tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102291454818563145.post3578107380606098100..comments2023-10-30T10:04:33.980-04:00Comments on Natural Hat Trick Productions: Yotes: Some Words From Our Departed Ranger. . .kelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10263870665506009146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102291454818563145.post-81121494704532950602009-03-15T21:15:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:15:00.000-04:00Allyson: Thank you. On Prucha, that is a great poi...Allyson: Thank you. On Prucha, that is a great point. He is accessible because he's so vulnerable. We've seen him at his best and worst. We've seen him cheer and we've seen him cry. He's real to us.<BR/><BR/>And I really hope that I am wrong about the Rangers and their youth, but it's just a bad pattern I've seen. <BR/><BR/>Kerri: The comment about Jagr and the team is something I think about sometimes too. If there ever was a time we were going to do what Chicago did or Phoenix is doing, it was 05-06. But as I'm sure you agree, I still wouldn't take it back. That was an amazing year.<BR/><BR/>And sports can be painful and cruel, as can life. We saw this. I too cried a bit again after reading this. It's amazing and I'm so happy to have read it, but it brings back all the emotions of why couldn't he have gotten the chance here, where everyone surely wanted it to be. It's just one of the things in life where we'll have to be grateful for what we had.<BR/><BR/>As for the will their be Leetch and Richters - I just don't know. I would hope so. Right now, I can see Hank, if he doesn't demand a trade, staying here for the long haul. And Staal, under the same circumstances. Who knows what will happen, exactly, but I can see one of Dubinsky or Callahan staying, but probably the odds are against both.<BR/><BR/>Look at this team. It's been disbanded and torn apart so much, it's no wonder only Betts, Rozsival and Hank are still around from the start of 2005. That's a depressing reality.<BR/><BR/>I hope it changes someday, I really do. Because despite all the pain they make me endure, I love this team.<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness for those that have the true blue attitude and get to remain.<BR/><BR/>For the others, our dearly departed being the primary example - as it played out, he was never, sadly never, going to get the chance to truly succeed here. It perhaps is rare that they gave him enough of a chance to do what he did for the first two years.<BR/><BR/>But, even though it is painful, and yes, it will continue to be in some ways, we have to think about him and where he's getting a real and true chance.<BR/><BR/>In Phoenix he is playing twenty minutes a night. He is on the powerplay and the penalty kill. In New York, with or without Renney, Pete was not going to ever play the bulk of the minutes or get opportunites to work on differnt aspects of his game. <BR/><BR/>He's still young enough. Think about how much it is helping him grow as a player to see ice in every conceiveable situation. <BR/><BR/>We will always miss him. But he's getting an amazing opportunity. Even if he was sad to leave, he must know that.kelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263870665506009146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102291454818563145.post-20603774599301409152009-03-13T17:21:00.000-04:002009-03-13T17:21:00.000-04:00I loved Mike York, BTW.And as for Ortmeyer... same...I loved Mike York, BTW.<BR/><BR/>And as for Ortmeyer... same deal. I mean, when I was the most upset I could ever have been about Petr Prucha, when I felt like I couldn't get any sadder... the realization of Ortmeyer made me even sadder. Dominick Moore, who commanded a second round pick this trade deadline. And giving up on Jagr, or Shanahan... just why? Why do we have to let everyone we love go?<BR/><BR/>Why do we quit on them? <BR/><BR/>In some ways... I wish Jagr never resurrected this team. I can't help but think that was really our chance to rebuild... and Jagr being such a dominating force took that chance away.<BR/><BR/>I love my draftees. Raised in our system. It's heartbreaking to watch them leave, so much more than any others. <BR/><BR/>Are we ever going to have another Brian Leetch? Mike Ritcher? Guys how started and ended (in Leetch's case, practically and should have ended) in New York?<BR/><BR/>How do you have the audacity to trade away Brian Leetch?<BR/><BR/>And how do you have the audacity to trade away Petr Prucha?<BR/><BR/>It's a fuck you to fans, that's what it is. Excuse my mouth, but that's exactly what it is. We loved Brian Leetch more than... more than anything. And in a smaller way, trading Prucha is exactly the same thing. It's like punching MSG in the collective gut.<BR/><BR/>A perrenial healthy scratch meaning so much... in so many ways, it's so unreal.<BR/><BR/>I'm so happy I read this AFTER the game on Thursday, because I would have cried my head off. <BR/><BR/>“It's great to be in an organization where you feel that they really want you to be [there] and they want you to play.” Ugh. Ugh. UGH! All we wanted was for Prucha to play. All we wanted was for him to get the chance. To hear him say that... ugh. <BR/><BR/>Almost wish he didn't realize. He would have had to have been an idiot to NOT understand, but I hate for him to have bitter feelings about his time here.<BR/><BR/>That stuff on the fans... well isn't that just Petr Prucha in a nutshell? Thinking we, from our cheers and our chants and our Prucha jerseys and our support, we helped keep him in shape? We helped Petr Prucha be what we loved about Petr Prucha?<BR/><BR/>I could go cry again.<BR/><BR/>Don't tell me you miss us, Petr. Because you may miss us, but we miss you more than you could understand.<BR/><BR/><I>His bravest move, a move many admired him for, probably was one of the final that sent him packing. <BR/><BR/>Oh but to get to see that goal, to see he and his teammates exhuberant celebration, and to hear the crowds cheers as the Garden shook that night - I'm not sure I'd take it back. <BR/><BR/>I doubt he would either.</I><BR/><BR/>I love this quote.<BR/><BR/>I've never been so proud of Prucha, when he turned down that conditioning assignment...<BR/><BR/>And then he scored.<BR/><BR/>How could a moment that filled my whole heart up with excitement, and happiness, and love... how could THAT moment lead to his packing, that hurt me so much? Isn't life so...cruel?<BR/><BR/>For me, the best moment of the Rangers season led to the worst moment in my hockey-watching lifetime.<BR/><BR/>"It wasn't my choice but I had to go."<BR/><BR/>That's the worst part.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't his choice, but he had to go.<BR/><BR/>He knew exactly what was going on here, but he didn't want to go anyway.<BR/><BR/>Excuse me, but it's time for a good cry, I think.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181684589030780235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102291454818563145.post-44845353795384806312009-03-13T01:05:00.000-04:002009-03-13T01:05:00.000-04:00Beautifully written, Kels, as usual.I'm totally br...Beautifully written, Kels, as usual.<BR/><BR/>I'm totally brain-dead now so I'll make this short and hopefully add some more thoughts tomorrow. I just wanted to add that I, too, got all choked up when Pru started talking about the fans. It's really humbling for US, to think that we actually had a part in Prucha's determination and never-relenting spirit. <BR/><BR/>There's nothing else to say about that interview, because it's just so...Prucha. So typical, beautiful, heartwrenching Prucha. It's ironic, because a main part of the reason we idolize Prucha and make him out to be this larger-than-life figure is <I>because</I> he's so emotional, so vulnerable, and therefore so accessible to us. It's crazy to think that he feels the same feelings we do too...<BR/><BR/>That's a very sad point you make about the Rangers not being a team that really caters to youth. I hope against hope that that will one day change. :(<BR/>AllysonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com