As potent as these Rangers have become, what kind of chance do they have to measure up to some of the franchise’s best lineups in history?
, hasn’t done a thing yet. Kreider’s early teams did not win the Cup, but the 2014 team did at least get to the final before losing to L.A. and the 2015 squad did at least win the Presidents’ Trophy before going down in Game 7 of the conference finals to Tampa Bay.Anthony J. Causi for the NY Post
The course of the 2015 playoffs may have changed in the first-round Game 5 clincher against Pittsburgh when Zuccarello suffered his grievous brain injury when hit by a shot off teammate Ryan McDonagh’s stick. Alain Vigneault juggled combinations following that.In 1994, it was routine for head coach Mike Keenan to move Kovalev up to Messier’s right wing when circumstances called for it. Lines were mixed throughout a season of equal dominance and volatility.
Now: If the Rangers win the Cup, maybe even if they fail to win but reach the final, the current group might win recognition as the deepest group of forwards in club history.Getty Images Every one of the 1972 team’s top three units aced their chemistry exams, though Carr at left wing on the Bulldog Line was perhaps a bit incongruous. The third line is likely the best in franchise history. And again, the fourth line housed one of the club’s greatest offensive weapons.
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