Some last second thoughts....

When you don't win the cup, it means someone else does. If it's someone else, there's the possibility that its a city as lame as pittsburgh, and you might end up having to watch their opening night ceremonies the following season. So the mission is clear for the Rangers, make sure I never have to watch a celebration this incredibly queer again.

Some thoughts from the pre-game:

1) Rangers are REALLY banking on Gilroy developing at Leech speed, and not Staal....really hope they are right

2) Rangers will NOT be outworked this season. Watching some of the video from Tort's preseason workouts, from players puking, falling down on the ice, it's clear that this team will be in good shape for all 3 periods. (With the added bonus of Redden possibly dying from exhaustion, going on IR, and freeing up some cap space)

3) Rosen is already in midseason form. Meaning I am already borderline sick of listening to him. It's been 6 minutes. I always thought he should have been a penguins announcer, since his nose makes him look kind of like one. They could have named him the president of Penguins nation or something stupid like they did with Jerry Remy and the red sox. He doesn't look like a red sox, but he is an incredibly depressed alcoholic.