You live in Jersey. People would understand.
Rangers fans are jerks, we're idiots for rooting for such a stupid team, we throw money at the Dolans by filling up the arena each and every night forever, regardless of the product they put on the ice, and we still have an obsession with Denis Potvin, a guy who retired from the Stinklanders around 20 years ago. We still chant his name at every game to this day...and not in a good way.
We're also arguably masochists, morons, as obnoxious as any fans in all of sport, and we will argue until the end of time about what this team needs to do to improve...and not in a good way.
But there is one more thing Rangers fans are. Loyal. The loyalty of Ranger fans in the New York area is legendary.
Football is a different animal because they play only eight home games, but of all the other sports, the only team that sells out night in and night out, regardless of the standings, is the New York Rangers. Difficult to remember now, but for part of the 1980's and 1990's, even the Yankees did not draw very well. People were annoyed at the product on the field, and they went to a lot of games dressed as empty chairs. Same for the Knicks and Mets. The Nets, Devils, and the Circus team from Long Island can barely fill out half their arena in the best of times, let alone when their teams are bad.
But Ranger fans are among the most passionate in all of sports. A Ranger game is almost like a Utah State game, with all the chanting, singing, and rituals we do at every game. Regardless of the scoreboard or the standings, Devil fans will always be second class citizens in hockey world in this area.
But at least second class is higher than the low-rent district of the front-running, bad-teeth, bad-breath, unwashed, hockey-challenged, Potvin-worshipping, Mausoleum-inhabiting, joke of a franchise to the east.
Sandra
