Projected Line-up Against Flyers
The Rangers are projected to go into their second pre-season game with a significantly different roster from last night’s opening preseason victory against the Devils. Tony DeAngelo and Pavel Buchnevich get their second games, while eighteen players will see their first action of the preseason. The players to miss out include forward invitee Bobby Butler and veteran Mats […]
Boo Nieves Out With Concussion
Per Larry Brooks of the New York Post, Cristoval Nieves (aka “Boo”) has been diagnosed with a concussion following last night’s hit from Eric Gryba of the New Jersey Devils. The injury almost certainly eliminates Nieves from contention for a roster spot on Opening Night, something that was a relatively longshot anyway. This isn’t the first concussion for […]
First Cuts Made To Camp Roster
With camp just in it’s fourth day, the Rangers coaching staff have made their first cuts, trimming the roster from 52 to 45. With five preseason games remaining, the Rangers will need to cut at least 21 more players before the opening day rosters are set. Of the eight cut today, three were netminders who […]
Better, But More Work To Do
Eighteen games in, and the New York Rangers find themselves back in the mix for a playoff spot. It’s only early days, but the 2-8-2 record through the first 12 games really put them on the back foot and called into question the future of Head Coach Alain Vigneault, General Manager Jim Gorton and franchise […]
Holden His Own
It appears as if Nick Holden, who was a healthy scratch for the first two games of the season, will play tonight alongside Ryan McDonagh. At least to begin with that is. As the Rangers season has progressed, the defensive pairings could be measured in minutes rather than games. So far the Rangers have dressed eight blueliners […]
DeAngelo and Smith Sit
After dressing seven defensemen in Sunday’s win over Montreal, Vigneault has elected to go back to a regular six man unit, pushing Tony DeAngelo out of the line-up, and keeping Brendan Smith out of the line-up as a healthy scratch for the second straight game. As a result of the changes, Marc Staal has been promoted to play alongside Ryan […]
Chytil Sent Down
After seeing limited ice time in Games 1 and 2, and a healthy scratch for Game 3, the Rangers have decided to go a different direction for the time being, sening 18 year old center Filip Chytil down to Hartford of the AHL. Reports today suggest the decision was mutual, with Chytil also eligible to be reassigned […]
Rangers Debuts And Milestones
There will be at least five new Rangers tonight, with the debuts of Kevin Shattenkirk, Filip Chytil, Paul Carey, Anthony DeAngelo and David Desharnais. Backup goaltender Ondrej Pavelec is also dressing, but would not be expected to see the ice unless the game situation dictates it. Together the five players will represent the 1031st, 1032nd, 1033rd, 1034th and 1035th players to dress for […]
Opening Night
Overall the Rangers are 38-38-13-1 in opening night games dating back to their NHL debut back in 1926-27. They currently sit on a three game winning streak, having beaten the Islanders 5-3 last season, Chicago 3-2 the previous year, and the Blues by a similar 3-2 margin back in 2014-15. The three game streak is the third longest in franchise history […]
Puempel Clears Waivers – Reassigned
Forward Matt Puempel has cleared waivers, and was reassigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack. Claimed off of waivers last year from Ottawa, the former 1st round pick – 24th in 2011 – now finds his NHL career once again at the crossroads. Resigned over the Summer to a one year contract, in order for the Rangers to […]