
Rangers crumble in loss to Panthers as best game in weeks still leads to same result
NY Post
SUNRISE, Fla. — It’s hard to believe the Rangers were competing against the Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final just six months ago.
There was barely any competition then, despite the facade of a 2-1 Rangers series lead.
And even their most valiant effort in weeks still resulted in an empty-net abetted 5-3 loss for the Blueshirts on Monday night at Amerant Bank Arena.
President and general manager Chris Drury ran it back anyway this past summer.
And now the Rangers are here, sitting in last place in the Metropolitan Division, losers of four straight games and 15 of 19, with the follow-up campaign to a Presidents’ Trophy-winning season on the brink of devastation.
It wasn’t enough then, and it still isn’t enough now.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











