Bold Move by Sather
In a bold move signifying New York Rangers management hasn’t given up on the season, Glen Sather acquired Ryane Clowe from the San Jose Sharks. A prototypical hard nosed old school Patrick Division player, Clowe is a welcome addition to a team that saw a lot of heart leave with the unaffordable Brandon Prust. Going the other way a second round pick […]
Expectations
Rangerland is teetering on disaster. After half a season off disinterested play, the Rangers find themselves looking up from 10th place in the Conference, at the 9th place Islanders. Can it get any worse than that?. Is this the defining moment, when you look back at the end of the year, and say they really turned it […]
Callahan Scores Lucky 113th Goal
It wasn’t so much skill as positioning last night, but Ryan Callahan did get a touch with his leg on the Rich Nash shot from the boards to put the Rangers up 3-1. It was Callahan’s 113th career goal, and ties him once again with Marian Gaborik for the Rangers franchise. Both players are tied 42nd all time, five […]
Callahan Continues To Lead
The NHL tracks Game Winning Goals, – basically the goal scorer for the goal that was one higher than what the losing team scored – but when it comes to shootouts it gets a little bit weird. Because of the format, players who score in the shootout are not credited with a goal on the […]
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, […]
Season Preview
It took more than three months to get the season started finally, but now as we head to the eve of the season opener against the Bruins, there is plenty of optimism around, and one goal in mind: win the Cup. With 34 fewer games this year, and an abbreviated camp and no preseason, it’s […]
Latest Proposal Turned Down By League
The NHL and NHLPA remain on an undetermined schedule following today’s dismissal of the latest proposal by the league. Following a suggestion last week by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman that the sides take a two week hiatus, the NHLPA instead responded this week with a proposal of their own. One of the biggest challenges appears […]
NHL reportedly makes concession
Rick Nash, Michael Del Zotto, Ryan McDonagh and Carl Hagelin are already playing in Europe, and Derek Stepan could soon be there as well, although there’s news today that the NHL made a concession earlier this week to the players. Darren Dreger of TSN reported on Twitter that the NHL has changed their stance on how the parties would reach a 50/50 […]
Players Are About To Start Losing Money
With the league’s October 25th deadline set to expire today, it looks more certain than ever that the best we can hope for is a shorter season. How much does this factor into the equation for the players can be easily represented in dollar figures. In the latest NHL proposal, the NHL is looking for […]
Big Apple Turnover
Every year you expect some degree of turnover. Trades, free agency and injuries or conspire to change the face of an organization from year to year. With still more than seven weeks to go until camp opens up on September 21st, the Rangers once again will have some significant differences. Ten players who were on […]