Rangers Still Under Pressure
There’s one thing for certain. The Rangers don’t want to be heading back to D.C. with a 3-1 series deficit, and so they face another must-win game on home ice tonight. The Capitals hiccupped a little in Game 3, destroying their own momentum by taking too many penalties. It seems highly unlikely that things will […]
DeAngelo Situation Nearing Resolution
There’s a lot of words that can describe Tony DeAngelo, gifted, outspoken and passionate amongst them. In the relatively vanilla world of hockey, where players are coached on how to talk to reporters, and avoid saying almost anything, the 25 year old New Jersey native stands out. Whether it be his much talked about support […]
Timeline of Events
Over the past ten days, Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton has dealt with a number of significant changes in response to yet another missed opportunity in the playoffs. June 14th – Rangers announce they will buy out the remaining four years of Dan Girardi‘s contract. The decision leaves Girardi with 788 regular season games for New […]
My Game 1 Recap: Preview Edition
The scene is set. Two original six teams do battle once more, renewing acquaintances for the first time since the Rangers knocked out Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals. In the case of Price it was literal, figurative of course in terms of the Canadiens in general. Many in […]
It’s Been Twenty Years
The New York Rangers are off to a torrid start to the 2016-17 NHL season, with 65 goals through the first sixteen games of the year. That puts them on pace for 333 goals, which would be the most goals in the past twenty years for any NHL team, let alone the Blueshirts. You have […]
Change Is In The Air
After a resounding loss to the bottom of the league Canucks on Tuesday, Rangers Head Coach Alain Vigneault looks set to restructure the Rangers forwards and defense. Recent benchings of Chris Kreider and Jimmy Vesey, along with a nine-game goalless streak by Mika Zibanejad – that ended late in the game Tuesday, were already indicators that not all was right […]
Time To Take This Show On The Road
The Rangers are off to a flying 8-3-0 record, and are second in the league with 16 points. They’ve won six of their last seven, and have dismantled some good teams in the process, including the Capitals, Lightning, Blues and the surprising Oilers last night. In the process they’ve put together a 7-1-0 record at […]
A New Member Of The 400 club
In the ninety one year history of the New York Rangers a total of one thousand and twenty nine players have worn the Broadway Blueshirt. Of those, only sixty seven have appeared in four hundred or more regular season games as a Ranger. Tonight that group will grow by one more, when Ryan McDonagh appears in his […]
Optimism?
Any combination of Stepan, Brassard, Miller, Nash, Kreider, and Zuccarello, in the top six is fine by me and probably most Ranger fans. I’ve never understood Jesper Fast being in the top six mix, when all hands are on deck, and even when Rick Nash was down, and then while he was being eased back into the lineup. But if […]
Can’t Win Without Four Lines
At some point in time Coach Vigneault and his Assistants have to comprehend how ordinary the fourth line has been this season. They have to admit it is a huge issue going forward. With Brassard, Milller, Zuccarello, Kreider, Stepan, Staal, Nash, Stalberg and Fast on the top three lines they are OK. However Stalberg and […]