natural goal scorer, in his rookie season he scored sixteen goals in his first 16 NHL games , he also had a five goal game against the Minnesota North Stars that year, he probably would have won the Calder trophy that season but he hurt his ankle and only wound up with 32 goals. One less than the guy who won it that year Willi Plett.

The Big man besides digging up this Murdoch interview gave a swift kick to the Crisis Time Machine several times and got it to spit out actual footage from this game, which took place on April 15th, 1978.

The Rangers lost badly 4-1 and got bounced from the playoffs. But the Rangers didn’t go down with a fight , and The Mouth means literally. In the last minute the Rangers took their frustrations out on the Sabres which culminated in several fights including a Nick Fotiu versus Jim Schoenfeld scrap.

Mouth's Hot Original Six Tape : First Stop Chicago Blackhawks

If any of you follow The Mouth's wacky tweets on twitter you know that last month he put out an All Points Bulletin for all Blackhawk fans to meet him while he visited Chicago seeking out the Chicago Blackhawk faithful.

The reason The Big man did this was he loves meeting and talking with fans of NHL Hockey, especially teams with a fantastic fan base and history. The Mouth had a great time in Chicago, and the people there were cordial and drunk enough to actually converse with him.

The Mouth's Big man on the street video can be seen at HockeyBarn.com as it is the second lead story there at present. Watch as the Mouth roams the streets aimlessly checking out what Chi-town has to offer including the United Center, its monuments and Cheli's Chili.

The Mouth even had a chance to talk to die hard Blackhawk fans themselves. All captured on video in the sweltering heat in the Middle of July. It even has a hot chick in it.

If you can drop a comment about the video at the Hockey Barn site just to let the Big fella know what you thought of his Original Six tape.

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Tom Laidlaw Visits Ranger Crisis Radio

Tom Laidlaw joined The Mouth on Thursday August 20th to talk both old and New puck with the Ranger Crisis Radio audience. Tom spent almost 90 minutes talking with fans and the Big man as the phone calls rolled in. Tom was the prototypical NHL stay at home defenseman who was an 11 year veteran of the NHL who spent Seven years with the Rangers and Four years with the Los Angeles Kings.

Tom gave the Ranger Crisis throng some great insight on the Ranger coaches he played for including Fred Shero, Herb Brooks and with a little prodding from the Mouth even Ted Sator. Tom also talked about what possibly could be happening with the Brandon Dubinsky situation. You really should check this out as Tom talks about Ranger greats of the past Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais, Ron Duguay and Barry Beck.

Two Minutes For Habitual Celebration. The Vinny Prospal For Dummies Video

On Sunday, August 17th the Rangers made a sweet short term pickup in The Mouth’s opinion by obtaining the services of UFA Left Wing Vaclav (Vinny) Prospal. John Tortorella used his past history with Prospal as an inside track to wooing Vinny to New York and allow the Rangers to get him on the cheap for 1 year at 1.1 Million.

Prospal’s contract was partially bought out by his former team the Tampa Bay Lightning as he is due to make 3.5 Million this season but in a shrewd and financially prudent move by Sather and aided by the persuasiveness of Tortorella who coached Prospal while in Tampa Bay the Rangers will only be paying just a little over a million dollars of his total salary for this upcoming year.

Vinny is known for his exuberant flamboyant, celebratory acts and his play making ability. He has also spent some time at center in his career and perhaps the Rangers who at present have a horrible center ice situation may use him at that position.

The Big man loves the terms of the deal and feels how can you go wrong with this signing, The guy is making less than Donald Brashear for god sakes !

The Fast and The Furious and Curious. Darren Langdon vs. Bob Probert 11/16/95

The Ranger fans at Madison Square Garden where standing for the entire time that Darren Langdon fought Bob Probert back on November 16th, 1995. These two gladiators duked it out for almost one minute in what would be their first hook up ever. The Mouth provides us with the quality fight footage, which he is almost sure can not be found anywhere else on the Internet but here at Ranger Crisis.

The scrap is not only a fast and furious one but also a curious match up. Both fighters like to drag their matches out as long as possible over time to let their opponents wear themselves out. It is at the time they go for the gusto. When their opponents are exhausted a thrower like Darren Langdon would try to land a flurry of blows to subdue opponents. Bob Probert on the other hand one of the All-Time greatest NHL pugilists had only one thing on his mind and that was throwing bombs that led to kill-shots.

