Rock Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 GEG LINE HAS DEVS ROLLING http://www.nypost.com/sports/devils/16437.htm (I thought it was the same article as yesterday) By MARK (N)Єverson February 23, 2004 -- In their weekend of wonder, the Stanley Cup champs again resembled contenders, a team worth tweaking. Suddenly paced by their GEG Line(He's the only local writer who is using GEG, perhaps he is still still pretending he's covering the Rangers years ago when their GAG[Goal-A-Game] line was playing.), whose two goals in yesterday's 3-1 victory over Calgary makes seven in two days, the Devils' hopes have revived. That means they'll need to be reinforced, particularly with Scott Stevens' return in doubt. With the early big fish (Alexei Zhamnov) hauled in by their challengers down the Turnpike, the Devils are now said to be trade trolling in the second wave. They may be turning from trying to land Sergei Gonchar, whose pricetag is said to be growing daily, to fellow Caps defenseman Brendan Witt. And with center Zhamnov gone to Philly, there were rumbles yesterday that they may be trying to acquire Chris Gratton from Phoenix. For the moment, the Devils are basking in a weekend of outscoring the Rangers and Flames by a 10-4 margin, and by the emergence of Scott Gomez, Patrik Elias and Brian Gionta as a threesome worthy of a name after only seven games together. Elias had two goals yesterday, giving him four, with two assists, in two days. Gomez assisted on both for a seven-point weekend, and points on 11 of the Devils' last 17 goals. "We've had moments like this in the past, but we're starting to realize that to be successful, all three of us have to be going," Gomez said. This latest threesome, created when Gionta joined Elias and Gomez, has speed, agility and finesse. They lack size, but they were playing big yesterday. Elias put the Devils in front 4:48 into play, snapping a scorcher from the right circle over the waffle of Mikka Kiprusoff. Calgary tied the score 5:09 into the second on Chuck Kobasew's fourth, a power-play rebound. Only 1:41 after the Devils handily killed off Colin White's cross-checking major, a retaliation on Denis Gauthier for cross-checking Jay Pandolfo head-first into the side boards, Elias resumed his assault on 30 goals, a level no Devil has reached the past two seasons. Elias' winner was a thing of beauty, a four-pass, rink-length play that resulted in his 25th at 16:06 of the second. David Hale whipped the puck up to Scott Niedermayer near the red line, and Niedermayer relayed to Jamie Langenbrunner on left wing. A quick feed to Gomez in the right circle led to a quicker one to Elias at the left post for the back-door goal. Turner Stevenson added an empty-netter with 13.7 seconds left. "The word of the day is consistency," Pat Burns said. "You can't win one big game and blow the next one." * Mike Rupp was scratched for second straight game, Igor Larionov playing instead . . . Devils play host to Sabres Wednesday and Thrashers Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizDevil30 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 "The word of the day is consistency," Pat Burns said. "You can't win one big game and blow the next one." A knock on the Rangers? Sure sounds like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteyvegas Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 he's absolutely playing off the GAG line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJayDevil Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Who was on the GAG Line for the Rags? Goal-Every-Game is good, but I do like the EGG Line. It was created here, it's better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Ratelle.... Rod Gilbert.... and, ugh, I'm losing face as trivamaster.... drawing a blank. The difference between GAG-line and GEG-line is that gag-line is actually a word. It is synonymous with "punch line", as in a joke. GEG doesn't mean anything other than being the airport code for Spokane, Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteyvegas Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Hadfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteyvegas Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Gilbert and Vickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Nah. This is from nhlalumni.com: "Rod Gilbert, who along with Ratelle and Vic Hadfield formed the Rangers' formidable GAG (Goal-A-Game) line, has nothing but praise for the native of Lace Ste. Jean, Quebec." I got 2 out of 3 for 1 point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizDevil30 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Don, you get all the points. I mean who else here knew that the code for Spokane's airport is GEG? Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 I could have answered it but I just didn't feel like it. I'm hockey'd out. Must have something to do with my team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Posted February 24, 2004 Author Share Posted February 24, 2004 Perhaps if Dale Rolfe didn't shoot a puck off his teammate Jean Rattele's skate, breaking his foot. The finals would have been a lot closer in 1972. Rattele was back for the finals, but was still not completely healed. The results might have been different if Rattele was healthy and........ oh........... the other team didn't have #4 Bobby............ what was his name?..................... ORR that's it! playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Perhaps if Dale Rolfe didn't shoot a puck off his teammate Jean Rattele's skate, breaking his foot. The finals would have been a lot closer in 1972. Rattele was back for the finals, but was still not completely healed. The results might have been different if Rattele was healthy and........ oh........... the other team didn't have #4 Bobby............ what was his name?.....................ORR that's it! playing. My Dad's mentioned that a few times. He would know since he was a season ticket holder and watched as Boston skated around with the Cup . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Suddenly paced by their GEG Line(He's the only local writer who is using GEG, perhaps he is still still pretending he's covering the Rangers years ago when their GAG[Goal-A-Game] line was playing.) I think I've figured it out. He finally realized that he's not very highly thought of in hockey circles, so he's trying to pound this through in hopes that his name will be connected with something other than outlandish rumors and the phrase "massive fraud". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Brodeur30 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 His articles are good to take to the bathroom with me. Cause they only serve one purpose. If you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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