Larry Brooks

Last year is a neon sign that has never stopped flashing, just like those lights from the fast-food chicken place across the street. One victory after another hasn't dimmed the wattage.

This just in: The NHL and MLB have issued a joint statement outlining the merger of the Arizona and Oakland franchises for the next three seasons in which the team will play in Sacramento before relocating to a permanent home.

It should count for something, right? I mean, if you finish with the best record in your sport after going through a grueling six-month schedule, it should count for something meaningful, correct?

Peter Laviolette may have done the finest job of his career this year in leading the Rangers to the Presidents’ Trophy.

Adam Fox, who won the Norris Trophy in 2020-21 and finished as runner-up in the balloting last year, may not get a first-place vote for the award

Head coach Peter Laviolette has been preparing the Rangers for this since the day he took command last summer. They’re ready for this.

There is a sense that the time has come for the Rangers. Thirty Years Is Enough.

A critical health-care field has suddenly found itself confronted by far-left activists demanding to transform it based on unfounded accusations of racism.

Maybe that explains the opening 20 minutes in which the teams combined for three — one, two, three — shots at five-on-five. The Rangers probably deserved a medal for maintaining their interest during long stretches of nothingness as much as for maintaining their discipline and mindset as they did as the game evolved and the Caps were looking to stir things up.

Game 1 was choppy and chippy, and that’s the way this Rangers series with the Capitals is probably going to continue to the end.