This postseason is already more fun than it has been in a few years because the Rangers, one of the Original Six, are sticking around
The New York Rangers won’t be given much of a chance to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning to make the Stanley Cup final. That is no big surprise. The Lightning have won twice as many Stanley Cups in the last two years as the Rangers have won in the last, um, 82.
But the Rangers have made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2015 – when they lost at home to the Lightning in the seventh game – and New York seems to be getting excited, which is good for the NHL, or any other professional league, for that matter.
