I must start this post by saying that if the Rangers pull it off, this blog is very poorly named. I remember 20 years ago when The Messier brought the Holy Grail to Madison Square Garden. That year we played against Vancouver for the championship. This year we are being coached by Vancouver's coach from last season.
The Los Angeles Kings are heavy favorites in this series. Barry Melrose didn't think the Rangers would even be here. He pointed out that no team had gone 7 games in the first two series and went on to win the cup. Well, that streak has to end this year because both teams went 7 in the first two rounds. In fact, the Kings went 7 in all three preliminary rounds.
There is a lot of talk about the Kings being a better team than the Rangers, and the West being a tougher conference. While it is true that the Kings and Blackhawks, both Western teams have won the last three Stanley Cups, I don't buy that it is a stronger conference. As for the better team, each series is more about matchups. I haven't seen the Kings play this year, but the Rangers, with their depth of scorers, 3 solid defensive lines and King Henry in the net can present matchup problems for any team in the league.
Prediction: I'm a jingoistic New York pr@*k. I'm gonna be off by only 34 years- Rangers in 6!
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