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The Rangers not involved in the 4 Nations Face-Off returned to the ice on Tuesday understanding well the task at hand.<\/p>\n
The team that won the Presidents\u2019 Trophy a year ago with the most points in the league in the regular season, and got to the Eastern Conference final, knows it has some work to do just to get back to the postseason this time around.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in a dogfight,\u2019\u2019 head coach Peter Laviolette said following a short practice at the team\u2019s facility in Tarrytown. \u201cWe have to continue to battle. We\u2019ll count on everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a smaller group in Westchester on Tuesday, as the players who appeared in the international tournament aren\u2019t back yet, but those in attendance said they were prepared to make a late-season run to the postseason.<\/p>\n
After winning three of their last four games before the break, the Rangers will open the final stretch facing a three-point deficit with three teams to pass in order to get a wild-card spot in the East.<\/p>\n
It begins Saturday when the Rangers visit Buffalo for the first game of the 27-game stretch that will determine their season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do like our chances,\u201d newly arrived Will Borgen said. \u201cWe dropped a couple games, but that\u2019s gonna happen. As close as it is in the standings and with us playing a lot of those teams near us, it\u2019s gonna be playoff hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s nothing new for a Rangers team that continues to feel the effect of a 4-15 stretch that lasted from November into December.<\/p>\n
A solid run in January got them to the precipice of a wild-card spot, but they haven\u2019t been able to sustain the necessary consistency to get back into the top eight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to go game by game,\u2019\u2019 Laviolette said. \u201cThe same as it\u2019s been since coming out of January, when we were way behind [in the standings]. We caught up a little bit, but we\u2019re still not there. We\u2019re still not where we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
This next stretch could help the Rangers get over the hump, as the match versus the Sabres is the first of a nine-game stretch in which the Rangers face six teams that are outside the playoff picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of fun,\u201d Will Cuylle said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of games in a short period of time. We\u2019re ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
They need to be since they can hardly afford any more slips.<\/p>\n
Just a month ago, the Rangers won four of five and seemed primed to continue a run that would put them in solid postseason position. <\/p>\n
But that was followed by three straight losses before they turned things around again prior to the break.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be in a playoff spot and we\u2019re not there right now,\u2019\u2019 Cuylle said. \u201cBut you can\u2019t look in the past. We\u2019ve got to go forward and take as many games as possible. Every game is huge the rest of the way. You can\u2019t take a night off because it can really hurt you in the standings. We kind of learned that the hard way a couple of times. We just have to go hard after it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Borgen, who arrived from Seattle in December in the trade involving Kaapo Kakko, put it bluntly: \u201cWe all compete to get into the playoffs. That\u2019s why we play. Otherwise, the whole year is kind of pointless. We just have to get it done. Our confidence is pretty tight right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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