from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Historical rivalries are shaped over time. For so long, the Rangers resided in Shantytown and the Canadiens in a palace. And so within NHL context, Boston has the rivalry with Montreal. Toronto has a rivalry with Montreal. Detroit has a rivalry with Montreal borne from those long-ago battles through the days of the Original Six.

But the Rangers?

Well, there’s a rivalry now.

Isn’t there? Hard to tell after these two, uh, stinkers.

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