This Week on the Blog

Put this off most of the weekend because of the unusual scheduling that had our Giants, Rangers and Knicks all playing at roughly the same time this afternoon/evening my time.  Amazingly, the Giants, Rangers and Knicks all posted signature wins and this week is off to an amazing start.  And Mariano was at the Giant game and was their honorary captain, so all our teams were in on it today.  Also, this must be the start of an amazing week for all of us, because when else has this happened?  Let's get down to cases.

Giants: the Giants D is now playing better than it has since Spags 1.  Those of us who wondered if Spags could still coach D at an elite level have got our answer and it's a big fat hell yeah!   Janoris Jenkins was amazing tonight and has really made huge strides this year after seeming to breakout and earn the big contract last year.   Vernon was great, too, as we Landon, and Okwara may be our latest ringer.  They gave up some runs to the JPP side, but not enough to hurt them. Owa was out, too, but they still somehow held the Cowboys to 7 points.  Amazing.  Meanwhile, on O, Eli was again shakey and big drops from OBJ and Cruz held down the Giants' chances.  If they can clean up the drops, and Eli gets back to what he's been the past two years, the Giants might actually have a run in them.   Sounds crazy, but there are some similarities to past Giant teams that have gone on runs.

Rangers: The Rangers are down 4 top forwards: Buch, Mika, Nash and Pumpel.  That's more than most teams can handle, but the Rangers, with Raanta in net again, just won their third straight and second straight shutout by thrashing the Devils 5-0.  Kreider, Skjei, Miller (all Ranger first roung picks) then Pirri and Vesey (both for this past offseason) scored the goals.  The call ups, Hrivik and Jensen have been close, and playing so well the Rangers waived Jooris, who was picked up by Az.  We'll see how long they ride with the hot hand in Raanta, but they should start getting some of the missing forwards back.  They could still use help on D.

Knicks:  KP had been in the tank since the first Minny game.  This weekend it was learned that he had tweaked his knee at some point, but he wasn't using that as an excuse.  Tonight he didnt need one as he went for 26, 12, and 7 blocks against the Lakers.  KOQ was out, but Billy Hernangomez pitched in with 6, 12 and 2 blocks of his own.  Rose, who had missed the last two, was on fire and the Knicks were also helped by Jennings and Melo.  We've been calling them a work in progress, and this work is progressing!  They're on a little run now, and if KP is over his knee, this could be the most fun we've had since Linsanity.  Good times.   They still need to consistently pick up their D.

Yanks: Pretty sure the Yanks are going to trade Gardy.  Don't know when, but I think they will.  I also think there's about a 20 per cent of a big surprise trade.  Don't know why I think this, but I do.  We'll see.

So those of you who can, head to the track this week!  Our luck is finally back!  Have a great one!