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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Not completely unedited and uncut....Apr 20, 2006
By Richard A. Harrington
"Rick Harrington"
Clearly 5 stars for the overall quality and packaging of this set (even includes Mark Messier Night as a bonus.) However, I take away a star for the games not being completely uncut (e.g., the end of Game 6 vs. Devils - the skirmish between Anderson & Nichols is edited out.) A relatively minor point perhaps since no game time is lost, but this is still annoying and totally unnecessary. Regardless, a nice and overdue DVD addition to any hockey fan's library--especially Rangers fans! Also, die-hard Ranger fans beware: some games are taken from the ESPN feeds, so no Sam & J.D. Although it is interesting to see and hear these games via a different lens and commentary, I was a bit disappointed in this production choice for some of these games.
16 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 One of the best Stanley Cup moments in NHL historyMar 31, 2006
By N. Durham
"Big Evil"
Mark Messier swore he would give everything he had to bring the Stanley Cup back to New York. In 1994, Messier captained the historic Stanley Cup winning New York Rangers team after guaranteeing the team's Game 7 victory of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils, and facing off against the Vancouver Canucks in the Cup Finals that went all seven games. The team led by Messier and coached by Mike Keenan, included future hall of famers and role players including Brian Leetch, Adam Graves, Mike Richter, Alexi Kovalev, Sergei Zubov, Kevin Lowe, Alexander Karpovtsev, and Jeff Beukeboom; all of whom played extremely important roles in the team's victory. This DVD collection features all the games from the Eastern Conference Finals and the Cup Finals; and every magic moment in between: Stephane Matteau's game winning goal against the Devils, Richter stoning Canucks sniper Pavel Bure in a penalty shot, and Messier hoisting up the Cup with a fan holding a sign saying "Now I Can Die in Peace". It's indeed one of the greatest moments in NHL history, and for Rangers fans, well, you already know that this is a must own.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Should have been fantasticMar 22, 2008
By R. Burden
"righty"
This week, while being home from work, I was able to view the entire 7 game series against the Devils. I haven't seen the final series yet. I enjoyed the entire series although I was a bit disappointed in a number of things regarding this DVD set. Unfortunately for Rangers fans, they use ESPN broadcasts for all but 1 game. The other game they use a Canadian Cable channel broadcast. I'm pretty sure these games were broadcast on the Rangers regular MSG network and that is what should be on these disks. Sam Rosen and John Davidson far surpass the announcer combinations on these disks. I also would have loved to hear the different calls of the Matteau goal at the end of Game 6, especially the famous Howie Rose radio call (Matteau!! Matteau!! Matteau!). There were definite technical difficulties with blurry footage for during some of the games which was very annoying. Plus, I wish they could have included some interviews of former players with their remembrances of each game as well as some pregame and postgame thoughts and interviews. Those would have been a fantastic addition to this series. Those things hold down the number of stars I give to this collection. Otherwise, it was a terrific way to relive the Rangers - Devils series.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
beyond greatSep 14, 2008
By Brian Maitland
First of all, just because this info is missing in the listing, here are the details on the broadcast crews:
NJ-NYR series
Game 1--ESPN 2 w/ Sean McDonough and Brian Engblom.
Game 5--CBC w/ Chris Cuthbert and John Garrett
The rest are ESPN with the annoying Gary "he did it! he did it!" Thorne and Bill Clement.
Van-NYR series
The Final is thankfully all MSG Network feed with Sam "it's a powerplay goal" Rosen and John Davidson. Being a Canuck fan this was heaven not having to listen to the dreadful Bob "where are the Make Belief players?" Cole and Harry "is the bar open?" Neale.
All games axe the commercials and intermissions. the pic quality varies from amazing to the odd times, esp. the ESPN ones, where it's a tad off.
The jackets to each DVD have the scores and stats on them so if you do want to watch this fresh and don't remember the scores of each game, be forewarned. You will learn the score if you glance at the jackets.
Other than that, you know the hockey is great although much of the NJ-NYR series is, to be honest, frankly dull when NJ do the trap especially the overtimes where not much happens. Plus as you watch games 1 thru 5 and even two periods into game 6, you wonder how the NYR ever won this series. The Final is far more entertaining hockey by a country mile.
The bonus DVD on the Cup run has plenty of clips of both the NYR and Van runs to the Final as well as a ton of great I've never seen before behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. They also toss on the Messier Retirement Night (sponsored by Kleenex, as Mike Richter says).
15 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Technical disappointmentJun 06, 2006
By kt
First of all, I'm a Rangers fun. I was looking forward to Messier's 2 disc "collectors" version promoted since last year, which was released this year as a 1 disc rehash. What a disappointment.
Then this Rangers 1994 15 disc set.
As other reviewers mentioned, this is edited game coverage of Conference finals against NJ, and Stanley Cup finals against VAN.
I take one star away because of this cuts.
Once I started to watch the set, I noticed the video quality of several segments are poor in Game 5 and 7 against NJ.
I take another star away.
Then the Game 2 against VAN, what terrible footages in 3rd period! Momentary black outs. Worst one lasting about one second.
I can't believe they release this kind of poor footages for hefty price.
As a die hard Ranger fan, I want NHL production or WB to replace those defective footages and send to us without charge.
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