A Hellish Performance

So on first blush, a seemingly good trade deadline by Chris Drury might look pretty underwhelming. I mean, what the hell was that last night??? The Rangers put in one of their season’s worst performances, rivalling the two losses to Calgary, the one-sided blow-out by Colorado in Adam Huska‘s NHL debut, and that 6-2 loss in St Louis […]
A Rivalry Renewed

The more things change the more they stay the same. Tonight’s match-up between the Rangers and Devils marks the start of the 27th season series between the two teams. From the very first year in 1982-83, when the teams split the season 3-3-1, this has been a case of five star dining versus meat and […]
What’s Next?

With the Devils now behind them, the Rangers will await the results of today’s games to see if their next round opponent is decided. The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers both have chances to clinch their respective series today. The Flyers are up first (1:00pm – NBC) though they will have to do so on […]
Things About To Get Interesting

With a 2-0 lead several stories in the papers over the last couple of days have all but awarded the best of seven series to the Rangers, and while history is on the side of the Blueshirts, there’s still plenty of hockey to play. A controversial ending to game two, which saw several Devils players, […]
What A Difference A Game Can Make

Having watched parts of the first two games in the Penguins and Canadiens series, it looks almost for certain that the winner of the Rangers and Devils series will be meeting one of the top two seeds. All the more reason why this game tonight is an imporant one for New York. A win tonight […]
Game 1 A Poor Predictor

There’s no doubt last night’s win over the Devils was important for the Rangers. It put to bed any suggestion that the Devils might have regained the momentum with their shootout win in the season finale, and it quickly erased memories of the last time these two teams met in the playoffs. Martin Brodeur’s failure […]
Iocaine Powder…I’d Know That Smell Anywhere

During the regular season the Rangers held a 7-0-1 record over the Devils, unless of course you’re a Devils fan, in which case it would be 1-4-3. It’s one of the drawbacks of course with the way standings are represented in the NHL. You could of course write something like 4-3-0-1, (with the “3” representing […]