Roster Set For Opening Night
The NHL season kicks off tomorrow night, and the Rangers get under way a day later when they host the New York Islanders at MSG. With a final practice yesterday, the team made their decisions and settled on the 22 players who will be on the roster to begin the season. Among those 22 players […]
The Team Is Kind Of The Same
If you look at the team that lost 0-3 in the qualifying round back in August, you would see just a handful of changes. Gone are the two longest tenured Rangers in Henrik Lundqvist (buy-out) and Marc Staal (trade), as well as the fourth longest in Jesper Fast (free agency). Also moving on are Greg McKegg and Micheal Haley, as well as depth players Cristoval […]
Arbitration Set For Rangers RFAs
It’s been over 11 years since the Rangers last went to arbitration, ultimately walking away from an award to Nikolai Zherdev, who became an unrestricted free agent after the decision. This year the team faces the daunting prospect of reaching deals with four players, with first up Tony DeAngelo on October 20th, perhaps being the most […]
Net New
The Rangers projected line up for tomorrow’s opening Qualifying Round match will feature a lot of playoff newbies. In fact nine of the roster will make their first post season NHL appearance, after all these games will statistically count towards the player’s playoff stats, even if they are deemed a “qualifying” round. The nine include […]
Voluntary Practices – Phase 2 Approaching
Reports from the New York Post today suggest that the Rangers may be on the cusp of approach Phase 2 of the NHL’s plan to resume play. There are a number of preventitive measures that each team has to meet in order to re-open their practice facilities and resume voluntary skating for players. With the Islanders set […]
And Here We Go
Okay, so how many of you thought Brendan Smith would be on the roster for opening night, let along starting as a fourth line wing? Now be honest, I’m not sure even Brendan himself envisioned that this was likely to happen, though it certainly appears that he wasn’t ready to just give up. Or for that matter, […]
Tony D Signs
The Rangers lone remaining contract hold-out has agreed to a one year, $925,000 deal, ending a standoff that has seen him miss the first week of training camp. Tony DeAngelo tried to generate leverage over the Rangers after the team was forced to buy out Kevin Shattenkirk back in August, opening up questions about depth on the […]
Lemieux Signs On Eve Of Camp
Forward Brendan Lemieux has agreed to a one year $925,000 deal, avoiding a potential hold-out on the eve of training camp. The 23 year old Denver native, and son of former NHLer Claude Lemieux, will join his first Rangers training camp after having been acquired from the Winnipeg Jets last season as part of the deal that […]
Arbitrary Decision May Lead To Buyout
At least two of the three Rangers eligible for salary arbitration has elected to file before today’s 5pm Eastern deadline. Pavel Buchnevich has reportedly made the request, a common practice by players, to increase the velocity of negotiations of contracts. Defenseman Jacob Trouba also filed before the deadline, whoile forward Vinni Lettieri could also elect to file, though it might not […]
Cap Tips Following Buchnevich Signing
Monday July 29th was the scheduled date for Pavel Buchnevich and the Rangers to meet in front of an arbiter and make their respective cases for the value of a 2019-20 contract. As it turns out, the arbiter will no longer be needed, as the parties agreed late yesterday to a two year, $6.5M contract. The signing […]