The Mouth gives his usual vociferous fight call and even is heard to shrill as Bob Probert’s sweater is pulled over his head by Darren Langdon. This is a toe to toe battle as both combatants wage war against each other in what was hands down the most memorable Ranger fight of the entire NHL 2005-2006 campaign.

Chris Kotsopoulos On Ranger Crisis Radio #6 8/13/09

The Mouth had a real treat Thursday for his Ranger Crisis Radio fans as his guest was Ex- New York Ranger and 10 year NHL Veteran Chris Kotsopoulos who by the way also writes for his own dynamite blog called Kotsy’s Korner.

The previous interview between the Big man and Kotsy on terrestrial radio a few months back went so well they decidedto do it again but this time within the friendly confines of the uncensored no holds barred forum Ranger Crisis Radio.

The format was a little different this past Thursday as the phone lines were open the entire show for Ranger fans to ask any question they might have had and for Kotsy and fire away they did. The inmates definitely ran the asylum on this show as Chris discussed a range of topics such as Scott Gomez's reaction to the trade to Montreal, his thoughts on Sidney Crosby and where he stands on the Rangers acquisition of the Big Rig Donald Brashear.

Call Of Duty. Coat Of Arms. Code Of Honor. Colton Orr vs. Shawn Thornton

The Mouth is of the belief that pugilists are some of the best character guys in hockey and an asset every team should have. What perhaps they lack in traditional hockey skill in most cases they make up with a great sense of Team, Sportsmanship and the highest regard for the Code of Honor for the special services they are paid to do. The Big Man suggests in the video itself that more smaller skilled players should take a cue from the enforcers and perhaps the quality of hockey in general would improve dramatically.

An example of sportsmanship and honor to the code of fisticuffs is shown in Episode # 15 of the Ranger Crisis.com only series GigantORR.

On March 8th, 2009 Colton Orr finds himself locked up in a tussle with veteran Boston Bruins thrower Shawn Thornton. Both warriors get into it and things begin to get serious especially after both combatants eject their elbow pads and get down to what they do best.

Shawn Thornton has the slight advantage in the first few seconds against Orr, but as the fight unfolds his advantage escalates dramatically when he manages to pull Colton Orr’s sweater over his head. Instead of pummeling the blind and disoriented Orr silly, The classy Thornton calls in the linesman to break up the fight.

This is tremendous example of sportsmanship by Thornton realizing that Orr was super susceptible to some nefarious knucks. A tip of the cap must go to Shawn Thornton, even though I think in the heat of the battle Colton probably would have wanted the fight to continue even with him being on par with a Helen Keller on skates.

How Low Can You Go ? Hire Ron Low ! Rangers vs Flames 11/18/00

In the year 2000 the Rangers and their fans were just get acclimated to a new President and GM in Glen Sather and a new coach Ron Low both of whom would eventually monumentally disappoint, especially the latter. The Mouth remembers having a near aneurysm when coach Ron Low was hired by Sather to run things behind the bench.

Low who previously had spent five seasons with the Oilers helped "guide" those Five Oil King teams he to under .500 records year after year.

There were not many bright spots for Low In New York as well as The Rangers with unlimited funds, especially in his initial year where the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic division and missed the playoffs.

As soon as the Big Man entered the 2000 -2001 season into the Ranger Time machine, the device began to buckle and hiss as it searched it’s computer banks high and low for a game worth watching from that season and to its credit came up with this gem.

The game took place on Novemeber 18th, 2000 and it was a rough, fight filled affair and also featured some great Ranger goals that eventually led to a Ranger 5-4 victory in Overtime on a goal by Valeri Kamensky.

As the Rangers head down the runway off ice they are congratulated by the fiery Blueshirt Theo Fleury who had been sent to the locker room earlier in the game. At the time of this Ranger Crisis video airing Theo is entertaining a comeback to the NHL at age 41.

Ranger Crush Islanders Souls With Game Six Win 78-79 Semi-Finals and Advance To Cup

Before 1994 came along this was the moment all Ranger fans held near and dear to their hearts. The May 8th Game Six elimination of their hated rivals the New York Islanders in the Semi-Finals of the 1978-79 Stanley Cup Playoffs was a thing of beauty.

Not only did this win at MSG psychologically shatter Islander fans dreams at the time of ever succeeding in the playoffs but it also propelled the Rangers into their first Stanley Cup Finals since 1972.

The Mouth revs up the time machine and treats us to rare footage of the game that is given from the Islander point of view. The game is called by Islander announcers Tim Ryan and Stan Fischler. Both goals the Rangers needed to beat the Isles are shown during the 7 Minutes of rare footage.

