New York city has always belonged to the New York Rangers. Even during the 1980s when the New York Islanders were winning four consecutive Stanley Cups, the feeling remained that the Blueshirts were the talk of this town.
Rebuilding a team is never fast or easy. A lot of steps backward are made in order to move forward. It’s a “work in progress,” if you will. The team has worked well through the early stages of the rebuild, but one thing has come up that has knocked the Rangers off the back pages of the local newspaper: an impressive first round by the cross-borough rival New York Islanders.