I made the mistake of not writing a post in advance of Game of Thrones, and it is currently 11pm on Sunday night and I can’t focus on any specific topic. So because of this, I’m going to go with a brain dump. **POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES IF YOU DID NOT WATCH LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE**

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1. The more research I do on Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko, the more I like Kakko more than Hughes. Perhaps this is only because I’ve been ready for Kakko to the Rangers for quite some time now, and I’m becoming biased. I just like that he’s been able to produce so much against grown men at the age of 17. Hughes is still tearing things up in his own right, but something about Kakko makes me think he will pan out to be better.

2. What do we say to the God of Death?

3. I know we like to spend time guessing what the Rangers will do this offseason, especially with Kakko in the mix and Jeff Gorton on the record saying they will accelerate this rebuild. But something about this screams caution, and while the Blueshirts can and certainly will be active, Gorton knows there’s nothing wrong with sitting back either. Kakko and Panarin give the Rangers significantly more flexibility to address the blue line issues, but the latter isn’t a guarantee.

4. The fact that the show had characters that kept living because “they served a purpose” was great. They did their job. Thank you.

5. I’m still under the impression that Marc Staal will be with the club next year. The moveable guys on the blue line are Kevin Shattenkirk and basically everyone not named Staal, so that’s basically why. With those contracts, I just can’t see a major overhaul unless the Rangers are willing to retain salary or send guys to the AHL.

6. I just don’t get that battle strategy. There are so many questions about it.

7. Finally, a big thank you to Mike Axisa and River Ave Blues. For those who don’t know, RAB is shutting down today, and they really set the bar for fan run blogs. When I started this site, I tried my best to model it after RAB. Mike was instrumental in getting this site off the ground. This actually started in an RAB chat where I asked a Rangers question, and picked Mike’s brain about how to get a blog off the ground. Mike wrote here every now and then, but it was the fact he was kind enough to post links to posts here at BSB from the immensely popular RAB site. RAB will be missed. Thank you Mike and the rest of the folks at RAB for setting the bar of what a blog could and should be.

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