



Maybe that’s too optimistic in our current someone-must-be-scapegoated sports climate. In the short-term future, obviously not as the Blueshirts’ summer break started after just one round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.īut what if getting bounced by those vibrant, speedy Devils is the necessary, albeit painful, fuel to the bigger things that so many thought were coming this year? If you are a dreamer, you can peer out of the wreckage of the disappointing end to this Rangers season and perhaps believe that even a major setback can have value. New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) makes a save against Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Rickard Rakell (67) during the second period at Madison Square Garden / Brad Penner - USA TODAY Sports
