Rangers 0-2-0 Start to the 2013 NHL season

By: Max O'Neill

The Rangers have started the 2013 shortened season 0-2-0. The Rangers did not fare well during the last lockout shortned season; in that season the Rangers lost in the second round. That statistic does not mean anything, however, this team is a cup favorite, but right now they look like they need work. Starting goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has given up seven goals in two games. He gave up three in the first game and four in the second, before getting subbed out for backup goalie, Marty Biron. During the offseason the Rangers aquired Rick Nash from the Columbus Blue Jackets. After that aquisition the Rangers were imediatly crowned cup favorites because experts thought he was the scoring prowess the Rangers needed. The team looks discombobulated at times and awkward. The one bright light in the last two games is that the team looked better in the third period of  Sunday's game. Rangers fans  hope that the Rangers, who play next on Wensday, will end January on a five game winning streak, which would mean they ended January 5-2-0. The boys in blue will be fine if they do that. There are 47 games left, and as any sports fan knows, anything can happen once playoffs start. In order for the Rangers, to live up to expectations Henrik Lundqvist needs to return to his Vesnia form, not the form he currently is in. The Kings proved last year that a team does not need to be the number one seed to win the cup; so if the Rangers do not get it, they will be fine. The Rangers will, hopefully, finish the year as the three seed and  have a 28-15-5 record.