The Devil You Know
The season opened with Darren Langdon getting the game winner in Carolina and then Alexei Kovalev scored his second career hattrick against the Rangers back in January. Just another example of a former Ranger coming back to bite his team. But perhaps these were the exceptions rather than the rule, after all what other former […]
Czeching Out?
Petr Nedved not signed going into training camp…where have we heard that before? Step back to 1989 and the midget team from Litvinov, Czechoslovakia was in Calgary for a junior tournament. Seventeen year old Center, Petr Nedved was about to take one of the biggest steps in his young life. With help from a local […]
Sather, Year One…A Look Back
by Jim Samuels When Glen Sather was brought to New York some fifteen months ago, he was given a challenge, turn this once proud franchise back into a perennial cup contender and more importantly, get the New York Rangers back on the front page of the local tabloids and on the airwaves of New York’s […]
Time To Move On
Now that “the trade” has been completed many fans have progressed from shock to acceptance to a quiet excitement for the upcoming season. If you’re like me you were probably already excited about seeing a team that would feature more youth than in recent years, a team that probably wouldn’t make the playoffs but would […]
Heads Up!
Plenty has been written about the downside of the seemingly evident Lindros trade so we thought we’d try to look at the trade in a more positive light. The history is well known, drafted by the Quebec Nordiques, Lindros held out until he was able to force a trade to the Philadelphia Flyers, beating out […]