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* I’m sure that’s exactly how Alain Vigneault wanted to celebrate his two-year extension, with his team playing the first 40 minutes as though they didn’t know there was a game Tuesday night. This has become something of a theme this year, no? The Rangers using the first
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* This is the third installment of “trust the process not the result” that probably could have had a couple more but sometimes I forget this is an option. Basically, for those who are new to the game, this is saying “the Rangers played really well, deserved to win and lost
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* That’s a perfect game to highlight three things: 1) just how much the defense has left Henrik Lundqvist out to dry this year, 2) that Lundqvist is slowly working himself back into form, and 3) that anyone complaining about Lundqvist’s demise hit the panic button way too soon
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* What an astoundingly boring hockey game. For a Sunday matinee on NBC against two teams that had at least provided some excitement the last couple of times they’ve played each other, that was brutal. Even so, the Rangers were pretty thoroughly dominated in shots, scoring chances and expected goals.
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* The Rangers were coming off a three-game losing streak that’s had everyone questioning everything. Alain Vigneault was at a loss to the media. Henrik Lundqvist was spitting fire after the games. Derek Stepan was talking about how embarrassing the Rangers’ effort was. It was a dark time, and to
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* Look, every team is going to have games like that. Every Stanley Cup winner throws up laughers, lays eggs and craps the bed. For Stanley Cup contenders, however, those moments are rarities on a landscape filled with gutsy wins, clutch performances and statement wins. I think we can all agree
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* It is possible for the two segments in the headline to both be true. One can exist with the other, even though by their own very nature they seem to be polar opposites. On one hand the Rangers dug out of a two-goal hole twice, tied the game, killed off
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* That was a bizarre game in almost every sense of the word. The Rangers went through spells where they were easily the most dominant team on the ice, and then stretches where they were by far the worst. Overall the possession game was pretty evenly split between both sides, but,
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* That couldn’t have been a better return for Henrik Lundqvist. Expectations were manipulated to be sky high, and he somehow answered the call. I wrote about how Lundqvist doesn’t have a bar to reach for because he happens to be the bar, and that’s exactly what he
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* One obligatory podcast note: The show will be at 9 p.m. tonight rather than 8. I have a work thing I have to go to because we don’t have enough money in the Patreon for me to buy that island yet. If you can’t catch it live
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* All things consisted, that's both a hell of an effort and a hell of a win. The Rangers were down three very notable forwards (Rick Nash, Pavel Buchnevich and Mika Zibanejad), a solid contributor (Jimmy Vesey) and Matt Pumpel; a series of circumstances that required call ups to
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* The only true positive to losing to the Islanders is that it creates such venom within the fanbase it might actually wake some people up. The Rangers weren't even particularly bad last night. They were down two forwards and Halak played out of his mind. That's