Putting Out The Brash
Nothing feels quite so good as getting rid of something you don’t really want, especially something that has been taking up valuable space in your garage…like that old lawn mower, refrigerator, sofa or overpriced NHL contract to player who doesn’t have the goods any more. Unfortunately in the NHL world, it’s not quite as easy […]
Drury To Be Bought Out
This story has had more twists than a Chubby Checker song. It appears that the Rangers will indeed buy out the final year of their captain’s contract, and will go into July 1st with enough cap room to make a serious play for 31 year old Brad Richards. According to Larry Brooks in the NY Post the buy […]
Season Ends Abruptly
With yesterday’s shootout loss to the Flyers, the Rangers’ season came abruptly to an end. Maybe I’d gotten too used to seeing post-season play, but for whatever reason the loss yesterday struck me as surprising, and of course more than a little disappointing. In many ways it was a fitting end to the season, a […]
It Comes Down To One Game
It comes down to one game. Today at 3pm, the Rangers take on the Flyers in Philadelphia to decide who will get in the playoffs and who will go home early. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in regulation, overtime, or in the shootout, the team that comes away with two points today will get a […]
Quiet Day For Rangers
The official NHL deadline has passed, and the Rangers will finish the season with pretty much the roster they went into the Olympic break with. The only move they made today, a switch of minor league forwards with the Detroit Red Wings involving Jordan Owens and Kris Newbury. Neither player is like to have much impact at the […]
Olympics Are Done: Game On!
The Rangers will reassemble Monday for their first practice since the Olympic break started two weeks ago, and they’ll face the daunting prospect of finding a way back into the top eight in the East. Placed tenth in the conference going into the break, the Blueshirts finished strongly with two wins over the Penguins and […]
Drury Scores In Upset Win
It was “Super Sunday” in the Olympics, with all top six seeds in action, but the game of the night was the match-up between the US and Canada for the 1st seed in Group A and a first round bye. To say it was a great game doesn’t even come close to describing it. Playing […]
Olympics Move Into High Gear
It’s the final day of the group round robin competition at the Olympics today, with the top six seeds all squaring off. In the 3:00pm game – on NBC, the Russians and Czechs will face each other for 1st place in Group B. The Czechs have the advantage here, requiring just a point from the […]
Olympic Hockey Starts Today
Olympic Hockey gets underway in about an hour from now, with the United States taking on Team Switzerland. It’s one of three games today, but the only one featuring current Rangers. Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan will both be in the line-up and John Tortorella is one of the assistants behind the bench, while Rangers prospect Andres Ambuhl will be lining […]
Christmas Comes Early For Rangers
It hasn’t always been pretty, but the Rangers have now run their winning streak to four games and are once again back in the top eight in the Eastern Conference going into the Christmas break. A 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers (who’d won four of five) was the best game in recent memory for a team that may be finally getting […]