New York Rangers Notes

* 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

* The New York Rangers last made the playoffs in 2017, and it certainly seems like they are trying to cram everything they’ve missed about playoff hockey over the past five years into one series. * Game 1 was a triple-overtime extravaganza in which Igor Shesterkin set a franchise record, in

* Game 1 of the playoffs covered the full spectrum of emotions for Rangers fans, and there certainly was a strong feeling off, “is it time for Game 2 yet?” on Twitter. * Part of this could be the anxiety of waiting for more playoff hockey, the desire to shake off what