Rangers vs. Devils ~ Eastern Conference Championship

From the desks of:   RAISE GRESCH WITH THE GREATS
and THE BRICK CITY DEMONS

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE  ~  2012 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

THE BATTLE OF THE HUDSON

Reular Season:
I -  NYR 4; NJD 1
II  -  NJD 4; NYR 3
III  -  NJD 1; NYR 0
IV  -  NYR 2; NJD 0
V  -  NJD 4; NYR 1
VI  -  NYR 4; NJD 2

TONIGHT

GAME ONE

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

vs.

NEW YORK RANGERS

From

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
33rd Street at 7th Avenue

NYC

Devils Fans..., I have been good to you.  This blog IS good to you and to your team.  You can not deny me - the Brooklyn Trolley Blogger has treated you and your team well.  I do what I can.  Additionally, I have no hate for the Devils like I might harbor against the Islanders.  And I guess that is directly attributable to the fact the Rangers did in fact beat the Devils in 1994, and not the other way around.  And what's there to be bitter about anyway?  Since then you guys won three Cups to our one.


To so many though, all that matters is indeed 1994 - the last time these teams met in the Eastern Conference Championship Round.  Martin Brodeur is the only one returning from that series eighteen years ago.  And over the last two days, Brodeur has made it very clear, he has no particular like of the New York Rangers, nor of the city, or even us fans.  And well, that's good.  Let's ratchet up the hate then, okay there Maaaaarty?


In 1982-1983, I was one of those who was more intrigued than anything by the arrival of the former Kansas City Scouts/Colorado Rockies organization, and thereby giving the NYC area a third NHL team.  But the time has come for me to get back in my foxhole and engage in battle against you....again.  That's just the way it is.  So let's just go to our neutral corners and come out fighting when the bell rings, okay?


But I don't mean that literally. I do not see any of the hostilities which boiled over in the last regular season meeting between us, spilling over into Game One.  But the Dueling Coaches are a great backdrop though.  Aren't they?  -   Selective Memory vs. Just Shut Up.   Classic!  There's no secret to me either.  I am a Tortorella Ork.  I will blindly grunt and battle for him.  But I like your guy Peter DeBoer too.  I think he's a damn good coach for the Devils.  And like some, I feel like he got shafted by Florida.  But that's the Panthers' loss, on two counts.  The rest of the series remains to be seen.  However, both teams have reminded everyone listening or watching on TV - No, there is no love lost between them.  Henrik said it too.  So Let's Get it On!


There is nothing that will change about the Rangers with regard to the way they played the Devils during their six regular season meetings, with regard to the way they played the Ottawa Senators, and about how they played against the Capitals.  Rangers Hockey is an open book.  No mysteries here.  We are going to try and physically beat you at home, then try going into The Rock in Newark, and grind it into fine sand.  And we are going to try to do that, with good old fashioned hard work.  The thing about hard work and resiliency is, it doesn't matter if you see it coming.  Rangers Hockey is methodical and uncompromising like an iceberg.


The Devils on the other hand, nearly shot themselves in the foot against the Florida Panthers.  New Jersey made that series closer than it needed to be.  Rather than getting outplayed by Florida, New Jersey diverted a vast amount of playing time to visit the penalty box.  But the Devils outplayed their mis-steps.


Against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Devils played far more disciplined hockey, and limited themselves to just a scattered penalty here and there.  The longer New Jersey stayed out of the box, the better they played as the series wore on.  Philadelphia was a wildly inconsistent team however, thrown off their game by the Devils' discipline which Perter DeBoer stressed upon his team.


Unlike the Rangers, there is no mistaking the Devils ability to score in bunches.  But the New York Rangers possess the number one defense in Hockey.  Therefore, look for another tight, seven game series, with both team's skills sets meeting somewhere in the middle.


Rangers Fans, we know what's up by now.  And for you Devils Fans, I'd say things are set up rather appropriately for the very possible - Marty's Revenge.


Time to drop the puck!


LETS GO RANGERS!





Mike.BTB

Hot Pastrami, Baseball and Peace? Sounds like a Trolley Ride.

Brooklyn; BTB -   Hot Pastrami, Baseball and...Peace?

Do you need mood management? ..An attitude adjustment? ..A reality check?  Or do you just need to learn how to play and get along better with others? What ever your social dysfunctions or the civic diseases afflicting you, come to Brooklyn. We'll fix it. We have 2.5 million qualified attitude adjusters with experience in diagnosing and treating your neighborly malfunctions. You got a problem? We'll take a whack at it!

