NHL weekend rankings: Kings roll, Sabres spiral, and a wild weekend in New York

Remember a few years ago when the NHL had that weird marketing campaign promising “no soap operas, just hockey”? I don’t think they got the memo in New York.

The Rangers have been tumbling down the standings lately, but they’ve shot to the top of the rankings of the league’s most interesting teams. Just two months into the season, we’d already had a hot start and a losing streak and a mysterious trade memo and all sorts of rumors. Then Friday rolled around, and it all blew up.

Let’s work our way through some thoughts on some of the news.

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