The Rangers’ big guns played on the perimeter in the last five games, waiting for someone to get them the puck. How a player like Artemi Panarin, who makes $11.5 million, can sit on the bench in the crucial fifth game, see his team getting outshot 20-2 in the third period and hardly break a sweat is sickening. Fred MacDonald's column appears every Saturday in The Guardian. In the four losses to the Devils, the Rangers scored just two goals, and one couldn’t find many of New York’s stars with a searchlight. I have seen heartless teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs before, but this Rangers’ club takes the cake. The Devils won the next two at Madison Square Garden (MSG) and suddenly the momentum swung in New Jersey’s favour.
They played two perfect games, and NYR faithful were calling for a four-game sweep. For the record, I did not expect New York to get past New Jersey, which was much faster and quicker in regular-season games, and I didn’t like their Stanley Cup chances.Īfter the first two games, the Rangers looked like the better team.
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