Rangers Starting To Get Healthy
The Rangers have struggled of late, going 1-4-1 in their last six as they suffered through the loss of several forwards. As gamely as the team played, it’s been clear that the likes of Timothy Gettinger, Vinni Lettieri and Steven Fogarty are still works in progress rather than regular NHLers who can contribute. Fogarty is expected to remain […]
Rangers Set To Recall Lettieri
The one-game experiment of playing Brendan Smith on the wing has ended following last night’s 3-0 loss to the Senators. Vinni Lettieri is set to be recalled from Hartford in time to face the Monteal Canadiens tomorrow night in Montreal. In his second year with the Rangers, Lettieri failed to impress in his first 14 games this year, recording […]
McQuaid improving
Veteran defensenman Adam McQuaid is nearing return, and could be available in two weeks according to head coach David Quinn. McQuaid has been out of the line-up since October 25th when he suffered an undisclosed lower-body injury that has kept him from playing, and he is yet to resume practicing with the team. Acquired before the season […]
Pionk Set To Join Shattenkirk
More news out of practice today, and it looks as if Fredrik Claesson might get his first chance as a New York Ranger tomorrow night. Head Coach David Quinn made some adjustments on deffense that could lead to both Pionk and Shattenkirk sitting out the game against the Sharks. Since being called up last year to cover […]
Shattenkirk The Healthy Scratch
On Sunday Kevin Shattenkirk saw just 7:29 of ice time in the 8-5 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. In that time, he still managed to be on the ice for both the first and seventh Carolina goals, two relatively important periods of the game which saw the Canes get back into the game and then take a […]
No Captain
As expected, the Rangers will not go into the 2018-19 season with a captain, instead relying on five different Alternate Captains to lead the team through this transition season. Marc Staal is chief amongst the five, having been assigned an A for both home and road games. The other four will split duties between home games and […]
First Look Lines
Following the roster cuts on Friday, and the delayed reassignment of Brandon Crawley on Sunday due to injury concerns, the Rangers have reached their 23 player roster, plus the two injured forwards – Matt Beleskey and Cristoval Nieves. Saturda’s practice saw the team turn out with their first possible line combination following the cuts, and there were few surprises in […]
Six More Cut From Camp
David Quinn further trimmed his roster today, sending four players and two try-outs down to the Hartford Wolf Pack ahead of tonight’s final preseason game. The cuts mean there are still a number of decisions to be made following tonight’s match-up with the Flyers, including whether the likes of Neal Pionk, Lias Andersson, Filip Chytil and Vinni Lettieri will make the […]
Fast Ready To Go, Beleskey Out 2-4 Weeks
Forward Jesper Fast returned to practice today after being held out for par tof the fourth preseason game against the Devils on Monday. At the time head coach David Quinn and cautioned it was just for precautionary reasons, and with today’s return, he remains on track to join the operning night roster. The news on Matt Beleskey was a […]
Rangers Assign D-Man To Juniors
Defenseman Joey Keane has been reassigned to the Barrie Colts of the OHL today, cutting the roster to 44 with fourteen days remaining until opening night. The 19 year old defenseman saw his first preseason action with the organization last night, ending up with a -2 plus/minus and 2 shots on goal in 11:26 of ice time. […]