knew something was wrong with carcillo during that fight with avery.

again, great win by the boys tonght. now beat the freakin’ pens.

From the Rangers official recap…

Gaborik, who entered the game with only one fighting major in his entire NHL career, pushed and shoved with Carcillo behind the cage until the gloves came off both players. Carcillo then began raining punches on the Rangers’ top offensive player as Gaborik tried unsuccessfully to ward Carcillo off.

Watch the video. Watch Gaborik attempt to throw punches back. Laugh at the above quote. Repeat, if desired.

Oh boy, Travis, you looking to get us in some trouble. Talk about antagonizing. As if whooping the Rags’ ass tonight on the scoreboard and with the fists wasn’t enough…

No, you are right. The Rangers’ MSG play-by-play announcers kept on going on when Gaborik and Carcillo got wrapped up saying “What is that all about?”, “For Carcillo to go after Gaborik …”, “Carcillo just drops his gloves, I mean come on!”

This is the what the Flyers’ Official Twitter had to say:

Rangers players and Tortorella complaining about Carcillo fighting Gaborik. Perhaps they need a replay of Gaborik dropping the gloves first?

All in all, it was a wonderful win. But, I am already looking forward to Sunday’s game against the Penguins. That is the crown jewel right now. If we can dispatch the Canes and then put another 7 goals up on the Pens, I will be a very happy camper.

And just a small side note, I really hate those 12:30pm Sunday games. Getting back home for Eagles games at 1pm is hard enough. 12:30pm on a Sunday, really? I really can’t imagine that is a prime time slot for a hockey game. Idk, though…

Don’t cry, Rags’ fans, there’s still room on the Jets’ bandwagon!

At least all of the Rangers fans aren’t delusional. There’s at least one out there with eyes:

At 5:43 into the second period, Daniel Carcillo pounded on Marion Gaborik. I know all about this and what Carcillo did was not wrong. If you watch the reviews , it was quite obvious that it was Gaborik trying to discard his gloves well before Carcillo did. Basically Gaborik had no idea what he was doing because that was just a stupid move on his part. Of Course Carcillo is going to drop the gloves and start swinging if he sees that a player is looking to do the same to him, and that is exactly what happen. Hey this is hockey, it is a tough sport and a fighting sport regardless who you are. Gaborik didn’t stand a chance but at the same time , his teammates should have jumped in before that beating could have ever taken place. No i didn’t like the idea of Gabby getting a beating, He is not a fighter. but it was Gabby who really did drop the gloves first.

Later in the period it was Avery who got tossed around quickly by Scott Hartnell and towards the end of the period Avery attempted to take care of the Gaborik beating, but to no prevail. It wasn’t much of a fight.

(The above was written by the Rangers correspondent for Bleacher Report. I’ve been poking around on Google to see how many people bought into the delusions spewed by the team and announcers)

I like Panotch’s take, too:

Carcillo destroyed Gaborik, leading to Rangers’ coach John Tortorella screaming at the Flyers bench, calling them something we can’t print, even on this website.

"I was frustrated because there’s simply no honor," Torts said. "I sit behind the bench with a suit and tie on. I’m not trying to run anybody down, I just think there’s a lack of honor."

Hum?

So much honor not a single Ranger went to Gaborik’s aid.

On the Fly gives a good rundown of Tortorella’s postgame comments:

"Well, there’s no honor in that," said the Rangers’ head coach of Carcillo after the game. "I don’t play the game, I don’t wear the uniform. I don’t want to say too much about it, but there’s simply no honor in that."

. . . and Lavy’s response

"We were out numbered, Danny came in and picked somebody off the pile and Gaborik dropped his gloves first," said Laviolette, stating the obvious. "So, Danny can either get punched or he can drop his gloves and fight. I think the ref saw it that way as well, because they [each] got five minutes for fighting.
"I don’t think [Carcillo] makes a habit of going after the other team’s top players and skilled players. He does a lot of dirty work that other people don’t want to do and usually it’s with guys like a [Sean] Avery or a [Aaron] Voros; guys that are pretty tough on the other side as well. I didn’t see it happen the [Tortorella] did."

I didn’t write anything, but I went over to blueshirt to read their take on the fight, and man, they have some real tasteless fans over there.

Are him and Richards having a contest to see who can start more shit with the media?

can the quote of the game come from outside this site, because “no honor” may be the funniest thing I heard all night

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bKLUFhP5uLA/S1kl5th6GdI/AAAAAAAAAaw/mcFr2-9dIVs/s1600-h/carbomb2.png
You can clearly see only one glove on the ground, and if you look closely, you can make out Gaborik’s fist.

To be honest, I can understand Rangers’ fans frustrations. You wouldn’t want Jeff Carter getting into a fight with Sean Avery, but in this instance, it is completely ignorant to say Carcillo went after him. Props to Gabs for not taking Carcillo’s crap, but Carcillo did exactly what he should have. As Travis said, whenever you get the chance to take the other team’s best player off the ice for 5 minutes, you take it. When you get to pummel his face, it’s even better.

