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A complete domination of Buffalo, followed up by the first Rangers win against a Western team, against San Jose.  Can’t ask for much more than that folks, 4 out of 4 possible points.  A jump to 6th in the conference.  Overall, great weekend to be a Rangers fan.  I don’t want to go into to much detail about the games because I’m sure we’ll go in depth in the next episode.  But here are some points that I take away from this weekend.

• Chris Drury is really coming into his own.  He has turned into Midas as of late, thats going to be huge for this team for the stretch run.
• Contrary to Stan Fischler, I believe the King is still just that, THE KING.
• It’s nice to win at home.
• Great job by the Rangers to give extensions to Girardi and Tyutin.  A solid defensive pairing that deserves what they have been given.
• Ryan Callahan is BACK and skating like a mad man.
• Jaromir Jagr not scoring has not hurt this team yet, but it sure hasn’t helped.  I feel live he is on the verge of having a big stretch of games, but I got to see it.

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Could this be the day? Could tonight possibly be the night that the Rangers get things going? Boy do I hope so.  Not only is Chris Drury being welcomed back in Buffalo, but Brendan Shanahan and Sean Avery will be welcomed back by the Rangers tonight.  Talk about some leadership returning to the ice.

Steve and I touched on these next few games in our podcast that FINALLY got out last night.  Buffalo is a beatable team, especially with the Rangers being at full strength.  So are the Bruins for that matter.  Right now the Rangers need to forget about tops in the Eastern Conference, they need to focus on just making the playoffs.  The Blueshirts need to beat teams they are supposed to beat and move up the totem pole over lesser talented teams…and that can begin tonight.

Also, Chris Drury is returning to Buffalo tonight.  It has been an up and down season for Drury with the Rangers.  I’d like to hear your thoughts on Drury’s performance this season.  Has he lived up to the expectations you had for him? Or does he still have to prove himself as a Ranger?  Just a little point for discussion.  Enjoy the game tonight and don’t forget to get your contest entries in soon.