Thoughts And Musings

Hello friends. It’s been awhile, I know. But that’s what having surgery will do to you. Everything went well, and I was out of the hospital in 36 hours (modern medicine is amazing). I’m pretty much 100% and by the end of the weekend I will be. Once again, I love modern medicine.

I do a feature called Thoughts And Musings on my other blog, GiantsGab, and while it’s a shameless plug, it gets great reaction there, so here we are. Let’s do it: Thoughts And Musings, post-surgery style.

-I think people will stop hating the Derek Boogaard signing when he protects Hank in the crease. Look, the years are long, but the money isn’t much, and he’s only 28. Besides, his nickname is The Boogeyman. I mean, c’mon people! The Boogeyman!

-Steve Eminger was a shrewd pickup. I heard about it from my cousin who was visiting me in the hospital, and it took my post-anesthesia, morphine induced haze a little while to realize who he was, but when I did, I realized he’s going to be a good player. Solid defensively, willing to take the body, block shots. He’s a perfect 3rd pairing. I don’t want to say this is the end of Wade Redden, but it’s looking that way. Potential defense corp:

Staal-Girard

Rosival-Del Zotto

McDonagh/Gilroy-Eminger

Not bad. Not bad at all.

-I think we can expect a big jump offensively from Anisimov. He showed flashes of brilliance, and I think by the end of the season, you saw him start to get more comfortable. Big things from AA this year.

-Same with Dubinsky and Callahan. You can only expect them to keep growing and developing.

-Things That I Remembered Wrong From My Childhood interlude: When did Chips Ahoy cookies become bad? They used to taste good, right?

-My very early stab at lines:

Dubinsky-Christensen-Gaborik

Avery-AA-Callahan

Prospal-Drury-Grachev

Boogaard-Boyle-Prust

-Camp is going to change all those lines

-The real issue: Is Dubinsky a wing or center? If he’s a wing, then there isn’t an excess of centers. If he is a center, then Drury is a fourth liner, and Boyle is on the bench. Decisions, decisions.

-Let’s get Staal signed, umkay Slats?

-I consider MZA a midseason call-up. Which isn’t  bad thing.

-I think Grachev and MZA could be switching places.

-I can’t wait for Marty Biron. Besides finally having a French-Canadian presence on the team, it’s nice to have a quality backup for Hank.

-I think this team will be picked to finish towards the bottom of the East, but they’re going to surprise. Just a hunch.

-Food interlude: When you’re post surgery, the only thing you’re in the mood for is toast with butter. And it’s amazing. Seriously. Completely under appreciated meal.

-Last thing: If the Rangers don’t make the playoffs, Torts will be fired.