RANGERS: Victorious Blueshirts Find Themselves Rooting For A Keen Rival, How Come?

This you won't believe. New York Rangers fans are rooting for the New York Islanders. I got this on the highest authority from my 18-year-old grandson Ariel Fischler, who happens to play forward for Bruce Boudreau's Hershey (Junior) Cubs hockey club. Since birth, Ariel has been a Rangers fan, and for 18 years, he hasn't stopped rooting for them. So, when he tells me he's cheering for the Islanders when they play Carolina tomorrow night in Raleigh, The Maven did a "How come?" double-take. "We Rangers fans want the Islanders to take Carolina to seven games," Ariel explained, "so that...