This Week on the Blog

Okay, so last week we saw the Rangers display more dominance, the Knicks play like a team that hasn't jelled yet, the Yanks stay out of trouble, and the Giants stay home.  This week has already started with a Giant win and another Knick loss.  Let's see what's up with the rest of the week.

Rangers:  I told you last week that Pavel Buchnevich was getting ready to score.  Last night he finally did and it was a great shot.  Right now, everyone on the Rangers is contributing and I don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but that's almost always a really good sign.  So far they remind me most of the `79 Rangers who went to the cup finals and might have won had Ulf Nillson, their #1C, not gotten injured by Potvin.  It was the Ratelle situation all over again.  I think Grabner's bigger than Bobby Sheehan was, but his speed and timely goals are adding a similar dimension.  And I think everyone has to be pleased by the assists being piled up by Skjei and McD.  It's never been this fun this early - oh and they play again in a few minutes.  Go Rangers!

Giants:  The Giants won a game today that they would have lost last year.  I don't know if that's progress or not. The Eagles have a rookie QB who made some early mistakes and gave the Giants a boost.  Still the Giants were plagued by drops as well as predictable play call and a defense that varied between making tough stops, dropping int's, and giving up 30+ yard passes.  The Giants are now 5-3 and haven't played well yet.  Pugh and Cruz got hurt today and I don't know if they have it in them to play well this year.  I guess we'll see.

Knicks: How patient are we prepared to be?  They are now 2 and 4 and either looking good and hard to match up with, or looking totally disorganized.  Today was a game they should have won, but the refs really seemed to have it in for them, especially KP who was red hot to start, scoring 14 points through midway in the first quarter, then getting into ticky tack foul trouble and only finishing with 28 as it took his teammates some time to get him back involved when he could get back in the game.  The starters had left with a 10 point lead and Horny went with 5 backups at a time, wich he hadn't been doing and eventually cost them the lead.  But, the truth is KP is getting better and will continue to as long as the refs and the other Knicks let him, and both Carmelo and Rose both look dangerous.  So, if everyone stays healthy, they could become a problem for other teams.

Yanks: The Yankees added Higgy to the 40 man roster, which is great, because they won't be losing an MLB level catcher in the Rule V, and also, now they don't have to think twice about trading McCann and Romine.  They still have till the 20th to protect more players, so don't count on losing Enns yet.  The GM meetings are coming up, but this past week Cash already said he had talked to every team that's wasn't in the WS, so maybe he's still feeling the hot hand had at the deadline.  Cash also implied it will be all about pitching, though I think unless they find a bargain, they should stick with what they have, and keep the prospects they've already collected.

Let's hope the Rangers keep dominating, the Knicks and Giants improve, and the Yanks don't do anything crazy.  Have a great week.