Gilroy To Make Season Debut
Matt Gilroy is scheduled to make his first appearance for the Rangers tonight as the Rangers reshuffle their line-up in the absence of the injured (shoulder) Ryan Callahan. Taylor Pyatt will move up onto the second line, Mike Rupp to the third and Stu Bickel will slot in as the fourth line wing for the second time this season. With Bickel moving […]
Rangers go down in season opener
The Rangers opened up their 2012-13 season with a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins, a game in which they had no answer for a well prepared team. The Bruins dictated the play for much of the game, and only a screen shot from Brad Richards managed to make it past goaltender Tukka Rask. For New York, […]
Meetings Continue – Crunch Time
The NHL and NHLPA continue their meetings later today for a third straight session. Few details are public, but it appears that today could determine whether they hit another roadblock or proceed on with a final solution. At stake is the “make whole” provision that would ensure that the owners continue to honor the existing […]
Meetings Continue
The NHL and NHLPA are again meeting today following a promising seven hour session last night that saw little comment from either side on progress. The meetings followed a reported concession by the owners on a “make whole” provision that would pay the players their current contracts outside of any 50-50 split, and follow-up conversations […]
NHL unimpressed with NHLPA proposals
The NHLPA and NHL today met to review three proposals provided by the NHLPA in response to the NHL’s proposal on Tuesday. The meeting lasted just one hour before NHL executives departed, with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman saying he saw “nothing new” with the players’ proposals and that he was “thoroughly disappointed”. Donald Fehr of […]
NHL Releases New Offer
After of stalemate, the NHL today released a proposal that might just begin moving the negotiations forward. Key features in the proposal include a shift to 50/50 split on Hockey Related Revenues (HRR), and the removal of an immediate roll-back in favor of deferred payments. The move caught the NHLPA somewhat off-guard, and NHLPA Executive […]
Next set of games to be cancelled this week
The NHL and NHLPA remain far apart despite talks scheduled for Tuesday, and the chances of playing before Thanksgiving seem increasingly remote. With games already cancelled through October 24th, Howard Berger reports that the league is likely to announce this week, cancellation of games through to November 7th. This latest cancellation will almost certainly mean the chances […]
Stralman to go with #6?
Defenseman Anton Stralman joined the Rangers a few weeks into the season last year, after the organization went looking for depth following a slow recovery for Marc Staal and an injury to Mike Sauer in the preseason. With few numbers to choose from, the Swedish native went with #32 in his first year with the Blueshirts. A solid post season that […]
Skjei Impresses; Offers Scouting Report on Others
by Jamy Baron Back in June when the Rangers selected Brady Skjei with the 28th overall pick, they definitely knew what they were getting. In a draft where NHL teams matched a record by selecting 13 defenseman, the Rangers may have gotten a steal at the 28th spot. Many people, including myself compare Skjei to Ryan McDonagh, the […]
More On Nash
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch has put together some additional thoughts and comments on Rick Nash and his time with the Blue Jackets. Great read if you’ve got the time, but below are some of the key points he mentions. Rather than pairing him with Brad Richards, Portzline thinks that Nash may be better suited to playing with Derek Stepan. […]