Opening Nightmare
One year ago, on opening night, the Rangers began the 2002-03 season with an emphatic 4-1 win over the previous year’s Eastern Conference champs. At the time it was at optimistic moment in an otherwise disappointing sixth straight season without the playoffs. By contrast the 2003-04 season opener was anything but optimistic. The Rangers blew […]
Training Camp – Day 2
The buzz around this year’s training camp is that things are a little different this year. The roster is just two thirds the size of last year’s total of eighty, and the consensus is that camp under Glen Sather is more about work and skills and less about meaningless scrimmages. That’s not to say that […]
Ekman Sent To Sharks
The Rangers today acquired 22 year old centerman Chad Wiseman from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for left wing Nils Ekman. Wiseman appeared in four games with the Sharks last season and registered 4 penalty minutes, without registering a point or an assist. In 77 games with the Cleveland Barons of the AHL, Wiseman […]
Rangers Sign Simon
by Timmy Corbett The rangers have signed the mammoth 6′ 4″, 236 pound left winger, Chris Simon, and at age 31, his size is still a viable weapon. He also fills a huge hole the rangers have on the left wing. The Rangers are at risk of losing their top left wing prospect in John […]
Week 8 Wrap-up
by Jim Samuels Coming off a 1-0 whitewash of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Rangers stood at 17-9-2-1 and sat alone atop the eastern conference. But just six days and three alarming losses later, the Blueshirts have transformed from a team on a roll, that saw them go 11-2-1-1 over their previous 15 matches, to […]