As I was thinking about what to write today, a revelation came up, and it has a little to do with the man you see in the picture above. No, I am not writing about Jeremy Lin, but he has a little something to do with the subject of today's piece. As you know, the New York Knicks did not match the offer that the Houston Rockets made for Lin, which in effect made Lin a Rocket and instantly made the Rockets the epicenter for the casual observer. What happened to New York? Well, the group that owns the Knicks, MSG, took an 8.5% drop in the stock market in the two weeks leading to and after Lin officially became a Rocket. What does this have to do with hockey, you ask? It so happens that MSG also owns the New York Rangers, and the guy at the head of the MSG group, James Dolan, was shot down by the Rangers head coach John Tortorella after Dolan guaranteed a Stanley Cup for the Rangers this past season. Is it any wonder why Dolan has little involvement with the Rangers? After all, Tortorella is not a coach you want to butt heads with because as much as he is a media nightmare, there is a reason the Rangers have done well in recent seasons, and the head coach has a little to do with it. Where does that leave the Knicks? Same place they were before Lin made his short-lived impact. Translation: stuck at the kids' table in the NBA.
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