Giving up 8 goals to New Jersey tonight - a team that averages less than 3 goals-for per game - should just about put to rest any doubts about just how badly the New York Rangers are playing these days. Their record of 19-11-2 may look impressive still, but consider this: in the past month, they're 7-6. But more importantly, their total goal differential in those 7 victories has been 9, with only one of those victories being by more than 1 goal (a 4-1 win over the Coyotes). In the 6 losses, the total goal differential was 20... for an average of over 3 goals per game! In other words, they're squeaking by when they win and getting thumped when they lose! No wonder they've now allowed more goals than they've scored (86-85, I believe), after starting off with the best Goals Against Average of any team in the NHL!
Like I said earlier, the run-up to the holiday season is now in full swing... at least Boneman's Bruins are doing a lot better (leading 7-3 tonight and about to move to 20-5-4). The contenders are starting to separate from the pretenders, and unfortunately my Rangers have begun to show exactly which camp they're in.
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