Best of the decade posts:
Ranking the seasons part 1
Ranking the seasons part 2
Best regular season game
Best playoff game
Best playoff moment

As the 2010’s come to a close, there have been a lot of good memories for the Rangers. The decade was one of the best in Rangers history, with seven playoff appearances, nine playoff series wins, two Eastern Conference Finals appearances and one Stanley Cup Finals appearance. As we round out the close of the decade, I polled the BSB writers for their top moments. This one is a little more depressing, as we ranked the worst moment, either playoffs or regular season.

Rob L:  I’d say losing in the 2016 playoffs to the Penguins 4-1 was a bit of a wake up call. That was the first year in a while the Rangers roster in front of Henrik was not as strong as he was, and it was tough to watch. I remember getting geared up for Game 5 on a Thursday night with friends (who don’t watch as much hockey as I do) and they got blanked 5-0 at home. It was the beginning of the end for that core, if I remember correctly.

Tyler: Zuccarello getting hit by McDonagh’s shot. He was building off a magnificent regular season campaign the year prior and really establishing himself as and still as one of the most underrated players in the entire league for his combination of skill and lack of backing down from anyone. If Zucc is in the lineup during that Tampa series, I am CONVINCED to this day that we win and the NHL has a pay day with a Chicago-New York Stanley Cup final and who knows how that turns out. To think that almost happened twice in two years is crazy…

Pat: Getting eliminated by Tampa in 2015 – what a no show.

Rob C: The Game 7 loss to Tampa in 2015 left me in shambles. I couldn’t speak for hours after that game ended. I wasn’t even mad, I just went to a very dark and lonely place, as I suspect many other Ranger fans did as well.

Becky: Easy – Game 7 of the ECF in 2015. That was the worst sporting event I have ever experienced, period. And I’m a Mets and Jets fan. From the literal warmups when you realized that the team would only have 11 forwards and AV made the choice to put Tanner Glass in as one of those (he played a whopping 5 minutes that game), there was not much confidence. It was a mirror image of Game 5 which – surprise – was abysmal. There was no hope for that game if you watched the first minute. I walked most of the way home from MSG to the Upper East Side that night and likely won’t ever go to a Game 7 again.

Dave: The game where Marc Staal took the puck to the eye against the Flyers. As much as all the playoff heartbreak was crushing, this was different. The Garden was silent. Absolutely silent. I’ve never heard it that quiet. Everyone just sat and watched him writhing on the ice. I am convinced, to this day, that if he had two functional eyes we wouldn’t be talking about how bad that contract is.

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