Some Things Never Change
by Mark Owens Let’s get one thing out of the way: Chris Drury will be the second-best captain the Rangers have had in the past 30 years. He is more than ready to lead this team, especially with seven new players and legends Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan out of the picture. The team’s average age is now 26, down from […]
Rangers Beat Senators
The Rangers evened up their preseason record with a 2-1 win over the Senators last night at MSG. Petr Nedved and Lauri Korpikoski scored the goals, as the Rangers dominated play, but were unable to convert many opportunities. Henrik Lundqvist was perfect through two periods, and played down stories about his knees, saying he’s fine. Matt Zaba came in, in the third period and […]
Turnover, Speed, and Leadership Void
by Mark Owens Chris Drury and Scott Gomez, along with Henrik Lundqvist, take over as the team’s leaders. Jagr’s offensive production ‘ hopefully ‘ will be replaced by the speedy, enigmatic, underachieving, high first-round pick Nikolai Zherdev (sounds a little like Alex Kovalev, doesn’t it?). Replacing Shanahan’s 23 goals, theoretically, will be Markus Naslund, whose production the past two seasons has […]
Schedule Released
The NHL announced yesterday the official schedule for the Rangers. New York will of course start their season with a to trip to Europe and a double header in Prague on October 4th and 5th against the Tampa Bay Lightning. According to earlier reports, the Rangers will play a pre-season competition in Switzerland before heading to the Czech Republic, and are likely […]
The New Squad
by Pete Robinson Out with the old and in with the new. Thus ends the Jagr Era of the New York Rangers. Even though it was short, Captain Jagr will definitely be missed by all. Whether you loved him or hated him, Jaromir Jagr was a main contributor to the rebuilding of the Rangers, as well as […]
Rangers Will Be Less Interesting Without Avery
by Mark Owens However, I can only hope that Sather has some sort of prearranged deal in place to lovingly accept Avery back should he wear out his welcome in Dallas in the next 18 months. Avery was perfect for Broadway. He was a unique combination of entertainment, talent, personality, good looks, and fuck-you attitude […]
Free Agency – Day 2
Day two of the 2008 free agency frenzy is under way, and so far no more big signings to report, which of course gives us plenty of time to review the stories from yesterday. Wade Redden of course was the biggest signing for the Rangers yesterday, and he seems ready to go. The career Senator is set to play for just […]
No Deal
Jaromir Jagr and the Rangers are still at odds according to John Dellapina of the NY Daily News. In his story today, Dellapina makes the case for both sides, and unless someone budges, it doesn’t look like there’s any middle ground. Steve Zipay tells us Jagr isn’t feeling the love from the Rangers. In his recent press conference, Jagr explained […]
Term Limits
In the lone story in today’s papers, the NY Post reports that Jaromir Jagr is unlikely to return with the Rangers. Larry Brooks spoke with Jagr’s agent Pat Brisson, and talked about the current state of negotiations. Brisson and Glen Sather have been “talking all week”, but the sticking point appears to be the number of years. The Rangers are said […]
Sign Language
While the multiple threads on whether Martin Straka has signed on to play with Plzen in the Czech Republic (announced by the club) or hasn’t signed (announced by his agent) continue, the NY Post reports that Jaromir Jagr has received a three year $35M deal to join Avangard Omsk. Glen Sather tells the post that he’s told Jagr’s agent several times that they […]