Can Kakko Continue
Going into this season, Chris Drury took a bit of a gamble. With Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafreniere and Vitali Kravtsov all looking to make progression in their young careers, he had to find room on the roster to give them a chance at meaningful minutes. Ultimately he decided to deal RFA Pavel Buchnevich – who also was due a hefty raise, to the St […]
Chytil Back. Kravtsov to Come Over In Summer
After missing the last two games with an undisclosed upper body injury, Filip Chytil is set to return to the line-up. Who comes out, remains to be seen, but Barclay Goodrow perhaps gets the night off after taking a stick to the face, or perhaps one of Dryden Hunt or Ryan Reaves. Alexandar Georgiev will be back in net, and currently has a […]
Rangers Clinch Playoffs With 9 Remaining
Going into last night’s game, the Rangers needed two points to clinch their first playoff appearance since 2016-17 – the Play-in series of the shortened 2019-20 excluded. By contrast, Ottawa had already been eliminated, and were playing out what they hope will be their last reboulding season for a while. The difference was clear, as […]
Motte Suffers Significant Injury
It’s been a busy day for injury updates, with the news that Tyler Motte may be out for substantial time, and the impending return of Kaapo Kakko and Kevin Rooney as soon as tomorrow. Filip Chytil also suffered an undisclosed injury, and is out day to day. The most impactful news though, is that Motte could well have played his last game as […]
Chytil Looks Set To Return
Former first round pick, Filip Chyti looks set to return to the Rangers line-up as they face the St Louis Blues for the first time this season on Wednesday. The 22 year old Czech was originally said to be “a little under the weather”, before being an outright scratch for Sunday’s 5-2 loss to the […]
Players Back On Ice
With the Rangers set to return from the All Star break next Tuesday, players were back on the ice for the first formal practice since their 5-2 win over the Panthers back on February 1st. The team went into the layoff with several players under injury cloud, and today was our first chance to see […]
It’s Going To Be A Busy December
Well it appears I was too pessimistic about the Rangers in November, with the team posting a 7-2-2 record against a prediction of 5-5-3 – two games were postponed, though against Ottawa and an undermanned Islanders, the Rangers would have been favorites in each of those. Clearly the Rangers did well, including picking up wins over Florida […]
November Looks Tougher
As reassuring as October’s schedule was, particularly with the team struggling to get their offense going under Gerard Gallant, November looks somewhat more intimidating. The Rangers finish off their second four game road trip of this young season, with a swing through Western Canada, and then return to face the red hot Panthers at home. […]
Kakko on IR. Barron up. Kravtsov in Russia
Right wing Kaapo Kakko has been placed on injury reserve following an upper body injury sustained in last night’s win over the Montreal Canadiens. Kakko appeared to injury his shoulder in a collision, and will be unavailable until at least the home game against the Calgary Flames on the 25th. When asked about the severity of the […]
Lundkvist To Make Debut
Gerard Gallant has made three line-up changes for tonight’s home opener against the Dallas Stars. Igor Shesterkin will make his season debut, replacing Alexandar Georgiev who allowed 5 goals on 27 shots in last night’s 5-1 loss to the Capitals. While Gallant implied he would alternate goaltenders for back to back games, it was still a surprise decision that […]