{"time":1770504297640,"blocks":[{"id":"XcCmjBfURs","type":"image","data":{"caption":"Brad Penner-Imagn Images","withBorder":false,"withBackground":false,"size":"full","alignment":"center","linkUrl":"","file":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/684cb7bd-e92e-42d7-aca8-426d710333bd.jpeg","width":4270,"height":2847}}},{"id":"L4YB5raNLG","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"1. The Maven is accepting one-worders that best describes the Rangers mess. `Let's start with \"disaster.\" (Got better? Lemme know.)"}},{"id":"wT4FgLo3tv","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"2. Most fans see through \"Blueshirts Alibi Letter,\" 2025-26 season. Others cannot figure out James Dolan approved what amounts to the Rangers surrendering the current season."}},{"id":"I4mLzSngB0","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"3. Third Most Heard Fan Comment after yet another MSG loss: \"It looked like the Rangers didn't even care.\""}},{"id":"mlcwj2td","type":"video","data":{"url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd/mp4","caption":"","autoplay":false,"controls":true,"muted":false,"stretched":true,"width":0,"height":0,"image":{"url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd/thumbnail"},"cdn":{"videoId":"97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd","libraryId":"372172","collectionId":"30032062-eefd-4041-a355-12ad05bc987b","cdnBaseUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net","mp4Url":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd/mp4","thumbnailUrl":"https://us-central1-deweb-519a7.cloudfunctions.net/mediaService-api/videos/97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd/thumbnail","previewAnimationUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net/97d101b0-426d-4b21-a383-b70f3cc865fd/preview.webp"}}},{"id":"9h-hpIakFF","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"4. Fourth Most: \"They're as listless as ever.\""}},{"id":"Azg5rqSX0z","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"5. First Most: \"I want a refund.\""}},{"id":"rEz5OnTIzW","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"6. If these Rangers were a Broadway show, it would close after one night."}},{"id":"4k4UyntTjP","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"7. The Maven's premier mind-reader – author George Grimm – believes that something was in the Rangers' players' heads after the Panarin deal. Something like, \"Is that all they could get for him?\""}},{"id":"hxVvp36n0E","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/latest-news/the-real-story-behind-the-blueshirts-demise","meta":{"title":"The Real Story Behind The Blueshirts Demise","site_name":"The Hockey News","url":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/latest-news/the-real-story-behind-the-blueshirts-demise","description":"There are experts and then there are the REAL hockey savants –especially Neil Smith and Vic Morren.\n","image":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/b646d8a5-05ac-45b4-975e-5b81c4e21e05.jpeg","type":"jpeg"}}}},{"id":"KnqOfHLpbq","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"8. Just Wondering Department: The Rangers return to Garden action on February 25th. Is that too soon?"}},{"id":"3qUWuJ93t5","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"9. My Favorite Discouraging Words: \"You can call it anything you want but Drury has no clue how to do it!\" – Hutch Cohen, New Jersey,"}}],"version":"2.31.0"}

New York Rangers Await First-Round Opponent: Devils or Hurricanes