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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

1994? Really?

MARK MESSIER, Hockey After a three-season stint in

Photo credit: Newsday/Paul J. Bereswill

Disturbs me to read the comparisons in the media.

18 years.

Different NHL. Different game. Different coaches. The circumstances may be similar by a coincidence of the calendar, but come on.

The sweaters are the same but the teams are completely different. (Martin Brodeur is only one left on either squad).

The arena isn't the same for Game 6.

Sure, the Rangers have shown...

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