I begin to write this at 6:43 PM ET on the day following the Rangers heartbreaking loss in Game 5 at Madison Square Garden. Since that deflating loss, for the most part, all I have heard are Ranger fans complaining about how poorly they've played and how the season is over.
Stop it.
Get over Game 5. There's nothing you can change about anything that
happened in Game 5. Let's move past the poor passing, the extinct power
play and Chris Neil's hit on Brian Boyle. Enough. Move on.
While you're at it, quit saying the season is over. If you want to write this team off before they are actually eliminated from the postseason, I don't want you rooting for this team anymore. Go root for the Devils. Seriously, go.
Have you forgotten what took place across the river just a short while ago with my beloved Giants? Throughout the entire season I was asked the same questions every week: "Why do you keep going to games and rooting for that team?" "Why are you wasting your time and effort with that team?" "You can't be serious thinking they're going to win."
That same team I was told to stop rooting for won the goddamn Super Bowl.
Two seasons ago, the Bruins had a 3-0 series lead on the Flyers. Flyers won and went to the Cup Final.
Look, I get it. The Rangers aren't playing their best hockey right now.
They haven't scored in five consecutive periods plus 2:42 of overtime.
They're on the brink of elimination trailing 3-2 in the Cup
quarterfinals. Things look a bit bleak.
You don't stop rooting when you're a fan. If you do, you can't call yourself a fan. There's a reason they put up 109 points in the regular season: they're a good hockey team.
If they lose tomorrow, they lose and I'll be heartbroken. But don't be negative about them now. Have some faith.
Rangers in seven.
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