10-16-2003, 01:07 AM
Quote:Currently, I equate the Rangers with my NY Giants...
both reeking of potential but currently UNDERACHIEVING.
The Giants, I'll agree with. They're not playing nearly as well as they should be.
But how can you compare the Rangers to them? Before the NFL season started, the Giants were expected to be a Super Bowl contender by most (and could still very well be). Before the NHL season started, anyone who suggested that the Rangers would be a contender would have been laughed at. I don't think that's changed after a week into the season.
The Giants are coming off a successful 2002 season which saw their offense become one of the best in the league. The Rangers spent last season in the cellar looking up.
The Giants are, for the most part, a well managed franchise from the top all the way down. The Rangers are run by a dipshit named Dolan.
There's really no comparison.
The Rangers are sorely lacking in goaltending, defense, and offense. Lindros is one hard check away from being a vegetable.
Please, convince me that the Rangers will amount to anything more than cellar-dwellers this season, and bring some facts to the table rather than blind faith.