New York Rangers Notes

* Anyone who has ever went on vacation is likely familiar with tourist trap gift shops, especially ones you find on boardwalks near the beach. One thing that stands out to me is the slew of “I went on vacation to X, and all I got was this dumb...” gifts. * Well

pic.twitter.com/SRCR5JR6S9 — Tom Urtz Jr. 😐 (@TomUrtzJr) May 19, 2022 * I start this edition of the Handy Dandy Playoff notebook with tweet I sent shortly after the New York Rangers’ 2-1 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. * In my heart of hearts I knew the Sebastian Aho goal was

* The New York Rangers are going to the second round of the playoffs! Despite trailing 3-1 after four games vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Broadway Blueshirts rattled off three wins in a row, culminating with Sunday’s Game 7 overtime win. * The team battled, believed in themselves, didn’t play

* After 5 years away from the playoffs, I will admit in hindsight it was foolish to predict that this series would be settled in anything less than 7 games. Yes, we all admittedly had some overconfidence in the New York Rangers given the success they had vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins

* I don’t like to think of myself as a superstitious person, I’m a little stitious, and for that reason this edition of the Handy Dandy Playoff Notebook comes on gameday again, as opposed to the day after what was a very interesting Game 5 for the New York

* I figured it would be best to save the next edition of the “Handy Dandy Playoff Notebook” for today, because I honestly believe that anyone who watched Game 4 had no interest in consuming any form of content associated with it the day/morning after. * It was one of the