Zib Set To Return

After a month on the side lines with an undisclosed “upper body” injury, Mika Zibanejad is set to rejoin the team for tomorrow night’s matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes.  The Rangers #1 center has missed 13 of the 22 games in the season, but has been practicing with the team in a contact jersey ove the past […]

Has Trouba Topped Out

When the Rangers acquired Jacob Trouba over the summer, the thought was that he would become the top pair defenseman the Rangers had been searching for since trading Ryan McDonagh.  He brought a bit of offense, an edge to defense and could play against the top lines of the other teams. At 25 years old, that’s a pretty […]

Limited Options Bring Interesting Response

After the trade of Vladislav Namestnikov to the Senators, the Rangers have just 21 players on their roster, further constraining what were already limited options for head coach David Quinn.  In all, the Rangers have used only 21 players through the first three games, including the aforementioned Namestnikov. The only player on the roster who hasn’t played, […]

Chytil Back To Wing

After a below par preseason, the Rangers appear to be giving up on promoting Filip Chytil into the second line center position.  Chytil practiced today on the third line wing, and early drew remarks from coach David Quinn that suggested the bench boss was not happy with what he’d seen so far from the young Czech. Chytil’s […]

Russian Interference

Okay, bear with me on this one, but what if the Rangers should decide to pair Artemi Panarin with Vladimir Namestnikov and Pavel Buchnevich to form one of the top two lines.  Yes, I’m really suggesting that Rangers’ take their premier off-season signing and putting him with a guy who had 11 goals and 31 points in 78 games […]

Lettieri Signs

Right Winger, Vinni Lettieri has signed a one year deal to return with the New York Rangers.  The 24 year old was signed in 2016 as an undrafted free agent, and has appeared in 46 NHL games with the Blueshirts, recording 2 goals and 6 assists. A depth forward who has played reasonably well despite his relatively […]

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 […]

Philly Throws Hayes-maker And Kreider Benefits

So… there may have been a few out there who thought that maybe Kevin Hayes would return to New York as a free agent just months after being traded to the Winnipeg Jets as a Trade Deadline rental.  That of course will no longer happen, given that he has agreed to terms with the Philadelphia Flyers on […]

Rangers May Wing-It

It’s likely that Jeff Gorton is going to at least try to make some moves this weekend at the NHL draft, but it remains to be seen what he actually accomplishes.  With John Davidson now firmly in place as President of the New York Rangers, and the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Gorton […]

Quinn Gets First Win

Last night the Rangers picked up their first win of the season, coming from 2-1 down to score in the final three minutes of regulation and then just over 30 seconds into overtime.  Ir was the first tmie in franchise history that the Rangers have done this, with two defensemen scoring the goals within the […]