At one time, the New York Rangers and their suburban counterparts, the New York Islanders, owned, perhaps, the most intense rivalry in the NHL. Though that’s not been the case for quite a while, there are reasons to believe that a new era for this New York-New York rivalry is beginning to take root.
Fueling the fire for a rivalry revival is a kid who just turned 18 years old, yet is turning heads in the hockey world for his brilliant play, maturity, confident demeanor, and willingness to speak his mind. That would be Matthew Schaeffer, the No.