3rd Period Collapses Cost Team A Fan

November 1/08: Rangers take 2-0 lead into the 3rd period, lose 5-2 to the Leafs.

December 12/08: Rangers come back to tie the Devils at 5-5 in the 3rd, then give up 3 unanswered goals to lose 8-5.

December 29/08: Rangers take 4-1 lead into the 3rd period, give up 3 goals to allow Capitals to tie it up, lose 5-4 in overtime.

January 7/09: Rangers go into 3rd period tied at 2-2, give up 4 3rd period goals to lose 6-3 to Montreal.

January 28/09: Rangers go into 3rd period tied 1-1, give up 5 3rd period goals to lose 6-2 to the Penguins.

and the coup de grace:

February 6/09: Rangers go into the 3rd period in Dallas down by a respectable 4-2 score, give up 6 3rd period goals to lose by an embarrassing 10-2 score. (And a special extra-sarcastic "thanks" to AgileBoy for putting the jinx on them here.)

And with that, I officially give up on them for the rest of this season. I won't be following them at all, don't want to hear anything about them, don't care about them in the least. They can now fall to the bottom of the East where they belong with their unique brand of 3rd period choking. I'll simply go about my life, waiting for baseball season to start in about 7 weeks. Consider this a permanent Embargo from now on. Best of luck to the Wings, Bruins, Oilers and the rest of the teams out there that actually give their fans something to cheer about by playing for the entire 60 minutes every game.