from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Thirteen days into the season, it feels as if the Rangers are already approaching the crossroads of 2020-21.

For it is not simply the matter of four straight losses and a 1-4-1 record following Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat at Buffalo in a match where the score flattered the losers, it is that there is no there, there for the Rangers.

There is nothing for this team to hang its hat on, no reservoir of confidence from which to draw, no singular athlete who seems capable of twisting things back onto a fruitful course. There are only flaws to act as signposts, both on the ice and on the bench.

Of the four consecutive defeats by one goal — first to the Devils then a pair in Pittsburgh — this represented the team’s puniest performance.

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