Its hard not to come to this conclusion: The Rangers play to the enemy level.? If they play a good team, they play great, if they play a poor team they play HORRIBLE.? How else can you explain the Rangers 3-1 lead after the first against a VERY good Atlanta team.? Seriously, think about it, with the exception of the games against the Predators and Sabres (first game) the Rangers have picked up at least 1 point, usually the win, against the following teams (all with winning records)Devils, Leafs, Ducks, Sharks, Sabres, and now are leading the Thrashers.? Conversely they have lost to some bottom feeders in the Flyers and Kings.?
Getting back to the game at hand, you have to be pretty happy with the game, except for a shaky looking Lundqvist.? The Thrashers lone goal came when 5 men (3 Rangers, 2 Thrashers) were all screening Henrik on the shot.? Hard to blame him as it was obvious he just didnt see it.? The amazing thing is how the puck missed all those guys in front and went straight in.? Otherwise the Rangers took advantage of a shaky Lehtonen with 3 goals, all looked 5-hole to me (the Thrashers feed that I get didnt really show many quality replays).
-Inferno
