Game 5 of the Rangers’ second-round series against the Hurricanes Monday night had an eerily similar feel to Game 5 of their first-round series against the Devils last year.
A 4-1 loss in a game that represented a second attempt at closing out an opponent, however, doesn’t exactly equate to a 4-0 defeat in a series-swinging game after they had blown a two-games-to-none edge.
But it sure as heck looked like the same listless effort from a Blueshirts team that can sometimes lose its sense of urgency.
That brings us to this week’s mailbag, which Samuel Franco led off by inquiring what changes we can expect to see in the Rangers lineup and line combinations and if the power play gets changed.
