Blackwell Chosen By Kraken

Forward Colin Blackwell has been chosen by the Seattle Kraken in the expansion draft as announced last night.  The 28 year old forward had been a minor leaguer for much of his career, but found a place in the Rangers line-up last year, appearing in a career high 42 games, as well as setting milestones with 12 […]

Seattle Set To Take Blackwell. But There Might Be A Twist

It appears as if Colin Blackwell is the inital target for the Seattle Kraken, but there appears there could be a trade in the works that would let the Rangers keep Blackwell and add veteran defenseman Mark Giordano – the current 37 year old captain of the Calgary Flames. We probably won’t find out officially until tomorrow […]

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 […]

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 […]

Miller and Panarin Out Tonight

New York will be without both Artemi Panarin and K’Andre Miller tonight, as they meet the Devils in their first game since last Friday.  Panarin was close to rejoining the team, but they have decided to hold him out another game, and likewise it appears Miller could be out just for tonight’s game. With three straight losses, including two […]

Panarin Out and Blackwell Returns

It’s never is good timing when you lose your leading scorer to injury, but the Rangers will go into the rematch against the Boston Bruins tonight, without Artemi Panarin.  Coming off a 3-2 OT loss on Wednesday, to make it two losses in two games after a modest 3-0-1 stretch to cap off the first 10 […]

Ten In

After ten games, the Rangers sit at 10 points, with a 4-4-2 record, largely on the back of a 3-0-1 streak that has seen them overcome a slow start.  After a clunker to open the season agains the Islanders, where they simply weren’t prepared in a 4-0 loss, the Rangers stormed back to reverse the […]

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 […]