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Senators tripping over themselves to flatter Rangers

NEW YORK - Apparently, the New York Rangers are a very good hockey team.

Craig Anderson said so a few times late Thursday night. Dion Phaneuf used those words early Friday morning. Then Kyle Turris uttered a similar sentiment.

And, finally, band leader Guy Boucher sang a few verses from the songbook.

“They do block a lot of shots,” Boucher said, offering an explanation as to why the Senators have become so offensively inept in their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Blueshirts. “You’ve got to give those guys credit. It is tough to get those pucks to the net.