You will also get a feel of how electric the Garden crowd was that evening, all in attendance were hoping that the Rangers would take care of business that night so as not to have a Game Seven take place at the hostile Nassau Coliseum.

The Ranger faithful would not be disappointed as the Rangers held on for the 2-1 victory and left in their wake the Islanders and their fans completely devastated as the had to see yet another underachieving playoff result whilst the Rangers headed to the Stanley Cup to play the Montreal Canadiens

Ranger Crisis Radio #5 Ranger Prospect Special w/Jess Rubenstein of Blueshirt Bulletin

The Mouth and Prospect Guru Jess Rubenstein spent almost the shows full two hours going over every Ranger prospect as well as the young Ranger hopefuls that we may see playing with the big club this year.

A massively entertaining and informative show. Jess writes for Blueshirt Bulletin and also has his own blog called The Prospect Park. If there's a young player in the Ranger organization you want to know about this is the Ranger Crisis Radio broadcast you need to listen to.

Players discussed :

• Artem Anisimov
  
• Michael Delzotto
• Evgeny Grachev
• Bobby Sanguinetti
• Corey Potter
• Michael Sauer
• Ikka Heikenen
• Chris Kreider
• Tomas Kundratek
• Ethan Werek
• Ryan Bourque
• Matt Gilroy
• Ryan McDonagh
• Derek Stephan
  

Straight Dave's Man Slammin' Max Out / Colton Orr vs Chris Stewart

Colton Orr finds himself in a bout with rookie Chris Stewart of the Avalanche or perhaps we should say it’s the other way around. Stewart a rookie who at 6’2 228lbs had his heart in the right place when he challenged GigantORR after Colton plastered his Av teammate the diminutive Marek Spatos with a thunderous hit.

Stewart’s heart was willing but his arms and fists were unable to translate his passion into any vengeful violence what so ever. The Mouth let’s the Ranger Crisis viewers know that this can only lead to bad things when provoking a fight with a heavyweight of Colton Orr’s caliber.

The Big Mans verbose foreboding of course comes to fruition as Stewart is laid out by a Colt 45 right handed peacemaker. Orr then is sent to the dressing room and on his way get’s into a battle of expletives with NHL super weasel Darcy Tucker.

The Orr/Stewart fight is Episode #14 of The Ranger Crisis.com only feature GigantORR. A segment which shows in time line the pugilistic trials and tribulations of former Broadway Bruiser Colton Orr's fight card from the 2008-2009 season.

Ranger Crisis Radio Thursday 8/6 The Young and The Restless. Ranger Prospect Special

The Mouth returns this week to his normal time slot this Thursday, August 6th 9-11 PM to talk about the Young and the Restless.

Before you think that the Big man has lost what's left of his mind. The Mouth will not be discussing mind numbingly bad afternoon TV but instead getting us the lowdown on the stockpile of Rangers prospects and young players. All of whom are just chomping at the bit to play for the Rangers in 2009-2010.

The Mouth thirst for knowledge for Ranger Youth is insatiable so he will be chatting with the best of the best in that area, Jess Rubenstein of the Prospect Park blog. Jess also covers Ranger prospects for the oldest Ranger dedicated paper/blogs Blueshirt Bulletin.

This will be an informative, frank and fun filled discussion as his guest Jess Rubenstein is a truth machine just like The Mouth and will pull no punches in sizing up Ranger hopefuls.

Hockey Fans this is a must tune in Internet Radio event, as it will be interesting to hear what happens when both these two truth machines collide to talk Ranger puck.

As always we will be taking your phone calls and getting your thoughts on what young players should or shouldn't make the team this upcoming season.

The Number to call in (347) 857-2090

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Ranger Crisis Videos Put On Ice

NO videos till August 6th from The Mouth kids.. The Big Guy will be on the road heading for those original six hockey hotbeds Chicago and Detroit doing some non-Ranger content reporting for the fine folks at Hockeybarn.com

You can follow The Mouth via twitter as he will be tweeting up a storm as he tries to rustle up some Blackhawk and Red Wing fans to appear on camera in the dog days of summer. He will be shooting video of the locals and doing remotes from both Chicago’s United Center and the Joe Louis Arena In Detroit.

To follow the Mouth tweets on twitter just scroll down and click on the big twitter decal on the sidebar of the page it’s just that easy.

