from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The Rangers are set up for the future — really they are — with young’uns like Brennan Othmann, Brett Berard, Gabe Perreault and Drew Fortescue set to join the band on Broadway before all that long. Which means that even if this year’s team falls short, the window will not close on this group.

But that is not the rallying cry as the playoffs commence at the Garden on Sunday afternoon with the opener of the 1 vs. 8 matchup against the Caps. There is urgency here. There is a sense that the time has come.

Thirty Years Is Enough.

“I think we’ve proven to ourselves what we are capable of doing,” Mika Zibanejad told The Post following Saturday’s practice. “We don’t need to introduce changes to our system or to our approach.

“We’ve been trying to build toward this all year. I think we’ve done a pretty good job of it. You never know what type of challenges you are going to confront but I think we’ve done a lot of good things through the year that has given us a feeling of confidence.

“We’re as prepared as we ever could be for this.”

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