Yes, I'm far from the first person to do a "this player on my team is really underrated and this is why you should know about him" blog - and others can do those so much better than I can - but here goes anyway...
This is not (just) in response to today's Game 2 performance against the Caps - excellent again as it was - this really could have been written at any point over the last couple of months, so significant has Callahan's contribution to the Rangers been down the stretch and so far in the playoffs.
Since I'd do a less than stellar job of eulogising about the guy, I'll cheat and just post a link to Pierre LeBrun's article from today on ESPN.com:
Callahan is Rangers' under-radar MVP
All I'd really add to that is that it's great to see Callahan start to fulfil the promise he showed two years ago, after enduring a pretty rough season in a few ways last year. Apparently Torts has suggested he could hit 35 goals next year - maybe a bit of a stretch in my opinion, but if he can be a consistent 25-30 goal threat while continuing to contribute in all other facets of the game, that will be fine by me.
Hopefully, Callahan's emergence also helps to illustrate to a few people (not least Glen Sather) that the Rangers can draft and develop talent the right way and that Ranger fans appreciate having successful homegrown players in the line-up.
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