Heineken, Henrik and Hippies. Sean Avery's What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Sean Avery spent part of the Summer vacation exploring familiar territory of wine, women and song as he opened up both a sports bar and participated in a music festival. In this Ranger Crisis Episode Sean is featured and shown as both a commentator and a participant with a vested interest.

Avery kicked off his summer vacation on Friday May 15th, 2009 by opening his own Sports bar called Warren 77, a pub in Tribeca which is located in Downtown Manhattan.

The Mouth spoke briefly to Avery about the bar and was urged to come on down to the opening. But when the Big man was told the bar only held 82 people and he would probably have to wait outside he opted out. But not with some regrets. Sean told the The Mouth that Henrik Lundqvist would be in attendance playing guitar at the opening. All of which is shown in the video.

The second event on the Broadways Bad Boy’s summer vacation list was to truck it on down to the Bonnaroo Music Festival held outdoors in Manchester, Tennessee which ran from June 11th-14th 2009. Sean played guest commentator for FUSE music channel and interviewed some of the festivals organizers and bands.

Sean also found the time to hang with then Atlantic Division rival Joffrey Lupul of the Flyers. Avery is no stranger to Bonnaroo and has attended previous ones in the past. Conversely, The Mouth detests Jam bands and tree hugging save the earth types, so there’s no chance of seeing him doing a remote on site from Bonnaroo. This years music festival had roughly 75,000 people in attendance.

Ranger Crisis Radio #4 Stephanie Bagley Of ESPN The Magazine

It's pretty ironic that one of the most obscure hockey source entities such as Ranger Crisis Radio gets uttered in the same sentence as the Sports juggernaut ESPN The Magazine but that was the case the night of July 27th my good people.

The Mouth's special guest for this particular show was freelance reporter Stephanie Bagley who's work can be seen in the prestigious ESPN The Magazine. Stephanie shot the gip with The Mouth for almost 50 minutes about a myriad of topics including her interviews with Henrik Lundqvist, Chris Higgins and Brian Leetch.

Steph gave us a nice scoop as she discussed and elaborated about Brian Leetch's thoughts on perhaps joining the Rangers organization in the future. A lot of ground was covered as both The Mouth and his guest talked about Hockey and the Social Medium, NHL Tweetups and even Fantasy Hockey and of course everything Rangers.

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Sather Calls For Wrong Type Of T and A - Tyler Arnason for Dummies Video

On July 3, 2009 The Mouth surmises that Glen Sather sent out for some female companionship up at his ski lodge up in Banff, Alberta dialed the wrong number, after which an erroneous roster move was made, causing a 30 year old journeyman named Tyler Arnason to be signed as a unrestricted free agent.

This just has to be the case. Because The Big man has no explanation why The Rangers would be interested in this center iceman. This smacks more of a Islander pickup than a Blueshirt one. Begrudgingly, The Mouth put together a 22 second clip on Tyler Arnason basically so he never has to mention him again.

Not wanting to leave the Ranger Crisis fan on a down note, some bonus footage was added in the form of a Colton Orr fight from last season as Colt 45 took on rookie pugilist Tyson Strachan of the St. Louis Blues on February 16th, 2009.

GigantORR would land 7 of a 11 punches on Strachan who immediately ran back to the AHL's Peoria Riverman bragging to teammates he had fought Colton Orr up in the Major Leagues and got his banana beat in.

The Orr/Strachan fight is Episode #13 of The Ranger Crisis.com only feature GigantORR. A segment which shows in time line the pugilistic trials and tribulations of former Broadway Bruiser Colton Orr's fight card from the 2008-2009 season.

Ranger Crisis Radio Monday 7/27 Lundqvist And Higgins

The Mouth will be out of town on assignment (mandatory mental facility evaluation) so the Ranger Crisis Radio show scheduled for next Thursday is canceled and instead the show will air live This Monday July 27th 9PM-11PM.

The Mouth's special guest this week will be Stephanie Bagley who has interviewed countless sports figures and more recently written features on Henrik Lundqvist and newly acquired Christopher Higgins. Stephanie is a writer for the prestigious ESPN The Magazine.

Stephanie is a diehard Ranger fan and a top notch interviewer. The Big Man of course will press for every detail as he certainly interested in getting the entire 411 on Rangers world class goalie Henrik Lundqvist and the New guy on the block Christopher Higgins.

As always we will be taking calls from New York Ranger die hards and shooting the gip until the clock strikes 11 pm.

