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The Rangers will almost certainly learn all the wrong lessons

To figure out where the New York Rangers are going after being dumped out on their ass by the Tampa Bay Lightning, it’s important to retrace how, and especially why, they got here....

The third period has become to the Rangers what the third quarter is to the Celtics

The New York Rangers lost their first game at Madison Square Garden during these Eastern Conference finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1 last night. They’ve scored one goal in the last seven-and-half periods, and they haven’t really deserved much more than that....

The Tampa Bay Lightning have channeled Admiral Ackbar to get back into the series

Perhaps the biggest sign that a team has entered its own class in the NHL is that it can play any way it has to, or wants to, to win. Whatever you ask of them, they have an answer. Some pretenders like the Hurricanes, once you take away their preferred style — in the case of the Canes it’s dump it i...

Can New Yorkers name a New York Ranger?

Rangers give Igor Shesterkin the Henrik Lundqvist treatment in 79 save performance

Perhaps the one downside of the NHL game speeding up is that more and more teams look the same. It gets harder to identify a specific style to a specific team as rosters are just packed with players who can move at a high pace and are directed to just get the fuck up the ice as quickly as fucking po...

Hank’s for nothing, old buddy

Henrik Lundqvist’s No. 30 was raised to the Madison Square Garden rafters Friday night, a well-deserved honor for the future Hall of Famer who backstopped the Rangers for 15 years and won everything but a Stanley Cup as one of the best and most consistent goalies in the business....

The Rangers are a mystery that analytics can't figure out

The best way to determine the best teams in any sport is to look at the standings, right? If they’ve been playing well, they’ll be near the top of the league. As Bill Parcells said, “You are what your record says you are.”...

The future is bright… deep in the heart of Texas

For most MLB fanbases, this part of the season sucks. You think Kansas City Royals fans, Miami Marlins fans, and Pittsburgh Pirates fans are as excited to see these games as they were at the start of the season? The only thing those fan bases are looking forward to are the players in their farm syst...

The flat cap has caused NHL GMs to get even dumber

While the lead story of the NHL’s weekend is — and should be — Montreal GM Marc Bergevin ignoring all decency, logic, and the player’s own wishes to draft alleged sex criminal Logan Mailloux, that doesn’t mean it was the only story. The NHL is in a strange place these days, with the salary cap stayi...

‘Sticky stuff’ enforcement theater captivates baseball world as press buries real issues

Major League Baseball’s crackdown on sticky stuff began on Monday, and the program already is a sweeping success....

If it’s not the Leafs this season, which teams have the best (worst?) shot at passing the Rangers 54-year Cup futility?

The New York Rangers are the historic gold standard for futility in the NHL, having gone 54 years without winning the Stanley Cup until finally getting the job done in 1994 (see Mark Messier with the Cup above) — after decades of being taunted with “1940” chants in enemy arenas....

This Memorial Day, let’s honor the real Pat Tillman

It’s Memorial Day, which means it’s time for the NFL and the right to start co-opting the life and death of Pat Tillman, a former safety for the Arizona Cardinals who passed on a $3.6 million deal to enlist in the Army after 9/11. Rarely mentioned is Tillman’s brother, Kevin, who left the Cleveland ...

Joey Gallo’s teammates build mock crime scene to investigate his trip over first base

Hi, I’d like to report a crime. Yes, his last name is Gallo, first name Joey… Uh huh, yes, he got roasted by his teammates after tripping on first base. I know, it’s hilarious....

NBA will respond to Zion injury in way NHL has yet to learn

 David Griffin can expect to find himself writing a check to the NBA after the Pelicans executive blasted the league over the lack of calls for Zion Williamson in the paint, now that the star big man will be out indefinitely with a broken finger....

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boycotts first pitch at Rangers’ packed home opener over MLB pulling ASG out of Georgia

The progressive heroes or “woke” decision-makers of the MLB (lol) made an uncharacteristically bold choice to strip Georgia of the 2021 All-Star Game. It’s a move that now plays into the hands of political opportunists like Texas Governor Greg Abbott....

Celtic, Rangers are unlikely duo to show that kneeling has outlived usefulness in Euro soccer

The debate over players kneeling right before kickoff in soccer games across Europe started almost before they started doing it last summer. On one side were those who said it was worth the symbolism and regular reminders that the fight is A) everyone’s, and B) ongoing, even if these kinds of thing...

SEE IT: Devils’ epic power play whiff showcases pivot to neutral zone crap defense

Call them the New Jersey Evils, because they’ve abandoned any concept of “D.”...

Tony DeAngelo on waivers as teammate (allegedly) punches him in face

NHL transactions are always hard to read. You never know if something is just salary cap manipulation, related to it or an actual move. The New York Rangers, for instance, have had to shuttle guys like K’Andre Miller and Kaapo Kakko on and off their taxi squad to save just thousands of dollars per d...

Is the Rangers' 2020 No. 1 overall pick, Alexis Lafreniere, butt?

Even with the delayed start to the season, and the much-discussed weirdness of it with no fans and only intra-division play, this was supposed to be a pretty exciting season for the New York Rangers. While the playoffs even in a normal set-up would have been something of a stretch, though they were ...

Totally believable Not-Tony DeAngelo burner account roasted by Twitter: Deadspin Investigates [UPDATED]

Nobody has ever accused Tony DeAngelo of being smart, and Deadspin’s No. 19 Idiot of the Year for 2020 is off to a strong start toward making our 2021 list....