More Ranger Stuff

Had to settle down a bit after the game winner.   Hagelin and Brassard were beasts tonight, and they really needed to be, as some of the guys on D, like Stall, Girardi (who redeemed himself with an assist on Brassard's goal) and Stralman were not so sharp.  I don't know why, because all three have been good on this run.   But without Stepan, we really needed Brassard to step up and he did, both with his goal and his face-off wins.   Hagelin scored a shorty off a long bomb from Boyle, then later assisted on MSL's game winner.  He got the Broadway hat, and his speed like Kreider's has been a big issue for everyone the Rangers have faced so far and will face if they do advance.  

Speed kills, and Hagelin's did tonight.  

It will be great if the Rangers can end it Tuesday.   To do so, they're going to have to get their D re-organized.   They can't keep turning it over in front of Hank.   He's the King of hockey,  not of Kings.  Hank was great again, and he even had an assist on the Brassard goal,  but he'll need to be even better Tuesday as the Rangers will face a desperate team that started their program of cheap shots before they were even desperate.   It won't get easier, but they need too punch them in the mouth early, and use their speed to humiliate them.