Moving On

The Rangers are moving on to the Eastern Conference Semifinals for the second straight season thanks to a 5-3 win in last night’s Game 5. The win gave the Blueshirts a 4-1 series victory (in the process eliminating the Devils) and a chance to wait on the sidelines as the remaining two series battle it out. The victory was that much sweeter against the Devils, erasing the 4-0 […]

First Cuts

The traditional Blue-White scrimmage marked the end of the first phase of Rangers Training Camp, and Tom Renney made his first dozen cuts, bringing the camp roster down to 39. The team now travels to West Point for some team building exercises ahead of Friday night’s pre-season opener. The next set of cuts are expected […]

Training Camp – Center

Going into July 1st, there were nothing but questions as to who would play center for the Rangers. Negotiations with Michael Nylander had gone nowhere, Matt Cullen had proved to be only a minimal improvement over Steve Rucchin and the Rangers had finished the season using Sean Avery as a stop gap second line center. Less than 24 hours later and the situation […]

For Sale

In my last column I approached the impending trade deadline (February 27th) as if the Rangers would be buyers.  Given their fortunes since, and taking the position that recent comments by General Manager Glen Sather to the New York Post are indeed trustworthy, then it is perhaps not so far out of the question that […]

Rangers Sign Graham

The Rangers announced today that they have signed 2004, 2nd round pick Bruce Graham to a professional contract.  The former Moncton Wildcats centerman is expected to join the Hartford Wolf Pack for the season after impressing the Rangers organization with his play during the Wolf Pack preseason and training camp.  Widely expected to be selected […]

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 […]

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 […]