2005-06 OTG Ex-Ranger All-stars
The Outside The Garden All Ex-Rangers All-Stars took a break last year with the NHL lockout, but we’re back again in 2006 with your opinions on the best and fairest of former Rangers from the 2005-06 season. There were a couple of surprises in this year’s selection, but there were only five newcomers to the […]
Weekly Recap: March 5th
For Henrik Lundqvist, the past week will likely remain one of the fondest memories of his career. The young netminder added an Olympic gold medal to an already impressive season, by making a couple of key saves late in the game to preserve a 3-2 win for his native Sweden. Lundqvist then traveled home to […]
March Preview
The Olympic break is almost over, and the Rangers will be heading into March after remaining unbeaten in February on the back of a six game winning streak. The Blueshirts will play 16 games over a period of 29 days this month, but will face division rivals for only four of those sixteen games. They […]
You Betts!
The news this week that Blair Betts will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks with a sprained MCL in his left knee, was pretty much met with silence from both the media and the Blueshirt faithful. Perhaps not all that surprising when you consider that Betts has scored just 4 goals (a career high) and one […]
Riding The Wave
by Eric Vecchione What’s going on? Could someone explain to me how the New York Rangers are 16-7-3? I have been thinking about it for a while…and I am having trouble dealing with this. The Rangers don’t make me angry for once. Just because they don’t make me angry (yet) doesn’t necessarily mean I’m about […]
Don`t Stop Believing
by Eric Vecchione Here we are, November 1st, almost one month into this very different journey, and the New York Rangers – Tex’s perennially disappointing, listless, oftentimes embarrassing Rangers – are in first place. Certainly it would be my greatest fabrication (some class cutting excuses in college are close) if I were to say that […]
Alternative Power Sources
by Mike Aker The Rangers recent three-game slide can be attributed as much to their one-dimensional power play as to tired legs playing seven games in ten nights. While the Blueshirts is ranked in the top ten in power play conversions, their production will continue to decrease if teams take notes from both Buffalo and […]
Prospect Review: 10-9 to 10-15
The Hartford Wolf Pack struggled with two one-goal losses on the weekend, but Ryan Callahan continued his strong start to the season after being re-assigned from Hartford’s training camp less than two weeks ago. In other news Brandon Dubinsky served a one-game team suspension, while his team mate Michael Sauer suffered a shoulder injury that […]
Quotes Of The Week: October 10th
by Alex Brownscombe Here are some interesting comments on the embryonic NHL season. “Fighters aren’t supposed to wear visors; I guess people might think you’re weak. I’ve had to wear a visor because of getting a puck in the eye and as soon as you go on the ice, they look at you like, `Whoa, […]
Prospect Review: 10-2 to 10-8
Week two saw the start of the AHL and NCAA seasons for several Rangers prospects. Johan Asplund, Goaltender – Timrå IK (SWE)STATISTICS: 2GP 0-2-0 44/50 117Mins .880 3.08Asplund briefly won the starting job from Oksa at Timra, but was let down by the offense who provided no support in a 3-0 loss to Mora on Monday, and […]