As anyone who has read a decent sampling of my articles here (or has been subjected to my presence for more than five minutes) would know, I enjoy getting into the statistical weeds when it comes to the New York Rangers. But now, with their entertaining 2021-22 season having come to an end, I am, perhaps only naturally, thinking about things in a more reflective and big-picture fashion. So, thank you in advance for reading through my meandering thoughts on what is, at the end of the day, a fan blog.
As the final seconds of the Rangers’ season ticked away on Saturday night, I found myself feeling a bit disappointed, of course, but otherwise strangely neutral, or at least lacking in the truly strong emotions that came with the team’s eliminations in the 2014 Stanley Cup Final and the 2015 Eastern Conference Final, for instance.