Guest blogger: Authorben (Part I)

First and foremost, thanks to Carp for letting me take a couple of shifts for him this week. I’m grateful for the opportunity. It certainly has been an interesting and incredible first half of the season for the Rangers. Who could have imagined they’d be in first place overall in the Eastern Conference at this point? Who could have predicted they’d get 31 opportunities to rock the Broadway Hat? So many things—most of them good—have happened with this team since training camp. Here are the highlights/happenings/things of note—as I see ‘em: 1. On the road again, and again, and again—The first phase of renovations at MSG led the Rangers on their extended European vacation during training camp—and beyond. There were four exhibition games against Euro teams from Prague to Zug, followed by two regular-season games in Stockholm against the Kings and the Ducks. All of that topped off by a plane ride across the Atlantic, a stop at the...