Click here to Listen The call In Number is (347) 857-2090

I Love The 80's Rangers : Rangers vs Flyers March 4th 1982

Mikko Leinonen Now.. Oh Jeeze

The Mouth starts his brand spanking new Ranger Crisis feature I Love the 80’s Rangers with one of his favorite pieces of game footage from March 4th 1982. The Rangers find themselves in the always hostile Spectrum facing their hated rivals who for some reason in a failed 80’s fashion move decided to wear Cooperall hockey pants for an entire season.

The clip features continuous end to end action called by then Ranger announcer Jim Gordon. Gordon supplied so much excitement in the booth that still to this day most Ranger fans can’t help but smile when hearing Jim turn it up a notch when the action on the ice got frenetic.

This is the case as a couple of odd man rushes and breakways by both teams that are shown in the video. The clip also features Phily legend Pelle Linbergh in only his third start as a Flyer net minder. Tending the Rangers net is consensus non- Ranger legend Steve Weeks. The game showcases some nifty plays by Rangers Mikko Leinonen and Rob McClanahan.

Rick Carpiniello 90 mInutes On Ranger Crisis Radio # 3

Rick Carpiniello veteran beat writer who has covered the Rangers for over 20 years joined The Mouth on Ranger Crisis Radio on Thursday in what turned out to be 90 Minutes of Non-stop free wheeling Ranger Puck chat.

Ranger fans got a chance to fire questions at Carp who not only answered them but regaled the Crisis Radio audience with some terrific Blueshirt stories that even the big man himself had never heard.

Rick also weighed in on the current state of the Rangers and gave his take on Chris Drury, Brandon Dubinsky and even Cory Potter. The Mouth apologizes to The Ranger fans who’s calls he wasn't able to get to but the switchboard was lit up like a Christmas tree and the 90 minutes flew by like Evgeni Malkin going one on one with Wade Redden.

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Programming Note: The Mouth will be on assignment for Hockeybarn.com in Chicago and Detroit starting this Wednesday so there will be no Ranger Crisis radio on Thursday. But the good news is the Big man will be working on four days rest and air Ranger Crisis Radio this Monday July 27th 9-11 PM with yet another special guest.

Last Ranger Roundup For Colt 45 Plus Zebra Steve Kozari's Officiating Is Horse Dookie

The Mouth once again presents his Ranger Crisis.com only feature GigantORR Episode #12 The feature continues in time line the pugilistic trials and tribulations of former Broadway Bruiser Colton Orr's fight card from the 2008-2009 season.

As The Big Man approaches the conclusion of ex-Ranger and now Toronto Maple Leaf Colton Orr’s fight card from the 2008-2009 season , he cant help but wonder how often he will be calling bouts for the Rangers in 2009-2010 and how devastating new Ranger enforcer Donald Brashear will be when he locks horns with all comers.

Pugilistic musing aside, The Mouth treats us some really good footage of Colton’s last two fights against Eric Godard. These hook ups would be the third and fourth go around of the season for these two heavyweights. The second fight that is shown took place on March 28th 2009 which was GigantORR’s fight finale for now wearing a Ranger uniform.

Besides the fights, The Mouth also supplies us with some bonus footage which shows one of the worst calls against the Rangers from all of last season. The call was made by Referee Steve Kozari , who in the Mouth’s opinion is one of the worst Zebra’s in the league. If you see a Referee wearing # 40 and he’s "officiating" a Ranger game make sure you have plenty of TUMS handy, this guy makes Greg Madill look like Andy Van Hellemond.

Mouth Making More Radio Waves

The Mouth With SNY's Loudmouth Chris Carlin

One thing is for sure is that The Mouth likes to talk Ranger Puck on the Radio whether it be with WFAN's and SNY's resident Loudmouth Chris Carlin or on his own Ranger Crisis Radio show that airs here every Thursday here from 9- 11 PM.

This weeks special guest will be Rick Carpiniello. Rick is the Ranger beat writer from the Journal News and the present overseer of the insanity, that is the Rangers Report Blog at LoHud.com, Rick is also an accomplished author who has written several Ranger themed books.

But before Thursday there is a special treat in store for the Big man as he gets to shoot the gip with his favorite Ranger broadcasting tandem over at Blueshirt Banter.com

The Mouth has been asked to join the dynamic Ranger broadcasting duo of Joe Fortunato and Jim Schmiedeberg to partake in a segment called "Banter Roundtable." In addition Steve from NYRangercast will be taking a seat at the Banter table in a show that promises to be a fun and informative Ranger Pow Wow.

