Meanwhile, three days before the Rangers-Devils series begins, this is as good a time as any to mark one of the sadder moments in the run.
During the Washington series, a Ranger fan named Ceil Saidel, a season-ticket holder and longtime member of the Fan Club, was found murdered in her apartment in Kingsbridge Heights. Saidel's absence from her seat, in fact, was one of the first signs something was amiss.
Saidel's death at such a happy time seems like hideous timing. But she was not forgotten. After the Rangers win in June, Adam Graves made sure to honor her memory.
"I think she took the Garden ghost and kicked it right out of the rafters," Graves said.
Maybe so. In any case, five years later, we remember her now...
Mike Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com
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