Were we screwed out of the game? Yeah, probably. Have the refs been trying to give games to the Sabres? No.

While the reffing on that 1 play where Isbister was incorrectly (or softly if you will) called for goaltending interference to disallow a goal was horrid, the reffing en masse was actually quite good. Although I couldnt see the Betts penalty on replay, I will trust that it was a good call because I feel theyve made some good calls all game long.

Were both Sabres goals legit? Absolutely. They played well for those 2 plays and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Thats what good teams do, and nobody has ever said they arent a good team.

Now all we have to do is be the 1. By being the 1, I am talking about being the approximately 1 in 5 teams that lose a game 5 that come back to win a series. Its possible, but its unlikely. Either way, how can you not be proud of these guys? Win or lose they give you everything they have, they never say die, and they are classy as classy can be (sans Avery). I look forward to game 6, but more importantly for me, I smile at the bright future ahead of us.

-Inferno

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Lets see, bad call to take away a goal? Check

Giving up a goal with the win within grasp? Check

Going to overtime? Check.

Ive been a Ranger fan my whole life. I am not surprised they scored there, its just what I expect to happen cheering for this franchise my entire life. We are just snake bitten.

Although this is going to overtime, it isnt over….even if we lose. Weve proved we can play these guys, and we can beat these guys.

Lets recover and play hard.

-Inferno

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Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh.

I dont know if they showed it on the MSG feed, but on the VS feed, Jagr looked hurt. REAL bad. He could barely lift his left over the lip to get into the bench area for intermission. He’s hurt bad. I just hope its something like a charlie horse, but his reaction wasnt that of intense pain (what you expect from a charlie horse) it was that of being unable to move his leg properly. I think it was his left leg, but i am not positive.

We played much better in that period, but it will all be for naught if Jaromir can’t play.

-Inferno

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I am scared. I’ve been nervous all throughout this series, but I dont know if I have been scared as I am now. Why am I scared? I think the Sabres have figured out how to defeat our trap. Or at least for 20 of the past 40 minutes, theyve done it with relative ease. Once these guys get past our trap, they are just smoking us with some pretty moves. I think what they are doing is keeping a guy deep near OUR blueline all the time and daring the Rangers to send in their defenseman to create numbers in the offensive zone. If the Rangers do it and dont score or control the puck, the Sabres have a ready made breakaway/numbers. A few times I even saw them leave 2 guys up high. Very strange to see a team play so risky defensively to try to generate offense. Rangers have to be smart and make sure their D is staying back and not falling for the bait and trying to pinch in and help the offense. If we can do that, we should be able to keep this one close.

So yeah, I am still really scared.

-Inferno

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