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New York Rangers: Should you believe in the team’s recent resurgence?

By John Williams

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: The New York Rangers salute the crowd after defeating the Boston Bruins 4-2 at Madison Square Garden on November 8, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: The New York Rangers salute the crowd after defeating the Boston Bruins 4-2 at Madison Square Garden on November 8, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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John Williams

This is a tough one.

On the one hand, the Rangers have answered some of the biggest questions I had about the team coming into the season through 17 games. I wondered if Mika Zibanejad could handle the top center role, a role where he has been exceptional to start the year. You wondered about the development of Pavel Buchnevich and he looks like he is gonna be a stud in this league for a long time.

The thing that turns me off a little bit to as far as their contender status goes is that Alain Vigneault is still the head coach. I have absolutely no faith in his ability to evaluate players ability. Even Steven Kampfer’s mom knows that Brendan Smith is better than him and that the lineup should be adjusted to show that.

But here we are regardless.

At the end of the day, I think there is too much talent on this roster to completely screw it up. So yes, the team is back to contender status, but this will be something that needs to be monitored routinely for the rest of the semester.

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