"I'm very proud of the organization," Dolan said after the team's 3-0 win over Nashville. "I'm particularly proud of Mr. [Glen] Sather because all the way back to 2004 when things weren't going so well and we had a lot of free agents here and we decided to basically re-do the strategy, Glen and I made a pact.
I gave him something, which I won't reveal today, but I gave him something to seal the pact. I said 'You can't give it back to me until we win the Stanley Cup.' And I think we're pretty close to getting that thing back," said Dolan, who has not addressed the Rangers media since the 2005-06 season.
Tortorella took over and immediately went to work walking back everything Dolan had to say.
"We just have to go about our business. I have my owner up here talking about a Stanley Cup. That's a bunch of B.S. We need to take one day at a time."
That's exactly what the Rangers did on Tuesday. They put the disaster in Montreal on Sunday night behind them and didn't allow themselves to look ahead to games against the Penguins and Bruins in the coming days.
Instead they hunkered down and did what was needed to beat the Predators. It wasn't particularly attractive and it wasn't a perfect effort, but they bounced back from a bad loss with a shutout for a second straight game and that's not too bad.
The Rangers got a fluky goal from Dan Girardi early, extended the lead in the second and then pretty much ran out the clock the rest of the way by possessing the puck and putting the Predators to sleep.
Henrik Lundqvist made some strong saves in the first period and his teammates pretty much ensured he wouldn't have to work too hard the rest of the way.
Dolan's unexpected appearance in front of a microphone wound up being the thing that stuck out the most from the evening, but that's mostly because we're used to seeing the Rangers come up with these kinds of slump busters whenever it looks like they might reach a panic point in their season.
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