Rangers not letting the noise ‘creep in’ with chance to sweep Capitals
NY Post
WASHINGTON — Jacob Trouba, standing at the podium with the Stanley Cup playoffs logo as a backdrop behind him, painted a picture of this Rangers team.
A real-life picture, if you will, of how the Blueshirts have operated all season long under a glaring spotlight that followed them from their first-round exit in last year’s playoffs and through their Presidents’ Trophy-winning 2023-24 campaign.
“All the noise outside doesn’t always come in,” the Rangers captain said. “I think [after Game 3] we were at the hotel just hanging out talking, no one’s really talking about [Matt Rempe’s hit] or hockey or anything that really goes into that. It’s just friends hanging out being together, and a lot of the outside noise, I guess, just stays outside.
“You can see it as much as you want, but don’t go on social media, don’t read a bunch. Just go about your business playing your game and maybe try to keep the tight-knit team together hanging out and not really letting that stuff creep in.”
The Rangers will go for the Capitals’ jugular Sunday night when they will have their first opportunity to close out the first round and complete their first four-game sweep in 17 years.
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