The Circus Strikes Again

Yes, it's true. But this time it is to the Rangers fortune. For decades in the 1900s, the Barnum and Bailey Circus created a scheduling mess for the Rangers. The circus would come into NYC every year at a certain time, and it almost always coincided with the NHL playoffs. In fact, there were times when the Rangers had to play some playoff series with no home games because of the circus scheduling conflicts. But this is the case no more. Instead, it is the away teams that seem to be bothered by the dung of those glorious elephants. The series hasn't even started yet, but it seems as though the Garden has already gotten under the skin of the great Alexander Ovechkin. Not only did Alex jokingly claim earlier this week that he thinks Lundqvists equipment is illegally oversized, but this other quote from him today about playing at MSG:

"I like playing over there. Sometimes the ice is no good over there because [of] lots of concerts, lots of dog shows, something like that coming over there. It kind of smells no good over there sometimes."

Hopefully he said this with a smirk on his face and partially laughing. If not, then maybe the Rangers are one step (although a small step) closer to getting Alexander The Great off his game. Did the circus leave town yet? Is there anyway we could have them accidentally leave behind an elephant that somehow finds its way into the visitor's locker room as the Capitals arrive?