Rangers’ playoff tunnel vision is already showing
NY Post
MONTREAL — There is a natural one-track mindedness the Rangers have adopted since falling two wins short of a Stanley Cup Final berth for the second time in three years.
It has allowed everything about this 4-0-1 start — the good and the bad — to feel inconsequential.
When nothing truly matters until April, it’s easy to stay levelheaded in October.
The Blueshirts will play this regular season as the formality that it is, but don’t be surprised if emotion is hard to come by. In a way, tunnel vision to the playoffs should not only be beneficial, but indicative of the swagger with which the Rangers are currently playing.
But Hall of Fame goalie and former face of the franchise Henrik Lundqvist always talked about appreciating the journey and embracing the process ahead of the results.
The Rangers would do well to remember that.
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