Hey everyone, haven’t been aroudn in awhile for a couple of reasons. First, I haven’t seen a full game in a while because of black-out sitatuions and being busy with school, but I’m glad I caught last night’s game, so here are my thoughts:

 - If anyone thinks Brenadan Shanahan’s PP goal was an “awakening” of the Power Play, they have another thing coming. Sure, it was a nice pass by Gomez who did some great work behind the net, along with Shanny showing his experience by getting to a great spot and staying open; but it wasn’t because of good Power Play work. The PowerPlay needs to keep working on getting set up, and then moving to open ice.

- Henrik played a fantastic game last nite, obviously. My question is, can he continue THAT level of play. He has always been good, but last night was playoff-caliber greatness. If he continues that level of play for the rest of spring, I feel good about our chances.

- Christian Backman. Now, most of my buddies were not happy with the Parise turnover, which is understandable. The pass choice was an awful choice, BUT, Parise made an absolutely perfect play to bat the hard pass out of mid air, perfectly to the ice without a bounce. AND, not to mention, he had to beat Lundqvist, whom he beat high glove, Hank’s weakness. So as much as it wasn’t a great choice by Backman, it was a great play by Parise. Backman would redeem himself  with an absolute beaut of a shot labeled for the top left of the goal in the third to tie it at two.

- Once again, Nigel Dawes confirms my opinion on the fact that he is much more deserving of a roster spot than Petr Prucha. His hustle is phenominal and he creates so much offense.

- The Rangers are one more win away over the Devils for a season sweet of 8-0. They will go for it in the last game of the season, April 6th, at the Rock, at 3 pm. Also its Masters Sunday :D. Next up are the Penguins Sunday @ Mellon, which will be a tough test as always.

 Short Post, but I watched the game with friends, so I didn’t notice as much as usual. Look for one Sunday night! Peace

- Rob