Will the Rangers Make it to the Stanley Cup?

Hockey season is here and the playoffs right around the corner, people are wondering if the Rangers could be next in line to win the Stanley Cup this year. They beat the Islanders, 4-1 and the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island and have earned at least one point in each of the past 11 games (8-0-3). They're also alone in 6th place in the Eastern Conference and with 79 points, they're only 4 points away from 1st place. Brendan Shanahan, who scored a goal at 1:29 of the first period, is pretty confident that they'll get there. Some hockey fans think that the Rangers have a good chance with no one else in the Eastern Conference.

Chris Drury is one of the best clutch players of his era. With him on the 3rd line the have just as good a shot as any other team. Not to mention goalie Henrik Lundqvist who was outstanding in the first period of the game against the Islanders. They've got some great players that create a powerful force.

Some might think that it's better to be in first place in the conference at the end of the season than at the start of the season. Avery's goal at 13:25 of the first period proved to be more than the Islanders could handle even though he missed a wide open net just before that. A team can't win the Stanley Cup too early in the season but they're feeling good about the way things are turning out. Coash Tom Renney is confident about his teams prospects and feels the Rangers will end up on top in the end.

The Rangers' downfalls are that Lundqvist has been inconsistent, they don't have good enough defense men and they've had their share of bad performance games. Renney feels that his players could try a little harder at times. He says that sometimes when a team does something out of their realm, they leave themselves vulnerable. However, he also believes that the Rangers have the goalie they need to protect them. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the hockey season pans out.

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