That's the team we seen overall under Tortorella

The league suspended Tortorella for Game 6, and the coach's behavior provided a spark for the Caps to win the last two games of the series that helped them advanced to the next round.The Rangers believed a training camp would get the players to adapt to Tortorella's style of play, but that hasn't been the case. They started off well in October, but since then, they sputtered offensively, and the losses showed up as a result of their struggles.The Blueshirts played the Islanders tonight at Madison Square Garden in a home-to-home series that ends tomorrow night at NassauColiseum.Nothing changed for them in this contest. Their goaltender kept his team in the game yet the team failed to support him with goals.The Islanders threw pucks at HenrikLundqvist for the first two periods of the game, and they created many scoring chances that could have been 3-0 late in the second period, butLundqvist made some saves that featured a save of Frans Neilsen's attempted shorthand goal.It's not like the Islanders are an offensive juggernaut so the Rangers could have tied the game if they generated offense in the Islanders zone to start the third period, but nothing worked for them.The Islanders took a 2-0 lead with 4:50 remaining in the game and by then it was a lost cause for the Rangers. The Rangers scored a meaningless goal late when the game was decided.Typical Rangers. They find ways to outsmart themselves yet they start to play well when the game was about to be over.That's the team we seen overall under Tortorella.

In other words, it's no different than it was under Tom Renney.The bombastic Rangers head coach indirectly called out Renney in September for not properly conditioning his players when he talked about why the team struggled offensively, but looking back, it's time to realize this team does not have the players to win games in the regularseason and in the postseason.Outside of Marian Gaborik, no Ranger scares the other team when it comes to scoring.It's like these guys just pass instead of shooting the puck and when they shoot the puck, it hits the crease or the goal posts. We saw several Rangers hit the goal post in the second period tonight.The Rangers failed to dictate the tempo from start to finish. That's not what Tortorella likes to see.Where is Barry Beck when we need him He would be rolling over his grave seeing this show every night.Chris Drury, Vinny Prospal, Brandon Dubinsky and Chris Higgins were supposed to be guys that would flourish under Tortorella's system, but that hasn't been the case.Drury has scored only two goals this season, and has none in 19 games.Prospal started off well, but since then, has scored zero goals in 11 games.Dubinsky played like he has been a bust after signing a long-term extension.Higgins has not made everyone forget Scott Gomez. Tortorella and the players can talk about how they are work in progress, and how it's all about will, but at some point, they have to realize they are not good.One senses Tortorella acts like a beaten man in press conferences. Besides his press conference after the game, he does not have the strength to go scream and call out his players.He realizes there's no point of doing that with him having nothing to work with.This team playedmediocre in recent years because they don't have a legitimate playmaker.They will be in the playoff race all year since the Eastern Conference is nothing special, but it's hard to think they will do much in the playoffs.It's a shame to see this team charge ridiculous prices for tickets when the product is boring to watch whether it's at the game or on the TV set.With what's going on, it's no wonder why the Rangers areirrelevant in this market when it comes to the sports chain here. . What Would be the 2009 NCAA Football First Round Pairings IF THERE WERE A PLAYOFF!Since there are no many great ideas out there we decided to take it a little further and flesh it out.

16 West Virginia - We give Alabama a home game against West Virginia which keeps this an all East Coast match up. The winner advances to the Sugar Bowl and would spend the traditional week at the Sugar Bowl site leading up to the game.No 8 Ohio State Vs No. 9 Georgia Tech - This game is played in Orlando at the Capital One Bowl Site, but is not the actual bowl. The teams would both come in the standard 36 hours before the game. The game would be market as an additional game to the traditional Capital One Bowl. Both teams get to travel to Florida primarily because they are middle pack teams and middle pack teams travel in the Gridiron Gauntlet.Fiesta Bowl BracketNo 5 TCU Vs No. 12 LSU - This game is played at the traditional Cotton Bowl site and does reward TCU for a fine season. The pairing acknowledges that the TCU schedule was easier then Florida's, thus the higher rating for one loss Florida who lost only to No. 1 Alabama. We did want to keep TCU as close to home as possible, so in reality this is really a home game for the Horned Frogs.No 4 Cincinnati Vs No. number two Big 10 Penn State. This game could set up a classic match up of No 4 Cincinnati Vs No. 15 Miami (FL) - This game rewards Texas for a great season and requires Miami to travel several time zones. The winner goes to Texas' home away from home lately the Rose Bowl. We are disappointed we cannot keep the traditional Big 10 Vs.