Ahhhh, at least I can feel a sigh of relief.? That period is what this Rangers team should be capable of on a nightly basis.? One where puck control leads to less chances against.? One where the multitude of playing styles all blend harmoniously to pick apart any defensive scheme.? We saw redirection goals off of point shots, we saw tick tack toe passing leading to tap in goals, we saw a penalty kill that basically looked like it was playing at even strength, and you had a goalie that could have been soaking up the rays on a beach somewhere instead of playing.? The D works best when the entire team comes back to help, and help they did.? You saw an absolute CLINIC by Matt Cullen who looked a lot like preseason Matt Cullen for the first time all year.? Cullen, if you recall,? during the preseason owned the ice everytime he was on it.? Thus far this year he was way more passive, and reactive.? Today we are witnessing something else, a more agressive team, a team willing to pay the price to help out Defensively.
Oh yeah, it doesnt hurt that the best player in the world is playing like the best player in the world.? If not for a few goal posts and some nifty goaltending this one could already be 7 or 8 to 1.?
However, lets also take into account we are playing a very poor Phoenix team that has basically played about as good as the Flyers have been recently (any opportunity to take a dig at the Bullies aye? 
) and were very very passive in this game, basically letting the Rangers do almost anything they wanted.
Lets hope the effort continues into the 3rd, at about the 14 minute mark the Rangers had a 2 or 3 minute letdown where Phoenix controlled the play, but then they seemed to turn it back on towards the end.? A 60 minute effort will lead to more consistent 60 minute efforts which will lead to more wins.? Period…speaking of periods, the 3rd is almost 5 minutes away, back to the tube!
-Inferno
