Zibanejad Injured In Practice
While part of the Rangers camp headed up to Boston for the preseason opener, the remainder of the team scrimmaged off against each other. One player absent for today’s activities was rookie Brennan Othmann, who did not skate today and is being held out with an upper body injury that is listed as day to […]
Rangers Make First Cuts
With the first part of Training Camp complete, and the team scheduled to make their Preseason debut tonight in Boston (7:00pm EDT), Peter Laviolette and Chris Drury made their first cuts in order to trim the roster. The first to go was goaltender Olof Lindbom this morning, with the team making him the first reassignment […]
Camp Day 1 – A Different Look
The Rangers got a first chance to skate under their new coach Peter Laviolette today, and as you’d expect the feedback was positive. If Chris Drury is to be taken at his word, then at least some of the veteran leadership core asked for this, and it wouldn’t surprise if a few of the younger […]
Laviolette Shares His Camp Stories
With on-ice work scheduled to kick off tomorrow – the players went through physicals today – new Head Coach Peter Laviolette came out to face the media and paint a picture of how he’ll approach the next few days leading into Sunday’s preseason match-up with the Boston Bruins. The main theme: experimentation, or at least […]
Camp Set To Get Underway Thursday
The Rangers announced today that training camp will get underway on Thursday, with new head coach Peter Laviolette facing the media tomorrow at 3:00pm Eastern. Camp is scheduled to run from Wednesday through to Saturday with the first preseason game scheduled against Boston on Sunday. This will be Laviolette’s first training camp as the Rangers […]
Prospects Complete Sweep with 3-1 win
There was no coverage and details were few and far between, but the Rangers prospects completed a 2-0 sweep over the rival Flyers. Coming off a 4-2 win last night, the prospects saw a number of changes to the line-up, including in net. Olof Lindbom played the first period and stopped all 9 shots he […]
Rangers Prospects Win
The Rangers prospects kicked off the season with a win in Allentown tonight, defeating the Flyers prospects by a score of 4-2. It was far from a perfect game for either side, but there were a few prospects that stood out for the Blueshirts. Brennan Othmann starts his first pro season as perhaps the highest […]
Prospect Camp Gets Underway
The Rangers annual prospect camp opens up today, around a week ahead of the full training camp expected to begin around Wednesday next week. This year sees 14 forwards, 7 defensemen and 3 goalies attending the week-long camp, which includes two games against the Flyers prospects on Friday and Saturday. Fourteen Ranger draft picks will […]
Rangers Extend Lafreniere
The Rangers announced late yesterday, that they have reached a two year agreement with RFA forward Alexis Lafreniere. Lafreniere had been the sole remaining RFA for the team, and his signing concludes the Summer of signings for all intents and purposes. The deal came in at 2 years, with a value of $2.325 million annually, which aligns to expectations.
Scanlin Signs Days Ahead of Arbitration Hearing
The Rangers announced today that they have come to terms with 24 year old defenseman Brandon Scanlin on a one year $775K deal. The agreement comes three days ahead of Friday’s scheduled arbitration hearing that was set after Scanlin became the only eligible Ranger to file for arbitration.