Despite a gutsy win on Saturday night against the dangerous Toronto Maple Leafs, the New York Rangers were eliminated from playoff contention that evening. Given the team’s record and other factors, it was bound to happen.
Though the team put up a valiant effort with all the one-goal games, they weren’t able to secure enough of them to stay in the discussion. What makes it frustrating is looking at the Rangers overtime losses and blown leads. What makes looking at them frustrating? The fact that if just some of those games go a different way, this young team would at least still be well in the playoff hunt.