CLINCHED!

Flash back to the seventh of October. Season opener. Madison Square Garden. Expectations couldn't have been lower. This was supposed to have been, by every reckoning, inside and outside the organization, another step in Kyle Dubas' methodical ... rebuild? Whatever the label, it was well underway, and almost nothing about the summer's low-level activity -- Anthony Mantha? Seriously? -- was about to change anyone's minds.Read More