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Rangers Face familiar Folks in Montreal
by Patrick Hoffman on 10/24/09 at 10:20 AM ET
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When the New York Rangers take the ice tonight to take on the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. They’ll be taking on former Blueshirts Scott Gomez and Paul Mara while current Ranger Christopher Higgins returns to the team he spent his first four years with in the National Hockey League.
For Higgins, tonight would be the perfect night to have his first coming-out party as a Blueshirt. Higgins has yet to light the lamp and looks like a player who is pressing as head coach John Tortorella said he wants more from him. There has to be plenty of motivation for him to do that tonight, right?
At 7-3, there isn’t too much to complain about as a Ranger fan. The team has shown that they can score goals, come back in games, play solid defense and get great goaltending. However, in the team’s last two games, both losses, they’ve looked extremely beatable.
What does the team have to do differently tonight? For starters, staying out of the penalty box should be a priority. That hurt them against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night and the team responded with a much better effort on Thursday night in a loss to the New Jersey Devils.
Secondly, they need a 60-minute effort. Too often this season, the team comes out with an abundance of energy, pops in a few goals and they turn to playing a laxed-style of hockey. I’m sure you all remember what happened at the Bell Centre back in February of 2008 when the team blew a four or five-goal lead.
Lastly, this team needs more production from their captain, Chris Drury. Yes, he’s done a tremendous job killing penalties and trying to create plays but now, he needs to produce.
Tortorella told the following to Jim Cerny of NewYorkRangers.com when it comes to Drury, Higgins and even Ryan Callahan:
On Friday, Tortorella challenged Higgins, Drury, and Ryan Callahan, among others, to produce more offensively, and he said that he has to weigh who is generating enough offense when deciding on his forward line combinations and ice-time allotment against the Canadiens.
We’ll see what happens tonight folks!
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