Quote from: jgrangers2 on Today at 11:35:59 AMThis is what it feels like. The Rangers are not a team designed to win board battles and races to the puck. Most of the game is 5v5 and they are mediocre at that. If the power play isn't humming, they're going to struggle. That said, they have, arguably, the best goalie in the world who has managed to keep them in every one of these games so far. The Rangers have a very weird formula for success and it's a formula that makes them really good against the bottom half of the league but will create problems when you're consistently going up against better opponents.
I don't disagree but they knocked off the analytic darlings in six and are taking last SC runner up to at least 6.
I don't think the rangers get enough credit for their ability to absorb shots and then counter punch.
But Jess, I'm not digging your viewpoint out and respect it. They just aren't built to play the others do.