Stretch Run Getting Scary

**Crawling out from beneath the rock I’ve been hiding under**

Let’s get this out of the way immediately. Here’s how I feel right now:

We can accumulate a maximum of 32 points during this stretch run if we win every single game in regulation.

That would require a 16 game win streak.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but somehow I juuuuuuust don’t see that happening.

Rangers need this win as much as we do. Should be a physical and fast moving game and let’s see if someone will please do me a favour and turn Sean Avery into cat food!

What we need to do is stop playing like the Sharks of last year and playing like the Ducks of 2003 and 2007.

We’re still without goaltender Jonas Hiller and Saku Koivu STILL hasn’t healed. What’s up with that?

Speaking of injuries, what’s everyone’s take on the Zdeno Chara hit on the Habs Max Pacioretty? Grade 3 concussion and busted vertebrae. Dirty or not? Definitely a late hit, though. Chara claimed he was just finishing his check. Suspension-worthy or not? You decide: