Kick The Tires And Light The Fires
by Charles Solomon The leaves are falling, the air is crisp, and hockey is beginning to consume our brains. We are now merely days away from the start of the season. Our beloved Blueshirts are set to open the season this Wednesday in Raleigh, against last year’s Eastern Conference champions. As anticipation builds, many people […]
Rangers Lose Back To Back
Through the first five pre-season games the Rangers looked competitive getting at least a point out of each of their games on the way to a 2-0-1-2 record, but even then there were worrying signs. New York had been outshot in all bar the first game in Montreal (24-23) and were on the wrong side […]
Too Many Ifs To Get Excited
by Steve Giacobello With the exception of the 1994 season, never before has a season of hockey here in New York been so anxiously anticipated…….and with good reason. Need some reasons to be excited about the 2002-03 season here in N.Y.? How about….. the signings of Bobby Holik and Darius Kasparaitis. ….an all new coaching […]
Tougher Rangers Have Big Questions
by Charles Solomon Glen Sather had a busy off-season this summer. By acquiring unrestricted free agents Bobby Holik and Darius Kasparaitis he added toughness that the Rangers sorely lacked last season. Slats also subtracted cancerous mediocrity in the forms of Bryan Berard, Michal Grosek, and Andreas Johansson. The antics of Theo Fleury are also no longer a concern […]
Ranger Report Card
Extreme Views – RangerExtreme Here is the NYR report card for the first 59 games this season each player has been given a grade ranging from A-F. Basically grades are given on performance relative to a player fulfilling his given role. With a grade of a C being a passing acceptable grade. Eric Lindros, Center […]
Fish And Chips
I guess I should start off by apologizing for not letting you guys know that I was Down Under for a month, but you can rest assured that I have everything under control again and will be looking to keep this site once again as up to date as possible! Was nice to have an […]
Mid Term Report Card
by Jim Samuels Give Glen Sather seventeen months and this is what you get. After four consecutive playoff misses the Rangers general manager has overhauled not only this floundering franchise, but the entire organization. Sather has found a way to add both talent and depth, two things sorely lacking on Broadway during their four year […]
Quarterly Report
by Jim Samuels Just over a month into the season and the Rangers have already reached the twenty game mark in this condensed, Olympic year schedule. The season’s first month has brought several surprises and much good fortune for the Blueshirts, who have gone a surprising 12-7-1 in their first twenty matches. General manager Glen […]
Week 5 Wrap-up
by Jim Samuels The week that was for the New York Rangers, a new week that featured more of the same for this undisciplined, inconsistent bunch. Despite going a respectable 2-2 in the four games on the schedule this week, outscoring their opponents by an aggregate 13-12 score in the process, the Blueshirts continue to […]
Ten Game Report Card
by Jim Samuels One of the best aspects of writing in a forum the likes of Outside The Garden is you constantly get to ask questions that you don’t have to answer. Heading into this season the Rangers organization was filled with questions from top to bottom, Will Eric Lindros remain healthy? Can Mike Richter […]