The captain still believes

April 30, 2008   ·   Derek Felix   ·   Jump to comments

Last night, I was left wondering if I was truly the only believer in a Ranger comeback from 0-3 down. Well, it turns out I’m not as our captain Jaromir Jagr also believes this series against his former team isn’t over.

Here was what No.68 had to say about his team’s chances of becoming the third NHL team to make history 33 years following the Islanders, who in turn followed the 1942 Maple Leafs in the 33 theme:

“I have a very funny feeling about this series. It’s not over. It’s just my feeling. I don’t know how many believe me, but we’ll see.”

“Too bad it’s 3-0, but I’m not going to tell you I’m dead. I think a lot of guys in here believe that, too.”

Jagr wasn’t done. Here’s what else the 36 year-old Czech Ranger captain had to say about this chance to do something special much like the 2004 Boston Red Sox:

“I actually believe we can change this. We have a chance to make history.”

“It might be my last game,” he added. “Let’s make it special.”

Why the heck not? When the Rangers have attacked with vigor in this series, they’ve had success. Come out aggressive and get the first two making themselves and the MSG crowd believe in Blue.

“We are down 3-0. Fine. It’s not where we want to be, but we can’t do anything about that now. We played very well in this game. We can say, ‘We lost again,’ or we can have confidence.”

“Even a great team like the Yankees couldn’t hold a 3-0 lead. They are the best ever. We can make history.”

I believe they should have confidence and even without Sean Avery, Blair Betts and possibly Chris Drury will feed off a crowd which won’t mail it in. I’ll be there cheering our guys as will other loyal Ranger fans.

So let’s do it! Dare to be great! I say hell yeah!

And that guarantee still stands. There will be a Game Six! Tonight’s the first magical step of four.

Who’s with me?