This really is can't miss radio and they will be taking phone calls in all night !

Their show which the Mouth makes a guest appearance airs LIVE Wednesday Night from 7:30-9:00 EST

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Korpedo Exchange nets Rangers a Russian Gretzky. Enver Lisin For Dummies Video

The Mouth wants to clarify right from the get go. Before you kill him as the king of overstatement which lets face it folks, I think even The Big Man himself would admit is something he is definitely prone to doing, especially when his frequent bouts of Ranger madness overtake him of what sense he still has left.

We at Ranger Crisis must warn you from the outset, that if you haven't watched the video yet you should first know that the title of this post is wildly misleading.

For those who don't like to read and have already watched the video , The Mouth declared that Enver Lisin could be the next Russian Gretzky. The same way Alex Kovalev was proclaimed and portrayed as "The Next Russian Gretzky" on the back of the NY Post all those years ago.

The Mouth then returning to a more lucid mindset clarified the comment by quipping that Lisin could be the next Russian KEITH Gretzky.

But seriously folks, Enver Lisin is a nice pick up for the Blueshirts. The speedy Russian has shown some pretty nifty moves especially on the break playing for the Yotes. Enver's progress at age 23 has no where to go but up. The Rangers got Lisin in exchange for another 23 yr old Lauri Korpikoski.

Ranger Puck On Ranger Crisis Radio # 2

The Mouth Hosts Two Hours of Ranger call in Talk radio. Where else you gonna find that? NOWHERE. You will be lucky to find two hours of Blue Shirt hockey discussed the whole entire summer on New York terrestrial radio. So this is the place to be, Every Thursday 9-11PM.

This past weeks show was fantastic. The Mouth had Russ Cohen of XM Radio's Prospect Show discussing and giving Crisis listeners the lowdown on Ranger hopefuls such as Bobby Sanguinetti, Matt Gilroy, and Ryan McDonagh and Russ clued us all in where they are as far as development.

The Mouth also had Adam Raider on who has written for The Hockey News and Hockey Digest to talk about the risks and rewards of Marian Gaborik. These two veteran writers also talked about a fantastic book entitled 100 Ranger Greats they both have co- authored with former Ranger PR man John Halligan.

Two hours of Ranger Crisis Radio just one click away.



30 seconds of silence after Intro but after that the show starts.

Glen Sather Punk'd Bob Gainey: Ryan Mcdonagh For Dummies Video

Did Glen Sather snooker Bob Gainey ? The Mouth thinks so when the Rangers got Ryan McDonagh from the Canadiens as basically a throw in the Christopher Higgins for Scott Gomez deal.

No less did the Rangers dump Gomez’s preposterous salary and get a solid player in Higgins in return but they also managed to nab from what all the prospect experts in the Mouths lexicon say is going to be a a future solid NHL two way Defenseman. McDonagh was the first pick by the Habs in the 2007 draft and went 12th overall. Ryan at present is a 20 year old Junior for the Wisconsin Badgers.

Prospect Guru's such as Jess Rubenstein of The Prospect Park and Russ Cohen host of XM's Radio Hockey Prospect Show say that McDonagh is about 2-3 years away from actually playing for the Broadway Blues depending on whether he decides to finish out college or not.

The acquisition of McDonagh by Sather is baffling, just because it’s such a shrewd move which as we know is something of a rare occurrence in the Slats era akin to the appearance of Halley's Comet.

The impetuous of McDonagh being added to the deal may have been that Bob Gainey was just looking to clean house of all traces from the old regime and Sather was just there at the right time or as the Mouth suspects Glen Sather may have actually found someone worse at talent evaluation than himself in Gainey this time around.

Ranger Crisis Radio Tonight 9-11 PM

Ranger Crisis Radio goes back on the air TONIGHT 9-11 PM

Here's your chance to talk to the Mouth live and sorta of in person. His guests are XM radio Prospect Guru Russ Cohen and Adam Raider Co- Author of the Book 100 Ranger Greats.

The call In Number is (347) 857-2090

Czech Power Play Cavalry To The Rescue Ales Kotalik for Dummies

The Mouth shouts to Ranger fans everywhere “Have no fear the Czech PP Cavalry is here!” which he feels has come to the rescue in the form of 30 year old Right Wing Ales Kotalik.

