I'll readily admit that I didn't think the Rangers had this in them.
When the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025 with frustrating defeats and frustrating weeks piling up one after the other, I couldn't believe the Rangers went 5-1-2 in Saturday night's Garden showdown with the Blue Jackets.
I couldn't believe Humpty Dumpty would be able to put himself back together again.
But the Blueshirts have shaken up the narrative as if the season had become a David Lynch production. The competitive mentality was restored in the first period in Sunrise, Florida on December 30, which continued to be a key element during a period in which the team collected 12 points out of a possible 16 points.
