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New York Rangers Playoff Chase Continues Tonight Against New Jersey Devils
Are you Rangers fans as pumped as I am for the game tonight? It’s going to be fun to see what Sean Avery pulls out of the basket against Marty Brodeur in his first game back with the Rangers against the Devils since the “Avery Rule” was enacted in the NHL.
The team currently sits in seventh place with 87 points in the Eastern Conference with six games left to play. The Blueshirts will face the Devils (third) tonight, Carolina (fifth), Boston (first), Montreal (eighth), and Philadelphia (fourth) twice to finish out the season.
They are currently just one point ahead of the eighth place Canadiens and just two points over ninth place Florida. They will need to pull out all the stops in these final six games, but tonight however, is a must win.
New York Mets Wrapping Up Opening Day Roster
The Mets’ 25-man roster is becoming a little clearer, with Livan Hernandez likely locking up the No. 5 starter spot. The bench is mainly set, but Nick Evans will probably join the team for the first four games of the season before they activate Hernandez for his start against the Marlins on April 11.
The only thing left of uncertainty would have to be the final bullpen spot that will likely go to either Brian Stokes or Elmer Dessens.
Brett Gardner Announced As New York Yankees’ Opening Day Center Fielder
Yankees skipper Joe Girardi announced on Sunday that Brett Gardner beat out Melky Cabrera for the starting job in center field. It’s nice to see the Yankees letting their young talent work their way into a starting role.
There’s nothing I like to see more than homegrown talent playing key roles on a team. Gardner will surely give the Yankees a solid glove as well as great speed, which could benefit the Yankees’ lineup day in and day out.
New York Knicks Survive Season Without Any Negative Back Page News
Well, the Knicks season is coming to an end as their playoff hopes are pretty much dead. It was a heck of a first season for GM Donnie Walsh and head coach Mike D’Antoni.
It was sure nice to see the back pages of the New York newspapers with a positive headline here and there about this team instead of sex scandals involving the head coach, poor attitude by their point guard, and just an overall negative surrounding involving the team.
Without the team in the hands of Isiah Thomas anymore, that alone makes this team watchable.
Fading New Jersey Nets Unlikely To Score Playoff Spot
Meanwhile, the Nets are in a similar boat, just a mere game ahead of the Knicks in the Eastern Conference standings, sitting in 12th place, six games out of the last playoff spot with nin games to go.
The month of March has been sour for Nets fans after going 4-11 in 15 games and watching their playoff hopes slip away, making April become an irrelevant month in the Meadowlands.
Both the Knicks and Nets will begin to shift their attention towards the draft.
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