Teams in various sports have a tendency to burn themselves out in one playoff series and then have nothing left in the tank to continue on to the next level of the playoffs, let alone win championships. Apparently, the New Jersey Devils have confused winning the postseason Hudson River Rivalry over the New York Rangers is akin to winning the …
This time last week, the New York Rangers sat pretty high and mighty with a 2-0 advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against their local rivals, the New Jersey Devils. And why not? Coming off identical 5-1 wins, everything was happening at the right time for the Blueshirts. And then a funny thing happened on the …
What a week this has been in the NHL. Yes, the playoffs are here, and all bets are off. Nobody cares what you did in the regular season – this is the Stanley Cup playoffs, and you better show up ready to play or get ready to go home. For the New Jersey Devils, things look, well, bleak. Forget about the 112 …
If you are a New York Rangers fan, life is pretty good at this moment. Two games into the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and guess what -the Blueshirts are up 2-0 and dominating their rivals, the New Jersey Devils. Even more importantly, the Rangers look like the team they should have been this past season. Better late than …
In what can be considered a gross understatement, the New Jersey Devils should receive a trophy as the turnaround team in the NHL this past season. With an improvement of 25 more wins and 49 more total points from 2021-22 to 2022-23, the Devils finished up this year comfortably in second place in the Metropolitan Division. They were one of the most …
For New York hockey fans, things cannot get any better. With all three area teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs this season, what could be even more exciting right now? The answer can be found in the fact that the New York Rangers are playing the New Jersey Devils right out of the gate in the first round of the playoffs in …
Well, it’s that time of year when the NHL regular season winds down but now the fun begins -the Stanley Cup playoffs are only a week away. With the last games being played, the big question that Rangers’ fans need to ask is who the Blueshirts will play in the first round of the postseason? The finals days of the NHL season. …
The NHL season is in its waning days and the New York Rangers sit comfortably in third place in the Metro Division with a convincing lead over wild card-contenders New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. Things are working out just like the script was written in the pre-season, right? Except the Rangers may have to face their local rivals (and …
If the NHL season ended today, the New York Rangers would of course find themselves in the Stanley Cup playoffs and right now it’s only a matter of which wild card teams will represent the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. Nonwithstanding a total collapse in their final games, the Blueshirts sit comfortably in third place in the Metro Division heading …
As the NHL regular season begins the final wind down to the playoffs, it’s time to take stock on where each team in the Metro Division stands and what (if any) postseason chances do they have to lift the Stanley Cup come this June? The NHL power rankings and the overall standings paint a telling story on who’s moving up …
