Clues On What’s To Come

Pretty much everyone has said the Rangers need more grind and grit, and that of course came to a head late in the season following a sweep by the Islanders and of course that game against the Capitals.  How that would be addressed appears to be becoming a littler clearer. The move Saturday were the […]

Kevin Over Colin

With lists due to the NHL by 5:00pm Eastern Saturday, and a trade freeze starting two hours before – and running until 1:00pm Thursday – the Rangers were about to give us the first clues as to what might happen this offseason. The re-signing of both Julien Gauthier and Brett Howden prior to the deadline suggested that the Rangers […]

Howden Out, Goodrow and DeSimone in

As the trade freeze went into effect ahead of next Wednesday’s expansion draft, GM Chris Drury executed his first two trades since taking over the job, sending fourth line forward Brett Howden to Vegas in exchange for 26 year old minor leaguer Nick DeSimone and a 2022 4th rounder, along with a 2022 7th round pick to Tampa for the negotiating […]

Howden Signed For One Year

The Rangers have signed their second RFA since finishing their regular season, inking forward Brett Howden to a one year deal worth $885,000.  The deal comes eight days before lists are due to the league for the NHL expansion draft on July 21st. Howden is one of the players with an uncertain future on the Rangers, having […]

Let’s Not Make A Deal

April 12th, 2021 and the NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone without the New York Rangers making any deals.  In all fairness, the Rangers weren’t expected to make any changes, though the possibility remained for some of their pending UFAs and those with a year or less on their contracts being in play. Also […]

Let’s Hold Off On Jumping Off That Bridge Just Yet

Six games in and the Rangers are 1-4-1, having lost four straight, all by one goal.  They’re 1-7-1 since the COVID pandemic hit, including the three game sweep by the Carolina Hurricanes in the play-in round last August.  All of those games played in stadiums without fans. It’s easy to get down on the team […]

A Winning Combination

Tomorrow night’s game against the Devils will feature the same line-up that defeated the New York Islanders 5-0 on Saturday.  That means that Tony DeAngelo will again sit out, though he at least got to practice with the big team today. When asked, David Quinn said he was no longing holding out DeAngelo to send […]

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 […]

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 […]