Poor Hank...

Some things never change. Lundqvist played his balls off while the guys in front of him throw lazy pucks at Holtby & kick the only goal of the game in their own net for good measure. Story of the King’s playoff history with the Blueshirts. Throwing the kitchen sink at the opposition for the last 5 minutes doesn’t erase a toothless offensive effort for the other 55 and quite frankly, most of the playoffs. The Caps had a handful of high-quality chances Henrik turned away to keep his squad within a goal, but it seemed the Rangers weren’t willing to ratchet up the intensity to punch one in until it was too late.

They’ve stretched their leash as far as it’s gonna go. The Caps were beatable tonight, but the Blueshirts “B” game is no longer good enough when all it takes is a bad bounce to make the difference. Keep playing down to their level & every game is a coin flip. If fans want to excuse Marty because he had some scoring chances, Nash because he’s doing “the little things” or Hayes because he was a beast for his last couple of shifts that’s fine. I expect better. Just because the game of hockey is more than just scoring doesn’t make lighting the lamp irrelevant. If no one’s gonna step up, then it’s not gonna be much longer until the Rangers step out of the post season.