I have a quick question for the valued and loyal readers of the Forever Blueshirts site. Out of the New York Rangers closest and fiercest divisional rivals, the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, which of these franchises have the Blueshirts been doing battle with the longest? As a member of the so-called “Expansion Six” group that entered the NHL prior the 1967-68 season, the Flyers are the correct answer. For over half a century, the intense Interstate 95 tussle serves as the longest continuous proximity rivalry.
Philthy Flyers
The Rangers and Flyers have a level of reciprocal hate that is the stuff of legend.