Three reasons the New York Rangers will win the Stanley Cup

This is going to be a long and difficult road to Lord Stanley. 16 teams have seen their season end and with 16 more, only one will walk away with the Holy Grail of the hockey world, the Stanley Cup. Perhaps no one in hockey will be in a tighter series in round one than the New York Rangers as they will host the New Jersey Devils in hopes that they are the team to get back to the promised land and bring a 5th cup to Manhatten.

For 15 of those teams, they will walk away from their difficult roads to this point wondering what could have been. One team will take it all home. One team will be immortalized as their names are engraved on the cup and the team is enshrined in the annals of history. Everyone remembers the teams that win. Ranger fans remember the 1994 team, they remember 1940. Will 2023 be the next year etched into Blueshirts lore?

It very well could be. This is a Rangers team that seemed to get hot at the right time, has all the pieces to do it, and was in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. There’s every chance the Blueshirts can make a deep run and capture the mug at the end of this long road. I understand there are people with reservations about this team, but they seem to be able to go deep.

For the Rangers, there will be little pressure. There are very limited expectations placed upon the Blueshirts and they can play like it is a free shot. This Rangers team is not expected to come flying out of round one and start a deep run. They may not even be the favorites in their round one series, but this is a New York roster that looks capable of going deep and perhaps even lifting the sought-after trophy awarded at the end of it.