The wait for Brandon Dubinsky to get his long-term deal with the New York Rangers is now over, but with the new contract and $4.2 million he will earn per season, the raised expectations are just beginning. Expectations for Dubinsky are nothing new amongst Rangers fans who have expected big things from him since his rookie season when he held his own playing with Jaromir Jagr. The frustration with Dubinsky not taking the next step, but he did this year, at least for the first half of the season. Now with the money attached to his name the expectations for Dubinsky will only rise further as he judged not only by point totals in the abstract, but against the dollars he is getting paid. The key for Dubinsky next year and for the life of this deal will be to find the thing that his plagued him most in his four seasons with the Rangers; consistency. For the first half last year he was a consistent force nearly every night and was carrying the team offensively, along with Ryan Callah...
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