WASHINGTON -- How the New York Rangers stay positive as the losses pile up is "the million-dollar question" to $8.5 million center Mika Zibanejad.
"What's our option?" Zibanejad said after the Washington Capitals beat the Rangers 7-4 on Saturday. "What's our option? Just say, 'We're done with the season?' No, we can't."
There are far more questions than answers now that the Rangers' struggles have dragged on for far longer than a month. They've lost 16 of their past 21 games to go from solidly in a playoff position in mid-November to tied with the Islanders for last place in the Metropolitan Division.