Rangers Trim Roster
Seemingly the only move remaining for the Rangers before Wednesday’s 3pm deadline to file final rosters, will be to give Ruslan Fedotenko a contract. That’s because today they re-assigned rookie defensemen Pavel Valentenko and Ryan McDonagh to Hartford, trimming their roster to 25 players. They have to get down to 23, but with Chris Drury and Vinny Prospal likely heading to IR, that […]
More Cuts As Rangers Trim 11
The Rangers trimmed their roster by a further eleven players today, bringing the number remaining in camp to just 27, including injured forwards Chris Drury and Vinny Prospal. The cuts marked the end of contract bids for defensemen Alexei Semenov, Garnet Exelby and try-out Brandon Manning. At forward, the biggest surprise was perhaps Mats Zuccarello Aasen going to down […]
First Cuts Are The Deepest
The Rangers announced today that they have reassigned twenty five players to the minor leagues and juniors. Fifteen players were sent down to the Hartford Wolf Pack, which started it’s last official camp before converting to the Connecticut Whale later in the year, and another ten to Canadian Juniors. The moves mean there are 38 […]
The Battle For Spots
Captain Chris Drury went and saw a hand specialist yesterday and will likely miss 3-4 weeks as originally reported – four weeks at most according to a quote from this morning’s NY Post. The good news is that he won’t require surgery, nor will he need a cast – unless he manages to damage it further over the […]
Forward Motion
Yesterday’s signing of Tim Kennedy in many ways surprising. Perhaps, more than anything, this was Sather being opportunistic, and taking advantage of a rare young free agent with some promise, at a bargain price. Certainly it’s hard to see how the addition of Kennedy fits into any sort of strategy for the coming season. The Blueshirts now […]
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 […]
Senators Visit New York
The Rangers welcome the Senators to the Garden tonight (7:00pm – MSG) and may have a chance to jump back over Carolina and tie for fifth place – Philadelphia is leading Pittsburgh 2-0 currently, and if it’s decided in regulation, the Rangers could draw even with the loser. The Senators have really turned their season […]
Be Patient Brendan
Do the Rangers really have interest in Mats Sundin or not? According to the NY Post, Glen Sather is considering bringing him in to center Jaromir Jagr in what would possibly be the oldest first line in the league. By contrast Bob McKenzie of TSN reports that no substantive discussions have taken place, and Leafs interim GM Cliff Fletcher describes the […]
Rangers Draft: Day Two
In our second installment, we take a look at day two of the Rangers’ draft, and the addition of six more prospects, as well as the departure of Alex Bourret after just over a year with the Rangers. Along with the trade of Bourret, the Rangers also sacrificed a seventh round pick as well as their 2009 […]
Mixed Bag For Rangers In The Draft
If you expecting a memorable day for the Rangers at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, then you’re no doubt disappointed. There were plenty of trades on day one of the draft, though the Rangers ultimately ended up staying in the 20th position to select blueliner Michael Del Zotto. On day two, the Rangers made two trades, […]