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<img border="0 src="http://sports-at-work.com/ http:="" bleacherreport.com="" images="" pixel.gif"="" mce_src="http://bleacherreport.com/images/pixel.gif" "="">If one conclusion can be drawn from the handful of NHL games played thus far, it is simply that the Rangers are desperately lacking in terms of offensive depth. We're not referring to the kind of depth that a team dreams of, the kind where the third line can be counted on to chip in more than its fair share of goals. If only that were the case. The kind of depth the Rangers lack, rather, is of the variety that any team that hopes to accomplish anything of note requires, namely a second unit that can consistently create pressure, score goals with regularity and relieve some of the offensive burden from the first unit. Heading into the season, the expectation was that the Rangers were indeed well-equipped in this regard in that the line ...
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