The Waiting Is Over....NYR in the Playoffs!

[wh1t3bread]

FINALLY!

It's been a long time since the 1996-1997 season, especially for a Ranger fan (being a Mets & Jets fan also doesn't help). This is a team that all the so called "experts" picked to finish at the bottom of the East (although the consensus at the time around these boards was that prediction was a joke, much like Darcy Tucker).

I can't believe I'm going to say this...but Glen Sather deserves alot of credit. He had a Marlins-esque firesale pre-strike and collected a bunch of draft picks. He smartly built the team around the league's best player, Jagr, by adding practically half the Czech national team. And then on top of that he brought in a coach who actually knows how to coach.

Going into the playoffs with Jagr & Company and having Lundqvist as the backstop excites me. Locking up the division and getting home-ice will be the key to any Rangers playoff run.

I'm not delusional, I'm not expecting a Stanley Cup (although that would be nice). The Rangers are a little bit banged up right now. The power play has done diddly-do lately and their record against the other 7 teams likely to make the playoffs isn't spectacular (15-12-6). But I'm still excited.

So...

Lets Go Rangers!



P.S.

Potvin Sucks!

[Triumph36]

I don't think Sather has much to do with the daily operation of the franchise anymore - I think Maloney is running things back there.

Rangers could be one and done if they face New Jersey, who matches up against them very well. If they get Montreal or Tampa Bay I think they will advance. Same with Buffalo, who is falling apart in the later half of the season.

[wh1t3bread]

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I don't think Sather has much to do with the daily operation of the franchise anymore - I think Maloney is running things back there.


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This may very well be the case. Although I don't think anyone knows for sure.

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Rangers could be one and done if they face New Jersey, who matches up against them very well. If they get Montreal or Tampa Bay I think they will advance. Same with Buffalo, who is falling apart in the later half of the season.

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If I had to pick one of these teams I'd rather the Rangers not face in round 1, I think I would also pick the Devils (even though the Rangers have had alot of success against them so far this year). Montreal with as hot as they have been lately is a close second.

[Hornacek]

GL in the East. We'll be waiting in the Cup Finals.

[wh1t3bread]

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GL in the East. We'll be waiting in the Cup Finals.


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An original 6 Stanley Cup Finals matchup would be pretty cool actually, as long as the Rangers won of course. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[nyc999]

Hopefully they'll play like the pre-Olympic break Rangers, and not the team on the ice over the past month.

[Triumph36]

Montreal's hot but I just don't think they're that great. Huet has been on fire but this guy has some Ceckmanek moments too. Tampa Bay would be an ideal matchup for the Rangers - they're backing into the playoffs and have no goaltending and a lackluster defense.

Montreal has a decent team but there's nothing about them that makes you think, 'oh [censored], I don't want to face their offense/defense/goaltending'.

[Wes Mantooth]

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GL in the East. We'll be waiting in the Cup Finals.



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red wings have had a good season... but it does help having the Blues, Bluejackets and Blackhawks in the same division.

[junglewarfare]

I plan on promptly jumping on this bandwagon.

[4 High]

RANGERS SUCK!!!

Only team i could possibly hate as much as the scumbag yankees are the Rangers.