The Rangers signed Kotalik as a UFA when they inked him to a 3 million per season 3 year deal. Kotalik’s specialty is playing the point on the Power Play and he should add a nice stimulus package to last seasons Rangers bankrupt man advantage gross national goals product. Wall Street metaphors aside, Kotalik is a nice signing and will surely will shore up the Broadway Blues in several ways.

Kotalik although not physical is a grinder who likes to cycle the puck deep and is also a former teammate of Ranger Captain Chris Drury. Perhaps Kotalik will revive Drury a bit , but more importantly Ales will bring in the much needed Power Play help the Rangers so sorely require combined with the ability to stupify Ranger Fans with his booming slapper.

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Ranger Crisis Radio goes back on the air this Thursday 9- 11 PM

The Mouth is extremely jazzed as he hosts his first guests, who will be calling live into the Crisis Center to talk Ranger Puck. The Big man will be joined by quasi-hockey royalty as Russ Cohen host of XM radio's Prospect Show and Adam Raider of NHL Digest stop by to promote and talk about their awesome book 100 Ranger Greats.

Once we milk that segment for all it's worth we will take your calls and most likely spend the rest of the show debating the pronunciation of newly acquired Enver Lisin's last name. The Mouth is looking forward to the show and so should you ! We will be fraying the edges of sanity this Thursday 9-11 PM as we talk about the only Hockey that counts. Rangers Hockey !



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Fear and Loathing in Donald Brashear GigantORR Episode 11

On July 1st 2009 the Rangers signed probably the most loathed individual in this Ranger fans recent memory since probably when the Blue Shirts inked Bryan Trottier as a coach back in 2002. This all occurred when Glen Sather signed Donald Brashear one of the most unpredictable and feared enforcers in hockey to a two year 2.8 million dollar contract.

The only hitch about the acquisition is that Ranger fans are having a hard time forgiving “The Don” for his sucker job on Blair Betts during the playoffs last season, when Donald was a member of the Capitals.

The Mouth once again finds himself in the minority as he welcomes “The Big Rig” Donald Brashear with open “Huggy Bear” arms. Even at the somewhat geriatric age of 37 Brashear is a seasoned policeman who throws the body.

The latter of which his ex-Ranger punching predecessor Colton Orr couldn’t do consistently on a nightly basis. But don’t worry about Colton he will be fine in Toronto and will quickly become a fan favorite.

The Mouth treats us to video of fight that took place on February 11th 2009 between Orr and Brashear in their six tussle in total as part of his eleventh installment of the Ranger Crisis.com only GigantORR Series.

Then the Big man gives the Ranger faithful a sneak peak of what kind of pugilistic prowess the reluctant Broadway Blue fan can look forward to when they finally come around to cheering for this Punch your lights out first, ask questions later intimidator.

Two Brashear fights are shown one against Jody Shelley of the Sharks and another which is of Brashear’s absolute emulsification of Riley “No Way” Cote

Gabby Days Are Here Again : Marian Gaborik For Dummies Video

The Mouth is ecstatic at the signing of Marian Gaborik as this was the guy he wanted all along. The Rangers are getting a sniper in his prime that they so desperately need for what essentially is Scott Gomez escarole with a five year deal at 7.5 per season.

As always in Rangerland there is always a catch. Gaborik does come with some injury baggage, but the 27 year old Slovak has assured the Rangers he is 100% healthy. The Mouth is however reserving his jubilation about the Gabby inking and doing his best to remain cautiously optimistic.

Only the future will tell what kind of nonsense concerning Gaborik's health will unfold when he actually hit’s the ice as a Blue Shirt. The again he may never get hurt again and be one of the Rangers all-time fan faves. So for now The Mouth is just Wild about Gabby.

The Big man of course has put together a semi-informational video about the Rangers biggest UFA signing so far of the off season.

Ranger Crisis Call Center is On The Air ! SHOW # 1

Some things in this world just make no sense. Apparently anything goes on the Interweb these days and the fact that they gave The Mouth his own call in show is one of them.

I kid you not the Big Man will be polluting the airwaves with his own unique brand of Ranger-centric Hockey talk on Thursday nights from 9-11 PM.

The real kicker is that Ranger fans will be able to interact with The Mouth via the call in show format to discuss Ranger Puck. I know he's looking forward to your calls.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

The debut Ranger Crisis radio show aired on schedule and it was a barn burner folks. Everything Ranger was discussed as promised and co-host Mandar went on an epic anti-islander Islander rant for the ages.

In addition we also discovered is that the people who called in the show might be more "troubled" than the Mouth, and that's saying a lot ! Thanks to all that called and made the Mouths inaugural broadcast a rousing success.

