Rangers Followers: Consideration, Please: Your 2024-25 Villains are hereby uncovered.
Let’s face it, each fan should have a hockey villain. Proper? It is a digital regulation of fandom. However first, know who the Maven’s Personal Rangers Villain-Buster occurs to be.
It is Lengthy Islander Sean McCaffrey and he is written the definitive e book on the topic: “Ranger Killers – Villains of New York Rangers Historical past.”
Take my phrase for it; this e book is a pip – all 411 pages and 100 villains of it. This well-researched quantity begins off with Villain No. 100, John Ferguson, and ends with the villain of all villains – shock, shock – Denis Potvin, worst – or finest – of all.
Consider it or not, that is McCaffrey’s tenth Rangers e book and I like ’em all. That stated, I requested Sean to provide you with FIVE CURRENT RANGERS VILLAINS and he quickly obliged.
Right here they’re within the writer’s personal phrases: Take it away, Younger Maven McCaffrey:
1. TONY DEANGELO: “Nobody receives extra audible and vociferous jeering than Tony. Since being dumped by Drury, he is suited up for the Canes and Flyers. DeAngelo is now a free agent which implies that he might earn much more Rangers followers disdain by signing on with the Islanders.” (Maven provides: Now would not that be enjoyable!”)
2. SIDNEY CROSBY: “Though he is turn out to be extra revered than hated these days, the very fact is that Sid has been the largest Ranger-killer this century. And let’s not overlook that it was the Rangers who had the perfect odds of touchdown Crosby when he went first within the general Draft. But, Pitt received him and that also bums me out.” (Me, too, says The Maven.)
3. JACK HUGHES: “That is just like the Crosby factor – What If?’ The Blueshirts had an opportunity at Hughes however the Devils received him and we received caught with Kaapo Kakko. Hughes’ assault dismantled the Rangers within the 2023 first playoff spherical. Jack is trying like a future Hart Trophy-winner.” (Mave says Kakko is searching for commerce.)
4. TOM WILSON: “Who can overlook how the Caps’ monster jumped Pavel Buchnevich after which our Breadman. That episode ultimately led to the firings of David Quinn, Jeff Gorton and John Davidson. Which led to the arrival of Chris Drury who’s now on his third coach; because of Wilson-mania.” (Maven says Matt Rempe quickly will eliminate Horrible Tom.)
5. AKIRA SCHMID: “Un-real!. This no person enters the opening spherical of the 2023 playoffs and kills the Rangers with the perfect 4 video games of goaltending in his lifetime.” (The Maven has situated the Swiss-born Schmid. He is backup goalie for the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights.)
