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NY Rangers Expect Drury Back Tonight

by Alanah McGinley on 05/01/08 at 01:06 PM ET
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From the Globe & Mail:

Chris Drury is in pain with what is thought to be bruised ribs but the New York Rangers centre expects to play Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

But the Rangers will be missing checking centre Blair Betts and winger Sean Avery when they try to avoid elimination from the NHL playoffs Tuesday night at the hands of the Penguins. The Penguins lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-0.

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P.S. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume the writer—David Shoalts, I believe—meant “Thursday night.” Tonight.

Update 2:22pm ET: More help for the Blueshirts. From Larry Brooks at the NY Post,

Lauri Korpikoski (center), the 21-year-old out of Finland who was the 19th overall selection in the 2004 Entry Draft, is expected to make his NHL debut tonight vs. Pittsburgh.

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About Sean Avery… John Dellapina seems to be standing by his original story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/2008/04/itll-be-tough-to-come-back.html

Finally, for all those from other media outlets and newspapers who have sarcastically dismissed our initial web story about Sean Avery’s hospitalization since the Rangers refuted it Wednesday afternoon, I wonder:

Was your initial reaction that the story couldn’t have been correct or did you simply race up to the MSG Training Center to get player reaction? And, did you call the hospital and/or Avery’s representatives to get the real story or did your “reporting” simply consist of taking the team’s word for what happened?

Fortunately, the intrepid men an women of the press who have exposed baseball’s steroid problems didn’t similarly regurgitate what they were told by people who understandably want their businesses viewed as beyond reproach.

Posted by bcrt on 05/01/08 at 12:09 PM ET

Thanks, bcrt. Posted it earlier here .

Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 05/01/08 at 12:11 PM ET

I think the interesting thing is that he seems to be saying that the Rangers are covering up the original story.

Posted by bcrt on 05/01/08 at 12:31 PM ET

That may be the case, but it’s not a very convincing argument since Dellapina himself backtracked by erasing his entire original story—which was my primary issue with the whole fiasco anyway.

Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 05/01/08 at 01:23 PM ET

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