Let's Go Rangers!

Had to get that out. Been waiting to say it for an awful long time. The Rangers simply took care of business last night. A very good sign for a team that until the last 20 games of the season had a penchant for making things hard on themselves, especially in the 3rd period. This time, they played tough.

But the Rangers look like they'll have a much tougher foe in the next round, either Ottawa or Buffalo.

And I'll say this about Buffalo again. They may be not beating up on Islanders as much as you would think, but they are a far superior team, and they are good. Fast and strong, and most important, relentless. The score last night wound up 4-2 with an empty net goal, but the Islanders rarely got opportunities in the last period. The only one was the replay disallowed goal, which seemed to be a tough call.

Devils took back home ice in their series with bigtime road overtime win. They're not done yet.

Good games tonight, looks like.