They’re Coming Home!
The Rangers are going to the Eastern Conference Final! This has been a remarkable year for the New York Rangers, qualifying for the playoffs and winning their first playoff series for the first time since 2017. And now, returning to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 2015, when they were denied a […]
Something’s Got To Give
Going into this series with the Hurricanes, I expected the Rangers to lose out to a more experienced team. As it turns out, I have once again underestimated this team, who will return to Raleigh for Game 5 with the series tied at 2-2. Each team has won their respective games at home, and scoring […]
Anticipation Meets Reality
Most pundits and even a lot of fans, looked at this series against the Pittsburgh Penguins as pretty much a win for the Rangers. The Rangers had won the season series 3-1, with all three wins coming in the last six weeks of the season. By contrast, the Penguins had limped through the second half […]
Season Finales Will Determine Opponent
With the regular season winding up tonight, the Rangers’ first round opponent might be within their power to control. Tonight’s match-up against the Washington Capitals, is one of two games that will determine whether it’s the Penguins or Capitals who will meet New York next week. The Penguins have the most control, with a point […]
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 […]
First and Foremost
With eleven games to go, the Rangers are nearing a position where they can clinch a playoff spot. Although they’ve nominally looked certain of a post season appearance for some weeks now, tomorrow night could make it official. The Blueshirts have already eliminated seven of the eight teams they need to, in order to clinch […]
Line up Set For Season Opener
Rangers have forecast their line-up for tonight, with the exception of the goaltender – who will be shared during warm-ups. With a game tomorrow night, it would seem the expectation currently is to use one guy tonight, and the other tomorrow at the home opener against Dallas. In terms of surprises, there are none from […]
Possible Milestones This Season
With the season opener set for tonight in Washington, several Rangers look to hit new milestones this season, frontlined by the longest tenured Chris Kreider. With his inclusion in the line-up tonight, Kreider looks to be just the 40th player to appear in 10 different regular season contests. He is still some ways back of Rod Gilbert‘s […]
Tonight’s Lineup at Devils
The Rangers head into tonight’s third preseason game with 34 players remaining on the roster, and about a week to trim at least 11 more players. Tonight will feature some of the remaining players battlign for inclusion in the final roster, as well as a few looks at different combinations. Up in the forward ranks, […]
First Lines Look As Expected
About a couple of weeks ago, we took a shot at projecting lines they’d look at in camp, and it looks at least for now like they’ll be the starting point for camp. With camp under way today, the first set of lines got a run in scrimmage, with the team looking the same as […]