TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Past the midway point of the NHL season, confidence is not in high supply for the New York Rangers, losers of four in a row and seven of their past eight games since returning from the holiday break.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re definitely a little bit of a fragile group right now,\u201d defenseman Braden Schneider said. \u201cThe guys know we\u2019re a good team. We believe that we have the ability to win games, and guys still believe in here that we\u2019re good. We\u2019ve just got to make sure that we\u2019re not letting the small things that happen in a game get to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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