Tonight, when the Islanders enter Madison Square Garden, I will mutter a phrase that has never escaped my mouth in the last twenty years of my existence.
"Let's go Islanders."
Now, Rangers fans, before you go out and get lighter fluid and matches and all other kinds of things to inflict physical harm on me, hear me out. I want the Rangers to lose tonight. And next Tuesday. And, well, every game for the rest of the season.
The Blueshirts sit seven points out of the eighth and final playoff spot, currently held by the Boston Bruins. Everyone from Larry Brooks to the worst Bleacher Report contributor has said their playoff hopes are "on life support."
Even then, should the Rangers win out—which is essentially almost what they need to do—and miraculous sneak into the playoffs, they ...
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When It’s Okay to Root for the Islanders in Madison Square Garden
Posted: 24th March 2010 by Mike Salerno in NHLComments Off on When It’s Okay to Root for the Islanders in Madison Square Garden