Re: Rangers : Are they For Real?
They're going to get to the playoffs?
The Rangers are a decent squad - the SI prediction of them in last place was a complete joke - but they don't have what it takes to get to the playoffs. That defense is bad, there's not a single player I would take. Kasparaitis is taking stupid penalties, Malik is a human turnover machine, Poti is a superhuman turnover machine, Tyutin will be a very good player but last night he was terrible, Kondratiev's just okay, and Roszival is a 6 on the best of nights. Lundqvist looks like a very good goaltender but he's not used to the North American schedule, so the Rangers would be foolish to use him in more than 40 games.
Jaromir Jagr is great with the new rules, but beyond him there isn't much reliable scoring. This team will bottom out and finish 11th or 12th.
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