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Rangers Continue to Disappoint & Struggle

by Patrick Hoffman on 01/26/10 at 11:03 AM ET
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I unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), was not around to watch the New York Rangers lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-2 last night at Madison Square Garden.

I know that Artem Anisimov had two goals for the Blueshirts and some dude named Chris Conner had two goals for the Penguins. I also know that the Rangers continued to struggle and managed to fall to eighth place in the Eastern Conference with the loss last night.

Hockey pundits and fans alike know how important getting points at this time of year is. We stress it over and over again and with good reason, considering that the Olympic break is coming up and then after that, April will be here before we know it.

The question is where will the Rangers be when all is said and done?

If they keep playing like this, they will be where they belong, which is out of the playoffs. However, string some wins together here and there and avoid letdowns, and the team will be singing a much different tune.

It’s always the same story for the Blueshirts and I am sure that most of you are pretty tired of hearing it. May be the story will be different tomorrow night as the team gets set to take on the Carolina Hurricanes at the Garden.

Then again, may be it won’t and we’ll have to read post-game blogs like this one from our good friend, Scotty over at Scotty Hockey:

The Rangers pulled out one of their classic scripts on Monday night - get a lead, get a penalty, fall apart - as they fell to Pittsburgh 4-2 at the Garden. It always hurts losing to Cindy and company but the Blueshirts manage to do it in spectacular fashion time after time after time. Luckily this one wasn’t on a hat trick like the last two matchups, although Chris Conner (who?) came quite close. But yet again a Ranger rally is subverted by their own stupidity and incompetence.

I guess we’ll just have to see what happens tomorrow night, right?

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Patrick has a tremendous passion for hockey. Besides covering the Rangers and the NHL for Kukla’s Korner, you can also find Patrick’s work over at Sportsnet.ca, The Red Light District Hockey Blog, NHL Home Ice, and Liam Maguire’s Ultimate Hockey web site.

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