The Cap
by Pete Robinson With Avery’s and Hossa’s arbitration date coming up where does this leave the Rangers? Over the past week, the Rangers have re-signed Shanny and Hank. According to the cap, that leaves approximately 3.7 million in cap space to sign Avery and Hossa. All I can think is, ‘What is Glen up to?’ […]
Balance Of Trade
The NHL trade deadline (February 27th – 3pm Eastern) is just over a month away and there’s been only limited movement to date. Of course the NHL salary cap has been largely singled out as the culprit for the lack of player movement, after all there are a number of General Managers in the league […]
Will Marc’s Progress ‘Staal’?
by Cliff Auld Training camp is always a time for difficult player personnel decisions regarding young players, and this camp has been no different for the Rangers. While Brandon Dubinsky, Nigel Dawes, and Jarkko Immonen are all fighting for spots on the top four lines, the Rangers most difficult decision is what to do with […]
Montoya Signs
After being unable to come to terms last summer, the Rangers finally got their man. The team officially announced today that they have signed goaltender Al Montoya to a three year entry level contract. The 20 year old netminder will forego his senior year with the University of Michigan and will likely split duties with […]
October Prospect Review
With not much going on in the NHL in terms of hockey, Outside The Garden has shifted focus to the minor leagues, juniors and Europe. We will take a month by month look at the Rangers prospects and give grades based on who is doing what and where, plus we’ll throw a little information in […]
September Prospect Review
With not much going on in the NHL in terms of hockey, Outside The Garden has shifted focus to the minor leagues, juniors and Europe. We will take a month by month look at the Rangers prospects and give grades based on who is doing what and where, plus we’ll throw a little information in […]
The NHL Entry Draft: Day 2
After a first day that met with mixed reviews from the fans and perhaps an overly optimistic spin from the mainstream media, the Rangers went back to the table Sunday morning to exercise their final five selections in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Having taken seven forwards and a goaltender in the first day, some […]
The NHL Entry Draft: Day 1
Day one of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft didn’t go the way that most fans expected, but the end result was what appears to be a future franchise goaltender and a mixed bag of seven left handed forwards that very much define the term “prospect”. Despite plenty of speculation, the first three picks in the […]