Brooklyn IS the most diverse place in this great country of ours.  I dare say it is the most diverse 70 square miles on the planet.  So if anyone can add something constructive to the Tolerance Debate, it's us.
We live it. 

That's right.  You want to bring peace to groups that have been in conflict for my entire lifetime and longer?  Bring 'em to Brooklyn.

Unrest, distress, mistrust and violence in the Middle East have been among the longest continuous memory-streams of my lifetime; as long as my stream of consciousness for Baseball is.  And violence over what?  Both sides have made their case.  There are valid questions and complicated answers.  But that is not for this post.  But the following blog entry is proof, Peace, is not out of the question.

So what does it take?  Hot Pastrami!  ...And Baseball!  ...And a Brooklyn frame of mind.

Climb aboard the Trolley folks; 1930's here we come.

That's when Esther and Paul ADELMAN opened their original Kosher Deli in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, B'klyn.  The deli was sold and subsequently closed by 1981.  While Esther and Paul were still owners they had an employee, an Italian gentleman named Anthony Papeo.  Anthony entered into a partnership and in 1979 opened up a second ADELMAN's Kosher Deli on King's Highway in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, which is also a predominantly Jewish neighborhood adjoining Boro Park.  By 1986 Anthony was the sole owner of Adelman's.  In 1986, Anthony hired a new employee; Mohamed Salem who was an immigrant Muslim from Egypt.  Twenty years later in 2006, Mohamed Salem became owner of ADELMAN's Kosher Deli and Restaurant.

I invite you to read a neat and engaging article from the NY Post archives that covered the transfer of ownership; some of his reflections into the conflict between two traditional rivals and about the relationship he shares with his patrons.

New York Post article/a>

If you read the article, that, in a nutshell, is Brooklyn. 

To call yourself a real Brooklynite means refusing to be ignorant of the differences in culture,

heritage or nationalities....and respecting them OR at the very least;  exercising tolerance.

But world peace is something much bigger than this blog can tackle. 
I'm just your friendly neighborhood TrolleyBlogger. 

Today I bring you a favorite staple of any red-blooded Brooklynite;
the Kosher Deli.

We're pulling up to:

ADELMAN's KOSHER DELI and Restaurant

1906 King's Highway, off Ocean Avenue,

Midwood, Brooklyn

http://adelmanskosherdeli.com/

Me?  I'm nuts for this place and so is my wife!  It's a mere two neighborhoods over from home.

Hot pastrami, corned beef, hot dogs, knishes, soups...Fugheddaboudit!!

They got it all and then some. 

One of my all-time favorites are the potato pancakes with apple sauce. 

WHAT!?

Did I mention the salad bar was free?  Yea!  sick...I know!

It's not just the food either.  Sitting here is like sitting in the cafeteria at the Hall of Fame.  All the cover-able wall space is adorned with sports memorabilia; most of it autographed.  There's something for all sports fans on their walls.  Sure, the items are mostly NYC centric, but there is a lot more to satisfy all fans while taking in an excellent brunch, lunch or dinner.

The Brooklyn Dodgers are alive and well in Adelman's; like all the other places I've taken you to.
That team is still here and very real to us.  If you come here looking for them,
you're not going to find 'em.
You wouldn't know how to detect it.  But when you learn how to tap into it, it's marvelous how the team surrounds us.  Do you want to know why the old NY Giants
don't get as much speak around this town?
Simple...They weren't from this side of the East River.

1957

1949

Here's the rest of Adelman's Baseball Collection.

On behalf of us baseball fans, We Thank You.

1986

There is more memorabilia of Football, Hockey and Boxing.

These are just a few offerings.

Super Bowl XXI

1994 Stanley Cup

And finally something I think made everyone feel good if you were around to see it.

1980 Olympic Hockey Team

Katz might be the most famous Jewish Deli in NYC,

but the one we got here in Brooklyn is the best!

And their name is ADELMAN's!

Oy!  Fugheddaboudit.
If Baseball,
a good Knish and a hot dog with mustard and onions
 can't get people to chill out,
What Will?

I hope you enjoyed the TrolleyRide everyone; courtesy of Mohamed Salem;

a true Brooklynite, my neighbor and owner of

ADELMAN's KOSHER DELI

This very old clock says it's time to go.

Happy Pastrami, Baseball and hopefully Peace everyone.

Mike

BTB

You know I always like to incorporate different parts of Brooklyn on these Trolley Rides.
As the extra add-on I thought I'd take you to a little sleepy water front neighborhood
on the south side called
RED HOOK.

Some of the local urban art.

Al Capone was baptized here.

BTB

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