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Happy Anniversary Rangers’ fans! It was on this very day 15 years ago that 54 years of misery ended and the team captured its first Stanley Cup since 1940. As our spiritual leader, Sam Rosen, exclaimed that night, “This one will last a lifetime.” And it seems like it had better because the Rangers have spent these intervening 15 years never doing the serious work of rebuilding another championship contender.
Yes, there are certainly pieces of a championship team on the current roster. Henrik Lundqvist is one of the best goalies in the game. Ryan Callahan is a dynamic young player. But, there are far too many players who are earning huge salaries and contributing very little, a deadly combination in the era of the salary cap.
Sadly, Rangers management seems completely detached from reality. Glen Sather continues to run the club despite his many missteps as GM. In these harsh economic times, the Rangers have even taken the unusual step of raising ticket prices. Sather vowed in a letter to season ticket holders that the Rangers, “are determined to add players who make significant contributions in 2009-10, enabling us to dictate the pace of the game on a regular basis.” How he will do this with the severe salary cap limitations the team has remains to be seen.
But, let’s leave all of that for another day. Today let’s remember that glorious day 15 years ago when we all sat on the edge of our seats and saw our ultimate hockey dream come true. We may never have another day like it.
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I remember those days "Great Taste, Less Filling". Now it's "More Money, Less Scoring."
Sooner or later someone is going to realize that the fans want to see a winning team, not just a bunch of bums collecting a paycheck.
The Rangers' best player has always been Hava Nuthasummerof... The Rangers suck. MSG needs to pay taxes on that arena of theirs. Fuck the Dolans
They're not going to win anything for a long time if the Pens keep their core intact. The Rangers can throw money at past-their-prime free agents all they want. They'll keep losing in the first round of the playoffs.
Go Pens
Could be good to keep losing if the Pens are your example. How did the Penguins get that core? Repeated terrible seasons resulting in top draft picks.
94 was terrific. I remember living in Carroll Gardens at the time and the neighborhood Italian kids carried a replica of the Cup, a trash pail wrapped in foil, all around the streets. Man, to see some NY pride like that again. Maybe some century the Knicks will do something, or the Mets will be able to show their faces in public after the 15-0 drubbing.
To put that in context, the Pens were bad because teams like the Rangers were overpaying free agents. They couldn't afford to hold on to Alexei Kovalev, Jaromir Jagr, or Robert Lang. The Penguins got lucky with Crosby, Malkin, and Staal, but most of their other teammates were drafted and brought up through the system. It took the lockout and the salary cap to even the playing field for teams like the Pens.
Ahhh the good ol' days...