Just got back from NYC yesterday, and had an opportunity to take in my first game at MSG.
Unfortunately for the Rangers, Sid the Kid lit them up. Good atmosphere at the Garden, but there are two things wrong with the stadium as a whole. The slope of seating bowl is too small and where I was sittling (300 level), it was too far from the ice surface. That damn walkway just above ice also makes it difficult to see into the corners when combined with the gentle pitch of the bowl. Anway, the Rangers have a very talented team, but there are still too few players with birth certificates from NA to give them enough grit, although Shanahan and Ward will help.