The New York Rangers have five games remaining in their 2013 NHL regular season, and although all those games are against teams not in a playoff position, none of them will be easy.
As the Philadelphia Flyers proved on April 16, teams relish the opportunity to interfere with a division or conference rival’s plan to reach the postseason, even if they themselves have none.
Furthermore, the lesser team in these particular encounters can be difficult to play against because of the possibility that they play with a reckless abandon. Their season is drawing to a close, and they may be more willing to take certain risks a team in the Rangers’ position would not consider.
So these late-season matchups are nothing to scoff at. If the Rangers think they can come out like they did against Philadelphia in their remaining games, then they should just call it a season now.
The Blueshirts are a team filled with talent from top to bottom, and if they can put together five 60-minute performances, they’ll find themselves in a playoff position.
At this point that seems like a lot to ask for, though. Inconsistency will epito ...
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