Pashnin coming to North America
Reports out of Russia today – via Laurie Carr of Beyond the Blueshirts – that 2010 seventh round pick Mikhail Pashnin is considering an offer from the New York Rangers, and is expected to come to North America to play this coming season. The steady defender has spent the past two years playing for CSKA Moscow in the KHL, […]
Numbers Game
Brad Richards will wear number 19 for the Rangers when they kick off their season in Stockholm this October. Richards wore #19 with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the majority of his career, before switching to #91 in the 2007-08 season. He continued to wear #91 when he was traded to the Dallas Stars. The change […]
Dupont Departs
Rangers continue their busy start to 2011-12 season with a minor league move, sending center Brodie Dupont to the Nashville Predators in exchange for right wing Andreas Thuresson. A third round pick in 2006, Dupont got a surprise call-up last year and played a limited role on the fourth line in one appearance with the Rangers. The 6-2 […]
The Rich Get Richards
It appears to be all but official. The Rangers and Brad Richards have reportedly agreed to a nine year, $60M contract making Richards the third highest Cap hit on the team, but due to front loading, he’ll make the majority of his money in the first five years. The contract is the longest ever given by the […]
Fed Reserved
While all the talk on the first day was around the pursuit of Brad Richards, the Rangers did make a couple of minor moves to fill out their roster. Ruslan Fedotenko will return to the Rangers for a second season, inked to a one year, $1.4M contract. The deal is $400K more than last season, when Fedotenko came […]
Drury To Stay
The Rangers will not be buying out the last year of Chris Drury‘s contract after all. Today was the last day in which the Rangers could initiate the process by placing him on unconditional waivers, and they needed to do it by 12:00pm Eastern. According to @stevezipay, @NYDNRangers and AGrossRecord that did not happen. The move means the Rangers will be […]
Off-season Notes
It never is fun to lose, and it always takes me a while to get back into the groove of things after the Rangers season ends. So apologies certainly for having just the minimal updates so far. First up, we’ve updated the OTG Draft page with details for the June 24-25 NHL Entry Draft to be hosted […]
Whale Tie Series With 3-1 Win
After dropping their first two games in Portland, the Connecticut Whale have tied up their best of seven series with the Pirates thanks to goals by Chad Kolarik, John Mitchell and the recently returned Mats Zuccarello. The Whale lead from the 16:32 mark of the first period right through the end, and allowed just a modest twenty shots on […]
Gilroy Expected To Get Discounted
Larry Brooks of the New York Post reports today that pending RFA defenseman Matt Gilroy is expected to get a multi-year contract offer, at a significantly discounted rate from the league mandated qualifying offer he would need to get in order for the Rangers to retain his rights. In Gilroy’s case, he’d be due a one year $2.1M offer […]
Former Ranger Sergei Zubov Retires
Former Ranger Sergei Zubov officially hung up his skates after a professional career that spanned twenty two seasons and a hip injury that kept him out all of this season. Drafted by the Rangers in the fifth round of the 1990 NHL Entry draft, Zubov went on to play 165 games and win a Cup for New […]