New York Rangers: Increased Effort Creating More Wins

If you want to talk about teams that have had up and down seasons, you won't have to look any farther than the New York Rangers.

Recently, the Rangers have been playing well. They haven't been playing a lot of stellar teams, but they have been winning the games that they need to win. The only exception is Carolina.

In their last ten games they are 6-1-3, for a total of 15 points in the standings. This has helped them climb from below eighth place, all the way up to fifth place. If you were to ask me, this is right about where the Rangers will finish.

It seems like the Rangers have started to take that Geico commercial to heart, the "hard work equals success" commercial. They're definitely applying that to the way they play hockey.

I've been paying a little bit of attention to what's been going on in the blog world, and I thought it was interesting that Puck Rangers' last two posts were about solid effort.

Most of the credit is being given to Lundqvist, who has been outstanding for the last month and a half.

I said a few weeks ago, that if the Rangers wanted to win, they would have to step up their game. It looks like that's happening. Everybody is working harder, and nobody is taking the success for granted.

We'll have to see how they do against New Jersey. A win would give this team even more confidence than they already have. As long as everybody shows up to play, and works hard, they should be able to take a win from the Devils.

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