On the anything can happen loop, around a month ago two frequent posters who I will not name said the Rangers were not making the playoffs. So a lot changed in only a months time.
Not surprising and I know the two you are talking about Nicky.
I dunno, the Cup or bust peeps in here should ask Islander fans for example how they have felt the past 35 years since their last Cup. They have made the playoffs since '84 what 10 times or so....I'm too lazy too look but I'm probably not off by much. The Rangers during that same time frame of 35 years? Once again I'm too lazy to look but I'd venture to say we've made the playoffs 22-25 times in the past 35 years.
Which fan base do you think has had a more enjoyable time in these 35 years despite only 1 Cup won between the two teams? Pretty obvious answer to that question is us. One of my good friends who is a huge Isles fan even admitted to me that he'd have sacrificed one of those 4 straight Cup the Isles won in the early 80's if he knew his team would suck so much over the past 35 compared to us even with us not having won a Cup other than once.
I think there are a few too many of our brothers in here who take for granted the fact that other than the Kings, Black Hawks and Penguins obviously, there is no other team that has given their fan bases more enjoyable hockey than our Rangers even withought a Cup win.
Maybe due to the fact I'm a bit older than most of us die hard pycho's in here(I'm 55) and have been a fan since I was 9 back in 1971, I've seen way too many dark times and have dealt with much much more dissapointments than I'd venture to say 80% of the regular posters in here who are likely quite a bit younger than me, that I don't take for granted at all the fact that our team has been so good for so long even with no Cup.
Sure winning the Cup is the ultimate prize and that is what we all want but considering the fact only one team wins it ever year and the fact it's the toughest title to win IMO in all of sports, the fact that we've been so competitive, so good and entertaining for so long, makes me feel that even with no Cups, I am very proud of our team, very proud to be a Rongo fan and that under the leadership of GMJG, the future for our team is bright and that a Cup is in our future.
Once again, ask any Islander fan you know if they'd have rather have their last 23 years since we last won our Cup or our last 23 years, I think they'd almost to a man say they'd much rather have had the kind of success we have had compared to their dismal performance. So these "Cup or bust' peeps should really rethink this ridiculous thought processes of theirs.....
