New PP Configuration. Finally
With Vladimir Tarasenko and Niko Mikkola joining the Rangers for tonight’s game against the Seattle Kraken, coach Gerard Gallant has rolled out a reconfigured line-up….and even new power play units, but perhaps the most surprising move is that Vitali Kravtsov is back in to the line-up after sitting out the last four as a healthy scratch. As expected, Tarasenko slots in […]
No Barclay, Blais or Panarin Tonight
The Rangers travel to Boston tonight to play their second preseason game in as many nights. Not along for the ride are most of last night’s line-up, along with star winger Artemi Panarin and forward Sammy Blais and Barclay Goodrow. Not playing Panarin is probably more about giving others a chance, rather than any concern with the veteran Russian winger. […]
Camp Notes: New Groups
With the preseason kicking off tomorrow night against the Islanders, Gerard Gallant has reorganized the three groups, with the first two containing all the NHL potential players, and the third containing many of the remainder. With the new groups comes some new assignments for the players. Most notably, the Kid Line has been broken up, […]
3rd Day of Camp Wraps Up
Team C picked up their second scrimmage win, and are the only team of the three that has actually registred a win at this point. The Kid Line, and in particular Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere picked up two of the three goals, with the first goal of the contest coming from Dryden Hunt. Team C wrapped up the game […]
Day 2 – Team C Wins Scrimmage
The second day of training camp is in the books, and the Rangers continue to conduct a scrimmage in the morning, followed by on-ice work later in the day. Today’s fixture featured Team A, with the Zibanejad line, against Team C and the Kid Line. As with yesterday’s match-up with Team A and B, today’s […]
Day 1 Camp Observations
Day 1 of Rangers Training Camp got right under way with a scrimmage between two of the three squads. It hasn’t typically been the case that the team goes straight into simulating game experiences, but this time around the team seemed to be well prepared, with alll the players reporting before Camp officially got underway. […]
Camp Roster Released
Players will report to Trainining Camp tomorrow, with 66 players invited to this year’s edition. Head Coach Gerard Gallant and his team will have their hands full, with such a big roster, though that is likely to get trimmed quickly as players are sent down to the Wolf Pack, or back to their minor league/european […]
Trouba Named 28th NYR Captain
After having gone without a captain since Ryan McDonagh was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 2nd, 2018, the Rangers finally made a decision and announced 28 year old Jacob Trouba will become the 28th captain in franchise history. He is the 11th defenseman to carry the C for the team, and is the second consecutive blue […]
Four Qualified – Four Not
With qualifying offers required to RFAs today, news has been reported that four of the Rangers eight RFAs have been given qualifying offers. Unsurprisingly the biggest name on the list is Kaapo Kakko, who is coming off his Entry Level Contract. Joining him on the list are Austin Rueschhoff, a lanky 6-7 winger who joined the Rangers […]
37 Invited to Development Camp
With the NHL Entry Draft concluded on Friday, the Rangers today announced their development camp roster which will start tomorrow in the team’s practive facility at Greenburgh, NY. In all, 37 players were invited to camp, including 27 draft picks, 2 undrafted players signed out of college, and AHL contractee and seven invitees. The draft […]