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Best: Rangers-Flyers a ratings hit, but Garden will feel loss

Quick ReadThe Rangers' failure to make the playoffs leaves Madison Square Garden's schedule a little thin.

The Rangers' Chris Drury watches as the Flyers'

Photo credit: Getty | The Rangers' Chris Drury watches as the Flyers' Blair Betts skates past him during a game in Philadelphia. (Apr. 11, 2010)

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It was a big Sunday for watching men wielding sticks, between the green jackets of Magnolia Lane, the Blueshirts of Broadway and our two local baseball nines.

The fact that the Rangers-Flyers game turned out to be a ratings hit (by hockey standards) against such tough competition only added to the disappointment that the rest of spring will be silent for the surging Rangers.

The play-in...

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