Rangers Live On

What a game. Playoff hockey, playoff atmosphere and end to end stuff. Last nights game was everything you could have hoped for and another occasion our favourite team infuriated me. Again, The Rangers played well offensively, matched their opponents energy and never gave up. Had they done this a few weeks ago I think we’d be arguing over 6th seed rather than potential tee off times.

Last night offered a big glimpse into the future. The games right now are do or die and despite being on the 4th line Anisimov is finding a way to contribute. His goal was a thing of beauty, patience and skill. This kid has the game and skill set to do very well in this league and is making plays at the most important time of year for his team.  Gold. His line mate Brandon Prust had a great game and seems to be the most gifted (offfensively) enforcer we’ve had in along time. He can win fights and he can make the occasional play and he hits… Rangers fans, this should be our guy next year.

As with AA, Mike Del Zotto, at this point in the year, has really found his game again and is playing like he did in October/November. He is making plays, running the PP and is playing better defensively too. This kid is really stepping up. Im so excited to see this kid when he matures. People have really forgotten about Bobby Sanguinetti havent they?

Chris Drury; can we call him clutch again? maybe its too soon for that but he was where he needed to be when he scored.  His job is to get to the front and score dirty goals and he can do it well. That goal preserved this teams playoff hopes. Sean Avery had another good game, was engaged and was a thorn in the Devils side. If he plays like this every game we have to be happy. Alot of key players for the future contributed last night. Lets hope their contributions also extend the present. Last night was a playoff game in many ways, will it be the last this year?