In advance of the Flyers' first game of the year with their rivals from Manhattan, we spoke with Mike Murphy over at Blueshirt Banter about the Rangers' season that has been and will be.
1. Things so far appear to have gone as planned for the Rangers, with a 5-2-1 record through eight games. What's been the most unexpected storyline of the season's first two weeks for the Blueshirts (i.e. who's emerged or even faltered that was not expected to)?
New York Rangers fans have been excited about Oscar Lindberg and how good he could be for a couple of seasons now, but no one was expecting him to come out of the gate like this.