Either way, they were gift wrapped a top 2 pick 2 years in a row when they weren’t a bottom 5 team either year. They’re the luckiest team in the league. I can’t stand them. And if I see “no quit in New York” on one more Snapchat story I’m gonna explode

Chytil again

I guess rest and playoffs arent a good mix

Gifted a superstar defenseman and franchise winger in free agency. But rangers fans will tell you their success is from “rebuilding the right way”

Kakko created that 3-2 goal though.

I would switch Superstar and Franchise

Lmao true

Rangers fans are the worst

Talk about peaking at the right time

Filip Chytil - 67 regular season games: 8 goalsFilip Chytil - 15 playoff games: 7 goals

— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) June 2, 2022

Wtf has gotten into Chytil

Rags taking this one

Rest in playoffs = not good

Unless.......

Come on Vasy

Vasy was never this bad against the islanders, Jesus must be a rangers fan

I mean to be fair he never had 9 days off in a playoff series. Meanwhile NYR played last Saturday

Kills off any momentum

Looks pretty bad

Andrei Vasilevsky make a save challenge, impossible

Based on what I am seeing

Rangers win game 1

Tampa probs wins games 2-5 as they will have woken up from their 9 days off and choose violence (so to speak)

As this just feels like how game 1 with Toronto went. Tampa just not clicking yet due to that long break

@andrewladd wow lou is a genius

3D checkers is trading one of your best young players cross-conference for scraps in order to ensure your rival doesn't win the Cup.

— Travis Flynn (@NDRedEagle) June 2, 2022

Since 2000, teams coming off a game 7 win are 7-0 vs teams coming off a sweep.

2001: COL vs STL (CSF)
2003: NJD vs ANA (SCF)
2009: CAR vs BOS (CSF)
2019: BOS vs CLB (CSF)
2019: CAR vs NYI (CSF)
2021: MTL vs WPG (R2)
2021: VGS vs COL (R2)
And now
2022: TBL vs NYR (CSF)

Now with NYR win, 8-0

Lew Lork Langers takes this one.

Luckiest franchise in the league.

Articles tomorrow

Do the NYR have what it takes to slay the giant after a dominate game 1 performance

A week and a bit later

No no they dont

Best GM in the league 🙏

Articles in NY tomorrow:

Should Steven Stamkos receive a lifetime ban from the NHL for VICIOUSLY PUNCHING Igor Shesterkin?