What the Rangers and their fans should be pissed about is that no one pulled a Matt Bradley.

Well, I’m sorry I missed this one.

Was this one of those games which was not as close as the final score indicated?

Living up near NY, I get the MSG feed. So my favorite moment of the night was listening to the announcers as Hartnell just destroyed Avery. They kept saying “Well Hartnell is a much bigger player.”

I tried to see what the non-NY (and non-Philly) outlets were reporting, to see what the people removed from the passionate fanbases had to say.

The NHL.com article was pretty clear:

Replays showed Gaborik to be the aggressor in the scuffle

The rest of the major sites are passing around the same exact AP article:

Carcillo floored Gaborik with a hard uppercut early in the second period after the two-time all-star surprisingly dropped his gloves first.

The rest, like SBNation’s main site, are passing around a Sports Network article that manages to recap the game without mentioning any of the fights, so it doesn’t take a side because it acts like they didn’t happen.

Gaborik vs. Carcillo reminds me of an old Irish proverb

If the bear is poking you, run the **** away

Torts has always been a whiny little bitch and always will be. I’m glad Carbomb decked Gaborik. It was also nice to see Avery get his head knocked off by Hartnell.

Has anyone ever done any genetic testing to see if Avery and Torts are father and son? Because the sure seem to act pretty much the same. Spitting, yelling, crying.

Torts reminds me of one of those crazy soccer Moms that start a fight on the sidelines because little Jimmy isn’t getting enough playing time. Waaaaaaaaa……….

The orange balck have their swagger back! We need 10 points over this six game homestand. 4 down 6 to go. I am driving 3.5 hours from upstate NY to see the Flyers get their third in a row on Saturday. Lets go flyers…………..

From Blueshirt Banter’s Game Recap:

About six minutes into the second stanza was when things began to get out of control. A minor scrum in front of Emery led to Daniel Carcillo dropping the gloves and leaving star Marian Gaborik with no choice but to defend himself. Obviously Gaborik went down after a few punches, but there are lines in this sport that you do not cross, and Carcillo crossed one of those lines by brainlessly attacking Gaborik as he did. You simply do not go after the star on the other team when the guy only has one previous fight in his career. This was nothing short of a cowardly move by Carcillo, but it doesn’t surprise me looking at his track record and the reputation of the team he plays on.

Just thought everyone would like a solid laugh this morning . . .

Let the fans think what they want, let the media write what it wants. We know the truth the reality of it and thats all that matters.

In about two months the boys in Orange and Black will take a nice trip up the turnpike and if the Rangers want I am sure the Flyers will be happy to go all Fight Club on them again.

Rangers fans should be more worried that no one else on the team went to their stars aid rather opting to let him take a beating. Like I said earlier, just because you have a womans name doesn’t mean you have to fight like one, and if you are going to, at least be smart enough to cover your face.

it’s amazing that in that Capitals fight a few weeks back when Ovie knee-to-kneed a guy and was about to get drilled in a fight, another teammate stepped in and fought the guy.

Last night when Gaborik was about to drop his gloves, NYR no. 5 was almost patting him on the back, but wouldnt step in.

I think Torts was mad saying that his players have no honor since no one helped out.

Why is it that several of us here are commending Gaborik for his chutzpah, while no one there has (other than one of us)?They’re making Gaborik out to be a weaker person both physically AND emotionally by saying he got jumped and was defenseless, and he doesn’t deserve that. He made a brave decision in the moment, and while it may not have been wise, he still did something.

Has anyone seen a report or article where Gaborik himself was interviewed or quoted as saying anything to the effect of “I got jumped”? I haven’t seen anything, and I looked around for it.

We played a good game, but there are certainly area’s we need to improve on" said Richards after the game. “I know myself personally, despite being the first star of the game don’t always lead effectively and maybe I should have beat the crap out of Avery at the end, but hey, we’re happy with the win.”

…any other analysis of the game. l know Lundqvist is a very good goalie but was it all his skill last night or did we blow alot of shots. At the very least it should have been 3-0. Carter should have made that shot. I wouldn’t be so concerned but for the ridiculous amount of scoring being done on a consistent basis by upper tier teams this year…can we match that consistency? Or if not do we have enough defensive depth to stop a team like the Blackhawks or for that matter the Caps? I hear alot of peole say we should start crashing the net more, but yet it seems like when we do that our penalty minutes increase. The league seems to want less scrappy, more pretty hockey. Or perhaps that wasn’t their intent but that’s what they are getting.

Jim Rome just did as his final burn the Carcillo/Gaborik fight. And his conclusion is the same as ours.

My mouth hit the floor. It was a good rant.