Gonna be a good one tonight. It seems there has been some fire within the Ranger camp these last few days so tonight should be a good one.

UPDATE - 1st Intermission - The plus - the Rangers have come out and played a good game to start. The bad - they are still down 1-0. It would be one thing if they were getting walked all over, but they are not. In fact - the Rangers have played better, they just have yet to put one on the score sheet. 

I am looking forward to a good second period. I am still confident that the Rangers will come away with at least 1 tonight. 

UPDATE - 2nd Intermission - my confidence is waning - what started out as a great period quickly turned into a disaster. The Rangers came out firing with 2 fights in the first 3 minutes. They made it 1-1 and were flying. They came to within an inch of a goal when Mara pinched in, but the Ducks turned it back and  scored a softy on Hank. Then the Ducks got a quesitonable PP and capitalized and here we are - down 3-1 with the Garden giving the Bronx cheer and most fans on the message board about to turn off the game and write a letter to Glenn Sather asking him to trade everybody on the team.

All I know is my patience as a fan is creeping towards deflated.  If they can’t pull this one out, they will be ridiculously winless against the West. Time is seriously running out.

 UPDATE - Endish of game - there is 7:00 left and I am turning this off. They are down 4-1 and this one is donezo.  It is getting to be too repetitive.  They will put a little string of 2-3 good games in a row and I will start to get excited. Then I get amped for game days and go to bed disappointed. 

At least this game they showed flashes of having some heat. Sadly, that is the only thing I can hold on to as hope for the rest of this year. Fingers are crossed and I just keep saying to myself - “dark horse in the playoffs” over and over.

Unfortunately for me (but conversely great news for my fiancé) it looks like baseball season will be devoted solely to the Yankees come March.