Neil Best
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The first word that came to mind when they took the ice Saturday was “ridonkulous,” but alas, sometimes editors frown upon the use of words that are not actual words.
So let’s keep it dictionary-friendly and just say the Penguins’ first power-play unit is “talented” — very, very talented — and is perhaps the biggest single obstacle the Rangers must overcome to advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Rangers are aware of this, of course, and are taking all appropriate steps to deal with Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang as their series moves to New York for Game 3 Tuesday.