Toronto Maple Leafs Hand New York Rangers Lucky Break
April 8th, 2010 by Broadway Hockey Daily Leave a reply »“We wanted to make the Philly games count.”
Those were the words from head coach John Tortorella after last night’s 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
24 hours after being schooled at the hands of a strong Buffalo Sabres team, the New York Rangers faced an opponent more their speed. The result was another facade-inducing victory, much like the five-goal “explosions” against the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning last week.
Like those two contests, the victory over the Maple Leafs would seem to suggest a powerhouse Ranger offense that, upon closer inspection, simply doesn’t exist.
Toronto crumbled like a Drake’s Coffee Cake at the first sign of pressure last night, throwing goaltender Jonas Gustavsson to the wolves from the opening faceoff. They turned the puck over routinely in the neutral zone, their own-zone play was miserable, and their offense was practically non-existant.
Whether or not the laughable Leafs put up much of a fight, however, is of no concern to the Rangers. With the season down to just two games—a home-and-home series agains ...
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