Deja Blue
For those of you who’ve been following the team long enough to remember the pre-lockout days, you’ll be no doubt familiar with the position the Rangers find themselves today. Even if you’re a relative newbie, you’ll likely know just by hanging around with the rest of Ranger fandom, that this is a position that the […]
Rangers Get An Oil Change
The 1994 Stanley Cup victory was perhaps the most important date in franchise history for the New York Rangers. Fifty four years of futility, mismanagement and bad luck was erased in an instant, thanks in large part to the Edmonton Oilers dynasty of the late 1980s. No less than eight players that season (seven in […]
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 […]
Russian Rocket Ready To Take Off
by Matt Pennino When I first heard that Bure had been traded to the Rangers I was hyped up. I was in New York City at the time and my cousin who is also a Rangers fan told me they had acquired him but wasn’t sure for who. Since I did not have access to […]
1st Annual OTG Awards – The Good
1st Annual OTG Awards – The Good Just days after the NHL announced their annual awards, we too have decided to release the results of our first annual vote to select the best and the worst of the past Rangers season. Technical difficulties have prevented us from being able to make an award for the […]
Meeting Your Favorite Player
Submitted by poster Frank April 16th, 2002 It was the Rangers-Isles game on Jan. 30th 2002. I took my cousin, an Islander fan to his first game, and after the game we went for some autographs. Now I am not much of an autograph getting type of fan, but being caught up in the moment, I decided to […]
Bure To Broadway!
It took a couple of extra years, but Pavel Bure will finally be a New York Ranger. The Rangers have reportedly acquired the Russian winger from Florida for Igor Ulanov and Filip Novak along with three draft picks over the next two seasons. Bure has two years remaining on his contract at $10 million a […]
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 […]
Rants And Raves
So everyone wants to know whether this is the beginning of the end for Eric Lindros…those in the affirmative were quick to jump on the fact that he now has his seventh concussion of his career…a concussion he gave himself on what appeared to be a routine albeit solid hit. Those whom hated the trade […]