One thing that concerns me

Chuck......when you dance you do go round and round.
Settle down.............the horses have not hit the final turn. LOL

 

The Caps are more mentally stable with Trotz and better overall on defense with Orpik and Nisk.

 

That was a solid win by the Pens last night. After losing 3 straight they were due. And the Blues on the 2nd night of a back to back didn't show.

The Met is crazy tight. 4 teams are within 5 points of each other. No division is as close. Going to be a crazy finish in the Met. One team will be a WC.

And with Boston falling apart, Florida and Philly and even Ottawa have snuck back into the battle for the 2nd WC.

Crazy stuff...

 

MDZ getting it done for us with the winning goal late against the Caps. Good to see. He also made about 5 D zone mistakes prior to that, but he does have 7 goals now.

Good for us. And Philly is right there for the 2nd WC now. Since the Bruins have fallen off a cliff, 6 straight L's and 7 could be at the Hawks today, the Flyers may sneak in. Both WC's may come from the Met.

Crazy that we are tied with the Caps, but have 4 huge games in hand, and despite playing 4 less games we own the ROW TB already.

 

I doubt Philly will make it as WC. Their D sucks. MDZ is one of their top d-men...LOL
I think the Bruins will pick it up. They are too good of team not to make it as WC.

 

And I agree Step. Still think Boston is the team. They are taking it to the Hawks today. Based on talent alone they are the best team in the 2nd WC hunt. I don't trust that Philly D and Florida is a nice story, but they are too young and need some more talent/experience.

Thing with Boston is if they get in, they can be dangerous. Those top teams would much rather see Florida get in.

 

I agree, I would not want to face Rask and the Bruins in the first round. That's 7 game series written all over it.

 

Bottom line is all of these series will be tough but very entertaining series that the rangers can win or lose. Despite our success recently with the pens I never look forward to playing a team that has crosby and malkin and the magical effect they seem to have on the officials. (still shaking my head on that recent penalty crosby was in the box for a few seconds on before he magically was taken out by the refs and penalty rescinded.)

 

With the Caps losing today, and the Isles down 3-0 against Vancouver right now, this is a great shot for us tonight. Come out ready to play and take it to a team that played last night.

Could be a very good day for us if we win.