You can here the Thursday July 9th Ranger Crisis Radio show here :

Christopher Comes In June : Christopher Higgins For Dummies Video

The Mouth declares June 30th 2009 Scott Gomez Salary Emancipation Day as the smirking ex Swamp rat was sent packing from the Rangers for Montreal’s Christopher Higgins.

The Rangers managed to dump both Scott Gomez’s bizzaro world salary and acquire not one but two good players in the process. The full deal played out like this. New York sent Scott Gomez, forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to Les Habitants in exchange for Christopher Higgins and two defenseman Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko,

Ryan McDonagh is considered a top notch prospect and frankly as hard as it is, a lot of credit has to go to Glen Sather for hoodwinking Montreal’s GM Bob Gainey.

This Ranger Crisis video goes over what Higgins will bring to the table and help us Blue Shirt fans familiarize ourselves with what Christopher Higgins has done and hopefully what he can do for the Blueshirts next season.

The Mouth of course lends his inane and insane commentary and even throws in some facts along the way just to keep himself honest in what turns out to be a semi-informative video on new Ranger Christopher Higgins

Brian Boyle For Dummies Video

The Mouth introduces a new feature that will Spotlight newly acquired Rangers in order to familiarize both himself and Ranger Crisis fans with just what the heck a particular player is all about. In a video segment called “For Dummies.”

The first player to be showcased is Brian Boyle. Boyle was acquired June 27 at the draft from Los Angeles for a 2010 third-round pick. Boyle is a 6’7 244lb Center.

They Let The Mouth Have A Call In Show

The Mouth make his Blog Talk Radio hosting debut on Thursday July 9th from 9PM-11PM EST and it promises to be one helluva wild ride.

The Big man will be providing serious New York Ranger Puck discussion done in a way that will definitely appeal to his lunatic fringe audience. The Ranger Crisis fans know the deal.

Now it's your chance to let YOUR voice be heard on Ranger Crisis Radio. The Mouth will be taking calls from New York Ranger and NHL fanatics throughout Thursday night and shooting the gip until the clock strikes 11 pm.

Archives be Damned ! 1974 Ranger/Flyer Playoff Classic Schultz Slugs Park

The Mouth provides a classic July 4th 2009 weekend Treasure Trove for his die hard Ranger Crisis fans showing the Rangers/Flyers Semifinal Game Three held at Madison Square Garden on April 25th 1974. The game is significant on several levels. The game captures the Flyers BroadStreet Bullies days in full throttle and it also conveys how intense this rivalry so much so that extra NYC policeman were added especially for this game.

This particular contest and series was an out and out physical war. Historically Ranger fans think that the Rangers got pushed around but after actually watching the games The Rangers gave it back to the Flyers physically pretty well. It really was the lack of production of the Blue Shirts GAG line that did them in.

But with that said two incidents stand out from this series. The first came in the deciding Game Seven when Dave Schultz used Dale Rolfe’s face as a punching bag and no Ranger on the ice came to his aide. The second is an incident that happened in this game you can ONLY see on Ranger Crisis.com when Flyer bastido supreme Dave Schultz went after and fought Rangers All-Star Defenseman Brad Park.

The Mouth provides TEN minutes of game footage direct from his archives for only Ranger Crisis Fans to enjoy.

The game shown has historical significance in Ranger lore because it sums up the pure hatred between the Rangers and Flyers had for each other in this epic Semi-Final series that went the full Seven games.

Another component of the footage shown is the almost comical play by play announcing of then Flyer announcers Don Earle and Gene Hart. Keeping in the tradition of Flyer absurdly humoristic hockey announcing the two actually cry foul every time a Flyer goon gets slapped with the appropriate penalties.

Controversial Mouth Checks Blueshirt Banter Radio

The Mouth checked in to give his take on the multiple signings and trades the Rangers have made over the past few days. The Mouth called the Blueshirt Banter.com live radio blogcast via land line and talked to hosts Jimmy "The Gem" Schmiedeberg and "Joltin" Joe Fortunato.

The Big man of course spoke his mind on a site where people talk some serious puck, unlike other programs where happy shiny Hockey moms gather to giggle and waste bandwidth. Blueshirt Banter is one of The Mouth fave raves. Check it out before I start removing ya stripes Ranger Crisis soldiers!

The Mouth on BB radio talks Rangers transactions

You can hear the entire show here Blueshirt Banter Radio