In perhaps the most dominating 10 minutes I have ever seen, the Rangers did pretty much what I expected them to do. Turn a game into a laugher, as it rightfully should be. Rangers are skating faster, playing more aggressive, and simply playing better than a very defeated Maple Leaf squad.

The problem with games like these though, are that often times you’ll see the losing team degenerate into thugs by playing unnecessarily dirty. Don’t be surprised if a Rangers star takes a vicious cross check or slash in the 3rd.

Other than that, there isn’t much else to say. Rangers have been playing fantastic hockey for 8 straight periods now, and I really have very little to complain about.

This is what I signed up for.

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When you have 4 lines all playing up to their ability, THEN you have a team who is probably going to play as you would expect them to. As of right now the Rangers haven’t had many games where they have had all 4 lines playing well. Hell, they haven’t had many periods where all 4 lines played to their capability.

But it seems now that they have gone just about 7 straight periods where they brought their A game. Sure, they are 1-1 (so far) in those games, but the effort is there. And we all know, this team was picked by many-a-pundit to be a Stanley Cup contender. And with good reason, as we clearly saw in the first period.

Rangers dominated. Let’s face it, they really did. Even with Big Valley between the pipes, they looked like, by far and away, the better team. Toronto has the offense to easily come back from a 2 goal deficit, so let’s not go nuts here, but as long as the Rangers keep playing this strong offensively dominating, while defensively responsible game, I can easily see this game turning into a laugher.

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